First Strike Of Air Pilots To Halt Mail
Twenty five mail airplane pilots began the first air strike in U S history protesting Post Office weather rules. They demanded reinstatement of discharged pilots Leon Smith and Hamilton Lee and threatened to halt New York Washington and New York Chicago routes. They warned flying in rain and mist endangers planes lacking stabilizers and asked for discretion on weather to avoid further deaths.
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Postoffie Department
Leon Smith
Hamilton Lee
Smith
Lee
Otto Trieger
Eral
Vey
Frank McCusker
Cleveland
Praeger Sees No Impending Mail Aviator Strike
Washington July 24 Otto Prager Second Assistant Postmaster General said he did not believe any strike by mail aviators was likely nor that men would refuse duty. He cited an anonymous telegram from “Mail Aviators” claiming pilots would not fly unless two discharged Tuesday were reinstated. He noted pilots have resigned after refusing certain flights and warned that commercial aviation faces no future if demonstrations continue.
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Washington
Otto Prac
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New York
Aeid
New York Washington
Eld
Wien Wertie
Hox Mall
U S Plans 2 Biggest Ships
Washington July 24 Two ocean liners larger than any afloat will be built by the Shipping Board. Each 1 006 feet long and 30 knots, they may be used as commerce destroyers in war. They will carry 1 000 saloon, 800 second cabin, 1 200 steerage, with 1 000 crew. A terminal at Fort Pond Bay Montauk Point will shorten the New York to Plymouth run and ease harbor congestion.
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Washington
Atlantic
Shipping Board
Fort Fond Bay
Long Island
Navy Department
Wid
Nort Pond Bay
Montauk Point
Plmouth
England
New York City
Fort Pond Bay
New York Harbor
New York
Mauretania
Blaze on White Star liner Cedric injures crew
Seventeen men were overcome by smoke in a blaze on the White Star Line ship Cedric at Pier 60 New York. One sailor Allen Edwards broke a leg, Fireman Leonard Coy was rescued near death. Rescue squads, oxygen helmets, and divers aided in extinguishing the fire. damage delays sailing. Authorities also moved to deport Bolshevik agitators, naming Inspector A B Schell to lead the Luck committee actions with I W W ties under scrutiny.
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White Star Line
Nineteenth Street
Hudson River
Frederick Murray
Allen Edwards
Fatrerman Stewart
West ‘Twentieth Street
New York Hospital
Leonard Coy
Coyle
Curgeon
Iim
John KR
Byron H. Uhl
Commissioner of Imigration
A. B. Schell
Luck Committee
Lusk
Uhl
Schell
Britain plans force to curb strike tie up
London officials warn the triple alliance miners railway workers and transport staff that the government will use full force to prevent pressure disrupting coal production and national services. Lloyd George faces pressure over nationalization while wage talks and rationing loom amid halted coal exports and reduced rail service.
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Britain
New York Tribune
Oppeignt
New War Tellus
Tne
London
Andrew Bonaraw
House of Commons
Triple Alliance
Russia
Lloyd George
Robert Smillie
Alliance
Daily Mail
Great Britain
America
United States
Yorkshire
Sankey
Miners
Miners’ Federation
Sleuths Nab Moon Street Moonshine Operator
Detectives Higgins and Regina trailed a whiskey still on Monroe Street. They entered a doorway, followed a hallway to a room where a hogshead of mash and sugar were found with a condenser. A man carrying a box was arrested for violating federal anti manufacture laws.
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Higgins
Regina
Monroe Street
George Ferlow
Witchcock
French Forces Occupy Capital of Bulgaria
A French regiment arrived in Sofia after an attack on Bulgarian forces. French troops, equipped with rapid fire guns, moved to restore order in the capital. Romanian bureau in Berne confirms deployment and garrison relief.
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Bulgaria
Guneva
Krench
Tubarinos
Sofia
Berne
Bureau Ater, Tn
Permits Printers to Expunge Mooney Report
AS SINGTON July 24 Speaker Gillett agreed to expunge portions of the Densmore Mooney report to satisfy Government Printing Office objections over abusive language and immoral details. Printing officials paused work until the worst parts were struck. Representative Blanton of Texas said he would work Saturday to impeach Secretary of Labor Wilson and Densmore, asserting both are unfit to hold public office and intend to prove it.
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Assington
Gillett
Densmore
Mooney
Government Printing Office
Blunton
Texan
La Guardia Seeks Political Exemption From Draft Fight
La Guardia asks to be exempted from the draft as he campaigns for president of the New York Board of Aldermen. He plans to attend the Interparliamentary Union meeting in Geneva in October with three other representatives, a move he says would remove him from the presidential race.
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la Guark
New York
Japanese Oppose Kaiser Trial Move in Fukushima
Fukushima citizens start movement against Japan joining the international tribunal to try the former German emperor arguing the move would hurt the Japanese people.
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Fukushima
Tokio
Trea
Japan
Ex Kaiser May Not Be Put on Trial in London
Lord Curzon indicated in the House of Lords that former Emperor William may not face trial in London. Viscount Bryce urged against an English tribunal, noting unfamiliar procedure and possible political danger. Curzon suggested exile reduces martyr status and warned trial would be potentially disruptive. No final decision yet.
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Associated Press
William
House of Lords
Earl Curzon of
Kedleston
Viscount Bryce
Washington
Londy
Uaron Buckmaster
Earl Curzon
Kaiser
Charles T
Napoleon
National Life
Britain
Bela Kun Foreshadows Flight to Argentine Republic
Vienna reports that Bela Kun, head of the Budapest Soviet, has appealed for Allied safe conduct to Argentina where he plans to reside. Skirmishing persists between Romanians and Hungarians as Hungarian forces cross the Theiss River and report captures, prisoners, and loot despite riverside bridges being sabotaged earlier. The Hungarian Soviet pressures to keep its army active, fearing a broader counter-offensive.
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Be Kun
Budapest
Enyainment
Argentine
Copenhagen
Vienna
Associated Press
Tokai
Ofudapest
Pest
Ceaba
Szelnek
Grad
Torok-Sz- Miklos
Seentes
Egypt Revolt Deaths and Trials Reported by Allenby
London dispatches relay General Allenby figures from the recent Egypt disturbances. About 800 natives slain and 1600 wounded, with 21 Europeans killed and 25 wounded. Military casualties number 29 killed and 4 wounded. Thirty-nine natives were sentenced to death, twenty-seven to life detention. Over 2000 others received short prison terms as military courts were abolished. Riot deaths and injuries noted in Cairo and Tanta.
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London
Aasosiied
Egypt
F. HH. Allenby
Cecil Harmsworth
Foreign Ofice
House of Commons
Japan Reprisal Hint as U S Balks on Shantung
Washington July 24 Japan seeks to safeguard Shantung in the peace treaty amid U S Senate sentiment favoring its return to China. Tokyo signals possible reservations if French or American ratifications alter the pact, but the Japanese government has not authorized changes. Three months needed to transfer records under Article 183, forcing cautious pledges until ratification and beyond.
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Washington
Katsuji Dehucht
State Department
Shantung
Senate
China
White House
Japan
Paris
Taras
Eeeere Teeta
Germany
Janchan
Kinechau
Shuntung
Hitchcock Assails Chief Treaty Foes
Washington report on July 24 describes Senator Moses accusing President Wilson of delaying the French treaty over French Chamber debates. The Senate debated reservations from Taft and Hays, with Lodge, Borah, and Hitchcock weighing in on whether the Covenant requires wider ratification. Canadians react, seeing Taft’s stance as stirring agreement changes, while Republicans and Democrats gauge support for altered Covenant terms.
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Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
New York
Washington
France
League of Nations
George H. Moses
Foreign Relations Committee
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Arkansas
Hitchock
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Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
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