Lincoln Highway convoy rolls toward the Pacific
A long motor transport train led by Col. McClure and Lt. Col. Joy travels along the Lincoln Highway to the Pacific coast. The caravan includes 60 trucks, Packards in the lineup, and a self sustaining unit with cooks, repair units, and feed. Officers and drivers are veterans from overseas service.
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Henry B. Joy
Motor Transport Corps
Pacific’ Coast
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Middle Western
Seaboard
Lincoln
Packard Company
Pacific
War Department
Osterman
W. B. Doron
Gettysburg
Witherheld
Frederick County Fair
Accombee Board
Allies Take Steps to Segure Kaiser in Berlin Talk
The report notes Allied efforts to secure the former German emperor and explore negotiations with the Dutch government. Bonar Law and officials discuss whether to reveal unofficial contacts, while Colonel Kleinbard seeks U S influence to suspend the surrender clause. Von Hindenburg urges an open letter offering a personal substitute to face trial.
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U. S
Berlin
Kelnhard
Keinhard
Parker
Adlon Botet
Fletter
Pershing
Kalger
Relnbard
Wight
Coleonel Parker
Adlon
von Hindenburg
Fryatt’s Body Reaches England Aboard British Destroyer
London reports Captain Charles Fryatt, executed by Germans in 1916 for attempting to ram a submarine, arrived in Dover on a British destroyer escorted by the Dover patrol. The casket was moved to the railway station under military guard and will proceed to London for national memorial services at St Paul’s Cathedral.
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London
Charles Fryatt
Dover
St. Paul's Cathedral
Fryatt
Wrexham
Berlin
Fight Pictures Barred in Ohio by Censor Board
Columbus July 8 Ohio censor board forbids public exhibition of Willard Dempsey fight pictures deeming them unfit. Decision blocks display in state while uncertainty remains if other states will permit under Rodenburg act which bars interstate handling of prize fight films. If viewed as a boxing bout the pictures may be shown elsewhere with board approvals.
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Ohio
Filma
Columbus
Willard Dempsey
Lhe Olin Board of Cangers
Rodenburg
Dempsey
Stir
Diploma scam convict pleads guilty in New York case
Nicholas D. Clements admitted selling bogus medical diplomas for 1500 to Abraham Lazinsky, with about 75 patrons cited. Clements sought clemency by promising to expose physicians and attorneys who bought credentials. Prison details note Dabnemora area, alleged fraud in medicine bottle labeling.
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New York
Dabnemora
Nicholas D. Clements
Abraham Lazinsky
Clements
Argentina Approves Entry to League Covenant
Argentine senate unanimous approval informs the State Department Buenos Aires papers report Argentina becomes the first nation to assent to the League of Nations Covenant through its federal body. Washington dispatches note the act makes Argentina a formal adherent to the covenant without reservation.
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Agenba
Washington
State Department
Buenos Aires
Mine cave-in kills three at Fayette City shaft
In Fayette City, three workers died and seven others were injured after a rock and dirt fall at the entrance of the ONeill rifle shaft of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. More than 300 miners were trapped for about an hour and a half during debris removal. several injured were gravely hurt. Victims named Walter Stanel of Fayette City, John Benson of Pittsburgh, and Paul Lincoln of Fayette City.
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O'Neill
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Walter Stanel
John Benson
Pittsburgh
Paul Lincoln
Eigt
Poincare Visits Reims Presents Legion of Honor Crags
President Poincare accompanied by Senators and deputies visited Reims to present the Legion of Honor to the city. He delivered a solemn address praising the heroism of Reims and its people as the decoration was bestowed.
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Reims
Paris
Poincare
Legion of Honor
Five houses burned in Columbia by incendiary fire
A fiery arson attack in Columbia Pennsylvania destroyed an entire row of five unoccupied houses after a second strike within forty eight hours. Two stables burned Friday night. The account notes a pattern of deliberate ignition with kerosene.
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Lncendiary
Columbia
Watch New In Jail After Murder of Sweetheart
Harry S New, son of Indiana Senator, is jailed in Los Angeles for the murder of his sweetheart Miss Frieda Lesser last Saturday. Nervous and despondent, he claims self defense, saying she refused to marry him. Police report he admitted killing her after doctors confirmed she would not become a mother as he had asserted. Lulu Berger, his Glendale mother, is en route to aid in his defense. employers promise temporary counsel.
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Los Angeles
Harry
New
Frieda Lesser
United States
Harry S. New
Indiana
Holice Station
Lulu Berger
Glendale
Indianapolis
Miss Lesser
Patlee
Becaase
Hogs at 22.40 A Hundred Sets New High
Chicago market notes hogs rose after breaking high price records three times last week. New top quotations reached 224.4 per hundredweight with average cost around 21.55 Thursday. Trading stalled until the next morning amid sensational gains largely tied to price climbs and a Pantour run.
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Only 24 U. S. Guns On Front Says General
Pace New York July 8 transports Louisville Giuseppe Verdi from Brest Marseilles with 242 officers 4118 troops among casualties aboard Ferdb wagon Major General Earnest Winds 65 officers 1820 men At the close of the war there were only twenty four American type guns In operation These were made in England from American designs General Hinds led artillery First Army later chiefs of artillery He served in Spanish American Philippine wars and wore multiple honors Northumberland Pa July 8 drowning of 16 year old Robert Steele son of Harry Steele in Susquehanna River after cramps during ingent fall of coal crushes miner at Mahanoy City Pa December 8 caught under bull of cold Suffolk collie Jom sake 56 years old died from injuries
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Earnest
Wnds
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City
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