Tariff Fight Heats Up In House Over Fordney Bill
Representative Collier of Mississippi charged Chairman Fordney with a one sided committee hearing on the Fordney tariff bill. He said rates would be 20 to 40 percent higher than Payne Aldrich and warned higher freight costs from steel rails would flow to railroads and the steel trust.
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Washington
Fordney
House
Collier
Mississippi
Ways and Means Committee
Caserin
Louisiana
Representative Knutson
Minnesota
Longworth
Ohio
Steel Trust
Help a Hero Fund Aims to Aid Sgt York Relief
Walter A. Thomas of Evansville Indiana donated $5 to launch the Help a Hero Fund for Alvin C York the Tennessee mountaineer and World War I hero in danger of losing his farm over a $12 500 mortgage. York killed 25 German soldiers captured 35 machine guns and 132 prisoners.
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Evansville
Ind
Walter A. Thomas
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Alvin C. York
Thomas
York
Men charged with death of Florida man arrested in Georgia
Pensacola reports two men named Joe Martin of Brunswick and Jim Lingo of Camden County Ga were arrested in Bainbridge Ga for a July 4 murder of John M. Tuggle of Chipley Fla near Deerland Oakaloosa County. They allegedly confessed to Sheriff Martin in Bainbridge.
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Pensacola
Fla
John M. Tuggle
Chipley
Deerland
Oakaloosa County
Bainbridge
Joe Martin
Brunswick
Jim Lingo
Camden County
Martin
Memphis Transit Workers Stand Against 12 Cent Cut
Conductors and motormen along with all Memphis street railway employees have united to oppose a proposed wage reduction of 12 cents per hour, announced on July 2. The stand reflects broad employee solidarity across the company.
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Memphis
Memphis Street Railway Company
Benton Man Confesses to Slaying Wife in Arkansas
Aubrey Nantz, 30, jailed in Benton awaiting preliminary examination after allegedly confessing to killing his wife Bessie Nantz, 26, by cutting her throat. The crime report notes the admission and current detention.
Ex Mayor Curley Linked to Tufts Removal Case Boots Probe
Boston court opens with Curley implicated in a bid to remove Middlesex DA Nathan Tufts amid sensational accusations. The Mishawum Manor roadhouse party in 1917 involved Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky, with a $100,000 payoff alleged to dodge prosecutions. The piece notes IRS distraint uses to seize distillery assets even without guilty verdicts.
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Boston
James M. Curley
J. Wesley Allen
Nathan A. Tufts
Middlesex County
State Supreme Court
Mishawum Manor
Woburn
Fatty” Arbuckle
Copley Plaza
Hiram Abrams
Oil Discovery at Pitts Stryker Well Near Booneville
An Arkansas oil field is developing five miles southwest of Booneville after the Pitts Stryker well shows a steady oil flow of about fifty barrels daily. Drilling continues day and night in Section 26 5 28 in hopes of a larger pool in a deeper sand.
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Booneville
Ark
Arkansas
Nashville Man Dies From Poison In Chicago Yard
The body of James Owens of Nashville Tennessee was found in the Illinois Central railroad yards at Market Avenue. Physicians say death was caused by denatured alcohol containing poison. Owens had been dead for hours when discovered by police.
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Memphis
James Owens
Nashville, Tenn
Illinois Central Railroad
Market Avenue
Owens
Legion Wires Harding in Call to Delay Compensation Bill
Chicago American Legion departmental commanders from six states met and sent a message to President Harding urging him to reconsider and postpone passage of the adjusted compensation bill for ex service men and women.
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Chicago—American Legion
Harding
Texas Farm Bureau rises among nation’s strongest
Strong Farm Bureau in Dallas Texas contends with Ohio for third strongest state farm bureau in the United States according to American Farm Bureau Federation reports. In under a year 127 county farm bureaus have been organized by the Texas federation with J. T. Orr as president and C. O. Moser of Dallas as secretary.
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Strong Farm Bureau
Dallas
Texas
Ohio
United States
American Farm Bureau Federation
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
J. T. Orr
C. O. Moser
Wage Guarantee Raised for Chicago Railroad Workers
The Railroad Labor Board interpreted the 1920 wage award increasing daily guarantees to engineers to 6.80 and firemen to 5.05. The interpretation aims to clarify guarantees set by the railroad administration.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Hailstorm Drops 18 Inches Near Standing Rock Reserve
In Mandan South Dakota hail piled up to 18 inches in gullies near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. A cloudburst accompanied the storm with a fierce wind tearing down buildings around Fort Yates.
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Mandan
S. D
Standing Rock
Decrease in Heat Prostration Cases in St. Louis
Decreased use of intoxicants has reduced heat prostration cases in St. Louis, reports Dr. Rolla Heary, superintendent of the city hospital.
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St. Louis
Rolla Heary
City Hospital
Steamer Memphis City Launched by Chickasaw Shipyard
The steamer Memphis City a 10000 ton Alabama steel vessel was launched at Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car company a United States Steel subsidiary. The ceremony drew thousands with whistles bells and cheers. Memphis delegates led by Mayor Rowlett Paine attended to honor the ship named for the Mississippi capital.
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Mobile
Ala
Memphis City
Alabama Steel
Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company
United States Steel Corporation
Memphis
Mississippi
Rowlett Paine
Pershing to Attend Hoboken Funeral for War Dead
General Pershing has gone to Hoboken New Jersey to attend funeral services for over 1500 American soldiers whose bodies were returned from France. He will speak briefly at the service.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
Hoboken
N. J
France
Bronx Kids on Strike Over Cream Sodas Price
More than 1,000 Bronx boys and girls parade to protest high prices, hoping to restore their cream sodas to the nickel price.
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Bronx
New York
No Liquor Passes Through U S Ports After July 15
Arizona customs officers received a Washington telegram ordering no liquor sent to Mexican points to pass through U S ports after July 15.
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U. S. Nogarez
Ariz
Washington
Mexico
United States
Truce in Ireland Brings Relief as De Valera Heads to London
London reports a hopeful pause in fighting as De Valera agrees to a London conference with Lloyd George. The truce lays down new ground for temporary peace with all raids and provocations to stop. De Valera takes responsibility for Sinn Fein discipline while Greenwood and Craig stay in London to monitor events.
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Lloyd George
de Valera
All
London
Ireland
Hamonn de Vaelta
Dublin
Crown
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Pein
Hamar Greenwood
James Craig
Mr. de Valera
William Objects To Taxes In Doorn Dispute
Former Emperor William clashes with Doorn municipal council over local taxes. He argues the town cannot demand payment since he came to Holland unwittingly and is effectively a prisoner, not a free citizen, while authorities threaten enforcement.
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London
William
Doorn
Daily Mail
Holland
Brookfield Voters Age List Sparks Debates
In North Brookfield Massachusetts the assessors posted a list of 900 female voters with each name followed by an age. The heat of the shade and the office tallies suggested ages up to 120, prompting many women to erase entries and challenge the accuracy.
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Brookfield
North Brookfield
Mass
Meteors Behind Record Summer Heat Say Scientist
Vallejo Cal July heat is blamed on a meteor shower striking the sun increasing radiation and surface temperature according to Prof T J J Lee government astronomer at Mare Island Navy Yard.
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Vallejo
Cal
T. J. J. Lee
Mare Island Navy Yard
Trachoma Strikes Missouri Rural Families
A Missouri commission for the blind survey finds entire rural families in Missouri afflicted with trachoma, highlighting widespread impact among rural communities in St. Louis and beyond.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Missouri Commission For the Blind
Harding Heads Weekend Cruise Aboard Mayflower
President and Mrs. Harding depart Washington for a weekend cruise aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower. They travel down the Potomac to Chesapeake Bay for a rest period and aboard a formal leisure voyage.
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Harding
Washington
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Fire Destroys Tug Merriwether on Lake Pontchartrain
The self propelled barge Merriwether caught fire while being towed across Lake Pontchartrain to Mandeville for repairs and was totally destroyed.
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New Orleans
Merriwether
Lake Pontchartrain
Mandeville
Traffic in Yellowstone Boasts June Visitor Totals
Bozeman Montana park officials report 1 946 motor cars carrying 6 349 passengers entered Yellowstone in June this year up from 1 023 cars with 3 600 passengers a year earlier.
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Yellowstone
Bozeman
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Park
Crown Prince Sets Sail to Naples aboard Japanese Ship
Toulon France dispatch reports the Crown Prince of Japan departing aboard the battleship Katori bound for Naples. He is accompanied by the Kasuhima battleship and French torpedo boats providing escort.
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Crown Prince
Italy
Toulon
France
Whito
Japan
Naples
Katori
Kasuhima
Special Election Set for Lafayette County Road District Bonds
Notice announces a special election on July 30, 1921 at Dallas Voting Place in Beat Five to ratify or reject the plan by Lafayette County Supervisors to issue bonds up to 15000 dollars for constructing and maintaining highways in the road district.
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Dallas
Dallas Road
Board of Supervisors
Lafayette
Mississippi
District of Beat
Said
Yocona River
Lafayette County
D. T. Mitchell
M. Hall
M. Lohnson
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Sergeant York
Curley
Zukor
Lasky
Internal Revenue Service
Caesar Cattanea
Capleville
Tena
The
Revenue Department
Prohibition Enforcement
District Prohibition Enforcement Office
Internal Revenue Department
Collector of Internal Revenue
Uncle Sam
Nashville
Legion
Mary Budd Stewart
Pershing
Tages
Wellington
A. Gressett
Jackson
Colombins
Carey
Eeliote Lumber «Co
Oxford
Miss
Farm Bureau
Lafayette County Farm Bureau
Hunt
R. R. Chilton & CO
Ballard
A. H. Kendel
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