World News Digest Of The 1920s Global Events Summary
Broad compilation of world and domestic items detailing licensing figures for cars and trucks in windsor, strikes in St Louis, a Horton Ice Cream heist, railroad wage interpretations, Elks memorial plans, a deadly Army crash in West Virginia, and a brutal winter storm near Ouray. Also notes job openings in Chicago, a deceased teen in Ann Arbor, and memorial services for veterans. Mentions Pershing, Congregational church meetings, drownings in Hamburg, a Missoula auto race fatality, and shifts in American foreign trade and aviation losses. Discusses potential arms conference, new shipping board appointments, withdrawn gunboats, tariff bill debate, and political party lines in Congress.
Georges Carpentier Signs to Defend Light-Heavy Title in October
Georges Carpentier signed a contract in New York with Tex Rickard to defend his world light-heavyweight championship in October. The opponent will be selected at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Carpentier
New York
Tex Rickard
Notable Deaths and Marriages Across Coast to Coast
Edward W. Preston longtime Travelers Insurance manager dies at Hartford age 84. Charles A. Prouty ex Interstate Commerce Commissioner dies in Newport. Mary Miles Minter to wed Orville Erringer of Portland. July 9 marks Harding and wife anniversary with no formal observance. Theda Bara secretly marries C J Brahin, Greenwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Preston
The
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Hartford, Conn
Charles A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Newport, Vt
Mary Miles Minter
Motion Pcture
Orville Erringer
Portland
Ore
Theodore Erringer
Paris
Pian
Harding
Washington
Theda Bara
Siren
New York
Greenwich
Conn
C. J. Brahin
Taft Sworn In As Chief Justice Of United States
William Howard Taft takes the oath as chief justice in a Washington ceremony led by Justice Hehling. The event marks his elevation from former president to Supreme Court jurist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
United States
Supreme Court
Justice Hehling
Washington
De Valera and Smuts Boost Irish Autonomy Peace Push
News reports a cross Atlantic shift toward Irish self rule with Ulster autonomy under a British commonwealth model. Smuts’ Dublin talks spark optimism while Sinn Fein leaders demand guaranteed secession rights and unity with a settlement framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Christian Smuts
Lloyd George
de Valera
London
James Craig
South Ireland
Ireland
South Africa
Ulster
Natal
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Michael Collins
General Smuts
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Bulgaria Co-operates With Kemal Amid Near East Tension
The article notes Bulgaria’s possible cooperation with Kemal to regain eastern Thrace, with the Little Entente backed by Italy and allied powers ready to act if Bulgaria moves. It reports a push to prevent Bolshevik seizure of Constantinople, including mobilization and possible heavy allied reinforcements.
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Near East
Bulgaria
Kemal
Thrace
Little Entente
Puge-Shivia
Ceecho-Slovakia
Troumania
Italy
Constantinople
Trotzky
Lenin
German fears ignite call of wolf over Upper Silesia
Berlin warns of an imminent coup d etat as reactionary forces plan to march on the capital following the ruling on Upper Silesia. Monarchist generals are said to command irregular troops near the border while Beuthen sees clashes with French forces resulting in deaths. The inter allied timetable is blamed for not delivering a peaceful arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Upper Silesia
Wolf
Berlin
Inter-Allied Commission
Silesian
von der Goltz
Kapp
Beuthen
State department cooperates on treaty preliminaries with central powers
Our State department works on preliminaries for negotiating peace treaties with the central powers. Officials promise no actions will disturb cordial relations with allied powers, and the United States will keep allied leaders informed as Secretary Hughes drafts the treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
United States
Hughes
Turmoil in Tampico Tied to Oil Export Tax Decree
The State Department eyes Tampico as labor unrest may threaten American property. Navy vessels were sent, not as a show of force, amid protests over Mexico's oil export tax. President Obregon maintains the decree stands and conditions are not as dire as reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Tampico
Obregon
Tariff Battle Opens With Democratic Minority Report
A minority report from the Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee denounces the tariff bill as a conspiracy to favor a few at humanity's expense. It notes potential effects on U S commerce and the shift to American valuation for duties, citing a drop in foreign trade from 1 188 255 449 to 527 878 825. The report condemns protected industries selected by self interested groups and praises natural market forces. Senator Smoot's subcommittee rushes to advance the Sweet veterans bureau bill to aid disabled soldiers and sailors through coordinated relief agencies amid criticism of delays and neglect under the current system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means Committee
House
United States
Smoot
Senate
Congress
Dawes Commission
Five Rail Unions Vote on Wage Reduction Order
The five train service brotherhoods plan a referendum on accepting or rejecting the federal railway labor board wage reduction order. Union leaders say a strike will not occur unless railway executives push to wipe out current working rules.
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Federal Railway Labor Board
Farm Live Stock Runtiness Tied to Breeding and Feeding
United States Department of Agriculture reports more than 800 responses from breeders on runtiness in farm livestock. Inferior breeding and poor feeding jointly cause about two thirds of runts, with at least 7 percent of stock typically in the runty class. Further data on timing, losses, and prevention are being prepared for public release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Census figures on purebreds progressed with USDA aid
The USDA Bureau of the Census advances tabulation of purebred livestock in ten states with strong cooperation from the Agriculture Department. Livestock experts value the data for production problems and animal improvement, and final figures are due with the general livestock results this summer. This marks the first time a country has compiled nationwide purebred farm counts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Department
Care and Feeding of Stock From Vermont Farmer
A Vermont farmer argues in a USDA inquiry that better early life care and proper feeding reduce runt livestock. He states educated owners who care for stock from birth nearly wipe out runts and explains early care is the main factor in runt production.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Vermont
Swine thrift and feed utilization described
A historical note describes hogs gleaning scattered grains and dairy by products to produce pork. It also mentions hogs converting fallen orchard fruit into meat and displaying various thriftful saving propensities in daily husbandry.
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Springfield
St. Louis
Horton Ice Cream Company
A. New York
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chisago
B. P.O. Elks
Moundsville
W. Va
Sneffel’s Peak
Ouray
Colo
Thlinois Free Employment Service
Trene Seymour
John Seyimour
Ann Arbor
Alph
France
Hoboken
National Council of Congregational Churches of America
Cal
Mass
Cyrus Schlichter
Raymond Hallgren
Hamburg
Burnell Liston
Missoula
James Reynolds
Boulder Hot Springs
Mont
Naphae
Fairgrounds
Mort
America
Department of Commerce
Army
Japan
China
Pacific
Far East
A. D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Sacramento
Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Department of Agriculture
Capper
Senar Agriculture Committee
Yarding
Luloyd George
House of Commons
Week
Wasington
Dublin
Belfast
King George
Guernsey
Mesopotamia
Barra
Rockefeller Foundation
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Institute of Public Hygiene
Fiume
Mayfair
Earl of Craven
Cornelia
Ridley Martin
William
Doorn
Ingland
Shannon
Hamonn de Valera
Schuithess
Switzerland
Geneva
Colombia
Venezuela
Laule
Leipzig
United States Mary
Isedford
Jenglanad
Maryland
Smuts
Republic” Idea
Near Eastern
Mess
Edward W. Pickard
Liverpool
Prince of Wales
Turkey
Serres
Greece
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Athens
Ikemal Pasha
Doctor Rathenau
Reconstruction
Bureau of Census
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