Golfer Gene Sarazen Wins United States Open Title
Highlights from Happenings of the World: Gene Sarazen, at twenty-one, a Pittsburgh pro and former Apawamis caddy, wins the U S Open at Skokie Chicago. Reports cover deaths of educators Dr John Williams Cook in Chicago and Lieut Col James Longstreet in Cheyenne, multiple international incidents, and a deadly Prussia explosion near Schwanheide.
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Gene Sarazen
Pittsburgh
Apawamis
United States
Skokie Rinks
Chicago
John Williams Cook
Northern Illinois
Eastern Illinois Normal Schools
National Education Association
James Longstreet
Thirteenth Cavalry
Cheyenne
Wyo
Senate Agri Committee votes against Frenny Ford lease of Muscle Shoals
A Senate Agriculture Committee vote 9 to 7 unfavorable report blocks Frenny Ford’s offer to lease the Muscle Shoals plants. Other items note counterfeit liquor prescription blanks, tariff fights, arbitration talks on coal, and various municipal, industrial, and crime developments.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Frenny Ford
Muscle Shoals
France Opposes Moratorium as Germany Faces Financial Strain
The Allied Reparations Commission appears set to grant Germany a formal 80 month moratorium on cash reparations despite French opposition. Paris argues Germany’s monetary policy and wasteful spending caused its crisis, while French officials warn any easing hinges on debt remission and control of Germany finances during the period.
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France
Allied
Germany
Berlin
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chicago Faces Transit Strike Across Surface and Elevators
Chicago teeters on a transit strike as surface streetcar workers vote to strike over a 20 cent wage cut and elevated line workers join in. A joint policy forms, with officials debating municipal takeover amid local politics. President Harding pushes arbitration in coal talks as anthracite accepts plan while bituminous operators and miners stall, awaiting a wage commission by August 10.
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Harding
Mitchell Gallagher
Cleveland
D. Warriner
Philadelphia
White House
Washington
Hicago
Peaves Mackenzin proposes modernization of 105 year old boundary accord
King of Canada Peaves Mackenzin submitted to Secretary Hughes a plan to modernize and make permanent the Bush Bagot agreement between Britain and the United States. The pact, in force 105 years, limits armed forces on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence and can be terminated with six months notice.
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Peaves Mackenzin
Canada
Washington
Hughes
Great Britain
United States
Great Lakes
Lakes
St. Lawrence
Britain to Send Delegates on War Debt Refund Talks
Premier Lloyd George will dispatch delegates with plenary powers to Washington to discuss refunding the British war debt under the Mellon act. He asserts Britain does not view the American debt as part of Europe’s war debts or reparations. Gold shipments to cover interest will start in August.
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Edward W. Pickard
Hooper
Federal Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Labor Board
Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Labor Board
Middle West
Texas
Pacific Coast
Bloomington
Brotherhoods
Helt
Washington
Harding
United States
Postmaster General
Cabinet
Britain
America
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Europe
Russian Delegates Threaten Breakdown at The Hague Conference
At The Hague the Russian delegation evaded direct replies and aimed to fracture allied unity. Britain and France pressed Russia to recognize prewar debts guarantee credits and state terms for restoring foreign property, but Moscow refused, prompting many delegates to plan immediate departures.
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Hague
Irish Parliament Delayed as Ulster Boycotts Commission
Dublin awaits the first session of the new Irish Free State legislature postponed to August 15 amid ongoing disorder. Premier Sir James Craig of Ulster refuses to join the joint commission to mark the north south frontier, keeping the border as a continual source of strife.
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Ulster
James Craig
Joint Commission
Wilkerson Named Federal Judge for Northern Illinois
President Harding designates James H. Wilkerson of Chicago to fill the northern district judgeship succeeding Judge Landis. Wilkerson has served as county attorney, Illinois legislator, U S district attorney and assistant to Attorney General Brundage of Illinois.
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McKinley and McCormick
Illinois Bar Association
Harding
James H. Wilkerson
Chicago
Ilinois
Landis
Wilkerson
Illinois
United States
General Brundage
Free Copy of Reliable Recipes From Calumet Baking Powder Co
Households can obtain a free 76 page booklet titled Reliable Recipes by writing the Calumet Baking Powder Co Home Economics Department at 4100 28 Fillmore Street Chicago IL The firm also offers free cooking and kitchen equipment questions answered by its Home Economics Department with no charge.
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Calumet Baking Powder Co
Fillmore Street
Chicago
Fillmore St
Talkative Mrs Benham Money Talks In Cash Clash
Mrs Benham Money speaks openly about finances prompting remarks on cash distribution and family dynamics in a spirited exchange. The dialogue highlights differing views on money and ownership within the household.
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Benham
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Los Angeles
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Birchlake
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Janesboro, I
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Puebla
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