Regatta heat records and notable 1923 events
The Navy wins a three mile regatta in 18 33 setting a new mark with Washington State second and Syracuse third. Obituaries note Mrs Len Small and William Rockefeller deaths. Senate panel urges indefinite occupation of Haiti and leaders discuss coal strike. Immigration quotas cut to 2 percent, Dawes budget director chosen, and Wilson dam funds approved. Multiple incidents from accidents to geopolitical events accompany the day’s briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington State
Syracuse
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
President Harding Backs Labor Board as Strike Threat Looms
Railway unions vote on a July strike while President Harding pledges full support to the federal labor board. The board probes wage decisions and contract practices amid allied tensions over the transportation act. Russia and The Hague talks frame wider European labor and diplomacy concerns as Illinois coal clashes erupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Labor Board
Russia
Hague
de Valera
Federal Railway Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Hooper
Hartly
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Navy Appropriation Bill Advances After Senate Action
The senate passed the naval appropriation bill and sent it to conference with the house. The personnel provision was approved, while amendments withdrawing American marines from Haiti the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua were defeated after a lengthy debate.
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Senate
Walsh
Lenroot
Harding
House
Lasker
Treasury Department
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Russian economic policy details under international scrutiny
The all Russian central executive committee expands its new economic policy with decrees redefining private property rights regulating contracts and reestablishing public prosecutors and legal eligibility while the international commission at The Hague reviews affairs. The aim is to present the guarantee problem as practically settled amid ongoing considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Esthenia
the Hague
France
England
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Oviet
International Commission
Lit
Ireland's peace in doubt after election clash with de Valera
In Dublin Eireann polls de Valera warns against the Free State treaty and new constitution while predicting failure of ratification. In London the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson shocks Britain as he had guided Ulster pacification and held high army posts.
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Witteen
and Sone
London
Henry ‘Hughes
Wilson
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
Sir Henry Wilson
Imperial General Staff
British Army
Ulster
Chen seizes Canton as Sun Yat Sen is captured in China
General Chen, acting for President Li Yuan-hung, occupies Canton and defeats Sun Yat Sen, who is captured and held on a Chinese cruiser. Chen forms a provisional government and invites Sun to Pekin to help reorganize the central government. Armistice ends fighting with General Wu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Li Yuan-hung
Chen
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Pekin
Sun
Peking
Chang
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Japanese Privy Council Anticipates Yap Treaty Ratification
Advices from Tokio state the Yap treaty with the United States will be ratified soon. Other treaties from the Washington conference are expected to be ratified early in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Morton Howell Named First American Minister to Egypt
de Morton Howell of Ohio is designated the first American minister to Egypt. Nominated by President Harding and quickly confirmed by the Senate, Howell’s selection signals strong American diplomatic leadership in the land of the Pharaohs.
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de Morton Howell
Ohio
Egypt
Harding
Senate
Howell
Kellogg Nominated by Republicans for Minnesota Senate Seat
In Minnesota fall campaign reports Kellogg is nominated by Republicans for another term in the upper house. Ann Dickie-Olesen wins Democratic primaries over Thomas Meighen by several thousand votes and serves as one of McAdoo’s floor managers in 1920.
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Frank” ‘Kellogg
Minnesota
Ann’ Dickie - Olesen
Thomas Meighen
Olesen
McAdoo
Tanlac credited by St Louis man for relief from dyspepsia
H Mohr of 1128 Fourth St in St Louis says three bottles of Tanlac cured long standing stomach trouble and loss of appetite. He reports regained weight, pain relief, and improved health, calling the medicine wonderful. Tanlac is sold by all druggists.
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H. Mohr
Fourth St
St. Louis
Turning It Loose
Dialogues deliver a comic courtroom moment as a judge recalls a silent courtship and a wife’s witty reply about finding words after marriage. The exchange highlights humor in marital expectations and communication.
Rest Your Tired Feet With FoOr Base Advertisement
An advertisement touts FoOr Base antiseptic powder to relieve pain from bunions blisters and tired feet. It claims quick relief from sweating callouses and sore spots and says shoes and stockings last longer when walking in comfort.
Electricity's March Pressure on American Power
The piece notes electricity output in America has risen less than twentyfold over the period and now exceeds five times the annual energy a man could produce in a year at eight hours a day. It laments labor as the true bearer of work.
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America
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertisement Claim
If you use Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry you will not be troubled by rust spots caused by inferior bluing. Try it and see.
Library for Every Ship Aims at Merchant Vessels
During the war the American Library Association provided 250000 books for merchant marine ships forming portable libraries. Recently the American Merchant Marine Library Association has been organized to continue this effort under the slogan A Library for Every Ship The Classmate.
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American Library Association
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Sales positions offered by George F. Cram Company ad
The George F. Cram Company seeks men and women for sales with home territories. Applicants must own a Ford or other vehicle. Thorough training provided and liberal commissions offered. Apply at 111 North Market Street Chicago Illinois.
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Ford
George F. Cram Company
North Market Street
Chicago
Ilnois
Power Is Powerless Without Conscious Ability
A reflective aphorism on awareness of personal power and the necessity of self understanding to exercise influence. It underscores that capability alone does not suffice without consciousness of one’s own capacities.
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Len Small
Kankakee
Jer
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Washington
Senate Committee
Santo Domingo
Davis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Johnson
H. M. Lord
War Department
Charles G. Dawes
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Malcolm Kertin
Postal Savings System
William BE. Buffington
Senate Military Committee
National Forest
Wallace
Philippine Islands
Interior Department
Fall
L. L. Gregg
Eau Claire
Axis
Yellowstone Park
Te Park
Livingston, Mont
the Park
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of ‘Investigation
United States Department” of Justice
Cuernavaca
Morelos
George B-Miller ‘& Son
Waterloo
Dr. Eon ‘McNett
Oneida
Nook
Frank
Owens
Medford
Ore
St. Luke’s Hospital
Galveston
Tex
H. F. Brunkenshoefer
A -Shipping Board
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Diamond Match Company
Barberton
Waukegan, Nl
Herrin
Southern Illlinois Coal Company
Fulton County
Tll
George D. Hamilton
G. B. Marton
Buffalo
N. Y
Gettysburg
Wellsville, O
Lloyde George
Winston Churchill
Hamar Greenwood
Prince Albert Honore
Charles
Principality of
Monaco
Paris
Lucy Waits
Davenport
Cedar ‘Rapids
Cardinal Valfre di Bonzo
Vienna
Rome
Dublin
Isabell McKeown
Belfast
Field Marshal
Earl Haig
John Haig & Go
King Ferdinand
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Bucharest
Berlin
Walter Ratheniu
Germany
Foochow
C. MM. Lacey
Shanghai
Wdmond
Lawson
Marcus McKenzie
Wu ‘Ting-fang
Sun Yat-sen -In
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Government
Combat
Edward W. Pickard
American Federation of ‘Labor Convention
Cincinnati
W. HH. Johnston
the Machinists
Als
Press
Mat
ALR
Congress
Supreme Court
Ilinois
Williamson County
Small
State National Guard
Louis Citizen
Tanlac
Dean
Indiana
R. J. Armstrong
S. 14Th Gt
New Castle
Ind
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
Carbo Steel
CARBO
Morgan Park
Fll
King Pi
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