New submarine Argosy Argonaut III demo in Bridgeport
Simon Lake unveils the Argosy Argonaut III salvaging submarine in Bridgeport with reporters and camera crews aboard. The 30 foot tube and air lock enable five divers to walk the sea floor without diving dress, as Lake pitches a $10 million salvage venture for cargo recovery, tunnel work, fisheries, and dredging with proposed 10 and 15 inch pumps for high throughput.
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New York
Simon Lake
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Harbor
Penfield Reef
Lake
Long Island Sound
Hungary Seeks Allied Backing In Armistice Terms
From Copenhagen a Vienna report says Clemenceau told the Italian mission that the supreme council will not meddle in Hungary’s internal policy. Romania is asked to halt advances on the current line until Budapest confirms armistice terms. An Italian envoy pledges rapid compliance and requests allied troops as a peaceful demonstration. A Romanian commission moves toward Budapest to negotiate a separate armistice.
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Copenhagen
Clemenceau
Budapest
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Romania
Hungary
Vienna
M. Clemenceau
Plymouth News Briefs and Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Plymouth, Illinois reports Quincy visitors Lieut Herman Denny and Charles Woodward Saturday. Mrs Tim Coffman and daughter and Miss Winifred Furle of Augusta visited Friday. Mrs Robert Hodgonc returned home after visiting Chicago relatives. A large outing occurred in Whipples woods with Bowen family. Mrs Wiley Turner died Saturday afternoon. Mr Whitfield and family visited S S Graves Sunday. Misses Caroline and Frances Helton visited from Chicago. Belle Frazee visited Providence relatives. Rain paused threshers after a shower early week. Mrs Everett Swisegood of Denver called on Plymouth friends. Swisegood plans Cheyenne Wy home on return. Plymouth Girls Coast Band to perform Saturday night. Boys Band already hosting regular gigs. Re and Mrs H G Holbreck returned to Orion Illinois after visiting Holbreck's parents. Hardy Woodfin, former Congregational pastor, toured Ozarks during vacation. Ward announced the death of Tom Benson of Texas. his wife Maude Stuart was a former Plymouth girl.
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Bowen
Whipples Woods
Wiley Turner
Scott's
Everett Swisegood
Denver
Cole
Plymouth
Swisepod
Cheyenne
Wyo
H. G Holbreck
Orion
Til
Mre
Holbreck
David Hridgewater
Hardy Woodfin
Congregational
Shuren
Ozarks
Ward
Tom Benson
Texas
Maude Stuart
Debate over high living costs dominates Senate discussion
Washington Aug 5. Senate reopens with debate on living costs. Gronna calls committee meeting to discuss remedies. rejects wage hikes, shorter hours, or utility nationalization as panaceas. Discussions touch on wheat price guarantees, crop estimates, and blame for rising prices. Senators Kellogg Nelson Gronna McCumber Pittman Smoot weigh causes from farms to inflation and global trends.
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Senate
Gronna
Agriculture Committee
Grenna
Kellogg
Nelson
Minnesota
Granna
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Kirby
Arkansas
Grain Corporation
Barnes
McCumber
North Dakota
Pittman
Nevada
Wilson
Sherman
Illinois
Senator Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Predicts Tie-Up Soon By Shopmen's Strike
CHICAGO, Aug. 5 A tie-up of freight traffic in the central west is forecast by L. W. Hawver president of the Chicago council of the Federated Railway Shopmen's union after reports of shop workers walking out. He says 250000 shopmen are on strike and by Wednesday night 25 percent more may join. Additional Rock Island shops closed as workers left. Hawver notes the Chicago & Northwestern shops are fully tied up and will have trouble handling mail.
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Chicago
Central West
L. W. Hawver
Chicago Council of the Federated Railway Shopmen's Union
Rock Island
Hawver
Chicago & Northwestern
100 Miles For 50c on the Sidney Steamship Excursion
A steamer named Sidney offers a Sunday excursion to Louisiana for 50 cents. The trip covers 100 miles, departing Quincy at 9 30 in the morning and allowing two hours for visits in Louisiana.
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Sidney
Louisiana
Quincy
Pershing's final Rhine view before returning home
Gen. Pershing, within the Roman walls of Ander nach near Coblenz, took his last glimpse of the Rhine on Saturday before leaving the American area in Germany. He will spend ten days with a large party inspecting war ruins as his final battlefield tour before returning to the United States.
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Coblenz
Andernach
Pershing
Rhine
Germany
United States
Convicts Escape in Freight Box Then Captured
In Joliet Illinois Fred Laumer and Charles Riley convicts who escaped from the state prison were found hiding in a freight box. Guards pursued them through railroad yards and a special railroad agent spotted their break from the box at the depot. Laumer was shot in the back but not seriously wounded.
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Joliot
Ill
Fred Laumer
Charles Riley
Laumer
Rewards For Arrest Of Bomber Rise To 11500 Dollars
In Los Angeles on August 5 rewards totaling 11500 dollars were offered for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for planting a bomb that destroyed the home of Oscar Lawler former assistant United States attorney general Mr and Mrs Lawler appealed for swift justice amid the flare of the bombing incident and the search for suspects.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Oscar Lawler
United States Attorney-General
Lawler
Fire Explosion Leaves Family in Critical Condition
Physicians say Mr. and Mrs. Lawler remain in critical condition after a fire following an explosion. Dr. T. C. Myers, attending, reports neither is out of danger. City council debates increasing the reward by 10,000 at Mayor M. P. Snyder’s request.
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Ment
M. P. Snyder
T. C. Myers
Internal Piles Treatment Promises Swift Relief
An advertisement touts an internal remedy for hemorrhoids called Miro Pile Kennedy. It claims rapid relief within days, internal action passes through the stomach and intestines to heal ulcers and piles, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Brown and Mays Drug Co. offer or dispense the product.
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Ohio
Brown and Mays Drug Co
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Augusta
Robert Hodgonck
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H. Govert
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State Street Bank and Trust CO
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