Indictments in East St Louis race riots shock Belleville
Sixty eight indictments against 105 persons for murder arson conspiracy rioting and assault to murder were returned by a Belleville grand jury probing the East St Louis riots of July 1 to 3 A detailed report cites causes and calls for reforms noting influx of 8000 Negroes and harmful employment practices at area plants It also describes police inaction and a planned riot with attrition and arson across the city.
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Belleville, II
East St. Louis
Richard Brockway
Belleville
Samuel Coppidge
Frank Wadley
Brundage
Agai
Tree Bridge
Dr. Bundy
Labor Temple Hall
Illinois
Coppidge
Wadley
Maguey crops expand in Philippines market push
Maguey, once unknown in the Philippines, is rapidly growing as a major crop in northern Luzon. The bureau of agriculture imports stripping machines from the United States to boost quality and profits, with market places planned in Ilocano regions to fix price gaps and aid planters. Harry T. Edwards arrives to support the hammock fiber industry and assist hormo maguey and sisal development.
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Manila
Philippine
Bureau of Agriculture
Luzon
United States
Philippines
Hecas Norte
Tecos Sur
la Union
Harry T. Edwards
Agriculture of the Philippines
Bureau
New Wheat Board Announced Today
Washington August 15 announces creation of a wheat control board under the food administration to supervise distribution. Board personnel to be announced today. Plans for control to be released within days. Millers to largely handle flour manufacture. Chicago meetings among millers this week to review the situation. Grain interests to hear the administration’s program including elevator licensing and price provisions. Also noted is a luncheon menu of dried foods served by Mrs. Robert Lansing to cabinet ladies in a display of wartime economies.
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Washington
Wheat Control Board
The
Food Administration
Chicago
Robert Lansing
Musical Festival in Highland Park Tonight Draws Crowds
A brief personal notice item lists a Musical Festival at Highland Park tonight with 10 cents admission and Snyder's Taxi contact. It notes Morris Adler returning home from Fort Sheridan Tuesday midnight. Other local moves include Leindecker family plans, Leona Burgdorf joining Cudahy in Chicago, and various updates on residents and parish feast services.
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Highland Park
Morris Adler
Fort Sheridan
Leona Burgdorf
Charles Burgdorf
Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago
Burgdorf
Reliable Incubator Company
Snyder
Frank Leindecker
Tobe Leindecker
South Fifth Street
St. Vincent
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
Olivia
Marie Geers
R. R. Penrose
Oak Street
Bysan Knoblock
St. Louis
Quincy
Charles Clarke
Matilda Muehde
Indianapolis
Indiana
Demand for Porto Rico self government passes houses
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico August 15 resolutions addressed to President Wilson demanding complete self government for Porto Rico have been passed by both houses of the insular legislature.
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San Juan
P. R
Wilson
Porto Rico
Body of U S Destroyer Fireman Washed Ashore
Queenstown reports the body of James H. Bush a fireman on an American destroyer washed ashore Monday confirming the sailor’s death and setting a somber wartime casualty notice in the harbor town.
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Queenstown
James H. Bush
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MNE
Maguey
Manhattan
H. T. Snyder
Hampshire Street
Crispin Shoe Co
J. B. C. Freiburg
Maine
J. T. Flynn
Quincy Gas and Electric Company
Gas Com
Pany
Elkhart
Ind
Scotch Woolen Mills CO
Quincy Gas, Electric and Heating Company
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