British Troops Take Belleek After Short Engagement
Belleek was occupied this afternoon by British forces advancing to seize the salient from Irish irregulars. The fort above Belleek fell first, followed by the town as artillery and infantry moved in. The operation involved Lincolnshire and Staffordshire units with armored cars and howitzers, aided by heliograph calls across Lough Erne.
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Associated Press
Belleek
Free State
Fermanagh-Donegal
Lough Erne
Lough Keas
tigee
Enniskillen
Lincolnshire
Staffordshire
President Harding Heads to New Jersey for Princeton Monument Dedication
President Harding and Mrs. Harding travel by regular train to New Jersey for tomorrow's dedication address at the Princeton battlefield monument. Accompanying him are Senators Frelinghuysen and Midge, Speaker Gillette, Secretary Christian, and several newspaper men.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
No German loan is to be made
Paris June 8 The Associated Press reports bankers' committee has given up on a German international loan and meets to draft a report for the reparations commission. Unanimity among lenders and a clear credit basis for Germany are seen as essential, but the commission's reply indicates unanimity is not assured, so loan plans cannot be advised.
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Associated Press
Germany
committee of bankers
bankers’ committee
reparations commission
Peggy Hopkins Silent in Los Angeles Arrival Declines Interview
Peggy Hopkins Joyce arrived in Los Angeles from Chicago and declined 40 newspapermen interviews. She is hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Morosco for several weeks. In Chicago Ruth hits fourth homer as Robertson allows no baserunners in first, Sox win.
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PEGGY HOPKINS
LOS ANGELES
Joyce
Chicago
Oliver Morosco
Prison Break During Show Leaves 32 Jail Inmates at Lincoln Heights
In Los Angeles on June 8 police hunted 32 prisoners who left a Lincoln Heights theater after 450 inmates watched part of a film. A hacksaw used to escape appeared, with 38 slipping through a window before alarms rang. Five were captured that night and another today, while authorities fear many more are at large.
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LOS ANGELS
Lincoln heights
Rickenbacker's Plane Struck by Lightning Near Detroit
June 8 Detroit reports that Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's all metal plane, on a cross country flight from New York to San Francisco, was wrecked at Packard field when struck by lightning twenty minutes before a planned takeoff for Chicago. Rickenbacker and his party were not seriously hurt. three workmen tuning the plane were knocked unconscious, with one reportedly in danger.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
New York
San Francisco
Packard field
Rickenbacker
Chicago
Danish envoy to be prince in Washington luncheon
Prince Aage of Denmark, rumored to become the next Danish minister to Washington, was hosted at a luncheon by the American Club in Copenhagen. The minister praised him as a traveler and Allied soldier while noting his boxing as a European middleweight. Prince Rape spoke of American aid to Europe in its postwar struggles.
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COPENHAGEN
Prince Aage
Denmark
Washington
Prince
Europe
Prince Rape
France
America
Pope Pius Listens to Addresses in Vatican Courtyard
Pope Pius appeared in the San Danteso courtyard before about 2000 observers including college of propaganda students and missionaries. He listened for over two hours to speeches delivered in twenty seven languages during the third centenary celebration of the congregation.
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ROME
Associated Press
Pope Pius
San Danteso
Vatican
college of propaganda
congregation of propaganda
Nine U S destroyers decommissioned at San Diego harbor
Two divisions totaling nine destroyers were decommissioned in San Diego yesterday. The ships join thirty three others idled along mooring buoys as their machinery is coated with lead and grease to prevent rust. They will be moved later to a Mooring base under construction.
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Cal
Bankers Deny Premature Merger Report
San Francisco bankers deny published reports of Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank and Union Trust Company merger. Officials say stockholders discussed possible consolidation but no definite action was taken.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank
Union Trust Company of
RR Strike Vote Preparations Under Way In Chicago
Railroad unions push for a strike vote amid wage-cut protests by the railroad labor board. Ballots to be returned by June 25 with possible stoppage starting July 15 if approved. Union leaders warn of possible coal miner and AFL action, while some presidents question rank and file support.
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railroad labor board
balletts
railroad board
American federation of Labor
Cincinnati
H. E. Byram
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Hale Holden
Burlington
W. H. Finley
Northwestern
J. MH. Gorman
Rock Island
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central
M. Felton
Chicago & Creat Western
Big Four
sixteen brotherhoods
cratta
President backs oil reserve policy in naval leases
President Harding approved the naval and interior department policy on naval air reserves including private leases. He transmitted Falls report detailing reserve dispositions to the Senate, noting the material is for information amid ongoing investigation. Mondell bill would pay 30 percent of rents to states with funds later for roads and schools. total reserve area listed as 6,612,123 acres across eight states.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
senate
navy
interior departments
Fall
Pall
Falls
public lands committee
house public lands committee
Mondell bil
naval petroleum rrove
Fallin
Arizona
California
Montana
North Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Boursiana
Sinnott
Interest Reduced on New U S Notes
Washington reports Secretary Mellon unveiled two new government security issues with lower rates as part of June financing. The plan includes three and one half to four and three eighths percent notes, exchangeable from Victory notes, dated June 15, plus a one year certificate at about 250 million dollars to meet mid month payments.
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WASHINGTON
Melion
treasury
Mellon
Night air trip between Paris and London demonstrated
On June 8 a night air round trip from Paris to London was negotiated by a ten passenger airplane. The flight aimed to prove feasibility for night air traffic between the two capitals. Strong lights illuminated the route and the aero dromes at both ends shone brightly.
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PARIS
London
Larger crops forecast for country at large
Washington reports larger bushels forecast for spring and winter wheat. The Agriculture Department projects 247,000,000 bushels of spring wheat, 132,000,000 more than 1921 May 1, and forecasts total crop around 607,000,000 bushels, with winter wheat showing gains and 1,000,000 day area.
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WASHINGTON
department of agriculture
Divorce granted to bantamweight boxer Earl Puryear
Earl Puryear, a bantamweight boxer formerly of Denver, was granted a divorce from Grayce Puryear in Omaha domestic relations court. The divorce is contingent on juvenile court investigation. Puryear testified his wife abused and beat him. he said he would rather face a champion. Mrs. Puryear was not present in court.
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Neb
Earl Puryear
Denver
Grayce Puryear
Puryear
Baseball Scores From Boston to Cleveland
Today’s baseball results feature St Louis defeating Boston with 15 hits and 6 errors, Doak and Clemons scattered nine runs. Brooklyn edged Cincinnati 7 to 5 behind strong pitching by Gineinnau and Kennett. Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh 7 to 5 as Ring and Weinert held, and Cleveland won 6 to H?urgh Washington defeated by Zachary and Gharrity. Chicago matched up in a separate game with Aldridge Kaufman and Hartnett on the mound.
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R. H. E. St. Louis
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Doak
Clemons
McQuillan
Marquard
Watson
O'Neill
BROOKLYN
R. HH. E. Gineinnau - Kennett
Rixey
crave
Ruether
Cadore
Decatur
Miller
PHILADELPHIA
R. H
Pittsburg
Carlson
Gooch Ring
Tingleton
Weinert
Heniine
CLEVELAND
H. E
Washington
Zachary and
Gharrity
Uhle
Chicago
Aldridge
Kaufman and Hartnett
J. Barnes
Causey and
Smith
Mediaeval pomp marks Belgrade royal wedding today
A lavish Belgrade ceremony linked Jugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria with Prince Marie of Romania marrying King Alexander of Serbia. Crown, Te Deum, and a luncheon followed, with foreign royals and dignitaries in attendance as guards stood ready for potential unrest.
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Jugoslavia
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Romania
Alexander
Inser
Belgrade
Balkan Countries
dinand
Rimani
Duke of York
George
England
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Tikenit
Cyrilla
Belen
Rus
sider
Gels
Beed
Slovenia
Mand Amon
Italy
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Russia
Rumania
Infanta Reultvices
Rumnania
Marshal Pranchet d'Espere ropre
France
Helene
phe
Japan
Belgium
Spain
Norway
Helen
Arsene Karageorgevitch
Paul
Prince George
Paris
Europe
Box car bandit robbery leaves two wounded in Stockton
In Stockton California early today Henry Taylor was killed and Eugene Tucker wounded when they resisted a bandit who held up thirty itinerant workers in a Modesto to Stockton box car. Frank Stone, a stranger, was arrested later and is held for identification. Stone’s shirt bore blood and he is partly identified by others in the car. Taylor’s body rests in the morgue and Tucker lies in a local hospital.
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Cal
Henry Taylor
Eugene Tucker
Modesto
Frank Stone
Stone
Taylor s
Tucker
Taylor
McCumber Measure Ready But Its Introduction Held Up
Senate debate stalls a soldiers bonus bill as Williams blocks unanimous consent. Ashurst urges action while McCumber aims to schedule the measure with a $3.846 billion federal cost over 43 years, lower than prior estimates. Underwood hints at delay until after November.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Williams
Mississippi
Ashurst
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Arizona
MicCumber
Underwood
McCumber
Underwoon
Alabama
finance committees
treasury
Man indicted in Inglewood for attempted jump from eleventh floor
Nathan A. Baker of the Nu Klux Klankleagle and a teacher in the night riders group is charged with attempted suicide from an eleventh floor window of the Hall of Records building in Los Angeles. Indictments allege tercias against Baker and thirty alleged members. A detective and two nurses stopped the fatal leap as he is held for observation in the psychiatric ward.
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LOS ANGELES
Nathan A. Baker
Nu Klux
Sailors Feared Dead After Small Boat Mishap in Siberia
Eight United States Navy sailors from the gunboat New Orleans are feared drowned after a small boat capsized in a sudden squall off Amur Bay in Siberia. A two day coast search found no trace of the men, identified as Gunners Mate Frank R. Silva and seven sailors from eastern states.
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the
Associated Press
United States
New Orleans
Amur Bay
Sibe
Als len
William Walt
Harry Swanson
Mata Verdin
Scheach
Frank R. Silva
Leon Neodd
Robert Free
Brown
WASHINGTON
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Stockton
Cal
Siberian
Sanday Point
Amir Bay
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