World events brief from 1922 includes sports and politics
A sweep of 1922 world notes covers the baseball world series opener set for Oct 4 in New York, railway labor peace terms, Gompers touring for nonpartisan candidates, Stahl's death, weddings of notable figures, Harding veto on soldier bonus, U S trade, food costs, and Russia relations. Also reports Yellowstone visitors record, bank robberies, and various legal and policy developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Chicago
Peddy Announces Senate Run as Multi-Party Hopeful
George Peddy of Houston plans to enter the U S Senate race as a Republican Independent Democrat and anti Klan candidate opposing Earl B Mayfield the Democratic nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Peddy
Houston
Tex
United States Senate
Earl B. Mayfield
Foreign and Political Developments Move Through War-Torn Europe
Reports from Belfast to Athens describe regimental movements and planned routes to the Near East, Clemenceau boarding a Paris steamer for New York, a league inquiry into Turkish atrocities, and political shifts in Germany and Russia. The British fleet warns Mustapha Kemal, while leadership changes and large charitable gifts surface amid the turbulence.
Illinois News Notes highlights round of state events
Illinois reports progress on Aurora railroad elevation project with multi million cost, along with elections of Knights Templar officers in Peoria. Carbondale adopts hard road week as three roads near finish. Red Men council and Herrin killings indictments loom. Apple and pear crops rise while cider making surges in Carbondale region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Edward A. Glad
Humboldt Park
Chicago
Knights Templar of
Ilinois
Peoria
William H. Jennings
Streator
Grand Recorder
Ox Spring
Carbondale
Marion
Cairo
Duquain
Great Council of
Order of Red Men
Senate
State Capitol
Sachem
Decatur High School
Egypt
Illinois
Corning
Taylor
Broadway Armory
Two Hundred and Second
France
Black
Springfield
Francis W. Parker
Two Hundred and Second Artillery
Winds National Guard
Herrin
Williamson County
Liberty
Kishwaukee
Lake County
Vermilion River
IH Winois Coal Company
Illinois Industrial Commission
Chiciago
Ogle
Illinois Traction System
Edwardsville
Thomas Naylor
George Naylor
John Peterman
Troy
Illinois Crop Improvement Association
University of Illinois
J. C. Hackleman
Hackleman
St. Louis
Millinois Central Railroad
Carbondse
Hallstrom
American Legion
Harl J. Wendel
Watseka
Trowel Post
Wendel
State National Department
Legion
E. L. Heiks
Sherif George P. Heikes
Iroquois County
Illnois
General Advisory Board
Illinois Department of Labor
Senate Upheld Harding Veto On Soldier Bonus Bill
Washington reports that the Senate sustained President Harding’s veto of the adjusted compensation bill after the House had overridden by 258 to 54. The Senate vote to override failed, 44 to override and 28 to sustain, with 48 needed for a two thirds majority. Meyer London voted to override.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Senate
Harding
Meyer London
Mondell
Garrett of
Tennesee
Ways and Means Committee
Soviet gold for the Turks
London reports informed sources say Bolsheviks supply funding and military materials to the Angora government. The Bolshevists allegedly have moved large quantities of gold and precious stones to Turkey to aid Mustapha Kemal's forces as hostilities continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Angora
Bolshevists
Mustapha Kemal
Woman Appointed First American Diplomat
President Harding announced the appointment of the first American woman to enter the diplomatic service. Miss Lucile Atcherson of Columbus, Ohio, named secretary of embassy class four and sent to the senate for confirmation. She is the first to qualify after recent examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Atcherson
Columbus,o
Washington
Harding
Columbus
Senate
Miss Atcherson
Mrs Harding Advances to Solid Food in Convalescence
Washington report states Mrs. Harding can again eat solid foods at the White House but cannot sit up and friends remain barred from the sick room as she continues to recover.
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White House
Washington
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Labor
Southern Railway
Samuel Gomipers
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
Congress
Garland J
Jake”) Stahl
Washington Park National Bank
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Turner
J. G. McCullough
Ice Railroad
Benning
Wimer Johnson
Eddie Rickenbacker
Sound Beach Presbyterian Church
Greenwich, Conn
Adelaide F. Durant
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Soviet Russia
Administration
Oliver
Ala
Dempsey Jon
J. C. Trotter
Brooks
Hartshorne
Okla
Pittsburg
McAlester
Cayton Murdoch
Lake Koshkoning
Janesville
Wis
Natividad Madril
Roys
Terlinga
Ford
Detroit
Mien
Livingston
Mont
Yellowstone Park
National Park
Yosemite Park
California
Joe Bushen
Bush
International Falls
Minn
Swamp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thompsonville, OS
William
Foster
Trades Union Educational League
St. Joseph
Mich
Armstrong Clark
Sadsburyville
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Portland
Ore
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Royal Fusilier Regiment
Belfast
England
Near East
Clemenceau
Havre
Paris
New York
League of Nations
Asia Minor
League Assembly
Geneva
Mrris
County Mayo
Ballina
House of Hohenzollern
Potsdam
Princess Tiermine
M. Gennaides
Athens
Greece
Berlin
Nicolai Lenin
Leon Kemenoff
Moscow
German Red Cross
James M. Cox
London Times
Smyrna
Mustapha Wemal Pasha
Constantinople
Thomas Glen-Coats
Yro& P. Coats, Ltd
Illinois News Notes
Funda
Mrs. Harding
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