Identification of trunk murder victim tied to Detroit case
Detroit reports link the New York trunk victim to Katherine Jackson, wife of Eugene Leroy alias Fernandes alias Elvis Wood. Investigators in Birmingham, New York and Detroit traced the trunked body to Mrs Leroy and connected Allen A. Tatum to the case after he couriers the body.
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Detroit
Mich
New York
Birmngham
Ala
Eugene Leroy
Fernandes
Elvis Wood
Leroy
United States
Canada
South
Katherine Jackson
Starkville
Miss
Birmingham
Allen A. Tatum
Lergy
Pilice
Mr. Tatum
Lottie Brooks
Tatum
American Express Company
Watherne Jackson
Tie
Nashville
Katherine Dixon
Fugene Leroy
Bolshevist Leaders Open Third International Congress
Nikolai Lenin, G. G. Zinovieff, and M. Kalinin led the opening session in Petrograd where 61 nations are represented. The congress will move to the Kremlin in Moscow, and Zinovieff attacked American democracy for persecuting revolutionaries and breaking constitutional guarantees.
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Moscow
Nikolai Lenin
Igremier
Russia
G. G. Zinovieff
Petrograd
M. Kalinin
Kremlin Palace
M. Zinovieff
Cox to be notified Aug 7 for presidential bid
Democratic National Chairman George White announced that August 7 will be the date for notifying Governor Cox of his nomination as presidential candidate. Dayton will host the Cox notification ceremony with Roosevelt's vice presidential notice set for August 9 in Hyde Park.
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Columbus
George White
Cox
Minn Haan Arrand Waan
Tha Anta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dayton
Hyde Park
Roose- Juliet Ays
Bechtereann
Hog Island
Phiadelphia
Ron Steel
Saurday
TS Rail
Cifvare
Ralway
Montgomery County
Tinsyton
Janus M. Cox
Democratic Party
American Railway
Ewpress Company
Forty-fourth Street
New York
Poles Seek U S Moral Aid in Polish Battle
In Blackford County a hailstorm drops two mile square area, prompting a plea for moral support from the United States. The Polish group suggests President Wilson’s expressed backing could boost morale amid the ongoing conflict with Ku Klux (inferred) forces and the broader crisis.
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Ves Wes Aade
Blackford
Molly
United States
Miners Shot in Labor War in West Virginia
Two miners were wounded, one seriously, when attackers hidden in the hills along Tug River struck the Portsmouth Solvay Coal mine at Freeborn. A detachment of the state constabulary with bloodhounds arrived on the scene as the incident was unfolding.
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Williamson
W. Va
Portsmouth Solvay Coal Company
Freeborn
Tug River
State Constabulary
Navy to revamp wage scales at yards nationwide
Acting Secretary Roosevelt appoints Capt. J. K. Robinson, Louis McH. Howe and A. J. Berres to a board to recommend revision of navy yard wage scales. The action follows reports on pay structures and cost changes affecting workers at bases across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Hanay Tin Boxer
Ate Bar Association
Bayer
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
J. K. Robinson
U.S. N
Louis McH. Howe
A. J. Berres
Bodies of 881 American soldiers arrive in New York
Bodies of 881 American soldiers who died overseas arrived in New York from Danzig and Antwerp. Twenty five war brides of French and German nativity were among the first cabin passengers.
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New York
Danzig
Antwerp
James T. Newton Resigns as Patent Commissioner
James T. Newton resigns after 29 years as commissioner of patents. President Wilson accepts with appreciation and regret. Newton, longtime head of the patent office, kept his door open to the public and knew many patent attorneys and inventors.
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James T. Newton
Wilson
Newton
Patent Office
Rail workers receive retroactive pay boost of 600 million
The United States railroad labor board grants increases 18 to 27 percent retroactive to May 1, affecting about 1,800,000 employees. Total back pay totals 1.5 million for the three months, with divisions by class including clerks, maintenance workers, engine and train crews, and shop staff.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Tower Grandes
Lane Commission
Department of the Interior
Han ET Locke
Lake boat lines merged to form major lake system
Chicago plans outline a 10 million dollar merger of lake steamship firms to control fifteen large lake vessels. The Goodrich Transit Company will absorb Milwaukee Terminal and Chicago Racine Milwaukee properties along with Northern Michigan Transportation and Wisconsin Transit. Tariffs are not to change.
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Chicago
Lake Steamship Companies
Buffalo
A. W. Goodrich
Goodrich Transit Company
Goodrich Company
Milwaukee Terminal Company
Chicago, Racine and Milwaukee Lines
Northern Michigan Transportation Company
Wisconsin Transit Company
Indiana
BE. W. Seymour
Evanston
Racine and
Milwaukee Line
Ten Die and One Hundred Hurt in Belfast Riots
Belfast July 24 rioting left over 100 wounded as soldiers used machine guns against Sinn Fein rioters. Falls Road saw sniping from roofs, with barb wire set across shops and widespread looting. Ten killed, three unionists shot, and a news agency office burned as violence spread to Bainbridge and Ballina where police were attacked.
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Belfast
Falls Road
Sinn
Kashmir Street
Sinn Fein
Bainbridge
Smyth
Seamus Cogans
New
Prohibition Nominates Aaron S Watkins for 1920 Ticket
Lincoln dispatch reports Aaron S Watkins of Germantown Ohio chosen by the Prohibition national convention after Bryan declined. Watkins a Germantown Military Academy literature professor previously taught at Ada College and was a 1908 1912 Prohibition vice presidential candidate.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ohio
Aaron S. Watkins
Germantown
William J. Bryan
Watkins
Germantown Military Academy
Ada College
Lloyd George warns Bolshevik risk to Poland and victory
Premier Lloyd George told the House that Soviet replies to peace with Poland are incoherent and propagandist while signaling direct talks with Poland but demanding a proletariat government. He warned Bolshevik advance could tempt Germany and threaten Allies' hard won victory and Poland's independence.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Poland
Ylord George
Germany
Mr. Lloyd George
Framing Increases in Rates After Wage Award
Washington officials meet to frame requests to raise freight and passenger rates to cover the added cost of six hundred million dollars from the railroad labor board wage award.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ruth Hits 35th Home Run Sets New Record
Babe Ruth of the Yankees belted his 35th home run of 1920, breaking the world record again by sending the ball into the lower right field stands. The shot helped the Yankees defeat the Red Sox.
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New York
Babe” Ruth
Yankees
Red Sox
Food prices rise 2 percent in June survey
Washington reports a steady increase in grocery costs with the June food budget survey by the bureau of statistics showing an overall 2 percent advance. The findings indicate continuing inflationary pressure on household meals.
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Washington Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Labor
French War Minister Considers Sending Soldiers to Harvest
Paris July 24. The minister of war is weighing a plan to dispatch units of soldiers to agricultural districts to assist in gathering the harvest. France faces a good harvest outlook but a severe shortage of farm laborers.
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Paris
France
Allies to Aid Poland with Military Support in War
Paris and London dispatch confirm entente plans to aid Poland if Bolshevik forces advance further. French and British missions travel to Warsaw to arrange prompt aid including troops and supplies, with officers already with the Polish army and more divisions possible.
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Berlin
Flg
Trotzky
East Prussian
East Prussia
Reichswehr
Warsaw
Tuchechewski
Brusiloff
Poland
Paris
Jules J. Jusserand
United States
General Weygand
Marshal Foch
M. Vignon
Premier Millerand
Lord Abernon
Radcliffe
Maurice Hankey
Roumanian
Pripet
Zbrucz
Styr
Woloczrsk
Tarnopol
Zbruez
Galicia
Rovno
Grodno
Nieman
Resolute Wins Second Cup Race in International Series
Resolute led from the start to win her second cup race in the international series at Sandy Hook New Jersey. The report notes the victory despite heavy competition and highlights the strong early surge and sustained lead.
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Resolute
Sandy Hook
N. J
William K. Vanderbilt
Paris
Vera Cruz
William J. Bryan
Bozeman
Mont
Prohibition Party
Charles Avers
J. C. Nichols Livesthieut Cotopathy
Kansas City
Enmyple Secs
Middle Fork
Bentoes
John S. Limis
Ameriec
Ambassiador
Great Britain
United States
State Department
Washington
Grodny
Grodno
Nieman
Warsaw
Ono
Lang
London
Citkocinert
Canina
Planes in Erin Bomb British Coast War News
Bombs from several mysterious aircraft hit British troops on the west coast of Ireland. The attackers reportedly wore Sinn Fein uniforms and used British colors. The government imposed an immediate embargo on airplane sales to Ireland.
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Ireland
London
England
Notable Arrest Ties to Chicago Abyssinian Incident
In New York on July 26 a white minister linked to African American groups was arrested as a leading figure in the Abyssinian affair in Chicago. The June 20 killings of Joseph Holt and Robert Lawson Rose prompted the arrest of the suspect, identified as a 52 year old man.
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New York
Rupperc
Tonas
Nigracs
Market prices for grains hay and livestock listed
The column lists FLOUR and HAY prices, cattle and sheep quotes with ranges for grades and classes. Includes rye, white and dark rye, spring wheat, timothy, clover, mixed hay, and then cattle and sheep pricing such as steers, cows, heifers, bulls, lambs, and ewes with per unit ranges.
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Timothy
Weath “Alves
Bologna
Wmoi Oracon
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Fernandez
Wood
Hed
U. S
Roosevelt
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Sound State Department
America
Will Ve
Seul Itu
U.S. Railroad
Lake Boat Lines Merged
Ballina
Armstrong
Constante Regan
Miss Sue S. White
Sue S. White
Tenn
National Womans Party
Tennessee
Tennessee Commission For the Blind
Ruth
Righ Field
Prussia
Erin
Jonas
Mf. AL
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