Racial Unrest in New Orleans and Gretna Violence Reported
Reported mob violence in the New Orleans area includes Gretna whites marching on a negro hall after a ball game, arson at the hall, and multiple gunfire incidents. Casualties include a negro reportedly killed. police and Jefferson Parish deputies are mobilized with orders to shoot to kill if violence continues.
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New Orleans
Gretna
Gretnay
Jefferson Parish
Grotia
Guenegra
Nezro
Pour
Rail Earnings Show Increase for 1921 Class 1 Lines
Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission from 192 class 1 railroads show July net operating income of 68,451,009 dollars, against a 11,452,000 dollar deficit for the same month last year. Gasoline consumption rose in the first half of the year by 259,312,953 gallons, a daily average 710,447 gallons above 1920. In Hankow, China, fighting between northern and southern troops at I Chang is said to have begun in a wireless message. Berlin tenor Josef Mann collapsed on stage during Alda and died later. he had been contracted to sing in New York. Balloonist Eugene M Stafford, of Boston, fell to death from 100 feet at a North Adams fair during a double parachute drop. In Ormsby Minnesota a family of seven was found shot to death in their home, the father Frank Klecow named as killer. The American Legion and U S Chamber of Commerce are urged to debate soldiers bonus policy in a joint series of discussions.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Saa
New York
United States
Berlin
Josef Mann
Berlin Opera
Flige
Metropolitan Opera House
North Adams
Mass
Eugene M. Stafford
Boston
Government to develop nationwide radio telephony project
Postmaster General Hays outlined a government led radio telephony plan to disseminate market and government information nationwide. The scheme envisions 200 mile broadcasting stations and a government role in ether control amid debates over private wavelength rights and interdepartmental study.
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Washington, D. C
Hays
Harding
Congress
Mc. Hays
J. C. Edgerton
Post Office Department
W. A. Wheeler
Department of Agriculture
R. B. Howell
Omaha
Howell
Europe
Berlin
Budapest
Nebraska
Senate
Hitchcock
Washington
PolsLithuanian Dispute Settled Over Vilna Split
Representatives of Poland and Lithuania settled the dispute over Vilna with a plan dividing Lithuania into two areas. One area, Kovno district, would be independent while Vilna would be administered under Polish supervision.
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Gentva
Poland
Lithuania
Vilna
Kovno
Forest Fires Continue to Menace Missoula Area
Hot weather and high winds push Montana forest fires toward control limits in district No. 1. Daily reports indicate numerous blazes are beyond containment as the danger grows in Missoula and surrounding counties.
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Montana
Missoula
Mont
Forest Service
Blast Kills Eleven Miners
A dynamite blast collapsed an Ald Mine shaft killing eleven miners and gasping six others with black damp, a deadly poisonous gas, as rescue crews worked to reach the site.
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Harrismirg
Invaders Guard Langdon After Jail Threats
Citizens with 75 members of the W F W guard a group from Larrimore held in Langdon County Jail. The mob, once 200 strong, arrived on a freight from Larrimore and surrounded the town. They housed at Langdon City Hall all night amid threats to wipe out Langdon. No trouble occurred.
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W. W
Langdon
N. C
Larrimore
Desperate Belfast streets amid taunting snipers flare
Northern Belfast erupts in renewed hostilities after a night of sniper fire injures workers and civilians. Armored military patrols restore some order but fighting continues. Rioters on North Queen Street and Duncairn Gardens erect sandbag barricades as police struggle to separate factions and halt traffic. Casualties reach seven dead and scores wounded, including a five year old girl struck by a bullet.
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Belfast
North Queen Street
Duncairnardens
Federal Trade Commission Targets Film Trust Case
The federal trade commission has decided to pursue action against an alleged film trust led by Famous Players Lasky. Pa papers report charges include violation of Section 1 of the federal trade act and Section 3 of the antitrust law for unfair practices.
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Washington D
Smovije Trust
Federal Trade Commission
Y Pa
Famous Players-Lasky Company
Search of ZR-2 Wreck Ending in Hull
Salvage expert Sir Frati abieck reports that almost all ZR-2 wreckage has been raised from the Humber river after last week’s crash near Hull. He says most airmen bodies may be recovered and notes the body of Quartermaster Sergeant Greener washed ashore near Brough six miles west of Hull.
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Hull
Humber
Fratiabieck’ Young
Greener
Royal Air Force
Brough
British push for general inter allied debt adjustment
Washington reports the British government informed the United States that negotiations on paying its war debt will demand a broad settlement of the inter allied indebtedness as the basis for a final settlement.
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U. S. Washington
United States
Greeks Deny Turk Victories Amid Asia Minor Offensive
Reporting from Athens, officials deny Greek defeats claimed in Asia Minor near the Sakaria river. The war press notes continued heavy fighting as Turkish nationalists push amid ongoing violence on the front. Budapest confirms a peace treaty signed between the United States and Einsary with Foreign Minister Banfty and U.S. Commissioner Grant Smith.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Sakaria River
Hungary
Budapest
United States
Einsary
Foreitm
Banfty
Grant Smith
Idle workers in New York reach six hundred thousand
Two sources familiar with the problem say the idle figure in New York City may be 600000 as the city studies unemployment conditions. John Sullivan president of the Central States assembly and a member of Mayor Elyan committee notes the number of idle growing. Maj Edward Underwood of the Salvation Army leads social work efforts.
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New York
City Tram
John Sullivan
Central Stades Assembly
Elylan
Edward Underwood
Salvation Army
Call for federal troops in West Virginia mine war
Gov. E F Morgan appeals to President Harding and Sec retary Weeks for federal troops to quell the Logan county uprising as armed factions from Paint and Cabin creek clash with state police. Troops would disarm insurgents from Illinois Kentucky and Ohio gathered near Sharples Marmet and Lens creek. Three policemen killed. five Logan officers captured.
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Charleston
Cabin Creek
Logan
E. F. Morgan
Washington
Harding
Bandholtz
Little Coal River
Sharples, Clothier, Blair and
Marison
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Adjt
Charnock
Sharples
Chesapeake and Ohio
McDowell
West Virginia
Paint ‘Creek
Marmet
Lens
Kanawha River
Madison
G. Pr. Keeney
District 27
H. H. Bandholtz
Logan County
Overnor
Innocent Plea Filed in Midnight Murder Case
Madalynne and Berch plead not guilty at arraignment before Judge Sidney N. Reeve in Los Angeles. They face a joint indictment for the killing of Belton Kennedy a Beverly Grove horn broker shot to death at his home the previous night. Immense crowds filled the court, corridors and nearby sidewalks as the defendants declared their innocence in the so called midnight murder case.
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Madalynne
Berch
Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Sidney N. Reeve
Belton Kennedy
Beverly
Fighting in Nicaragua Near El Sauce Sparks Large Government Force
Heavy fighting reported between government troops and revolutionists at El Sauce, 50 miles north of Leon in Nicaragua. The government has a large armed force on the scene and many arrests for political activities followed the clashes.
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Nicaragua
Managua
el Sauce
Leon
Cleveland City Council Opposes Ku Klux Klan
A Cleveland city council meeting recorded opposition to the Ku Klux Klan in the city. An incident at the state fair grounds involved an attempted arson with gasoline flags and wool shavings found near the grandstand. Police investigated the suspicious act as a potential sabotage.
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Cleveland
Sioux City
Alerstate Fair Grounds
Fires devastate Leon Yoorkees farm barn and losses mount
A large barn on Leon G Yoorkees farm near Bera was destroyed by fire. Six horses perished in the blaze. Former Sioux City District Judge David Mould died aged 83 after more than thirty years in the area. Tim Le Quette addressed 5 000 Story County farmers at Ames. Iowa Fair notes praise and losses amid tight finances. Authorities widened searches for Palenske missing after Round Lake trip. Court orders rent adjustments on Meredith farm. 67th Iowa State Fair touted as largest yet with lower attendance. Tuberculosis drive continues in Tama County. Bandits captured after a Marengo chase. multiple arrests follow. Bishop McDowell delivered funeral sermon for Bishop Lewis in Sioux City. Capital City Coal announces coal strike near Pella.
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Leon G. Yoorkees
Bera
David Mould
Sioux City
Tim le Quette
Des Alames
Story
Picalekea
Towaish
Ames
Anmder
Civil Service Commission
Iowa
Rockafellow
Meredith
Lawrence
Atlantic
Thomas Meredith
Owen
J. AM. Wineinger
Bureau of Animal Industry
Polk County
Cerro Gordo
Oralabor
Nrwoodville
Sherif Tra Reed
Ma- Teigo
Marengo
Sherif Reed
Tha Farrison
Stewart
A.M
Willian
Gramer
Haward Cramer
Lucas
College
Huff
Missouri
Hamilton
Missouri Bank
Cramers
Shambaugh
F. W. McDoweill
Washington, D. C
Willian Z. ‘Lewis
Capital City Coal Company of
Pella
Own
Rural Iowa school taps rock well for clean water system
An Iowa rural school faced drinking water shortages and devised a filtering setup. They drilled deep into rock, installed a concrete underground tank, and lined it with charcoal sand and screened gravel for safe supply. The system, with a tight curb, improved water quality and reduced the distance students must travel for water.
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Iowa
Turing
Ctien Globe
Fragmented Musings on Small Town Life and Virtue
A garbled critique ponders small town values in America. It contrasts brains enterprise with perceived insipidity and gaucheness in close communities. The fragment implies migration to larger towns for beauty taste and opportunity.
City Planning Emphasizes Real Estate Value And Zoning
City planning centers on real estate value tied to streets, utilities, and proximity to parks. Many cities now enforce zoning rules limiting property use, building heights, and lot coverage, with Milwaukee Berkeley Washington Omaha Yonkers Brockton among adopters this year, reflecting a national trend.
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Lollies
Milwaukee
Berkeley
Wington
D. C
Omaha
Yonkers
Brockton
East’ End
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