Chicago race riots claim nineteen lives in two districts
Chicago reports show nineteen killed and more than 150 injured as white and black mobs clash in the Loop and Black Belt. Governor Lowden orders militia to aid police, with troops mobilized and ready to quell violence while officials urge restraint and restoration of order.
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Chicago
Loop Business
Lowden
Loop District
Dey
South Sde
Thompson
Dickinson
Illinois
Camp Logan
Chicago Transit Strike Shuts Down Elevated and Surface Lines
surprise strike by conductors and motormen on both elevated and surface lines halted all service at 4 am in Chicago. mass meeting rejected Governor Lowden's wage offer, protests over fare increases blamed for the walkout as taxis profited and shoppers faced disruption.
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Chicago
Carmen Strking
Lowden
Man Remanded After Request For Guinness In Dock
John O'Brien, remanded on a larceny charge, asked Mullingar magistrates to bring a pint of Guinness. The magistrate granted the request, and O'Brien drank the stout in the dock.
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Dublin
Ireland
John O’brien
Mullingar
O’brien
Eminent Geologists and the Public Image Crisis
The piece argues that newspaper hype inflates the role of geologists in oil lands, distinguishing legitimate experts from fakes. It lists warning signs of fake geologists, urges scrutiny of claims about producing wells, and guides readers to verify credentials with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
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Cush
Oklahoma
Cushing
W. K. Gordon
T. P
Burkburnett
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Prof
Docker
University of O Kla
Norman
Okla
Poet
Pat
Sunnie
Preference 10 service men urged for nationwide civil service
The American Legion legislative committee plans to push amendments to the Van Dek bill to extend civil service preference beyond Washington, D. C. Former Congressman Thomas W. Miller and former Senator Luke Lea, joint chairs in Washington, will act to implement St. Louis delegates' demand that ex-soldiers be given preference in all federal hiring.
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Legislative Committee of the American Legion
Washington, D. C
National Executive Committee of the Legion
Thomas W. Miller
Luke Lea
Washington
St. Louis
the Legion
Elimination Golf Tourney Opens At Country Club
First 12 hole preliminary of a twelve hole elimitation golf tournament at the Country Club will close entries Monday morning with a $1 fee for men. Five prizes two for ladies and three for men to be announced next Monday. List of first round pairings and handicaps included. Leroy J. Anderson to relocate to Eastland Texas with Mabie Lowrey Hardware Co.
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Claude Hobbs
E H. Williams
C. F. Clinton
A. Cahoon
F. Miller
G .H. Herbert
T. H. Boswell
J. F. Hinkle
A. Pruit
Pruit Handicapped
C. A. Baker
F. L. Austin
Dr. Phillips
D. N. Pope
H. M. Dow
C. Ca Cage
Dow Handicapped
J. B. Herbst
P. Miller
D. W. White
R. ©. Worswick
Worswick Handicapped
A. L. Farmsworth
W. A. Johnson
C. F. Joyce
O .H. Smith
Joyce Handicapped
C. Hobbs
Jaffa M Lier
Miller Handicapped
Col. Wilson
L. B. Tannehill
Harry Thorne
W. F. Nutt
Chas. C. Holt
C. W. Shepherd
Ladie
Eastland
Leroy J. Anderson
Mabie-Lowrey Hardware Co
Texas
Wilson Sends Franco American Treaty To Senate
President Wilson has sent to the senate the Franco American treaty offering immediate U S aid to France in case of unprovoked German aggression. He urges early ratification alongside the peace with Germany and notes the League covenant may guide future action.
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Wilson
Senate
Washington
Whch
France
United States
Germany
League Council
Council
Rhine
Think Wilson a Dangerous Man
United Press report from New York notes Bolshevik leaders deem President Wilson a dangerous man yet seek American recognition. An on the ground Lithanian front scene shows a Moscow bound messenger told the Wilson name, while Bolsheviks keep cautious diplomacy. A foreign press rider recalls hosts of officials and guard messages as entry to Russia tightens.
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New York
Wilson
Russia
United Press
Lithunia
No Man’s Land
Germany
Fatherland
Drosky
Brest-L'tovsk
Moscow
Berlin
Foreign Office
Radicals Losing Ground in Britain After Cracking Down
London reports Bolshevism is quieting in Britain with only sporadic outbursts. General opinion favors constitutional change and moderate handling of radicals. Armed force was threatened only briefly and did not need to be used, as authorities credit patient measures for stability.
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London
Britain
Subscriptions Close on July 31 for Treasury Certificates
Dallas Texas July 28 The Treasury department announces that subscriptions for United States treasury certificates of indebtedness Series T 8 dated July 15 and maturing March 15 1920 will close at the close of business on July 31 1919 No further subscriptions will be accepted after that date Banks individuals or corporations desiring to purchase should have subscriptions reach the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas before July 31 R L VAN ZANDT Governor
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Dallas
Texas
Treasury Department
United States Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
R. L. van Zandt
Japan to Send Films to America for Exchange Program
Tokyo plans to add exchange films to the roster of international goodwill programs alongside professors and students. Tatsuo Hoshino says the Education and Agriculture and Commerce departments will produce films and swap them for authentic American productions, aiming to show Americans the real Flowery Kingdom in pictures.
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Tokyo
Japan
America
Tatsuo Hoshino
Imperial Education Society
Department of Education and of Agriculture and Commerce
Britain’s radicalism quieted as labor power grows
Britain shows little sympathy with radicalism today as large meetings inspire speeches yet fail to spur violence. Labour awakening boosts wages and shorter hours across the UK while government faces worker power amid miners and transport strikes. Prominent radicals remain active though constitutional. Police monitor Trafalgar Square as officers’ pay rises and wartime soldiers deter strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United Kingdom
Ramsay MacDonald
Phillip Snowden
George Bernard Shaw
George Lansbury
London Daily Herald
Arthur Henderson
Labor Party
Lloyd George
Vacation in Harvest Fields. Carl Johnson Visits Nebraska Harvests
Carl Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs S G Johnson, spends part of his vacation from the University of Pennsylvania in Nebraska harvest fields and is expected to visit his parents for a while next week before returning to university.
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Carl Johnson
S. G. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
Nebraska
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