Prohibition and police run through 1920s notes
Attorney General Groe Sheek ruling against an amendment to abolish parochial schools as unconstitutional. Governor Rockett calls a North Carolina special session for August 10 to ratify the woman suffrage amendment. A Minneapolis farmer is shot and killed by a hired man after a dispute. the killer then dies by suicide. Governor Cox comments on Democratic platform issues and prohibition. Campaign expenses for the Democratic presidential bid amount to millions. Roosevelt named as potential running mate. Nationwide political chatter includes referendums and party strategies. Reports from Europe note sports and international events, including American teams arriving in Antwerp for the Olympics and a major freight derailment near Warsaw. Police and legal actions surface in several states, from suffrage debates to labor disputes and liquor enforcement.
Washington Detter Claims Obregon Ordered Excecution
Washington alert cites a detter alleging former Mexican president Obregon ordered his father’s execution. The claim surfaces as world leaders discuss a League of Nations assembly meeting in November.
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Apathetic Campaign May Heat Up in 1921 Race
News review notes editors Harding and Cox as likely future presidents and analyzes the GOP and Democratic campaign post conventions. It covers party strategy in Illinois and Missouri, Mexico's assurances to business, and the Spa conference on reparations with Allied dissension and German disarmament debates amid Bolshevik threats in Europe.
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Trade Restrictions Lifted With Russia Declared
The State Department announced a lifting of trade restrictions with Russia yet clarified no recognition of the Soviet government. Individuals or firms may trade at their own risk through Soviet agents, with postal and consular support largely unavailable and war materials still banned.
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Russia
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San Francisco
Sovie
Post Office Department
Soviet Russia
Americans Eligible for Return of Seized War Era Property
The United States prepares to return over 150 million dollars in enemy property seized during World War I under new qualifications in the amendment to the trading with the enemy act. Eligible claimants include American women who married alien enemies, enemy diplomats, and others affected by wartime seizures. Also, American creditors may file claims against enemy debtors whose property was seized.
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Germany
Greeks Advance Traps Turkish Forces Near Smyrna
Greek forces rapidly push back Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor. A joint Smyrna Panderma thrust is said to have closed in 11 days, forcing Mustafa Kemal to guerrilla warfare. Americans in the war zone are reported safe as July Fourth festivities occur in Constantinople with British naval bombardments in the Bosphorus.
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Marmora
Mustapha Kemal
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