Russia ripe for counter revolution, Duckworth reports
The Star prints J. Herbert Duckworth's last dispatch from Soviet Russia noting famine, propaganda, and violent spillover from Bolshevik rule. He describes Soviet officials seeking exit to America, food scarcity, and a chilling train journey from Moscow to Jamburg with arrests, searches, and confiscations. He warns Bolshevism damages both rich and poor and urges intelligent opposition in the United States.
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Poland
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Jamburg
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Rusia
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United States
Clammer Catches Two Pearls Worth $500 Each in Delaware Bay
Cape May reports Horace Corson weighing over 400 pounds found a large clam in the Delaware bay containing pearl jewelers valued at $500. He notes he has caught two such clams within a year, each holding valuable pearls.
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Cape May
N. J
Horace Corson
Delaware Bay
Corson
Cabaret Dancer Jailed on Dope Squad Charge
Dot Wolfe 24, entertainer, jailed on narcotics charges after police found morphine needles and paraphernalia in her apartment at 1911 Sixth Ave. Don Wolfe, her husband, also arrested as officers pursued a fleeing suspect and recovered a needle bundle from the alley.
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Dot Wolfe
Breakers
Wolfe
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Dot
Don
N. P. Anderson
P. F. Baerman
FR. L. Litcey
W. E. Hillis
Made Workers Wait So They Walk Out
In London on August 4, the iron and steel clerks guild organizer and negotiating committee were kept waiting by the general manager. As a result about 100 clerks at Mannesmann Tube works went on strike.
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London
Eng
Infant in thin box found in shed near school in San Bernardino
A three weeks old baby in a thin box was found crying in a woodshed near a schoolhouse in San Bernardino California yesterday afternoon. Officers could not determine parentage.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Port Coquitlam Fire Devastates City Hall Area
Port Coquitlam, B. C., Aug. 6. A blaze swept the lower end of the city yesterday afternoon causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire started in the city hall building.
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Port Coquitlam
B. C
Tacoma Carmen Get New Wage Scale Adopted
Tacoma Aug 6 Street carmen receive a new wage scale raising pay to 65 cents an hour for six months 69 cents for 18 months and 63 cents at two years. Shopmen gain 20 to 40 cents a day. Monthly workers get a $10 increase. Abram Freeman shoots his brother in law and then commits suicide in New York. Both were newsboys and bitter rivals.
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New York
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Ienac Hulinek
Rivgla
Hesketh Aids Tindall Bill Delayed Public Safety Action
Councilman Tindall’s garbage ordinance, slated for a public safety committee review, has been postponed to next Wednesday to allow hotel men time to prepare their case. Tindall alleges Jap interests seek control of a major hog ranch, while Hesketh, who opposed the initial measure, reiterates his stance as the delay continues.
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Philip Tindall
Public Safety Committee
Tindall
Robert B. Hesketh
Tindad
Wana
Yeatér
Elwell Clerk Fined in Volstead Case in New York
William F. E. Barnes former secretary to Joseph Browne Elwell and witness in a murder probe was fined $200 in federal court for violating the Volstead Act. He admitted arranging two cases of whisky for H Hobart Porter president of the American Water Works and Electrical Co in New York the day he shifted his vote on a new city ordinance.
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Exsthonia
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Seattle
Petrograd
Fortress of
Saints Peter and Paul
Russia
William FE. Barnes
Joseph Browne Elwell
Barnes
H. Hobart Porter
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Society Crook Suspected in Gold Bar Theft at Merrill Ball
The theft of a $400 studded gold bar pin from Fitchard D. Merrill during a Merrill & Ring Logging shipmen's and sailors' ball on July 23 is under suspicion by society crooks. Merrill reported the incident to police as 250 guests attended the event with 15 musicians and 16 other attendants.
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Extraordinary Commission
Fitchard D. Merrill
Merrill & Ring
Harvard Live
Shipmen's and Sailors
Merrill
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