Riga Fighting Escalates as German Forces Advance
Delayed UPI report from Mitav Russia notes German troops under Col. Bermondt widen their gains by seizing Ust Dvinsk and Boldera while Lettish forces hold crossings north of Riga on the Pwina. Estonian units aid the Letts near Friederichstadt as Gen Van der Golts departs for East Prussia. Col. Edward Ryan remains in Riga coordinating relief. In Berlin, only one third of Haltic Germans obey evacuation orders with others to the Russian army. Reval reports peasants seize 200000 acres for cultivation.
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Mitav
Russia
dUnited
Riga
Bermondt
Ust
Dvinsk
Boldera
Pwina
Friederichstadt
van der Golts
Baltic
East Prussia
Edward Ryan
Scranton
Red Cross
Ryan
Berlin
Haltic
Zeitung Am Mrtag
Reval
Esthenia
Mayor Proposes Narcotics Ban With Prescription Exception
Following a conference with city leaders, Mayor Fiteger asked Corporation Counsel Walter J. Meter to draft an ordinance making narcotics possession illegal unless issued by a licensed physician. Funding would cover treatment fees at the request of City Health Commissioner Dr. H. M. Read.
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Citi Gens
Fitegerald
Walter J. Meter
de. H. M. Read
City Eyes Humane Society To Run Dog Pound
Representatives told the public safety committee that the humane society would operate the city dog pound for 90 percent of receipts from Moose tags with 10 percent to go elsewhere. The committee planned to decide Friday.
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Representaives
The
Humane Society
Public Safety Committee
Draft Tuberculosis Scare Affects 69000 Men
Report notes that among early selections in the United States draft, sixty nine thousand men were found to be tuberculous.
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United States
Sky Pilot praises life on aerial wave during West-to-East flight
In a delayed report from Rawlins Wyoming the Sky Pilot describes an exceptional journey by air from Green River to Rawlins. He boasts about safety over prairie routes and scenic mountain segments while noting fog from Battle Mountain to Salduro and smoky air near Salt Lake City. He envisions a nonstop New York to California flight in an old De Havilland and longs to reunite with his wife and children.
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Rawlins
Wye
Green River
Amooth Prairies
Sierras
Salduro
Utah
Tain
Nevada
Salt Lake City
New York
California
de Haviland
Dallas
San Diego
Maynard Speeds East in Transcontinental Flight
Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard, Baptist preacher, accelerates return flight to Mineola from Sydney Nebraska to Cheyenne and Rawlins with notably fast legs. He logs 60 miles Cheyenne to Sydney in one hour and claims better overall time than on the westbound journey. Capt. Harry Smith also leaves Presidio on return to Mineola.
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San Francisco
Belvin W. Maynard
Mineola
Sydney
Neb
B. W. Maynard
North Platte
Maynard
Cheyenne
Ban slinky skirts spark youth dress ruling
On October 16 Chicago reports YWCA secretaries from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan ruled that fishnets or slinky skirts should not be worn by girls under 18. The column also notes a tidbit on California grapes soaked in glucose before drying for raisins preserving nutritive value.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
California
Derby Airmen Fall to Death in Cross Country Race
A De Haviland plane crashed 200 feet into a mountain near Evanston Wyoming killing Lieut. French Kirby and Lieut. Stanley C Miller leaving none of the five returning planes unscathed. The death toll in the air service reliability race rises to nine. Maj. Carl Spatz was en route home. three eastbound flyers led by Lieut. B W Maynard were near Mineola. Six pilots remain eligible to start return trips with crews from Mineola and San Francisco preparing for the final leg today.
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New York
United Press
de Haviland
French Kirby
Stanley C Miller
Evanston
Wyo
Air Service
Kirby
Miller
L L. H. Smith
San Francisco
Buffalo
Maj
Carl Spats
Rochester
N. Y
Sky
B. W. Maynard
Maynard
Sydney
Mineola
F. C. Kiel
M. E. Queens
L. Worthington
J. C. Drayton
L. Webster
Harry Smith
Nine Airmen Die in Cross-Continent Flight
Maj. D. H. Crissy near Salt Lake City and Lieut. BE. V. Wales at Ovid Pass Wyoming are among the nine airmen killed in a cross country flight. Also listed are Lieut. French Kirby Castle Rock Utah Lieut. Stanley C. Miller Castle Rock Utah D. H. Nevitt Deposit New York Worth D. McClure Buffalo New York Sergt. Virgil Thomas Salt Lake City Utah Col. G. F. Dodd Bussellton Field Pennsylvania Frizzell at Binghamton.
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D. H. Crissy
Salt Lake City
BE. V. Wales
Ovid Pas
Wyoming
French Kirby
Castle Rock
Utah
Stanley C. Miller
D. H. Nevitt
Deposit
N. Y. Worth
D. McClure
Buffalo
N. Y
Virgil Thomas
Col
G. F. Dodd
Bussellton Field
Frizzell
Binghamton
Masked bandit robs Fremont area food shops in Seattle
Police hunt a young masked man who robbed two Fremont storekeepers with a gun on Wednesday night. The heist followed earlier Bakery Sallee Bros. crimes at 4260 Fremont Ave. The bandit, 25, slender, gray suit, slouch hat, fled with about 140 dollars after threatening G W Hafer and A A Malberg. Citizens chased briefly as motorcycles searched the area.
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Seattle
Fremont
Sallee Bros
Fremont Ave
Golden Rule
N. 46Th Ft
G. W. Hafer
Hafer
A. A. Malberg
Mra. Malberg
Robbers Hide Near City Hall Ventured in Midnight Hold Up
Two bandits lurked near the county city building on Jamen Street and Fourth Avenue after midnight and ordered two real estate men, F. E. Jones and H. B. Bennett, to reveal their hands. Jones lost $14 while Bennett lost $123 and a watch. The thieves fled down James and reappear on Third Avenue.
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Jamen *T
Fourth Ave
F. E. Jones
38Th Ave
H. EB. Bennett
Taft Ave
Jones
Bennett
James
Third Ave
Sinn Fein to Open Session Amid Clash With Authorities
Dublin reports thaw as Lord Mayor intervenes to remove handcuffs from Mountjoy Sinn Fein prisoners after ten days of punishment for a rally. The Sinn Fein convention faces government opposition under a nationwide suppression proclamation. Lord Birkenhead and Sir Ian MacPherson arrive with the home rule bill.
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Dublin
United Preas
Sinn Fein
Mount Joy
Ian MacPhernon
Ireland
Gaelic League
Lord Birkenhead
Ian MacPherson
Hawthorne School Garden Exhibit Filmed This Year
The final school garden exhibit in Washington this year will be filmed according to Ronald F E Chapman superintendent of gardening and agriculture for the state schools. The exhibit was open to the public between 2 and 3 o clock.
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Washington
Hawthorne School
Ronald FE. Chapman
Alaska Mine Photographs Featured at St Louis Convention
A large collection of Alaska mining photographs prepared last summer by J. L. McPherson secretary of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will be shown at the American Mining congress in St. Louis from November 17 to 22.
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Alaska
J. L. McPherson
Alaska Bureau
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
American Mining Congress
St. Louis
Crushing Defeat of Reds Reported at Orel
London dispatch reports General Dene kine of the west Russian anti-Bolshevik forces claiming the capture of Orel with many prisoners and enormous booty.
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London
Denekine
Orel
King and Queen of Spain to visit France and England
The king and queen of Spain will depart Madrid October 19 for a 10 day unofficial visit to France. They will then travel to England for another 10 days, as advised by the American embassy in Madrid.
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Washington
United Press
Spain
France
State Department
Madrid
England
Weather Ready Underwear Ad Sells Heavy Ribbed Shirts
An advertisement urges men to buy weather suitable underwear. It promotes heavy ribbed cotton shirts and drawers in white and ecru, described as well made and well finished, priced at 95 cents per garment.
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Blucher
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