Tulsa Race Riot Claims 30 Lives and Martial Law Declared
Tulsa suffers a violent race riot with an estimated 30 killed and 509 wounded. A state of martial law closes streets and halts streetcar service as 5000 Black residents are displaced and aid pours into hospitals and homes. Governor Robertson blames local officials and militia restores order after hours of fighting in the Black Belt.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Adjt
Charles I Barret
J.B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma City
Dick Rowland
Jon
Black Belt
Negro Corony
Miskace
A. Gilmore
Sapo A
Wnfantry
Charles Sarret
Notable Labor Leader Wins High Salary at Cleveland Convention
Warren S. Stone, a top national labor executive, receives a $25,000 annual pay as grand chief after the triennial Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers meeting in Cleveland. The week’s notes also record deaths of Phoebe Hanaford in Rochester aged 92, James Graeme Arbuckle in Los Angeles, Ella Washburn in Racine, and banker S. L. Moore in Boone Iowa.
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Warren S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Washington News Roundup From National Affair Notes
Department of Justice orders a general investigation into race riots in Tulsa Oklahoma. Senate confirms Jacob Gould Bechurman of New York as minister to China. Poindexter accuses the United States Shipping Board of massive daily deficits tied to mismanagement. House passes Hangen packer control bill. Federal Reserve banks plan to lower bank rates in coming months. Washington reports on seizing German ships and title to their possession. Harding urged to recall Ambassador Harvey. informal steps toward arms reduction discussed. Consideration of immediate debt payments to railroads and long term debt restructuring proposed. Senate approves navy appropriation with disarmament conference note. Potatoes and tomatoes price reports. Lightning fatalities and local accidents noted. Church growth and other regional incidents summarized.
Police ambush in Ireland claims multiple officers
Reported across Ireland a Westport Mayo ambush left Foreign District Inspector Stevenson two police agents and four constables dead and four officers seriously wounded by around 100 armed men. Separate incidents note two ambushers killed, and Clenmore Kerry police casualties, while other items cover a U.S. citizen killed by bandits in Tampico, a Bulgarian cabinet resignation, and mixed war-era court actions.
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Stevenson
Westport
County Mayo
Ireland
Clenmore
County Kerry
Dublin
German Defeats by French Reported at Front
FragmentaryOCR notes indicate French forces attacked German-held Beuthen and surrounding areas with tanks and artillery. Reported clashes near Silesia claim German positions were penetrated. casualty and precise figures unclear.
Domestic Frank O Lowden Elected President at Syracuse Meeting
Frank O Lowden former governor of Dimals was elected president of the Holstein Irtesiasi Association of America at its annual meeting in Syracuse New York. The report notes toll fatalities in May in Cook County Illinois and a fatal lightning strike near a barn in Wisconsin. Also mentioned are legal actions and publishing issues involving printers in Egypt and Q Vout.
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Frank O.lowden
Dimals
The
Holstein Irtesiasi Association of America
Syracuse
Cook
Milinois
Hottmat
Chicago
Unlucky Moves and Grumbling Neighbors Revealed
Retired merchant notes Kersmith as a grouch while hotel keeper defends him as sunny with a bark. Gooseworthy, Farthingdale, Worthingale, and Featherly are glimpsed in a string of city anecdotes about temperaments, moving houses, and postmaster appointments.
Timid Doughboy Flees Front on First Day Under Fire
An American Legion Weekly account describes a rookie soldier who, on his first day under fire, fled his company and ran a long distance rearward until halted by a portly officer. He then identified himself as General Richardson, expressing surprise at how far he had traveled.
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General Richardson
American Legon Weekly
Abraham’s Oak Tree Faith Site Noted in Canaan Legend
The account says Abraham moved through Canaan, pitched his tent in the plain of Maire, and built an altar to the Lord. A great oak tree marks the spot, revered by Christians, Jews and Muslims, with its preservation praised amid a landscape once cleared of trees by Turks.
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Canaan
Maire
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