First Nonstop Atlantic Flight Wins 350,000 Prize
London to Jack Alcock and Lieut Arthur W Brown claim the Daily Mail prize after completing the first nonstop Atlantic crossing in a Vickers Vimy biplane. They landed at Galway beach after 16 hours 12 minutes from St Johns Newfoundland. Both pilots are fatigued but in good spirits. wireless and damaged gear noted.
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London
Jack Alcock
Royal Air Force
Arthur W. Brown
Atlantic
New Foundland
Ireland
Daily Mail
Clifden
Galway
St. Johns
Alcock
St Johns
Lieut. Brown
Brown
Tragic Warrior River launch capsizes near Tuscaloosa
The 60 foot pleasure launch Mary Francis with 53 aboard including many children overturned on the Warrior River five miles from Tuscaloosa. Nineteen confirmed drowned and 12 missing as rescue efforts continued and a sharp turn blamed. Owner Samuel Alston survived. Sam Clabaugh and five year old son among victims.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mary Francis
Warrior River
Samuel Alston
Alston
Sam Clabaugh
John W. Abercrombie
Perry Wright
Boon
Methodists Gather for Columbus World Centenary Exhibition
World Methodism centers in Columbus with a global exhibit at the state fairgrounds beginning June 20 through July 13. The centenary display brings together diverse races and cultures, reproducing villages and customs to show the church’s global reach from Alaska to Africa.
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Columbus
Ohio
Strinds
Alaska
Africa
Boy Scalded Hiding in Hoghead Bath Tub
Anthony Yanus an 11 year old from Newark New Jersey was scalded by boiling water while hiding in a large hogshead used as a home bath tub. He is reported as gravely injured and expected to die.
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New York
Anthony Yanus
Newark
Four Die In Auto Accident Near Toledo
A car collided with a Pennsylvania train at a grade crossing in Walbridge near Toledo, killing four occupants. The dead are Mr and Mrs Jacob Fritacher and their son Jacob Jr of Toledo, and Newis D Farco of Walbridge. The car was wrecked and occupants were thrown about 100 feet.
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Toledo
Walbridge
Jacob Fritacher
Jacob, Jr
Newis D. Farco
Fritscher
Ohio Ratifies Woman Suffrage Amid Presidential Vote
The Ohio general assembly ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment 27 to 3 in the senate and 73 to 6 in the house. Immediately after ratification a bill granting women voting rights in presidential elections was passed so Ohio women may vote next year even if nationwide ratification is incomplete. Leaders from across Ohio observed the historic votes with celebrations.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Senate
House
Ohio
Assembly
House of Representatives
Equal Rights
Commonwealth
Ervin Wells
Nelsonville
Henry Fairley
Auglaize County
Sanford Hendren
Gerald Schott
Indianola Park
Hendren
Schott
Big Walnut Creek
Norfolks
Western
John E. Monger
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Camp Sherman
Fostoria
Wilson
Cincinnati
League of Nations
France
Cleveland
Edward Green
George Douglas
Dayton
Philadelphia
Elsie Nettleton
Fleming
David Ayrton Heron
First Presbyterian Church, Wooster
Frank Hazelschwartz
Findlay
Willard Fox
Marysville
Wooster High School
Louis Goldfried
Youngstown
Los Angeles
Caesar Samuels
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Peter Caffarelli
George Verne
Akron
Laird
Huron County
Eden Park Reservoir
George Sankey
Carpenter
Cambridge
Howeh
166Th Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Lorain
Defiance
St Clairsville
Dayton Safety
Po- Wce
Island Park
Gantonians
Jacob Charles
Attorney General Palmer condemns radicals at Georgetown
In a Georgetown commencement address Attorney General Palmer warned radicals that violence has no place in America. He vowed government protection against internal attacks and said violators will be punished. He urged those unwilling to uphold American institutions to return to their countries of origin.
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Washington
Palmer
Georgetown University
Bureau Shows Big Profits From War Risk Insurance
Washington reports the marine and seamen's division of the war risk insurance bureau closed with a net profit over 17 million dollars. Congress had appropriated 50 million as a sinking fund at the war’s start, to be returned to the government. The division supplied submarine risk insurance to men ships and cargoes when private firms would not.
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Washington
Marine and Seamen’s
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Congress
U S Buys Sherman Site For Rifle Range Use
The government through Maj Jo Joie Connell bought 2000 acres of Camp Sherman as permanent rifle range and maneuver ground. The price was reported as six dollars per man. Officials plan to acquire the remaining two thirds and file suits to complete the purchase.
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Hillicothe
United States
Jo Joie Connell
Camp Sherman
Seeton
Fire destroys Keeler’s Hotel in Albany with one dead
A blaze gut Keeler’s Hotel in Albany causing over 5000 dollars in damage. One fireman died when walls collapsed while guests fled or sheltered. Miss Anna Biggan station operator stayed at her switch before succumbing to smoke.
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Albany N Yo
Keelers Hotel
Albini
Anna Biggan
Influenza Cure Claim At Medical Association Talk
Dr Charles H Thuncan spoke to the Allied Medical Association of America and described a method to combat Spanish influenza by immunizing a patient to his own poison. He cited 246 cases with no fatalities or complications.
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New York
Charles H Thuncan
Allied Medical Association of America
Tiuncan
Washington Monument details and history reveal its grandeur
The article recounts the Washington Monument's construction from 1848 to 1884, noting designer Robert Mills, the original pantheon plan, and funds revival. It describes the 555 foot obelisk, 55 by 55 foot base, interior memorials, a 900 step staircase, electric elevator, and panoramic views from the apex.
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Robert C. Winthrop
Washington Monument
National Geographic Magazine
William Howard Taft
District of Columbia
Capitol
White House
Heaven
Earth
The
Kansas City Star
Robert Mills
Pantheon
Washington
Congress
John Marshall
Washington Monument Society
Rand-McNally
Gov
Washington Park
Blue Ridge
Potomac
Chainbridge
Mount Vernon
Cliff Swallow Aids Fruit Trees Insect Control
The American Forestry Association promotes school children building bird houses to attract cliff swallows. The cave dwelling birds eat thousands of insects daily, nesting on barn exteriors in colonies of thousands, with nests built from clay pellets lined with straw or feathers. The species winters in the tropics.
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American Forestry Association
Washington
Tropics
Spray Painting Corrugated Steel for Airplane Hangars
Notes from Scientific American describe large scale painting of corrugated steel for air hangars both in the U S and overseas. Due to volume and corrosion issues painting could not be done by hand or with machines, so a jet spray method was used. Red lead primer was applied before corrugation, then green on one side and gray on the other.
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Sfiray Effiem
Ohio Gleanings News Roundup of 1919-20 Local Incidents
A wide array of Ohio items reported, including streetcar fare hikes, large charitable drives, legal cases and accidents. Notable notes include Cincinnati fare increase to six cents, Knights of Columbus seeking $300,000 for youth centers, a grand jury in Tiffin, a church fire near Dayton, extensive storm damage in Hamilton and other counties, and multiple indictments and political developments across the state.
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Cincinnati Street Railway
Knights of Columbus
Columbus
Robert J. Smith
Mayber
Republic
Justice of the Peace
Tiffin
Vernon
Presbyterian
Franklin
Dayton
Whitewater Township
Hamilton County
Holgate
Henry County
James Samson
166Th Infantry
Delaware
Ohio National Guard
Port Clinton
Frank Porter
City
Steubenville
Porter
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Dover
Theodore Riehl
Zanesville
Ohio Conference of Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers’ International Union
Elyria
van Wert
Frank E Ley
Ohio Electric Railway
Mation Baptist Association
Prospect
O. P. Swigert
Morral
William Z. Davis
Ohio Supreme Court
Marion
Napoleon
Jacob Federman
Harry Federman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Willys-Overland
Toledo
Federal
Roy Jsillen
Wellston
Western Reserve Law School
Buckeye Lake
Newark
Leo Malaska
Vansfield
Norwalk
Ruth Huntsdorf
Dayton Gas Company
Heidelberg University
Theodore Burton
Streetcar Men's Union
Cleveland Railway Company
Jay
Helen Alice Stull
Sherman Hill
York Township
Union County
Benjamin Smith
Yorkville
Jefferson Counts
London
E .S Gordin
Charles B Shough
Stephen Milinkobic
Carey
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Broad Ocean
U. S
Ohio Assembly
Raps Reds
Bureau
Sherman
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