Dock Strike at Liverpool Ties Traffic Across Mersey
AP reports a major Liverpool dock strike stalls trans Atlantic shipping and halts Mersey traffic. union officials plan a London conference after talks in Manchester. London contractors warn of action to protect food supply as fruit and veg prices soar. About 30,000 workers on strike. The stoppage began July 2 in Hull over a wage cut of one shilling per day.
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Jondo
Liverpool
Mersey
Transport Union
London
Manchester
Bristol
Avonmouth
Portishead
Hutl
Swamp Girl in Mystery Case Wausau Wisconsin
Mary Lawando known as the swamp girl remains unfound with sheriff patrols searching the cat swamp south of Wausau where she is believed to have hid for over a week. The 20 year old vanished July 9 as her stepmother was attacked with a small axe and a kerosene fire started in bedclothes. Fella Lawando, 10, fled to neighbors and called for help. The stepmother cannot identify the attacker and suspects Mary.
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Wausau
Wis
Mary Lawando
Cat Swamp
Here
Mary
Fella
Lawando
Harding Back on Transport
President Harding and three cabinet officers returned to the navy transport Henderson in Seward after a five day Alaska interior tour covering more than 1000 miles awaiting departure to Valdez. Mrs Harding, kept on board, shows improving strength while doctors report fatigue easing and recovery proceeding.
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Seward
Alaska
Harding
Navy
Henderson
Valdez
Fairbanks
Russian River
Tangier Conference Adjourns Awaiting Chief’s Word
Allied experts at the Tangier conference adjourned until August 22 to await communications of their discussions results to their governments for discussion.
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London
Tangier
Jersey Joy Joints Suffer Double Gambling Raids
In New Jersey, raids yielded $300,000 worth of liquor at Lakewood and Point Pleasant. Detectives then raided five alleged gambling casinos in Pleasure Bay West End Allenhurst and Wanamassa, confiscating $20,000 in paraphernalia and arresting the venue proprietors.
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Long Branch
N. J
New Jersey
Lakewood
Point Pleasant
Pleasure Bay
West End
Allenhurst
Wanamassa
Government seeks breakup of International Harvester trust
The United States Attorney General filed in federal court in St Paul seeking division of International Harvester into three corporations. The government claims the 1918 dissolution failed to restore farm implement competition and that the company remains a monopoly with shrinking competitive concerns. Alexander Legge of Chicago defends the company, saying it was cleared of wrongful acts in 1918 and disputes the accusation of monopolistic pricing. The complaint names several affiliated entities and railroads as participants in the alleged restraint of trade.
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St. Paul, Minn
United States
H. M. Daugherty
Federal District Court
International Harvester Company
Attorney General
Washington
McGee
Lafayette French, Jr
Duluth
Alexander Legge
Chicago
Legge
Harvester
Daugherty
International Company of America
International Flax Twine Company
Wisconsin Steel Company
Wisconsin Lumber Company
Illinois Northern Railway
Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad Company
Wife killed in bed at Port Perry home
In Pittsburg on July 18 the nude body of 18 year old Mrs Patrick Coyne was found by her father John Conroy. Coyne had learned her husband, a railroad brakeman, lost his legs in a hospital accident and was fighting for life. The wife had been beaten to death in bed in Port Perry suburb.
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Pittsburg
Patrick Coyne
John Conroy
Conroy
Governor Resigns Over Bullfighting Allegation
The governor of Valencia resigned after a deputy denounced him in the chamber for participating as a matador in a bull fight under an assumed name. The incident triggered political turmoil and questions about official conduct.
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Madrid
Valencia
Chamber
Honeymoon financed on bad checks by two Army swains
Chicago July 18 Harry G. Lewis and Tenney Dennison faces charges for passing bad checks totaling 50 000 and 2000. Both men were jailed awaiting removal to Los Angeles where the alleged fraud originated as they financed honeymoons with spurious government checks. Lewis a deserter from Columbus Ohio posed as a dancer in Long Beach and married two weeks ago. Dennison a former artillery officer married last December in Kentucky and traveled to Los Angeles under rank claims. Dennison’s case halted for a copy of an indictment. Lewis waived extradition and will be sent to Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Harry G. Lewis
Tenney Dennison
Los Angeles
Department of Justice
Lewis
Columbus
Ohio
Dennison
Kentucky
United States
Glass
Wife of Senator-Elect Prefers Farm Life Over Politics
Minneapolis dispatch reports Magnius Johnson's wife may not join him in Washington. Mrs. Johnson manages 140 acres near Kimball, roots in farming, and tends garden and livestock while her husband campaigns. She has six children and serves as township school clerk with her husband for 22 years, showing little interest in public affairs.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Magnius Johnson
Washington
United States Senate
Johnson
Kimball
de- Israel Putnam
Aids
Judge Gabbert Colorado Dead at 74
Denver reports the death of Judge William Henry Gabbert former Colorado supreme court chief justice a prominent legal figure in the Rocky Mountain district He died shortly after midnight following a brief illness at age 74
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Denver
Colo
William Henry Gabbert
Colorado Supreme Court
Rocky Mountain District
Wall Street Briefs Net income reports and large gold consignments
The Western Union shows six month net income of 6 802 603 dollars or 6 81 dollars per share on 99 786 727 capital stock. Two gold consignments arrived on the steamship Olympic valued at 1 785 000 dollars for J P Morgan and company and 490 000 dollars for Kuhn Loeb and company.
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New York
Western Union
Olympic
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn Loeb and Company
Dyer to Propose Beer Amendment to Volstead Act
Representative L. C. Dyer of St. Louis will introduce a resolution at the next Congress session to amend the Volstead act to permit beer containing three percent alcohol. The move aims to relax Prohibition restrictions.
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St. Louis
L. C. Dyer
Maughan Postpones Second Sea to Sea Flight
L Maughan postpones the second sea to sea daylight flight from New York to dawn tomorrow. He will test the aircraft this afternoon to check a clogged gasoline feed system that ended his flight a week ago.
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WN. Y
Bank official Loree secretly weds last Wednesday
Port Chester July 18 AP Robert F Loree vice president of Bank of Central and South America and son of F Loree president of Delaware Judson railroad was secretly married by Father John A ters who said he performed the ceremony.
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Port Chester
N.Y
Robert F. Loree
Bank of Central and Sout America
F. Loree
Delaware @Judson
John A. Ters
Dempsey Gibbons Fight Pictures Seized in Los Angeles
Department officials seized undeveloped pictures from the Bee studio tied to the Dempsey Gibbons fight. No arrests were announced at the time.
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Dempsey-Gibbons
Los Angeles
Dempseu-ihions
Bee
Quezon and Native Outfit Quit Posts On Weak Pretense
Philippine government crisis deepens as Senate president Manuel Quezon and Interior Secretary Jose Laurel resign along with Manila’s mayor Ramon Fernandes and other cabinet members. Governor General Leonard Wood faces a political vacuum while Washington weighs a ruling. The walkout signals a push by Quezon and supporters toward a new party and reshaped authority in Manila and the islands.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Insular
Leonard Wood
Wood
Council of State
Legislative Council
Governor General
Malacanan Palace
Manuel Quezon
Pees
Jose P
Jose P. ‘Laurel, Secretary of the Interior and ‘of Mayor Ramon Fernandes
Ray Conley
United States Secret Service
Alberto Barretto
Finance
Jose Abad Santos
Justice
R. Corpus
Agriculture
Salvador Laguda
Commerce
M. W. Quezon
M. Roxis
House of Representatives
Quezon Org
Washington
Leonard God
Kay Conte
Servetr
Council of State, All Philippines
New Collectivita Party
Philippine Senate
Associated Press
Harding
Congress
Indy Fight Blocked. Fort Harrison May Host Dempsey Bout
Indianapolis Governor McCray refused a group of business leaders permission to stage a Dempsey Gibbons bout in the city. Promoters still hope to hold the match at Fort Harrison near Indianapolis, seeking a venue outside the urban center.
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Indianapolis
Idaho Cadets Head Athletics At West Point
About 1100 of 1200 West Point cadets competed in the standardized athletic rating under new National Amateur Athletic Federation standards. An average of 81.7 percent was recorded across four events, with many cadets achieving high marks. Connecticut lagged with 70 percent, while northern states generally scored higher than southern ones.
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Washington
West Point Cadet Corps
National Amateur Athletic Federation
War Department
Ewes
Connecticut
Boise road work to start on Oregon Short Line
den Utah July 18 AP The Utah Construction company unit will depart Ogden for Boise to begin the main line project of the Oregon Short Line with a $3 000 000 contract. The work includes grading from Orchard to Boise boring a tunnel and yard grading at Boise and Nampa.
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Den
Utah
Utah Construction Company
Ogden
Boise
Oregon
Orchard
Nampa
Mexicala Regime Changes After City Hall Shutdown
Mexican border city Mexicali readied to resume municipal duties after an 11 day delay caused by a shooting spree last Saturday that left three dead and several wounded. Rafael Rosas as vice mayor would run city business with a federal counter commission after mayor Lotra and many council members were ousted and the building barricaded. The mayor and three wounded were hospitalized.
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Mexicali
Lower
Calif
Mexico City
Rafael Rosas
Lotra
Lines Tied by Electric Men
St Louis began selling the first effects of crippled street car service as 175 union electrical workers strike after midnight. The walkout halted all lines to suburbs leaving many passengers stranded while conductors and motormen remained on the job.
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St. Louis
United Railways Company
Attendance at last big bout in Trenton area
Willard Pirpo fight at Bowies Thirty Acres drew 79 326 attendees with 75 712 paying, per revenue collector figures.
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Trenton
N. J
Bowie’s
Thirty Acres
Illinois Case Badly Tainted With Politics
The Illinois trial revisits politics surrounding Governor Small as Edward Courtney Edward Kaufman and John Fields are acquitted of conspiring to fix the jury. Defense lawyers say the prosecutions were politically motivated by Attorney General Brundage. The jurors returned unanimous not guilty verdicts after short deliberations amid cheers.
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Brundidage
Small
Lundin
Courtney
Ids
Keufman
Fields
H R
Wiliam Riley
Antioch
Atorneysx
Britain Draft On Reparation Is Kept Close
Paris reports the French foreign office expects Britain to submit a note on reparations soon with terms kept secret until governments reach agreement. Observers cite potential points requiring further views and possible for further talks. London notes a possible shift in French attitude as Britain drafts an allied approach to Germany.
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Britain
Paris
London
Council of Abassadors
Foreign Office
England
France
Jules Camben
Great Britain
Germany
Sete
Daily Telegraph
Belgium
Premier Benes
Czecho- Slovakia
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West Point
Boise Road
Mexicala
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Waukegan
Fred Lundin
Edward Courtney
Eward Kaufman
John B. Fields
Len Small
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