Germans Open On French in Silesia area
French garrison at Reuben in southeastern Silesia faced a large German force and fighting around the city involved Polish insurgents. The battle disrupted rail and telegraph links, with tanks and heavy weaponry used on buildings. German casualties were reported and refugees warned of worsening food shortages and looting as Polish and German combatants clash near Gros-Strehlitz and Posnowitz.
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Silesia
Onpeln
Reuben
Beauthen
Beuthen
Kattowitz
Gros-Strebitz
Oder River
Oppeln
Posnowitz
Gros-Strehlitz
Krappitz
Associated Press
Black Watch
Stubendorf
Gross-Strehlitz
Gross- B Strehlitz
Denial of Lerond Recall Rumors From Upper Silesia
Paris June 2 AP reports the foreign office denied claims that General Lerond head of the interallied commission in Upper Silesia had been recalled. The denial curbs rumors amid postwar governance uncertainties.
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Paris
Foreign Office Today
Upper Silesia
Lerond
Interallied Commission
Heavy Flood Hits Kansas Area Forcing Moves
A dispatch from Omaha reports a flood in Tracr Kansas after heavy rains. Thousands of acres are inundated near Tracer and Cedar Bluffs with water 16 to 18 feet deep, causing residents to move. Damage to crops is widespread as Cedar Bluffs and nearby towns contend with rising water from Bouver Creek.
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Omaha
Tracr
Kansans
McCor
Neb
Tracer
Cedar Bluffs
Kaa
Adda
Bouver Creek
Hughes Endorses Federation Proposal in Washington Luncheon
Secretary Hughes endorsed the Central American Confederation concept in a luncheon address in Washington. The event honored Nicara guan Foreign Minister Maximo Hr Zepeda. Hughes said the federation would be a wise result if accepted by all peoples involved.
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Washington
Central American Confederation of States
Secretary Hughes
Maximo Hr. Zepeda
Hughes
Suffrage Leader Rev Phoebe Hanford Dies at 92
Rev Phoebe A. Hanford prominent suffrage worker and first woman minister to the Connecticut legislature died in Rochester at 92 at her granddaughter's home.
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Rochester
N. Y
Phoebe A. Hanford
Connecticut
Young Slayer Being Tried in Indiana Murder Case
Knox, Ind. June 2 AP Prosecutor James Diltz urged the 11 year old Cecil Burkett be convicted of murder in the Bennie Slavin case. Alfred Burkett testified confirming Cecil’s story that the shot was accidental. If convicted first degree murder the outcome was uncertain as the case is historic in Indiana.
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Cecil
Bennie Slavin
Alfred
James Ditz
Indiana
King to Open Ulster Parliament in Belfast
Four police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush at Clonmore, Kerry as authorities reported. The News Letter says King George is likely to visit Belfast to open the Ulster Parliament on June 21, though the Irish Office could not confirm the report.
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Dublin
Clonmore
County Kerry
MacCaughey
Belfast
Ireland
Jane 2
Fon
George
London
North Ireland
Clothing Workers Begin Return to Work After Strike
About 65,000 New York clothing workers started a gradual return to work after a December strike. An agreement between the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the Clothing Manufacturers Association provided for a 15 cent weekly production increase and an impartial arbitration mechanism. The deal, signed today, follows contentious testimony before the Senate labor committee where manufacturers called the union a red menace to American industry.
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New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Clothing Manufacturers Association
Oye
Pington
Clothing Workers of America
Senate Labor Committee
Army engineers warn against Columbia river improvement plan
Washington June 2 AP Army engineers report that improving the Columbia river between Chinook Washington and Band Island head is not advisable at this time. Weeks today sp armed congress.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Columbia River
Band Island
Congress
Denby Urges Navy Cadets to Honor Enlisted Ranks
Secretary Denby spoke to Annapolis graduates urging harmony between officers and sailors. He warned officers to avoid snobbery, wear uniforms with pride, and earn respect from enlisted men. He called for self sacrifice, duty, and devotion to country, noting the possibility of dying as gentlemen in battle but stressing lifelong vigilance rather than sacrifice.
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Navy
Denby
President Harding urges no war unless justice guides
President Harding, at the Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis, expresses hope the nation will never be forced to fire a gun again. He pledges graduates will serve only in causes aligning with American conscience and the republic of high ideals.
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Washington
Harding
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Yarding
R. 8. Holmes
Marding
America
Eleven Officers Put On Treason Trial in Vienna
Eleven former army officers including Major General Hummel faced treason charges in Vienna court over the attempted restoration of the Hungarian throne by former Emperor Charles. The trial centers on alleged actions to restore the Hapsburg dynasty.
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Hummel
Charles
Hungary
Aps
Woman Admits Murder After Man Is Hanged
Bridgeport report shows Mrs. Ethel Hu pleads guilty to murder in the second degree in the case of B. Nott. State letters said to be written by her to Elwood B. Wade, recently hanged for Nott’s murder, were introduced. The letters allegedly written during jail confinement were part of the trial materials.
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Ethel Hu
Ay H B. Nott
E Maltbie
Afra
Nott
Elwood B. Wade
Etton
Siberia Revolt Spreads to Blagovestchensk and Chita
Reports indicate anti Bolshevik unrest in Siberia expanding from Vladivostok to Blagovestchensk in the Avar province and to Chita as local authorities struggle to stabilize the region. The central government is sending functions to the area as the unrest continues.
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Peking
Juie
Siberia
Vladivost
Gepera Pell
Blagovest
Avar
Blagovestchensk
Communists Fail to Spark General Strike
AP report notes attempts by communists to trigger a general strike in a port area failing. Most transport continues with non-union crews, with a few factories and mills closed, while non-union labor keeps key operations running and ships move to Argentina Navigation.
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Busnesairah Jung J
Argentina
Tien
Plumbers Accept One Dollar Less In Wages
AP reports Journeymen members agreed to accept a one dollar daily cut with wages set at eight dollars for overtime and high hours work. The move comes as a reduction in standard pay for plumbers in the union.
Ship seizures to be adjusted
Washington reports from Paris indicate the reparations committee may revisit the status of German ships seized in the United States during the war. Officials say payments to the reparations commission are a U.S. decision alone, since Congress authorized the seizure and ownership, and the Wilson Lloyd George pact was never ratified.
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Washington
Paris
United States
Reparations Commission
Bill protects rights of aliens introduced in Senate
Washington June 2 AP reports a bill by Senator Kellogg Republican Minnesota to authorize the president to maintain alien rights in federal courts or by other means irrespective of state law. The measure would allow use of the army or navy and US marshals to enforce court rulings and could be invoked in cases such as California’s anti alien land law.
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Washington
United States
Kellogg
Republican
Minnesota
Foreign Relations Committee
California
Packer Control Bill Favored by House Vote
The Heugen packer control bill passed the House without a record vote and goes to the Senate. It would place packing houses and stockyards under the secretary of agriculture with power to set rules and require accounting to show profits and ownership. A motion to recommit to strike a section granting post investigation power was defeated 256 to 71.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
British at war with nationalists in Anatolia claim
The supreme council in Constantinople sent a message to the Turkish Nationalist government in Angola asking release of British prisoners. Britain threatens to blockade Anatolian ports and take command of the eleventh Greek division in Ismid to aid the Greeks against the Nationalists.
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Constantinople
Supreme Council
Angola
Anatolian
Porta
Ismid
Daugherty Refuses Reconsideration On Albers Case
Washington June 2 AP Attorney General Daugherty rejects Oregon Bar Association request to reconsider the government confession of error in Henry Albers Portland wealthy citizen convicted of espionage act violation The Senate McNary counsel for the association filed a petition for stay of the Supreme Court order reversing the conviction and remanding the case, decision pending.
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Washington
Daugherty
Oregon Bar Association
Henry Albers
Portland
Thiet
Senator McNary
Oregon
Supreme Court
McNary
Trainsman Goes Mad Kills Eight in Tokyo Slaughter
A Korean tramway conductor named Lihanne went insane last night in Tokyo and killed his wife and seven Japanese including women and children with a sword. Nine others were seriously wounded.
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Tokio
Lihanne
Geddes Urges English Union for World Peace
In Charlottesville on June 2, Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador, urged unity among English speaking peoples to lead toward world peace. He argued wars are futile and unnecessary and called for joint action to prevent future devastations while maintaining national vigor.
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Charlottesville
Sir Auckland Geddes
University of Virginia
Auckland
Agreement on the Gold Reserve of the Austrian Bank
Vienna June 2 AP An agreement on the gold reserve of the Austrian-Hungarian bank has been reached by Austria and Czecho-Slovakia. Czecho-Slovakia will receive 15,000,000 gold kronins as its share and may buy the bank’s buildings in Czecho-Slovakia at inventory price less 20 percent.
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Vienna
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Tornado Hits Akron Area Wrecks Farms and Horsem
A June 2 tornado struck northern Washington county near Akron Colorado causing serious injuries and widespread damage. Farm buildings were demolished hundreds of livestock killed fence lines ruined and crops destroyed. On the Ray Culbertson farm the eldest daughter was knocked unconscious and a small dog was carried two miles before surviving. It is the county’s first recorded tornado.
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Akron
Colo
Washington County
Ray Culbertson
Culbertson
Lord Byng Offered Governor Generalship of Canada
Montreal June 2 AP says Lord Byng of Vimy has been offered the governor generalship of Canada to succeed the Duke of Devonshire. An official announcement may follow within a few days if he accepts.
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Montreal
Lord Byng
Vimy
Canada
Duke of Devonshire
Gasette
Penalty Rediscount Rates Seen Likely to Be Removed
Washington June 2 AP Progres sive rediscount rates in the Saint Louis and Kansas City districts described by President Harding as penalizing may be removed soon by the Federal Reserve Board. Leading bankers who met with Harding urged removal to ease credit, especially for agriculture, aligning with expected broad rate cuts this summer as reserves improve.
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Wshington
St Louis
Kansas City
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Trade on Ship Taxes Proposed in Washington Report
AP dispatch from Washington states a proposed bill aims to exempt foreign ship owners from American income and excess profit taxes if American shipowners receive similar privileges abroad. The measure seeks parity in the U S merchant marine policy and faces debate in Congress.
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Washington
Vslenelte Merchant Marine
Senate Passes Farm Relief Bill Amid Bipartisan Support
Washington June 2 The Senate approved a farmer relief measure by Senator Curtie Republican Kansas to loan up to 50 million dollars to federal farm loan banks. The bill aims to aid farmers by reducing interest costs and expediting access to credit.
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Washington
Curtie
Republican
Kansas
Cone Senate
Tulsa Brings Riot to Conclude with Martial Law Lift
Tulsa ends martial law as 250 of 450 National Guardsmen depart. Rioting left a Negro quarter burned, about 1.5 million dollars in losses, and up to 40 believed dead. Governor Robertson pledges grand jury probe while guards and police seek to identify participants at the fair grounds and county building clash over Dick Rowland.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma National
J.B. Robertson
Fair Grounds
Dick Rowland
Bootblack
Rowland
Tulsa County
Riot aftermath in the city as martial law restored
After Tuesday’s race riots, about 100 people were killed or wounded. The Gilseye militia imposed martial law and began counting dead and injured. Fires in the Negro quarter destroyed homes and a church. Roughly 5000 Negroes camped at the fairgrounds seeking housing, while stores reopened and authorities moved to quell continuing tensions.
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Gsesee
A_ milit commission
Red
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