Col Galbraith among three in Indianapolis crash
Colonel F W Galbraith Jr national commander of the American Legion died after a car plunged over a 20 foot embankment in Indianapolis. Henry J Ryan and Milton J Foreman were injured as the vehicle rolled several times. Coroner inspecting the wreck cited a possible steering failure.
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Indianapolis
Ind
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
Cincinnati
The
American Legion
Legion
Henry J. Ryan
Americanism Commission
Milton J. Foreman
Chicago
Illinois
Country Club
Foreman
WTI
Ryan
Galbraith
Cleveland
Watertown
Mass
Newark
N. J
Claudius J. Pendill
Racine
Wis
J. G. Serugham
Carson City
Nev
E. Jackson Winslett
Birmingham
Ala
Paul J. Robinson
Indianapolis Country Club
Union Station
Galgraith
Canan
Colonel Fred W. Galbraith, Cincinnati Noted Soldier
Cincinnati remembers Colonel Fred W. Galbraith a veteran of the First Ohio National Guard who led the 147th Infantry in World War I. He served overseas in campaigns including Saint Mihiel and the Argonne and Belgium and earned decorations from France Belgium and the United States. He died at about age 60 leaving a widow and two children.
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Cincinnati
Fred W. Galbraith
Ohio National Guard
United States Army
Battlea of St. Mihiel
Argonne
Belgium
United States
Galbraith
President Harding Sends Sympathy to Legion Leader's Widow
President Harding telegrammed Mia I P Galbraith Jr., widow of the American Legion's national commander, expressing deep sympathy after his sudden death in an automobile accident. The message praised his leadership, patriotism, and devoted service to country and comrades.
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Washington
Harding
Mexico Prohibits Money Imports by Decree
Mexico City June 9 AP reports President Obregon issued a decree prohibiting import of foreign money except gold and the circulation of such currency in Mexico after July 1. The measure targets foreign notes and coins to align with monetary policy.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Obregon
Federal Trade Commission probes Douglas fir price fixing
The FTC reports to Congress that loggers and lumber manufacturers in the Douglas fir region organized to fix prices through production limits over twenty years. It cites rising fir quotations from 1915 to 1920, concentration of timber ownership, and collusive pricing with southern pine groups, while industry officials dispute the findings as anti-industry propaganda.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
War Industries Board
British Columbia
Commission
Portland
Ore
Willamette Valley
G. Donaldson
Custeren
FPF
H. Ransom
Enstern and Western Lumber Company
Tt Sa
Funeral Friday for Henry R. William
Funeral services will be held Friday for Henry R. William longtime vice president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway who died yesterday after an illness of several months. He was years old.
Labor Board Decision Clouds Rail Labor Affairs
Chicago June 9 AP Dissatisfaction grows over the railroad labor board abrogating wartime rules on working conditions with July 7 effective date. Union leaders warn that crews may lose schedules unless new rules are set, urging the board to respect existing agreements until disputes are resolved. W S Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen backs the protest with support from trainmen and conductors leaders.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
W. G. Lee
L. E. Sheppard
Mr. Carter
Japs Take No Chance With Reds In Siberia Move
General Umura commanding Japanese troops near Vladivostok announces Japan will occupy strategic Siberian towns due to eastern Siberia developments. The Bolshevik government protests the action and holds the Entente powers morally responsible for Japanese intervention in Siberia.
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Umura
Vladivostok Sea
Siberia
Siberian
Helsingfors
American Agricultural Chemical declares dividend. Stah Copper cuts
New York June 9 AP reports American Agricultural Chemical Co. paid its quarterly cash dividend on common stock and deferred preferred action. Stah Copper Co. reduced its quarterly dividend from to cents.
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New York
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Stah Copper Company
Seapool Makes Good Progress Toward St Johns After Collision
The British freighter Seapool, damaged by a collision with an ice berg off Newfoundland, reports progress toward St Johns Newfoundland, and is aiming to reach the port.
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St. Johns
N. F
Seapool
New Foundland
Civil War veteran Orland Somers dies at 78 in Kokomo
Orland A. Somers former national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic aged 78 died at his Kokomo Indiana home yesterday after several months illness. He was one of the nation's leading Civil War veterans.
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Kokomo
Ind
Sims Stand Square On His Statement At London Speech
Rear Admiral William S. Sims faced questions over a cable report after his luncheon remarks in London. He defended his comments on the Irish question, saying he would not retract a single word and criticized Irish sympathizers in America as he compared them to dangerous political factions.
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London
William & Sims
The
Press Association
McCormick
Sims
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Orianae
Sinn
Senate orders June inquiry on London bombardment impact
The senate ordered an investigation into the recent London bombardment by Rear Admiral William S. Sims touching Irish alarm in this country. The resolution was offered by Senator Harrison Democrat of Mississippi.
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Washington
London
William S. Sims
Senate
Harrison
Eighteen Flood Victims at La Junta
Pueblo reports the first unit of a Salvation Army refugee camp in operation with 1000 personnel and capacity for 20000. Disease data show 53 cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever, typhoid and chickenpox also present. free vaccination offered. Cleanup by American Legion volunteers planned with 2000 to 3000 workers. Military orders assign US Army property control and prohibit profiteering.
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Pueblo
Salvation Army
Homer T. Seale
Pat J. Hamrock
John ©. Cornell
United States Public Health Service
Cornell
Public Health Service
American Legion
van Law
Legion
Albert H. Mueller
United States Army
United States
Flood Toll Rises in La IER District Seventeen Dead
Pueblo Colo June 9 AP Eighteen persons are known to have been killed in the flood in the La ier district official Captain J B Mock of the Colorado national guard arrived after a fifty hour battle against the elements His report came as agencies continued to assess damage and rescue survivors
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Pueblo
Colo
la Ier
J. B. Mock
Colorado National Sark
Mock
Mexico Refuses Sign American Proposal
Mexico City reports that recognition of the Obregon government must come before any treaty with the United States. Obregon favored signing but cannot do so without formal recognition. The note notes U.S. proposal rejected pending Mexican recognition and cites constitutional limits. France also declined to comment on Hughes note regarding Obregon and a proposed treaty.
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Mexio City
Obregon
United States
Mexico City
Mexico
United Staton
Terans
Paris
Hughes
France
Police Chief Vollmer Elected Director at IACP Meeting
Merkeley California police chief August Vollmer was elected to the International Association of Chiefs of Police for the coming year. San Francisco chief Han Prancieco was chosen to host next year’s meeting place.
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Mt. Lovlen
August Vollmer
Merkeley
California
International Association @ Chiefs of Police
Han Prancieco
Sugar hits four-year low on New York market
In New York on June 9 the raw sugar price fell a quarter cent to 4.25 a pound, reaching its lowest level in over four years after 6,700 bags of Costa Rican sugar, import duty paid, were sold.
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New York
Sinn Feiners in Alliance with Soviets
London reports a British white paper prints a draft treaty text between the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic and the Republic of Ireland. The document, captured in Dublin, is accompanied by a covering letter signed Dermot O Hegarty and a memorandum attributed to Dr McCarran. The memo cites joint aims for peaceful relations and cooperation against imperialistic oppression.
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London
Dr. McCarran
John T. Ryan
Peerl
All Nationa
Ireland
Asia
Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
Republic of Ireland
ORGAN IS WANTED BY METAL TRADES
Denver June 9 AP The Metal Trades convention adjourned after additional resolutions. action on many issues was postponed. A proposal urged the AFL to create a newspaper reporting strikes lockouts and investigations honestly. Another called for unity of all international unions in metal trades for a national campaign to organize the electrical manufacturing industry. The canal zone metal trades council urged informing the public that accepting employment in the canal zone risks due to unsettled conditions.
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Denver
Colo
Metales
Federation of Labor
Metal Trade Division
Canal Zone
Standard Oil Wins Its Suit Over California Oil Lands
Secretary of the Interior Frederick A. Pall ruled to terminate proceedings against Standard Oil and Pan American Oil over land sections in Naval Oil Reserve No. 1 California. The decision confirms the state's ownership of non mineral land claimed since 1903, ending the federal challenge. The reserve includes 28 producing wells and a newly opened gas well.
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Washington
Naval Oil Reserve No. 1
California
Standard Oil Company
Pan
American Oil Company
Fait
Interior Department
Pall
Excursion Boat Minnesotan Lands Passengers From Stranded Majestic
Winona, June 9 AP The steamer Minnesota removed the first group of 100 excursion passengers from the Majestic of the Wisherd Line which had run aground on a Mississippi sandbar near Alma Wisconsin since last midnight. Small boats ferried riders to shore while the Majestic’s captain reported no danger. Yesterday's meals and refreshments were repurposed for breakfast purchases.
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Winona
Minn
Minnesota Today
Majestic
Wisherd Line
Mississippi River
Alma
Wis
Minnesota
Temianta
Ambush near Newry wounds and deaths reported
A patrol near Newry was ambushed leaving one officer killed and one wounded. An exchange of fire followed as armed attackers engaged the patrol, with several assailants killed in the clash.
Outlaw’s Gunfight Ended in Toledo Standoff
In Toledo on June 9 a gunman Thomas Kelley 48 of Oklahoma was killed by police after a siege at 611 Walnut Street. Kelley shot Patrolman Harry Dowell and Harold Mossbrueger amid a hours long attic battle with two machine guns and heavy police fire. Hundreds of shots rang out as officers and Kelley exchanged fire. bystanders watched from surrounding areas.
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Toledo
Thomas Kelley
Oklahoma
Walnut Street
Kelley
Harry Dowell
Harold Mossbrueger
Nellie Key
Allen
Central Police Station
Mossbrueger
Census figures show Nebraska and Wyoming races totals
Washington June 9 AP reports Nebraska total population 1 296 373 with whites 1 279 219 Indians 13 242 Chinese 189 Japanese 804 and Filipinos Hindu and Koreans 30. Foreign born whites 11 5 percent of total versus 14 8 percent in 1910. Wyoming 1920 census lists whites 190 146 Negro 1 375 Chinese 252 Japanese 1 184 Filipinos Hindu and Korean 92 and foreign born whites 18 percent of total versus 18 6 percent in 1810.
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Washington
Nebraska
Wyoming
Charlot Steamer Hits Iceberg Off Newfoundland Coast
The American freighter Charlot, sailing from Philadelphia to London via St Johns, struck an iceberg about 200 miles off Newfoundland. The vessel, of 3,545 tons, had a crew of 35 and was en route to engine repairs at St Johns when the collision occurred. A rescue effort was reported and the ship proceeded under its own power.
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Halifax
Philadelphia
London
Ham
St. Johns N. FP
Foundland
Ralio Mensage
Columbia
USB Ski Board
Steamehin Line
Freight steamer Ch struck by fire sinks in voyage
Reported by wireless from New York on June 9, the freighter Ch which struck a reef is leaking and pumping is under way as it limps toward St John N F for emergency repairs. The vessel’s crew is attempting to reach safety.
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New York
Soviet Trade Mission Heads for Canada to Buy Supplies
Montreal June 8 AP Leon Krassin Russian Soviet minister of trade and commerce was to ed Halifax today on a steamer. Report says the Soviet delegation aims to secure contractor supplies in Canada.
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Montreal
Leon Krassin
Trade and Commerce
Halifax
New York
F. A. Boyer
Canada
Washington Dull Prospect Oil and Lease Claims
A garbled AP note from Washington on June 9 hints at aiding prospectors who filed claims and mentions oil and leasing processes. The readable text suggests efforts to introduce recovery or disclosure related to claims but lacks clear details or names.
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Washington
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