Airmen Alcock and Brown Complete First Nonstop Trans Atlantic Flight
London honors Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur W. Brown for the 1650 nautical mile nonstop crossing from St John’s to Clifden in 16 hours 12 minutes aboard a Vickers Vimy. The voyage faced ice, freezing rain, and radio failures while the crew fought to land safely.
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London
Air Victors
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
St. John’s N
Clifden
Galway
Ieeland
Aero Club
Brown
Alcock
Atlantic
Captain Alcock
England
Grain Market Update
Chicago on June 17 reports corn at 1.75 and oats at 0.78 in today’s grain market tally with no further context or movements noted.
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Chicago
Winnipeg Strike Leaders Arrested as Red Papers Found
Ten strike leaders were arrested at their homes and taken by government officials to an out of country destination. Simultaneous actions occurred in Calgary and other western points. The Northwest Mounted Police raided the labor temple and seized literature described as Bolshevik in nature.
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Winnipeg
Calgary
Northwest Mounted Police
Villa Rebels Head Toward Casas Grandes After Juarez Attack
El Paso report says Francisco Villa and his rebel column move toward Casas Grandes twenty five miles southwest of Juarez after threatening an anti American campaign. U S border troops reinforce posts and plan scouting aircraft to prevent attacks.
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el Paso
Francisco Villa
Casa Grandes
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Cabell
Mexico
Villa
Rio Grande
Mexican government views U S troops crossing border as violation
General Candido Aguilar, Carranza's confidant, says U S soldiers in Mexican territory violate sovereignty. In El Paso border towns along the Rio Grande are being garrisoned by General Erwin's detachments to deter Villa raids after the expedition into Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Candido Aguilar
Carranza
Toay
Emassy
el Paso
Rio Grande
Erwin
Soldier killed as welfare hut collapses at Brest
Brest June 17 two soldiers dying and a hundred injured after a Knights of Columbus welfare hut collapsed at Pontanezen trapping many. One American soldier died in the disaster with others reported in critical condition and numerous injuries.
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Brest
Knights of Columbus
Pontanezen
Question on wartime prohibition for light wines and beer
Washington June 17 the house judiciary committee voted ten to three against adopting Representative Igoe s motion to repeal wartime prohibition insofar as it affects light wines and beer.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Igoe
Missouri
Bank Bandits Seize $950,000 in West Cleveland Robbery
Five armed men staged a bold heist at the West Cleveland bank late yesterday afternoon. Two guards oversaw 81X customers and four clerks outside while two robbers worked inside the bank and the remaining thief waited in a running car with the engine idling as the bandits fled in a stolen automobile with about $950,000.
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Cleveland
Ohio
West Cleveland
Kansas Legislature Ratifies Woman Suffrage Amendment
Topeka June 17 The Kansas legislature in a special session unanimously ratified the woman suffrage amendment to the United States constitution.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Negotiations Collapse Over Telegraphers Strike and War Terms
Chicago reports a breakdown in talks between Western Union employees and the Order of Railway Telegraphers as the latter refuses to rescind its ban on handling commercial business on railroad lines. The union accuses union leadership of siding with Western Union officers.
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Chicago
Association of Western Union Employees
Order of Railway Telegraphers
KE. J. Manson
Western Union
President to Begin Swing Around Country After Paris
President Wilson plans to leave Paris for Washington around June 24 or 25 if the German peace treaty is signed. He will address Congress after arrival, then embark on a three week speaking tour to explain the peace treaty and league covenant, visiting principal cities nationwide.
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J. PF. Lewis
St. Anthony Public Schools
Pocatello High School
Idaho Technical Insitute
Lewis
Pocatello
Idaho
New York City
Supt
Walter R. Siders
Pocatello City
Frazier
The
Tech
Washington
Wilson
Paris
Congress
White House
Beer and light wine endorse in wartime policy debate
In New York the Allied Medical Association adopts a resolution praising properly lager beer as essential in certain treatments and supporting beer with up to 2 percent alcohol. Light wine, if pure, is also endorsed for some medical cases. Washington considers allowing light wines and beers despite wartime prohibition under Rep Nolan's proposal.
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New York
Allied Medical Association of America
Nominations Move Through Senate Amid Wilson Picks
President Wilson's nominations to the Senate include John Skelton Williams to continue as comptroller of the currency and Norman Hapgood of New York as minister to Denmark. Other appointments listed seek posts in Czecho Slovakia Poland California shipping board and Carson City mint.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
John Skelton Williams
Norman Hapgood
New York
Denmark
Richard Crane
Czecho- Slovakia
Hagh
Gibson
Poland
Henry M. Robinson
California
Shipping Board
William A. Burns
Reno
Carson
Nev
I W W Band Disrupted as Train Raid Nets Recruits
In Lincoln Nebraska on June 17 police raided a Burlington freight train and arrested several Industrial Workers of the World members. The alleged leader claimed authorization to recruit and said migrants were heading to Kansas harvest fields. He cited I W W membership is high among harvest hands across Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincolna
Burlington
Order
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
I. W. Ww
Turks Explain Position Before Council at Quai dOrsay
Paris June 17 The council of ten received the Turkish peace mission in the cloak room of Quai dOrsay this morning. Ottoman representatives came as experts to set forth the Turkish situation to the conference which met in secret and lasted an hour. They left under escort via a different door to emphasize their status.
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Paris
West Prussia
Upper Silesia
Berlin
Vienna
Budapest
Germany
Quai d'Orsay
Valleresson
Close Guard Is Kept On Supplies
San Francisco reports a high rate of police calls over alcohol stockpiles with jewelers and liquor owners asking for patrols. The piece notes frequent tips like securing Haig and Haig or other spirits and describes law enforcement attention to basement liquor.
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San Francisco
Cal
Kelley
Valencia Street
Utah man charged with bigamy found living at Fort Hall
Frederick II Madden also known as Bob White was jailed in Brigham City Utah on a bigamy count. He was seized near Fort Hall Idaho by Deputy Sheriff Joseph R Olsen after a second wife exposed a marriage license. Madden aged 26 left a first wife and child in Cabool Missouri then married Cora Fowers in Ogden Utah before moving to Tacoma and later Fort Hall.
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Brigham City
Frederick II. Madden
Bob White
Fort Hall
Idaho
Joseph R. Olsen
Madden
Cabool
Utah
Cora Fowers
Ogden
Tacoma
Wash
White
Rey City
Fle
Immorally Stocked Booze and Mint Julep Mixes Recounted
A reminiscence notes stockpiled liquor amid cautious mint suppliers. The mint proprietor oversees essential ingredients for juleps while the distiller keeps a wary eye on supply.
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Yaleta
Texas
Fabens
Fort Ntancock
Columbus
New Mexico
Hachita
Francis Glover
San Antonio
HOUSE
R. T. Keymen
Estern
Associated Press
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Weimar
German National Assembly
Supt. Lewis
Nolan
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