Amundsen Sets Sail From Nome On Arctic Flight Quest
Roald Amundsen leaves Nome aboard the exploration schooner Maud for a planned flight to Spitzbergen or Cape Columbia. G. Fullerton will pilot a Junkers plane carrying 350 gallons of gasoline, aiming for a 24 hour non stop crossing, with coast guard escort and a welcoming ceremony.
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Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Nome Weatersay
Maud
Point Barrow
Northuc
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Cape Columbia
Grants Land
Greenland
Clmer G. Fullerton
Royal Air Force
Amundsen
Seattle
Nome
Georges Maynard
Northwestern Chamber of Commerce
United States Coast Guard
Bear
R. J. Lomen
Mundsen
Fingily
Mary Tootsesarlik
Explorer
Nome Road
Thomas Rose
Nome Coast Guard
Damage suit settled out of court in Baltimore case
John F. Symon of San Francisco pleaded guilty to assaulting playwright and producer George H. Broadhurst. Judge Josetty fined Symon 20 and costs after reparations were made. A $50,000 civil suit by Broadhurst against a San Francisco contractor appears settled out of court.
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Baltimore
John F. Symon
San Francisco
Columbia
George H. Broadhurst
Josetty
Symon
Roadhurst
Broadhurst
Federation Keeps Same President in General Federation
Announcement from Chautauqua New York June 30 states the re election of Mrs Thomas G Winter of Minneapolis as president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Also elected were First Vice President Mrs W B Jennings Jacksonville Florida and Second Vice President Mrs Wallace T Perham Glendive Montana. The convention considered resolutions on uniform marriage and divorce motion pictures and education in schools along with immigration policy.
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Chautauqua
Rs. Thomas G. Winter
Minneapolis
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mra. W. 8
Jennings
Jacksonville
Florida
Wallace T. Perham
Glendive
Montana
Federation
Uth
Legeneaers
Cannibal Shimmy in Park Sparks Police Inquiry
Clifford Wooten dressed in muslin tobacco sack garb danced in a Long Beach park claiming to perform a Fiji royal tribal dance. A doctor said he was sane and no disorderly conduct charge was filed, so he was released.
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Long Beach
Calif
Clifford Wooten
Fiji Islands
Wooten
Dublin Four Courts Fire Explosion Drives Irregulars Out
London reports say the Four Courts building in Dublin was set ablaze and blown by a mine or explosion. Irish Free State troops press attacks in Letterkenny and Donegal centers as Republicans reportedly escape through a tunnel after a huge blast.
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London
Dublin
Central News
Four Courts
Prees Association
Letter Ken
Bencrana
County Donegal
Belfast
Thirty Die in Two Days of Dublin Fighting
Unofficial casualty estimates from Dublin suggest thirty killed and over fifty wounded in two days of fighting. This forenoon reports added twelve deaths and twenty wounded among both military and civilian populations.
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Dublin
O Connors Resolve to Fight on Amid Irish Civil Strife
London dispatches report insurgent leader O Connor vows to fight until victory or death. Dublin coverage notes Four Courts siege bloodless by comparison and highlights rising Communist support for Republicans. Meantime Free State strength and potential Republican revolution loom, with thousands of troops and many volunteers in question.
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O’connor
London
Dublin
Ry O'Connor
Four Courts
O'Connor
Industrial Workers of the World
Moscow
Michael Collins
Treaty Party
Liam Meilowes
Rory O’conner
Free Staaters
Explosion kills two in Panama Balboa boiler shop
An acetylene tank explosion at a Balboa boiler shop killed two workers and injured several others. Among the dead was Leopold A. Johnson of Portland Oregon who worked as a riveter.
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Panama
Balboa
Leopold A. Johnson
Portland
Oregon
Forgeries Declared In Grinnell Hawaiian Stamps Case
In Los Angeles Judge J Perry Wood rules the Grinnell Hawaiian postage stamps are forgeries and federal authorities confiscate them. The suit by J A Klemann of New York sought $65 000 for the 42 stamps bought from George H Grinnell of Los Angeles. Grinnell claimed genuineness and traced them to a man with a missionary mother in Hawaii in the 1830s. The judge calls the stamps worthless photo engravings.
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Los Angeles
Calif
J. Perry Wood
Grinnell
Hawaii
William Crocker
San Francisco
A&Dé
Wood
Century-old Senator Cole Sees New York on Return
Former U S Senator Cornelius Cole who turns 100 in September visits New York after forty years away. He surveys Riverside Drive subways and skylines, praises progress, recalls coast to coast rail plans, and shares views on Prohibition and wine. He plans a birthday flight with his granddaughter on his hundredth.
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New York
United States
Cornelius Cole
Congress
Riverside Drive
California
Cole
Panama
Cluding Huntington
Hopkins, Crocker
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Pacific Railroad
House
Senate
Colorado Mobilizes National Guard in Mining Disturbances
Denver and Colorado Springs report nine companies of National Guard and state rangers mobilized across seven mining towns after Wednesday night violence including burned bridges and tipples. Governor and adjutant general warn arrests likely. troops held in readiness at Longmont Boulder Fort Collins Brighton Cripple Canyon City and Denver.
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Denver
Colo
National Guardsmen
State Rangers
Patrick J. Hamrock
Colorado
Hamrock
Hamrocck
Huerfano County
Longmont Boulder
Fort Collins
Brighton
Creeley
Canyon City
Punxsutawney Coal Strike Breaks Up With Troopers
State police arrived in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania to take over the coal strike after a night of disorder in the mining district. Marching men estimated at full scale impeded traffic as a truck carried coal for another vehicle. Troopers rode through the crowd and the march was broken up with no casualties reported.
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Punxsutawney
Punxsutawh
Unclear White House Talks on Coal Mine Operations
The report relays uncertain plans at the White House regarding coal mine operators and miners, noting lack of definite policy and reliance on persuasion and compromise rather than authority or compulsion.
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Washington
White House
Nisn
Harding
Perauagion
Draft evader Verdoll convicted in District of Columbia
In a Washington court Justice Jen sentenced Verdoll, identified as a draft evader, after proceedings today. The case involved other mentions of Whitadel- Phia and GS wires in the surrounding fragmentary text.
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Washingtoni
Whitadel- Phia
Tobe
Seine Ave
Jisuiss
Justice Jeninte
Colum Ee
Dublin Irregulars Fire on British soldiers in Talbot Street
Irregulars bombard Talbot Street near Moran's hotel as British troops head toward the north wall. Fire from the hotel continues toward Nelson Pillar while insurgents fortify Marlborough Street and seize hotels and public buildings. Fire brigade logged 21 calls yesterday amid widespread city sniper activity.
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Talbot Street
Moran’s Hotel
Nelson Pillar
Marlborough Street
Parnell Square
van SR
Dublin
Dublin Fire Brigade
Insurgents Surrender at Dublin Four Courts After Explosion
Dublin reports say insurgents occupying the Four Courts surrendered at 4:10 am after lifting a white flag following an explosion that damaged the building. Free State forces captured most of the complex and took Thomas Carey as a prisoner. A manifesto from the provisional government appeals to the Irish people amid ongoing conflict. Churchill notes Free State troops largely control areas outside Dublin.
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Dublin
Car Courta
Prose Association
Free State
Four Courts
Thomas Carey
Ireland
Great Britain
Labor unions subpoenaed as rail board launches inquiry
Three unions and a conference official were subpoenaed by the United States Railroad Labor Board to testify before the board in Washington aimed at an official investigation of threatened rail labor actions. The White House statement asserted the board’s full authority to back labor determinations and enforce its issued actions.
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United States Railroad
Washington
White House
Congress
Railroad shop men defy labor board summons in strike threat
In Chicago on June 30 AP reports leaders of the shop craft unions refuse to attend a conference with railroad executives as the U S Railroad Labor Board enforces subpoenas. The board orders B M Jewell and Timothy Healey to produce themselves after Jewell challenged the board. Only three of ten summoned leaders answered. all railroads are represented.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Timothy Healey
Jewell
Rail officials warn of looming strike at Ogden yards
Rail officials told the mayor's employment bureau in Utah that a strike likely by 40s workers could close Ogden yards. The union said no strike action would be taken immediately while awaiting further developments at the Bravo Brothers Pacific shops.
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Utah
Ogden
T Bouthers Pacific
Refusal to Delay Strike Clouds Labor Board Talks
Chicago AP June 30 Leaders of the railroad shop crafts refused to delay the nationwide strike set for 10 a.m. tomorrow and informed the railroad labor board they would not appear at a conference. Only two board members were present at 2:20 p.m. as shop leaders remained absent and Jewell prepared a public statement criticizing the hearing. E N Fitzgerald appeared as the lone union head.
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Washington
Harding
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Onl
A. G. Wharton
Albert Phillips
Hooper
E. F. Grable
Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
Labor Board
B. M. Jewel
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
E. N. Fitzgerald
Maintenance Men Stand With Nationwide Labor Strike
A threatened labor action looms as maintenance workers, part of a 406 000 strong union, prepare for a nationwide strike slated to begin tomorrow amid tensions over conditions and pay.
Marr Named General Counsel for War Finance Corp
Washington June 30 AP The War Finance Corporation appoints G A Marr of Salt Lake City as general counsel succeeding G C Henderson who resigns to resume law practice While Marr will resign as assistant general counsel he remains consulting counsel He formerly served as secretary of the Salt Lake City agency
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Washington
G. A. Marr
Salt Lake City
War Finance Corporation
Meyer
Marr
G. C. Henderson
New York
Arr
Russians Seek Credit At Hague Conference
Russian representatives at the Hague conference on Russian affairs push for credit and discuss gold and transport poses, with focus on industries and commerce as key issues.
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Hague
Emphasis on Employee Restraint in Employer Conduct
A fragment notes the tension between employee protections and employers' aims, suggesting that restraint would curb conflicts but could easily be overridden by management's natural urge to control. The source hints at broader labor tension without detailing events or parties.
Railroads consider cancelling contracts to avert strike
Chicago June 30 AP Representatives of New York Great Western Island Chicago North Western and others to farming out work threaten to cancel all contracts if no action averts a strike. E H Fitzgerald president of the Brotherhood says clerks freight handlers on sixty roads vote on several questions. situation termed critical with some workers already quitting and others likely to follow tomorrow.
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Chicago
New York
Great Western
Island
Northwestern
Chi
Fitzgerald
General Committee
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Jenver
Puritan
Erie
A. L. Hart
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