Memorial Day Observed by the French in France
Paris will host two day ceremonies to honor American soldiers dead from World War I. About 48 000 graves will be decorated across France with services in American churches and a parade of American and French troops ending at the Arc de Triomphe. Ambassador Hugh Wallace to give an oration and wreath the tomb of the unknown French soldier. Madame Millerand will lead a French delegation to lay flowers at Sureesness cemetery.
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Paris
AMN
United States
Sureesness
France
Prench
Arc de Triomphe
Hugh ©. Wallace
Madame Millerand
The
Republic
Dea
Des Moines Street Car Service Slashed After Court Ruling
Des Moines street car service remains sharply reduced with only 43 of 132 regular cars operating. Federal Judge Wade ruled bond sinking funds could not be diverted to pay creditors threatening to seize equipment. Receiver F C Chambers cited General Electric substation dismantling and foreclosure actions by mortgage bondholders as the drive behind curtailment.
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Des Moines
Wade
F. ©. Chambers
Des Moines City Railway Company
General Electric Company
F. C. Chambers
Americans and Japanese Clash in Shanghai Incident
Reports from Shanghai say American sailors and Japanese there clashed after an American group set off firecrackers in the street injuring pedestrians. Several people on both sides were hurt. officers and consuls investigate as foreign offices believe the matter can be settled peacefully.
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Tokio
Shanghai
Foreign Office
Style changes a gross waste in modern industry
Chicago May 24 AP reports L W Wallace of the American Engineering Council denounces waste from fashion driven design shifts and poor planning in elevators, locomotives and housing as a national burden. He says Americans pay a large subsidy through changing hats, shoes and millinery styles and calls for better planning in industry.
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Chicago
America Society of Mechanical Engineers
L. W. Wallace
Washington
American Engineering Council
Federated American Engineering Societies
New York
Portland Plans Big World Show
Washington May 24 A revolution by Senate McNary Oregon Republican to invite nations to participate in a proposed Portland exposition in 1926 marking transcontinental highway completion and hydroelectric power development was reported favorably today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Republican
Oregon
Portland
Senate Foreign
Navy to Broadcast Daily Weather Report for Aviators
The navy department announced a daily special weather report for aviators starting June 1 in cooperation with the weather bureau. Broadcasts will originate from the Arlington station at 10 am and include data from forty four towns and cities.
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Washington
Naval Radio
Navy Department
Weather Bureau
Arlington
Senate approves naval personnel and pay increases vote
The Senate accepted the committee amendment raising naval personnel to 120,000 from 100,000, boosting the appropriation by 15 million dollars to 72 million. It also raised naval reserves pay from 7 million to 12.81 million, with additional debates over disarmament and fiscal prudence. Benjamin Lenroot challenged the naval funding, citing Harding's Hoboken remarks, while Senators Harris Underwood and Lator Hitcheick urged budget restraint and warned against excessive militarization.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lenroot
Republican
Wisconsin
Harding
Hoboken
Harris
Georgia
Senate Committee
Japan
Amerca
Underwood
Alabama
Republican Party
Lator Hitcheick
Nebraska
Germany
Marine Corps Quartermaster’s Department
British America Union Is Planned Confederation Considered
Washington reports in official circles say a confederation of British America including Canada and Caribbean colonies Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Jamaica Leeward Islands Windward Islands possibly British Honduras and British Guiana is under consideration as a united commonwealth of British America evolving from Canada’s 167 confederation.
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Washington
British America
Canada
Bahamas
Barbadoes
Bermuda
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Windward Islands
British Honduras
British Guiana
North
South
Central America
Grady Memory Honors Held in Atlanta
In Atlanta on the first anniversary of his birth, memorial services were held for Henry W. Grady newspaper editor and orator. The program included unveiling a monument by Betty Black, plus wreaths and full military honors from Confederate and Union veterans and World War I veterans.
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Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Grady
Atlanta Constitution
Betty Black
Air Mail Service Out of Money Heads Toward Suspension
Washington May 24 AP Funds for New York to San Francisco air mail almost exhausted Postmaster General Hayes told Congress. Service must end May 31 without 125000 deficiency appropriation. Treasury rules bar using railway mail funds for air service and current 1250000 transcontinental air route appropriation will not last the month.
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Washington
New York
San
Kiwanis Club Presses Freight-Rate Cut Plea
Kiwanis members at Rowanis hall heard Captain Norman Allen Imrie discuss Armistice Day in London and a postwar demonstration. Idaho Farm Bureau urged freight-rate reductions in a message from the Swanis Club of Pocatello, citing losses to wheat and potato growers and stock raisers.
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Norman Allen Imrie
Idaho Technical Institute
Kiwanis Club
Rowanis Hall
Bannock
Imrie
London
Alfred H. Upham
University of Idaho
Varian of
Weiser
L. Stine
Ogden
A. M. Newton
C. B. Ross
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Idaho
Washington
Manassa Williams
R. A. Rich
J. E. Edgerton
Leo J. Hood
Golden Rule Mercantile Company
Kiwanis Club of
Pocatello
Swanis Club
Joe I. Peterson
Eyelashes as Saleable Fashion at New York Exhibition
In New York on May 24 an American Lady Hair Dressing Association exhibition showcased artificial lashes as a cosmetic trend. The display highlighted paste-on lash enhancements that imitate natural lashes, appealing to fashion conscious women.
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New York
Milady
American Lady Hair Dressing Association
Claims child dead at birth
Los Angeles May 24 AP The district attorney said no trial date is set for Miss Eric Mullicane charged with murdering her baby found in a trunk in a storage house. Police say she confessed. Her attorney will claim the child was born dead. Ian Mullleane came from Springfield Missouri.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Eric Mullicane
Ian Mullleane
Springfield
Consul's Son Attacked by Japanese in Tokyo Street
A seven year old boy, son of American consul Harry F. Hawley, was struck on the right arm by a Japanese youth after an accidental collision with a mission member. The injury was not serious according to Japanese dispatches from Magore.
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Tokio
Magore
Harry F. Hawley
W K
Tragic Train Collision Claims Aurora Resident
Arthur Brinstenl of 2679 Hartman Avenue was killed in an early morning mail train collision near Maia, Hartington. Investigators report the incident occurred as the locomotive struck near the rails, with rail workers and emergency crews responding at once.
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Aurora
Arthur Brinstenl
Hartman Avenue
Hartington Fant
Maia
Egypt Quiet After Riots Depose Curfew Maintained
Alexandria reports calm after weekend clashes with 12 Europeans and 36 natives killed and 191 wounded. Curfew observed, ban on merchants lifted, streetcars not yet in service. Officials note heightened anti Greek sentiment among natives toward Europeans.
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Alexandria
Egyppt
Riots in Cairo and Alexandria Lead to Arrests and Warnings
Report from AP describes riots in Cairo and Alexandria with several arrests and a number of deaths. Police vow firm action, warning that peaceable residents must retreat to their homes at first signs of unrest and that energetic measures will be used.
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Cairo
Beypt
Et (Ap
Alexandria
Silesia Affair Shifts Allied Policy Debates in Paris
Paris May 24 AP reports Silesia fighting between Germans and Poles stirs a new crisis over allied policy for former German territory. Briand questions Ruhr occupation, warns against acting without allies, while Germany closes the Silesian frontier and disbands volunteer corps. The situation prompts optimism in French official circles about the Upper Silesian crisis and broader Versailles terms.
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Paris
Silesia
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Ruhr
Briand
Upper Silesia
Mayer
Silesian
Upper Silesian
London
America
Great Britain
France
Rickenbacker Plans Coast-to-Coast Flight Start
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker aims to start a coast to coast flight from San Francisco, continuing through Reno and Omaha to Chicago and Washington. Repairs are underway after his plane was damaged on a landing, with a Memorial Day Legion summons to members en route to the capital.
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Los Angeles
Eddie Rickenbacker
San Francisco
Omaha
Rickenbacker
Washington, D. C
Washington
Pershing
Indianapolis
United States
American Legion
Legion
Chicago
Reno
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
California
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsyivania
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Syndicalist Begs Five-Year Sentence In Washington
Spokane May 24 AP W Kreitmeier 22 was convicted in superior court of criminal syndicalism and sentenced yesterday to six months to five years. He awaits transfer to Monroe reformatory to begin serving the sentence for selling I W propaganda on streets.
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Spokane
W. Kreitmeier
State Reformatory
Monroe
Wash
Kreitmeier
L. W
Admiral Simms Dines with George and Queen Mary at Buckingham
Rear Admiral William R. Simms who led American naval forces in the war zone during the later World War II period dined with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace in London on May 4, according to AP dispatches.
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London
William 8. Simms
Oklahoma Board Bans Student Car Ownership
The University of Oklahoma board of regents adopts a resolution prohibiting students from maintaining automobiles on campus. They declare motor car possession detrimental to the best interest of students and enforce a campus vehicle ban.
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Norman
Okla
Board of Regents
The
University of Oklahoma
Mooney Affair Again In Court
San Francisco May 24 AP The district attorney says an injustice was done in Mooney's 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction and will present evidence to the governor to compel action The motion seeks release under a common law writ Mooney was returned to prison last night and the court took the matter under advisement
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Milton O’ren
Mooney
Stephens
U ‘Ren
U'Rena
Rena Mooney
U’ren
State Penitentiary
Six Counties Elect Members in Northern Ireland Vote
Six counties Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone and the Londonderry and Belfast boroughs vote today to elect members of the new Northern Ireland parliament. Polls opened at 8 am with heavy security as Unionists display the British colors and Nationalists push the No Partition slogan. Women participate actively in campaigning.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Antrim
Armagh
Down
Fermanagh
Londonderry
Tyrone
Lumbermen Discuss Situation With Hoover
Lumbermen and lumber association members met with Secretary Hoover to discuss industry conditions. The plan aims to provide statistical data on prices stocks and shipments to inform government industry and public and foster cooperation for development.
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Washington
Loover
Department of Commerce
Selecting Jury in Murder Case
Seven men were chosen as prospective jurors in the murder trial of Denzel Chester for the death of Florence Barton, shot on a suburban road last October. Attorneys will report the twelve names agreed on to try the case after conflicts are resolved.
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Kansas City
Denzel Chester
Florence Barton
Howard Winter
Pro League Protest Over Harding Speech May Varies
Pro league Republicans led by Prof Irving Pisher of Yale sent a cable to Lord Robert Ceell protesting President Harding's speech on the league of nations and the mode of American involvement. The message denounces the administration stance as veiled against a broader alliance and calls for reevaluation of policy.
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New York
Proleague Republicana
Irving Pisher
Yale
Robert Ceell
Patreot
Harent Laration
Harding Dev Nee
Wage Cut Proposal Fails on Union Pacific Talks
Officials of the Union Pacific system and maintenance forces failed to agree on a July wage reduction, with the plan to withhold board granted increases. The dispute is to be reviewed by the United States Railroad Labor Board, per R O Randall of the maintenance workers.
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Omaha
Union Pacific System
United States Railroad Labor Board
R. O. Randall
Denver
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Labor Board
Wage Cuts Seen In Rail Board Decision June 1
Chicago May 24 AP The wage award of July 1920 will guide the new reductions due June 1. After weeklong talks the railroad labor board settled tentative cuts of 10 to 15 percent by employe class. No firm numbers on workers or payroll impact yet, but rail circles peg the total slice at 350 to 400 million dollars. About 100 roads would be affected with uniform percentage cuts across labor faces.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Balloon Race Nears Final Placings In Tennessee Start
In Birmingham eight of nine balloons landed within a small circle in north central Tennessee area. Ralph H. Upson aboard the Birmingham Semi Centen nial won first place by landing in Virginia about 400 miles beyond other entries. Unofficial calculations placed Lt. E. Honeywell in the Louis Chamber of Commerce balloon second and Lieut. Col. Lahm in the Army entry third.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee
Ralph H. Upson
Virginia
E. Honeywell
Louis
Fliers Death Probed in Boston After Overseas Release
District Attorney J C Pellettier opened an inquiry into the death of ex overseas flyer McGilvary. Police say no murder signs were found but relatives dispute the verdict. Witness Evelyn Clifford was summoned after a note addressed to McGilvary was found in her mailbox on May 10.
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Boston
Atttorney
J. C. Pellettier
Ee McGilvary
Ier
McGilvary
Evelyn Clifford
Jordan to Quit Air Mail Service
Colonel John A. Jordan, head of the Pacific division of the United States air mail service, arrived in Salt Lake City from San Francisco and announced he would soon resign to join a proposed airplane express venture in New York.
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Salt Lake
Utah
John*a. Jordan
Pacific Division
United States Air Rait Service
San Francisco
Reel C
New York
Spokane Insurance Director Accused in District Telegram
A telegram from the renew ton today reports D C Jom seph of Spokane named a poor war rink insurance director for the thirteenth district. The misspelled note references Beesmant triet and Beattle as related entities in Seattle.
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Bpokane
D.C. Jomseph
Beesmant Triet
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