19 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1923
Page
1
An early article argues for rebuilding the police stockade and reducing crowding as Vollmer warns that the present rotten jail conditions threaten humane treatment of prisoners. It cites vermin, squalor, and speeded confinement as urgent concerns shaping policy and crime control in Los Angeles.
President Coolidge faces foreign and economic challenges as the first week ends. Talks with coal interests and U S commissioners continue in New York and Washington to avert a nationwide anthracite strike and restore conditions. The cabinet meets privately to align policy ahead of major negotiations.
Oho August 18 Lieuten MacReady famed experimental flyer heads the photographic section. McCookfield approves the move and will depart Monday to the coast for the mission.
Readable fragments describe plans for forts on the Columbia River and a naval site at Mitoria, with a project cost around 500000 dollars to complete construction. The text indicates involvement of sailors or waterfront personnel and mentions August timing and river mouth work.
Chicago and the Great Lakes region face renewed job scarcity as employment agencies report few openings.Farm laborers abandon farms due to low wages and rust on fields in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Workers from Alton and southern states flood northern plants, with Gary Indiana offering eight hour day jobs.
Experimental night and day air mail flights will serve 100 cities starting next week. Paul Henderson of the post office announces preparations with C F Egg en route to Omaha to observe an initial dual coast to city flight while another plane departs San Francisco for New York. Large lights will illuminate the route for visibility over 130 miles.
A large oil fire at Point Firusin near San Pedro in California spread a river of flame today. Firefighters built dirt dykes to isolate the blaze and plan chemical extinguishment to prevent further damage.
Washington August 18 The federal government announced it is ready to take any steps necessary to prevent a shutdown of the hard coal mines following a meeting between Chairman Joanne Bammond of the United and Coblidge.
In Berian on August 18, at least six people were killed and many injured as clashes between communists and police erupted in West Pralia. Rioting since yesterday continued with police patrolling streets and citizens voicing food shortage unrest amid growing tension.
In Indianapolis Indiana several Ku Klux Klan members staged a public funeral and march drawing attention from the Aus. 18 crowd. The event featured Klan slogans and procession through the city streets highlighting membership activities.
Wil liams C Beal a motorman on the local electric line drowned while swimming in the Willamette River today The fiance on shore saw him thrash and submerge without surfacing in Portland Oregon on August 18.
Paris reports a semi official note that Premier Poineare will meet Prime Minister Baldwin to discuss post war reparations after Baldwin's Aix les Bains vacation. Observers see hints of effort to keep a united front toward Germany while pessimists doubt success.
A severe typhoon on the Chinese coast sinks ships and capsizes small craft near Hong Kong. Reports say a 14 year old boy drowned and crews from steamers Leon Gang and submarine 1-9 were lost or saved as the harbor suffered heavy damage and ships foundered. Rescue work begins as wreckage is cleared.
Aug 18 Steubenville residents pressed Governor Dennehy for state protection after a night of violence. A 43,000 zone attacked 106 members of the K K K, stirring fears of further rioting and large scale street fighting in the Steubenville area.
Adjutant General Charles B. Cox was ordered by Governor George Walker to go to Macon and investigate conditions after a spree of mob violence reported there. The directive was announced to the United Press tonight.
A jumble reports price dips for breed leaf, a city treasurer fined for bootleg busts, a child killed by a falling log, a Portland man jailed after officers saw bottles of wine thrown from a car, a San Francisco teen found emaciated, and an irrigation engineer’s water diversion described in dramatic terms.
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