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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1921
Page
1
Violent street fighting flared after lunch in Belfast with civilians firing on police and troops. Armoured cars were used as two more people died and 48 were wounded. a five year old girl Annie Watson also died in North Queen Street fire.
Paris reports Peggy Hopkins Joyce reappeared in Paris after five days away denying elopement rumors with Henri Letellier rich Frenchman. She claimed she had not been at Biarritz where Letellier’s friends saw him and said she only spoke to him five minutes since arriving in France.
Acting U S District Attorney John V. Clinnin denied a report that he was initiating an inquiry into the Ku Klux Klan. He refused to comment further on the case, stating no disclosure could be made.
The interviewee rejects any investigation into the allegation that the Ku Klux Klan is a monarchy, calling the claim a childish propaganda notion lacking serious merit.
Letters from Spanish prisoners published by Iamparcial recount the capture of 3000 soldiers at Mont Arruit with only four survivors. In a separate note, Philadelphia shirtwaist and dressmakers strike after a 10 percent wage cut, claiming the cut effectively reaches 25 percent.
Washington reports an appropriation of 7.5 million dollars for the internal revenue department to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act next year. The Anti-Saloon League plans about 1 million to aid city law enforcement, with Wayne Bo Wheele as the league's general counsel stating the grant will cover salaries, chemists, lab supplies, and travel for officials.
Mr and Mrs Dawin Simpson of Cleveland aged 22 were killed when their automobile was struck by a southbound Cleveland Southwestern interurban car near Chippewa Lake while on their honeymoon police said. Mrs Simpson died instantly and her husband died minutes later. They wed August 2.
A Soviet health dispatch reported by American Friends Service Committee says more than a million children face starvation in Russia with aid such as cod liver oil cocoa and clothing sent to Samara. A Near East Relief cable notes thousands die of cholera in Trans Caucasia as authorities collect bodies. All Russian relief committee members linked to Maxim Gorky are said arrested and the group dissolved.
Allied troops move toward West Hungary amid rising tensions after Austrian forces occupied promised districts. Reports say over twenty were killed or wounded as Lieut Hejjas fronts a growing Hungarian resistance at Odenburg with four chasseur companies and rifle volunteers. Interallied officials monitor border hostilities and strategic implications under the St Germain framework.
In the National League New York blanked Philadelphia 82 to 1. St. Louis led the era while Boston and Cincinnati posted scores. The American League shows St. Louis beating New York 10 to 5 with Washington and others not scheduled.
Burgenland known for vineyards orchards and vegetables and a large livestock sector but not grain farming relying on Hungary for bread. Immigrants admitted to the United States in the year ending June 30 totaled 805 228 compared with 40001 prior year and a prewar average of 1 030 040.
The body of Russell Tross, drafted in place of Grover Bergdoll, arrived in Philadelphia as crowds paid respects. He was 25, son of Henry C. and Mrs. Gross, died in action Oct 26 1918 after nine battles.
President Harding orders miners near Mariner West Virginia to disperse with a September 1 deadline. If not halted the President may declare martial law and deploy federal forces. Brig. Gen. Bandholz will monitor the situation from Charleston as the proclamation is issued.
Hundreds of unemployed miners from eastern Ohio coal fields head toward Mingo county West Virginia to join protesters opposing Governor Morgan's martial law edict. A second army of 500 or more is said to be assembling near Madison Boone county ready to march across Logan county toward Mingo county with heavy arms.
Yochow in northern Hunan has fallen to government troops led by General Wu Wei-Pu. Hunan province disowned his inspector general appointment and threatens hostilities with Hupeh. Hunanese forces retreat toward Changsha Fu after burning railroad material south of Yochow.
A British steel delegation told the Senate Finance Committee that changes to the Fordney tariff bill could end a century of U.S. Britain trade. A. Balfour & Co. urged against the House tariff valuation, warning British cutlery firms would suffer and rejecting retaliatory tariffs. He said Britain seeks no retaliation and favors continued trade.
Airplanes distributed President Harding's proclamation across Trogan and surrounding districts. Pamphlets urged all insurrectionists to disperse and return home by noon tomorrow, with planes flying eastward over Boone and Kanawha Counties delivering the message.
Dorothy and Margaret Kenner Mann returned this morning to Davenport after visiting his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Jack Westphal.
Berlin reports the government barred nationalistic and anti government coverage as a wave of censorship. An ultra conservative press faced two weeks of publication bans affecting Deutsche Zeitung Deutsches Tageblatt Deutsches Abendblatt Spandauer Tageblatt Deutsches Wochenblatt Voelkischer Beobachter Giesbacher Anzeiger and Sneddeutsche Zeitung, with Bavaria journals among those silenced.
Atlantic City reports the American Federation of Labor launches a Labor Day campaign to reach 5,000 new members. President Samuel Gompers appeals for nationwide rallies with public addresses and distribution of movement literature. The drive follows a dip in union membership from 4,078,740 in 1920 to 3,906,528.
Athens reports Greek forces in Asia Minor have not suffered a reverse though battles along the Aras river continue with heavy clashes. The statement notes bombardment of towns on the Black Sea coast by Greek warships and Turkish nationalist counter-attacks persist reported by front dispatches.
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