Third Party Plans Take Shape At Chicago Meet
Chicago July 13. Amalgamation of groups into one national party nears completion with seven groups uniting under the Forty-eight convention. Labor leader John Fitzpatrick urged unity of workers against financial pirates while delegates cheered for Soviet Russia. Single Taxers press platform demanding land rental value tax and broad tax exemptions, signaling fusion backing.
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Chicago
United National Political Party
Committee of Party
American Constitutional Party
American Party of Texas
Single Tax Party
Nonpartisan League
World War Veterans, Private Soldiers and Sailors’ League
Committee of Partyweight
Labor Party of the
United States
Committee of Forty-eight
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Russia
Soviet Russia
Fitzpatrick
Farmers’ Educatonal and Co-operative Alliance
National Peoples’ League
Nurse Association of Chicago
Plumb Plan League
Chicago University Liberal Club
Women's Trade Union League
Loyal Star League
Women's Union Labor League
Kansas City Yardmen's Association
Friends of Freedom For India
Young Democracy Farmers’ Nonpartisan League
Welfare Association of Washington
Farmers’ Organization, World War Veterans and
American Union
Single
Three Points to Be Settled In Loyalist Party History
The fragment outlines aims to enforce measures against involuntary poverty and ensure economic freedom for all. It lists three unsettled points among group representatives: party name, platform, and the candidate. The text appears to be a historical political proposal discussing structure and goals.
Coal ultimatum to Germans at conference
Spa Belgium July 13 The German delegates were told they must deliver 2,090,000 tons of coal monthly to the allies by 3 PM Tuesday or the allied powers will enforce Versailles terms. The ultimatum signals intensified pressure over wartime coal supplies and postwar reparations.
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Spa
Belgium
Mensures
Allies Seek American Help On Frontiers In Poland And Czechoslovakia
Spa Belgium July 13 Allies decide to invite American cooperation in determining disputed frontiers of Poland and Czecho Slovakia. The German delegation maintains a defiant stance urging delays on final reparations until Allies report on German coal deliveries.
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Poland
Spa
Belgium
Czecho- Slovakia
Hage Stin
Oxrperreta
Ile
Northampton committee plans Coolidge nomination event
Northampton Massachusetts July 18 The chamber of commerce named a committee of 100 prominent citizens to arrange notifying Gov Calvin Coolidge of his nomination for vice president by the Republican convention. Appointed at the request of J Henry Romback of Hartford a Republican national committee member the group will meet tonight to finalize plans for the event on Allen field Smith college July 27 with subcommittees covering parade decorations reception and other features.
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Northampton
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Calvin Coolidge
J. Henry Roraback
Hartford
Conn
Republican National Committee
Allen Field
Smith College
Bandits Shoot Up Small Town in Illinois Bank Heist
Five men in an automobile robbed Plainfield State Bank near Joliet IL, escaping with 5000 dollars in currency and 8000 dollars in Liberty bonds. A running street battle with residents wounded seven townspeople including Joe Vincent Harry Bayles John Hahn Stewart Moore Edward Madison Paul Watters and Orville Johnson the messenger who died at the bank entrance.
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Joliet, I
Plainfield
Joliet
Mainfield State Bank
Joe Vincent
Harry Bayles
John Hahn
Stewart Moore
Edward Madison
Paul Watters
Orville Johnson
Vermont Opposes Ratification of Woman Suffrage
Governor Clement refused to call a special session to ratify the federal amendment for woman suffrage. He warned the move invades the Vermont constitution, urged the next Legislature and candidates to state positions, and criticized national amendments as being pushed by powerful interests.
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Clement
Rutland
Washington
Harding
Ffix
Republcan
Vermont
Clements
Supreme Court
Governer's proclamation cites court ruling on referendums
The document quotes Governor Stephen condemning the Supreme Court decision barring referendums on amendments as leaving the people at the mercy of lobby groups that push changes to the federal constitution via Congress and state legislatures.
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Supreme Court
Stephen
Congress
Plane crash in Alabama claims two lives
Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 13 reports pilot Lonnle F Waltemate of Poplar Bluff Mo. and Clarence Caraway of this city died instantly when their aircraft plunged 3,000 feet. Witnesses said a wing collapsed in midair during the fall.
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Tuscaloora
Ala
Lonnle F Waltemate
Poplar Bhat Mo
Clarence Caraway
Eenger
Cox Rides in Day Coach to Columbus
Governor Cox arrived in Columbus from Preston to resume duties in the executive office. He conferred with Franklin D Roosevelt, rode a day coach amid cheering passengers, shook hands with railroad men, and addressed thousands at the state capitol. The two leaders planned a campaign appeal urging acceptance of the league covenant or to face Republicans.
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Columbus
Preston
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Gvho
Washington
San Francieéco
Othe
Cox
Statehouse
Franklin County Democratic Glee Club
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
League
Republicana
Poles Score Muted Successes in Pripet and Volhynia
Polish forces claim two major victories in the Pripet region and Volhynia with Bodenny defeated and 200 prisoners freed at Owrumez. Bolshevik attacks near Kovne repulsed as Polish reports describe a near complete Polish win and heavy booty. A separate Moscow wireless dispatch tallies 4000+ prisoners and 79 guns captured on July 4 front. Polish delegation at Spa conference voices dissatisfaction but expects to accept armistice terms.
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Warsaw
Pripet
Volhynia
Bodenny
Tovne
Owrumez
Genbrig
Kovne
London
Moscow
Polesia
Daiester
Armistice Aims Include Border Conference and Polish Aid
The article states that an armistice will be followed by a conference of representatives from all countries on the Russian border. It notes that if Bolsheviks attack Poland within these frontiers, the allies will aid Poland. Polish representatives seem stunned by Britain’s arrangements with the Soviet on commercial intercourse.
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Spa
Poland
Great Britain
Lloyd is Lenine Agent in Chicago Trial
William Bross Lloyd a Winnetka millionaire and Communist Labor party members stand trial for conspiracy to overthrow the U S government. The state depicts them as Lenine and Trotzky followers who reject the Stars and Stripes, favoring the red flag and plans to dynamite armories and banks and arm the proletariat to attack law and order.
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Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Winnetka Milionaire
Communist Labor Party
Jlebel
United States
Lenine
Trotzky
Lloyd Heth
Jield
Russia
Third International of
Moscow
Lenine and
Rainbow Division Reunion Opens in Birmingham
The first annual Rainbow division reunion drew thousands of veterans and visitors to Birmingham Alabama. City and state officials welcomed attendees as two bronze tablets commemorating fallen soldiers were unveiled.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rainbow Division
Blizzard Snowfall Near Nederland and Tungsten
Tourists report nearly six inches of snow in the Nederland and Tungsten hills as a weekend storm began Sunday afternoon, rapidly taking on a mid winter blizzard aspect. A separate item notes James RB Duke closing a 2000 acre park near Somerville New Jersey to the public indefinitely due to gypsy moth discovery.
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Boulder
Cot
Nederland
Tungsten
New York
James_ RB
Duke
Somerville
N. J
Harding Confers With Cummins On Railways And Costs
Senator Harding met with Senator Cummins and J. L. Taber to discuss railroad woes and the high cost of living. Cummins stressed the rail act’s advances and said daily rail failures cost the country more than the entire German war effort, while opposing government ownership at present.
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Cummins
J. L. Taber
Senate
Yanks Take a Hand in Fight With Croats
In a tense clash described as a fight involving Slavs and Italians, American forces intervene between Croats and opposing factions. The intervention aims to quell hostilities and restore order amid continued ethnic tensions.
President Wilson Aims for Cordial Latin American Ties
Special reports from Rome say a U.S. Admiral enforcing the Armistice zone near Apala to Dalmatia helped end a clash between Jugo Slavs and Italians in Spalato. American officers were killed and several Italians wounded in the engagement with Croats.
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Evening Journal
Rome
Apala
Dalmatia
Spalato
Soviet Troops Capture Minsk Reported by Moscow
Moscow reports the capture of Minsk by Soviet troops on July 13, signaling a sharp advance in the eastern front. The development follows heavy fighting around the Belarusian city as Allied observers await confirmation.
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Nectalth Evening Journal
London
Moscow
Minsk
Wilson Hopes Strong Ties With Latin America Continue
President Wilson, replying to congratulatory messages from presidents of South and Central American republics on Independence Day, expresses hope that cordial relations between Latin American nations and the United States may endure.
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Wilson
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
United States
Orangemen Demonstrate Loyalty to King in Boyne Anniversary
London reports 100000 Orangemen parade to honor the Battle of Boyne, signaling unity with the crown amid Irish independence pressures. An Ulster alert preceded potential Sinn Fein action, but no disturbances occurred as 401 troops guarded Belfast and the Orangemen marched to Finaghy.
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London
Ireland
Boyne
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Belfast
Finaghy
Lightning strikes schoolhouse killing father and daughter
A bolt killed J. B. Norman and his seventeen year old daughter and knocked out twelve others as lightning hit Enville’s schoolhouse before religious services. The building caught fire and there were multiple injuries in the blast.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
J. B. Norman
Enville
Two Bills Against Wanderer Sent to Gallows
Chicago reports the grand jury returned two true bills against Carl Wanderer. They accuse him of plotting the murder of his wife and an unborn child while courting a sixteen year old girl. Twenty love letters reportedly swayed the jury. Indictments will be returned before Judge Crowe later this week.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Wanderer
Crowe
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