Chevrolet Wins 500 Mile Race at Indianapolis
Gaston Chevrolet wins the international sweepstakes at Indianapolis in a Monroe special, finishing in 5 hours 40 minutes 16.14 seconds at 88.16 mph. Rene Thomas finishes second, Tommy Rajiton third, and Ralph De Palma suffers a spectacular fire in the final miles while fighting back to finish fifth. Prize money totals $21,800 for Chevrolet and $11,000 for De Palma. several mechanical mishaps affect other contenders as spectators cheer all drivers.
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Indianapolis Speedway
Gaston Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Ameriempe
Rene Thomas
Tommy Rajiton
Jimmy Murphy
Duesenberg
de Palma
Ralph de Palma
Faney Fratiane
Fp Fort
Feild
Palm
Barney Didield
Havana
de Patra
Joe Boyer
Tulliionaire Detroit Sportsman
Frontenac
de Pama
Thomas’ Ballot
de Palmia
de Paligg
de Paliga
Jean Corporate
Gregoire
Willie Haupts
Willie
Bill Barton
Corporate
Gene Chassagne
Art Kiein
Andre Boillot
Pershing Memorial Day Worded Plea for Duty to Help Others
General Pershing used Arlington National Cemetery to urge Americans to resist personal ambition and political expediency, and to fulfill obligations to less fortunate peoples. He honored allied dead, Navy losses, and explorers Wilkes and Peary, with services across Washington cemeteries.
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Washington
Per- Shing
Arlington National Cemetery
France
Postmen Promise Wage Raise Scale Effective July
Postal workers are promised a wage raise under a new scale set to take effect in July. The move aims to adjust pay to match duties and reduce wage gaps, with negotiations continuing to finalize implementation details and timelines.
Postal Pay Increases Sought for Clerks Carriers and Officers
A joint congressional commission urged July 1 raises totaling about 25 million dollars in the first year for postal workers. Clerks and city carriers would gain from 150 to 200 dollars annually, supervisory officers 400, with no boosts for top first class postmasters over 5,000. Rural routes face 1,800 for a 24 mile motor route, and village delivery carriers 1,000 to 1,208. six pay classes proposed for clerks, two grades for workers, and eight-hour days 306 days yearly.
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Washington
Commission
Ceee
Coromnie Sion
Five Killed in Train Collision Near Whitena Village
A head on collision between two St. Louis & Son passenger trains near Whitena Village north of here killed at least five and injured many more as both trains ran about forty miles per hour. A mail clerk and a news agent were among those badly hurt as wreckage scattered across the track. Physicians from nearby Vinita and Chelsea rushed to the scene to aid the injured and a special train bore the dead and injured to Vinita.
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Navy
Lusitania
Aqueduct Bridge
Maine
Charles Wilkes
Antarctic
Robert BE. Peary
North Pole
Tulan, Okio
St. Louis & Son
Whitena Village
Vinita
Chelsea
Elmira
N. Y
Engneer
Lehigh Vat
Vanetten
Lehigh Valley
New York
Akron
Canton
Hoover
Here
Kya Hepfer
Albert Rafferty
Lucinda Barkes
Automadita
Recognition delay looms over Mexican government
Washington June 1 Senator Fall led a foreign relations subcommittee report urging that full recognition of the Mexican government be conditioned on a constitutional revision by treaty and that Governor de la Madrid not be recognized until his selection has popular approval and his administration shows stability and compliance with international law. The panel also warned against war and urged restraint while pressing for peace and order.
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Neov. de la Hutria
U. S
Washington
Pall
Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
de la Biuerta
Fall
Senate
Mexican constitutional reform outlined in 5,000 page report
The committee proposes substitution of the 1917 station, guarantees that new constitution provisions deemed confiscatory will not apply to American citizens, and contains evidence from hearings in Washington New York and along the Mexican border plus documentary material supporting witnesses’ charges.
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Mexico
Washington
New York
Ship's crew arrested after harbor brawl in Baltimore
Baltimore police halted the Smith steamship 3 Treganfle after radio alerts. Four crew members were taken into custody for a fight. three were hospitalized. Captain Strtden said the crew had stolen liquor.
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Baltimore
Strtden
French Join In Honoring U S Dead In Paris Ceremonies
Memorial day observances in France united American and French officials at hundreds of graves. General Pershing’s message was read as Paris marked joint Franco American services with French authorities attending at gravesites including Plessy and Romagne. Notables such as Mangin and Allen presided, with wreaths placed for nearly 2,000 and 21,000 American soldiers buried in French cemeteries.
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Paris
General Pershing
France
America
Joan of Arc
Sydney
Lafayette
Pletus
Francis FE. Drake
American Chamber of Commerce
Fifty-first Infantry
American Army of Occupation
Coblenz
Frank J. Parker
Mme. Macheret
Ploisy
Romagne
Henry. T. Allen
Argonne Forest
Coblong
Tribute Paid Great Leader Yesterday
Reverent tribute was paid to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt at his grave in Oyster Bay New York by hundreds of citizens led by the Quentin Roosevelt post of the American Legion and veterans of the Spanish American and Civil wars. The former president's grave was a mound of flowers with many offerings from visitors Sendey. An estimated 2000 persons brought floral offerings.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
American Legion
Sendey
Interment in Legislative Graveyard Seen by Opponents
Washington June 1 A soldier relief bill reached the senate for reference to a committee. Opponents say this would be virtual interment in the legislative graveyard. The House passed the measure with 92 votes against. three months of hearings and party strife conclude. Senate leaders claim no progress until September 1, while opponents push for immediate action or broader referral.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fion Bethetto
British Warships to Ireland and Irish unrest reported
Dublin dispatch notes Gen Sir C F L Macready and Sir Hamar Greenwood leaving for London to attend a cabinet meeting on Ireland policy. The National News claims Ireland’s grave situation prompts several warships to be prepared for dispatch to Irish ports. Also reported a raid at Gulley Backey County Antrim and the Berehaven customs office destroyed by fire.
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Dublin
C. FL N. Macready
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
London
Sheerness
Belfast
Gulley Backey
County Antrim
Berehaven
Jail All Reckless Drivers In Detroit Traffic Court Plan
Detroit officials including municipal court judges and the Wayne county prosecutor announced a policy to jail any driver who injures a person in a traffic accident regardless of injury. A 1919 Detroit conference reported 4,000 injuries and a special traffic court will hear traffic cases four days a week.
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Detroit
Mich
Munnicipal Court
Wayne County
Forty two injured in Liscomb Memorial salute mishap
Forty two people were injured in Liscomb Iowa when a Memorial day salute fired by former soldiers went wrong. A cartridge misfire scattered shots into a crowd of about 1000, and a gun end was torn away by a neighbor’s weapon, with Mrs Bart St Clair of Conrad Indiana the most seriously hurt.
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Marshalltown
Liscomb
Bart St. Clair
Conrad
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