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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1924
Page
5
Tommy Gibbons of St Paul decisively defeated Georges Carpentier of France in ten rounds in Michigan City. Gibbons dominated each round and Carpentier finished with an ankle injury and a limp.
In Berlin on May 15 two Japanese professors Dr Takayanagi and Dr Ueno arrived to purchase books for the Imperial Library in Tokyo, damaged by the great earthquake and fire.
A massive monument to Jefferson Davis, Confederate chief, will be unveiled at his birthplace in Fairview Kentucky on June 7. A 341 foot concrete shaft forms the centerpiece with states of the old Confederacy represented. Dedication events coincide with a Confederate reunion in Memphis beginning June 3.
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