President Harding Defends Army Ties to Armies and War College
President Harding, opening the Army War College term, warned there will always be a need for armed forces yet urged restraint and understanding at home and abroad. He argued fewer armies and navies may come, stressing practical experience over theory and noting West Virginia coalfield troubles arose from lack of understanding. Weeks and Pershing joined him with brief remarks.
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West Virginia
Pershing
Washington
Harding
Army War College
America
The
War College
Weeks
General Pershing
Plans $1 500 000 Elevator in Milwaukee
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line plans a reinforced concrete grain elevator and storehouse at Lake and Greenbush streets Milwaukee to replace Elevator A destroyed by fire. The new structure will be 8 by 285 feet 85 feet high and cost 1 500 000 dollars. Initial plans also cover rebuilding the main car repair department of the West Milwaukee shops damaged by fire.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lake and Greenbush Streets
Milwaukee
West Milwaukee Car and Locomotive Shops
Great warship is launched in Camden Washington christened by Summers daughter
The super dreadnaught Washington, one of the navy s four largest battleships, was launched at the Gloucester plant of the New York Shipbuilding corporation. Miss Jean Summers ten year old daughter of Representative J W Summers of Walla Walla broke a bottle of river water on the prow to christen the ship for Washington.
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Camden
N. J
Washington
Gloucester
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Jean Summers
Representatve
J. W. Summers
Walla Walla
Baseball standings noted with National and American League results
National League games show St Louis 1 Pittsburgh 0 five other results including Brooklyn 5 New York 1 and Philadelphia 1 Boston 0. American League totals list St Louis 5 Chicago New York 6 Washington 3 1 Philadelphia 4 Boston 2 Detroit 7 Cleveland 6 with multiple games not scheduled.
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L. Pet
Pittsburgh New York
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Bt. Louis
Washington
Ton Perrone
Detroit
Ase
Pittsburgh
St .Louie
Ohio Bell and State Telephone Seek FCC Hearing on Merger
The Ohio Bell Telephone company and the Ohio State Telephone company ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to set a time and place for a hearing on consolidating under the name Ohio Bell Telephone company. They state the consolidation will benefit the public.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio State Telephone Company
West Hungary Quieted After Turmoil Cleared
West Hungary calmed as Hungarian troops expelled turbulent elements in Odenburg and Burgenland. Two freebooters were shot by regular Magyar forces, who maintained order in Uderburg.
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Burgenland
Odenburg
West Hungary
Uderburg
Canadian Importer Found. Towed Toward Port
The Canadian Importer, believed lost after foundering in the Pacific, has been located by the Canadian Observer which is towing her to the nearest port. The government merchant marine office was advised of the recovery and tow.
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Montreal
Pacific Ocean
Canadian Observer
Ireland Accepts British Peace Invite for London Talks
Dublin reports that the Irish republic cabinet accepts Lloyd George's invitation for another conference in London. Eamon de Valera reportedly favorable, no plenipotentiaries named yet. Barton carries the reply. In Belfast, street fighting returns with gunmen vanishing. day’s toll rises with six killed and dozens wounded.
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Dublin
Irish Republic
Lioyd George
Lloyd George
Scotland
London
Mr. Lloyd George
Robert C. Barton
Dail Eireann
Eamonn de Valera
Belfast
Grove Street
Miners, Troops Face Off in West Virginia Fight
Reported in Madison West Virginia fifty miners killed or badly wounded in renewed fighting at Bis. Washington says 2000 troops ready to move from Camp Sherman and Camp Dix if needed. Secretary Weeks orders readiness and a squadron of airplanes for use if martial law is proclaimed.
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Washington
T. J. Bandheltz
Weeks
Bandheltz
West Virginia
Camp Sherman
Camp Dix
N. J
Chemical Warfare Service
Bandholtz
Miners mass on Hewitt's Creek near Blair Mountain
Air scouts report miners massing on Hewitt's Creek in Boone County opposite Blair Mountain. Two report origins survive while others may have been wiped out. Renewed attack at Blair Mountain expected as troops move toward the front.
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Demendment 4
Blair Mountain
Hewitt's Creek
Boone County
Lovan Courthouse
United States
Enid
Bows County
Mtners
Herwitt's Creek
Logan County
America Leads in Relief in Volga District
London reports the United States is feeding one million children in a Volga district while other nations aid 100000. Fridtjof Nansen, arriving from Moscow, urges Britain to back a 10 million loan and run relief operations with Soviet approval to avoid a famine catastrophe across Europe.
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Explorer
United States
Volga
London
Russia
America
Fridijof Nansen
Moscow
Scotland
Lloyd George
Wren
Nansen
Britain
Europe
Greek ships race to New York harbor for quota win
Two Greek ocean liners, the King Alexander and the Acropolis, raced to reach New York Harbor within the immigration quota window. The King Alexander won by two minutes, carrying 1127 passengers and about 200 picture brides awaiting American husbands, greeted by waiting suitors at quarantine.
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New York
Greece
United States
Alexander
Acropolis
Athens
Ble
America
Piraeus
Arrival of French Line Ship Outpaces Others
The Chicago of the French line with 206 cabin passengers and 15 steerage travelers arrived first at 1 08 a.m as joyful brides waited on deck for their arrivals.
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Chicago
Missing Woman Returns Home After Chicago Search
Mia. John W. Jewell, wife of a Kansas City merchant, who vanished during a Chicago shopping trip, arrived home with no harm found. She had feared robbery and murder but said she boarded the wrong train and was delayed before returning to Kansas City.
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John W. Jewell
Kansas City
Chicago
U S and Japan place big orders for Diesel motors
Geneva Switzerland Sept 2 Trig reports Sulzar of Winterthur has won a $5 000 000 order from the American government for submarine Diesel motors A few weeks earlier the same firm secured a $4 662 500 order from the Japanese government for similar motors
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Geneva
Switzerland
Trig
Sulzar
Winterthur
Senate Finance Panel Plans Unified Tax Bill Rewrite
Washington September 2 the senate finance committee voted to rewrite the house tax bill and combine all internal revenue laws into a single comprehensive statute book for reform. The move aims to simplify and consolidate existing tax provisions into one document.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Rates Reduced on Roads in the West
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized western and southwestern railroads to cut grain export rates from Missouri and Mississippi river points to Gulf ports. Reductions for west of the Missouri River to Nebraska Kansas Colorado and Oklahoma to Gulf ports were also allowed with five days notice. The action, in effect through year end 1921 and possibly January 1 2022, followed complaints of hidden profits and calls for rate fairness by Clyde M. Reed and western grain interests.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western and Southwestern
Missouri
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Gulf Ports
Mobile
Galveston
Missouri River
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Gulf
Misssissippi River
Illinois
Western Railroads
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Public Utilities Commmission
Western Grain Men
West
Reed
Movement of the 26th Infantry to Strike Zone
The report notes the 26th Infantry preparing to move into the strike zone. Details describe troop movement and deployment within a designated operational area. The briefing emphasizes readiness and anticipated bystander impact during the operation.
Martial Law Arrangements Ready for West Virginia Zone
Major General Harbord ordered troops to West Virginia for the mine strike zone. The 26th Infantry began entraining at Camp Dixon New Jersey while a squadron of airphones with machine guns waited in Roanoke Virginia. Fighting between deputies and miners continued in Logan County as war department plans to declare martial law were completed awaiting troop arrival.
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Evening Journal
Nashington
D. C
West Virginia
Harbord
26Th Infantry
Camp Dixon
New Jersey
Roanoke
Logim County
War Department
Movie men accused of violating laws
Washington D C Sept 2 The Famous Players Lasky corporation and affiliated concerns charged by the federal trade commission with unfair competition and monopolistic policies. The complaint says in 1920 the group owned 400 theaters and supplied 6000 of the nation s 18000 picture houses with 67 cents of every dollar spent for admissions. Through 140 subsidiary corporations it claimed a role in the international field. Officers cited include Adolph Zukor Jesse L Lasky Jules Mastbaum Alfred S Black Stephen A Lynch and Ernest V Richards Jr.
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Washington, D. C
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Inter National
Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Jules Mastbaum
Alfred S. Black
Stephen A. Lynch
Ernest V. Richards, Jr
Fair attendance slumps about 100000 in Des Moines
Des Moines reports daily turnout at the Iowa State Fair is down significantly from last year. Yesterday’s attendance was 39015 versus 56928 a year earlier, and total attendance to date is about 100000 less than last year, with year to date 244740 compared with 323645 at the same time last year.
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Des Moines
Sept
Small Awards Big Highway Contracts
Springfield Illinois September 2 Contracts for about fifty one miles of cement roads were awarded today by Governor Small at a cost of 1 474 494 32 or an average of 28 957 per mile. He said if let last spring when he refused to pay 40 000 per mile the roads would have cost over 2 000 000. The governor denied that cost reductions came from cheaper specifications.
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Springfield
Ill
Small
Transgressors Alibi and the Blame Game in Pearson's Weekly
A brief quote from Pearson's Weekly discusses the transgressor's alibi as blaming a woman for causing and luring wrongdoing, framing the common narrative of shifting responsibility. The piece reflects moral psychology themes and gendered excuses in late periodicals.
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