The June Month and a World of Headlines
A scrambled collage of society notes, political jabs, and literary asides cites Miss June Eight thousand graduates, Sydney de Bourg’s titles, and tributes to President Harding. It surveys Prohibition shifts, Duke of Nigeria and Uganda, treaties talks in Lausanne, and Bulging headlines from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Park
Sydney de Bourg
Trinidad
Order of the Nile
Nigeria
Uganda
Marcus Garvey
Africa
President at Treaty With Turkey Sees Sizable Basis Forming
President Harding has authorized Joseph C. Grew to initiate formal negotiations with Turkey for a treaty of amity and commerce. Conversations with Ismet Pasha at Lausanne have progressed toward a suitable basis for revision of existing treaties. The move signals potential European peace and reflects American open door policy and equal opportunity principles.
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Washington Poll Co
Harding
Joseph C. Grew
Turkey
Mr. Grew
Hughes
Ismet Pasha
Lausanne
United States
Department
America
Richard Washburn Child
Joseph Carew
U. 5
Mr Child
Meath
Burt's
Parking Ban Lifted In Downtown Zone Saturday Night
Downtown parking ban is lifted after a Shrine convention period that kept streets clear May 25 to June 10. Merchants and Manufacturers association requested the end, noting a 25 to 80 percent drop in business in many stores. Shrine traffic rules will continue until June 10.
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Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Yeatarday
Fire destroys Pittsburgh Children's Hospital in May 31 blaze
May 31 Pittsburgh fire swept the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh destroying the facility. More than 100 young patients, many crippled, were moved to Magee Maternity Hospital with no confirmed deaths. Nurses under Mrs. Ford and local workers evacuated children as vehicles shuttled them away. Four firemen were injured when the roof collapsed and two were hospitalized unconscious. A policeman was overcome by formaldehyde fumes. The blaze started with a water heater explosion and caused an estimated $65,000 in losses.
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Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital of
Magee
Mra. Ford
Petrograd Opera House Fire Kills Many in Panic
Helsingfors May 31 dispatch reports the Petrograd opera house burned last night causing a panicked rush to the exits. A performer’s dress caught fire and spread to the scenery. the safety curtain was lowered as the panic rose. Casualty numbers are not specified beyond many killed and more injured.
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Helsingfors
Finland
A. P
Petrograd Opera House
Central News Dispatch
Offenders Studied By Departments Toward Flag Note Controversy
Washington debate over flag etiquette widens as patriotic societies, led by the Woman's American Legion, press for proper flag usage during Shrine convention preparations. Aimed at teaching a national lesson, groups seek to influence decorations by alerting the Columbus committee and the American Federation of Labor.
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Washington
Charles J. Columbus
Citizens Committee On Decorations
Shrine
William Wolff Smith
Woman's American Legion
American Federation of Labor
President Harding Deluged by 8000 Children With Flowers
The President and Mrs Harding were overwhelmed as 8000 plus cheering school children flooded the baseball park field, seizing hands and clothing while showering them with flowers. Marines formed a cordon to allow a second approach, amid a city celebration by the Community Music association. The event featured Helen Briggs with a children’s program and a large chorus. Continuation noted for page nine.
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Harding
Ostelle Murray
Dixie
Ruth Griffiths
Naconee
Recentlow Committee
The
Communists Music Association
John Delph
Jef
Glittering Lights Draw 50 000 Cars To Mecca Parade
Washington witnesses a vast auto pilgrimage as more than 60 000 cars crowded Pennsylvania Avenue to view the Road to Mecca decorations. Police, led by Maj. Sullivan and Inspector Headley, reported smooth handling with few violations and no accidents on the congested route.
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Mecca
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hue
Washington
Police Department
Almas Temple
Treasury
Daniel Sullivan
Fourteenth Street
Albert Headley
Headley
Fifth Avenue
Napactor
Peace Monument
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenues
Regulations Published To End Mexican Land Tax Crisis
Mexico City May 31 AP The Mexican treasury department issued regulations to apply a 0.1 percent land tax aiming to value lands for potential expropriation to benefit smallholders. The rules require detailed property data within a month, with proceeds possibly funding indemnification for confiscated lands, though the document does not state this explicitly. In Moscow the Curzon memorandum on the Great Britain Russia dispute signals tougher demands, with Russia pressed on withdrawal of reps and influence in Persia and Afghanistan. The memo hints at shifting posts rather than apologies and contemplates three mile fishing rights if other powers consent.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Treasury Department
Moscow
Lord Curzon
Great Britain
Russia
Great
Afghanistan
Coat He Said Police Appropriated by Rufus Golden Vindicated
Rufus R. Golden of 220 Arthur Street Northwest accused the Seventh precinct police of taking his raincoat during a prior arrest. Golden recovered the coat at the station, apologized, and was later arrested on Conduit Road for speeding and failing to display his operator's permit.
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Seventh Precinct
Rufus R. Golden
Arthur Street
Golden
Conduit Road
Memorial Day
Dinner Date With Mme Bernhardt Sparks Curious Muse
A fragmented passage ponders a dinner with Mme Bernhardt, mentioning gardening, letters in The Post, and a man who left her alone with dry cakes and verminth. The text hints at hope to replace abandonment at the table, amid cryptic references.
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Peter Dhat
Tegra
Index to Today's Issue Page 1-N
The page lists multiple column headlines across sections including politics crime court society and sports. Notable items mention U S policy actions and court cases with brief notes on events such as a 60 000 car crowd and a deadly incident involving Rev J M Sterrett.
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N. Y
Turkey
Bishop
Ku Klux
Glaude Kitchin
J. M. Sterrett
W. M. Lewis
Ruhr
Rockefeller
Morse
Wells
the Post
Wet plan disclosed in rearing on repeal debate heats up
A May 31 hearing before Governor Smith on the Mullan Gage repeal law drew about 2000 attendees. Speakers for and against ending state enforcement argued for and against repeal. Governor said he would decide tomorrow or Saturday and may seek Supreme Court guidance if needed.
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Assembly
Supreme Court
Louis A Cuvier
New York
Cusillier
Harding
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Juine
Lafayette Square
Conan Doyle
Northcliffe
the Times
Mintter
Richard Croker
Dublin
Tammany
Bose
England
Pocahontas
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
South
House of Representatives
Underwood and Clark
Fine J. Garrett
Tennessee
Germany
George Washington
Willian Mather Lewis
Atill
Tseochwang
G. KR. B
U.S
Firew
Ismet
Albert W. Fox
Petrograd
Opera House
Jones & Baker Company
Cretly
Churb
Baltimore
Jones & Baker
Curb
Aldea O ° Coxe
Goddard
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
John W. Dixon
Jones
Robert Forsythe Little
Agneta
Marine Guard
Wades
Mrs. Harding
Helen Briggs
Marks
Little Helen
Hardin
Johnson- Powell Shool
Ie Aa Ee
Trafic Corps
Mme. Bernhardt
Cavillier
Smith
Augustus Thomas
William Hayward
Ransom Gillett
Wayne Wheeler
Gompers
Labor
Washington, Port Albany
Kxy
Soveretgat
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Augustua Thomas
Mr. Thomas
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