Subway Fire Near Lexington Leaves 150 Overcome
About 150 people were overcome by smoke when a north Jerome Avenue express on the East Side subway caught fire near Lexington Avenue and Sixty First Street. Dozens of ambulances, a temporary hospital, and Mayor Hylan aided in the rescue as passengers fled underground and many firemen were overcome.
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Jerome Avenue
East Side
Lexington Avenue
Sixty-first Street
Hylan
Fifty-ninth Street
Ron
Sof
Bloomingdale's
Eamon de Valera Reported Wounded in AFLAME Event
A report states Eamon de Valera was wounded amid an aflame incident. Details are unclear and sources vary. authorities have not released full conditions or locations. This brief notes the claimed injury and ongoing confusion surrounding the event.
Siege End at Dublin as Free State Forces Take City
The Daily Mail reports Eamon De Valera wounded and captured though unconfirmed. Insurgent strongholds fell as free state troops closed in, burning buildings in O Connell Street and Granville and Hamman hotels. Fire and bombardment destroyed shops and ammunition depots, with remaining irregulars firing from Gresham and Granville as armored cars shelled positions. Hamon de Valera's fate remains unknown.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Eamon de Valera
Dublin
Carahal Brugahs
O'Connell
Hamon de Valera
Free Statera
Granville
Free State
Hanan
Granville Hotel
Hamman
Gresham
National Riflemen
Senate committee approves cotton tariff reductions
Washington reports the senate finance committee approved reductions in duties on cotton cloth and goods including hose and underwear. Woolen schedule likely unchanged. Cotton cloth duties would cap at 45 percent ad valorem from prior 60 percent or more. Hose and balt hose fixed at 10 cents per pound and 60 percent ad valorem. Underwear and all wearing apparel set at 50 percent ad valorem, replacing a sliding scale.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committees
Booze Goes Begging in Philadelphia
Genuine gin and whiskey seized by prohibition agents are being offered at under a dollar a quart in Philadelphia. Federal authorities and U S marshals have had little luck selling the liquor from a car. A $500 freight bill remains unpaid to the railroad, with no idea who shipped the liquor to the consignors who waived interest.
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Philadelphia
Federal District Attorney
United States Marshal
Prohibition
Ten Thousand Ahead as State Lacenses Rush Surges
Raleigh reports more than a million dollars poured into the State Treasury in ten days as over eight thousand people flocked to East Morgan Street to secure license plates before the deadline. About 160,000 passenger cars and 18,000 motor trucks are in use, with expected license revenue near two and a half million dollars. Inspectors have been sent to enforce the law and nab evaders.
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Raleigh
Motor Hcense
East Morgan Street
Usutl
Mafk
General Assembly
State Board of Agriculture approves funds for TB control and crop census
Routine work dominated the semi annual meeting with $3,600 set for cattle tuberculosis control and $400 for distributing crop census reports. Commissioner Graham noted a legislative shift of the fiscal year end to June and suggested December main reports. Receipts totaled $238,019.63 for six months, with $172,834.83 from fertiliser sales and $167,274.31 disbursed, leaving $87,480. Updates included farm improvements and transferring jersey stock from Edgecombe to Buncombe. Attendees included Latham, Harris, Woodward, Poe, Scott, McCallum, Wright, Alexander, McClelland, and Cannon.
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Farm Board
State Board of Agriculture
W. A. Graham
Jersey
Edgecombe Farm
Buncombe Farm
Graham
North Carolina
F. P. Latham
J. J. Harris
R. L. Woodward
Clarence Poe
R. W. Scott
A. T. McCallum
C. C. Wright
H. Q. Alexander
L. B. McClelland
A. Cannon
Federal funds approved for OAD work next year
Federal money is allocated for OAD work in the coming year, with officials outlining planned projects and timelines. The announcement notes dedicated funding to support ongoing operations and expected start dates.
Federal aid to roads totals near 100 million for next year
The article outlines a federal aid program for highway construction with about 50 million allocated to distribution among states plus 50 million for the post office appropriation. States must match funds, totaling 380 million over three years if fully spent, with roughly 71,000 miles of new or improved roads planned. National totals reach 687.5 million with state matches. Also notes a Southern Industrial Conference at Blue Ridge, N C July 14-16 under the YMCA Industrial Department, featuring leaders from textiles, lumber, coal, and more.
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Washington
Post Office
Jing
Secretary of Agricul
Bureau of Good Gstinated
Blue Ridge
Charlotte
N. C
Young Men's Christian Association
South
Virginia
North Carolina
Seath Carolama
Qeorgia
Mississippi
Lowlsiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
America
Stuart W. Cramer
Charles Green
Laurel, Miss
R. B. Wolf
New York City
Frank Cushman
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Washington, D. C
B. J. Robeson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Newport News
Charles R. Towson
Industrial Department
The
George R. Stuart
First Methodist Church
Birmingham
Six greatest men debate by Wells and Brisbane
The Wins ton-Salem Journal discusses H G Wells list of six great men Buddha Asoka Aristotle Jesus Roger Bacon Abraham Lincoln. An editorial by Arthur Brisbane argues Wells erred by including divinities and suggests six lines of achievement with Aristotle and others as the top figures in philosophy science art writing and music. The piece muses on greatness lasting beyond a single era and the transient nature of fame.
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Winston-Salem Journal
H. G. Wells
Buddha
Asoka
Aristottle
Jesus
Roger Bacon
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Wells
Arthur Brisbaen
Brisbane
Wells
Aristotle
Bisbane
Michelangelo
Phidias
Shakespeare
Beethoven
Archimedes
Interview claims monarchist mood lingers in postwar Germany
William II speaks with Baron von Rodowitz-Nei in Doorn setting, noting no return to throne but confiding that monarchical ideas persist and publics’ opinion of the Hohenzollerns is debated. He predicts future Bohemia reconciliation and Austrian relations, praises Ludendorff yet admits divergent ideas.
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Springfield Republican
William II
Doorn
Baron Clemens von Rodowitz
Germany
William 11
Holland
Europe
Bohemia
Austria
Ludendorff
Captain Tinsley Killed in Detroit Plane Crash
Aged 26, Capt. Tinsley of the Army Air Corps, a overseas veteran, died when his craft crashed from about 150 feet at Belridge Field Mt Clemons near Detroit. Witnesses said the engine failed and the plane plunged and burst into flames.
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Tinsley
Detroit
Mich
George”. ‘Tinsley
Army Aviation Corps
Apd Sd
Long Lives and Newton The Yardstick of the Universe
A reflective passage recalls Isaac Newton as the lasting measure of knowledge. It contrasts Newton’s enduring scientific legacy with fading fields like philosophy art music and literature as time passes. The quote emphasizes Newton’s direct mass and inverse distance law shaping how we judge the cosmos.
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Newton
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