Open Sessions Key to Paris Arms Conference Morals
Washington editor argues for public sessions at the disarmament talks. Senator Borah urges full openness to harness public opinion, warning against secrecy like in Paris. The piece notes American journalists favor openness, while France resisted.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Washington
Senator Borah
Paris
America
France
Clemenceau
House of Representatives
American Senate
Eoran
New York Evening Post, Inc
Illinois Population Figures From Census Bureau Report
The 1920 Illinois population totals 6,299,333 whites and 192,274 negroes with 2,760 Chinese and 472 Japanese. Whites up 14 percent since 1910, while Negroes rise 67.1 percent. Published by the Census Bureau today in Washington, D. C.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
Census Bureau
City streetcar service ordered halted in Des Moines
Federal judge Wade ordered a general discontinuance of streetcar service in Des Moines effective August 1. The ruling cites new bus competition and maintenance costs as factors. City officials will reconsider bus proposals as officials anticipate service suspension amid legal action.
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Associated Prose
Des Moines
Federal
Judea Martin J. Wade
FLC
Coam- Bara
Tha Saimnany
Tam
Steptcar
Monay
Barton
Johns Hopkins Sets Caps on Surgical and Doctor Fees
Johns Hopkins Hospital trustees issue a nationwide standard capping surgeon fees at 1000 dollars and attending physician charges at 35 dollars per week. The ruling, though issued by a single hospital, is expected to influence medical billing across the United States and curb profiteering.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Board of Trustees
Johns Hopkins Hospital Today
Johns Hopkins Hospital
United States
Peking Fears General Uprising in Rebellious Districts
Reports from Peking on July 29 describe fear of a general uprising along the Yangtze Kiang as hostilities between Hunan and Hopeh escalate. Hunan troops reportedly invaded Hopeh to oust Weng Chan-Yuen, though their authority is not recognized by Hopeh.
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Associated Press
Peking
Yangsze- Kiang
Hunan
Hopeh
Canton
Hepeh
Weng Chan-Yuen
C. N. W. Will Put 1,200 Back at Work
Chicago and Northwestern railroad announces resume of operations with full car shop force next Monday. Locomotive shops will reemploy 25 percent of usual staff, about 1,200 men to be rehired.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Today
Tokio Acceptance by London Press
London newspapers greet Japan's decision to accept President Harding's invitation to discuss armament limits and the Far Eastern issue. The Times calls the move a relief and warns against dragging subsidiary questions into the conference for political gain.
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Associated Press
London
Harding
the Times
Japan
Washington
Hardings on Week's Vacation Following Speech at Plymouth
President and Mrs Harding depart Washington aboard the Mayflower for Plymouth Mass to attend the Pilgrim centenary celebration Monday night. The party then sails to Portland Me and motor to Lancaster N H to stay at Secretary Weeks' White Mountains home for most of the week. Vice President Coolidge and family head to Boston to open the Pageant of Progress in Chicago Saturday and join Harding in Plymouth Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Harding
Plymouth
Mass
Portland
Lancaster
N. H
White Mountains
Coolidge
Boston
Chicago
Outlaws Outbreak May Keep Japan's Troops in Siberia
United Press dispatch from Tokio reports an outlaw attack near Nikolsk that killed Col Miwa and many officers. Fighting between organized outlaws and Hunghazes is under way, possibly delaying Japan's Siberian evacuation plans.
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Japan
Siberia
United Press
Tokio
Nikolsk
Miwa
Navy Discharges to Free 12000 Men by July 1945
Twelve thousand enlisted sailors will be discharged from the navy to trim personnel to the 100000 men funded by pay. Special orders permit discharge upon request for those whose enlistments would expire between now and July 1, 1945, with certain ratings exempted such as radio, torpedo and enginemen, machinists mates, scopper smiths, hands, hospital staff and signalmen.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy
Uper
Department
Speculators in Hungarian Crown Spark Market Crisis
Budapest reports the Hungarian crown sliding from 180 to the dollar to 400 to the dollar amid a financial crisis. Rising indignation targets speculators whose Zurich, Switzerland operations are blamed for the turmoil.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Zurich
Switzerland
Paper Delivery Note for Couriers
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 20 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, call 3230 and two copies will be sent. Phone calls reaching this office before 6 30 p m may be processed.
Moscow Becomes Military Camp as Food Panic Grows
News from New York reports Russia importing over 5000 tons of flour from the United States to Petrograd amid a famine and drought. Across the Volga valley and Ukraine heat and dust devastate caravans, with millions starving and prices for flour and meat skyrocketing as the Kremlin tightens security and fears of mutiny rise.
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U U. P
London
Russia
Volga Valley
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Reval
Copenhagen
Berlin
Sovest Relicte Committee
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Internationale
Drouth
Great Volga
Simbirsk
Jones and Laughlin Steel Announces Wage Cut
Jones and Laughlin Steel company, a leading independent, announced a wage reduction of 7 cents per hour for common laborers. The new scale sets the rate at 30 cents an hour in Pittsburg.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Jay
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Ieddy
Weather Summary for Iowa and Nearby Areas 1921
The report covers towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshall New Hampton Postville and Davenport. Weather shows Davenport cloudy with precip and surface mud Des Moines cloudy with mud and showers. most roads affected around Des Moines and Davenport. Generally fair tonight and Saturday with scattered showers in the past 24 hours too light to affect roads.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Charles
City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Davenpor
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Faribault
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Davenport
Woman Socialist Speaker Puts on Battle at Boone
In Boone Iowa July 29 a crowd jeered New York Socialist leader Ida Crouch Hazlett during an open air speech. Police stopped fights as Doughn and other groups clashed with protesters. Hazlett demanded the arrest of W H James and pressed on, calling President Harding a figurehead and Secretary Hughes the real head of government. She planned another speech that night.
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Boone
United Press
Iona
Ida Crouch Hazlett
New York
Doughn
W. H. James
American le Zion Post
Wreck Death of Manly Brakeman At Clear Lake Junction
Al Moody and Frank Curran suffered severe burns after a head on Rock Island collision near Clear Lake junction. Dave Shater of Manly died, his body recovered by a Milwaukee wrecker beneath eight feet of damp coal. legs and left arm were severed to free him.
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Associated Press
Mason City
al Moody
Frank Curran
Rock Island
Clear Lake Junction
Manly
Dave Shater
Milwaukee
Harding Hughes Both Recommend U S Pacific Cable
Secretary Hughes and President Harding endorse building a trans Pacific cable. If private enterprise balks, government construction is favored. Senator Jones released letters explaining the plan. Allocation of the former German cable between Guam and Yap discussed.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Harding
Jones
Washington
United States
Guam
Yap
Shipment of Radium Worth $77 000 by Registered Mail
One grain of radium valued at 77000 to be mailed today to Philadelphia for municipal hospital use. A second shipment from the Radium Company of Colorado will follow. The two grains equal one fifteenth of the world’s yearly output, says W L Kibill, vice president.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Philadelphia
Radium Company
Colorado
W.L. Kibbill
Racist Extremist Group Targets Black Resident in California
United Press dispatch from Los Angeles reports James P. White, a Black man, received two letters from the Ku Klux Klan demanding he leave California by August 1 or face harm. White plans to stay, defying the threat, while his wife reacts with hysteria.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Ku Klux Klan
California
James P. White
T White
Loss of nearly a billion in metal trades warned
New York reports that men and machinery waste nearly a billion dollars annually in the metal trades industry. The American Engineering Council committee cites labor turnover and poor management as main wastes, noting the sector is the nation’s largest manufacturer by workers and output.
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Associated Press
New York
Ihe
Metal
Committee On
American Engineering Council
United States
State Court Rules On Rebut Testimony In Sox Scandal Trial
Chicago July dates outline the closing arguments in the 1919 World Series scandal trial. The state drops plans to call Joe Gedeon as a witness and Judge Hugo Friend bars an alleged $5,000 confession from Happy Felsch as evidence. Defense rests after White Sox players counter key Burns testimony.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joe Gedeon
St. Louis
Edward Prindiviic
Hugo Friend
Pelsch
David Zelzer
Des Moines
Friend
Felsch
Judge Friend
Zelzer
White Sox
Bill Burnsster Btale
Borah Seeks Answers On Troops Kept In Germany
Senator Borah plans a Senate inquiry into why American troops remain in Germany at a cost near one million dollars monthly. He will question when troops will return home and what actions will secure the $240 million owed for occupying forces. Senator Johnson of California is poised to support the inquiry.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Senate
Ieee
Borah
Johnson
California
Graves Registration Service Ends Aug 15
Secretary Weeks approved orders directing the graves registration service in France to begin closing its work by August 15. No changes to lists of soldiers will be made after that date and unreturned remains will stay in the fields of honor abroad. The last bodies designated for return will ship by October 3.
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Ag Aociated
Weeks
Oreders
France
United States
Federal 40 Cent Horsepower Tax Proposed on Automobiles
A bill introduced in the U S house by Representative Appleby New Jersey calls for a federal license tax of 40 cents per horsepower on automobiles All vehicles would require both federal and state license tags The proposal appears in United Press dispatch from Washington D C dated July 29
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Taciay
Appleby
New Jersey
Back to the Mill Girls Movies Cut Salaries
William A Brady told the House Ways and Means committee that screen salaries for stars like Preston Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin should be reduced. He argued that young viewers’ perception of beauty drives pay, urging cuts to high salaries in theaters and film.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
William A. Brady
House
Ways and Means
Prexford Fairbanks
Chaplin
Arrest 27 in Parker gambling pool on oil well bet
Fort Scott Kansas July 29. Twenty seven men were arrested in Mound City for gambling tied to a bet on an oil well near Parker. Seven pleaded guilty. Ten were fined 100 dollars and jailed 40 days. Others ordered to appear next Monday. Stake holder Lemen paid out 19 000 dollars after referees ruled the well produced the agreed amounts.
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Associated Press
Fort Scott Kan
Mound City
Kan
Edward Erickson
P. 5
Hillbus
Minneapolis
Parker
J. H. Lemen
Farmera’ State Bank
Lynn County
Lemen
Gates
John O. Morse
British Note Supports Silesian Position on Troop Move
London reports Great Britain's note to France reaffirms the Silesian issue and the reasons for the current situation. It refutes claims Britain opposed France and says it strengthens German attitude. Britain maintains opposition to sending more troops to the territory.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
France
Paris
Baseball Battery Matchups Across Cities Amid Wet Grounds
In various American League notes batters and pitchers are listed for matchups in St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and Boston with teams noting weather-affected schedules. Postponements occur in New York and St Louis as grounds stay wet.
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Washington RR
Chicago
Washington
New York
St. Louis
King George Entangled in Northcliffe Feud Over Ireland
London and Washington reports detail the clash between Lloyd George and Lord Northcliffe. A King George denial labeled as fabrication is read in Parliament as ties to disarmament talks in Washington loom. Northcliffe heads to Canada after praising Lord Bryce as head of Britain’s delegation.
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Northcliffe
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Lo Hope
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United States
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Daily Mail
Washington
Canada
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Alsho
Lord Northcliffe
Geddes
Women Voters Drive Candidates To State Platform Event
In Media Pennsylvania July 29 1600 women packed the courthouse lawn to hear Delaware County candidates outline policies for their possible elevation. Candidates from all parties spoke, presenting their views and commitments to the audience.
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Associated Press
Media
Delaware County
Elevon
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