McCumber Plan Leads Senate Bonus Debate
The McCumber soldier's bonus plan appears to command a Senate finance committee majority though a formal vote is postponed to Wednesday. Proponents expect a favorable report on the amended house bill, with discussion also touching on paid up life policies and the reclamation alternative. No presidential position was stated.
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Oregon
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Finance Committee
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
War Department
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Fire at Coca Cola Plant. minor damage reported
Fire alarm sounded about 8 30 in the morning when a truck in front of the Coca Cola Plant caught fire. The company responded promptly and kept damage small. About 500 school children joined the scene, racing alongside the motor truck.
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Coca-Cola
Strike ballots to railway men move forward
Detroit May 30 The executive council of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers orders strike ballots to be sent to about 478 000 union members and 72 000 non union workers affected by the wage cut ruled by the railroad labor board. If the majority votes against the cut a walkout could start around July 5 with returns due by July 1. Houston May 30 The International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen adjourns without action on a plan to prepare instructions for possible walkouts if wage cuts occur.
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United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
E. ®. Grable
Railroad Labor Board
Grabel
Executive Council
Labor Board
Grable
Houston
Texas
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Committee On the Protective ’ Department
Brotherhood
Jabor
Reelected President Leads P C Alumni Meeting at Clinton
Major J. D. Fulp attended the Alumni Association of P. C. meeting in Clinton and was reelected president. About 80 alumni were present and a banquet followed in Commercial Hall attended by 200 people.
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J. D. Fulp
Alumni Association of P. C
Clinton
Alumni Association
Commercial Hall
Cotton Market Gains on Local Spot Trade
Cotton brought 20 3 4 cents on the local market today. Futures closed at session end with mixed values as traders awaited developments.
Slow Negotiations in Irish Talks Delay Elections
London May 30 Irish negotiations show no progress since Saturday as Winston Churchill reports to the house that talks may run for days. The Irish conference was moved from noon to 3 pm then next day, amid cabinet meetings on Ireland. Churchill says Parliament will receive full information on urgent issues, while questions on oath of allegiance and Ulster forces remain unsettled. A British destroyer and ships were sent to Londonderry at Sir James Craig's request, signaling heightened tensions as Sinn Fein disputes persist.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Ireland
Downing Street
Churchill
Ulster
Sdmirality
Londonderry
James Craig
Sinn
Sails Friday for England
Reverend James M. Dallas, pastor of Greenvale and Donalds churches for eleven years, sails Friday for New York en route to England Scotland and France for the summer. He plans to reach London around June 14 and later Edinburgh for study. He will preach in his native city in Scotland for the third time, a visit not made in seventeen years. He will tour French battlefields and visit the grave of his nephew killed in the great war buried at Marquion British Military Cemetery.
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Greenvale
Donalds
New York
England
Scotland
France
O' Dallas
S. S. Mauretania
Southampton
London
Edinburgh
United States
Dallas
Marquion
Chinese provinces refuse aid as Beijing faces budget crisis
Peking reports a fiscal emergency with five million dollars needed on the first of the month to pay government workers. Provinces retain revenues for local use and have offered little help, hindering plans to reassemble parliament and resolve northern southern unification. Wu Pei Fu weighs restoring old parliament while Sun Yat Sen resists northern schemes.
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Peking
Tung Kang
Hsu Shih Chang
Wu Pei Fu
China
Sun Yat Sen
Dr. Suni
Canton
Sun
Li Zuan Hung
Taxpayers Urged to Pay 1921 Taxes by June 1
Columbia South Carolina residents who owe 1921 taxes must visit the county treasurer by Thursday to avoid executions. The extension, granted by the legislature, expires June 1 with an 8 percent penalty. Executions scheduled for June 1 will be held until September 1 before transfer to sheriffs.
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Columbia
South Carolina
PTA Presents Evening at Opera House with Pupils Show
The Parent Teacher Association hosts a program at the opera house tonight led by Mr Verchot with pictures vaudeville and a sleight of hand act by graded school pupils helped by Ralph Turner. Entertainment starts promptly at 8 30 o clock.
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Ver__ chot
Opera House
Ralph Turner
Football Meeting Elects Officers At High School
A morning meeting at the high school elected next year’s football officers. Claude Gambrell named Captain succeeding Allen Long by nine unanimous votes, with Donald Harris chosen as Manager succeeding Peg Long. This was the final meeting of the season.
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Claude Gambrell
Allen Long
Donald Harris
Pe Long
Dinner party at Georgian Terrace honors college friends
Miss Zuth Hall hosted a Sunday dinner at the Georgian Terrace with guests Miss Mary Greene and Miss Victoria Howie and a group of her college friends in attendance.
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Georgian Terrace
Mary Greene
Victoria Howie
Zuth Hall
France’s Poincare weighs Hague conference stance
Paris reports Premier Poincare will urge the chamber to abstain from the Hague Russian affair conference unless it is limited to experts not diplomats. France considers three options including full or provisional participation with safeguards, potentially withholding if politics intrudes.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
France
Hague
United States
Genoa
Nominations Made At Cooperative Meeting In Aiken
J N Stark and J M McNair were nominated at a gathering of Antreville residents in Aiken to name two directors for the district spanning eight routes including Abbeville Greenwood Edgefield and Aiken with voting to follow.
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J. 8. Stark
J. M. Nickles
W- E. Leslie
E. C. Horton
Joe Anderton
Antreville
Co- Operative
Aiken
Aboeville
J. J
Jeffords Appeals Noted in State Supreme Court
Frank M. Jeffords, convicted of the murder of J. C. Arnette at a filling station partner, asked the State Supreme Court for relief today. His appeal, filed with Judge W. H. Townsend, automatically stays his June 16 electrocution sentence as he has twenty days to perfect the appeal. Ira Harrison, also condemned to die June 16 for the same crime, has not appealed.
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Columbia
Frank M. Jeffords
J. C. Arnette
State Supreme Court
W. H. Townsend
Ira Harrison
Graduation Friday at Abbeville High School Opera House
Abbeville High School holds graduation exercises Friday evening at 6 30 in the opera house. President R C Grier of Erskine College will deliver the address.
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Abbeville
Opera
R. C. Grier
Erskine College
Anderson visitors call on Mrs Hafner in Abbeville
Mr and Mrs J B Leverett of Starr Mire S E Leverett Bes J N Land and John Land visited Abbeville today to see Mrs John Hafner.
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J. B. Leverett
Starr, Mire
S. E. Leverett
Bes
J. N. Land
John Land
Abbeville
John Hafner
Government Wins in Railroad Case
The Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of ownership and control of the Central Pacific by the Southern Pacific. The decision held the two lines were competitive and set terms to sever control while protecting existing mortgage liens and ensuring access to bay facilities for both companies. The ruling addresses lines from San Francisco Bay to Sacramento and Portland, Oregon.
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Supreme Court
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Washington
Central Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Company
Justice Day
McReynolds
Brandeis
Central Pacifc
Union Trust Company of
New York
San Francisco
Bay
San Francisco Bay
Sacramento
Portland
United States
United States District Court of
Utah
Union Trust Company of New York
Jury Holds Crocker Charged With Killing Alma House Superintendent
A coroner's jury in Columbia holds inmate James Watts Crocker for the killing of Rev. Vincent Davis retired Methodist minister and superintendent of the Richland County almshouse who was shot to death yesterday morning. Davis was buried this afternoon.
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Alma House
Columbia
Vincent Davis
Richland County
Sims Jhouse
James Watts Cracker
Mr. Davis
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