Social News Highlights From City Guests and Travels
Local society notes record guests, travel plans, and family visits. Mrs. W. E. Webb of New York stays with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Prvtkett, while others journey to Oakland Maryland Columbus Pittsburg and Fort Lauderdale. Athens graduates depart for Clarksburg and school positions amid dinners and alumnae events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Prvtkett
W. E. Webb
New York City
Athens
Ohio University
Clarksburg
W. Va
Grace Walker
Beryl Moler
Marie Voigt
Colonial
Luta Caldwell
Margaret Sullivan
J. L. Foraker
Johnston Calhoun
Pittsburg
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Charles Hunter
Mill Street
Calhoun
Alpha Gamma Delta
Irene Gibson
Amesville
New York
Lucile Kinnison
Jackson
Winifred Richmond
Wooster
Mass
Gladys Hunter Portsmouth
Captain Golden Parced Halted by His Own Men
Mr. W. B. Golden met about twenty Co. D soldiers, led by his son Capt. James B. Golden, at the railroad station in France, receiving warm praise from the men who described him as a real soldier who led from the front and always urged them forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Golden
James B. Golden
France
Capt. Golden
Sargent
Co. D
Captain Golden
Mr. Golden
Golden
Our Country First Conference Aims to Address National Labor Issues
Chicago August 29 A national meeting of industrial civic and financial heads will convene in Chicago September 8 and 9 to discuss the nation’s economic and labor problems. The gathering is organized by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association under the title Our Country First Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Peace Treaty Lays Foundation for Centuries of War
Washington Aug 29 The treaty before the Senate is called a truce of Versailles not a lasting peace Knox says it imposes harsh terms on Germany and could lead to centuries of blood letting He argues the United States should decline participation fearing it damages China blocks reparations and risks foreign entanglements The labor provisions may provoke class conflict and invite foreign interference in US labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Washington
Senate
Versailles
Knox
Pennsylvania
Germany
China
Mass of People One and On The Big Measures
Senator Kendrick accuses organized interests of swaying witnesses before the Senate Agriculture Committee on bills regulating packers. Kendrick, a Wyoming stock raiser and National Livestock Association president, says the rank and file cattlemen favor regulation as proposed in his Kenyon bill, now under committee review.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
aAug
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kendrick
Wyoming
National Livestock Asociation
Twenty Seven Airmen Finish New York Toronto Derby
Twenty seven airmen completed the New York Toronto flying derby at Roosevelt Field. Eight more from both sides were expected to finish before midnight as the race concluded. Eighteen starters departed from Roosevelt Field and nine from Canada.
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Roosevelt Field
L. L
New York
State orders utility to continue service in Ohio case
The Ohio Utilities Commission, under the Miller law, ordered the Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company to maintain electric light service along its Owensville to Hillsboro right of way. The commission had previously allowed abandonment of the interurban section between those two towns.
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Columbus
Ohio
Iret
Miller
State Utilities Commission
Cincinnati and Columbus Traction Company
Owensville
Hillsboro
Americans urged to take mandate role in Near East
August 29 report states the Crane commission will propose separate American mandatories for Syria Mesopotamia and Turkey to stabilize the region. It argues global peace depends on U S acceptance and that native constabulary backed by American authority could maintain order without permanent U S troop deployments. Also notes Bath mineral waters tint glass permanently.
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America
Paris
Near East
Syria
Mesopotamia
Turkey
Charles R. Crane
Crane
United States
Crane Commission
Railroad Wins in Oil Land Suit in California
Government counsel signaled an appeal after Federal Judge Bledsoe dismissed six consolidated suits against Southern Pacific over 162000 acres of oil lands in the San Joaquin valley valued at 421 million dollars. The court found the fraud charge not proven despite years of litigation and prior oil production from the lands.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bledsoe
Southern Pacific
San Joaquin Valley
President to tour 30 cities in 21 states to push treaty
The president plans a west and midwest swing starting next Wednesday returning September 30. He will campaign from Ohio to California through Kansas City Nebraska the Dakotas Minnesota Montana and the Pacific coast to Nevada Reno and Denver with stops in Tacoma Spokane Seattle Salt Lake City and Utah on the journey. He targets opponents in Indiana Missouri Utah and California while emphasizing the Shantung settlement and Pacific coast opposition to the league pact. Speech plans focus on anti treaty senators and Mormon disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Reno
Denver
Kansas
Oklahoma
League
West
Middle West
Ohio
Harding
New
Watson
Indiana
Indianapolis
California
Idaho
Johnson
Boral
Washington
Tacoma
Spokane
Seattle
Poindexter
Reed
Missouri
Salt Lake City
Smoot
Utah
Shantung
Archduke Joseph Returns to Hungarian Politics
Archduke Joseph, recently ousted as head of the Hungarian government, reenters politics in Budapest declaring Hungary will rise from its grave and reclaim its former position in international affairs. Stephan Friederick, former premier under Joseph, works to form a new government with the premiership.
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Vienna
Archduke Joseph
Budapest
Hungary
Stephan Friederick
Joseph
Greek Divorce Suit In Supreme Court
Dayton confectioner Charles Zonars seeks a U S Supreme Court review of his Greek divorce case Agraria Zonars. The transcript is largely in Greek from Athens and involves a separation decree Greece cited for a marriage within the Greek church prohibition. The Dayton lower court did not recognize the decree and Zonars warns of drastic actions in a letter from Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Dayton
Charles Zonars
Agraria
Zonars
Athens
Greece
Africa
Poindexter Urges Immediate Action on Capitol Labor Conference
Senator Poindexter demanded that Congress take immediate action on his resolution calling for a conference of capital and labor on the Senate floor in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Poindexter
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Adda
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Homer B. Wood
Medina
Wood
That City
Frank Emerick
Elizabeth Simons
S. F. Carpenter
Glouster
B. F. Carpenter
Nelsonville
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Irwin, Pa
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Betty Baker
Marie Hunter
Johnston Jr
J. B. Allen
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Ft. Lauderdale
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Cuba
Helen
A. H. Rhodes
Dorotha Louise
Roland Triplett
J. W. Triplett
Horace Palmer
J. A. Palmer
Quantico
Miami Field
Boston
G. W. Baker
Calif
Hiltoy
Son
Curry ’S Restaurant
Opera House
The
Kerr Hardware Co
Hurshinson
Anna Oakley
Pinehurst
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Europe
Packers
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Wilson
New Bischof
Bischof
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