Striking railway shopmen see gains as widespread returns
Reports to the railroad employers department indicate the shopmen strike has been cleaned up in most areas and workers are returning to jobs, except Chicago and a few New England points where wage demands linger. Plumb charged railroads were plundered and controlled by Morgan, Rockefeller and Gould interests, with stock bonuses totaling over 450 million dollars issued 1919 to 1910.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Employers Department of the
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
New England
Boston
Plumb
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Morgan, Rockefeller and
Gould
Trolley Condition Agreed Amid Economic Pressures
Washington on August 14 witnesses before the Federal Electric Railway commission agreed the financial condition of the street railways is serious and likely to worsen due to rising costs and auto competition. Remedical proposals ranged from Mayor Cousens Detroit urging municipal ownership to state utility commissioners calling for higher revenues.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Electric Railway Commission
Cousens
Detroit
Yankees Killed in Action Totals Released by War Dept
Washington reports final casualty figures from central AEF records in France. Battle deaths total 49,489 with 205,690 wounded and 4,408 prisoners. Only slight revisions expected, War Department announces.
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Washington
Central Records
France
War Department
Hudson Super Six Endurance Feats Highlight Car’s Fame
Roy Brooks of Brooks Motor Co. Athens discusses the Hudson Super Six as a durable long lasting car praised for endurance and enduring style. He notes owners report daily new achievements and the model claims the title of the world’s largest selling fine car.
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Pike's Peak
Roy Brooks
Brooks Motor Co
Athens
Movement to buy food wholesale in Athens planned
Charitable movements are reported active in Athens as groups seek government surplus food at reduced rates for later resale to residents unable to afford supplies. Government prices for bulk delivery include Bycon breakfast cans 40c each, beef tongue No 2 cans 9c, evaporated apples 5.50 per 50 pounds, sugar 4.50 per 100 pounds, various teas and pickles offered at bulk rates in carload lots.
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Athens
Bycon
Salto
Southeast rail strike ends as workers told to return
All Southeast rail strikers were ordered back to work after a convention resolution unanimously adopted. Workers were instructed to resume duties Thursday morning.
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Southeast Rail
Bagk
Associated Press
Thinta
Southeast
Rail strike delays Athens mail lock boxes delivery
Postmaster Rucker notes a railroad freight tieup so Athens would have 1 100 mail lock boxes but for delays. The city has only 300 boxes available, all contracted, while 8 001 additional boxes were ordered to meet a trebled population increase.
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Athens
Rucker
Indictments Near 40 From Chicago Race Riots
Associated Press reports Chicago grand jury indicts 36 Negroes and four whites for offences linked to recent race riots. Charges include assault, murder attempts, and concealed weapon cases, reflecting wide range of alleged crimes amid the unrest.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Atlanta Man Named General Counsel for Railroad Administration
Washington Aug. 12 The appointment of E Marvin Underwood of Atlanta as general counsel of the railroad administration to succeed Judge Payne who became chairman of the shipping board is announced.
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Associated Press
Washington
E. Marvin Underwood
Atlanta
The
Railroad Administration
Payne
Shipping Board
General Lewis Visits Wounded Soldiers In Atlanta
Major General Lewis, commander of Camp Gordon, visited Fort McPherson and its wards of convalescents, greeting recovering troops of the Old Hickory Division. He toured wards, shaking hands and offering encouragement to all who could be brought outdoors and to those still disabled.
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Atlanta
Lewis
Camp Gordon
Old Hickory
Pelletourt
Hindenburg
Fort McPherson
German Austria name changed by supreme council
The peace conference supreme council advised the Austrian delegation that the new government must be called the Republic of Austria, rejecting the Austrian term German Austria. Also noted is a report that Riga has been recaptured by the Bolsheviki per a Russian paper from Berlin.
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Republic of Austria
Mandate
Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Austria
Riga
Bolsheviki
Copenhagen
Berlin
Missing Sub Crew Still Under Cover
Berlin officials deny a Vossische Zeitung report that the entire Bremen submarine crew, missing for three years, has arrived in Bremen.
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Berlin
Bremen
Vossische Zeitung
English miners end strike after regional vote
London August 12 Yorkshire miners council recommends resume of work by over 200000 men who had been on strike for several weeks in the district refusing to accept the government and miners representatives settlement.
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Associated Press
London
Yorkshire Miners Council
Traction workers win twelve percent wage boost
New York Aug 12 The war labor board at its final session granted a twelve percent wage increase to employees of ten traction companies centered in Boston Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
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Associated Press
New York
Dogsten
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Wounded Soldiers Turn To Music Creation
As soldiers reach convalescent stage they turn to music in hospital wards. At Fort McPherson near Atlanta a Red Cross census lists instruments bought by the men including piano, Victrola, ukulele, accordion, mandoline, guitar, xylophone and drums. Wards form makeshift orchestras to harmonize noise and aid recovery.
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Mery
Bast
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Red Cross
Compulsory School Tax Amendment Clears House Vote
Atlanta August 12 House approves Elders proposed constitutional amendment to levy a county tax for schools ranging one to over mills to augment the state school fund. Opposition centers on the compulsory clause with leaders Johnson and Knight challenging local voter ratification. Governor Dors ey’s signature still needed for final passage.
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Atlanta
H. H. Elders
Tattnall County
House of Representatives
Senate
Dor‘sey
House
Johnson
Barstow
Knight
Uow
Messrs
Carswell
Wilkinson
Moore
Butts
Carnwell
Lodge Pacts Talk Upsets Senate Decorum
Washington August 12 traditional decorum in senate procedure was upset by Senator Lodge chair of the foreign relations committee in a speech against league provisions of the covenant. When order was restored the gallery interrupted with howls and kisses Williams of Mississippi replied. Lodge warned the United States would become a subject nation and urged preservation of Americanism. Williams accused Lodge of crafting the address to aid Republican political ends and to pand er to the galleries.
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Lodge
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Williams
Mississippi
United States
Athens Hero Reported Missing for Croix de Guerre Honor
Sergeant Van Horton of Route No 5 Box 93 Athens is believed to be the local hero eligible for the Croix de Guerre. A recruiting office report claims attempts to locate him by mail have failed and asks anyone with information to come forward.
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van Horton
Athens
Franer
United Sates Army
Bailey
Auanta
Efor
Vanstorter
Fisher
Pendensarea
Avy Fried
Serpeare
Poh
District Attorney Sharpens Tools For Profiteer Crusade
Atlanta officials announced that Northern District of Georgia DA Hoopen Alexander ordered agents to pursue profiteers in food and fuel. An investigation into gasoline sales conditions was launched amid rumors of hoarding and irregular profits, with vows to prosecute violators.
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Atlanta
Hoopen Alexander
Northern District of
Georgia
A Stander
Migercusty
Communities Favor Memorials In Form of Social Centers
War Camp Community Service reports 236 U S towns plan community memorial houses as living centers to honor men who served. About 450 more communities weigh memorial buildings, with committees forming nationwide to replace old stone and iron monuments. Noted supporters include governors, Princeton’s John Grier Hibben, Vanderlip, Redfield, Hughes, Lane, Claxton and other leaders.
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United States
Community Iemorials
Bureau of Memories
War Camp Community Service
War Camp Organization
Bureau of Memorial Buildings
National Committee On Memorial Buildings
National Commitee
Memorial Buildings Bureau
Harrison Gray Otis
National Committee of Ikcizanon
Bureau of Meniial Buildings
John Grier Hibbon
Princeton University
Paul D. Gravath
Frank A. Vanderlip
William C. Redfield
Commerce
John G. Agar
New York
James R. Garfield
Charles E. Hughes
Peter J. Muldoon
Rockford
Illinois
Franklin
Miss Annie Lyle Recovers After Johns Hopkins Operation
The many friends of Miss Annie Lyle will be glad to hear she is resting nicely following an operation at Johns Hopkins yesterday.
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Annie Lyle
Johns Hopkins
World Tour To Circumnavigate On Odd Travel Ways
Washington reports a National Geographic Society bulletin imagines an aerial Magellan circling the globe. It notes camels as freight and passenger carriers in deserts, raft boats on the Euphrates and Tigris, and Chinese wheelbarrows dominating land transport with a half ton capacity.
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Washington
Pacific
National Geographic Society
Globe
Spanish America
Holy Land
India
China
O. P. Austin
Africa
Central Asia
Rockefellers
Carnegies
Morgans
Harrigans
Desert
Tigris Jureat
Tigris
Euphrates
900000 Blankets Offered For Sale In Georgia
Atapta Ga Aug 12 It was announced here yesterday that the Zone Officer for the Atlanta district would put on sale immediately 900000 army blankets at specified prices cash for new ones and reclaimed blankets. Olive drab blankets will not be sold but on sale to the public will be limited to one dozen per person. Sale will be extended to the South at an early date and continue until supply exhausted.
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Atapta
Atlanta
Half Million Requested for H. C. L. Probe
Retired Chairman Murdock asks Congress for half a million dollars to fund a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the rise in living costs. He warns that the commission's current funds are insufficient to conduct the proposed investigation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Murdock
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