Georgia House and Senate Open With Fast Organization
The Georgia legislature opened for 1919 1920 sessions with swift organization in both chambers. Senate President S L Oliver was reelected. J Howard Ennis named president pro tem. Secretary Devereaux McClatchey and door keeper officers were chosen. In the House John N Holder retained the speakership as three candidates vied for messenger. Committee planning begins amid talk of a strong reapportionment push and major bills to follow.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Devereaux McClatchey
Senate
L. Oliver
Richmond
Glascock
Jefferson
J. J. Flynt
Griffin
J. Howard Ennis
Milledgeville
House
Columbus
John N. Holder
J. W. Bale
Floyd
Bismark Moore
Morris
Messenger
Masre
W. H. Haynes
Gordon
J. B. Dennard
Webster
T. J. Luke
Ben Hill
H. J. Ellis
Taliaferro
J. R. McFarland
Olive
Joan Holder
Assembly
Uhart
Holder
Experiment at Winterville Aims to Grow Annex
A planned $5,000 annex to Wintersville High School hinges on a domestic science department project by the Agricultural College. The college is preparing to install the department as an experiment with classes beginning with the regular term. If successful, a permanent addition will be built and the program established.
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Wintersville
Agriculture College
Agrcultural College
Gompers Denies Villa 15 Backed by Labor Group
Washington June 25 Denial by Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor that the federation supports Villa against Carranza. He says a group of Mexican political refugees in the United States known as the Mexican Liberal Alliance circulated labor endorsement claims for General Angeles and Villa.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Villa
Carranza
Gompers
United States
Mexican Liberal Alliance
General Angeles
War Labor Board Ends Activities in Preparation for Dissolution
Washington June 25 The National War Labor Board today ended its activities in preparation for final dissolution by the president. No new cases will be heard or applications received. Controversies jointly submitted that cannot be concluded before June 30 will be assigned to joint chairmen or a section of the board for disposition.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Glass May Be Made To Report Finances
Washington reports that Representative Taylor of Tennessee introduced a resolution directing Secretary Glass to report immediately to the House on expenses incurred in each Liberty Loan campaign. The measure cites suggested extravagance and unnecessary expenses in every campaign.
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Washington
Taylor
Tennessee
Glass
House
Peace With Bocie Plans are Held up
Berlin faces a nationwide strike for higher wages with Berlin and Breslau services disrupted at Gorlitz station, while government efforts to halt strikes pursue negotiations amid Soviet propaganda influence. In Washington the Senate committee defers action on a peace declaration as opponents fail to unite, with a Monday resumption planned.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Gorlitz
Breslau
Washington
League of Nations
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
OFFICERS AND FACULTY FOR SUMMER SCHOOL ANNOUNCED
The 1919 Summer School at the University of Georgia lists officers and a large faculty. About 900 of 1,200 expected students are on the class rolls. dormitories are arranged and Athens will host arrivals as the term opens.
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University of Georgia
Athens
Thomas J. Wooster
Peabody Sea of Education
C. J. Heatwole
Pantenia
Peabody School of Education
Horace EB. Ritchie
A. B
State Normal School
Willis H. Bocock
Roswell P. Stephens
University of
University
Alexander Rhodes
Normal School
Gertrude A. Alexander
Mary A. Bacon
Lucy
Cobb Institute
David C. Barrow
Lena Bird
Schools of Athens
Pacific Fleet of 10 Sails to West Coast Next Month
Washington June 25. The Pacific fleet formed from Atlantic vessels will sail from Hampton Roads for the west coast between July 15 and 20. Secretary Daniels announced likely to ride as a passenger on one of the warships traveling to the Pacific via the Panama Canal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific Fleet
Hampton Roads
West
Daniels Jay
Daniels
Pacific
Panama Canal
Drastic Liquor Act Framed Before Congress Enactment
Washington June 26 The House judiciary committee after an all day session agreed to separate the wartime act from the constitutional prohibition enforcement measure and report out tomorrow a straightforward bill for enforcement of the wartime act. The measure is said to be the most drastic liquor act ever presented to Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Massachusetts Ratifies Woman Suffrage in Federal Amendment
Massachusetts completed ratification of the national woman suffrage amendment, becoming the eighth state to ratify. The action was announced in Boston on June 25, confirming the state’s support for extending voting rights to women nationwide.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Athens Men Back in U S After Overseas Service
Two more Athens men are safe in the United States after serving overseas. William Hall and Richard Bullock arrived at Hoboken New Jersey aboard the Spanish Liner Alfonso XII, marking their return home.
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Athens
United States
Hoboken
N. J
William Hall
Richard Bullock
Merchants Body to Elect Officers Today
Officers for the ensuing year will be elected this afternoon at four o clock at a Retail Merchants Association meeting to be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Holman building. Members are urged to attend as many important matters are slated to be aired.
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Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Holman Bulking
Shipment of Two-Cent Stamps Received at Athens Post Office
Thousands of dollars in two-cent postage stamps have arrived at the Athens post office and will last about six months. The shipment was sent to accommodate the return of pre-war postage rates on July 1. Although major letter writing is not expected to surge, many large advertisers are anticipated to launch campaigns in July now that the penny postage saving applies to bulk mail.
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Athens
Workers Wreck Cars as Fare Increases Seen in Toledo
Toledo, Ohio June 25. More than 2,000 workers at the Toledo Ship Building Company refused to pay higher streetcar fares. In a violent flare, they ditched two cars, and bricks were used to smash windows in two additional cars.
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Toledo
Ohio
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
U S Officer Is Held On Murder Charge
Coblgnz June 25 Lieut Johns Bexes of the twenty third infantry Kansas City is under arrest facing murder charge in connection with a shooting at See burg a village in the neutral zone opposite the American area of occupation German authorities claim two civilians a man and a woman were killed.
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Coblgnz
Johns Bexes
Twenty-Third Infantry
Kansas City
Seeburg
Transformation of St Sophia as Christians gain control
Constantinople June 24 A veteran English observer predicts chaos if St Sophia is converted from a mosque to a church and restored with Christian mosaics. Christian architects plan the reconsecration despite Turkish resistance, while fears of suffocation and bloodshed amid armed tensions linger among locals and Indian troops stationed in the city.
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Constantinople
St. Sophia
Christ
Memet
Constantine
Christhan
Great Britain
India
Islam
Croix de Guerre Given Lieut Thurmond Swift
Lieut Thurmond Swift of Elberton and Athens connections, a UGA alumnus, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government. He is the son of Mrs. Bessie Thurmond Swift of Elberton and brother of Mrs. Judge Tutt and Miss Sarah Swift. his mother is noted for social prominence in Athens.
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Lieut Thurmond Swift
Elberton
Athens
University of Georgia
Leutenant
Bessie Thurmond Swift
Judge Tutt
Sarah Swift
Social Me
Sergeant Rhodes Returns from Germany
Sergeant Harry C. Rhodes returns to Ath ens after serving in the Rhine patrols with the American soldiers. He trained at Camp Gordon and was last stationed at Coblenz. He says few come back truly honest about their wartime experiences.
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Germany
Athens
Harry C. Rhodes
United States Army
Camp Gordon
Rhine
Cobdlenz
Quiet Summer Notes From Winterville Social Roundup
Winterville Georgia notes list residents visiting Savannah Birmingham and Athens. Several journeys include Miss Clara Griffith visiting Mrs Russell Haynes in Savannah and Miss Florie Dunlap returning from Columbia South Carolina where she taught. Broadus Colle and Laura McWhorter marry near Stephens. reception and trip follow.
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Winterville, Ga
Clara Griffith
Russell Haynes
Savannah
Florie Dunlap
Columbia
S. C
Broadus Colle
Laura McWhorter
Stephens
W. M. Coile
Mary Pictard
Athens
Ford's $1 Million Suit Hangs Fire
Mount Clemens Michigan June 2 Counsel for Henry Ford pursuing $1,000,000 libel claim to prove a planned malicious conspiracy at the Chicago Daily Tribune. Cross examination of Boone city editor yielded only that Ford’s news reached the press routinely.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Fort
Tribune
Boone
The
Ford
Radicals End Labor Meeting In Big Row
Rioting broke out at a New York meeting of radical cloak and suit workers seeking a union modeled on the Russian soviet and opposing an affiliated cloak and suit makers union within the American Federation of Labor. About 800 persons attended. Fighting spread across the city, wrecking furnishings, but no injuries were reported.
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New York
Cloak and Suit
Unk
American Federion of Labor
Gall
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Peter F. Brown
Duncan Burnet
University of Geor
Geo. W. Camp
A. M
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M. L. Duggan
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George D. Goddard
Agnes C. Goss
Jeroy C. Hart
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Thomas 8. Holland
J. O. Martin
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J. H. W. McPherson
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Rafael V. Ramirez
Rosalie V. Rathbone
J. M. Reade
University of Georga
Horace B. Ritchie
Varna Lo
Annie M. Holliday
Ada T. Lemon
Joseph Lustrat
Baches
Mary D. Lyndon
Lucy Cobb Institute
Robert D. Moultby
John F. Wood
South Georgia Normal College
Thomas Jackson Wooster
T. G. Yaxis
Louise K. Young
Decatur
Mary Lavina Young
South Georgia Normal School
Ezabeth B. Young
State Normal Training School
Mary Zeigler
Massachusettes
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U. S
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Winterville News
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James and
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Fort Gaines
Mrs. Foster
J. B. Winter
John Harold Winter
Birmingham
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