Public glove contract tied to Littauer and Lyon probe
Washington August 3. Secretary Root releases papers on the government gloves contract with E R Lyon and Littauer Bros. The case is referred to the Department of Justice to determine if laws were violated and to consider appropriate actions. The report details contracts for muskrat gloves, profits split, and a demand for repayment if overpayments occurred, with emphasis on congressional influence and contract execution standards.
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Washington
Root
E R Lyon
Littauer Bros
L WN
Lyon
Quartermaster General
United States
Congress
Quartermaster's Department
Evidi
Judge Advocate General
Department of Justice
Spho
Mob in Indiana Chases Negroes After Attack on Boy
Hartford City Indiana August 3 19 year old George Hprarshey an invalid hunted by two prowling negroes near his fathers farm at noon today they seized him searched his clothes and cut him with a knife He escaped home raised the alarm and volunteers mobbed to seek vengeance over two hundred men joined the chase telephones warned neighboring farms but no trace found local sheriff and deputies followed to avert lynching as night fell
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Hartford City
Ind
George Hprarshey
Here
Sherif Morgan
Passivie
Indictment in Danville mob case upends riot
James Wilner, the Black man targeted in a July mob riot that left Metcalf hanged and burned, is indicted by a grand jury for attempting to assault Mrs. Burnera of Alvinville. He is sentenced to a term in prison as the jury convened to review crimes from the outbreak. The sheriff rushed him to court and back to jail after the verdict.
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Danville
Ims
James Wilner
Burnera
Alvinlle
Dang Terer
Metcalf
Henry Gatterman
Thompson
Wilson
Whitlock
Wison
Georgia
Marietta
Crosstierealers
Spalding Superior Court
Robert Cawthorne
R. J Tucker
R JI Tucker
Eastman
Cawthorne
John Dixon
McLean
Sparta
Maccon
Berry
Hancock
Eight Dead In Cincinnati Southern Rail Collision
Chattanooga August 3 The death toll from a two freight train collision on the Cincinnati Southern near Cumberland Falls and Greenwood has reached eight with two more fatalities since Sunday night. The revised list includes engineers T. Duke of Salisbury North Carolina and firemen D A Phillips of Roanoke Alabama John Prince of Salem Alabama Joseph Walters of Somerset Kentucky Frank Fletcher of Glen Mary Eugene Simpson of Somerset Kentucky and brakeman Walter Powers of Somerset Kentucky plus two unknown men who boarded the extra freight at Greenwood. G Fitzgerald is seriously injured and Powers is seriously injured.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati Southern
Cumberland Falls
Greenwood
Duke
Salisbury
N.C
D A. Phillips
Roanoke
Ala
Johm Prince
Salem
Joseph Walters
Somerset
Frank Fletcher
Glen Mary
Ann Eugene Simpson
Walter Powers
G. Fitzgerald
Escaped Convicts Located in Two Separate Bands
In Folsom California on August 3 two bands of escaped convicts, five and three men each, have been located. Authorities expect imminent capture as posses focus on two groups and individual fugitives Gordon and Robertsen who reportedly wandered off separately and may enter a small town eventually falling to officers.
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Folsom
Cel
Posses
Gordon
Robertsen
Day Way Resigns from Police Board to Run for Council
Influences surrounding Mr Day push him to consider resigning from the police commissioners to enter the third ward council race. Day could follow fellow third ward candidates Steve Postell and Thomas Goodwin, with supporters from Brotherton and English factions urging his bid. If he resigns, the race to replace him would become one of the liveliest in police department history.
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W Day
Board of Police Commissioners
Day
Brotherton
Third
Steve Postell
Thomas Goodwin
Warren
Bis
Police Department
Presbyterian church figures show fewer ordinations in 1963
Paterson New Jersey August the Rev Dr W H Roberts stated clerk of the general assembly issued 1963 figures for the Presbyterian church. Ordinations dropped to 184 from 240 in 1961 and 3902 totals. Total membership rose to 1 087 477 from 975 817 in 1961, while Home Missions receipts grew to 1 205 221 indicating overall financial rise.
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Assembly
Paterson
N. J
W. H. Roberts
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Gant
Yonstin
Councilmen Approve Health Board Milk Inspector in Atlanta
The Atlanta council and aldermanic board agreed to appoint a dairy inspector to ensure clean milk and better public health. An expert veterinarian will be hired with funds appropriated, and the ordinance was adopted without dissent. The measure awaits Mayor Howell's approval and aims to curb impure milk by inspecting dairies and cows.
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Atlanta
Dairiem
Board of Health
Eounci
Howell
Aldermanic
Collision on Thurmond Street Trestle Injures Two Crewmembers
A midnight collision near Thurmond Street trestle involved Southern Switch engines 139 and 292. Engineer T C Wilkie and Fireman J H Smith were seriously injured while averting greater damage. several engines and cars derailed or damaged, with other crew members unhurt.
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Thurmond Street
T. C. Wilkie
Dta
Southern
Elliott Street
T C Wilkie
Gordon Street
West End
J. H. Smith
Central Avenue
Elore Street
Smith
Wilkie
J. H. Hunter
W. A Har- Tizof
Harrison
Hugleer Wilkle
Sintin
Simpson Street
Wikis
Charille Adair
Iteer A. ‘Boulineau
John Coline
Woman in Duel With Husband in West Virginia
In Matewan West Virginia August 5 William Adair a prosperous farmer and lumber dealer shot by his wife in a duel at their home on Pidgeon Creek. Adair pursued his wife after returning home found her at a neighbor’s. He fired three shots. she then seized his Winchester and shot him as he tried to flee. He died without a word. Mrs Adair surrendered and is jailed claiming self defense after alleging he attempted to kill her. Mrs Adair comes from a wealthy Mingo county family and will plead self defense citing his reload of the revolver.
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Matewan
W Va
William Adair
Pidgeon Creek
Adair
Cin-Innel
Mr. Adair
Winchester
Williamson
Mingo County
Thirty Die In Train Wreck In Austrian Silesia
A Volks Zeitung dispatch from Hreslau reports a serious railway disaster between Suche and Balveria Austrian Silesia. An eleven car state train broke its pins and derailed at high speed for 20 miles, colliding with a passenger train. Thirty persons were killed and fifty two injured.
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Berlin
Volks Zeitung
Hreslau
Suche
Balveria
Austrian Silesia
Georgia News Forecast And Local Civic Notes
Georgia forecast shows partly cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures in the northeast and a cooler trend inland. Local items include a senate move to abolish days of grace on commercial paper, possible resignation of Police Commissioner Ward Day to run for council, and Confederate veterans to receive honors at the state capitol. Southern and domestic news touch on railroad conflicts, court proceedings in Spalding and Hancock counties, and a transport accident with injuries.
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Senate
Ward Day
Third Ward
Board of Health
State Capitol
Overstreet
Screven
House
Sixth ballot shows little change amid bitter faction split
Report notes HRampolla and Vanntelli factions remain stubbornly opposed as talks continue on a foreigner possibly winning the succession to Lea. The detailed balloting suggests no clear front runner amid tense party divisions and ongoing negotiations.
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Hrampolla
Vannttelli
Lea
Conclave Rumors Hint At Proclaimed Pope Ignis Ardens
Rome August 8 rumor swirls among superstitious observers that the conclave opened on St Tematina Loyola day will close tomorrow on St Dominic’s day. Some claim a pope has already been chosen, with the prophecy of St Malchi foretelling the motto Ignis ardens.
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Brooklyn
Lisbon
Portugal
Rome
Gomes
Tematina Loyola
Dominic
Malchi
Ignis Ardens
Papal Conclave Deliberations Continue Amid Delayed Ballots
Rome reports three full days of deliberation as six ballots fail to yield a successor to Pope Leo XIII. Spectators crowd St Peter’s Square in hope for news while tempers and factions within the conclave grow strained. Cardinal Herrero's grave illness adds tension as guards tighten controls around Vatican proceedings.
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Vatican
Leo XIII
Sistine Chapel
Gan Pigiro
Cardinal Herrero
Sacred College
St Peter
Bistine Chapel
Herrero
Lappont
Hia
Conclavist
Associated Press
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Greenville
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Bud Pack
North Carolina Corporation Commission
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