Probe into living costs prompts $1.5 million request
Washington sees a push for a $1.5 million appropriation to fund a broader inquiry by the Trade Commission into production storage and distribution of food and other wartime industries. Chairman Murdock urged Speaker Gillett to authorize funds, arguing existing appropriations are insufficient to investigate profiteering and price control as Congress debates living costs.
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Washington
Murdock
Gillett
Tetter Gale
Shoe-Industries
Trade Commission
Congress
Glass
Goody
Kell
National Board of Conservation
Stiemberg
Rent increases spark grand hearing on city rents
A city council hearing into rent increases adjourned after late afternoon sessions. Witnesses including Rev W H Am and Mrs W J DeLay reported steep rises in residential rents, with some cases showing 68 percent or more. Details included documented escalations from October 1917 to August 1919 and complaints from multiple tenants about new charges and notices.
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Atlanta
Asgesa
Tenatita
W. Ham
Alice
Howe “Realty
West
L. T
Lovejoy
Serlea
Hofman-cams
F.C. Stone
Miller -Aparments
Courtland _streat
Fotica
Tive
E. ‘Osborn
Investigate Charge on Rail Labor Corruption Claims
Washington August 12 The House Interstate Commerce Committee hears charges of corruption in railroad management by private interests. Eighteen representative railroads are accused of plunder and millions in bonuses and dividends paid to Morgan Rockefeller Gould interests. A thorough investigation is urged as testimony from E Plumb and others outlines alleged control of railroads and public lands.
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Foad
Glenn
E. Plumb
Todey Ainefore
House
Interstate Comerce Committee
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Cystems
Brotherhood Ateatin
Morgan In
Rockefeller
Gould
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Amerstein Opiemi
Jong
Tola
Frank Ness
Ft. Avould
Toeetado Sallroada
Becaue
Registered Women Voters Rally at Atlanta Auditorium
Miss Lillian Tony Jones leads a meeting of Atlanta women voters urging qualification and polling, defying committee action. The event, held in the auditorium, calls for disenfranchised voters to be counted and for immediate action by the executive committee.
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Lillian Tony Jones
Women Voters of
Atlanta
Three-Story Building Destroyed By Fire at Whitehall Street
Fire of unknown origin gutted a three story structure at Whitehall Street injuring the building and causing about 70000 damage. Firemen faced intense heat and a dense crowd as flames swept the back portion and collapsed sections near the top floor while Atlanta Leather Company men worked to save the blaze.
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Whitehall
Sean
Atlanta
Ueather, Company
M. W. Moss
Tannager
Leather ‘Company
Clives
Fragmentary political note on bipartisanship and awards
A garbled quotation discusses today’s Republicans and Democrats seeking no political sparring for advantages. It mentions a large bonus to aid discharged soldiers and sailors and invokes a watchdog analogy. Justice should be done, the speaker says.
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Great White Way y ept By Actors Strike Actresses
Fragmented OCR reads show a theatre section note about actors and actresses in an ongoing strike. It mentions a date or page reference and hints at tax or property records, with unclear wording and disrupted names. The readable parts indicate Broad Way theatre coverage amid labor action.
Scene in the Senate Wildly Aped In Minutes
A stray OCR fragment shows a discordant note about a senate scene with improvised action and garbled phrases. The readable bits imply a chaotic chamber moment though specifics are missing. The item reads like a clipped caption or wire blur from a mid-session moment.
Local Campaign Drive Rumors Spark Busy Committees
Reported chatter about fundraising and committee activity surrounds a upcoming Atlanta real estate drive and public meals. Names of local groups like wholesalers grocers and autom to disclose lists while committees plan to publish full descriptions of donors and participants.
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Atlanta
National, Bankbuttine
Fle
Ayia
Ybeers
Teravante
Alegre
Estaurantun
Aun
World to adopt ceremony plans for prince's dragon request
A vague note outlines a plan to adopt a world stage ceremony titled irr a aration of drinci pig with emphasis on adoption. Details are unclear. tentative plans reference a world body and a formal adoption event.
Railway Shopmen of the Southeast To Resume Work
A large Southeast strike ends after a conference of grand lodge officers and regional shop craft reps. A mass meeting at Tabernacle will announce a timetable for returning to service, with officials guiding a return to work within days and normal conditions to follow.
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Grand’ Lodge
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Ad. By
Tabernacle
St Tates
Fligton
Estrike
Attata
Jdlenésa
Georgia Legislature Faces Road Building Crisis
A fragmented State Legislature debate signals potential delay to highway construction as branches struggle over budget ideas and concessions. Lawmakers press for urgent road funding amid broader education and public school appropriations, fearing jeopardy of the entire program.
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