Governor signings and looming decisions on key bills
Governor Hugh Dorsey signed the inde terminate sentence bill and the Elders school manager bill and will decide on the general appropriation bill today. Clerks Moore and McClatchey, after midnight work, reported the session produced the largest, most constructive legislation yet. The highway commission bill and second motor vehicle bill were signed earlier, with Dorsey awaiting revenue estimates before action on the general appropriation bill. Wright and Fullbright raised objections to approving the bill, noting the timing and fund implications for 1919 1920 and the common school fund questions.
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Worn Out Cartoons Magazine Sketch About Scrages
A short comic strip note depicts a worn out office worker Scrages being fired by his boss and humorously imagined eaten by a wolf. Bale comments on his tattered clothing while a discharged soldier jokes about losing an arm as he exits. Tit-Bits.
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We Specialize Wedding Gifts in Sterling Silver Glass
A retail note highlights wedding gift lines in sterling silver fine china Sheffield and rich cut glass. It promotes suited gift items and table silver combinations at affordable prices with reference to their annual catalog.
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Sheffield
Palmer urges fair price committees to curb profiteering in New York
Attorney General Palmer spoke in New York urging support for fair price committees to curb profiteering, seek a national law making profiteering a crime, and align penalties with hoarding. He argued committees can hold prices steady, deter raids, and push reform through publicity and local action. He cited high living costs, abnormal conditions, and the need to involve Washington authorities for enforcement.
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Jair Price Committee
Tife
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Congress
Fair Price Committee
Club of Publicity
Wilson and Senators Set To Clash In Conference
The White House conference with the foreign relations committee will feature tough questions from Senators Johnson Borah and Brandegee. A press blackout on confidential remarks persists as stenographers prepare a limited set of copies. The meeting begins at 10 o clock and is not expected to exceed four hours.
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Gus J. Karger
Tumuity
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Foreign Relations Committee
India
Senator Lodge
Senate
Republicana
Johnson
California
Borah
Brandefee
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Three Face Murder Charge at Buchanan for Killing Moore
In Buchanan Georgia on August 18 Grady and Burl Ward and Policeman Brewer Murphy stand trial for murder in the killing of 18 year old Chester Moore of Wayco. The defense says Moore was shot during a burglary at a store tied to the Ward brothers, with another suspect already indicted. The trial is ongoing and expected to end by Tuesday.
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Moore
Progtess
Rail unions press for fast inquiry into railroad fraud
Glenn E. Plumb, counsel for the organized railroad employees of America, urges immediate investigation into charges that Morgan, Gould, and Rockefeller interests control over 254,000 miles of American railroads and extract excessive transportation charges. He asks Congress or a joint House-Senate panel to scrutinize interlocking directorates, fake investment accounts, and padded payrolls and to submit findings before any action.
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Railroads Face Charges of Massive Gift Fraud and Tax Burdens
A historic plea accuses railroads of $billion in government land grants and stock bonuses, claiming profits were exploited to raise prices. The document urges Congress to probe valuation gaps, expose fraudulent capital, and halt private control over public infrastructure.
1400 Gallons of Corn Whisky Seized in Cherokee County
Lieutenant Bennett and Corporal Banks with Atlanta provost guard and internal revenue officers captured 1400 gallons of corn whisky and two 100 gallon copper stills in Cherokee county. They arrested John Bililson, an escaped Fort Leavenworth deserter, and Lester Dowda, aged 23. Both held at county jail pending trial. Bililson to be returned for Leavenworth term completion.
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Corporal Banks
Atlanta
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Fort Leavenworth
Lester Dowda
Eilison
Bennett
Kansas
After Action Absence Reflects War Taxes Hit Hotels
The masculine creature once a summer hotel feature is absent this season due to after-war taxes. It is said the reason is that tax burdens prevent its return. A magistrate relates a quirky inquiry where a prisoner looked around and whistled when asked what happened. the witness quips that his dog was involved.
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Cartoons Magazine
Archduke Joseph Calls Not a Hapsaire a Communist Hope
Budapest reports Archduke Joseph defending his stance as head of state not a Hapsburg, seeking cabinet inclusion with socialists, and pledging retirement once a stable cabinet forms. He denies prearranged plots with Romanians, vows to save Hungary and curb Bolshevism, and opposes political executions, while considering potential crown acceptance only if urged by a national assembly. Also includes a literary cartoon critique of average life under Kaiser rule.
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Maxwell H. McCartney
London Times
Philadelphis Public Ledger Service
Budapest
Arsingarian
Hapsburg
Archudke Joseph
National Assembly
Himsell
Archduke
Alsuth
Couldn't Remember It Any How in a Club Room Skit
A fragmentary Tit Bits style scene shows a boy Jimmy blamed by his father for forgetting a geography lesson then sparring over self reliance and a quiet remark about a half-cut. The piece shifts to a child’s nightly prayer for his father and stray notes about Bela Kun and a murder robbery charge in Tit Bits style.
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Nebraska voters to decide on federal prohibition amendment
In Lincoln on August 18 the district court ruled that voters may reject or approve the states ratification of the federal prohibition amendment. The court said no final ratification occurs until the vote is held and an appeal to the state supreme court will follow the district court decision, as announced by the secretary of state's office.
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State Legislature Definition Varies in Ratifying Amendments
The court overruled the secretary of state on ratifying amendments to the U S constitution. It held that Article Eight uses the term legislature to mean the state's legislative power and that in states with referendums, the people are part of that power.
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