Big Celebrations Planned for Labor Day Across U S
Washington August 24 workers nationwide plan the biggest Labor Day celebration ever on September 5. Monster parades will fill major cities with Chicago workers staging a three day event featuring amateur athletic contests and demonstrations. Speakers include William Jennings Bryan Rabbi Judah Magnes Senator Joseph Irwin France and possibly Senator La Follette. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor heads headquarters.
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Washington
United States
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Judah Magnes
Joseph Irwin France
la Follette
Gompers
Amert
Labor Day Parades Loom Across Cities
Federation of Labor will speak at Baltimore celebration while Secretary Frank Morrison is guest of honor in Louisville Ey. Boston expects over 15000 workers in line for parade reviewed by Massachusetts governor, Boston mayor, Major General Edwards and Admiral Gleaves. Senator James A Reed to address Kansas City workers where 79 local unions participate. Cleveland mass meeting addressed by W D Brahon, Amalgamated Assoc. of Street and Electric Railway Employees. Philadelphia parade by Central Labor union, largest ever. Waterloo Iowa and Frostburg Md also planning extensive Labor Day events.
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Baltimore
Frank Morrison
Louisville
Boston
Massachusetts
Edwards
Admiral Gleaves
James A. Reed
Kansas City
Glevelond
Philadelphia
Cleveland
W. D. Brahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Sblectric Railway Employees
Central Labor Union
Waterloo
Frostburg
Accused Preacher Bound Over In Fatal St. Pauls Shooting
Rev Edwin R Stephenson, accused of killing Father James E Coyle at St Pauls Catholic Church in Birmingham on August 11, was bound over for grand jury action at a preliminary hearing before Judge Abernathy. No defense was offered. Testimony included claims Stephenson threatened the Catholic Church and his daughter Ruth Gussman described family quarrels over religion and threats.
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Ala
Edwin R. Stephenson
James E. Coyle
St. Paul's Catholc Church
Jefferson County
Abernathy
Stephenson
Iife
Father Coyle
Ruth Stephenson Gussman
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Fred Sender
Witneda
Flames Destroy 26000 Gallons of Grain Alcohol
New Orleans August 24 Twenty six thousand gallons of pure grain alcohol were destroyed tonight at the Jefferson Distilling and Denaturing company plant. A lightning strike across the river touched off a fire that officials say cannot be extinguished within twenty four hours. Vast quantities stored in government bonded vats were endangered. Harbor and nearby fire forces fought the blaze to salvage alcohol as damage to the plant, among the nation’s largest, was expected to be heavy with no estimate given.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Distilling and Denaturing Company
Fatal Wreck Near Grand Junction Injures Passengers
Engineer Douglas Alchatrong of Grand Junction was killed and twenty-five passengers injured when Denver Rio Grande No. 1 crashed into a washed out creek bridge thirteen miles east of Grand Junction. A relief train left for the scene as the wreckage piled on its sides.
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Douglas Alchatrong
Denver Rio Grande
Here
Nat McWhorter figures in taxi ride escape
Nat McWhorter, colored, of 292 1 2 West Falr street, was arrested Wednesday night on W Falr street after failing to pay a 25 taxi fare. The driver called police. Robinson says others rode with him and fled, while he meant to pay his share. Police say one of the men present was Nat McWhorter.
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West Falr Street
Heavy Rainstorm Sweeps Atlanta in 1921 Record
A heavy rainstorm drenched Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o clock, with over three inches recorded atop the Atlanta Trust Company building by C F van Herrmann. The downpour halted traffic, derailed streetcars, flooded sewers, and filled basements. The event set a rainfall record for the first eight months of 1921, with a prior peak of 7.36 inches on March 29, 1886, noted as Georgia’s greatest in 41 years.
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Atlanta Trust Company
Allanig
Ednesday
Total Weather Bureau
Washington
Georgia
Weevil Continues to Impede Cotton Across Belt
The Weekly National Weather and Crop Bulletin reports above normal heat in all parts of the belt with no overall cotton improvement. Weevil continued to hinder progress, especially in Texas, while South Carolina saw excellent plant condition but fruiting blocked by pests. Heat and drought slowed growth in Texas and Oklahoma, with variable development elsewhere. bolls opening early in the south and west. picking underway in Texas under ideal conditions. Overall crop condition rated mostly poor to fair, with moisture supporting corn and continued rice harvests in eastern Texas and Louisiana. Tobacco harvested in Florida and the mid-Atlantic coast. citrus in Florida satisfactory but rain needed.
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Washington
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
Texas
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Arkansas
Arkansag
Mississippi Valley
South
Louisiana
Fennessee
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Florida
Man 15 Struck by Car, Rushed to Grady Hospital
D N Robinson of 14 Markham Street was brought to Grady hospital after being hit by an automobile near Mitchell and Mangum around 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He suffered internal injuries but initially refused hospital care. driver’s identity and police record were not available.
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Grady Hospital
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Mangum
Lynched by mob after surrender near Chapin
August 24. Will Allen, a Black man, shot and killed Noah Frick, a white farmer in Chapin, Lexington County. A posse of about 150 tracked him to a swamp, Allen surrendered, then was shot to pieces. The incident followed a dispute over 360 in cotton saved. Also a note on Greenland naming origin after Iceland.
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Will Allen
Noah Frick
Chapin
Lexington County
Frick
Bodies of War Dead Saved Amid Dock Fire
Hoboken New Jersey August 24 A blaze at Hudson river piers wiped out Nos 5 and 6 and scorched Leviathan the second largest ship tied at Pier 4. About 400 repatriated American bodies were saved by firemen troops and American Legion volunteers with Pier 4 fireproof. Colonel Robert M Watson oversaw removal of corpses to Pier 4. Captain Ed Wilbur led 150 Thirteenth Infantry troops aiding fire crews.
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Mo. 5
Robert M. Watson
New York County
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Thirteenth United States Infantry
Ed Wilbur
Thirteenth Infantry
New York and
Japan Accepts Disarmament Conference Invitation
Washington notes Japan expresses hearty and appreciative acceptance of President Harding s invitation to the Washington disarmament and Far Eastern conference. The government hopes the agenda of the Far Eastern conference be arranged beforehand and that only matters concerning a few nations or already accomplished facts be discussed at the meeting.
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Japan
Harding
Abandons Permit Customs for Sailing of Citizen Tourists
New York August 24 customs officials under treasury department orders stopped issuing sailing permits to citizens departing for foreign parties. The change ends long waits for prospective tourists. Aliens leaving the country will still require saving permits as before.
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New York
Treasury Department
Why Do You Coddle Corns Gentle Pain Stop
An ad touts Blue-jay plaster or liquid for corn treatment. It promises instant pain relief and quick loosening of the corn. A renowned expert developed the plaster from a world famed surgical dressing house and urges trying it tonight. Your druggist carries both forms.
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Blue-jay
Ogden to Fill Central Pulpit on Sunday
Dr Dunbar Fl Ogden a prominent Presbyterian minister will leave Mobile Friday for Atlanta where he will preach three consecutive Sundays at the Central Presbyterian church which he served as pastor for many years From Atlanta he will go to Pittsburgh to attend a Pan Presbyterian conference in mid September The conference will be attended by delegates from all parts of the world
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Ala
Dunbar Fl. Ogden
Atlanta
Central Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Archbishop Curley to Visit in Savannah
The Most Reverend HE. J. Curley, recently named archbishop of Baltimore, will pass from Florida to Baltimore and stop briefly in Savannah as the guest of Bishop Ben. Jamin J. Kelly during his journey.
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HE. J. Curley
St. Augustine
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Will
Florida
Ben. Jamin J. Kelly
D. D
Three Whisky Rings Operate in New York Says Prohi Official
A Prohibition official says three distinct whisky rings are operating in New York, with evidence found by the internal revenue force. The agency released a public statement asserting the rings act as if immune to the law and detailing the investigation conducted in the city.
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New York
Apacia
Department of Internal Revenue
Indictment Likely in Bootlegger Probe Evidence Mounts
Head of the investigation, Mr. Ericack, said investigators have uncovered evidence sufficient to indict about 130 alleged bootleggers. A review of liquor permits shows many more detentions expected as fraud was found in roughly 80 percent of the half of the 2,300 Class B permits examined locally.
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R. Errcack
Ericack
Kireack
New York Figures Tied to Liquor Fraud Case
A list of prominent New York figures in business and society, both past and present, is implicated in liquor fraud schemes as investigators near completion of the probe.
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New York
Nee
Savannah Records Heavy Rainfall in Short Span
Savannah Georgia reports yesterday morning the heaviest rainfall in years with four and a half inches pouring down in under hours. The city endured a brief but intense storm affecting streets and local activity.
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