States Working to Curb Cost of Living
Washington August 29 New measures to reduce the cost of living were discussed by six governors Gardner of Missouri Milliken of Maine Burnquist of Minnesota Campbell of Arizona Sproul of Pennsylvania and Cooper of South Carolina and Lieutenant Governor McDowell of Montana with Attorney General Palmer at the White House They pledged full state federal cooperation to restore a normal price level and avert transportation strikes in the next ninety days They urged production economy and anti profiteering with a fair price commission in each state and local committees to curb hoarding and profiteering Public confidence was sought that prices would not rise and merchants should not exploit present conditions The conference urged immediate state agency assistance and promised rapid communication of results and recommendations to governors
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Washington
Gardner
Missouri
Milliken
Maine
Burnquist
Minnesota
Campbell
Arizona
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Cooper
South Carolina
McDowell
Montana
National Conference of Governors
Palmer
White House
Wilson
Committee of Governors
Sun
Miles C Riley
National Conference
Mr. Riley
Crown Quince Returns to Germany in Coup Talk
A garbled report suggests Crown Quince has returned to Germany and may plan a sudden coup. The piece hints at possible Allied countermeasures including firing squads and a barrier wall, reflecting tense wartime speculation.
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New York Telegraph
Crown Quince
Germany
Reporta Gay
Atens
American autos captivate Africa as US cars dominate
In Freetown and the Gold Coast colony, nearly all cars are of United States origin. A popular model sells for 900 with import duties on cars and motorcycles, while spare parts face duties. The piece urges a common UK colonial customs policy to protect cocoa transportation needs and notes US ships expanding West African service, potentially reshaping regional trade.
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London Times
Philadelphia Public Ledger Service
Freetown
Africa
Gold Coast
United States
United Kingdom
Lake Chad
United States Shipping Board
Bilder Dempster
New York
Strike at Peoria Closes Some Plants in Walkout
Peoria August 29 partial tie up of street car service marked the start of a three day general strike called by insurgent labor leaders. AFL rejected countingenance of the strike keeping most workers at work. Strikers demand full union recognition as protests against black listing of Keystone Steel and Wire workers Avery’s and other shops. Later reports say many small factories and stores closed.
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Peoria
American Federation of Labor
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Avery's
Attikera
Amatl
Two Towns Captured by Bolshevik Forces
London reports that the towns of Kupiansk and Pavlovsk were captured by Bolshevik forces following advances after Pskey. A separate message notes a heavy bombardment at Viborg near Kronstadt on August 27, with British naval and air forces possibly involved and no official confirmation from the British admiralty.
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London
Kupiansk
Kherkov
Pavlovsk
Don River
Voronezh
Kupianak
Pskey
Viborg
Finland
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Brighton Police Chief Shot at Desk in City Hall
Brighton chief of police Bune Walker, 32, was fatally shot at his desk in City Hall shortly before noon by a man identified as Red Oliver, an iron furnace worker. Oliver surrendered and was jailed in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Aury
Brighton
Bune Walker
Red” Oliver
Oliver
Adie Oy
Belgium Accepts Hoover Plan for Relief Foundation
Brussels reports the Belgian government accepted Herbert Hoover's proposal to use about 16 million dollars of the Belgian relief commission assets to found a foundation for higher education of children of workers and people of limited means.
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Brussels
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Interalised Relief Organization
Belgian Relief Commission
Perry Returns Digest Shows County Property Jump
Tax Receiver P H Kellie completed the digest for Perry Georgia, noting total county valuation at 6,289,522 up from 4,173,666 in 1918. The report tallies acres turned over at 362,747, city property valued 1,046,667, and automobiles totaling 167.28 in 1918.
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Perry
P. H. &Kellie
Ford plant in Atlanta to be returned by November 30
Washington dispatch reports Representative C. H. Brand secured war department assurance that the Ford Motor Company Atlanta assembling plant, used as a reclamation depot, will be turned back to Ford by November after the lease ends this September. Brand pushes immediate relinquishment upon lease termination.
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J. H. Benton
Constitution
Washington
C. H. Brand
Georgia
War Department
Ford Motor Car Company
Atlanta
Ford Company
Germany
Wnce
Ford
South
Brand
Brang
Fta
Farm Thrift Clubs Organize in Columbus Mills
Mrs Charles T Fuller field representative of the war savings organization in the sixth federal reserve district returned to Atlanta after organizing thrift clubs in several local cotton mills. Young women in each department will offer stamps for sale and mills will offer cash prizes to the best salespeople.
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Columbus
Charles T. Fuller
War Savings Organization
Sixth Federal Reserve District
Atlanta
Will Ask Homes for Gray Heroes Campaign Expands to Lodging
A second big drive to house Confederate veterans arriving for Atlanta’s October reunion launches next Tuesday. The effort, led by Atlanta women, seeks homes for veterans under the slogan A Veteran for Every Home, with a tented city as backup if lodging cannot be found. Salvation Army offers fifty rooms at Pershing hotel.
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Atlanta
Piedmont
Chamber of Commerce
Walter P. Andrews
T. T. Stevens
Atanta
Nentalend
Veprans
Salvation Army
Pershing Hotel
Auburn Avenue
North Pryor Street
Ladies' Memorial Association
Carnegie Library
T. Stevens
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Kathleen Mitchell
J. R Mobley
Sam D. Jones
H. Fudge
Memorial Association
A. McD. Wilson
William A. Wright
Ladies’ Memorial Association of Atlanta
Woman's Pioneer Society
Holison Hall
Memorial Women of the Confederacy
Joseph H Morgan
John Strather
Wheeler
Cavalry Corps
Confederate Veterans
Washington
Harris
Camp Gordon
Backfire Planned by President Wilson in West Tour
President Wilson aims to visit the west directly to study domestic tensions and campaign for the peace treaty. Reports from Washington warn of radicals and Bolshevik activity, while conservative western elements struggle to grasp the current crisis. He intends to preach optimism despite dark hints, trusting in the majority’s sound judgment.
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West
New England
Atlantic States
Washington
Wilson
Wilson to Speak in Thirty Cities on Peace Tour
President Wilson will travel to thirty cities in the west and south from early September to September 30 to campaign for the peace treaty. Republican senators plan to send opposition speakers as he tours through the middle west plains to the Pacific coast with stops in Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Kansas City Sioux Falls Omaha and San Francisco among others.
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Wilson
Washington
Associated Press
Wiaon
McCormick
Illinois
Middle West
Plains States
San Diego
Jay Merit
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dea Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Sioux Falls
N. D
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Reno
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Pueblo
Colo
Wichita
Kas
Columbus Shopmen Cancel Strike Appeal In Telegram
Columbus Ga August 20 five to six hundred Columbus railroad shopmen will not strike next Tuesday. A local union official said a telegram from headquarters instructed the workers not to strike at this time.
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Columbus
President plans 30 addresses in 26 days on train
The president intends to deliver two speeches daily for eight travel days on a cross country trip from Washington to Memphis and Louisville with rear platform talks. He will not speak on Sundays and will depart as General Pershing returns from overseas, meeting him in St Louis planned but revised.
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Oklahoma City
Okio
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Louisville
Washington
General Pershing
Missouri
St. Louis
New York
Capitol Gossip and Appointments Stir Georgia Politics
The Western and Atlantic commission plans a September 4 meeting in Chattanooga to decide on selling the tuna property the Southern Express building and the Eastern hotel after prior legislative denial of authority. Duke Davis is named successor to E T Moon as LaGrange city court judge. Governor Dorsey also appoints R C Neely to the state highway commission, with Strahan and Bennett as other members. The American Railway Express Company faces a double tax for failing to return its franchise, with a calculated total of 2500 dollars after arbitration sets the franchise value at 250,000. the tax would have been 7250 otherwise. The Southern Bell company paid 35894.02 in state taxes to the Comptroller General.
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Western
Atlantic
Chattanooga
Southern Expresa
Duke Davis
Troup County
Dorsey Friday
E T Moon
City Court of
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wright
R. C Neely
Waynesboro
State Highway Commission
Dorsey
St. Austin
Neely
Middle Georgia
Charles M Strahan
University of Georgia
Stanley Bennett
Quitman
Ansennen
American Railway Express Company
Southern Express Company
Georgia
Board of Arbitration
Saffold to Enter State Senate Race in Sixteenth District
Friends of Hon Frank H. Saffold of Swainsboro report he intends to run for state senator in the Sixteenth district next year. Emanuel county will supply the senator for the term, promising a strong contest against any challenger. Saffold is a well known attorney in the region and is expected to run strongly.
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Dublin
Frank H. Saffold
Swainsboro
Emanuel County
Safford
Best Investment He Ever Made in Tanlac Recovery
KE Nelson of 7728 63d Avenue Southeast Portland says a bottle of Tanlac restored his appetite and stomach, eased pain from supposed rheumatism and back injury, reduced crutch use, and helped him return to work. He credits Tanlac with renewed strength and weight gain after a serious four month illness. Jacobs Pharmacy Co. sells Tanlac.
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KE. Nelson
63D Avenue
Portland
Ore
Tanlac
Jacobs’ Pharnacy Go
Congress seeks to grant Confederate veterans gear for Atlanta reunion
Senator W J Harris introduces a joint resolution to authorize the War Department to provide government horses saddle equipment tents and cots for Confederate veterans at their October 7 to 10 reunion in Atlanta. The move aims to permit use of city property via bond by the mayor, a step now set as a precedent for future veteran programs.
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J. H. Eaton
Washington
Congress
Senate
W. J. Harris
Georgia
Atlanta
Harris
Secretary of War
War Department
Baker
Senator Harris
Cavalry Corps
Strong Old Man 75 Years Young Promotes Ziron
Blount of Tarrytown Georgia writes that at seventy five he remained strong until a year ago. He describes tiredness chills and poor appetite then credits Ziron with improving his health and sleep after using three bottles. He recommends it noting a money back guarantee if no benefit.
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