Efforts to Reduce Dixie Delegations in Congress Halted
The House census committee, charged with apportionment by population, unanimously blocked any future move to reduce southern representation. Delegations from the NAACP and allied lawmakers sought to revive the Tinkham issue, but committee action and resolutions announce that apportionment must be based on a fixed unit from the 1920 census, with broader membership possible but undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hollomon
Constitution Bureau
Raleigh
Washington
Constitution
House Committee On Census
Congress
Tinkham
Boston
South
Society For the Advancement of the Colored People
Committee On
Jury Deadlocked in Canton Trial Over Sheriff’s Death
In Canton Georgia bailiff Charlie Loggins was shot by F H Daniels after alleged earlier robberies. the jury after long deliberation remained deadlocked around May 24. Daniels testified he fired only after Loggins threatened him. witnesses described a tense confrontation and pursuit by Sheriff Floyd Blackwall and his son. The case could yield a mistrial as jurors stayed unable to agree on murder or self defense.
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Canton
F. H. Paniels
Atlanta
Charlie Loggins
B. W. Blair
Ernest Buchanan
Atelanta
Indge
Buchanah
South Carlina
Thp
United’ States
Suspreme “Court of ‘South
Caroling
Fludge Blair
Buchanan
Daniels
Angea
Charlie Logging
Balsisf
F. H. Daniels
Loggins
Floyd Blackwall
Guy
Blackwall
Guy Blackwell Tenniles
Guy Blackwell
Daniela
Thetata
Arthur Heard
Young Blackwell
Blackwell
Attit
Sherii “Blackwell
Senate approves large ship board appropriation amid graft charges
Washington June 3 Senate votes a 75 million deficiency appropriation for the shipping board and soon after passes a 156 million deficiency bill including the ship board item. An amendment directs sale of all wooden ships by October 1. Senator Kenyon denounces extravagance and graft while noting high salaries and daily losses of 4 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine
Kenyon
Republican
Iowa
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
No Rain Forecast Extended Drought Worsens for Atlanta
Weather forecaster C F von Herrmann predicts at least two to three more days of dry weather for Atlanta with possible showers after three days. He notes Georgia may see unsettled conditions from Washington and cautions that two to three weeks of continued drought could harm crops though current moisture remains adequate. Relief may come within that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
C. F. ‘von Herrmann
United States Weather Bureau
Georgia
von Herrmann
New Horrors Reported as Christians Slain at Samsun and Trebizond
Athens telegraph correspondent cites Constantinople reports of mass killings of Christians at Samsun and Trebizond on Thursday. Streets reportedly littered with Greek bodies and shops looted in both cities along the Black Sea coast of Armenia. An American destroyer has arrived at Samsun to safeguard Americans there.
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London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph
Constantinople
Samsun
Trébizond
Black Sea
Armenia
Cites
Samtin
Itels
First White House of Confederacy Formally Dedicated
Montgomery Alabama June 3 In an appropriate celebration of Jefferson Davis birthday the first white house of the Confederacy was formally dedicated by the Daughters of the Confederacy and others. The ceremony drew visitors from across the South and several states as the Davis mansion on Bibb and Lee Streets was opened and the White House Association outlined plans to preserve the historic home as a shrine to the Confederate era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Allen Ross
Montgomery
Ale
Jefferson Davia
White House
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate States Memorial Association
Jefferson Davis
Marrinou
Confederate States
Sone
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Dareronies
Harrison
Ti¢Thie
Congress
Confederacy
Richmond
Varina Howell Davis
Davis
Mississppi
Exchange Hotel
South
Capitol
Render
Edmund-Harrison
of -Lee
Bibb Streets
William Sayre
Edmund Harrison
William Crawford
Bibb
Archibald. Tyson
Lowndesboro
R. Ge laGrenge
Render Heirs
LaGrange
White House Association
Bell Allen
Ross
Atlanta
Jefferson’ Davis
Lone Juror Saves Eleven Year Old Boy From Prison
A rangy Indiana farmer doubts a boy could murder a playmate after Cecil Burkett is accused of killing Benny Slavin. Dorothy Schermann testifies the boy shot him. jurors wrestle with the verdict, then release Cecil to freedom amid threat of re trial and a father’s vow for justice. The boy heads to Ora then swimming, per attorney. Continued on Page 12.
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Alexander F. Jones
United News
Knox
Ind
Indiana
Cecil Burkett
Cecil
Benny Slavin
Dorothy Schermann
Benny
Jesse Coffin
Harry Slavin
Slavin
James’ A. Dilts
W. G. Reed
Ora
Alfred
Engineers Score Industrial Waste
A report by the American Engineering Council on elimination of waste in industry blames management for over half of industrial waste and labor for less than a quarter. It cites unemployment of over a million and billions lost to idle equipment, urging nationwide employment data systems and a cooperative plan among government, public, trade groups, industry, labor, bankers, and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
American Engineering Council
Herbert Hoover
Andy
Naif
J. Parke Channing
New York
L. W. Wallace
Washington
Federated American Engineering Societies
Good Roads Essay Contest Winner Encourages New Entrants
Katharine Butterfield, winner of last year’s national Good Roads and Highway Transport essay prize, writes from her first year in college urging high school students to join this year’s contest. She praises the program’s insight into national road and transport issues and thanks Mr Firestone for his personal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hollomon
Constitution Barcar Aaleigh Hotel
Washington
Constitution
Katharine ¥. Butterfield
Miss. Butterfield
Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee
Misa Butterfield
Butterfield
Fireatome
Guru Roads
Deputy Charged In Fatal Trenton Shootings Sparks City Debate
Trenton Ga June 3 Chester Daniel is dead and Doug and Guff Daniel wounded as Deputy Sheriff Ward Page is jailed on murder charges after an incident in a local store. Witnesses say Page shot Chester Daniel in the neck and chest, then fired on Doug and Guff. Guff struck Page with a bottle, and Page fired again, wounding all three. The committee standing report details a police department shakeup rumor later dismissed as unfounded by committee chair Simms.
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Trenton
Chester Daniel
Doug Daniel
Guff Daniel
Ward Page
Tom Stevens
Page
Chester
Daniel
Buddy
Doug Daniels Lung
Chin
Daniels
Candler Defends Rail Commission in Savannah Speech
Savannah. Ga June 8 Special One of the chief addresses before the bar association was C Murd Murphy Candler chairman of the state railroad commission He defended the commission reviewing the rate changes through past years and opposing dual federal state operation He urged a single supreme appellate authority with regional or local groups and said regulatory powers must be free from political pressure He noted criticism but said five men cannot endure constant nagging while the public demands good service He argued the public will pay fair wages to servants in normal times but stresses on world conditions have led to unjust denunciation of commissions The commission’s records show increases only in certain justified cases and reflect rising costs Applications for relief were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Bar Association
C.murphy Candler
State Railroad Commission
Washington
Ita
Unsettled Weather Across Georgia and Nearby States
Unsettled conditions Saturday and Sunday with chances of thundershowers and little temperature change. Reports show varied readings from stations in Atlanta Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Des Moines Galveston Hatteras Memphis Miami Mobile Montgomery New Orleans Shreveport Tampa and other locales. Data includes daily highs and lows, humidity, and wet bulb readings, reflecting a broad regional weather pattern.
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Washington
Georgia
Borean
Iam
State of
P.m
Tucher
Atlanta
Clay
Birmingham
Cir
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Galveston
Hatteras
P. Ely
Memphis
Miami
Cloudy
Mobile
Montgomery
P. c
New Orleans
L City
Shreveport
Tampa
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Committee ON Record
Department ‘Constitution
J. H. Daniels
Pomerene
Ohio
Poindexter
Edge
New Jersey
Jones
Henator Kenyon
Teva
White House of Confederacy
Good Roads
Sue
Sim
Rotherdead
Boy
Prothers
Chanco
Council
Waleter Sima
Sims
James I ‘Beavera
Lamad Poole
Simms
Ita Fnca
Cie
Harry Goodhart
Robert Gordon
Pat Anderson
W. a.Couch
Inlu
Candler
Rail Commission
Reuben Arnold
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