Gompers Calls for Labor Farmer Alliance Against Threats
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor urges industrial workers and farmers to unite against common enemies. He warns of a rising reaction in business and in the Harding administration and stresses staying nonpartisan while defending justice and democracy. He says labor and farming share identical interests and must cooperate to avoid being crushed by reaction.
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American Federation of Labor
Robert J. Bender
United News
Denver
Colo
Gompers
Lewis Hapelens
John Lewis
Lewis
Bis
Middle West
Gomper
American Federation
Harding
Department For Public Welfare
Hamilton in Race for Speakership
Judge Harper Hamilton from Floyd county launches a vigorous bid for the speaker’s chair as lawmakers arrive for the annual session. Howard Ennis of Baldwin and Cecil Neill of Muscogee back campaigns with E. E. Cox of Camilla handling Neill’s headquarters.
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Harper Hamilton
Floyd County
House of Representatives
Howard Ennis
Baldwin
Cecil Neill
Muscogee
E. E. Cox
Camilla
General Assembly
Herbert Clay
Cobb County
Senate
Sfar
Fifty Years Ago in Atlanta Gossip and Notices
Column notes recount social life in Atlanta with mentions of Col R. F. Maddox importing Bordeaux claret, a proposed bath house, Silyam's pool crowd, Walter Maffitt at Live Drug Store, Emory College sophomores selecting speakers for July 13, reports on Col J H Logan of Griffin Middle Georgian, J W Mower's mail delivery idea, and civic enterprise hopes in Atlanta area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disideratum
Silyam
Atlanta
Walter Maffitt
Walter
Senate to debates coal bill with seasonal freight plan
United News reports the Senate will begin consideration of a bill by Senator Frelinghuysen demanding coal operators disclose production costs and selling prices to the commerce department. It also proposes seasonal coal freight rates to ease summer transport and prevent fuel shortages, meeting strong industry opposition as lawmakers grapple with related budget and immigration measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gleissner
United News
Washington
Senate
Frelinghuysen
Department of Commerce
Lodge
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
McCumber
House
Representative Mondell
Two Flyers Die As Plane Drops In Hudson River
Troy and Albany mourn as a plane crash into the Hudson near the Federal dam claims the lives of Don Campbell of Albany and Robert Smith of Troy. Seayler Machanic of Albany is hospitalized with injuries from the same accident this afternoon.
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Hudson River
Troy
Don Campbell
Albany
Robert Smith
White Seayler Machanic
Federal Dam
Winds Hail TornADO Roars Across Georgia and Alabama
Severe wind storm lashed Columbus Georgia and Eufaula Alabama on June 19, blowing down shade trees and awnings, demolishing plate glass fronts, and knocking out power lines. A tree blocked a streetcar track, a windmill toppled, and a residence fire sparked by lightning damaged the Milton home as gardens and crops suffered.
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Columbus
Hall
Wynnton
E. Frank Lummug
Eufaula
Ala
Majority Report Adoption Urged by Atlanta Citizens
A Citizens' Committee urges Atlanta's city council to adopt the special investigation report without changes. The group argues for a top-to-bottom house-cleaning in police management, warns against compromised duties, and cites seven weeks of hearings exposing incompetence and alleged connivance with crime. Signed by Alfred C. Newell and others.
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John A. Boykin
Mstory
Atlanta
Banco
Too
Bunco
Foster Named Special Master in Atlanta Birmingham Rail Case
Albert G. Foster of Madison, a leading Georgia lawyer, named special master in the receivership of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad by Judge Samuel H. Sibley. Foster will hear questions of law and fact and report findings while the case continues amid wage and labor board proceedings.
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Albert G. Foster
Madison
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlanta
Samuel H. Sibley
Foster
Avlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Birmingham Trust and Savings Company
Big Bugg
Railway Labor Board
Wadison
Fred C. Foster
Greene F. Johnson
Monticello
Sibley
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Albert G. Foster, Esq
Woman Throws Horse To Protect Children at Play
Chicago June 19 Mrs Herbert E Simons a society woman trapped a runaway thoroughbred in Lincoln Park by turning sharply and throwing the horse to the ground. She was severely injured but sprang up and mounted the horse again as bystanders rushed to help.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Herbert E. Simons
Three Baby Girls Taken by Father in Tragic Death
Washington reports a father Samuel R Crawford killed his three daughters aged 3 4 and 6 in a top floor rooming house by closing a bathroom door blocking light and then placing pillows on the floor. The family had quarreled and neighbors note low finances. The mother Mrs Crawford was found at her mother's home.
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Washington
Samuel R. Crawford
Crawford
Mrs. Cranford
Bergdoll Extradition Move Under Canadian Review
Ottawa June 19 The Canadian government considers extraditing Grover C Bergdoll US draft evader from Germany The move announced by Justice Minister C J Dougherty marks the first official action by Ottawa in the Bergdoll case Bergdoll allegedly entered Germany on a forged Canadian passport American Legion officials had earlier petitioned veterans groups to bring the deserter case to Ottawa's attention.
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Ottawa
Germany
Grover C. Bergdoll
United States
C. J. Dougherty
Bergdoll
American Legion
Dominion
Seamstresses Censor Chicago Beach Swimwear This Year
Chicago June 19 seamstresses with pins needles and thread patrolled city beaches to enforce new prohibitions on midriff and shoulder exposure. They censored bathing suits seen as unbecoming and reported many violations as scores of women wore last year’s more liberal styles.
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Chicago
Lavere
Council Will Act Today on Report of Bingo Probers
City council to vote on the majority and minority reports from the bingo probe committee. Alvin L Richards to introduce a delay on parts against detectives pending court trials. The majority calls for police reorganization, removing Chief Beavers and six others, while the minority defends officers amid proposed changes.
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Council
Chanco
Beavers
Lamar Poole
Citizens’ Committee
John A. Boykin
James L. Key
Poole
Fulton Superior Court
T. D. Shaw
Paul West
Willam
Payne
J. A. Cauch
Hey
Police Board
James L. Beavers
A. Lamar Poole
Robert Wagoner
W. Payne
P. Lwert
R., Jones
Ed Arthur
U S. to Launch Drive Against Tax Evaders In All Large Cities
Government to start a nationwide tax compliance campaign next month targeting delinquent taxes. Revenue officers will form flying squads to audit retailers in major cities, focusing on soft drinks theater tickets and drug taxes, with penalties for willful evasion and leniency if amended returns prove no intent to evade.
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Washington
Treasury Department
David H. Blair
Internal Revenue
Wll
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Blair
Georgia corn acreage up sharply over ten years
Figures from the Census Bureau show Georgia expanded corn planting by nearly one million acres in the past decade, lifting output by over twelve million bushels. Georgia ranks behind Texas in southern corn acreage, while national corn area fell about 10.7 million acres.
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Clark Howell
Constitution Bureay
Raleigh
Washington
Constitution
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Georgia
Texas
Lone Star
United States
Department of Agriculture
South Atlantic
Child kidnaping and arrest after family dispute
Charged with breaking the front door of 859 Peachtree street Sunday morning, the father kidnapped his daughter Gertrude three years old and sent her by train to his brother in Buford. Fields is held under $100 bond on dis orderly conduct charges after beating his wife amid a hat dispute. the landlady was mildly hurt. Fletda was released after posting $200 bond.
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Oscar Table
Pegro
W. F. Anderson
Kennesaw Alley
Table
Anderson
Evans
Mashburn, Sr
Woods
Mamie Sherman
Jim Sherman
Sherman
Eynas
Ber Mashburn, Sr
Mashburn
Peachtree Street
Gertrude
Buford
Fields
Weather forecast thundershowers across states
Unsettled weather with local thundershowers dominates the forecast for Georgia Florida and the Carolinas Tennessee Kentucky Virginia North and South Carolina and Louisiana Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas through Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change and varying cloudiness.
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Washington
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
South
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Farmer-Labor Union
LABOR
Hamilton
Senator Clay
Lee Langley
Rome
Judge Hamilton
Langley
Floyd
Ennis
Kimball House
Judge Cox
Mr. Neil
Hardwick
Neill
Hila
J. B. Jackson
L. FR. Akin
O. A. Nix
James D. Weaver
Terrell
Pat Haralson
Union
Sam Kinsey
Habersham
L. C. Brown
Clarke
J. H. Boykin
Lincoln
J. H. Jones
Troup
Col
R. F. Maddox
Bordeaux
France
St. Julian
Emory College
H. F. Barnett
J. J. Fielder
I. W. Harris
W. M. Jackson
George Martin
H. M. Matthews
F. H. Richardson
William Slaton
O. L. Smith
E. M. Whiting
Jim Logan
Col. J. H. Logan
Jim
J. W. Mower
Mesars
Mitchell and Williford
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Angen
Mee
Alfred C. Newell
W. L. Peel
Jerome Jones
John A. Manget
A. McD. Wilson
H. G. Hastings
Alonzo Richardson
W. D. Price-Smith
Canada
U.S
West Fair Street
Commerce Department
W.va
J.thatng
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