Harding Urges Rail Consolidation To Limit Systems
President Harding called for consolidation of U S railroads into a few large systems to solve transportation issues while warning against government takeover as a colonial blunder. He emphasized keeping the railroad labor board, ensuring carriers share fair decisions and that weaker lines lean on stronger ones for just returns. Continued on Page 6, Column 4.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Harding
United States
Raitronad Labor Board
Congress
Leviathan Sets Ocean Liner Speed Record During Trial Run
Leviathan breaks the world speed record for ocean liners with a 280.4 knot run during a trial cruise off the Bahamas. The voyage, in the presence of officials and guests including senators and congressmen, proceeds amid heat and busy engine-room activity as the vessel heads toward New York.
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Thomas L. Stokes
Leviathan
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation
Abaco Islands
Bahamas
United States
Oddie and
Fletcher
Madden
Britten and Galligan
Ring Lardner
Bugs" Baer
Kin Hubbard
Lasker
New York
Communists Aim to Wreck Labor and Government
A 1923 Constitution article recounts Chester N. Wright’s charges against communism in the United States. It cites trials of William Foster and Charles Stuthernberg for criminal syndicalism in Michigan, detailing Foster’s role with the Syndicalist League of North America and his past IWW ties.
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Fred R. Marvin
Chester N. Wright
American Federation of Latin
United States
Tomany
American Federation of Labor
William
Foster
Charles B. Stuthenberg
Michigan
Red Trade Union International
Offis
Communist Party
William Foster
St. Joseph, Mich
Syndicale m
Syndicalist League of North America
Thatiime
Syndicalem
Jury acquits couple in boy's death by poisoning
Newark New Jersey June 22 Mrs Mary Creighton and her husband John were acquitted by a jury for the murder by poisoning of Charles Raymond Averys Mrs Creighton's brother the verdict ends a sensational case in which the couple faced charges of killing the boy with poison after a lengthy trial and intense local interest
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Newark
Mary Creighton
John
Charles Raymond Averys
Former Prohi Chief Convicted of Bribing Agents
Samille Conte, former chief of New Jersey’s field prohibition enforcement staff, was convicted by a jury in Newark New Jersey on June 22 of bribing enforcement agents to protect saloonkeepers and bootleggers.
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Prohi
Newark
XN. J
Death toll grows in Ruhr district today
Essen reports three Germans killed in Ruhr incidents. One by French troops at Lintrop while damaging rail lines, another near Recklinghausen during an attack by an armed German group, and a third involved in a Belgian murder near Recklinghausen. In response Marl and Buer impose harsh penalties with hostages, curfews, and closures across the district.
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Associated Press
Essen
Ruhr
Lintrop
Recklinghausen
Marl
Buer
Burgonasters
Savannah Tybee road tour opens with party and beach days
The Constitution tour party from Atlanta arrives at Tybee Island for Savannah hospitality after a cross country journey. Tourists enjoy surf and shell roads while awaiting a Sunday reunion at the DeSoto hotel to begin the return trip. The Savannah Tybee road, costing over a million dollars, features a twenty three mile shell road with six bridges and movable spans to permit ships.
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Stewart F. Gelders
Constitution
Tybee Island
Savannah
Georgia
Tybee
DeSoto Hotel
Savannah-Tybee
Chatham County
Oceana
Peace Tottering Declares Former British Premier Peace Tottering Declares Former British Premier
London June 22 Lloyd George told the Oxford university reform club that peace is perched on an ammunition dump and that the next war would blot out civilization. He cited world war costs and urged Britain to clear slums housing 3,500,000 people.
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London
Lloyd George
Oxford University New Reform Club
England
Jitney ordinance signed after hearing in Atlanta
Mayor Walter A. Sims signed the new jitney ordinance placing Atlanta jitneys under $3,000 indemnity bonds and raising city licenses to $75, regulating them as common carriers. The measure faced opposition from jitney drivers and backers argued it protects the public. a constituent testified about injuries and lack of insurer coverage.
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Walter A. Sima
Atlanta
Preston
S. Arkwright
The
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Georgia Supreme Court
United States
Eupenue Court
Arkwright
Jesse W. Armistead
Sam L. Schlesinger
Atlanta Jitney Bus Association
Jitney Association
Street Railway Company
William McRae
Crew Street
Apo
Julius I. Wells
Chamber of Ecommerce
W. M. Haharsten
New York Avenue
Dr. L. N. Unff
Manitoba Adopts Government Sale of Intoxicants
Winnipeg voters approved a provincial system to sell intoxicating liquors by the government. Early returns show Winnipeg with about a 25,000 majority and reports across Manitoba indicate the measure is proceeding to passage. Previously liquor was prohibited.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Probers of Booze Traffic Arrested in Police Court
Five investigators from Railway Audit and Inspection company were arrested after a jitney driver case in recorder's court. Eight of fourteen trials were dismissed, witnesses accused drivers of directing them to bootleggers. Fifteen names, docked bonds, plus officer J W Taylor questioned. one officer suspended.
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Candler
Recorder
Hhe
W. T. Colquitt
Colquitt & Conyers
BE. T. Nichols
East Pine Street
G. A. Mitchem
Luckie Street
Ed, Smith
Logan Street
Harry Preston
Aucit Company
W. R. Aten
G. G. McGinnis
Peachtree Place
H. K. Fox
Scoville Hotel
L. A. Mima
Oliver Hotel
Recorder's Court
James L. Key
Atlanta Jitney Bug Association
J. W. Taylor
Georgia Railway and Power Company
J. R. Mims
Nichols
R. E. Stokes
Ivy Street
A. N. Holbrook
Tift Avenue
D. Lyon
West Fair Street
C. &. Byers
Washington Street
Clarence McHugh
Garden Street
L. A. Caldwell
East Georgia Avenue
H. Worley
Berean Avenue
C. H. Tilbreath
Ellis Street
Two Japanese Sailors Held for Possession of Narcotics
Gulfport Mississippi on June 22 police arrested two Japanese sailors from a vessel in the harbor for possession of cocaine. Cocaine valued at $500 was found on them. Names given as J. Seihaha and J. Acarua. Each fined $100 and costs after arraignment. The sailors were captured after a long chase on the water front.
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Gulfport
Miss
J. Seihaha
J. Acarua
Costa
British Liners Sail In With Rum Aboard Test Case
Two British ships reach New York with liquor destined for the home voyage defying the three mile limit. Customs plans seizure after captains present manifests and permits, with continued coverage of the Baltic and Berengaria test. Secretary Mellon facing possible notice before sailing for Europe.
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Associated Press
New York
Uncle Sam
Customs House
Berengaria
Baltic
Custom House
Columm
Pisa Citizens Panic as Earth Shakes Italian City
Panic swept Pisa as two earthquake shocks terrify the city with no damage reported. An interior ministry note cites volcanic glare diminishing, while American Ambassador arrives in Sicily and tours Lingua lossa amid eruption fears. Mussolini pledges government indemnity for sufferers.
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Rome
Lisa
Intenor
Child
Sicily
Linguaglossa
Messina
Mussolini
Mayor vetoes finance sheet over 59 superfluous positions
Mayor Walter A Sims criticized the council for overestimating revenues and failing to exercise economy. He vetoed the June finance sheet which proposed eliminating 59 city employees including staff in the mayoral, clerk, purchasing, garage, tax, sanitary, sewer, Grady hospital, and waterworks departments. The council then amended to retain the 59 posts and seeks a more economical plan.
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Dawson and Edison
Aldermanic Board
J. N. Ragsdale
Sims
Council
Finance Committee
City Hall
Sanitary Department
Sewer Department
Grady Hospital
Chief of Construction’s Department
Grady
Partly Cloudy Weather Forecast for Washington and Georgia
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms expected Saturday and Sunday in Washington and Georgia. Local weather report notes the highest and lowest temperatures with mean and normal values and rainfall figures, indicating a 0.4 to 9.1 inch range and a deficiency since the month start.
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Georgia
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