Harding Angers Congress with Bid for Broad Treasury Powers
Secretary Mellon, in a letter to President Harding, forwarded a draft bill granting the treasury broad authority to reconvert or extend loan payments and settle claims. The bill, sent to Senate Chairman Penrose and House Chairman Fordney, aims to empower the secretary to manage war debts with presidential approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joans
Mellon
Harding
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Meljlon
United States
American Relief Administration
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
United States Grain — Corporation
1922 Kiwanis City To Be Named Today
Cleveland dispatch reports 1922 Kiwanis convention in Cleveland faces delay as Canadians protest advancing election day. Tomorrow afternoon will decide next year's convention city, with Toronto seen as rival. Atlanta entertained locals with a Masonic temple show led by Fred Cooledge and a Cleveland party at Luna Park, while Atlanta hosts hosted delegations with a Hotel Cleveland dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlanta
Fred Cooledge
El Paso man Tillery labeled by Nations in federal case
Testimony in a Georgia court linked Tillery to a Texas scam. Nations identified him as the man who fleeced him, with gallery photos in possession. Prosecutors challenged Nations statements and noted other victims pursued by the Atlanta ring. Tillery remains in custody at the Tower, with possible federal indictments and transfer plans discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Nations
Tillery
Donaldson
Tilery
Texas
Reus Ben Arnold
Boykin
Atlanta
Aveusta
M. Holley
Wade Lamar
North Carolina
Augusta
Grand Irmry
Delays in Veteran Compensation Scrutiny In Senate
Washington June 23 Numerous complaints of delays in granting compensation to former service men were presented to the Senate committee investigating government agencies handling veterans affairs. Seventy cases were cited, including a disabled veteran whose rating rose from ten to eighty dollars monthly amid long waits. Letters from veterans describe poor hospital conditions and alleged bribery among hospital staff and clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee
Frank J. Williams
Buffalo
Plattsburg
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Ife
Senator Walsh
Democrat
Massachusetts
Greenville
Fire drill accident injures Savannah firefighter and lieutenant
In Savannah on East Broad street during a fire department ladder drill, firefighter A. B. Christensen, 21, was fatally injured and Lt. Sitler seriously hurt after a ladder broke and both men fell to the pavement. The incident occurred during the June 23 drill reported by Spechtl.
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Savannah
East Broad Street
Christensen
Sitler
Mhrtatars
Ted
Laurens farmer dies by self-inflicted shotgun wound
Dublin Ga June 23 Special D J Spivey a prominent farmer and former merchant killed himself at his home shortly after 6 am by shooting through the heart with a shotgun He had suffered financial reverses and despondency He tied a handkerchief to the gun trigger and stood to fire He was 54 and left a wife and three children.
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Dublin
D. J. Spivey
Ureth
Spivey
Child in Valdosta Shot by Playmate During Rifle Incident
In Valdosta Georgia June 23 a 10 year old boy named Bob Harp shot and killed his 11 year old playmate Bob Shirling while playing with a small rifle at Remerton. Reported as accidental by onlookers the boys had planned a woods hike and met at about seven in the morning before the discharge. The bullet struck Shirling in the heart causing instant death.
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Valdosta
Bob Harp
Bob Shirling
Remerton
Harp
Shirling
Atlanta City Leaves on Trial Trip for Orient Cargo
Mobile Alabama June 23 The Atlanta City a 10000 ton all steel steamer recently launched at Chickasaw shipyards a subsidiary of United States Steel left at 6 o clock this morning on her trial trip She will begin loading a cargo for the Orient on Saturday The Memphis City the next ship to be launched at the Chickasaw plant on July 2 will go on the Pacific coast trade.
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Mobile
Ala
Atlanta City
Chickasaw Shipyards
United States Steel, Corporation
Orient
Memphis City
Chickasaw
Sunday School Picnic Sparks Austell Park Outing
Children from the Third Baptist church in Atlanta were brought to Austell by a special train for a picnic held in Austell Park. About a hundred children participated in the outing on a June day in Austell, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austell
Third Baptist Church
Atlanta
Austell Park
Southern Shorthand and Bus ness University Adverts Becomes Spotlight
Summer sessions at Southern Shorthand and Business University report record June enrollments at 11 Whitehall Street. The note highlights rapid career results with three months study leading to a court reporter appointment, citing N. V. Johnson, principal, and a testimonial from W. E. Mims in Baxley, Georgia, praising swift skill development.
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The
Southern Business College
Southern Shorthand
Busness University
Whitehall Street
Southern
W. E. Mims
Baxley
Southern Shorthand and
Basin University
Atlanta
Best in the South Promoted by A C Briscoe and L V Arnold
An advertisement urges enrollment in continuous day and night classes at Atlanta, inviting readers to write or call for a catalog. It names A C Briscoe as president and L V Arnold as vice president and mentions the offer as the “very best in the South.”
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South
Wr. E. Mims
A. C Briscoe
L. v- Arnold
Atlanta
Taps and Bolsheviks Reported Clash Near Nikolaievsk
Tokio reports a clash between Japanese and bolshevik forces near Nikolaievsk with casualties. Okhotsk town on the western Sea of Okhotsk has fallen to bolsheviks, as anti Bolshevik forces withdraw to nearby villages. The central Siberia area is described as calm east of Tomsk with bolshevik influence not penetrating. Blood travels through the heart at seven miles an hour. France has restored cultivation of 600 008 acres of battlefields.
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Tokio
Nikolaievsk
Okhotsk
Sea of Okhotsk
Siberia
Tomsk
France
Candy Men Close Tybee Meetings Held During Week
The Southern Wholesale Confectioners, formed in Atlanta in March, ended a Tybee meeting week with officers to remain the same for June 1923. Major candy manufacturers and jobbers across the south attended, with national leaders from Delaware Ohio Lynchburg and Chicago present. The next gathering is planned for Wrightsville Beach in summer 1922.
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Savannah
Southern Wholesale Confectioners
Atlanta
Tybee
South
W. C. Divens
Delaware
Ohio
H. H
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M. M. Baker
Holt Manufacturing Company
Peoria, Til
Holt
America
E. R. Parker Motor Co
West Beachtree St
Treasury Department
Gavan’s
Whitehall St
Stewart
MUSE
Outing Crash
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Peachtree — Walton — Broad
Great Britain
Italy
Husvia
Foland Cyeebu
Slovakia
Iumanlia
Austria
Greece
Ksthunia
Cebo
Armenia
Finland
Belgium
Russia
Poland
Ovakian
Rumania
Athenia
Lithuania
Shiscaga
Letvia
Grain Corporation
Hungary
Esthenia
Fuvvat
Laurens Farmer
S.S. Atlanta
N. V. Johnson
Ss. S. and
B. University
Batiste
Blauner’s
New York
Philadelphia
Eversharp
Foote’s Trunk & Bag Factory
Alabama Street
Wah! Company
Chicago
Southern Book Concern
Seaboard
Athens
Borden Springs
U.S
Ansley Hotel
Dumn-Pen Company
Madison Avenue
New York City
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