Georgia firemen award ends wage disparity debate
The arbitration panel ruled white and black workers at the Georgia railroad must receive equal pay for the same work. Vice President Ball called the decision a give and take settlement, noting no discharge of black workers and a shift toward seniority rights without objection from either side. The award is expected to stand under the Erdman act and no party plans to oppose in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Arbitration
Secon
Ball
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Kimball
Atlanta
Dickson
Firemen's Brotherhood
Kelly
Georgia Railroad
United States Circuit Court
Arbitration Board
Gnai
Mrs Lawson Rountree Dies in Swainsboro Georgia
Mrs Lawson Rountree died at her Swainsboro Georgia home. The body was interred in the city cemetery. She is survived by her father and stepmother, five brothers Clifford, Jesse, Wylie, Arthur and Harry Thompson, and three sisters Mrs W Berry of Swainsboro, Mrs O Moore of Atlanta, and Miss Julia Thompson of Swainsboro. She also leaves two young sons, Clifford and Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rountree
Swainsboro
Lawson Rountree
Messrs
Chfford
Jesse
Wylie
Arthur
Harry Thompson
W. Berry
0. Moore
Atlanta
Julia Thompson
Clifford
Bishop McFaul Attacks Yale Harvard and Princeton
Bishop James A. McFaul of the Trenton diocese denounces Yale Harvard and Princeton as teaching immorality in remarks to the St Francis Xavier College graduation in New York. He confirms the quotes and adds that Catholics should avoid sending sons to these universities, claiming it endangers their souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. McFaul
Trenton
N. 5
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
College of St. Francis Xavier
New York
Hadley
McFaul
Great Crowd Applauds First Sunday Concert
Between 4 000 and 5 000 Atlantans braved the heat to attend the first Sacred Sunday Concert at the Auditorium Armory. Bishop Nelson opened late due to schedule changes but the program proceeded with the Symphony Orchestra and St Luke's choir delivering a radiant performance. Grace Lee Brown sang verging on brilliance, solos were well received, and the audience rose for America, signaling future Sunday concerts as a staple of Atlanta's musical life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditorium Armory
Milady
C. K. Nelson
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Wilmer L. Moore
Walter G. Cooper
H. Ww. B. Barnes
Goldmerk
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Nelson
John E. White
Grace Lee Brown
Haydn
Asa
Symphony
Tolor
Redemp
Ion
Gounod
H. W. 8. Barnes
Atlanta
Bercevse
Jocelyn
Godard
Py Alvin Rische
Solon Druckenmiller
Grace Les Brown
Candler
America
Sleeper Line Between Atlanta and Wrightsville Beach
A new sleeper service operates between Atlanta and Wrightsville Beach leaving Atlanta on Tuesdays and Thursdays and returning from Wrightsville Beach on Wednesdays. The details reference Bundera in the southeast route description and timetable notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Wrightsville Beach
Wrights
City committees set for week of meetings on licenses and crematories
Health Board plans reports on two additional crematories and sites to aid garbage disposal. Police and Ordinance committees will review near beer license applications. Street committee to consider sidewalks grading ordinance amid contractor concerns. Charter revision group to reconvene on Atlanta’s proposed charter. multiple sessions expected at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Board
General Council
Winn
Board War Frame
Board of Health
Council
Sanitary Department
1Ty-Nine
Atlanta
Meeting of Second and Third Ward Improivement Club
Tonight at 8 in the court house the executive committee hosts a meeting to receive subcommittee reports. The groups will compare statements to show Second and Third wards have not received fair public improvements. The club, with 4000 to 5000 members, threatens to oppose the new city charter and bond issues unless discrimination ends. Members urged to attend promptly for important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Boys Enthusiastic Over Summer Outing at Sliver Lake
The Boys club plans a week long summer camping trip to Sliver Lake with a 9 am departure from the club. After the third trip returned Saturday, organizers offer spots for a fourth trip. applicants see Superintendent Don at the club on Trinity Avenue or in Chamblee, Georgia. The weeklong excursion costs 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sliver Lake
Don
Trinity Avenue
Chamblee
Crops Doing Well in Alabama After Heat Wave
Montgomery June 27 crops are doing better due to hot weather reports Special Commissioner J A Wilkinson returned from Evergreen Autauga County where he and his brother W F Wilkinson spoke yesterday saying farmers are encouraged for a good output after the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. A. Wilkinson
Evergreen
Autauga County
W. F. Wilkinson
Cornell Fire Devours W E Dunn Plant in Georgia
A major blaze destroyed the W E Dunn Box and Lumber Company plant at Cornell six miles south of Atlanta. Losses range from 45000 to 350000 with over half insured. lumber on hand uninsured, estimated at 12000 to 15000. Eight new refrigerator and kitchen furniture machines were destroyed. Fire started in the factory during a baseball game nearby and raged through the night, with trains rerouted as tracks burned yet traffic resumed by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W E. Dunn
Dunn
Cornell
Willingham and Tift
W. F. Dunn Lumber Company
Atlanta and
Fort Valley
Columbus
Southern Road
Body of Baby Found Floating in a Well
A badly decomposed infant boy found in a well at 43 Bradley Street. Simpson Callaway, who recently moved into the house, discovered the body wrapped in a flour sack. An inquest returned a verdict of death from unknown causes. the find occurred shortly after 7 a.m. after the house had been unoccupied for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Street
Simpson Callaway
Calaes
Wia
Callaway
Bradley
Citizens Forget to Vote in Vineville Bond Referendum
Macon Georgia June 27 Special. Voters failed to approve bond issues for paying and improving Vineville. Many citizens confessed they forgot to cast ballots. Two business men near the polls stayed at work and did not vote for needed improvements. Defeat brings no political significance. both Miller and Moose factions aimed to fund the district but fell short. The slim margin caused worry as simple carelessness is blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Vineville
Moose
Miner Murder Shocks Mahanoy City
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania on June 37 Patrick Grant a 36 year old miner was murdered while returning home with his pay. His skull was fractured and his body bore multiple stab wounds. Several arrests have been made as suspects in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy
City
Patrick Grant
Miner
Captain English Drives Pension Provision in Atlanta Charter
Captain James W English sparked a pension clause in Atlanta’s new city charter for disabled and retired police and fire personnel. His amendment, adopted by the committee, ensures pensions based on service and disability, honoring years of faithful duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James W English
Captain English
Committee of Forty-Nine
English
Police Department
County School Teachers Named
Fulton county board of education met in the office of Superintendent M U L Brittain and elected teachers for the ensuing year for county and rural schools. Names listed include Kathleen Mitchell, Dora Wilhite, Marie Meson, Mary Gray, Lily Walker and many others across College Park, Waperville, Center Hill, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Egan Park, Mount Vernon, Ormewood, and more with several rural assignments and assistants noted. Also mentions Chinese viceroy Yang Shchang dead in Pekin. Through sleeping car service advertised to Wrightsville Beach.
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Board of Education of
Fulton County
M UL Brittain
Court House
Avarban
College Park
Missea
Kathleen Mitchell
Dora Wilhite
Marie Meson
Mary Gray
Lily Walker
Wapeville—L
Kimberly
Nell McFail
Eddie Barton
Cifo Mable
Ethel Street—Carroll Summer
Lettie Wiltett
Carroll Summer
Agnes Withite
Lucette Shannon
Chloe Coffee
A L. Coffee
Frank Taylor Battle
HNI
J W. Simmons
Grace Archer
Minnie Lanner
Winnie Calbeck
Ben Hyl
W. MM Sullies
Ina Hardy
Nellie Hearn
Bolton
Clare Parker
Nelle Parker
Center Hill
Margaret Sanders
Clyde Lovingood
Claude Sims
Central
Nannie Bankston
Chattahoochee
K . Morgan
Venice Walker
Mary Walker
Clayton
Annie Mae Hardin
Love Johnson
Egan Park
Margaret Wallace
F. H. Richardson
Grove
L. H. Cox
Ouidaon
Hope
Ida Williams
Willie McNeill
B. P. Howell
L. Simmons
Kate Gresham
Penelope Sparks
Howell StafYon
Nellie Jackson
Lucy Madden
Mount Vernon
Ada Jordan
Ormewood
Rose Lovatte
Mare Everett
Rock Boring
Etta Wilt
Ethel Moore
Rosserville
Mise Idejla Bellah
Mre
L. Carroll
Cascade Ave
J. A. Northcutt
Mra
I. A
Margaret Cantrell
Lucy Zachary
Marie Parker
Council to Act on Franchise for Central of Georgia Power
The Atlanta council will next Monday consider a favorable report from the electric and railways committee on a franchise request by Central of Georgia Power Company to distribute electricity in the city for power heat and lights. J Massee president and attorney John D Little appeared before the committee. The 40 year grant mirrors Piedmont Power with city income tax of 1 percent for three years 2 percent for twenty years and 3 percent thereafter based on Fulton county income. The city may lose the tax if it manufactures electricity municipally. The company will not deduct franchise tax from the city income tax and owns a large Ocmulgee river plant near Jackson Ga with projected twenty one horsepower supply to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Council
Committee On Electric and
Central of Georgia Power Company
J. Massee
John D Little
Piedmont Power Company
Fulton County
Ocmulgee River
Jackson
Atlanta
Auto Races Set for Rome July 6 and 7
Rome Ga June 7 Arrangements are being completed for auto races to be held at the driving park on July 6 and 7. The automobile department is led by experienced men. A rich prize list encourages entries, with cars from Atlanta and Chattanooga expected to compete in what promises to be Rome’s most spectacular event. A movement seeks store closings Monday afternoon July 6 to allow workers to attend, with no other amusements planned during the two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
At- Tanta
Chattanooga
Mayor Miller Receives Five-Week Vacation in Macon
Judge A. L. Miller is granted five weeks for recreation by the city council. He will return to Atlantic Beach and spend most of the time there.
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Mayor Miller
Macon
A. L. Miller
Atlantic Beach
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Georgia Firemen
B.V.D
Sods Mart Rag
U. & Pat
M’faul
Chamber of Commerce
St. Luke's
Rahge
Hfe
Peachtree Street
THE
Stringer Company
Capt. English
Fulton County Board of Education
Pekin
Yang 8Hchang
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Tien Tain-Pukow
Wrightavilla Beach
Cave Wrightaville
Central of Georgia Company
Rene
Frank E. Block
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