30 Jun 1915
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
1
Superintendent Summerall resigns from Grady Hospital expressing heartache and disgust with the situation and no prospects for relief, criticizing the city’s attitude toward the institution.
Reports from Pass Texas say Jose Isabel Robles declares warring Mexican factions Villa and Carranza near agreeing to peace terms within two weeks. General Angeles arrives in Washington to learn U S policy as Huerta era arrests stir debate. The piece notes hopes the talks avert U S intervention while Villa and Obregon may meet by mid July.
Dr Sumnerall tenders his resignation to Grady Hospital trustees citing hopeless conditions at the Atlanta institution. He blasts local indifference and warns of harm to patients and staff unless bonds are approved or repairs funded. The board tables the resignation for further consideration as the hospital faces crowding and inadequate nurse housing.
Six trustees debated the superinten dent's resignation and reasons given for stepping down. A plan to delay a formal communication was approved while seeking city council funds for Grady Hospital training project and a larger bord issue budget. Several officials expressed regret over the superintendent's departure.
A Georgia probe panel reports 34 typhoid fever cases and 8 deaths at the Milledgeville state prison farms. It urges immediate action including septic tanks, sewer upgrades, new buildings for white female convicts and for Black prisoners, and better ventilation and sanitation to halt further spread.
Landrum elected superintendent of the Atlanta school system by a 10 to 2 vote, succeeding William M Slaton. Landrum pledged to serve the children, cooperate with the board, and improve the city’s youth. The board postponed naming an assistant superintendent and discussed roof garden plans for the Day school to house the English Commercial High and a coeducational Day school. Mayor Woodward urged a strong principal for the new dual-gender high school. Continued on last page.
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Attorney General Gregory and Warden Zerbst inspect Atlanta Federal Prison and consider establishing a cotton based manufacturing plant. Plans include mail sacks and possible furniture, with wages for prisoners to support families and aid post release prospects. Gregory’s visit spanned facilities from the roof to the cell blocks and included late night prisoner observations.
Dry forces captured three of four counties in Minnesota’s dry option vote. Official tallies show Mower Grant and Wilkin counties voting dry while Crow Wing county retained saloons in the statewide dry measure.
London report on Premier Asquith urging thrift to fund World War costs. He announced a 3,000,000 pound war loan and warned against borrowing abroad, urging reduced personal expenditure and saving. He framed the war as a struggle affecting humanity and nations. Also mentions a peace terms inquiry by David Mason.
Obituary notice reports Jeremiah O'Donovan dies in New York. Details are fragmentary but indicate a death likely to involve a named individual and a local or deceased status. Further readable facts are not available in the fragmented text.
British reports say Austro German forces drive Russians back along a 250 mile front in southern Galicia and northeast toward Warsaw. Russian hold along the Bug is described as a fighting stand near Zloczow and Kamjonnen with hopes to delay the German advance while Warsaw and key rail lines remain critical objectives.
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