Commission to Probe Alaska Railway Strike Action
Washington March 3 Secretary Wilson named a commission to investigate the Alaska railway strike halting contractions. Members include John A Moffitt Hywell Davies and William Foater. they sail from Seattle March 18. AFL urged workers to return pending inquiry as 1 066 men are involved and demand for raises from 37 to 50 cents an hour is not met.
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Washington
Wilson
John A Moffitt
New Jersey
Hywell Davies
Kentucky
Wiliam Foater
Labor Department
Seattle
American Federation of Labor
Easy to Pick Out Your Fish Easy to Pick Out Your Fish
The Chesapeake Br2y oysters keep coming fine. They are the best ever brought to the market.
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Fulton
Chesapeake
Atlanta
Storm cuts swath in South Georgia
Turner county suffers wide damage from a windstorm between 2 and 3 am. A two to three hundred yard swath through central areas destroys homes, outhouses, and livestock. several families escape serious injury. Reports from Ashburn, Deep Creek basin, and Covington area note demolished buildings, missing mules, and notable property loss with no fatalities in the county.
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Ashburn
Turner County
Deep Creek
Sarver's Bridge
Lewis Coveington
Covington
Wastvrn
Purner County Center
Daras
Ives
Work of Atlanta for Drug Addicts To Cease
A discussion before the city board notes rising drug addiction cases. Jim Kennedy argues addicts are not cured by physicians and that reliance on city doctors hinders essential care. Astley recalls federal requests to limit treatment among practitioners, highlighting government action.
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Aretherr
Fite
Atlanta
Jim Kennedy
Fannilman Astley
Fedral
Slick Sidewalks Face City Opposing Rusted Paving Plans
City committee debates resurfacing Ivy and West Peachtree streets with granite and wood blocks. Opponents call slick sidewalks dangerous in business districts. A plan to hire a petition circulator funded by those who favor street improvements passes committee.
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Southern Wood Preserving Company
West Peachtree
Baker Street
North Avenue
Sixth Street
Mar
George P Freeman C . Ashby
Reynalds
Ivy Street
Dhs Uiselon
Idgewood
Peachtree
al Tey Street
Decatur Street
Todgewood Avenue
Futur
Decatur
James W Pnglish
Peachtree Street
Fourth ‘National Bank
Alabama
Imhtchell
Forsyth
Caunelli Coureiiman
Memorial plan for Stone Mountain described by Borglum
Borglum outlines a memorial plan for Stone Mountain featuring a central group with five to seven equestrian statues of Confederate officers and a large hall dedicated to the mothers and women of the Confederacy. He claims the project could begin within two weeks of plan approval and be completed within three years.
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Stone Mountain
Central Committee
Leo Davis
Jackson
Fumther
Bach
Lee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Georgi Typlana
Tis Studio
Shriners Carnival Rivalry Lights Arena Pageantry
A Shriners Carnival crowd fills seats as a brass fanfare erupts at 4:400 o clock. Trumpeters, camel Milkers, meshists, Chanters and temple officials parade into the arena. The throne and a desert vista appear on stage as the Diatrions High Priest leads a ceremonial procession.
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Ashion
J Dueen
Ebon
Diaetrions
C L Bass
Magnificent Shriner Night Features Drill Chanters and Parade
Rabban arrivals and dignitaries opened the evening with praise to Allah and welcome speech to visitors. Major Jo Seamans praised the Yaarab patrol drill as flawless while chanters delivered melodies and lullabies. The burlesque Sousa band provoked laughter before a Raymond Hitchcock finale, followed by initiations for ladies and a grand march to close the event.
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Allah
Rabban
Naples
Rabban Ed Brown
George Napier
Walter P Andrews
Yaarab Patrol
Jo Seamans
Drr
Fme
Chaentera
John Philip Sousa
Adair
Raymond Hitchcock
Taft Hall
Potentate Andrews
Shriners
Candler Building Elevators Drop Mirrors in Policy Change
Elevators at Candler Building remove mirrors after a Thursday policy change. An elevator crowded with four blond passengers caused service delays as two women used mirrors to primp, leading management to ban mirrors entirely. The incident prompted the owners to end the practice, affecting many riders.
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Candler Building
Haney to direct gasoline price probe
Washington March 3 A Haney economist from Austin Texas was named by the federal trade commission to direct its investigation of gasoline prices and production He will focus on the rise in gasoline prices while a separate DOJ inquiry and an Interstate Commerce Commission probe into pipelines in the Allegheny field continue.
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Washington
Tewis
Haney
Austin
Texas
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Allegheny Field
Senator Hitchcock Seeks 2 Million for Poland Relief
A bill introduced by Senator Hitchcock on March 3 proposes a $2,000,000 appropriation to aid Poland's inhabitants. The measure would require the president to secure approval from belligerent governments and ensure distribution of supplies, with navy vessels authorized to transport provisions as needed.
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Washington
Poland
Hitchcock
Fire insurance firms quit South Carolina makes impact
Two fire insurance firms the Home Insurance Company of New York and the Atlas Assurance Company Ltd of London withdraw from South Carolina citing a law against rate control compacts. Licenses to expire April 1 will not be renewed and no new business will be written. Existing policies remain in force while others lapse under an informal accord reached with South Carolina bills signed by Governor Manning.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ashley
Farlinger
Council
Columbia Scg
Home Insurance Company of
New York
Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd
London
South Carolina
F H McMaster
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Atlas
South
Manning
Arolna
Shea Named for Chile Ambassador Nomination
Shea of Seymour was named to Chile by President Wilson as ambassador. The nomination occurred today with Joseph in a supporting role.
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Shea
Chile
Joseph of Shea
Seymour
Wilson
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