Coolidge Pushes Early Action on Regular Appropriation Bills
President Coolidge seeks quickest possible passage of regular appropriation bills to avoid a longer session after March 4. A Friday conference with House leaders, Speaker Gillett, Longworth, and Snell, focused on prioritizing appropriations. Discussions touched on river and harbor, banking, and government reorganization measures, plus foreign policy talks with Borah.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
House
Gillett
Longworth
Snell
Rules Committee
Congressional
Rivera and Harbors
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Approves Proposed City County School Merger
Mayor Walter A. Sims backs a metropolitan school district merging Atlanta city, Fulton county, College Park, and East Point systems. Plan aims for one board, unified finances, and taxation funded by both governments, with legal review and possible constitutional change.
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Walter A. Sims Friday
Atlanta
Fulton County
College Park
East Point
Sims
Board of Eduation
John J. Hancock
Board of Education
Asl
DeKalb County
Hencock
Willis A. Sutton
General Council
Wylie S. Moore
Moore
Conner
Forbes Case Opens as Prosecution Weighs Evidence
In Forbes case Chicago November 28 prosecutors prepare to open a six week to two month trial charging Col Charles Forbes former Veterans Bureau head and John W Thompson with fraud and conspiracy. Elias Mortimer to testify as star witness with witnesses from across the United States. Defense asserts fabrication. details on hospital contracts and site selections discussed as Thomspon’s life is recounted.
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Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles KR. Forbes
John W. Thompson
Elias Mortimer
United States
James E. Rusby-Smith
Forbes
Mortimer
Banby-Smith
Thompson
St. Louis
Sita Francis
Randolph Loughlin
Harding
Kansas City
Hospital No. 9
Ireland
Wisconsin
University of Hard Knocks
Loughlin
Dr Tomlin Addresses A M E Conference in Savannah
In Savannah on November 28 the Central Georgia conference of the colored Methodist church held an educational session. Bishop Williams urged free gifts to Halsey Institute and Paine college, stressing education as vital for uplift. President Tomlin of Paine College warned of low numbers in higher training and called ministers to awaken interest among the people.
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Flint
Methodist Church
South
I -Ward
Paine College
Tomlin
J. A. Martin
Nashville
G. J. Ward
Miles Memorial College
Birmingham
J. A. Bray
R. M. Sherard
Griffin
J. H.hancock
Savannah
Washington
Scarlett
Wildsome
McGraow
M. Society
Bishop Flipper
John H. Lewis
Morris Brown College
J. Coleman Lawrence
Central Park Normal
W. G. Alexander
L. H. Smith
Central Georgia
The
Colored Methodist Church
Williams
Halsey Institute
Wolsey Institute
Faine College
United States
Georgia
South Carolina
A. M. E. Conference in Waycross Reports and Clergy Losses
The A. M. E. conference in Waycross Georgia continues with pastor reports and committee updates. Several pastors including William Dukes George Richardson E J Raley H M Crittenton George Green and Alex Maxwell died this year. Eight deacons and six elders were ordained and one pastor was barred from committees for missing reports.
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Waycross
William Dukes
George Richardson
E. J Raley
H. M. Crittenton
George Green
Alex Maxwell
A. B. Cooper
Edward Waters College
Jacksonville
R. A. Grant
John Harmon
P. W. Greatheart
R. A. Porter
BR. J. Roxs
Negra
Mrs L Dow Balliett to Speak at New Biltmore Hotel
Mrs L Dow Balliett author and lecturer and leading exponent in American Pythagorean number vibration will speak Sunday afternoon at 4 oclock in the Hotel Biltmore ballroom under the auspices of Dr Blanche Crosbee Locerridge. She will lecture in the evening at 7 30 oclock in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium on The Dust of Kart.
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L. Dow Balliett
America
Hotel Biltmore
Blanche Crosbee Locerridge
Chamber of Canmerce
Fishermen Saved After Boat Becomes Stranded
Dunkirk North Carolina reports the fishing vessel Harold C. Beck was blown ashore at Port Colborne Ontario after a Lake Erie storm. The captain and crew are safe with zero telephone messages received locally.
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Dunkirk
N. C
Harold C. Beck
Lake Erie
Port Colborne
Ontario
Conference on distribution costs to cut consumer prices
The chamber of commerce of the United States announces a January conference in Washington with representatives from retail wholesale and manufacturing interests to study costs in distributing goods from producer to consumer. Committees of business leaders and economists will draft actions aimed at reducing expenses and ultimately lowering prices to the public.
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Washington
Chamber of Ecommerce of
United States
Chambers Department of Domestic Distribution
Fleischmann Denies Involvement In Merger
New York November 28 Fleischmann Company of this city denied it was involved in the proposed merger of the Continental Baking Company or any baking company or companies. The Federal Trade Commission at Washington recently announced an investigation into whether antitrust laws are being violated in connection with the proposed merger.
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New York
Wielgely Mant Company
Continental Baking Company
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Fleischmann Company
Ouong
Questi 5
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