Porter peace resolution set for House floor vote
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reported the Porter peace measure by a straight party vote with Democrats opposing. Chairman Mondell said the resolution would be brought up next Thursday and, with full Republican support, is expected to pass that day. A minority report was prepared by Representative Flood.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Germany
Austria Hungary
House
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Senate
Flood
Virginia
Truth-in-Fabric Bill Aims to Label Cloth Content
June 3 report notes manufacturers have standards for raw wool while consumers lack protections for textile quality. Gray Silver of the Farm Bureau Federation argues branding clothes with actual content percentages would aid both growers and shoppers in a senate committee hearing.
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Washington
Gray Silver
Farm Bureau Federation
Senate
Pine Trees for Paper New Process at Madison Lab
Experts in newsprint manufacture work in the Madison Wisconsin government laboratory developing a method to use southern pine trees for bleached pulp. Dr Sidney Wells of the United States forest products laboratory announced the effort today.
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New York
Madison
Wis
South
Sidney (. Wells
United States Forest Products Laboratory
Fire at National Shell Factory in Dublin Extinguished
The National Shell Factory in Dublin caught fire at 6 30 pm. Firefighters and troops aided by the military park fenced grounds prevented further destruction. Inside the building were shells, tools, and automobiles though repair shops remained intact.
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Dublin
National Shell Factory
Dublin Castle
Million Tons Coal for Midwest Farmers
Morgantown West Virginia June 3 Chicago representatives of the American farm bureau federation met West Virginia farm bureau officials to arrange orders for a million tons of coal for Midwestern farmers. A June 13 meeting in Chicago will coordinate with state secretaries to finalize the plan and WV coal was shipped this week from the New River field to Wisconsin.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
West Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Middle West
J. R. Lloward
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
The
Dakotas
West Virginia
New River Field
Industrial Situation Discussed by Harding and Cabinet
President Harding and his cabinet again discussed relieving the industrial situation at home and in Europe. Reports on conditions abroad were presented but no definite decision appeared to have been made.
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Washington
Europe
Harding
Kenyon Attacks Shipping Board In Senate Fight
Washington reports the Senate approved a 156 million dollar deficit appropriation including 75 million for the Shipping Board. Senator Kenyon labeled the merchant marine management extravagant and graft ridden, while Lenroot urged selling all wooden ships by October 1. Other senators condemned waste but cautioned against punishing future board efforts.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Kenyon
Republican
Iowa
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Merchangt Marine
Pomerene
Democrat
Ohio
Poindexter
Edge
New Jersey
Jones
House Foreign Affairs Committee Rejects Flood Resolution
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted eleven to six to report the Flood resolution. It asks the secretary of state for information on whether utterances in Ambassador Harvey's recent speeches before the Pilgrim Society in London complied with government instructions or if communications approving the speeches were sent to the ambassador by the department.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Secretary of State
Harvey
Pilgrim Society
London
Woman shot at cricket game in Dublin killed spectator
Six pistol shots were fired from Nassau street during a cricket match at Trinity College grounds. Spectator Miss Katherine Wright was shot in the breast and died. Authorities investigate motive and seize possible witnesses.
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Dublin
Trinity College
Nassau Street
Katherine Wright
Armenian student acquitted in Pasha killing case
Solomon Teilirian an Armenian student was acquitted in the Assize court here for the March shooting death of Talaat Pasha former grand vizier and minister of finance of Turkey.
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Solomon Teilirian
Berlin
Talaat Pasha
Turkey
Assize
Confederate Veterans at Tabernacle Service Recall Battle Glory
Sunday sermon recounts the Civil War era veterans gathered at a tabernacle service with the Daughters of Confederate Veterans. Billy Sunday sermon links life hardships to Job, praising the veterans and vowing future generations will remember their memory despite world upheavals.
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Job
Dixie
Ol Virginny
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of
Sundays Tribute to the Southland
Billy Sunday told Confederate veterans he found more true religion and respect in the south than in any other region. He praised Virginians and mountain residents as the truest Americans whose blood remained unmixed by immigration. He argued the north failed to defeat the south because southerners were real Americans.
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Billy Sunday
The
Confederacy
South
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
North
Sunday and Rapp Plan Campaign Routes in Mingo County
Evangelist Mr Sunday considers spending a week in Mingo county after the present Bluefield campaign ends June 12. Rapp heads to Norton Monday for final instructions and organization. Rodeheaver travels to Roanoke and back. Campaign schedules include Beckley Mount Hope and Glen White iglesia events.
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Bluefield
Norton
Rapp
Mr. Sunday
Rodeheaver
Matthews
Tie
Beckley
Mount Hope
Redbeaver
Glen White
Sun Day party director visits Coalwood for meeting
Mrs. William Asher, director of women's work with the Sun day party, travels to Coalwood Sunday morning to hold a meeting in the schoolhouse in response to numerous requests. She is expected to gain many new supporters.
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William Asher
Coalwood
Westbound special trains from Keggleston to Bluefield on Radford division
Norfolk and Western Railway runs first westbound special from Keggleston Virginia to Bluefield with all stops. It arrives Sunday morning at 10 and returns Sunday night at 9 45. Large influx of visitors expected as people attend three Sunday services.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Keggleston
Bluefield
Radford
Today's Program Afternoon and Night Services
The notice lists an afternoon service at 2 50 for all and a night service at 7 30 for all attendees. It presents times and inclusivity without further details.
End of Billy Sunday Campaign Prompts Deep Reflection
Nearly 200 attendees move forward during Sunday’s farewell sermon as Bluefield anticipates a religious awakening. Evangelist Billy Sunday preaches on Think on These Things while many unconverted attendees contemplate accepting Christianity before the curtain falls.
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Billy Sunday
Bluefield
Peterson
Tabernacle
Timber
Princeton
Sousa
Special Train Runs Blufield to War and Back
Norfolk and Western Railway runs a special train from War on the Dry Fork branch to Bluefield with arrival at 5 45. Return leaves Bluefield at 10 tonight. A large crowd expected. yesterday Matoaka special drew 200 passengers home. Patronage of specials has been gratifying.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
War
Dry Fork
Clinch Valley
Bluefield
Matoaka
Capper Tincher Grain Bill Debate Shifts to Authority
Washington discussion on Capper Tincher bill to regulate grain exchanges heated into a clash over delegating congressional power to agencies. Senator Reed of Missouri labeled the proposed rules and packet controls as socialistic and compared government by individuals, boards, and commissions to Prussian rule.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Reed
Missouri
Board of Commission
William TI
Prussia
British Spinners Plan Nationwide Strike over Wages
About five hundred thousand operatives in the cotton mills will cease work tomorrow in Manchester and across England due to failure to reach agreement between the spinners and manufacturers over a proposed thirty percent wage reduction. The stoppage affects spinning and weaving sections as talks collapse.
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Manchester
Eng
Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers’ Association
Tulsa Race Riots Probe Ordered By Attorney General
Washington orders a general inquiry into Tulsa race rioting to check for federal law violations. Tulsa reports name possible ring leaders as Adjutant General Barrett prepares to hand suspects to civil authorities and lifting martial law to resume civil governance.
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Washington
Tulsa
Ohio
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Okla
Barrett
Chamber of Commerce
Committee of Seven
J. B. A. Robertson
Bar Association
Tulsa County
Presidents Harding and wife plan 120 mile auto trip to Valley Forge
President and Mrs. Harding will drive from Washington to Senator Philander Knox’s country home near Valley Forge, pausing overnight and returning Monday. The party includes General Sawyer and Secretary Christian. A 50,000-child tribute with music and flowers on the White House ellipse closed Washington’s music week, which Harding called the supreme music of his life.
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Capital
White House
Washington
Harding
Philander (. Knox
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
Valley Forge Memorial Church
Sawyer
Christian
Canada to rule on Bergdoll extradition case
London reports decision rests with Canada after Canadian passports forced Bergdoll’s case into British extradition talks with Germany. Officials say Ottawa could extradite Bergdoll to Canadian soil but no current grounds to hand him to the United States. Once Canada acts, the matter goes to Britain for action.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Grover C. Beredoll
United States
Germany
Bergdoll
Foreign Office
Canada
Ottawa
Beaver High School Graduates Receive Diplomas Friday
Beaver High School honored twenty two girls and twenty four boys at graduation on Friday night in a crowded auditorium. Distinguished awards went to Ralph A Hefner for highest average, 96.37 percent, and Thelma Maukert for a Eastern College scholarship. Dr Fred W Alexander urged graduates to survive life by health knowledge action and faith, and to live by the creed plus ultra do a little more than expected.
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Beaver High School
W. H. Thomas
Ralph A. Hefner
Eastern College
Manassas
Maukert
Beaver High
Marie Shuey
Dvorak
Jackson
J. Taylor Stinson
Verdi
Mascagni
Stonewall Jackson College
Abingdon
Alexander
School of Life
Dr. Alexander
Glee Club
Ing
Elizabeth Rebecca Bond
Nihel Day
Kathleen N. Harry
Lucille Henderson
Eva Lawrence
Thelma Mastin
Helen Baker Martin
Thelma Maukert
Kathryn McClaugherty
Margaret McCue
Lucille Painter
Ruby Margaret Reynolds
Maury Elizabeth Reynolds
Ruth Robertson
Marian Smith
Fenton Brooke Smith
Louise Smith
Melba Spencer
Ardelia May Shelton
Mabel Tanner
Loetiie Warden
William Otis Bivens
Archie Stuart Booker
Charles Ray Brown
Walter Pleasant Clark
William Irvin Claytor
Barberie Davidson
George W. Easley
Lawton Lee Gills
Ira William Henderson
Benjamin Haynes Hancock
J. Ernest Liddle
Mary B. Lowder
Virgil Elbert Lowder
John H. Marra
Harold F. Porterfield
Charley T. Smith
Clarence Everett Smith
John Macel Smith
Aubrey C. Stowers
Ben Jeter Strader
Frank Morton Wagner
Monroe Worthington
Henry W. Speiden, Jr
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