Border towns push name change to form Bluefield city union
Public figures in two Virginia West Virginia border towns campaign for a formal city unification to create a single Bluefield large enough to rival Lynchburg and Petersburg. The piece notes strong public interest and cross border participation. It also reflects on era issues such as crime posed in federal prosecutions and social reform ideas while describing seasonal weather and garden revival themes.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Virginias
West
West Virginia Finances Cited As Healthy State Condition
A state treasury report shows cash on hand of 16,675,465.06 and invested school funds at 991,750.00 plus workmen’s compensation funds at 12,711,515.08 totaling 29,711,615.06. The author extols West Virginia’s financial health and contrasts it with poorer states.
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West Virginia
Workman's Compensation
Isolated island rights and stock swindles echo in 1914 opinion
A column notes Americans’ gullibility in stock schemes and recalls 1914 swindles totaling $250 million. It cites Ellen Fullard Lee’s Hawaii island sales caution and comments on living restrictions on U S possessions. The piece ends musing on life’s purpose and cynicism.
Summer Makes Bow With Real Summer Heat
Chicago notes the official start of summer as heat rises across the Midwest with forecasts of temperatures around ninety degrees. The weather bureau predicts a second spell of extreme heat this weekend, while cooling rains move east to ease deadly heat. Eight heat deaths had been reported locally.
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Middle-West
Government
Western Stakes
Breach in Rhode Island Senate Casts Shadow Over State Government
Rhode Island Republicans fled the state after a conflict over a constitutional convention. Democrats meet to seek peace as the senate remains in recess. A chamber of commerce committee plans talks with both parties to find a resolution. Governor Flynn to discuss legal steps with leaders.
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R. L
State Senate
Senate
Providence Chamber of Commerce
T. F. I. McDonnell
Chamber of Commerce
William A. Hickey
James de Wolfe Perry
Rhode Island
W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
James L. Jenks
William W. Mauss
William L. Sweet
Providence Y. M. C. A
Republican State Committee
Felix A. Toupin
William S. Flynn
Favors Lafollette to Lead New Third Party
Milwaukee June 21 A resolution favoring Robert M Lafollette to lead a new third party but opposing him as an independent candidate of the major parties was introduced into the Socialist platform committee by Mayor Daniel Hoan. Congressman Victor Berger urged Socialists to back Lafollette on a third party ticket if done honestly without harming the movement.
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Milwaukee
Robert M. Lafollette
Daniel Hoan
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Lafollette
Socialist Party
Hoan
Prenter to Be Chief Assistant to Stone
Cleveland June 21. Warren S. Stone is elected president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers insurance association for three years and will direct finances. General Secretary W. B. Prenter of Cleveland is named first vice president and treasurer and becomes Stone’s chief assistant in handling funds. The move completes the amalgamation of the insurance association with other Brotherhood activities and shifts Stone from labor relations to a focus on finances.
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Cleveland
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Insurance Association
Brotherhood
W. B. Prenter
Stone
Plan Opposed in Atlanta Statement on Methodist Unification
A June 21 Atlanta statement by Bishops Candler Denny Darlington Ainsworth and Dickey of the Methodist Episcopal Church South argues a proposed unification plan is not a general merger but a specific plan unlikely to achieve unification goals. It warns the northern jurisdiction would blanket the south and west, and notes risks of replicating existing church structures and erasing the 1844 Separation.
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Atlanta
Warren A. Candler
Collins Denny
A. A. W. Darlington
W. H. Ainsworth
James E. Dickey
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
United States
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Louisville
Nashville
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
General Conference
Frank H. Farris Named Head Rules Committee
Frank H. Farris of Rollo Missouri, a delegate-at-large to the Democratic convention, has been chosen as chairman of the rules committee. The panel holds unusual importance at this convention due to potential changes to the two thirds rule.
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New York
Frank H. Farris
Rollo
Coolidge Meets Butler as Campaign Strategy Takes Shape
President Coolidge holds talks with William M. Butler chairing the Republican national committee and advisers in Washington. A luncheon with Butler Warren and Hilles precedes a cruise aboard the Mayflower as campaign plans form ahead of the Democratic convention. Dawes to visit for policy finalization. The advisory committee's selection may be joint between Coolidge and the national committee.
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Coolidge
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
Chicago
Mr. Butler
Charles B. Warren
Mexico
Resolutions Committee
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Potomac
Dawes
Cootlidge
Fact finding panels to probe Pennsylvanian wage demands
New York June 21 AP Two independent fact finding committees will investigate wage increase demands by Pensylvana railroad shopmen and clerks. One panel includes management and the company union, the other management and the clerks union. Both will operate separately.
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New York
Pensylvana Railroad
Clerks’ Union
Sister of the Late Pope Pius X Dies
Signor Lusia Sarto Boschini, sister of the late Pope Pius X, died today in Rome.
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Pope Pius X
OME
Lusia Sarto Boschini
McAdoo Camp Sees 450 Votes on First Ballot For Nomination
McAdoo campaign managers claim a minimum of 450 first ballot votes for William G. McAdoo at the Democratic National Convention. They list unit rule and primary bound delegations totaling 387 and add Illinois Wisconsin and Pennsylvania for a 419 tally with other states expected to shift as voting continues. McAdoo spokesman David Ladd Rockwell notes movement is favorable and compares delegate spirit to Wilson supporters in Baltimore. He defers on Ku Klux Klan and prohibition, saying convention decisions will settle those issues. The New York delegation, 40 votes, elected leaders to push Smith’s nomination. Franklin D. Roosevelt is named Governor on the party page.
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William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
David Ladd Rockwell
Iowa
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Oklahoma
Texas
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Democratic National Committee
Alabama
Oscar Underwood
Friends
John W. Davis
Carter Glass
Houston
David B. Houston
Secretary of the Treasury
Nebraska
Charles W. Bryan
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Ralston
Contract Let for Williamson's Hotel
The Mountaineer Hotel in Williamson, West Virginia, has been awarded to the Payne Construction Company of Ashland, Kentucky, for 256000 dollars. Funds were raised months earlier by popular subscription, with construction expected to start July 1, 1925.
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Illiamson
W. VA
Payne Construction Company
Ashland
Williamson, Counvy
Peace talks at Chequers as Europe seeks reparations plan
British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and French Premier Edouard Herriot meet at Chequers to discuss a broader peace understanding in Europe. They review expert reparations proposals and plan forthcoming allied conferences to set the next steps for postwar settlement. Herriot heads to Brussels then returns for a summit likely mid next month.
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London
Europe
Chequers Court
Ramsay MacDonald
Edouard Herriot
M. Poincare
M. Herriott
Brussels
MacDonald
Buckinghamshire
Herriot
Treasury to Refund Overpaid Income Tax
Washington June 21 The treasury will be ready July 1 to refund more than 16 million dollars in overpaid income taxes from March 15 due to a 25 percent reduction by Congress Comptroller McCarl says funds for repayment may be used and Secretary Mellon plans to refund the extra 25 percent paid by about 1 085 000 persons Most refunds are small rarely exceeding 100 dollars
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Treasury
Congress
McCarl
Mellon
Democratic Fight Tightens as McAdoo and Smith Claim Momentum
New York June 21 The Democratic presidential race tightens with McAdoo and Smith camps claiming early victory as unpledged delegates arrive for the Madison Square Garden convention. Smith and McAdoo push their organization nationwide while undercurrents of Klan issues fade temporarily into the background.
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