Telegraph Strike Grips Southeast as Western Union Offices Close
June 6 report shows telegraph workers walkout crippling Southern Bell and Western Union in the southeast. Offices close across cities from Richmond to Tampa as strikebreakers arrive. officials cite widespread walkouts and orderly returns to service expected after the general action led by the Commercial Telegraphers Union.
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Tlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Ypany
Western Union
Richmond
Tampa
Mississippi River
Southeastern
Atlanta
Gener
Sec
Riston
Winston Salem
Sparburg
Ariette
J. Konenkamp
Union
Telephone Operators’ Association
Newak
Piedmont
Ansley
York
Ithern
Chamblee
Automote
Brookwood Station
Se Terminal
Burleson Faces Scrutiny Over Wire Control
Senate committee hears that Postmaster General Burleson still holds wire control via the wire control board while orders to restore ownership claim only to operating rights. Kingsbury says the order preserves Burleson’s authority. arbitration responses from union leaders are mixed as policy questions stay unsettled.
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Washington
Burleson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
N. C. Kingsbury
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Wire Control Board
Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union and Telephone Operators’ Association
Atlanta
James L. Key
Will D. Upshaw
H. C. Worthen
Western Union
Secretary of Labor Urges Canton Prosperity Through Dialogue
Secretary of Labor tells Canton attendees that prosperity comes from cooperation. He urges capital and labor to sit at the council table, work out problems, and avoid conflict, speaking at the Adcraft banquet.
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Adcraft
Fragmented ad page hints at shopping items and services
A partial OCR page fragment lists assorted ads and items such as footwear care, car parts, leather goods, and department store offers. Names and addresses are garbled, but references to products like shoes, bearings, radios, and leather shop promotions hint at a local retail roundup.
Annexation 10 to be Adopted By Canton Council June 16
Final adoption of the proposed new city boundaries will occur when Canton council meets Monday night June 16. County commissioners will hold a public hearing the same afternoon for property owners to voice objections to fixed lines. Annexation adds 3.7 square miles and about 10,000 residents to Canton's population. The ordinance faced a legal delay due to a technical error, requiring another hearing before final action. Delivery of wall paper specials runs June 7 to 10 at Lincoln Highway Wallpaper Store with free citywide delivery. Special Friday program at Tiger hall features Mrs. Cottenbaugh and W. H. Smoot with music. all machine shop workers invited.
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Fisher
Canton
Lincoln Highway Wall Paper Store
Tiger Hall
Cottenbaugh
Toledo
W. H. Smoot
Washington, D. C
Government prepares to legislate against red activity
Washington reports that a July 4 demonstration and earlier May Day outbreaks feed a perceived red threat. Congress plans new measures while immigration officials discuss a bill requiring nationwide alien registration with biannual reports. Authorities search for answers in the Palmer bomb plot case.
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Washington
Congress
Caminetti
Chairman Johnson
House Immigration Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Desirable Furnished Rooms and Small Suites in Demand in Canton
The Daily News rental columns offer quick tenant placement at low cost as vacant rooms mean income loss. Call 2500 via either phone. ads accepted until 11 p m for same day insertion. Odd Fellows assemble at the Temple Friday evening June 6 at 8 for Brother John Oliver funeral services Nimisilla Lodge N G adv.
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Canton
Daily News
Odd Fellows
Temple
John Oliver
Nimisilla Lodge N. G
Adv
Lee Cream Festival at Mount Marie College Grounds
Mount Marie college grounds host a two night cream festival next Monday and Tuesday to raise funds for St Josephs home. Advertising notes Kenny's Piano Department offering a special Saturday player roll event at 20 cents.
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Mount Marie College Grounds
St. Joseph's Home
Kenny
McCulloch to Lead War Expenditures Inquiry
Congressman Roscoe C. McCulloch was named Thursday to a 15 member special committee to probe all war expenses. The panel will scrutinize contracts totaling about 30 billion dollars and focus on the Food and Fuel Administrations and the War Industries Board. It will question dollar a year men and consider high salaries in government posts amid campaign-issue tensions.
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Roscoe C. McCulloch
Special
Congressional Committee
War Industries Board
House
Special Convocation of Canton Chapter No 84 R A M
A Masonic notice announces a Saturday convocation at 1:00 PM for R A degree work with supper at 6:00 PM. Officers Wm F Hobush and W W Hoenecke are listed as H P and secretary respectively with adv notices.
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Canton
Wm. F. Hobush
Allies near agreement on German peace treaty modifications
United Press reports British and French delegates, aided by American intercession, edging toward concessions on the German peace treaty terms. A reply to German counter proposals, with proposed changes, may be ready for presentation early next week. The Big Four refuse to publish the original text, sparking Senate criticism and embarrassment for American commissioners.
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Paris
Big Four
Lodge
Borah
New York
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Pink peony bloom at Geltz's Peony Gardens on Cleveland Ave NW
The finest pink variety in the world is in bloom at Geltz's Peony Gardens. Room and cut flowers are for sale at the Cleveland Avenue Northwest location.
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Geltz
Peony Gardens
Cleveland-av
Odd Fellows meeting to Louisville and local ads
Attention Odd Fellows meet at I O O F Temple 6 39 Sunday evening June to go to Louisville Committee adv Get Geo A Minnick to repair plastering chimneys and roofs call state 2178 Bell 616 adv We are in position to do shoe repairing on short notice Harry L Smith 122 Market av 8 adv Used upright piano bargains 100 125 175 200 Kenny's Piano Dept Adv The phone number of the Canton Ice Co changed from 299 to 67 The Canton Ice Delivery Co 626 Navarre rd SW Adv
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Odd Fellows
Temple
Louisville
Geo. A. Minnick
Cail
Bell
Adv
Harry L. Smith
Kenny
Canton Ice Co
Canton Ice Delivery Co
Navarre Rd
Lee
Canton Fee Co
Canton Fee Delivery Co
Navarrerd SW
High Spots in Secretary Wilsons Speech
Secretary Wilson asserts no reconstruction problem but a need for re adjustment and predicts a decade of great industrial prosperity. She calls for capital and labor to negotiate at the council table, notes unrest stems from higher living standards, warns force against democracy as treason, and doubts Bolshevism’s foothold in the United States.
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Wilson
United States
Secretary Wilson Addresses Canton Aircraft Club Dinner
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson spoke at the Canton Aircraft club annual dinner on the worker’s role in postwar readjustment. He argued unemployment has peaked, Bolshevism poses no threat to industry, and warned sabotage harms production.
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William BK. Wilson
Canton Aircraft Club
Wilson
Berlin delays indictment of Rhine leaders
Berlin reports that indictments of the Rhineland secessionist leaders are stalled pending Marshal Foch's reply to the German armistice commission chair. Allies' sanction needed as occupying forces prevent arrests in the territory where leaders reside.
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Alfred G. Andersen
Berlin
London
Rhineland
Marshal Foch
Mathias Erzberger
German Armistice Commission
School Bond Outlook Pleases Board with Strong Interest
The board of education reports strong interest in a proposed school bond issue for public school improvements slated for June 17. Attendance at four community meetings—the Allen Liberty Garfield and Martin schools—was the week’s largest, with about 250 residents at each site. Superintendent Hawkins notes broad support once needs are understood, despite a lone opposed father with six children in the system.
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Board of Education
Allen
Liberty
Garfield
Martin
Wilson Hawkins
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