Ford determined to save Shoals to public
The article notes labor tensions as the U S Railway Labor Board was set to announce wage cuts for 400 000 shop crafts workers and a possible strike vote follows. B M Jewell president of the AFL Railway Employes Department to present formal demand for board jurisdiction over violations of the Transportation Act. Plans for Albany trades day feature strong bargains and merchant cooperation aiming to attract larger crowds than last month.
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Railway Employes Department
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
Labor Board
Albany
Totraordinary
Eonvic
British business chiefs plan tariffs if U. S. bill passes
London reports British merchants ready to retaliate against the United States if Congress passes the tariff bill. The Star notes British interests are already conferring on retaliatory measures, arguing the Fordney tariff act harms world trade.
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International News Service
London
United States
Congress
The
Star
Cow Kicked to Death by Infuriated Mule
Fatmont, West Virginia reports a Jersey cow owned by Joseph Fortney and a horse in the same field formed a long friendship. The horse suddenly kicked the cow to death, shocking onlookers who called it a freak of nature. Fortney buried the beloved animal despite neighbors urging sale for hide and beef.
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International News Service
Fatrmont
Joseph Fortnéy
Antioch
Fortney Cay
W A Green Plans New Hill Store in Huntsville
W A Green manager of the H G Hill store announces arrangements to open a Hill grocery in Huntsville. Reports say “Old Bill” is on the job, bringing familiarity with the business to the project.
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W. A. Green
H. G. Hill
Hill
Huntsville
Bill
Evangelist Tucker Delivers Notable Sermon in Jackson
A Jackson Tennessee audience heard Evangelist Tucker recount trials with the press and grand jury. He praised brave preachers while urging authenticity, told of whiskey interference, and cited new trust in George Tucker and Patterson. A large turnout attended the sermon with musical selections led by Wyatt and featured quartets.
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Paul
Middle Tennessee
Tucker
Whiskeyites
George Tucker
Burke Culpepper
Memphis
Jackson
Tenn
St.Paul
Mr. Tucker
Malcolm R. Patterson
Patterson
Mr. Wyatt
Messrs. Pickens
Gilliam
Crowell, Miller
Frank Gordon Dead After Family Shooting in Haleyville
Haleyville Ala June 1 Frank Gordon farmer 45 is dead after a family quarrel in which Miss Van Tullis sister of Gordon's former wife is under arrest. It is alleged Gordon shot by a shotgun while pursuing the pair after an earlier assault. The girl seized a shotgun and shot Gordon in the abdomen as the brother carried a knife. Death was near instant.
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International News Service
Haleyville
Ala
Frank Gordon
Miss. van Tullis
Gordon
Miss Tullis
Miss. Tullis
Older Boys Conference Prep in North Alabama
Co P Rigler, director of the older boys conference, works in Albany Decatur to organize the October 5 6 7 meeting. The event aims to inspire instruct and inform boys fifteen and older for leadership in home church school and community across North Alabama counties. High school principals and Y M C A leaders will arrange delegations. Rigler serves as State Boys Work Secretary from Birmingham.
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Albany
Decatur
North
Alabama
Ubs
Y. M. CA
Rigler
Birmingham
Renews Attacks On Daugherty In Senate Speech
Senator Carraway of Arkansas renews accusations linking Attorney General Daugherty to the Morse case. He alleges newspaper reports suggest Harding and Taft aided Morse's release by Daugherty's cabinet appointment.
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International News Service
Washington
Daugherty
Morsé
Senator Carreway
Arkansas
Senate
Weeks Flays Ford Offer On Muscle Shoals Fertilizer Plan
Secretary Weeks criticizes Henry Ford’s proposed contract for Muscle Shoals fertilizer production as too indefinite and lacking guarantees. He notes Alabama Power’s water power bid differs, urging protection for government investment while a committee plans further talks with Ford’s representative.
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International News Service
Ford
Ieaircd
Fae
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Power Company
W. B. Mayo
J. W.worthington
Detroit
Cotton market在 New York 交易紧张起伏
The cotton market in New York opened nervy and irregular with prices four points lower to five points higher amid uncertainty over tomorrow's government report. Commission houses and Liverpool bought, while the South sold. After opening the market eased off a few points.
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International News Service
New York
Liverpool
Ford tests nay on Muscle Shoals lease stance
Henry Ford informs the House Military Affairs Committee he cannot test the Gorgas plant if eliminated from the lease under the Muscle Shoals contract. He notes the Gorgas plant is essential to the project’s economy and promises a final proposal with committee amendments.
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International News
Washington
Henry Ford
House Military Affair Committee
Gorgias
Ford
Representative Kahn
California
Chaimat Kahn
Gorgas
Muscle Shoals
Mittee
Ifn
Pinchot Delayed On Senate Muscle Shoals Hearing
Clifford Pinchot the noted conservationist and Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate will appear before the senate agricultural committee to discuss Muscle Shoals. The hearing has been postponed until next week as announced by Chairman Norris of Nebraska.
Ford aide Mayo delayed by illness to reach D C
W B Mayo, representative of Henry Ford, who plans to meet with the house military affairs committee, will not arrive in Washington until tomorrow due to a slight illness, as announced by Representative Kahn of California.
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Washington
W. B. Mayo
Henry Ford
House Military Affairs Committee
Kahn
California
Mayo
General Lord to Succeed Dawes as Budget Director
Washington June 1 Brigadier General Henry M Lord regular army will succeed Charles G Dawes as director of the budget when Dawes retires to private business at end of month. Lord a Republican native of Maine age 63 came into the army in 1898 and has served since, including years as director of finance.
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International News Service
Washington
Henry M. Lord
Regular Army
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Lord
Maine
Army
Weather Forecast for Alabama Tonight to Friday
showers tonight and Friday partly cloudy across Alabama. The outlook calls for unsettled northern and central areas with cooler nights and mild daytime visibility. No rainfall amounts are listed and no temperatures are provided.
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Alabama
State day agents face trouble in Montgomery case rulings
W R Shearbrough, a state law enforcement agent, was convicted of assault and battery and fined three hundred dollars by a Montgomery jury. He was jailed pending sentencing. The trial before Judge Leon McCord also raised questions about harsher penalties and the handling of a liquor search on a main street.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. R. Shearbrough
Scarbrough
Leon McCord
Alston Pickett
L. L. Phillips
John Orr
Kilby
Orr
Wilson
H. G. Garrett
Garrett
Phillips
Shipping Board May Be Abolished
President Harding contemplates abolishing the United States Shipping Board if Congress passes the ship subsidy bill. The plan raises questions whether abolition would require auctioning off vessels now owned, though details were not clarified.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Congress
Harding
Shipping Board
Turkeys Found Major Gapeworm Hosts in Experiments
Department of Agriculture reports gapeworms in turkeys as natural hosts and a key factor in spread to chickens. Three winters starting Dec 1916 examined 625 chickens and 679 turkeys in a city market. no infections in chickens but 22.5 percent of turkeys tested showed gapeworms.
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