No Bridge Across Tennessee Delays Alabama Highway Dream
A letter advocates national unity and criticizes Northern sectionalism while urging completion of the Bee Line Highway. The piece stresses Alabama’s need for a Tennessee River bridge to unlock river traffic, water power, and regional growth, urging support from North Alabama and federal cooperation. It notes Birmingham as a regional tourist hub and ties highway success to bridge construction for economic progress.
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Patterson
Tennessee
Birmingham
Alabama
North
What is so rare as an overall club in May
The piece notes the rarity of an overall club in May and comments that clothing costs are easing as manufacturers appear to have built up funds for a respectable old age, reducing profiteering.
Carranza Gains Ground as Presidential Candidate
The Raleigh American reports Carranza running strong amid turbulent times as the paper notes receivership due to high paper costs and hints at widespread financial strain in journalism.
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Carranza
Graham committee eyes operation of Muscle Shoals plant and salvage of Cincinnati plant
The Graham committee reports on nitrate plant questions concluding Muscle Shoals should be operated and the Cincinnati plant salvaged. The finding signals ongoing government efforts to manage strategic nitrate production during the period.
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Nick Longworth
Graham
Muscle Als Sh
Cincinnati
Bridge movement gains broader backing across state lines
Albany official A G Patterson endorses a Tennessee River bridge at Albanby Decatur arguing the project transcends local boundaries. He supports state aid after his public service commission campaign and notes progress in the Tennessee Valley.
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The
Birmingham News
A. G. Patterson
Albany
Tennessee River
Albanby-Decatur
Patterson
Alabama Public Service Commission
Ne Feet 6
Tennes
Jon
Birmingham
Labor Party Plan Seeks International Body To Replace Supreme Council
The Labor Party manifesto calls for an international body representing allies enemies and neutrals to review Europe and replace the Supreme Council Reparations Commission and Supreme Economics Council. It would derive authority from the League of Nations and coordinate action to rebuild Europe including credit restoration and allocation of coal and essential materials.
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London
Leston Et Nations
Labor Party
Supreme Allied Council
Supreme Council
League of Nations
Ie Aa
Fae
Europe
Reparations Commission
Supretme Economics Counc
Oppose Exploitation of Labor in Distressed Areas
A statement condemns schemes exploiting workers in distressed regions for private banker and trader gain and calls for opposition to such schemes and support for fair labor practices.
Work Progress on Wilson Dam and 4000 Workers Village
Reports from the Wilson dam site describe unsafe conditions including an overloaded lumber pile called a mantrap and dangerous burrs on drilling chisels. A rib injury occurred in a scuffle during work checks. The area near Florence hosts Pine Tree Ridge housing about 4000 of 5000 workers with a new $200,000 glassy school. Florence and Sheffield consider nitrate-from-air ideas and whether Shoals power use will proceed despite doubts.
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Safety First
Wilson Dam
Florence
Pine Tree Ridge
Sheffield
Ward family feud ends in Dallas County Courthouse shooting
In Selma Alabama, Carl Ward Jr. was awarded to Alice Mullen in a custody ruling. Andrew Mullen shot his brother in law Carl Ward in the Dallas county courthouse corridor, killing him as the feud over the child escalated. Police reported six shots were fired with three hitting the victim.
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International
Selma
Ala
Ward Motor Co
W. L. Ward & Son
Dallas County Court House
Andrew Mullen
Carl Ward Jr
Fuller
Fear Spreads of Blindness In Sahara Children
The American Red Cross reports eight of ten Sahara children affected by a germ causing blindness. White nuns treat hundreds of children in Biskra and nearby oasis towns as heat months approach raise fears of wider spread, with camels and fly-borne granular trachoma spreading through northern Africa.
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American Red Cross
Sahara
Biskra
al- Tah
Oasis
Africa
Postal Air Service and Wireless Telephony Progress
After the armistice the British set up a postal airplane service to Cologne and used wireless telephony with ground stations every fifty miles. Small sets transmitted to air craft up to thirty miles away and could receive from the air to about fifty miles. Distances were often exceeded with no plane in contact with three stations at once, showing rapid progress since 1915 trials.
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Cologne
Halifax Morning Chronicle
British Air Service
Natural Pillows and Timber Utility from Pollack Tree
The pollack tree yields material for pillows and mattresses used by natives in British Honduras. It grows as a common forest wood with a large pear shaped fruit and a hard shell that darkens near ripeness, containing a short brown silk fiber. Zinc has long uses in Europe.
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Pollack
British Honduras
Beloved Woman Died Wednesday in Jackson Street Church Notice
Beloved woman died Wednesday weeks ago. She survived by her Hondans one daughter Annie Estell one son Ernest Floyd her father DF Brown and several brothers and sisters. Funeral services Thursday at 3:80 from Jackson Street Church of Christ with J Pettey Ezell minister conducting. Friends bringing cats will be at the residence at 3 o'clock. Switzerland has few motion picture shows. Some steel hairsprings are Worth 49000 a pound.
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Annie Estell
Ernest Floyd
Brown
Jackson Street
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