Cotton Standards Act Approved By Secretary Of Agriculture
A pact reached in Washington between major U S cotton exporters and Secretary Wallace sets a transition period for the new cotton standards act effective August 1. The agreement aims to align foreign and U S classifications with uniform official standards and to inform Liverpool and Manchester buyers. Exchanges from Memphis Houston New York Atlanta New Orleans Savannah Dallas participated in the conference.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Wallace
Liverpool
Pee
Manchester
Cable
Memphis
Houston
New York
Atlanta
New Orleans
Savannah
Dallas
Train Hits Auto Near Reidsville Killing Four
In Reidsville North Carolina two youths and a father died and a mother and grandfather were badly hurt when a Southern Railway passenger train No 85 struck an automobile carrying the Pillow family and Mrs Thomas Mitchell. James Pillow 14 and Birdie Pillow were killed John Pillow and I C Pillow were injured severely while Mrs Mitchell suffered serious injuries.
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Reidsville
N. C
James Pillow
Birdie Pillow
John Pillow
I. C. Pillow
Thomas Mitchell
Southern Railway
Reifisville
Chinese band hurls eighty to death near Shanghai
Shanghai shortage of food in the bandit stronghold at St Paotzuku before kidnapping foreigners from the Shanghai Pekin express led brigands to throw 80 Chinese prisoners to death from a mountain cliff. Father William Lenfers reports the incident from the outlaw headquarters. Clara Phillips back in United States in New Orleans after sentence.
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Shanghai
St Paotzuku
Clara Phillips
United States
New Orleans
San Quentin Penitentiary
Alberta Meadows
Los Angeles
Bac
Shipping Board Favors Big Offer for Fleet
The U S Shipping Board will thoroughly study a bid exceeding $1 000 000 for the entire government merchant fleet Chair man Joseph P. Lasker said If bidders back up their proposal the board will likely award the deal The Azores face famine as Tide Water Trading Co failed to ship 10 000 worth of corn Portuguese counsel general Duarte told the district attorney s office he lodged a complaint Acting DA Pecora opened an inquiry into why the company paid but did not deliver the corn
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Shipping Board
Washington
Lasker
New York
Azore Islands
Tide Water Trading Company
George de 5. Duarte
Pecora
Pildt
Bandits weigh terms for release in Pekin talks
J B Powell an American bandit captive returns to Tano Chun with two envoy bandits to negotiate prisoner releases. Officials offer reinstate in Chinese army and back pay but reject troop withdrawal until captives freed. Foreign legations may join in, yet distrust and policy confusion cloud any deal. Powell sees improved chances for captives’ release amid looming negotiations with provincial authorities.
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Pekin
China
J. B. Powell
Tano-Chun
Powell
Tsao-Chun
Powell Beleves
Clara Phillips Deported To Honduras After Court Ruling
Clara Phillips, despite a supreme court decision ordering her release, was handed to U S Deputy Sheriffs from California and left Puerto Cortez for New Orleans. Her lawyer Salvador Zelaya filed the petition claiming illegal detention and improper extradition procedures under treaty terms.
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Clara Phillips
U. S. Tegueipalpa
Honduras
Supreme Court
California
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
Phillips
Salvador Zelaya
May Jackson
Franklin B. Morales
Segregation Urged Over Negro Influx in Cincinnati Case
Judge Charles W. Hoffman commented on an influx of thousands of Negroes from the central Southern states during the Curtis Cross juvenile court case in Hamilton County. Cross testified in Judge Dixon's court that he was sixteen years old.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles W. Hoffman
Curtis Cross
Hamilton County
Curtis
Dixon
Court of Common Pleas
Nuckolls Remains in DeKalb Jail on Mann Act Charge
H G Nuckolls of Clarkston was jailed in DeKalb county on Mann Act violation and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He will stay in Decatur jail unless bond is posted and he will not be moved to Fulton tower.
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Nuckolls
DeKalb Atlanta
H. G. Nuckolls
Clarkston
DeKalb County
Fulton Tower
Decatur
Fire Destroys 100 Homes in St Agathe Quebec Resort
Reports from Montreal describe a large fire that wiped out about one hundred summer homes in St Agathe on the Laurentian mountains. The town, a noted Montreal summer retreat on the Canadian Pacific line, suffered extensive property loss.
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Quebec Montreal
St. Agathe
Laurentian, Mountainy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montréal
Billion Offer For U S Shipping Fleet Bid Considered
Washington reports a single bid to purchase the entire active portion of the government merchant fleet. The bid, delivered by a representative of undisclosed financial interests, offered to post 4 million dollars as a bond and signaled about one million dollars in aggregate. Board Chair Lasker noted four to five offers seemed promising among twenty bids, with no disclosure of whether this bid covered the full fleet.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Lasker
Oklahoma City Flood Swamps City as Thousands Flee
Oklahoma City endures historic floods with water covering miles of lowlands along the river. Packingtown, the meat center, is isolated. Over a thousand homeless. city officials and relief groups shelter refugees in the auditorium with 700 cots and blankets from Adjt. Gen. Markham. Property damage expected in the hundreds of thousands.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Packingtown
Adjt
T. Markham
Prohibition Decreed in Indian Province by Begum of Phophet
The Begum of Phophet in Delhi East India has ordered complete prohibition in her Indian state. Local option supports prohibition in some areas while Bombay liquor retail supply drops to ten percent as a preliminary step. European residents face hardest impact as natives are abstainers under Moslem vows.
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Delhi
East India
Begum of
Phophet
Bombay
Punsyfoot Johnson
Northern Minnesota Forest Fires Rage Across Region
Northern Minnesota faces a critical forest fire situation with more than 500 men battling flames in over a dozen districts. Most fires are small, burning tall grass and regrowth on cut-over land as authorities report progress.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
W. T. Cox
Cox
Joseph W Folk Dies in New York at 63
Former Missouri governor and longtime Democratic leader Joseph W Folk died in New York after a period of ill health. He had been in the city to consult his law office here and passed away at his sister Mrs James A Webb home.
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Joseph W. Folk
New York
Washington
Missouri
James A. Webb
Watering Whiskey Fraud Conviction Hits Philadelphia
Matthew F. Griffin a former secret service operative in Philadelphia was sentenced to six months for conspiracy to defraud the government. He and seven others were convicted on March 22 for plotting to substitute water for alcohol and whiskey under government bond.
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Philadelphia
Matthew F. Griffin
Secret Service
Griffin
Treasury seeks international accord on dry ship ruling
Washington plans informal talks between state and treasury officials and foreign diplomats from England Spain Italy France and the Netherlands to harmonize new liquor regulations with the Supreme Court decision banning alcohol from territorial waters. June 10 aims for operability with possible international understanding under international law. President Harding aware. no formal White House stance yet. Also note seizure of ninety billion marks by French authorities at the Reichsbank and Iowa official E H Cunningham opposing a farmer labor political combine.
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Washington
Treasury
State Department
Supreme Court
England
Spain
Italy
France
Netherlands
Treasury Departments
Jssue
Harding
White House
Eesen
Extensive Seaplane Survey Planned Over Alaska
Two Navy DT seaplanes will conduct an air survey of Alaska this summer to gather data on airports air bases and general coastal conditions for aviation projects. They depart San Diego May 25 and base on the U S 5 Cuyama during operations in Alaskan waters. The effort aims to produce valuable conservation and development information from inaccessible terrain.
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Washington
Alaskan
Navy DT
Chase
Kiwanis Convention Promotes Square Deal for Underprivileged Children
Atlanta hosts the Kiwanis International convention with about 6 000 delegates and visitors as leaders urge a nationwide campaign for a square deal for underprivileged children during the coming year. The drive was endorsed at a general business session with several nationally prominent speakers advocating concrete action.
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Atlanta
Panama Canal Tolls Top $136 000 In One Day
The Panama Canal tolls for May 26 reached 136000 dollars, the first day exceeding 100000. Twenty five ships passed, including the Cunard liner Samatic returning from a round the world voyage. Berlin Germany. Chancellor Cuno proposes a mortgage levy on all German property to raise ten percent to fund preparations for the Allies. French presence in the Ruhr precedes a plan that aims to push through a security measure amid rising tensions.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Canal
Cunard
Samatic
Berlin
Germany
Cuno
Ruhr
Gehan
State News Of Interest Highlights Georgia Murders And Accidents
Atlanta officers hold ten suspects in the Morgan murder as clues and store looting tie to Caleb Lockhart Ed Higgins and others. Dr Rankin quits sanitarium for Allentown PA. Two boys Riley and Ralph Reed die after a railroad crossing crash near Marietta. Washout delays A B and A line between Lilly and Byronville. Eleven Emory students suspended for hazing prepare to leave for home. Cherokee politics heat up in Dalton with multiple candidates. Baxley bank cases set for Glynn court as ex officers face charges. Police seize bootleg liquor and a high powered car in Atlanta. Floyd County poultry sale to open June with big bids and a prize for most roosters. Mercer hosts state scoutmasters conference June 22 33 in Macon.
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Atlanta
Evans B. Morgan
Morgan
Caleb Lockhart
Chapel
Holland Streets
Ed Higgins
Sherman Lewis
Alsay
Sam Peterson
Ernest Chapman
Morgap
Lockhart
Hamp Brooks
Hattie Mae Lockhart
Fannie Lockhart
Fanenie Lockhart
Harry Bernar
Marietta
Riley Reed
Ralph
Roma Express
Parks Crossing
Riley
Parks
D. B. Parks
Reinhardt Memorial Fund drives Canton appeal
Active preparations for a mass meeting in Canton promote the Capt A M Reinhardt Memorial Fund to endow Reinhardt College founded by Captain Reinhardt in 1883. President Ramsey C Sharp leads support from Canton Woodstock Ball Ground Waleska and other Cherokee county towns.
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Reinhardt
Canton
Capt
Ford offers Gainesville land deal for factory move
Gainesville officials led by the mayor and chamber of commerce wired Henry Ford in a bid to lure a new textile or pseu factory by offering 609 acres near Saineeville. The negotiation centers on Ford relocating operations to the area to boost local industry and jobs.
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Ford
Gainesville
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Ford
Frine
Saineeville
Weekly Marketgram summarizing May 26 1923 market trends
The report from the U S Bureau of Markets covers live stock meats and grains for the week ending May 26 1923. It notes mixed changes in hogs cattle and sheep with prices uneven across regions from Chicago and eastern markets. Butter cheese and dairy prices edge down while grain and hay show subtle shifts and cash market quotes are provided.
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Chicago
Prissa
Etter Prades
York Loing
Dightork
Florida
South Carolina
New York
Texas
Peirson
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Boston
Bliss Trumphs
Cincinnati
Northern
Maine
Mississippi
St. Georgia
Hutter
Philadelphia
Boxton
Jlonday
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Iowa
North
Kansas
Minneapolis
Gas City
Watnk Peg
Licht Receluta
Philausphin
Pittsbareh
Chievis Naii
St. Louis
Memphis
Kansan
Kansan City
St Louia
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Los Angeles Harbor
U. S. Shipping
Financial Group
Uniseen
Hamborn
Stiames
Manifestanta
Wanne
U. S
D. T. Rankin
Sanitarium
Milledgeville
D T. Rankin
Georgia State Sanitarium
Allentown State Hospital For
Allentown
Roger C. Swint
Georgia Hospital
Rankin
Montezuma
Lilly
Byronville
Fitzgerald
Cordele
Americus
Seaboard Air Line
Oglethorpe
Emory University
Emory
Dalton
Cherokee Judicial Circuit
Jos M. Lang
Calhoun
M. C. Tarver
Lang
C. C. Pittman
Cartersville
Noel Steed
Chatsworth
Baxley Bank
Brunswick Brunswick
Glynn
P. W. Meldrin
J. P. Highsmith
Highsmith
P. H. Comas
J. P. Harmon
Baxley Banking Company
Seizura
Floyd County
Rome
Floyd County Poultry Association
Mercer Macon
Mercer University
Ttig
Southern
Macon
Weather Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Markets
Washington, D. C
Wael
Mont York
Aly
Yargene
Speas
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