Labor Federation Denounces Supreme Court Ruling
At the AFL convention in Cincinnati, a report argues the high court cannot crush the labor movement without endangering society. Workers refuse slavery and will seek liberty, while no concrete plan is offered amid a new policy commission. Senator La Follette urged Congress to veto the decision.
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Cincinnati
lLabor
Supreme Court
Coronado
American Federation of Labor
Council
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Statesville Man Killed in Auto Collision
Statesville businessman Harry F. Cain died en route to a Charlotte hospital after a collision between a car he rode in and a high speed vehicle driven by P C Gilland. Gilland surrendered to officers and faced a preliminary hearing. O L Lippard suffered a broken collarbone when the wrecked vehicle rolled over.
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Charlotte
Harry FE. Cain
Statesville
P. C. Gilland
Gilland
O. L. Lippard
Cain
Lippard
Mr. Cain
Sun Yat Sen Flees Palace as Canton Falls
Canton reports that General Chen Chiung Mier forces have captured Canton the South China republic capital while Sun Yat Sen and his bodyguard fought from the presidential palace. Sun Yat Sen is believed to have escaped on a gunboat as the Canton coup unfolds.
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Peking
China
Chen Chiung Mier
Canton
South China Republic
Sun Yat Sen
Chen
Five Arrested In Textile Mill Riot
Lawrence, June 17 five arrests were made in what authorities called the most serious demonstration since the textile mill strike began. City Marshal Timothy O'Brien and officers were stoned by a large crowd outside the Pacific Print Works as strikers attempted to block entry of operatives. About 600 strikers participated in the riot the first real outbreak of the strike. The demonstrators planned further action for the following night.
Langley Field Hangars To Cost Half Million
Norfolk Va June 17 Two immense solid steel hangars 110 by 200 feet to replace the wooden structure destroyed by fire and a large hollow tile labor machine shop 66 by 140 feet are planned at Langley field. Bids for the buildings are to be opened at Fort Monroe June 20. The shop will be built near the big balloon hangar at the dirigible plant to support lighter-than-air work. The trio of structures will likely cost about a half million dollars.
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Norfolk
Langley Field
Fort Monroe
Fort
Dirigible
Miners and Railway Unions Plan Joint Strike Meeting
Chiefs of the miners and railway unions met in Cincinnati to arrange a joint meeting next Tuesday night to discuss the strike situation and coordinate action.
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Cincinnati
Three Story Brick Store to Rise on Main Street
J L Crouse of Greensboro awarded contract by Mrs Minnie Kinley Broadhurst to erect a modern three story brick department store on North Main Street adjoining The Enterprise. The 50 foot frontage will feature three store fronts with a central marquise and a Spanish green tile cornice. Interior includes a mezzanine and central stairway. completion anticipated by September 15.
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J. L. Crouse
Greensboro
Minnie Kinley Broadhurst
North Main Street
Enterprise Building
High Point
Cleveland Shows Steady Improvement in May Employment
Cleveland's 100 largest plants employed 80,557 on June 1, up from 78,144 on May 1, per a labor committee survey. Garment industry activity outpaced last year, with overall business and rents near prior-year levels. Construction in May rose by about 4 million dollars over the 1925 record, per City Building Commissioner Myers' figures.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Labor Committee of the ‘Leveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Myers
Plan for Return of Sequestered German Property
Washington June 17. President Harding Secretary Hughes Attorney General Daugherty and Richard Miller and Thomas W Miller alien property custodian discussed policy for returning sequestered German property to owners. They focused on protecting poorer German property owners and valuing assets for immediate return.
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Washington
Harding
Hughes
Daugherty
Richard
Thomas W. Miller
Germany
Chicago Millionaire McCormick Improves After Minor Operation
Harold F. McCormick former head of International Harvester was reported to be recovering well at Wesley Memorial hospital after a minor operation on Thursday. He is expected to go home in a few days.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Underwood Urges Action On Shoals At This Session
Senator Underwood of Alabama pressed for a fixed government policy on Muscle Shoals Alabama before Congress adjourns. He called for action during the tariff bill interval and said the government invited Henry Ford to present his proposal, with the nation entitled to know Congresss decision.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Congress
Underwood
Alabama
Senate
Henry Ford
Mrlord
Detroit
Congress of Disciples to Meet in Lynchburg
The annual congress and training school of the Disciples of Christ for the Chesapeake area including Virginia Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia will be held July 3 to 14 with a program July 3 to 8 featuring prominent ministers and laymen. The training school begins July 9 under Rev M E Sadler with courses taught by a national faculty including Rev Charles Darsie Miss Grace Gilbert George V Moore Mrs M J McArdie and James A Grain.
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Richmond
Disciples of Christ of the
Chesapeake
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Lynchburg
Gram
Disciples of Christ
M. E. Sadler
Charles Darsie
Grace Gilbert
George V. Moore
St. Louis
M. J. McArdie
James A. Grain
Norfolk
Danville Churches Open Daily Religious Training School
In Danville Virginia on June 17 a daily school of religious training opened, organized by the First Presbyterian First Baptist and Mount Vernon Methodist churches. It draws 260 pupils with seventy teachers giving one month of vacation time to Bible study prayer and patriotism for children ages five to fifteen.
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Danville
First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist
Mount Vernon
Angry bees kill pony after hive overturn in Illinois
Swarms of bees attacked and killed a pony when a pony tipped over their hives at a farm in Streator Illinois. Mrs Brandes rushed to help and fainted from severe stings.
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Streator
Ill
Albert Brandes
Richmond Pageant Loss Reveals $30000 Deficit
Figures from the Virginia Historical Pageant show a loss of about $30,000 for the event staged in Richmond during the May 22 to May 28 period. The pageant was produced by state officials and funding sources to depict Virginia history.
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Richmond
Historic Tree Cut in Goshen Church Yard
A 200 year old cottonwood in Goshen New York church yard was cut down to prevent accidents. The tree had decayed and in 1779 its branches bore the hanging of Clauding Smith, an outlaw blamed for revolution era terror.
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Goshen
N. Y
Clauding Smith
Bishop Denny to Stay in Richmond Despite Charge Shifts
Richmond news notes Bishop Collins Denny will continue to reside in Richmond after the Methodist church south general conference at Hot Springs Ark reallocated his field of service to the Carolinas. The move does not change his home any more than previous assignments have.
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Richmond
Methodist Church, South
Hot Springs
Ark
Collins Denny
Richmena
Carolinas
Denny
Bond Boy film shot around Warm Springs with murder trial
The Inspiration Picture Company of New York is shooting scenes around Warm Springs Bath County for a new film titled The Bond Boy. Star Richard Barthelmessas and director Henry King are featured. A murder trial is a main feature, and progress is slowed by cloudy weather.
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Bath
Warm Springs
Inspiration Picture Company
New York
Richard Barthelmessas
Henry King
Bath County
Ban on Sunday Dance In Wheeling Public Venues
Wheeling West Virginia June 17 City Manager Charles H Dowler issued a ban forbidding dancing on Sundays at amusement parks halls or other public venues after complaints and noting it violates state laws Owners of amusement places are warned that violations will bring drastic steps to enforce the rule.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles H. Dowler
Wyoming Bandit Run Down After Weeks Outwitting Posse
Fred Brown who had outfoxed posses in three states for weeks was captured north of Medicine Bow Wyoming after a pistol duel. Union Pacific officers announced the arrest following a machine gun fire and a dash to a rock where Brown was shot down.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Fred Brown
Medicine On
Brown
Union Pacific Railroad
President Harding to reply to Filipino independence petition
President Harding today received the Filipino parliament petition for independence and said he would respond next Thursday. In Washington a bill was introduced to bar entrance to American ports for ships that sell liquor, authored by Representative Edmons of Pennsylvania. The Atlanta federal reserve bank denied political motive in a defense of the fed reserve system in reply to Senator Heflin’s inquiry resolution.
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Washington
Harding
Representative Edmonds
Pennsylvania
Merchant Marine Committee
Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve System
Atlanta, Ga
Federal Reserve Bank
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Judge Curis Removed From Winston County Probate Office
Adjudged guilty of corruption, John S. Curis, probate judge of Winston county, was removed from office by the state supreme court after a study of the written evidence.
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Montgomery
Ala
John S. Curis
Winston County
State Supreme Court
Senate to take up soldier bonus bill Monday
Senator Ashurst Democrat of Arizona announced in the senate today that an attempt would be made to call up the soldier bonus bill on Monday despite reports of a Republican agreement to defer its consideration until after the tariff bill is disposed of.
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Washington
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Mill machinist travels to Statesville after heir fortune ad
Elizabeth City dispatch reports Thomas Adams a mill machinist reading a Statesville attorney ad in state papers claiming he is an heir to $150 000 left by his London based grandfather. Adams left for Statesville last night to pursue the fortune claim.
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Elizabeth City
Thomas Adams
Statesville
North Carolina
London
England
Assault charges against Charlotte police chief urged to move courts
A grand jury in Charlotte recommends Chief Walter B. Orr face action in the proper court on two cases for alleged assault on former officer Walter Cuthbert and for profane language in public. Signers include J. H. Ross and K. N. Littlejohn. Orr accuses political enemies and identifies one signer as a Ku Klux Klan organizer.
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Charlotte
Grand Jury
Walter B. Orr
Walter Cuthbertson
J. H. Ross
K. N. Littlejohn
T. C Guthrie
Orr
Ku Klux Klan
Harding asks for action on subsidy bill this session
Washington June 17 The administration ship subsidy bill faces delay as the House argues it will not be taken up until it can send the tariff bill to conference. Chairman Campbell of the rules committee says objections exist in Republican ranks but the president insists on action before adjournment to explain the bill to the public.
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Washington
Administration
House
Campbell
Rules Committee
Harding
Senate
White House
House Rules and Steering Committee
House Rules Committee
Concord Stores Entered by Thieves
Concord report details burglars hitting two downtown stores on Wednesday night. J. W. Collet and Pounds-Moser Shoe Store were entered. Collet suffered the heaviest loss as thieves pried a rear door and used a hole in the partition to access his shop.
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Concord
J. W. Collet
Pounds-Moser
Railroaders to Receive Strike Ballots After Wage Cut
Cincinnati June 17 Strike ballots for stationary firemen and oilers and guidance to signalmen to decide on a strike vote will be mailed by nightfall after the railroad labor board decision cut wages of these unions. Clerks and station employes will not have a general ballot. Leaders decry the cuts as unjustified.
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Cincinnati
Trailroad Labor Board
Pullman mileage reports dramatic yearly totals for 1921
The 1921 Pullman car mileage averaged four and a half round trips daily to the moon and eight and a half to the sun. Total mileage reached 709,572,465 miles, equating to 88 Earth circumnavigations per day. Cars averaged 118,376 miles yearly with 11,294,229,406 miles traveled by passengers.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Pullman
Pullman Company
United States
Public Links Golf Fiends to Compete in America Championship
Cleveland report notes the first national public links championship will be held in Toledo in early August. Top entrants likely include Jimmy Mannion of St Louis, tied for medal at Oakmont two years ago, and Young Henry Wenzler of Memphis, regarded as the South’s leading public links player who has not yet competed nationally.
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Cleveland
America
Toledo
Jimmy Mannion
St. Louis
Oakmont
Henry Wenzler
Memphis
South
Wenzler
Grain Corner Gone Forever In Chicago Trade
Chicago authorities state the May wheat deal shows the end of grain corners as strict exchange rules and public warehouse rulings tighten control. The old Hutchinson era is contrasted with current safeguards, noting no manipulation occurred and prices reflect supply and demand globally.
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Chicago
L. L. Winters
Chicago Board of Trade
Old Hutch
B. P. Hutchinson
Leiter
P. D. Armour
Sallery
Atlanta Veterans Headed for Richmond Reunion
A large Atlanta delegation travels by special train to Richmond for the Confederate veterans grand reunion. Officials expect about 5 000 of the remaining 10 000 survivors to attend, with families and friends boosting visitors to between 50 000 and 100 000.
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Richmond
Moderate Advance on New York Cotton
In New York on June 17 the market opened modestly higher due to overnight buying in commission houses. As orders filled the trend turned easier as market participants expected the pulf disturbance to subside after rains in extreme south Texas and a fresh weather view across the belt. July and other active months opened near the prior close with gains fading.
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New York
Texas
Baltimore theaters may close two months this summer
Baltimore may see all moving picture theaters shutter for two months starting July 1 under a plan supported by the Mov ing Picture Exhibitors League. J Louis Rome, VP, says the business is in ruins as audiences dwindle due to daylight saving and a wave of neighborhood carnivals and lawn fetes.
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Baltimore
Moving Picture Exhibitors League
J. Louis Rome
Exhibitors’ League
Vacancies Open in Virginea Camps for 420 Men
F B Putter of Washington publicity chief for citizens military training camps visited Richmond to publicize summer camps. Virginians may fill 420 vacancies at camps opening July 27 to August 28. Posts include Virginia Coast Artillery at Camp Rustic and Fort Monroe Langley Field for air service infantry at Camp Meade and more.
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Richmond
F. B. Putter
Washington
Citizens
Butler
Virginia Coast Artillery
Camp Rustic
Fort Monroe
Air Service
Langley Field
Hampton
Infantry
Field Artillery
Cavalry and
Medical Corps
Camp Meade
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Westchester County
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Enterprise Office
Congress OF Disciples
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Pony
Y Associates Press
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Angelina Vircenza
Jackson
Mich
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Alice Mallett
Lansing
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