Rail unions await strike ballot outcome due July first
Railroad workers weigh strike referendum as $126 million in wage cuts take effect by July 1. Ben W. Hooper predicts settlement without strike. unions threaten action if votes favor none. President Harding backing the board amid transport act limits.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
Washington
Harding
Hooper
Southern Pacific
American Killed by Mexican Bandits
The American embassy in Mexico City and the Tampico consulate were instructed to urge federal and local authorities to pursue the slayers of Warren D. Harvey, an American paymaster killed June 17 five miles from Tampico. The consulate noted Harvey was killed by bandits while serving for an unnamed company.
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Washington
Mexico City
Tampico
State Department
Warren D. Harvey
Consu
Harvey
Fireworks display causes casualties on Lisbon river
In Lisbon on June 19 a vessel explosion during a fireworks display for the trans Atlantic flight success of Portuguese naval aviators killed several people and wounded about thirty, prompting a suspension of the celebrations along the Tangus river.
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Lisbon
Tangus
Acciden
France Says It Will With Draw If Politics Enter Hague Conference
France will participate in the Hague conference with Russian delegates starting June 26. If political subjects are on the agenda, French delegates will withdraw immediately as stated by the foreign office.
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France
the Hague
Foreign Office
C J Cummins In Critical Condition At High Point
C J Cummins, a well known High Point veneer man, is reported in critical condition at High Point hospital after an operation for appendicitis last week. His status has been serious for several days.
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C. J. Cummins
High Point
High Point Hospital
Money for Tar Heels
The War Finance Corporation announced 61 advances for agricultural and livestock aims totaling 959000 dollars. North Carolina loans accounted for 90000 dollars in the distribution released today.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
North Carolina
Holland Sets Amateur Mark At Woodway Course
Stamford Connecticut June 19 F R Holland posted an amateur record at Woodway Golf Club completing the 18 holes in 73 strokes He played with Louis Chiapetta professional who turned in a 72 two under the par score for comparison
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Stamford
Conn
F. R. Holland
Woodway Golf Club
Louis Chiapetta
Large Steel Orders Signal Auto Industry Boom
Youngstown Ohio June 19 plans show sheet steel orders rising as auto makers and other factories resume near full operations. Seven of eight mills scheduled to reopen could staff with skilled labor, leaving only three of 113 mills idle in the district.
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Youngstown
Lewis predicts AFL strike win by rail men and miners
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, predicts three factors will secure victory for miners and railway workers in a common strike. He cites moral influence, disrupted transport, and tighter union unity as key, with B M Jewell noting overwhelming support for a walkout among railway employees.
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Cincinnati
Jum
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
William “Larick
Toledo
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Frank Morrison
Clark
New England
Texile
International Typoraphical Union
John L. Lewis
Lewis
B. M. Jewell
Federation
Perritt Case Postponed in Charlotte Municipal Court
The case against Olin Perritt pitcher for the Columbia D. C. association team was postponed for two weeks after he was accused of throwing a pot bottle and striking a child in the grand stand during a Charlotte Columbia game last Wednesday.
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Perritt
Charlotte
Olin Perritt
Columbia
D. C
Bride Elect Waits in Vain at Holy Cross Church
In Louisville on June 19 Edward E. Sparks twenty four failed to appear for the planned marriage to Margaret McGrath nineteen. Friends and relatives waited an hour at Holy Cross Catholic church and then left. Efforts to locate Sparks have been futile.
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Louisville
Edward E. Sparks
Margaret McGrath
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Sparks
South Carolina Supreme Court Rules Income Tax Constitutional
The South Carolina supreme court declares the state income tax law constitutional, dissolves the temporary restraining order on bills, and denies the plea for a permanent injunction.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina Supreme Court
Marshall Elected Principal of Brosville High School
Danville Virginia June 19 A R Marshall has been elected principal of Brosville high school one of the largest and best equipped in the state The new principal is presently recovering from a recent operation in Danville general hospital Last year he was principal of Kentucky high school
City Judge Takes Heavy Load as Prohibition Cases Rise
Judge Walter Raval presided over a crowded municipal court session with many defendants charged under prohibition laws. Notable cases include Sam Thompson facing liquor sale and receipt charges, Robert Patterson guilty of liquor receipt, and others like Bill Bellew Ernest Varnes FR. M. Miller and Bill Bailey in liquor and traffic related offenses with fines and road sentences.
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Walter Raval
Sam Thompson
Lie
Robert Patterson
Bill Bellew
Ernest Varnes
FR. M. Miller
Bill Bailey
Bob Hayes
Ernest Silver
Bill Hays
Hayes
Silver
Rufus Neugen
J. A. Loflin
C. K. Wright
Man Held in Raleigh Officer Murder Case From Nine Years Ago
Will Mays alias Will Gray a white man was arrested in Pomona for the 9 year old murder of Raleigh police officer Cleo Watkins. The poolroom shooting followed an attempted arrest and wounded another man. Greensboro police aided in the capture and Raleigh authorities will take him to the capital city.
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Will Mays
Will Gray
Pomona
Raleigh
Mays
Cleo Watkins
Greensboro
State Labor Body Not In New Party
Charlotte June 194 The North Carolina Federation of Labor has no connection with the proposed organization of a new political party to be launched in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon James F Barrett president of the state federation said today that the labor organization of North Carolina is strictly non partisan and will remain so
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Charlotte
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Raleigh
James F. Barrett
State Federation
Labor Organization of
North Carolina
Bandsman Wins $10 at Phillips Street Sale
Ernest Lumsden a jazz drummer with Sid Burton's land sale band won a $10 cash prize Saturday afternoon at the Phillips street sale event.
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Ernest Lumsden
Sid Burton
Phillips Street
Lepers at Large In U S Top 1200 Across States
The U S Public Health Service reports about 1,200 lepers at large in twenty five states. Assistant Surgeon General Dr H C Lavinder states isolation facilities large enough to house all cases are the only way to prevent further increase.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
H. C Lavinder
Lavinder
George Straub Confesses Three More Murders
Jackson police reveal George Straub, already confessing to killing Miss Alice Mailett, now admits three additional killings. He describes a 1918 triple hanging on a prison farm, involving two women and a man whose own death was linked to the case. Full confession details remain undisclosed.
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Jackson
Mich
George Straub
Alice Mailett
Lansing
Straub
Harry Bushnell
Tillie Jenkins
Valder Kerdoner
New High Records on New York Cotton
Heavy buying at the open lifted cotton prices to new season highs in New York with rains in the eastern belt and stronger Liverpool demand influencing sentiment. Active months advanced about 45 to 48 points, October at 22.45 and December at 22.24, with July 22.80, October 22.00, December 22.05, January 23.88, and March 21.75.
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New York
Liverpool
Trade and Commission House
Totton
Leading Citizen of Statesville Dies at 77
Geo. Hamilton Brown 77 of Statesville died in a local hospital after serving as president of the People's Loan and Savings Bank. Native of Wilkes County, he was clerk of the superior court for two terms, cashier of the internal revenue office from 1875 to 1885, then collector for the district. Four children survive.
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Statesville
Geo. Hamilton Brown
People’s Loan & Savings Bank
No-Hit No-Run Game By Albany Pitcher Etten
Albany’s Tiny Etten of the Eastern league pitched a no-hit no-run game against Fitchburg yesterday. He walked two batters and allowed one to reach second base in the decisive effort.
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Albany
N. Y
Howard
Tiny) Etten
Alban
Fitchburg
Etten
Veterans Gather in Richmond for Confederate Reunion
Associated Press reports in Richmond on the 32nd annual reunion of Confederate veterans. Thousands from Maryland to California arrive as the gray-coated generation reunites in the city that was once their capital, with about 4,000 surviving veterans and an estimated 50,000 visitors in attendance.
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Richmond
Lee
Jackson
Stuart
Forrest
Rans
Green Hills
Maryland
Purple
Virginia
Texan Plains
Gulf
Pacific
Indictment in New Jersey Over Arms Shipments to Ireland
Col. Marcellus H. Thompson, vice president of Auto Ordnance Co., New York, indicted by a federal grand jury in Trenton on conspiracy to ship arms to Ireland in violation of neutrality laws. Auto Ordnance Co. and seven others named in related charges after 459 machine guns were found in the Hoboken bound Cosmopolitan liner East Side's coal bunkers.
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Trenton
N. J
Marcellus H. Thompson
Auto Ordnance Co
New York
Ireland
United States
Harold Smith
Hoboken
Cosmopolitan Line
East Side
Sinn Fein
Masonry Denounces Ku Klux Klan in Massachusetts
Boston June 19 Masonry declares opposition to the Ku Klux Klan in a statement by Arthur D Prince grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He warns the Klan movement is growing and urges Masons to reconcile duties with Masonry not the Klan. The statement says the order has repudiated Klan claims where active and cautions members against joining.
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Boston
Arthur D. Prince
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Massachusetts
Prince
Rich farmer held for owning liquor
Richland farmer Robert Hedrick and his son Raymond Hedrick faced a preliminary hearing in Statesville before United States Commissioner W J Lazenby on June 19. The father waived examination, posted $1000 bond, and remains charged with possessing an excess quantity of liquor. The son was charged with interfering with an officer and was bound over for trial on $300 bond.
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Statesville
Robert Hedrick
Catawba County
Raymond Hedrick
W. J. Lazenby
United States Commissioer
Raymond Hendrick
Wag
Tablet Unveiled for Dr F J Murdock at Chestnut Hill
A tablet in memory of the late Dr F J Murdock was unveiled at St Pauls Episcopal church Chestnut Hill during a special service led by Rev R B Owen of Charlotte. Dr Murdock served as an Episcopal minister here for 40 years and died 13 years ago. A large congregation attended and a picnic dinner followed.
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Murdock
Salisbury
F. J. Murdock
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Chestnut Hill
R. BB. Owen
Charlotte
Republicans Vote Against Delaying Tariff Bill
Senate Republicans rejected delaying the tariff bill to address the soldiers bonus. A resolution for final disposition of both measures before adjournment was approved, while leaders doubted expected support from Walsh allies would materialize. A new move to bring up the bill was anticipated, signaling renewed debate on the senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Walsh
Senate
Wilhelm Denies Throwing Winston Game
Durham pitcher Bill Wilhelm, 20, denied accusations he threw a game to Winston-Salem. Durham Bulls manager Lee Gooch claimed the incident, with Wilhelm reportedly warning of a deliberately pitched ball, led to a six-run inning before he was pulled and suspended with a $100 fine.
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Durham
Bill Wilhelm
Durham Baseball Club
Winston-Salem
Lee Gooch
Durham Bulls
Bramham
Piedmont League
Wilhelm
Gooch
Twins
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Masonic Leader Denounces Ku Klux Klan in NY Statement
Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins, grand master of New York Freemasons, denounces the Ku Klux Klan and says Masons cannot be members of both organizations. Similar announcements were issued by Connecticut and Massachusetts grand masters.
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New York
Supreme Court
Arthur S. Tompkins
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
New York State
Pubic Today
Masonic Fraternity
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Railway receiver urges wage cuts to avert sale
William P. Temker, receiver for the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway, asked employees to accept voluntary wage reductions to save the line from being sold as junk by July 1. The appeal came during a conference with road representatives and state officials from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
William P. Temker
Kansas City, Co
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Record Airplane Time Between Salt Lake City and San Francisco
The United States Air Mail Service announced a relay flight set a new record by three fliers covering the Salt Lake City to San Francisco leg in six hours and 12 minutes. The feat was achieved today in relay format.
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San Francisco
Salt Lake City
United States Air Mail Service
Air Mail Service
Churches Unite to End Coal Crisis Across Nation
Washington June 19 The Commission on the Church and Social Service of the Federal Council of Churches the National Catholic Welfare Council and the Central Conference of American Rabbis urge President Harding to call a national coal conference and end the strike now before women and children suffer further The appeal cites ongoing hardship in mining towns and calls for government intervention and an industry investigation to settle the dispute.
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Washington
Harding
Commission On the Church and Social Service of
Theederal Council of Churches
Department of Social Action
National Catholic Welfare Council
Social Justice Commission
Central Conference of American Rabbis
United States
Commission On the Church and Social Service
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Secretary of Commerce
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Raamen
Labor Federation
Associated Press
Heaven
Mars
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Guglielmo Marconi
NEW Party
U. S
George Staub
NEW High Records
Masonry
Winston
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