Plan to merge private rail ownership with government control
The Interstate Commerce Committee submits a tentative bill calling for private ownership of railroads within regional systems under government control. It abolishes strikes, creates a five member Transportation Board, and a wages and working conditions committee with equal employee and employer representation.
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Wahington
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson Meets His Cabinet on Eve of Stump Trip
President Wilson met his cabinet for the last time before a 000,000 mile speech making tour to promote the peace treaty. Labor issues and plans for a conference between capital and labor, plus other domestic questions, were discussed as he prepared to depart.
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Wilson
Washington
High Point plant picketing turns tense as owner assaulted
Bri. S. Cummings, owner of the High Point Overall company, was seized by union picketers as he arrived to photograph the gathering. A weapon was passed to a policeman who returned it to a striker. No charges filed, no police record due to premises context. Women employees faced but continued to work amid the stoppage.
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High Point Overall Company
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Prohibition Inspector Hall Faces Murder Trial in Winchester Case
Manassas Va September 2 The murder trial of State Prohibition inspector W C Hall opened here as part of the case stemming from the killing of Lawrence Hudson and R C Shackelford near Winchester last spring. Three other state officers indicted for murder will be tried separately. The jury was filled quickly despite some veniremen showing sentiment.
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Prohibition
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Lawrence Hudson
R. C. Shackelford
Winchester
Texans Call for U S Intervention in Mexico
Fort Worth Texas September 2 Governor Hobby addressing Kiwanis delegates reiterates support for intervention in Mexico comparing it to disarming Germany in the Atlantic He urges Texans to understand state affairs and criticizes a northern reformer amid a racial dispute in Austin referencing John A Shillady.
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Kiwanis Clubs
United States
Mexico
Atlantic
Germany
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Austin
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Air Derby Winner Denied Prize For War Service
Lieutenant W. W. Maynard of Mount Olive North Carolina winner of the Toronto New York international air derby cannot accept the $10 000 prize while in military service He spoke in Raleigh about speculation driving high food costs noting warehouses overflowing in northern European ports and his wartime enlistment while a Wake Forest student.
Snake in Nest Solves Mystery of Missing Eggs
In Mechanicsburg residents reported hens striking and missing eggs. China nest eggs disappeared but were found in a large snake’s stomach, ending the mystery of the missing eggs.
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German Submarines Arrive at Yokohama for Inspection
German submarines allotted to Japan have arrived safely at Yokohama and are open for public inspection.
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Japan
Yokohama
Bootlegger on Train Proves Alibi in Tennessee Slaying
J. S. Fenston, jailed for violation of prohibition law, was questioned in the Robin J. Cooper murder case. He claimed he was on a Louisville to Nashville train Thursday night, while investigators traced his movements after he and Miss Casey Jorden were arrested near his home with 150 quarts of whisky.
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Lice
Robin J. Cooper
Louisville
Nashville
Fenston
Casey Jorden
Italy Sees Large Imports from Argentina Early This Year
Rome reports government commerce statistics showing Italy imported about 65 million dollars from Argentina in the first three months of the year while exporting around 2 million dollars in goods.
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Italy
Rome
U S Grants Fifty Million Loan to Estonia
Copenhagen reports the United States has approved a $50,000,000 loan to Estonia, intended mainly to pay for American goods sent to Estonia, according to the Esthonian press bureau.
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U. S
Esthonia
Esthonian Press Bureau
Automobile Turns Turtle Near Mount Airy Injuries Reported
A Ford sedan wrecked on the road from Mount Airy toward Winston Salem left Messrs Joyce and Gilley injured, one saying he could not live until daybreak while the other lay unconscious. The car spun twice. a physician was summoned.
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Gilley
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Bryan predicts end of saloons in civilized lands
William Jennings Bryan told the Independent Order of Good Templars that no saloon will operate in any civilized land before this generation passes. He made the remark during the group’s gathering in Syracuse on September 2.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Two American Aviators Flee Mexican Fire Over Rio Grande
In Larewo Texas on September 2 a border patrol plane was fired on by about 25 Mexicans from the brush along the Rio Grande. One officer was wounded in the head, Lt Johnson guided the craft back to the American side, where McNabb received medical aid from a farmhouse and a surgeon from headquarters headed to the scene.
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Bolshevik Surrounds Lithuanians Seeks Peace
The Lithunan legation says Bolshevik forces are surrounded on the Lithuanian front and offer peace as Lithuanian advances continue. Private Joseph H Laughlin of Cord, N C, receives the Distinguished Service Cross from General Pershing. The revised peace terms for Austria were handed to Austrian plenipotentiaries at the conference in Paris.
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Split in Anti Rum Party Threatens Conference
Chicago September 2 delegates at the national committee meeting of the Anti Rum Party faced a possible split over whether to keep functioning and seek enforcement of prohibition laws or dissolve the party. The issue divided the ranks as the meeting opened.
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Chicago
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Congress
National Committee of the
Pershing to Lead Two Parades Here
General Pershing will head the parades in New York and Washington of the First division. Major-General James W. McAndrew announced the arrangement, with Baker and March directing military matters for the welcome to the American commander.
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Washington
New York
James W. McAndrew
Fromer
American Expeditionary Forces
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March
Ameri
School officials seek patron patience as crowding rises
North Carolina faces a growing school crowd as Main street and nearby facilities overflow. Students exceed room capacity leading to transfers and auditorium based classes while officials urge tolerance for a few days to ease the scheduling shuffle. Meanwhile a National crop forecast places cotton at 11 020 000 bales with varied state conditions and last month’s forecast at 11 016 000 bales.
Trolleys Run In Greenville Today After Strike End
Streetcar service resumes in Greenville this afternoon for the first time since a three week strike. Officials of the Southern Public Utilities Company and the striking employer reached an agreement through the state board of conciliation and give concessions to both sides.
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Lic Utilities Company
State Board of Conciliation
Cranford Launches First North Carolina Steel Ship
At Wilmington on Sept 2 the Cranford, the first steel ship built in North Carolina, slid from the Carolina Shipbuilding plant into Cape Fear waters amid whistles and 12 000 spectators. The launch was described as successful in every detail.
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Wilmington
Cranford
North Carolina
Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation
Cape Fear
Rioting in Knoxville Quelled as Guards Return Home
Knoxville reports end of rioting with national guardsmen returning to their homes. Adjutant general expects no further trouble. Thirteen men arrested for wrecking the county jail during a mob seeking Maurice Mayes, accused of murdering a white woman. No escapees yet apprehended.
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Knoxville
Adjutant General
Council presses for Rumania reply at peace talks
Paris dispatch reports the peace conference chafing at Rumania's delayed reply to a council note. The body plans to dispatch an admiral with a firm note demanding immediate action from Rumania.
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Paris
Peace Conference
Council
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