Soldier relief bill passes House and heads to Senate
The soldier relief bill cleared the House 289 to 92 and moves to the Senate after a two thirds vote. Debates centered on the suspension rule with Republicans Slemp Sells and Taylor among supporters and Democrats Bland Burns Davis Lee Sims Upshaw Vinson Weaver Wise Wright among backers and others opposing the tactic as improper.
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Carolina
Sims
Stedman
Upshaw
Vinson
Weaver
Wise
Wright
Bland
Virginia
Byrnes
South Carolina
Dominick
Drewry
Flood
Garrett
Holland
Mann
Montague
Moon
Tennessee
Moore
Overstreet
Padgett
Stevenson
Stoll
Whaley
Woods
Representative Mann
Illinois
Clark
Misouri
Campbell
Rules Committee
House
Wall Street
Would Limit Size of All Newspapers
The National Editorial Association discussed a news print shortage at its annual convention in Boston on May 31. Edwin Albright urged Congress to restrict daily page counts and to define a maximum page size while keeping large mill users out of the spot market and funding substitutes for wood pulp.
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Boston
Congress
United States
P. T. Dodge
International Paper Company
Return of American war dead to begin after September 15
Washington reports an agreement with France to start bringing home American soldier dead from the France military zone after September 15. Ralph Hays says relatives' wishes guide policy and most replies favor repatriation. Bodies left in France will be cared for in Fields of Honor at Romagne Belleau and Suresnes with uniform markers and hostess houses for visiting relatives.
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Ralph Hays
Baker
France
Hays
War Department
Romagne
Belleau
Suresnes
War Spurs Surge in Divorces Say Clergyman
Boston’s John B. Miller argues the war fuels rising divorces and urges federal marriage and divorce reform. He warns of contagion by divorce and calls for stronger laws to prevent remarriage after divorce. Washington Post quotation notes church unification to revitalize society.
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Washington Post
High cost of living prompts anti inflation reforms
The Republican high cost of living committee calls for cutting government borrowings and currency expansion, deflating credit, and private thrift. It urges increased production and tax revision to lower prices, and cites 50 percent dollar depreciation from currency growth as a cause. Helen R. Reid chairs. Albert Shaw vice chair.
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New York
Republican Party
Advisory Committee On
United States
Helen R. Reid
Albert Shaw
Immigration Committee
Frederick H. Gillett
House
White stock prices cited by The Times
The Times notes the newspaper’s white stock cost 15 percent of a cent per pound last week, versus 4 percent of a cent per pound a year ago.
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the Times
Agreement Reached on Sale of Government Merchant Ships
Washington May 31 Conferees from the house and senate tentatively agreed on legislation to sell government owned merchant ships as soon as practicable with provisions allowing the shipping board to operate or lease vessels pending sale. The policy aims to keep a privately owned US merchant fleet essential to defense and commerce.
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Washington
Shipping Board
House
Senate
Jones
United States
Postal Employes May Get Wage Increase In Washington Report
A joint congressional committee urged higher pay for postal workers starting July 1, estimating first year increases around 33 million dollars. Clerks and letter carriers would gain 150 to 250 dollars annually with 400 dollars for supervisory officers, while postmasters face selective raises based on current pay. The plan details new class structures, hourly rates, and mileage-based increases for rural and motor-route carriers.
Women Break Dirt for New Sunday School Building
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the First Christian church plan a dirt breaking at 4 p.m. for a $10,000 Sunday school building at Charlemont and Broad Streets. The event marks the final exercises of a program featuring Rev. H. L. Patterson, J. M. Hamlett, Mrs. H. O. Bunn, H. M. McNeil, and Dr. J. H. Clifford with speakers on church matters and the YMC A. Public invited.
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Charlemont
Broad Streets
H. L. Patterson
J. M. Hamlett
H. O. Bunn
Woman’s Board of Missions
H. M. McNeil
Board of
J. H. Clifford
Hamlett
Kingsport Redpath Chautauqua Ticket Drive Nears Goal
Guarantors in Kingsport seek to sell 700 adult Redpath Chautauqua tickets at 3.03 each with half sold by noon. Plant workers, led by Kingsport Brick Corp president J. Fred Johnson, may push sales and donate excess to the Parent-Teachers Association. The program features Sibyl Sammis Singers, Henry Rompel, Emerson Williams and Jean MacNeil, plus Gilbert and Sullivan Pinafore and lectures on Bolshevism and farming.
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Redpath Chautauqua
Kingsport
J. Fred Johnson
Walter Hunter
Dobyns
Sibyl Sammis
Henry E. Rompel
America
W. S. Watkins
Carolyn E. Geisel
Emerson Williams
Jean MacNeil
Mr. Walliams
Miss MacNeil
Edison Phonograph
Henry A. Adrian
Luther Burbank
Louise Stallings
Mendelssohn
New York Opera Singers
Opie Read
Charles G. Jordan
Debs Accepts Socialist Nomination in Jail
Eugene V. Debs accepted the Socialist nomination for president from the Atlanta federal penitentiary where he is serving a ten year term. A small ceremony included Seymour Stedman and Joseph Caldwell among others, with speeches by Debs and coverage by newspaper and camera crews.
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Atlanta
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Debs
Seymour Stedman
New York
Joseph Caldwell
Rhode Island
Communist Party
Kingsport Forgery Pair Arrested Over Forgeries
Roy Jackson and Robert Dykes, both 22, allegedly used the handwriting of Fred Holt to forge checks worth small sums. Police say the duo partnered to produce and pass the forgeries, leading to Jackson posting a $1000 bond and both men facing Circuit Court proceedings. A store clerk identified Holt’s signature as forged and the two suspects were arrested after checks were rejected by First National Bank.
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Kingsport
Tom
Harry
Spencer
Fred Holt
Robert Dykes
Roy
Vines
Robert
Smith
J. M. Morton
J. M. Parker
New York
Pauline Goodfriend
Holt
Jackson
First National Bank
Ralph Parlette Promoter of Motivational Booklets and Lectures
Ralph Parlette author of It’s Up to You Go South and Salvation of the Sucker has sold booklets to over a thousand leading corporations for worker distribution. He has lectured in five thousand cities and towns across 25 years and edited the Lyceum Magazine.
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Ralph Parlette
Lyceum
Will Graduate 19 Pups Next Friday
Kingsport High plans a Friday graduation for nineteen seniors after a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. S B Ogle at First Baptist Church. The ceremony features Dr Harry H Clark of the University of Tennessee as speaker and diplomas to the class by Supt E M Crouch. The class includes Blanche Arnold Ray Barger Ruth Bennett Hope Brown Helen Black Gladys Bunn Olin Flora Wilson Gustwick Paul Gustwick Bertha Howard Violet Holloman Mildred Mahea Bernice McConnell Clara Murrell Jess Pyle Gladstone Smallwood Annie Tickle Mary Wilson Frances Weatherbee.
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Baptist Church
Ogle
Gladstone Smallwood
Box
Cox
Harry H. Clark
University of Tennessee
W. M. Bennett
Board of Education
E. M. Crouch
Blanche Arnold
Ray Barger
Ruth Bennett
Hope Brown
Helen Black
Gladys Bunn
Olin Flora
Wilson Gustwick
Paul Gustwick
Bertha Howard
Violet Holloman
Mildred Mahe A
Bernice McConnell
Clara Murrell
Jess Pyle
Annie Tickle
Mary Wilson
Frances Weatherbee
Returns to Home and Finds Wife a Widow
New York May 31 Peter J Kee nan a watchman reached his home to find his wife in mourning with his corpse prepared for funeral. His two nieces had identified a man who dropped dead on Amsterdam avenue as their uncle Peter and the brother Thomas confirmed the identification and notified the widow. Peter then confronted Thomas at the watchmans shanty and asked Is that you Peter or is it your ghost.
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New York
Peter J. Keenan
West 48Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Peter
Thomas
New Belgian Loan Announced By New York Banks
J P Morgan and Guarantee Trust announce a 50 million dollar loan to Belgium to liquidate a June maturing acceptance credit. The issue, a 25 year 7 percent sinking fund bond, dated June 1 1920, will pay 115 percent principal by June 1 1945 and is offered at 97 1/4 with interest on June 2.
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New York
Belgium
J. P. Mor
Bids Open Tonight for Materials on New Grammar School Buildings
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen and City Manager will open bids tonight for materials for three new grammar school buildings. Four bids are entered. Excavations for two buildings were completed about ten days ago and concrete foundation pours are expected to start soon.
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Gramaar
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