Georgia Campaign Intensifies as Primary Nears
In Atlanta on September 1 the Georgia Democratic primary heats up a final week. Four candidates vie for the U.S. Senate with Hoke Smith, Thomas E. Watson, Hugh Dorsey, and John R. Cooper. Governor contenders Hardwick, Holder, and Clifford Walker also frame the race. Nationwide Wilson and League of Nations stances dominate positions, shaping a high-stakes contest with deathless regional loyalties and party tactics noted from prior April results.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States
Congress
Wilson
League of Nations
Hoke Smith
Thomas E. Watson
Hugh Dorsey
John R. Cooper
Macon
Smith
Senator Lodge
Versailles
Senator Smith
Lodge
Tom Watson
League
Senate
Hardwick
John W. Holder
House of Representatives
Clifford Walker
Holder
Cox
Walker
A. Mitchell Talmer
Thomas Watson
Watson
Palmer
Inaugural and Anniversary Events Across Regions
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Sedan and the opening of America’s first electric railway from Baltimore to Hampden. Republican leaders in the Middle West meet in Chicago with Hays to discuss campaign matters. The Stavanger Lager convention opens in Marshalltown Iowa as Dr Leo S Rowe becomes Pan American Union director general. Jay H Neff Hall in Missouri hosts its journalism school dedication with Talcott Williams. Ottawa hosts the Canadian Bar Association annual meeting with speakers Cave Taft Geddes. The American Cotton Association launches its semi annual meeting in Montgomery to address a large cotton market conspiracy claim.
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Sedan
America
Baltimore
Hampden
Middle Western States
Hays
Chicago
Stavanger Lager
Marshalltown
Iowa
Leo S. Rowe
Pan-American Union
John Barrett
Jay H. Neff
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Talcott Williams
New York
Canadian Bar Association
Ottawa
Viscount Cave
William H. Taft
Sir Auckland Geddes
American Cotton Association
Montgomery
Social Calendar Highlights in Mrs Violet Oberfeldt Column
Wednesday events include a 3 o'clock party hosted by Mrs O W Mann for Marian and Dorothy Jackson and a 12 o'clock luncheon by Mrs W L Arkles honoring Margaret Lloyd A movie show is scheduled at the Service Club in the evening Thursday the Christian Church Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Phelps home at 3 30 o'clock The Presbyterian Church Ladies Auxiliary meets with Mrs H M Austin at 4 The W M A Circles hold regular afternoon meetings at their usual hour
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O. W. Mann
Marian
Dorothy Jackson
W. L. Arkles
Margaret Lloyd
Service Club
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Phelps
The
Presbyterian Church
H. M. Austin
Local residents take trips and plan visits abroad
General Mention lists numerous residents journeying to Kerrville Center Point San Antonio Berkeley Boerne Corpus Christi New Orleans Biloxi Hattiesburg Manila and beyond. Mentions arrivals departures camping trips visits to relatives and study trips with several names and destinations noted. A social box party honors Miss Robye Jean Willborn with a photoplay and Olympia stop before a farewell. Helen MacGregor resigns from the International Institute staff after a year of service and training.
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Miss MacGregor
The
International Institute
Helen MacGregor
Engagement for Lieut Snyder Highlighted in Laredo News
The article notes Miss Marzelle Beene's engagement to Lieut Russell C Snyder of the United States Army announced at a party hosted by Mrs Willis Beene. The wedding is planned for September 15 at the bride's sister Mrs B H Buenz home. A later Telegram confirmed the engagement amid the social coverage in Laredo.
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Willis Beene
Marzelle Beene
Russell C. Snyder
United States Army
B. H. Buenz
Cadena de Amor
Snyder
Inez Hill
Courtney Slaughter
Josephine Tobin
Ruth Scratchley
Olivia Schultz
Mesdames Riley
M. Wormser
Harry Sames
Lobdell
Slaughter
Memorial Loan Fund aids UT ex service students
The Student Memorial Loan Fund, a Will C. Hogg led program at the University of Texas, offers financial aid to former service men and women to cover education costs. About six hundred donors contributed at least 50 each, with fifty four ex service students aided last year based on need and merit.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Will C. Hogg
ExStudents’ Association
Sporting Notes on Tennis, Balloons, and Basketball Schedule
The United States has 500 lawn tennis clubs and an estimated total of 3,500,000 devotees of the game. The Aero Club of America balloon races remain unsettled. The Western Conference basketball schedules will be drawn up at a Chicago meeting on September 18.
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United States
The
Aero Club of America
Chicago
Rotary Club Meeting at Hamilton Hotel Cafe in Laredo
The Laredo Rotary Club held its weekly luncheon at the Hamilton Hotel Cafe presided by Justo S. Penn. A ladies committee led by Mrs. C. S. McKinney and Mrs. Ira O’Meara spoke on the library campaign and Rotary boosted support. Funny stories followed and the meeting closed with Rotary songs sung with Mrs. Travis Bruce Bunn on piano.
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Laredo
Justo S. Penn
I. Goodman
J. H. Winchanan
McKinney
Rotary
Travis Bruce Bunn
Hunger on the rails as Holland feeds Germans first
The Associated Press describes central Europe’s food scarcity seen from Oldengaal Netherlands with Germans at the main Berlin Amsterdam route station enjoying abundant bread cheese and milk while hunger follows them into the car. A German theatre troupe plays to fill times at Helland during travel. The piece notes low salaries and precarious living in Germany and eager competition to join Dutch companies. A passerby proclaims Holland a paradise for ham sandwiches and butter in large portions.
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Associated Press
Oldengaal
Netherlands
Europe
Holland
Berlin
Amsterdam
Germany
Helland
Semiramis
Not Good Finance Parable From The Argonaut
A renowned financier fell gravely ill at ninety and whispered of near end. The doctor quipped the Lord would not claim him before a hundred. The banker replied that would be poor finance, asking why God should wait to reach par when he could take him at ninety.
Birth rate rising in New York City in 1920
New York City birth rate climbs despite high living costs housing shortages and few domestic servants. Health statistics show seven month rate 22.34 per thousand up from 21.90 year earlier while infant mortality drops to 83 per thousand. Authorities credit sanitation and healthier living.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Weather Forecast and Local Observations at Fort McIntosh
Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy. Observations in 24 hours ending 7 a m show max 100 and min 76 degrees. Wind direction southeast. Clear. Ohio State University launches a campaign to raise one million dollars to build an athletic stadium.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Ohio State University
Tennessee Solons Still in Dilemma
Nashville Tenn September 1 Conflict ing views split Tennessee legislature over expunging from the house journal all record of ratification of the federal suffrage amendment and voting not to concur with the senate in ratification. Some say legal ratification hinges on the governor's certificate to Washington. Governor Roberts declined to comment. State Attorney General Thompson says reconsideration is impossible after both chambers adopted the resolution and certified to Colby.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House
Senate
Roberts
Washington
Thompson
Colby
Poland's Answer to US on Polish Frontiers
Washington reports Poland rejected the United States warning not to let its armies cross the ethnographic frontier in pursuit of Reds. Officials say strategic considerations will govern Poland's course despite the admonition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Poland
United States
Wireless in water off Malta signals wartime German device
A Maltese fishing party found a complete German wireless apparatus anchored in 20 fathoms off Melleha Bay with mast beneath the surface to eight fathoms. Dockyard authorities removed it for examination. The gear suggests regular signaling during the war with submarines waiting for British ships, with the mast likely sunk before detection.
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Associated Press
Malta
Melleha Bay
Raids on rustlers echoing western law in Argentina
In Buenos Aires province authorities and ranch owners led raids on rustlers. A round-up of 98 gauchos recovered 3,000 cattle with altered brands, reflecting a clandestine battle to curb rustling on the pampas. Reports from other provinces hint at similar harsh justice and echoes of Wyoming past.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Pampas
North American
Wyoming
Idaho
Argentina
Andes
Patagonia
Chamberlain's Tablets Cure Indigestion Claims
Sufferers from indigestion grow discouraged but many have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Tablets and can now eat anything they crave. The tablets strengthen the stomach and help it perform its functions naturally. If you have not tried them do so at once.
Senate committee hears two days on campaign funds
In Chicago on September 1 the senate investigating committee questioned Democratic and Republican campaign finances. George White and Wilbur Marsh testified as chief witnesses while White disputed Governor Cox's charges about Republican funding and quotas. He estimated a 2 million dollar Democratic fund and noted he had not set up a fundraising committee.
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Associated Press
Chicago
White
Senate Committee Today
Cox
Kenyon
Spencer
Senate
Democratic National Committee
New York
San Francisco
Washington
George White
Wilbur Marsh
Texas Begins New Fiscal Year In Strong Financial Condition
Austin reports the Texas state finances start the new fiscal year in the best condition to date. Comptroller M L Wiginton estimates 16 million dollars credited to the general revenue fund sufficient to cover a 4 million dollar school appropriation and state expenses for the next three months.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
M. L. Wiginton
General Revenue
Women Vote Rights Clarified In Texas Elections
Assistant Attorney General Stone ruled that women qualified to vote may participate in primary, general, and hand elections without showing a poll tax receipt due to a constitutional amendment. The decision narrows poll tax requirements for Texas voters, dated September 1 in Austin.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Stone
Culver declines reappointment to federal trade commission
Washington September 1 W B Culver chairman of the federal trade commission notified President Wilson he did not wish his name considered for reappointment at the end of his term September 25 He desires to engage in private business
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Associated Press
Washington
W. B. Culver
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Mexican diplomats stay in Laredo before Mexico City voyage
A party of Mexican diplomats arrived this morning en route to Mexico and took rooms at the Bender Hotel for the day before continuing to Mexico City. Included are Dr Alfredo Catarega, former Mexican financial agent in New York, his wife, and Ramon P de Negri, former Mexican consul general in New York. One or two others will remain briefly in Laredo before departure.
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Mexico
Bender
Mexico City
Alfredo Catarega
New York
Ramon P de Negri
Laredo
Cotton crop shows rise in August despite late season
Washington reports a continued rise in the cotton crop through August adding over 250 thousand bales to progress. The department forecasts total production at 12,783,000 bales but notes the crop is two to three weeks late and boll weevil damage is higher than normal, with Texas condition at 67 percent of normal on August 25.
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Florence C Floore
Chautauqua
N. Y
Texas
Texas Club
Pennybacker
Sims
Shaver
Galvin
Lee Joseph
Bonner
Boydston
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Coal Price Probe In North Texas District Led By DA
United States District Attorney Taylor stated in Fort Worth that under order from Attorney General Palmer the investigation into coal prices in the northern Texas district has thus far found the mines responsible for the rising fuel costs.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
United States
Taylor
UK Musicians Unite to Oppose Alien Competition
London reports a working agreement between the Musical Conductors Association and the National Orchestral Union of Professional Musicians pledging to oppose alien competition. The groups claim foreign conductors and instrumentalists sought to regain pre war footing in London theaters and call for concerted defense. The note cites wartime shifts with English conductors scarce and foreigners filling posts now reappearing in new nationalities.
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Associated Press
London
Musical Conductors’ Association
National Orchestral Union of Professional Musicians
Loans to Employers in Brazil Senate Debates 25 Million
Rio de Janeiro Sept 1 The federal Chamber of Deputies considers a bill authorizing a special loan of about 25 million dollars to liquidate debts owed by government employees to money lenders. Treasury would reimburse itself by deducting the amount from workers’ wages in 60 installments at six percent annual interest, and part of the loan would repay employees for wartime salary deductions.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Women’s rights across nations and industries noted
A report outlines advances for women from Egypt and Denmark to the United States. It cites a Danish bill on public offices, U S leadership in civil service, Dorothy Cunningham steering Republican women in Indiana, women’s full membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen in West Virginia, Katherine Lostogon running a livery business in Stillwater Minnesota, and European women’s growing managerial roles in theater compared with America.
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Denmark
United States
Dorothy Cunningham
Indiana
Order of United Workmen
Grand Lodge of
West Virginia
Katherine Lostogon
Stillwater
Minn
Europe
America
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