Georgia Democrats Readying Final Week in Primary
Atlanta September 1 A fiercely fought Georgia Democratic primary enters its final week with polls one week away for U.S. senator, Congress members and state officers including the governor. The race splits over Wilson and the League of Nations amid four candidates for senator Hoke Smith Tom Watson Hugh Dorsey and John R Cooper and three for governor Hardwick Holder and Walker. Public sentiment shows anti Wilson sentiment outweighing pro League votes, complicating the race and leaving outcome uncertain.
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Today’s Events Across Nations and Cities
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of Sedan’s battle onset and the opening of America’s first electric railway from Baltimore to Hampden. Republican leaders from the Midwest meet in Chicago with Hays. the Stavanger Lager opens its Marshalltown convention. Dr. Leo S. Rowe becomes Pan American Union Director General. Jay H. Neff Hall in Missouri dedicated with Talcott Williams speaking. Canadian Bar Association opens in Ottawa with Taft and Geddes among speakers. U.S. Cotton Association convenes in Montgomery to debate a large market-breaking conspiracy.
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Chicago
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Iowa
Leo S. Rowe
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University of Missouri
Talcott Williams
New York
Canadian Bar Association
Ottawa
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American Cotton Association
Montgomery
Social Calendar and Society Notes From PA
Society editors report a midweek social calendar with Mrs O W Mann hosting a 3 pm party for Marian and Dorothy Jackson and Mrs W L Arkles hosting a 12 pm luncheon for Margaret Lloyd. A Service Club movie night is scheduled. Thursday brings church group meetings and W M A circle sessions in the afternoon.
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Service Club
Many Local Residents Plan Trips and Visits This Week
General mentions list residents returning from trips to Kerrville Center Point Berkeley San Antonio and Corpus Christi with others leaving for Mexico City Manila and San Francisco. Included are visits to New Orleans Biloxi Hattiesburg and mobile and a box party for Miss Renve Jean Willhern with many attendees. Also notes on resignations from the International Institute staff and ongoing travel plans.
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Mobile
Ala
Memorial Loan Fund Aids UT Ex-Servicemen Students
The Student Memorial Loan Fund, a memorial to UT soldiers, is available to former service men and women needing aid to attend the University of Texas. Will C. Hogg announces the fund, supported by about six hundred subscribers contributing $50 or more. Fifty four ex service men received aid last year, with priority given to veterans. others may apply based on scholastic record.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Will C. Hogg
ExStudents’ Association
Sporting Notes Rally of Lawn Tennis and Aero Club Weather
The United States has 500 lawn tennis clubs and about 25.59 million devotees. The national and international balloon races of the Aero Club of America remain unsettled. The Western Conference basketball schedules will be drawn up at a Chicago meeting on September 18.
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Rotarians Hold Meeting at Hamilton Hotel Cafe
The Laredo Rotary Club met today at the Hamilton Hotel Cafe presided by Justo S. Peon. No guests attended. A committee of ladies led by Mrs. 8. McKinney and Mrs. Ira O'Meara addressed the group on the library campaign and the club voted to support it. Lively stories followed from several members and the gathering ended with Rotary songs led by Mrs. Travis Bruce Buna.
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Hungry Germans Find Plenteous Food in Dutch Rail Stop
A Hungary Feed report from Oldenzaal Netherlands Sept 1 describes Germans at the first Holland station after leaving German territory enjoying abundant bread sandwiches and milk unavailable in Germany. An AP correspondent notes a German theater company touring Holland amid high demand for meals, with praise for Holland’s bountiful fare and a social contrast to declining German salaries and precarious living.
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Semiramis
Not Good Finance: A 90-Year-Old Financier’s 100-Year Anticipation
A famous financier, gravely ill at 90, quips with a doctor that death should wait for a century. He argues that good finance would not wait for par, insisting the Lord could claim him now at 90 rather than later. The exchange blends humor with mortality.
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Birth rate rising in New York City in 1920
New York reports the birth rate per thousand for January through July 1920 at 22.34, up from 21.90 a year earlier, despite high living costs housing shortages and scarcity of domestic servants. Infant mortality fell to 83 deaths per 1000 births, attributed to sanitation and better health practices.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Weather forecast and Florida Fort McIntosh observation report
Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy with clear skies at Fort McIntosh. The 24 hour observation ends at 7 this morning shows a maximum of 190 degrees and a minimum of 76 degrees. Southeast winds. Ohio State University launches a campaign to raise a million dollars for an athletic stadium.
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New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Ohio State University
Tennessee Solons Still in Dilemma Over Suffrage Action
Tennessee lawmakers remain split over the expunging of ratification records by the house and its refusal to concur with the senate on the federal suffrage amendment. Some believe legal ratification hinges on the governor's certified record to Washington rather than the house action. Governor Roberts declined to comment. Attorney General Thompson says reconsideration is impossible after Senate and House actions and certification to Colby.
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Tenn
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Washington
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Poland Answers U.S. Urge on Red Pursuit
Poland rejected Washington's warning against using its forces to cross the ethnographic frontier in pursuit of Reds. Officials said strategic considerations must guide Poland's military actions in response to the Reds' advance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Poland
United States
Wireless in Water off Malta Reveals German Apparatus
A Maltese fishing party found a complete German wireless setup anchored in 20 fathoms off Melleha Bay. The mast and working parts lay beneath the surface to eight fathoms. Dockyard authorities removed it for examination. Signals likely occurred during the war as submarines lurked for British ships.
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Associated Press
Malta
Melleha Bay
Raids on rustlers echo western cattle war in Argentina
Buenos Aires province reports vigorous raids by rancher round ups and authorities recovering about 3000 cattle with altered brands. Officials note rustling and harsh penalties echo Wyoming Idaho days, while Welsh colonies once sought independent authority in Patagonia amid weak governance.
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North American
Wyoming
Idaho
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Andes
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Chamberlain's Tablets Restore Digestion For Many
Indigestion sufferers often doubt recovery but hundreds have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Tablets enabling normal eating. The tablets strengthen the stomach and help it perform its functions naturally. If you have not tried them do so at once.
White Defends Campaign Funds Reported by Cox
Chicago authorities report two days of senate committee hearings on campaign finance. George White, Democratic National Committee chair, and treasurer Wilbur Marsh rebut Republican charges and state a $2,000,000 fund could suffice for the national effort. The panel questions both sides as hearings shift toward Democratic contributions.
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Texas reports best financial condition in state history
Austin reports the new fiscal year opens with Texas in its best financial condition. Comptroller M. L. Wipinton says about 10 million dollars will be credited to the general revenue fund enough to cover a 4 million dollar appropriation for schools and pay the state's expenses for the next three months.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
M. L. Wipinton
General
Women May Vote in General Election in Texas
Assistant Attorney General Stone ruled that women qualified to vote may participate in bond and general elections without presenting a poll tax receipt or proof of payment, whereas poll tax receipts are required only at primary elections under the amended U S constitution.
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Austin
Texas
Stone
Trade commissioner Culver declines reappointment move
Washington September 1 W P B Culver chairman of the federal trade commission notified President Wilson that he does not wish his name considered for reappointment at the term's end September 25 He plans to enter private business.
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Washington
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Federal Trade Commission
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Mexican Diplomats Stopover in Laredo
A party of Mexican diplomats arrived this morning en route to Mexico City and lodged at the Hender Hotel for the day before continuing. Included are Dr. Alfredo Cataregli, 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 may stay in Laredo briefly before joining the main party.
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Hender
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Alfredo Cataregli
New York
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Laredo
Cotton Crop Shows Increase in August, DOT Forecast
Washington, Sept 1. The Agriculture Department reports continued improvement in the cotton crop through August, increasing by more than 250000 bales. Forecast total production is 12,783,000 bales based on August condition. A remarkable growth occurred in August, but two to three weeks late and a late fall would be needed for favorable termination. Boll weevils cause greater damage than usual. Texas August 25 condition was 66.7 percent of normal.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Coal price investigation targets Texas mines says DA
Fort Worth Texas September 1 United States District Attorney Taylor under order of Attorney General Palmer reports initial evidence points to local mines as the source of rising coal prices in the northern Texas district.
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Texas
United States
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Palmer
London unions vow to oppose alien conductors and players
A working agreement between the Musical Conductors Association and the National Orchestral Union of Professional Musicians commits members to oppose foreign competition. The pledge seeks to defend English conductors and instrumentalists as German and Austrian figures return in London theatres, with Swiss and Jugoslas mentioned as current counterparts.
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Associated Press
London
Musical Conductors’ Association
National Orchestral Union of Professional Musicians
Government loans proposed to curb wage deductions in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro reports that the Federal Chamber of Deputies introduced a special loan bill totaling about 26 million dollars. Part funding will liquidate employee debts to money lenders, with Treasury reimbursements by wage deductions over 60 installments and 6 percent interest on balances. Some funds would repay wartime special taxes collected from government workers.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Federal Chamber of Deputies
Women’s progress cited around the world and in Indiana
A note on emancipation committees in Egypt and Danish public office bills, with Dorothy Cunningham leading Republican women in Indiana in road contracting, West Virginia’s AOUW granting full membership, Katherine Lostogon running a Stillwater livery and transfer business, and European women taking larger roles in theater production compared to America.
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