Linney Denies Letter Ties In Senate Testimony
The Linney case draws major attention in North Carolina as Linney testifies before a senate committee. He disclaims responsibility for a controversial letter but defends extending voting rights through literacy and education requirements, pledging impartial enforcement of the law and possible federal input.
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H. E. C. Bryant
Charlotte Observer
Washington
Frank Linney
Linney
Henry Lincoln Johnson
North Carolina
J. C. Whitmire
Cherryfield
Transylvania County
Senator Simmons
Henry Johnson
Senate Committee
Marion Butler
Meekins
A. E. Holton
Greensboro
Mr. Holton
Congress
Republican Party
Mr. Linney
Sunday Observance In Japan and Tokyo Firms
The piece notes that Sunday observance may spread in Japan, especially Tokyo, as Tokyo Chamber of Commerce members push a policy. It contrasts nine national holidays with regular labor without rest and mentions foreign trade stores closing on Sunday. Some firms mark the 1st and 15th as holidays. workers call Saturday half Sunday and Wednesday midway Sundays. Government offices largely observe Sunday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
Smugglers Rounded Up on Mexican Border in U S Report
The annual report by immigrant inspector Alfred Burnett shows progress against smugglers operating from the Mexican boundary into the U S. Over 70 captured, 46 convicted, 20 pending. 500 detainees mainly Chinese and Japanese. fines total 16 000 pounds with 10 000 dollars bonds forfeited. leaders jailed on McNeil Island and whisky found in seized cars.
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San Diego
Cali
Alfred Burnett
Seattle
Washington
McNeil Island
Bankers Assail Crissinger Over Farm Profiteering Speech
The last Harding official to face criticism for speeches, Comptroller Crissinger, spoke June 24 at the New York State Bankers Association convention in Atlantic City. He linked wartime profiteering to farmers losses, drawing parallels with Cuba and noting war profits feeding the current downturn in prices and loan strains.
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Harding
Crissinger
New York State Bankers’ Association
Atlantic City
Cuba
Ambassador Harvey
Senator Harding
North Dakota
Ohio
German Public Catechism and Versailles Peace Attitudes
Berlin notes reveal the People’s Catechism edited by Baron von Leisner with contributions from Simons Seckt Helfferich Dohna and Scheer. It argues the Versailles terms harm Germany’s frontiers fortresses and naval power and presses for Alsace Lorraine independence or return to German rule.
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Berlin
Germany
Extreme Junkers
Reichstag
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
Count Zu Dohna
Moore
Admiral Scheer
General von Seckt
Rhine
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Dohna
Heligoland
North Sea
Scheer
Jutland
Versailles
Baron von Leisner
Alsace-Lorraine
Entente
American Flags Float Over Berlin as Peace Question Hangs
Berlin July 4 flags fly over Berlin marking the end of the war after Congress claimed peace but no formal notification to the American mission or German foreign office. German circles await the peace terms and the Versailles treaty stance, while newspapers hope for speedy resumption of trade. Stars and Stripes fly from the American chamber of commerce and private buildings.
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Berlin
Congress
United States
Toto
American Chamber of Commerce
Dangerous To Stop Payment On Check
Richmond Virginia July 6 a statute from the last General Assembly makes stopping payment on a settled check evidence of grand larceny Irving S Van Lean a New York businessman faced a larceny charge after stopping payment on a freight car loading payment He was brought back from New York and with Judge Richardson the case was dismissed due to lack of fraud intent.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Irving S. van Lean
New York
Richardson
Hastings
Move To Spread The Pecan Tree
Atlanta GA residents and tree experts push a campaign to promote the pecan tree as a popular shade tree for city homes and streets. Women’s groups back the movement citing its beauty dense shade and edible nuts. pecan wood is hard with deep roots for moisture.
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Atlanta
United States
Simmons Blocks Long Vacation of Senate
Senator Simmons delivered a forceful speech to oppose a one month Senate adjournment from July 9 to August 8, defeating the measure 28 to 24. He charged Republicans with broken pledges to farmers and warned of economic ruin without emergency relief. He urged targeted legislation for wheat, cotton, tobacco, and livestock, citing bankers and bond plans as counterproductive.
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Washington
Simmons
Senate
Lodge
Underwood
Norris LaFolette
Het Station
Congress
Norris
Wake Officer Detains 107 Speeders on July 4
Wake County deputy W. E. Mangum reported 107 speeders captured July 4, handed to Justice J. E. Owens. Most were missed in the traffic flow. 38 residents were from Durham and 2 from Winston-Salem.
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Raleigh
W. E. Mangum
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Owens
Mangum
Durham
Winston-Salem
Soda Lake in British East Africa Turns Pink In Wet Season
A barren waterless waste reveals a snow coated lake that is actually a soda deposit. Travelers find their shoes burned by sharp soda spikes in the dry season, which thaw and refreeze into a pink surface during the rains.
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British East Africa
Harding Promises Immediate Probe On Farm Aid And Cotton Crisis
President Harding, in a Capitol visit, pledged to investigate the War Finance Corporation and cooperating bankers' aid to agriculture, especially cotton growers, and will inform Senator Simmons of findings. The agricultural bloc pressed for action before any adjournment, urging bills to expand federal farm finance and alter reserve and loan policies.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Simmons
War Finance Corporation
North Carolina
Norris
Kenyon
Congress
Simmons Sugcee Aedered
South
Capitol
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Point Stock Land Banks
Federal Land Banks
Women Vote On Jury Service In Alaska In 1922
In Juneau Alaska the spring 1922 election will ask Alaska women whether they want to serve on juries. A prior bill to allow women jurors was vetoed as class legislation but later passed over the veto.
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Juneau
Alaska
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