Government’s Plan for Fair Distribution of Fuel and Food
The article reports President Harding coordinating with Hoover Daugherty and others to use Interstate Commerce Commission powers to ensure fair fuel and food distribution, curb profiteering, and manage rail and coal disruptions amid strikes. It notes state coordination, potential self-mining, and the risk of British import constraints on coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Berlin
Tlarding
Tarding
Washington
Railway Labor Board
Cuyler
W4s
Comuntry
New York
Ife
Harding
Western Roads
Con
Elen
Stile
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Daugherty
Interstate Contec Commission
Interior Fall
Commerce Hoover
Aitehlson
Interstate Commerce Commission
France positions plan to cut German reparations debt
Premier Poincaré advances a plan linking German payments and allied debt cancellations to France canceling an equal amount of bonds. The Morgan bankers meet in Paris in August to map a new reparations settlement, with a League of Nations council lead‑in. Poincaré and Lloyd George plan a London talks August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiat
Ito
Poincarre
Germany
France
Morgan Committee of Bankers
Paris
League of Nations Council
Poincare
Lloyd George
London
Bavarian Government Rebels Rebuff Berlin Decree
Bavaria acts against central Berlin by issuing its own decree defying Reichstag defense law. Bavarian minister warns Berlin that outside police will be arrested if deployed in Bavaria. Wirth calls a conference of German states to address the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jis
Berlin
Reichstag
Wirth
Bavaria
Ebert
Staatsgerichtshof
Lerchenfeld
Prussian
Soviet Plans for Western Front War Endorsed by Informed Sources
Reports from several sources circulated that Soviet Russia may begin military operations on its western front in autumn. Frank Vanderlip in Berlin and Paris notes rising likelihood of Bolshevik efforts to attack Romania and Poland to boost morale and seize eastern harvests. Refugees in Belgrade claim the Soviet government plans a drive through the Balkans and into Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Russia
Frank Vanderlip
Berlin
Paris
Europe
Rumania
Poland
Belgrade
Balkans
Austria
Tilomas Named Executive Chairman of Producing Managers
The Tilomas has been appointed executive chairman of the Producing Managers' association for three years at a large salary. His powers in the spoken drama rival Will Hays in film and Judge Landis in baseball. The association includes nearly all major theatrical producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilomas
Producing Managers’ Association
Will Hays
Judge Landis
Examiners Grade Papers For South Carolina Medics
Seventeen doctors forty one nurses one homeopath and one osteopath passed the state board of medical examiners June tests and may practice in South Carolina. Names include T F Ballard Charleston WH Blackmon Kershaw and J I Garrett Liberty among doctors. Selma Anderson Greenville and others among nurses. and M V Huggins Johnston as osteopath and G W Chambers Anderson as homeopath. Officials at the Jefferson hotel conducted the grading and routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Board of Medical Examiners
South Carolina
Board of Medical Examiners
Jefferson Hotel
Spartanburg Seeks Vote On Annexation To Cherokee County
Governor Harvey orders a special election on September 5 to decide if part of Spartanburg county including Cowpens and surrounding territory should join Cherokee county. The election follows legal proceedings and specifies the boundary route from Cherokee river to Island creek and the Spartanburg Cherokee line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Spartanburg
Cherokee County
Spartanburg County
Cherokee
Cowpens
Pacolet River
Pacolet Mills
Patterson Creek
Limp Lipscomb's
Island Creek
Scruges
Sam Green
Governor Harvey Addresses Summer School At University Chapel
South Carolina Governor Harvey spoke to teachers at the university summer school chapel exercises. Citizens gathered to hear him as he noted the state lag in education a decade ago and the shift of focus toward higher education, which had previously been favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Wilson
South Carolina
Trucks Take All of Road In State Width Law
State highway department explains that no vehicle or load may exceed seven and one half feet in width under the 1920 act. Greenville engineers report cotton trucks two bales across measure about 108 inches, blocking top soil roads and hindering passing automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
J. E. Sirrine & Co
Greenville
South Carolina
L. H. Thomas
State Highway Commission
Governor appoints detectives for Seaboard and ACL railway
Governor Harvey named a series of special detectives and constables to serve on Seaboard Air Line from July 18 to September 18 and on Atlantic Coast Line from July 15 to September 15. For Seaboard the appointees include Richard Redd Charleston C Weatherford Charleston KE T Riggs Charleston A E B Jenks Charleston J D Horkan Moultrie Ga M G Johnson Charleston. For ACL list includes J N Walker F B Schulken T W Spears J S Gifford W T Turner W R Caldwell C J Cone Mike Savage W L Hauser John Seyle L P Jackson H Hehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Seaboard
Richard Redd
Charleston
C. &. Weatherford
KE. T. Riggs
A. EB
Jenks
J. D. Horkan
Moultrie
M. G. Johnson
Atlantic Coast Line
State Receives Locomotive Crane and Equipment
The Bureau of Public Roads in Washington wired state highway officials that a locomotive crane is now at Norfolk Virginia. It also advised that eight farm wagons four sprinkler wagons one road grader one cart tank spray and pump plus wire and Manila rope are in Charleston and ready to be turned over to the state if usable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson G. Harvey
Vanderbilt
Narvey
Executive Mansion
Cooper
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
N.C
Mrs. Vanderbilt
South Carolina
State
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Norfolk
Charleston
Bridge proposal over Congaree links Lexington and Richland counties
State highway officials seek a new arched memorial bridge over the Congaree at the foot of Gervais street to connect Lexington and Richland counties. The plan envisions a grand memorial structure to honor World War II dead, with an estimated cost of about 400000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gervais
Lexington
Richland
Testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A Wauseon Ohio mother reports her daughter suffered backache and leg pain but improved after two years of taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims the treatment restored activity and urges mothers to trust the product for ailing daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wauseon
Ohio
A. M. Burkholder
Box 1
Radium Found in Congo Mines. New Radioactive Minerals Found
Science cites a Congo sample assayed by Professor Schoep of Ghent yielding 424 ke of uranium and 409 me of radium per ton. Minerals from Upper Katanga in Union Miniere concessions are processed by Societe Generale Metallurgique de Troboken in Antwerp. New minerals eurite and Easolite are noted as highly radioactive and soluble in nitric acid enabling radium extraction without full calcination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Bulletin
Chemical Society
Schoep
University of Ghent
Kuatanga
Union Miniere
Societe Generale Metallurgique ‘de Troboken
Antwerp
Sane
Schoep Las
Ninepins Indoor Skittles Said To Be At Least Seventy Years Old
A historical note states that ninepins the indoor form of skittles is at least seventy years old. The remark highlights the sport's long-standing presence indoors and its traditional status among players.
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M. Albright
Yellowstone National Park
Anne Anzer
Shriners
United States
Honolulu
Dr. Porras
Peru
Senor Aldunate
Chile
Edward W. Pickard
Illinois
Farrington
Peorin
Sterling
Illnois
England
Great Britain
America
Cleve Dean
Railway Employees’ Publicity Association
Marding
Republican Party
Dean
Eage
Mahon
Senate
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Pamea
Smoot
John S. Norris
Publishers Association
Norris
Watson
Indiana
Joe Cannon
Cannon
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hughes
Bermuda
Bahamas
Medical Board
T. F. Ballard
WH. J. Blackmon
Kershaw
T. D. Dotterer
J. I. Garrett
Liberty
W. W. Harden
Gaffney
P. D. Hay, Jr
W. M. Jones
York
P., M. Kenney
Bennettsville
R. L. Lawrence
Seneca
J. T. Oglesby
R. Pearson
J. H. Porter
Andrews
Osteopath
M. V. Huggins
Johnston
Homeopath
G. W. Chambers
Anderson
Selma
Edith L. Arnold
Tifton
Mary F. Barr
Lake City
Pansy V. Beacham
Tiney D. Beacham
Alpha Bishop
Josephine P. Bolt
Edith Boyd
Aiken
Mavin S. Brockington
Williamsburg
Amelia Brown
Rock Hill
Lillian A. Brown
Amelia G. Clarkson
Eastover
Olivia BE. Ericsson
Agolda Harfal
Timmonsville
Georgia A. McInnis
Mary R. McLeod
Lugosi
Carrie D. McNab
Florence
Nina Moore
M. Pearl Murray
Shelby
N. C
Rachel L. Owenberry
Landrum
Mary Robertson
Lottie C. Slawson
Lone Star
Sarah M. Stureis
Mattie I. Team
Sumter
Mary B
Bellans
Hancock Sulphur
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company
Baltimore
Stearns
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