Four Million Back to Work Target by Johnson Plan
Washington June 15 General Hugh Johnson industrial director aims to have one third of the nation's unemployed back at work by October. He announced in a speech to state relief officials that 4,000,000 men may be put on payrolls again under the government relief measures. Secretary Perkins released May labor data showing a sharp factory payroll and employment rise since January 1923 with pay rolls up to 11.5 and employment up 48 percent. Johnson said staff estimates indicate 3,000,000 more could be reemployed by fall under the new law.
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Washington, D. C
Hugh Johnson
Johnson
Perkins
Labor Department
Open Forum letter defends bankers against World War claim
Open Forum letters publish Samuel Joineon's signed critique of an article alleging J. P. Morgan instigated the World War. The writer rebukes radical charges, notes banking systems arose from risk taking by individuals, and argues the senate investigated private banking without improving public trust.
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Open Forum
J. P. Morgan
Senate Committee
Samuel Joineon
Public works program eyed to create more jobs
The government’s public works program is confidently expected to produce jobs for another million. Peak unemployment figures are estimated at around 12,000,000 by the American Federation of Labor.
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American Federation of Labor
Coast Hotel Men Stop Here in San Antonio Stopover
A delegation of about thirty West Coast hotel men and their wives will arrive in San Antonio for a several hour stopover at 3:10 p.m. Thursday. They will tour sights and attend a dinner dance hosted by local hotel men before continuing to Houston and Louisville for the Hotel Greeters Association of America convention. The group includes Harry Troupe, candidate for national president, and will be met at the Southern Pacific station by a local committee.
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San Antonio
Hotel Greeters Association of America
Louisville
Southern Pacific
Harry Troupe
Los Angeles
Court Dismisses Suit by Students
Pineville Kentucky group of collegians sued local Pineville officials over a strike torn coal fields incident claiming un ceremonious ejection by vigilantes. The $100,000 damage suit has been dismissed.
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Pineville
Kentucky
100 EP Added to Fastest Landplane
New York June 15. Boardman announced that a motor adding 100 horsepower will be fitted to the world’s fastest land plane. He plans to try to break the speed record at the national air races in Los Angeles next month. The current record was set by Major James H. Doolittle at 2448 miles per hour in Cleveland last year.
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New York
Burse
Boardman
Los Angeles
James H. Doolittle
Cleveand
G A R Commander Wright Found Dead in Chicago Hotel
Captain William P. Wright national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic was found dead in a bed at a Chicago hotel on tax day He was 88 years old
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Fittshurgh
Wiliam P. Wright
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Couple Escape As Home Burns In Castill o Street Fire
Mr and Mire L W Bileran of 125 Castillo Street narrowly escaped death when a fire broke out on a second floor sleeping porch. They fled through flames to summon help, saving the residence from destruction. A second blaze struck the W Smith Building at Booth 8 Marys and Ferrida streets Wednesday night causing about 100 dollars damage to a barber shop and a dry cleaning shop.
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Mire
L. W. Bileran
Castillo Street
W. Smith
Booth
Mary's
Ferrida
Purification Cure Promises Health Through Calotabs
Physicians endorse Calotabs as a purification course. A weekly regimen for several weeks purges the system and purifies the blood. Claims include restoring health, lifting chronic ailments affecting liver kidneys stomach and intestines. Trial package ten cents and full package thirty five cents offered by dealers.
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Nature
Humble Motor Fuel backed by facts not ads
A brief note asserts support for Humble Motor Fuel as a genuine improvement. It emphasizes no exaggerated claims and promises factual details to follow, positioning the statement as a principled endorsement rather than advertising rhetoric.
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G.A.R
Humble
Esso
Bey MB
Addram Humble
P. O. Drawar
Houston
EOL & Refining CO
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