Hotel Men Elect New Alabama President In Mobile
Tarry B. New, Morton Hotel manager, elected president of the Alabama Hotel Men's Association at the Birmingham meeting with Mobile chosen to host the next gathering. Adolph Reich of Gadsden past president. Officers include Joe Dacovich first vice president and Lester Snow second vice president. Resolution urged locating a nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals to aid fertilizer and explosives production.
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Association In Convention
Birmingham
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tarry B. New
Morton
Alabama Hotel Men’s Association
Mobile
Mrr. New
Adolph P. Reich
Gadsden
Hardy M. Burt
Florence
City Totel Association
Jacovich
Burthe
New
Leslie D. Tairchild
Exchange Hotel
Montgomery
Joe Dacovich
Andrew Hotel
Lrst
Lester Snow
Ssaloosa
H. M. Burt
Reich
B. Wolff
E. C. Taylor
Muscle Shoala
Hotel Men’s Association
Congress
Alabama
Molton Hotel
Harry B. New
Fred Shireman
Tutwiley Hotel
Rickwood Field
Tutwiley
Rail Official Chilton Dead in Baltimore Hotel
Orrick M. Chilton a Seaboard Air Line passenger department official was found dead in a Baltimore hotel room from a self inflicted gunshot. The coroner ruled death by self action and relatives cited ill health as the cause. Chilton aged 50 had served the line over 20 years and led passenger relations here for 14 years.
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Baltimore
Orrick M. Chilton
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Chilton
Seaboard Air Line
Road
Alabama Weather Outlook Saturday Showers Foreseen
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with likely thunder showers in the southern portion. Southeast also partly cloudy with probable showers Saturday.
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Washington
Alabama
Heat Wave Bakes Chicago and Midwest as Death Toll Rises
Illinois and neighboring states endure extreme heat with 17 deaths in 24 hours and more than twenty cases of prostration. Chicago temperatures reach 93 by midmorning as mills suspend work amid the heat. Public beaches attract crowds seeking relief from the sizzling conditions.
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Chicago
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Mexican Statement Is Promised on Morrow by Secretary Polk
Acting Secretary Polk plans a late day conference with Eliseo Arredondo the Mexican ambassador designate and said he likely would announce something tomorrow The cabinet discussed the Mexican situation and Polk reported on talks with Arredondo about a joint commission to adjust differences between the U S and Mexico
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Polk
Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
Mr. Arredondo
Joint Commission
Heat Wave Protest Sees 2100 Participants Amid Rising Deaths
The protest drew about 2,100 men as heat related fatalities climbed with 25 deaths reported to police this morning. Heat prostrations increased rapidly, signaling a worsening heat emergency.
Heat Toll Rises With Eleven Deaths in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on July 28 eleven people died and forty were prostrated due to extreme heat experienced yesterday and overnight. Local authorities warn residents to seek shade and stay hydrated as temperatures remain high.
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Columbus
Hio
Heatwave Drives Mills to Halt in Wheeling West Virginia
Wheeling West Virginia on July 28 saw a thermometer hit 100 degrees the highest in years. Work slowed in steel mills as heat intensified and operations largely paused.
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Republic Iron and Steel Company
Interstate Iron and Steel Company
Wheeling
W.va
New York Relief Ends Heat Wave as Humidity Drops
After over two weeks of extreme heat and record humidity, New York saw relief today with a 37 percent drop in humidity and a cooling breeze ending the muggy spell that stifled the city since 1896.
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New York
Eastern Kentucky Storm Harms Morehead and Region
Eastern Kentucky endured a severe storm last night with Morehead suffering about 20 000 dollars in property damage as many houses lost their roofs. The courthouse and electric plant were ruined and crops including corn and tobacco were leveled in central Kentucky. A Louisville and Nashville passenger train was struck by lightning, shattering windows and stunning several passengers before they recovered.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Morehead
Central
Repo
Louisville
Nashville
Decree Orders Planting of Idle Fields in Mexico
A decree by Governor Lopez de Lara of the federal district requires all vacant land to be cultivated with planting to begin within days. The government will provide seeds and aid to those needing help. Mexico will make no representations on the border clash between Massachusetts troops and Carranza soldiers, deemed trivial and settled.
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Mexico City
Laredo
Texas
Federal
Lopez de Lara
Federal District
Massachusetts Trops
Carranza
Mexico
Frances Hyde Reaches Mobile with Valued Mahogany Cargo
The American schooner Frances Hyde arrived at Mobile harbor Friday with a valuable load of mahogany from Croix. The vessel began discharging its cargo this afternoon.
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Mobile
Frances Hyde
Croix
President Chooses Farm Loan Board Members in 1920 Plan
President Wilson nominated four members to the federal farm loan board as part of dividing the nation into twelve rural land bank districts. Secretary McAdoo cautioned that full organization would take at least six months and may not start until spring. Nominated are Charlie H. Lobdell George W. Norris W S A Smith and Herbert Quick with Norris or Quick likely to be farm loan commissioner. Hearings on districts and bank locations expected to begin in September with operation not before February or March.
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Washington
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Banks
Federal Farm Loan Board
Wilson
McAdoo
Charlie H. Lobdell
Kansas
George W. Norris
Pennsylvania
A. Smith
Herbert Quick
West Virginia
Norris
Mr. Quick
Senate
French Court Sentences Woman Spy to Death
A French military court at Marseilles sentenced a woman named Pfadt to death for treason and espionage on May 18. The supreme court rejected the appeal, making the death sentence valid.
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Berlin
Marseilles
Pfadt
Supreme Court
Four Injured as New Orleans Storm Hits Local Area
Four persons were injured none seriously and about fifty houses were damaged in a severe wind storm described as cyclonic by weather bureau officials. The storm carved a path about a mile long and a block wide with damages estimated under $2,000.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Tolls Deficit Hit Panama Canal At End May
Washington reports Panama canal tolls for the year ended May 21 showed a deficit of 4 286 551 dollars. Monthly losses ranged from 546 000 to 642 000 dollars during the six months October through March, totaling 3 553 627 dollars.
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Washington
Panama Canal
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Morehead Bears
East Kentucky Storm
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Horlick
Oxfords
Edwin Clapp
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Evans Cates
Orgs Tek
Soc
Martha Washington
E.H. Britton
Dauphin Street
New Victor Records
Big Victor
Reynalds. Music House
Dauphin ST
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