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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1920
Page
2
The speaker argued the law targets foreign source boats while urging American citizens to follow. he noted native Americans moving less under the policy, with rates rising from about seven to 47 percent in the last four years as they sought work.
Benja m C. Marsh secretary of the Farm nepenel Council says the platform endorses the transportation act and pledges no fixes to farm evils. He warns the two measures may cause financial loss or disaster for hundreds of thousands of farmers.
The author argues the League of Nations labor conference will try to nullify or curb the American seamen's act. He contends the act forces ships to hire crews from their own populations, making Dutch officers paired with Chinese crew or English officers with a Hindu crew impractical as 75 percent must share a common language.
Ex service men must apply before July 1 to reinstate war risk insurance policies. Information released by the war risk insurance service department of the Red Cross on the second floor of the Pollock building. Inquiries and instructions are available at the office.
In Mexico City Adolfo de la Huerta, provisional president, told reporters at a dinner that he regards Warren G. Harding, the Republican U S presidential nominee, as a good friend of Mexico.
Report describes a night in which Carranza and followers slept in a hut near Xicotepec. Gunfire woke them at 2:30 to 3:00 AM, wounding Carranza in the leg, prompting escape and capture as shots targeted the hut. General Rodolfo and others fled or were captured after the volley.
Princeton professor Edward Capps was announced as United States minister to Greece. He has led Princeton’s Greek department since 1906, previously directed the American School at Athens and headed the Red Cross mission in Greece during the war. Sir Auckland Geddes attended Princeton class day exercises with Lady Geddes.
Ottawa reports premiers rejected British admiralty proposals to merge all Dominion naval forces into a single imperial navy under one central authority. The unpublished memorandum dated August 1918, disclosed with Canadian naval policy, stems from a London premiers conference after considering an admiralty memorandum on imperial naval defense.
Savannah report says no definitive clue in the murder of Anna Jaudon whose body with throat bruises was found in a ditch near Rincon Effingham county. Authorities searched for a Negro man who vanished from the area as the investigation focused on the Friday trip from Savannah to Rincon.
The Daily Mail reports British troops in Batum on the Black Sea will be evacuated to Constantinople within a fortnight. Two thousand soldiers are to be removed by British warships amid Bolshevik advances and the Azerbaijan government’s overthrow. Batum’s future is linked to the Georgia Soviet treaty recognizing Georgia’s right to Batum.
London notes express Government resolve to enact the Irish home rule bill as committee debate resumes. A proposed amendment by Sir Baward Carson to remove railway control from the bill is defeated by a large majority.
Careless disposal of lighted cigarettes caused two fires yesterday and a heated iron started another small blaze. A cigarette from the courthouse window damaged the Farley building roof, an awning at the Masonica Temple burned, and a laundry fire started by an iron left on an ironing board was quickly put out. The notice also reproduces an unrelated medical testimonial.
Louisvill e authorities report the arrest of Mrs. Madatos Adcock for murder in the death of her husband Seine ate after a May 31 shooting. A 19 year old police officer and Sloan, charged as accessories, are accused of involvement in a street confrontation and alleged assault as neighbors described plea of not shoot me again.
New York officials announce plans to rid the city of thousands of ownerless cats wandering due to summer absences. The Department of Health will lead an anti cat crusade with help from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The effort also targets rats on incoming ships to prevent bubonic plague, with fumigation using cyanide gas in ship holds.
Mexico City June 15 Saiguel Covarrubias former Mexican minister to Great Britain and Russia has been named secretary of foreign relations per El Excelsior news release.
George E. Fisher of 188 Washington Street Memphis relates his Tanlac experience. He says the medicine relieved indigestion, rebuilt his strength, and since starting this spring has gained nine pounds in a month. He credits Tanlac with restoring appetite and stopping abdominal gas while improving sleep and energy.
A fragmentary notice references the death of Trotsky with cryptic wording and scattered phrases. No clear date or full details are readable in the available text.
A garbled report cites M. Litvin about Trotzky surviving repeated assassination claims. The text also cites Lenine fleeing and a scow scene, with a mention of Mexico and a small tribe limited to counting to ten.
A vintage advertisement promotes mal sified coconut oil shampoo as gentle and effective. It advises avoiding alkaline soaps, suggests rinsing with water, and claims rich lather, thorough cleansing, and hair that dries quickly and remains bright and silky. Availability at drug stores and low cost are noted.
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