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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
3
A public health drive, supported by the U S Public Health Service, plans ex rat trappers and fumigators to combat a plague threat in the city. Funds have been set aside and ships clearing for port calls will be fumigated. no new deaths have been reported recently.
June 16 The British government declared in the House of Commons that President Wilson is qualified to determine Armenian boundaries in his private capacity. The assertion prompted cheers as Horatio Bottomley questioned any precedent for a foreign head of state’s personal involvement.
Mississippi will send an uninstructed delegation to the Democratic national convention in San Francisco. The state convention condemned the Republican platform as colorless and partisan and adopted resolutions praising the Wilson administration and calling for a league of nations. Delegates at large include Senators John Sharp Williams and Pat Harrison, Congressman Ben Humphries, and John R. Talley of Hattiesburg.
Do not streak or ruin fabrics with poor dye insists on Diamond Dyes. Easy directions accompany every package and guide correct usage.
A vintage advertisement promotes lemon juice mixed with Orchard White to create a gentle facial bleach. It advises massaging the juice solution into the face neck arms and hands daily to achieve a soft fair skin tone and notes that stage beauties use lemon juice for whitening.
At the American Federation of Labor session in Montreal the Plumb plan for government rail ownership sparks a split between Gompers and railroad unions. Delegates arrive weary as coalition leaders claim 16 428 votes with 40 000 total votes cast, amid the fight to endorse the plan.
Thousands attend daily as a screen drama showcases modern society. The intimate portrait of married life promises power glamour gowns and a provocative look at home life. Shows begin 10:00 11:45 am 1:30 3:15 5:00 6:45 8:30 10:00 pm to avoid crowds.
Detention in quarantine of the shipping board tank steamer Baldhill at the Mexican port of Tuxpam since June 9 was reported today. The Baldhill left New Orleans June 6 and no cause for detention has been received. Eight former German flag tank steamships now claimed by Standard Oil will sail to the United States with American crews taking charge at the Firth of Fourth for overhauling and dry docking.
Mobile Kiwanis members were hosted at Fort Morgan by Col Louis D Pepin commander of the fort They toured the post saw a subsurface mine explosion were heliographed to the Boy Scout camp across the channel at Fort Gaines A lunch was served and a local baseball game saw Mobile’s nine fall 1 to 0 to the soldiers The visit aimed to strengthen ties between service members in uniform and civilians
H G McLean assistant freight traffic manager for Southern and Mobile and Ohio railroads said manufacturers in Chicago Indianapolis St Paul and Kansas City are moving to export through Mobile and other gulf ports. He argued higher gulf throughput benefits manufacturers railroads gulf residents and even eastern ports by easing congested traffic.
Warsaw June 17 General Pilsudski, commander of the Polish army, declared Poland is ready to enter peace talks with Russia as two months ago. He warned no guarantees exist and terms may not be fulfilled by the soviet. He criticized Bolshevik negotiators in London and said real Russia does not exist.
Madrid June 17. The council of ministers considered Catalonia's autonomy demands and approved a decree defining the powers to be conferred. The decree outlines the limits of regional authority for Catalonia.
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