Port Committee to Review Chambers Report on Mobile Harbor
The Port Committee of the Chamber of Commerce plans to meet soon after Captain T Chambers government engineer submits his report on improving Mobile port. He recommends coordinated use of facilities and relocation of lines to boost waterfront development and facilitate terminal growth. Washington reports also note missing steamers near the Caribbean coast connected to Soviet ports.
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T. Chambers
D of
Washington
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
R. Dunlap
Dunlap
Chambers
En- Weer
Arlington
Lopleville and Ville
Caphambers
Chamber of Mimee
Roy
Nashville
Mobile River
Nashville Railroad
Price Fix on Gravel Ordered by Mobile County Board
The Mobile County Board of Revenue ordered the clerk to telegraph the county engineer to set a minimum gravel price of 50 cents per ton for material from the county pit. The move follows reports that S. M. Adams may offer lower prices to bidders for the Calvert road project, with bids opening tomorrow in Montgomery. Local contractor concerns fear loss of output to outsiders.
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S. M. Adams
Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
State Highway Commission
Board of Revenue
John D. Hagan
Mobile
Revenue ‘Board
E.P. Toulmin
Goltean
Tewarth Gayle
The
Revenue Board
Dauphin Way
Greek Dawe Opposed by Wations in Near East Mediation
Paris reports Britain France and Italy urging Greece to halt campaigns in Asia Minor. King Constantine and Prime Minister Gournaris weigh mediation terms, with aims to withdraw Greek forces from Smyrna and restore Turkish sovereignty. Allied high commissioners seek a unified fronteir plan while experts assess plebiscite possibilities.
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Paris
Asia Minor
Great Britain
France
Italy
Constantine
Near East
Gournarie
Smyrna
Eee
Silesia
Sénik
Poland
Cer
Lord Curzon
Foreign’ Affairs
Briand
London
Truck Catches Between Cars Wounding 12 in Selma
Nine junior members of the Selma YMCA and three others were injured when a returning camping party's truck was caught between two street cars in Birmingham. Seriously hurt were R. E. Jones, the driver, and Thomas Wesley, an association member.
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Birmingham
Selma Young Men’s Christian Association
R. E. Jones
Thomas Wesley
Association
Body of Boy Found in Pasagoula Fire Ruins
In Pascagoula Mississippi on June 20 special report says the charred body of Malcolm Canty age 15 was found among the ruins of a bakery fire that destroyed more than 50 stores and residences and caused about 350000 in losses. The youth reportedly slept on the second floor and may have been trapped by smoke before daylight searches located him. Town officials plan to rebuild with brick or concrete structures as aid for homeless families continues.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Malcolm Canty
Molet
Cany
Young Dan
Bakers
James
Dr. Martin
Delmas Avenue
Pascagoula Street
Heavy Damage Trail Storm Hits Knoxville City
Knoxville and nearby areas suffered severe electrical and wind damage as a storm swept through. Trees uprooted, houses blown down, telegraph lines toppled, and streets flooded by heavy rainfall. No injuries reported. Bearden and Fountain City escaped rainfall.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Bearden
Here
Fountain City
Columbus
Initiation at Meridian Miss Posts Delegation Return
A Columbus council delegation took part in an initiation at Meridian and then returned to Mobile after a very successful trip. Participants included John A. Hughes Muison H C Murnan F F EB Ennis Leo Zieman and A.
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Columbus Council
Meridian
Mday
Mobile
John A. Hughes
Muison
H. C. Murnan
F. F
EB. Ennis
Leo Zieman
President Harding Returns From Chesapeake Bay Cruise
The president and Mrs. Harding hosted guests and returned to Washington after a weekend cruise on the Chesapeake Bay. The liner docked at the Navy Yard around eight o clock with the president moving to the White House for numerous engagements.
Blackmail Charge Added in Kaber Death Case
Detective Mooney, armed with Ohio and New York extradition papers, travels to Albany to secure signatures to return Salvatore Cala to Cleveland for first degree murder charges. Indictments for blackmail against Eva Faber and Erminia Colavito, linked to the slaying of Daniel F. Faber, are expected soon. Mrs. Mary Brickell, mother of a Kaber ally, is reported critically ill.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Philip Mooney
Harry L. Davis
Salvatore Cala
Buffalo
Daniel F. Faber
Albany
N. Y
Gover Miller
New York
Mooney
Cala
Eva Catherine Faber
Erminia Colavito
Raber
Mary Brickell
Kaber
Brickel
Marian McArdie
Ittorio Pisselli
Ane
Murer
Steamer Bay Queen Due Here June 28
The steamer Bay Queen will arrive June 28 from Pensacola Florida to replace the Apollo. After repainting and cabin changes she will offer a moonlight ride for residents and visitors, with regular service starting Wednesday June 29.
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BAY Queen
Apollo
Pensacola
Fla
Two Boys Taken Back to Birmingham After Theft Confession
Hugh Ernest Perkins 14 and Clay Green Hill 17 were arrested last Thursday by Detectives Adams and Desmond after confessing to stealing an automobile at Ensley Alabama. They were moved to Birmingham Monday by Deputy Sheriff O D Brown. The car was found at Ocean Springs Alabama and returned to its owner. The boys, residents of Pratt City, said they took the car for a joy ride.
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Hugh Ernest Perkins
Clay Green Hill
Adams and
Desmond
Ensley
Ala
Birmingham
O. D. Brown
Ocean Springs
Pratt City
Launch on Fire at Fairhope Wharf
Gasoline engine aboard the Sea Foam caught fire at Fairhope wharf last night with 35 passengers aboard. Four extinguishers from the steamer Apollo confined the blaze to the engine room as passengers evacuated in order. The launch proceeded to the city this morning.
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Fairhope Wharf
Apollo
Greek warships sink Turkish launches at Inedoli front
Greek warships sunk Turkish launches discharging war materials at Inedeli near Trebizond after Turks refused surrender. Following civilian evacuation the bombardment destroyed warehoused war materiel and silenced the Turkish battery as Greece rejects allied calls for halt to offensive.
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Athens
Inedoli
Treboli
Black Sea
Trebibond
Inedelli
Greece
Turkey
Aland Island Question Debated Before League Session
In Geneva on June 20 Sweden and Finland debated the future status of the Aland islands at the first open session of the League of Nations council. Hjalmar Branting prepared Sweden's case while C. J. A. Enckell, Finland's minister to France, prepared the answer.
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Geneva
Sweden
Finland
Aland Islands
Council of the
League of Nations
Hjalmas Branting
C. J. A. Enckell
France
10000 Miners Ordered Out Today in Pittston Strike
A general strike in the Pittston district of Pennsylvania coal country begins effective this morning with 10000 miners leaving their posts. The walkout follows disputes over wage scales and contract terms, marking the second such action in 11 months after a July stoppage that lasted 11 weeks.
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Scranton
Pang
Ge Eral
Pittston
Pennsylvania Coal Com Y Ofpuerta
Genera Bn Committee
U S Milk Production Declined in 1920
Washington June 20 milk production in the United States for 1920 totaled 89.658 billion pounds, about 400 million pounds lower than 1919. The number of cows on farms also fell by 298000 compared with the previous year.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Civil War Veteran Charles Dyer Dies in Chattanooga
Charles H. Dyer aged 80 a Union veteran and prominent retired contractor died at his Chattanooga Tennessee home today. A Maine native he had lived in the city since the close of the Civil War.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles H. Dyer
Maine
Alabama blue laws enforced in Montgomery by chief officer
Chief state law enforcement officer Conrad Austin ordered enforcement of Sunday restrictions. Soft drink stands were shut or bonded, two Commerce street refreshment firms arrested multiple times, fuel stations, shoe shines, and delis closed. Moving pictures faced pressure though no state law barred them. Revival leader Bob Jones spurred the observance push with about 300 supporters seeking Sunday closures.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Conrad Austin
Court of Common Pleas
Commerce Street
Austin
Bob Jones
Mr. Jones
Gov
German Sub U-117 Anchored for U.S. Bomb Tests
The former German submarine U-117, turned over to the U.S. Navy after the armistice, lies in 50 fathoms about 60 miles east of Cape Charles Virginia to be bombed by nearly 50 aircraft in a joint Army Navy experiment. The test will use 37 bombs on the sub while other ships may be tested later.
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Washington
United States Navy
Cape Charles
Virginia
Army
Navy
American Batnenip ‘A
Aepecimank
Methodist Group Urges Sunday Observance Bill in Congress
An appeal from 19 annual conferences of the Southern Methodist church calls for a rigid Sunday observance law. Congress members are asked to notify Noah W. Cooper of Nashville by June 25 of support, with a committee planning to meet Congress and President Harding on July 14 to urge approval. The law would halt Sunday trains newspapers and mails except in charity and necessity emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Congress
Southern Methodist Church
House of Representatives
Noah W. Cooper
Cooper
Harding
American attitude purely academic on League tribunal names
The State Department said Washington has only an academic interest in the League of Nations request for American candidates to the court of international justice. It emphasized the department’s neutrality, noting only that it supports establishing the tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
League of Nation
Hague Tribunal
Court of International Justice
League
State Department
Department
Two Storm Warnings Out for Gulf Craft
The local weather bureau issued two storm warnings for the gulf coast. One warns small craft off the Texas coast and the other orders American ships at Tampico to exercise caution due to a disturbance in the western gulf coast likely to bring high winds Monday afternoon and night.
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New Orleans
Texas
Tampico
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Irish Lassies Seek Movie Fame in New York Arrival
Several hundred Irish immigrant girls arrived on the Celtic in New York seeking careers as movie actresses, artist models and other show business roles. Few showed interest in domestic service.
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New York
Group of Marine Workers Sign Up Group of Marine Workers Sign Up
Marine workers on strike in New York reach a three month resumption under the old contract with Mexican Navigation Company. A new wage scale is expected before expiration, and strike breakers will be replaced by union men. The dispute centered on annulment of wage contracts between the companies and the maritime union.
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New York
Mexican Navigation Company
Maritime Union
Kiwanis Hold Sixth International Convention Meet
Delegates from across the country arrive in Cleveland for the sixth Kiwanis international convention. Pre sessions and officer conferences pave way for general sessions starting tomorrow. Executive committee to summarize relief work for Near East Europe and war veterans as a nationwide registration campaign is urged.
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Cleveland
Kiwanis Clubs
Near East
Europe
Bandits Hold Up Bank Runner in Philadelphia Haul
Four masked automotive bandits held up Frederic Myers a runner for the Mu ee Company in Philadelphia and seized between 5 and 10 thousand dollars. Myers fired after the bandits fled with the money.
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Philadelphia
Frederic Myers
Mu_ee Company
Canada Seeks Bergdoll Return From Germany
Ottawa announces that Canada is seeking the extradition of Grover C. Bergdoll from Germany. Justice Minister Co. J. Doherty stated extradition is under consideration, with Philadelphia reporting and Ottawa confirming the formal request.
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Canada
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Ottawa
Minister of Justice
Co. J. Doherty
Germany
Grover C. Bergdoll
Eee
Birmingham Receives First Rain in 39 Days
The city saw its first substantial rain in 39 days with only light sprinkles earlier. Strong winds accompanied the storm reminding residents of the damaging wind event three months prior as telephones and wires were affected. Rainfall totaled nine tenths of an inch.
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Birmingham
British Dominion Premiers Gather At Council Board
Prime Minister Lloyd George sits with premiers of Australia Canada South Africa and New Zealand at Downing Street to map conference procedure and public disclosure. The talks will cover Anglo Japanese alliance imperial foreign policy and other far reaching issues.
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London
Lloyd George
Council
Downing Street
Prero Eet
Australia
Massey
Newland
Smuts
South Africa
Meigh
Canada
St. James
Four Killed and Two Injured in Lake Shore Crash near Fremont
Four people died and two were injured when an eastbound car on the Lake Shore electric line struck an automobile about three miles east of Fremont, Ohio. The dead are T. R. Silcox, Harold Silcox 21, his son, Mrs. Eva Black, and Miss Olive Miller. The injured are Mrs. T. R. Silcox and her nephew Richard Hunt in hospital at Norwalk. All residents of Norwalk.
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Femont
Ohio
Lake Shore
Here
T. R. Silcox
Harold Silcox
Eva Black
Olive Miller
Richard Hunt
Norwalk
Miners Urge Probe in Mingo County War
Officials reported miners in Mingo County pressed for a congressional investigation into ongoing strife. A conference produced a resolution calling national action to halt daily outrages and avert civil warfare in the coal region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingo County
Nge County
Senate
Insanity Rising Says Rochester Doctor at Convention
Dr. J. M. Lee of Rochester New York told the American Institute convention that insanity climbs due to World War I aftereffects. He cited stress worry and gloom increasing susceptibility and described mental strain as throwing machinery of life out of gear.
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Washington
J. M. Lee
Rochester
N. Y
American Institute of the
Jury Drawn to Try Death Case in Corunna
In Corunna Mich a jury began to hear a case against Higgins accused of poisoning a girl and causing her death after her body was found beside railroad tracks. The trial follows claims Higgins knew how the poison was obtained and that authorities feared public reaction to the case.
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Corunna
Mich
Higgins
Miss Wittum
Rallra
Nore
Beering Battle Reaches White House Over Volstead Split
Washington June 20 Dinwiddie of the National Temperance League will carry his fight against real beer to President as he and Wayne B. Wheeler clash on separating the emergency provisions from anti beer clauses. Dinwiddie warns of a flood of opposition if the split is not made and Congress may pass the bill on the center propositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dinwiddie
National Perance League
Ing
Wayne B. W General Council
Anti- League
Volstead
Wheeler
Ee Wid
Congress
Murphy case before U S grand jury in Chicago
Timothy D Murphy known as Big Tim faces federal grand jury in Chicago regarding an alleged 100000 bond default linked to a 350000 Dea station mail robbery. Special district attorney John E B Northup says admissions and confessions from Murphy and associates may be read to grand jurors. A trunk with loot valued at over 1000 was found at the home of a relative, Northup notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Timothy D
Big Tim) Murphy
John EB. Northup
Northup
Wag
Murphy
Egyptian cotton crop trimmed by two percent
Washington reports a two percent cut in the Egyptian cotton crop for the 1921-22 season. Officials estimate total production around 1.4 million bales with carryover near 300 thousand bales and a total value near 600 million pounds at market opening. Market instability and government planting policies cited as main influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commercia
Sopa
Dual Receptions Planned for Sims
New York reports that two receptions are planned for Sims to honor a notable figure, with details pending a formal announcement and local confirmation from organizers. The events are expected to include speeches and community tributes.
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Sims
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