World News Digest Highlights From The South
Summary of varied items: Alexa Stirling defeats Mrs Gavin in the Canadian women’s open golf championship, 4 and 2. Lenine government dumps Russian diamonds causing 4500 diamond workers to lose jobs. Evangeline Booth leads Salvation Army tour of 50 Swiss towns. Oppau disaster death toll exceeds 1500 with 500 bodies recovered. League of Nations urges Balkan intervention to curb Serbo Albanian conflict. English critics condemn U S prohibition. U S ambassador Warren arrives in Yokohama with family. Debs pardon recommendations may go to President Harding. Alabama to host exclusive health hospital for black veterans. U S submarine B-27 safe at Guantanamo Bay. Tax revision bill to President by Oct. Unemployment conference participants named. German treaty may be sent to Senate soon after reassembly. Potato prices rise 24 percent in August. Shipping board near end of large subsidy needs. Smoot tax plan and alcohol tax proposals debated. Bolivia’s surface oil seepage noted near Santa Cruz-Yacuiba trail.
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New York
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Salvation Army
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Ludwigshafen
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France
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Alabama
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Washington
Hoover
Germany
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Congress
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Calder
Bolivia
Department of Commerce
Santa Cruz-Yacuiba Trail
Washington debates tangled treaty aims and Klan probe
Washington confronts a packed Senate agenda with anti beer measures and an inquiry into Ku Klux Klan activity. President Harding negotiates with Germany on peace terms and a planned guardianship role for the Moscow and Canton regimes raises questions for the forthcoming Washington conference.
Prohibition impacts liquor price and availability in Washington
United News reports cheaper liquor in Washington since national prohibition began in theory. the piece surveys varied opinions on diplomacy, economy, and policy with notes on legislation, court cases, and public figures across several states.
President Harding Opposes Public Treasury Relief at Conference
Washington reports President Harding opened the national unemployment conference with a warning against relief funded from public funds. He called the global war inheritance a source of depression, urged work for all who will, and framed liquidation and readjustment as the path forward for the nation.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Masked Miners Arrested Near Sprada Oil Field
Thirty eight coal miners were arrested near Sprada in Clarksville Arkansas after officers said they were gathering armed and masked in an oil field about a mile from Sprada. They were brought to the county jail on charges of night riding.
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Clarksville
Ark
Sprada
Jailed to Dead: Hyburger Found in Rooming House
Chattanooga man R V Hyburger who had been jailed for several days then released was later found dead in a rooming house while awaiting word from Greenville on a suspected murder charge.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
R. V. Hyburger
Greenville
Great Council of Masons Convene in Asheville
The Great Council of Masons assembled in Asheville North Carolina with full representation from every grand council Royal and Select Masters and every grand chapter Royal Arch Masons across the United States Panama Canal Zone and the Philippines.
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Great Council of Masons
Asheville
N. C
Royal and Select Masters
Royal Arch Masons
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Philippines
Senate Weighs German Peace Treaty Amid Tax Debate
Washington reports renewed Senate consideration of the German peace treaty as Democratic senators plan a conference to discuss minority action. The treaty discussion resumes after the tax bill debate lapses.
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Senate
Washington
Ingenious whiskey hideaway found in Ford coupe case
A local garage worker uncovered a hidden compartment in a Ford coupe carrying 83 quarts of whiskey. Police seized the car, found a pistol, and identified occupants Wolfe Silver of Savannah and Grady Coleman. The car bore South Carolina and Georgia tags.
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Salisbury
Rowan
Gallimore
Wolfe Silver
Savannah
Grady Coleman
South Carolina
Georgia
Rainless months push Chapel Hill opening date back
News from Chapel Hill reports the University postpones opening from September 27 to October 4 due to a prolonged drought. Water scarcity threatens health even with peak demand, prompting elimination of the Thanksgiving recess to recover lost time. The dispatch also notes concurrent items from Raleigh Asheville Gastonia Wake Forest Winston-Salem and Goldsboro on local events.
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Chapel Hill
Pistol Battle at Grand Central Station
A pistol battle in a third floor corridor at Grand Central Station left three men fleeing after firing 18 shots while attempting to rob two railroad employees guarding a satchel of cash.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Parthenon replica planned in Regensburg compared to Nashville project
Within a year the United States will have an exact to the inch reproduction of the Athenian Parthenon. The Par thenon at Regensburg is described as merely an adaptation of the great temple.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
Regensburg
Great Temple
Grand Army of the Republic Arrives for 55th Encampment
Rattling drum sticks and the squealing of ancient fires mark the Grand Army of the Republic as it enters Indianapolis for its fifty fifth annual encampment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
Violence in Belfast Leaves Two Dead and Thirty Six Wounded
In Belfast rioting, two people were killed and 36 wounded as bombs were thrown. A girl and two children playing in the street were struck by stray bullets during the affray.
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Belfast
Mildred Hanan Dies After Wound In New York
Miss Mildred Hanan daughter of the late Alfred P. Hanan shoe manufacturer died at Long Island College Hospital after being shot. No motive or explanation given for the shooting was provided.
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Mildred Hanan
New York
Alfred P. Hanan
Long Island College Hospital
Early Force Seen Needed to Save Burgenland Crisis
Government circles express that only prompt forceful action can avert deeper turmoil in Burgenland amid an already grave situation.
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Burgenland
Vienna
Students Shot by Police in Athens Clash
Local authorities investigated a shooting involving Georgia University students E. L. Strange and Stevens, wounded during a clash between police and about 100 students.
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Athens
E. L. Strange
Stevens
Georgia University
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Fatty) Arbuckle
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