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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1920
Page
1
Chicago workers including freight handlers and clerks face a looming strike as railroad managers and union officials clash over conditions. A vote on a potential walkout is expected tonight, with the broader system gradually returning to normal after recent disruptions.
In New York and vicinity, striking railroad employees reportedly flock back to work today despite radical efforts. Roads are filling permanently the positions left by strikers who did not report by noon yesterday. J J Mantell, spokesman for the general managers association, notes ongoing service disruptions with ion tubes still tied up.
In Cleveland workers returned to the Nickel yards at ten o clock this morning ending a strike. The action affected Plate Baltimore and Ohio and Wheeling linked yards with April 49 sU two hundred noted in the report.
In Boston and Medford Methodist services, clergy wore overalls and jumpers as pledges spread among worshippers. Rev L L Dunning led at Orient Heights in Boston with many congregants signing overall pledges, while Rev B S Tuttle preached in Medford Hillside church in white denim.
St. Thomas Ontario reports the United States crusade has crossed the border with clubs formed locally and in nearby towns as of April 19.
A steamship named Rahda bound for Puerto Cortez sank in the Mississippi River near New Orleans on a Saturday night with a full cargo of coal. Sources report no details on casualties or cause at this time.
Paris reports government plans to maintain about seven hundred thousand troops with three hundred fifty thousand conscripts under eighteen months service. Conscripts would receive wages comparable to industrial workers, with food and lodging provided by the state.
Bayousara in Baton Rouge area lies thirty miles north under water today due to a crevasse in Middlestoot river levee. All residents have been moved to higher ground at Fransiaville. No crops are endangered as surrounding country remains elevated.
News wires report northwest Arkansas storms injuring and killing many as a Mississippi river levee break near Fort Jackson allows about 450 feet of seawater to flood orange groves and trucking areas. Government warns steamers to limit speed to the lowest safe point during high water.
Washington April 19 The migratory bird act of 1918 aimed to implement the treaty with Great Britain to protect migratory birds was today upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court.
A steamer valued at 250000 dollars was lost with a crew of fourteen and one passenger saved after an incident noted by officials who arrived early today. The report records the event and the surviving individuals in a concise maritime notice.
Thomas county voters head to the polls today from seven in the morning to six in the evening to choose the Georgian nominee for president. On the ballot are A Mitchell Palmer Hoke Smith and T B Watson with voters required to cast a vote for one of them. The outcome hinges on which candidate garners the nomination and turnout is expected to be lighter than usual.
Washington observers say Georgia's Tuesday primary will shape the national contest. The Baltimore Sun and The Sun debate whether Attorney General Palmer or Senator Hoke Smith will lead Georgia’s delegation, with Smith positioned as an anti administration lead against Wilson policies.
London reporting hard fighting across several sectors on the Polish front as per a Moscow communique. A Red advance in the Black Sea region is also announced and negotiations with the Azerbaijan government are set to begin offering oil to the Soviets if Bolshevik interference is avoided.
At St Louis on April 19 members of the Mississippi Valley Waterways Association urged development and support for inland water transportation to maintain United States world trade leadership. They argued railroads have already reached capacity limits.
Judge W H Thomas delivered a forceful charge to the Grand Jury urging patriotism and duty to democracy. J F Pittman named foreman and Wm Vonier bailiff as the jury organized in Thomas County. Divorce docket cases were called and scheduled, with a recess shifting Tuesday to Wednesday and Wednesday to Thursday.
Thomas W. Shelley also known as Thomas W. Simpkin faced arraignment in Yorkville court for the shooting of Dr. James Wright Barkee at St Georges Episcopal Church. Police planned to seek a lunacy commission as Shelley said he escaped from a lunatic asylum last week and claimed he had never met Barkee before the incident.
Richmond Virginia April 19 1919 Thomas W Shelley who shot and killed Dr Markos in New York yesterday arrived in Richmond in August 1919 and found work as a printer with a publishing firm He left employment November 1 and later underwent cancer operations at a hospital then two more at a sick retreat After money ran out the Shelter ing Arms Hospital cared for him until discharge March 15 He then boarded with a private family before vanishing on April 3 and the disappearance was reported to police
Albert H. Gary of the United States Steel Corp tells Hoboken stockholders the firm is keeping product prices down due to the high cost of living. He notes prices have not risen above those set by a March 1919 agreement, emphasizing a moral obligation to curb greed even at sacrifice.
The Supreme Court today upheld Kentucky's law requiring separate seating for white and black passengers on railroads, reinforcing Jim Crow segregation policies.
The Power Farming Association will hold a regional meeting in Thomasville inviting visitors from Georgia and North Florida. Delegates will tour Luke Langford’s farm and Mack stock farm with a barbecue, demonstrate power farming methods, and hear talks on improving farm production amid labor shortages.
Fort Smith Arkansas April 19 Mrs Charles Zacharay and two children died and more than a score were injured when a tornado struck the village of Hickey Town Arkansas last night. Shelley a Williamsburg resident known locally as a comedian was mentioned in a letter received here.
The railroad labor board in Washington on April 19 declared it would not receive any complaints from striking workers or parties not complying with the transportation act. It added it would not entertain applications from those not using every method to prevent road operation interruptions. After the statement, spokesmen for striking workers in New York New Jersey New England and the Middle West met with board officials.
Representatives of the striking railroad workers of New York and vicinity petition the labor board to hear demands for a substantial wage increase. The board met behind closed doors to consider the general wage question submitted by the dissolved bipartisan railroad conference.
The Cheese Club in New York launches a campaign urging workers to bring lunch boxes from home to combat rising costs. The group targets the current "dollar and more" lunch trend as the reason for the plan.
Jacksonville April 19 The Department of Agriculture estimates Florida will harvest 11,000,000 boxes of citrus worth 24,200,000 dollars this year. The split is 6,700,000 boxes of oranges and 4,300,000 boxes of grapefruit.
Washington April 19 a sectional hearing on the American Railway Express Company application for increased express rates ranging from ten to twenty five percent will be held by the Interstate Commerce Commission at Atlanta on June 21.
Paris reports Mayors Lloyd George and Nitti conferred at San Remo on April 19 about ending Allied occupation of the Ruhr. They reportedly agreed on no single plan of action and differed on best procedures.
In San Remo on April 19 the Allied Supreme Council began its final sessions at Villa Vauchau on the hills northeast of the town.
A manifesto by the general federation of labor in Parla calls on workers to join a May Day strike. It urges withdrawal of French forces east of the Rhine and abandonment of Syria expeditions, and release of the class of fan from colors to show France desires peace.
Shanghai notes a Peking refusal to publish secret negotiations with Japan on Shantung and the decree canceling secret treaties. The move triggers a student strike across 92 schools with about 30,000 students joining. labor unrest remains unaffected.
Six American soldiers killed on the battlefields and buried by shell bursts were found by American relief workers near Verdun. Religious ceremonies were held on site to allow exhumation by the Graves Registration Service for later military burials.
A blaze on the steamship Halfried loaded with nitrates spread to two pets at Bush Terminal Brooklyn. Early reports indicate at least five men seriously hurt with injuries not yet updated.
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