08 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
1
In Washington the House opens consideration of the tariff bill as Republicans push to set a July 1 final voting date. Debate will proceed under tight time limits with emphasis on industry impact and government policy.
Col H D, commanding three National Guard companies, enforces Gov Hardwick’s martial law proclamation after strikes threaten Atlanta and Birmingham. Picket lines remain closed, meetings banned, and transportation authorities urged restraint as officials confer with railroad leaders. Strikers pledge to comply as order stabilizes.
The President was initiated into the Improved Order of Red Men at a White House ceremony. National officers of the organization administer three degrees during the special event.
Fragments indicate a gubernatorial statement about fairness and a sheriff report. The text references Fitzgerald, A B and A shops and yarfs with mention of Hardwick and labor concerns. The passage is garbled and lacks a coherent event.
The Green Bay venture story follows a man who abandoned a wheat farm in Montana for West Dakota oil prospects. After a failed life on the farm, he moved to Green Bay and built wealth from a lease and four producing wells, with twelve more under construction and offers for the property.
Gov. Hardwick urges Legislature to adjourn politics and unite for a safe finances plan. He proposes cutting unexpended 1921 appropriations by 26 percent, creating a gasoline business tax, imposing a poll tax on all female citizens, and taxing receipts as part of a broader fiscal overhaul.
A pig claimed as the largest ever raised in West Virginia is mounted and shown in the exhibition hall of the Department of Agriculture in Charleston. Before stuffing it measured 48 inches high 84 inches long and weighed 1001 pounds according to owner S. S. Ball of Ravenwood.
United States gunboat Sacramento arrived at Tampico Harbor after departing for Mexican waters prompted by alarming reports. Secretary of the Interior Cales said the dispatch shows no conflict and reflects naval strength rather than imminent hostilities.
New York July 7 delegates to the World Christian Endeavor convention opened with quiet hour services in Manhattan churches. Fifteen thousand delegates from every state and continent gathered at the Flat Regiment Armory for an enthusiastic opening. Homer Rodeheaver was to speak on how to read singing.
In Cleveland on July 7, Mrs Eva Kaber facing murder charges of her husband Dan Kaber heard testimony from a medium Mary Wade. Wade claimed Kaber sought to rid herself of Dan for financial gain tied to life insurance while discussing a professor from an Eastern college and her daughter Merlan McArdle.
New York July 7 Chairman Lasker denied a San Francisco report that A J Prey had accepted the board’s director of operations post. He said no offer had been made and no one had accepted the position.
Fragmentary text notes Winston Churchill as Colonial Secretary asserting a time when Britain and the Dominions will tell their own news rather than relying on others. Mentions Premier Hughes of Australia and American news radio as influencing factors.
In New York on July 6 scientists and investigators discussed a new gun project by Jobe Tempe, developed in the United States and promoted by Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson formerly Edison’s chief engineer. A miniature version with an inch barrel demonstrated a velocity of one mile per second, with claims of future capability to hurl five ton projectiles up to 200 to 300 miles. The event occurred in Hutchinson’s Woolworth Building office with press and researchers present.
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