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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
1
Chicago June 17 The American party or Peoples party will be the designation presented by the committee of forty eight as the proposed third party. A committee of forty eight will meet in Chicago July tenth to nominate a presidential candidate.
Washington June 17 the War Department issued orders setting aside more than six thousand motor vehicles for the National Guard.
In Port Arthur Texas on June 17 an insurance adjuster offered for sale damaged cargo including seventy five tons of news print coffee bags and school books from the Mallory line steamship Sen Marcos. Authorities say a seacock was opened to sink or damage the vessel four weeks earlier but could not fix blame.
Madrid reports the council of ministers considered Catalonia autonomy demands and approved a decree designating limits of power to be conferred on the Catalonian regional diet.
Kissimmee Florida, June 17. The State Bank of Kissimmee with $100000 capital closed its doors yesterday afternoon by order of State Controller Ernest Amos. The bank cites inability to borrow. cattle-
Duluth Minn June 17 The first arrests for complicity in the lynching of three Negroes Tuesday night were made on charges of inciting riot A special grand jury was convened today to place responsibility for the lynching
Washington June 17 Senator Harding plans a series of informal conferences with leaders of party groups. The decision followed a conference with Walter T. Brown former Ohio progressive leader and the Chicago convention floor manager. Invitations will be sent out at once.
Washington June 17 Senator Harding announced his Republican presidential campaign will not be a one man affair. He said aid and advice from every Republican leader would be sought during the campaign and after election if he wins.
Washington. D C June 17 Attorney General Palmer ordered a drive on bituminous coal profiteers. He directed all federal district attorneys to focus on profiteering charges and seek indictments where warranted, citing stock debts to the bank that closed as the underlying cause.
Meaux France June 17 The great flour mills on the Marne just outside Méaux took fire early today and all hope of saving them is abandoned. Firemen focus on adjoining buildings. The mills, built over a century ago, stored wheat and flour valued at several million francs.
In Washington on June 17 hearings resumed at the Department of Labor in the Ludwig Martens deportation proceedings. Counsel for both sides are to complete testimony today before the case goes to Assistant Secretary Post for final decision by the president.
St. Louis June 17 American business leaders were accused of failing to cooperate with farmers at the first annual convention of the United States junior chamber of commerce. The charge included a lack of interest in inland waterways development and a suggestion that Congress appropriate a half billion dollars for such natural carriers.
President of the Atlanta baseball club announces no game today with Little Rock after officials refuse an ultimatum demanding Casey Smith and Tom Seaton relinquished players released by San Francisco. Chattanooga and Mobile clubs joined the boycott.
The Rockefeller Foundation has donated about eight million francs annually since 1917 to support France in the tuberculosis campaign. The figure was disclosed in the chamber of deputies.
The American Federation of Labor endorses government ownership with democratic operation of the rails in a June vote, 29 059 to 8 349, amid rowdy roll calls and barbed exchanges. Support came from United Mine Workers and other unions, while a plan to form a new iron and steel workers committee was announced.
Police renewed efforts in Norristown Pa to locate Blakely Coughlin aged thirteen months who vanished from his crib on June second. They also seek a man dubbed The Crank who extorted twelve thousand dollars from George B Coughlin for the child's return. The money was left at an agreed spot but the baby was not returned and later the cash disappeared. Investigators now suspect the kidnapping may have been for revenge rather than ransom.
Two sea planes collided in mid air over Pensacola harbor in Florida. William B. Livingston, chief electrician and pilot of one plane, was killed. Lt. John Farnsworth, pilot of the other, was not fatally hurt.
London observers attack the League of Nations for postponing action on Persia's plea against Bolshevik pressure. The Times denounces the council's proceedings as a pompous farce and humiliating, calling it a method of killing the League.
Western bankers and sheep ranchers debated a one million dollar fund to aid western wool growers while the wool market is rebuilt. Chicago bankers were asked to displace Boston banks in financing the annual wool clip, with Chicago envisioned as the nation's wool center if the plan succeeds.
In London on June 17 prices for common staple goods continued to fall and newspapers claim coffee here costs less than in Brazil. Cotton, after a period of firmness, again dropped significantly in Havre signaling a broad decline in commodity prices.
London reports Russian Bolshevik forces have advanced on the northern Polish front with further Soviet successes elsewhere along the line, citing a Moscow wireless quoting an official statement issued yesterday.
The American National Exposition, incorporated, postponed its special exhibit of American products in Buenos Aires from next November and December to next March. Officials cited deference to the wishes of the Americana chamber of commerce in Buenos Aires.
Columbus June 17. Ohio miners report hunger despite high wages as coal demand exceeds supply. George Savage secretary treasurer of the Ohio United Mine Workers says miners average one day of work per week due to a car shortage and blames the Interstate Commerce Commission for inequitable car distribution.
Pensacola Florida June 17 a campaign to exterminate rats on the docks begins with the arrival of a corps of expert rat trappers and fumigators sent by the Federal Public Health Service to combat bubonic plague spread.
Oscar Greene an ice wagon driver died today in Pensacola ten days after an assault. No other cases were reported to noon. The incident marks a fatal outcome linked to the earlier attack and ends the day’s public notices.
Washington June 17 Assistant Secretary Post ordered Robert Elia deported after arguing deportation was not proper. Elia linked to June plot arrests, while co defendant Salcedo died by suicide in New York. Post said his department lacks authority to detain aliens indefinitely and seeks deportation to avoid hampering criminal action.
Mexico City June 17 provisional president De La Huerta issued orders directing that the Mexican railway be turned over to its owner, a London corporation, to morrow.
In Mexico City on June 17 representatives from over twenty foreign oil companies conferred with Gen. Treviño, secretary of industry, commerce and labor, about executive decrees under article 25 of the constitution that nationalize the petroleum territory. Treviño reportedly assured the officials the government will act impartially.
Washington June 17 The Census Bureau reports the 1920 population for 169 of 229 cities and towns that had over twenty five thousand in 1910. States show progress compiling totals while Birmingham Richmond Savannah and Charleston remain among southern cities not yet announced.
Santiago reports railroads crippled by coal shortages amid Chilean miner unrest. Trans-Andean transport resumes but heavy snow and rock slides on the Argentine side threaten a severe winter.
Des Moines Iowa June 17 Reports of committees of the general federation of women s clubs were heard at today s session of the fifteen biennial convention which opened formally last night.
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