Petersburg Adopts Five Member Council with Brownlow as City Manager
Petersburg VA moves to a city manager system under a five member council with Brownlow of Washington chosen as manager. Brownlow resigns as District commissioner effective September 1 to assume duties in Petersburg. The hiring follows Virginia’s recently enacted city manager law and signals Wilson era ties.
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Petersburg
Virginia City
Louis Brownlow
Aittle
Norfolk
Virginia
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District of Columbia
Washington
Petersborg
Weshington
Gren
Washington City
Petersburg selects city manager from twenty applicants
Mr Brownlow resigns as commissioner after assuming duties in Petersburg. The city manager position was filled from more than twenty applicants, with Brownlow's selection approved from the field.
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Petersburg
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SLAIN IN POLITICAL ROW IN NICARAGUA
Managua Aug 24.Several persons were killed and blood shed in many towns during disturbances tied to voter registration on Aug 21 and 22 Thousands were deprived of their right to vote as thugs blocked booths and opponents Gen Jose M Moncado former minister and Dr Gutierrez of Managua were jailed The two days were for registration to qualify as voters for the October presidential election.
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Nicaragua
Associated Press
Nicaraguea
Lfamidem
Jose M Moncado
Thenterior
Dr Gutierrez
Citiens
Railway Men Plea Heard On Union Dismissal Risk
Justice Siddons weighed the Washington and Old Dominion Railway workers plea to stop terminations tied to union affiliations. The case questions if the line is an interurban under the Interstate Commerce Act and rail labor board referral, with evidence on contracts limiting union rights and the road’s status debated by both sides.
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Frederick L Siddons
Old Dominion
Tustee Stddons
Washington and Old Demunnion Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Labor Board
J Vv Davis
Crandal Mackey
Siddons
Wilton J Lambert
Rudelph H Yeatman
Theacourt
Mackey
Congress
Cardinal Gipbeni Opposes Women’s Suffrage Opinion
Baltimore report of Cardinal Gipbeni from August 4 remarks on suffrage, arguing only a small minority of women would vote and noting uncertainty about moral effects. He suggests much of the country may abstain after the first election and criticizes the suffrage push.
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Mineola Fliers Arrive at Nome
Four Army airplanes flying from Mineola New York to Nome Alaska reached Nome after 65 hours of air travel. Captain St Clair Street, expedition head, announced the return hop-off will occur in a few days. Aero Club of America lauded the feat as epoch-making and urged the government to establish aerial mail routes to Nome.
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August Post
Seaplane and Airplane To Fly Across Canada
Ottawa Aug 24 A trans Canada flight from Halifax to Vancouver is under study by the Canadian air board. The plan, half by seaplane and half by airplane, aims to start by the end of next month with stops at Baie Marie Winnipeg Calgary and other towns, according to Hugh Guthrie board chairman.
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Fatal Street Tragedy In Cardiff County Aged Man Killed
A 65 year old man Aub William Yancey was fatally struck on the street in Cardiff County this afternoon by his two stepsons Will Sullivan and Rosa Sullivan. The incident involved the mother identified as mar ss zi. Objections by a Birmingham Asia mother are noted in the immediate report.
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Yancey Sentenced Despite Objections After Shooting
In a dramatic turn, Yancey acted despite objections to the plan and the shooting occurred after a visit by Mr and Mrs Yancey to her former home this afternoon. Both sons were arrested as investigators tighten the case.
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Call for Maryland special session on suffrage and registration
Democrats meet Governor Ritchie and Senator Smith in Baltimore urging a special legislative session to add registration days for women voters before the fall election. Indications favor reopening the suffrage ratification issue now Tennessee has ratified. State party leaders plan further discussion next Tuesday.
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Maryland
Gov Ritchie
United States
John Walter Smith
Governors Office
Tennessee
Ritchie
Smith
Democratic State Central Committee
J Hubert Wade
Letvian Envoy Nagel Detained by U S in Washington
Alfred Nagel, recalled by the Letvian government, is detained in the United States and will not be allowed to leave for Latvia immediately. Immigration officials await a formal Washington ruling after a board found him inadmissible. Officials searched the steamship Drat ningholm and seized Nagel’s trunks for papers tied to his mission.
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Battered
New York City
Be Ie
United States
Europe
New York
Associated Prea
Alfred Nagel
Letvian
Washington
Filita Ikland
Russia
Letvia
Mage
State Department
Mrs Ob G McCarthy Dead Descendant to be Buried in Congressional Cemetery
Mrs Saphronia Goodwan McCarthy, formerly of this city and descendant of DeWitt Clinton and Georges Clinton, died yesterday at her daughter’s home in Baltimore. Body to be brought here for interment in Congressional Cemetery. funeral at the cemetery chapel tomorrow afternoon with Rev John Woldley presiding. Survived by daughter Mrs Cox and two sons James S McCarthy and Patrick H McCarthy, both of this city.
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DeWitt Clinton
New York
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Charles C Cox
Baltimore
Congressional Cemetery
John Woldley
McCarthy
James 8. McCarthy
Patrick Ho McCarthy
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