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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
7
Samuel Gompers and AFL leaders issue a nonpartisan review praising Cox for understanding workers needs and find Harding unsatisfactory. The report cites Harding votes in Ohio and U.S. Senate, contrasts Cox’s favorable records, and warns against labor groups dictating workers votes amid broader wartime and policy context.
The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association proposes a committee with one representative from producers distributors and the Citizens Associations Federation plus DC health officer and college milk experts to study the local milk situation and set fair winter prices. The aim is to balance producer profit consumer protection and prevent price agitation in Washington.
The article says Enver Pasha is in Moscow colluding with Bolsheviks to spread their doctrine and regain power in the Near East. Allies label him a criminal, with a long list of charges, and accuse them of ineffective extradition efforts while warning of renewed plots against public peace.
A Baltimore tale of Poe's grave dispute ends with confirmation that his remains rest beneath the Westminster monument. The 25 year unmarked grave was honored in 1876 with a simple granite stone and a public ceremony. Notable figures in England and America sent messages praising Poe’s enduring influence on American literature.
Sir Reginald Tower, British high commissioner at Danzig, faces harsh critique in France and the American press for blocking disembarkation of war supplies for the Polish army. He argues the city’s German control would have allowed seizure of aid. his stance aims to protect Polish defense amid Entente tensions. Tower, a veteran diplomat, endured threats in South America and remains a steadfast, tower of strength in service to the Entente. He is about 60, a bachelor, and part of the Tower family of Huntmoor, Buckinghamshire, with long diplomatic history in Munich Stuttgart and Washington.
National Grange master Sherman J Lowell warns farmers face severe losses from a market slump. He cites New Jersey potato prices near one dollar a bushel and Maryland tomatoes at 15 to 26 cents a hamper, with watermelon and musk melon declines and cabbage and bean woes. Lowell spoke in Vermont and nearby states ahead of the Boston meeting on November 16 where 16,000 farmers are expected.
A constitutional amendment for direct presidential primaries and a national electoral college is outlined by Representative Schall with Hiram Johnson. A companion Senate measure, plus a bill defining congressional regulatory power, would base candidate registries on state committees and create a five member national supervising commission with party representation for 20 percent of the national vote.
Astona Greg Aug 29 reports William M Hunter known as king of sea lion hunters collected 850 dollars from the State for 352 sea lion scalps at 250 dollars each. He hunts from a small launch near the Columbia River mouth where sea lions prey on upstream fish. He notes dangerous encounters with bulls and claims cannery workers also pay for destroying seals.
New York plans to convert the space between Riverside Drive and the Hudson into Riverside Drive Park. Francis D Gallatin, park commissioner, announced after New York Central Railroad relinquished river rights. Planned features include a large water gate, riverfront anchorage, an esplanade, removal of dumps, and bathing beaches for launches and yachts.
Gasoline consumption climbed 32 percent in six months while production rose 16 percent. For the first half of the year output exceeded 1919, but stocks at June’s end stood at 89,341,000 gallons, about 15 percent below prior year. Reports from the Bureau of Mines outline higher production and stock increases for gas and fuel oils in the same period.
San Francisco dispatch recalls 1885 drift attempts by Fritjof Nansen and the plan by Roald Amundsen to follow a similar route toward the North Pole. It notes Fram’s near pole voyage, the Maude freezing in ice, disputed Arctic current theories, and Nansen’s 86th degree sledge reach before turning back.
The Rev Worth M Tippy, executive secretary of the social service commission of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, calls churches to intervene in labor disputes. He says the church must support labor’s right to organize under safeguards, avoid reactionary pressure, and work to restore cooperation between capital and labor. The sermon stresses the nation faced economic losses from strikes and warns against eroding the spirit of cooperation. The church should not stay aloof but engage the contending sides to seek permanent, effective solutions.
Leyden Holland August 29 a series of functions inaugurates a three century commemoration of the Speedwell voyage with 509 refugees who joined the Pilgrims at Southampton for the New World. Services are held at Kloksteeg site of Pastor John Robinsons chapel. A September 2 departure from Leyden for Dellahaven recreates the Mayflower route with figures like Viscount Bryce to speak at a university reception while W Griffiths discusses America and the Pilgrims at the town concert hall. Public reception slated for the evening.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis E Post warns of a grave immigration surge with nearly 17,000 arrivals at New York port in one week. He notes many come from typhus infected Europe and calls quarantine and new federal law to curb European immigration.
London reports that a major financial group under the Banca Commerciale Italiana plans to acquire more than 1500 kilometers of Argentine railways. The deal aims to expand Italian influence in South American transport.
A collection of remarks from visitors including Henry Ward of Philadelphia and Charles A Hammond of Mobile on Virginia politics, the Jefferson League, and possible GOP gains. Mentions Judge Harrison's close Virginia primary, Panama Canal profitability, American Bar Association reforms, and Chicago hoboes seeking farm work amid rising wages.
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