Sleuths Round Up Arlington Gang Report
Albany reports from Edison say one of the men who tried to rob the Bank of Arlington on March 8 and fatally shot policeman A. R. Wiggins was captured. Another was surrounded in a swamp and a third located at Buena Vista. No names released but hints point to sensational disclosures. Burns agency detectives have worked on the case since the crime.
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Albany
Edison
Bank of
Arlington
A. R. Wiggins
Buena Vista
Burns Agency
Griffin Seeks Georgia Florida League Class C Ball
Griffin promoters raise 4000 dollars to organize a Georgia Florida League with Americus and other cities. They plan a Class C or B level league starting by May 1 if funds and participation meet. Diamonds and grandstands exist in allied cities to speed field readiness.
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Griffin
Macon
Columbus
Americus
Jacksonville
Griffin Men
Stymie Restored By U S Golf Association
The United States Golf Association executive committee announced decisions restoring the stymie, banning steel shaft clubs from championship play, and charging admissions to all championships. The restored stymie aligns American golf with Britain, reversing its January 1921 abolition. The rule defines a stymie when an opponent's ball lies on the line to the hole within six inches.
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New York
United States Golf Association
Great Britain
Gloomy British Industrial Outlook Warns Of Job Losses
A March summary by the American Chamber of Commerce reports renewed severe industrial strife in Britain. The engineer strike threatens over a million jobs if a swift settlement is not found, following months of peace.
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London
Associated Press
American Chamber of Commerce
Markets Americus Spot Cotton
Market note shows good middling cotton reaching 17 cents in Americus trading. Buyers and sellers reported steady demand with limited supply influencing current prices across daily spots and futures alike.
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Americus
Legion Still Dissatisfied With Disabled Service
A. A. Sprague of the American Legion declares the Veterans Bureau fails to satisfy hospital facilities for disabled veterans and warns the bureau’s statement could mislead. He says vocational training progress hinges on improvements and rejects the view of the bureau as merely a government benefactor.
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Chicago
American Legion
A. A. Sprague
Legion’s Rehabilitation Committee
United States Veterans Bureau
Expert to test Americus pool well for water supply
W C Wheeler, a Seaboard railroad water expert living in Americus, is invited to test the pool well drilled last fall to about 85 feet through rock to determine if it yields the 180000 gallons daily needed. If adequate, the pool project can proceed. if not, deeper drilling may be required.
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W. C. Wheeler
Seaboard Railroad System
Americus
Americus Playground Association
E. C. Bagwell
Savannahn
Mr. Bagwell
J. Ralston Cargill
The
Playground Association
Wheeler
Cargill
Seaboard
Civic Club
Kiwanis Club
J. B. Ansley
Bradley Hogg
J. Lewis Ellis
Rotary Club
Ww. W. Dykes
Lovelace Eve
J. E. Mathis
Lions Club
A. R. Royal
R. P. Ewing
Wallis Mott
Frank Barrold
Pool Fund
Albanys biggest revival planned by interchurch committee
Albany Ga April 6 The three weeks evangelistic campaign to begin Sunday will feature Rev Gipsy Smith Jr as preacher. Song services led by Charles F Allen and Miss Lucile Abernathy will accompany a 150 voice choir training. A tent revival is to be held and sponsored by Presbyterian Methodist Episcopal First Baptist and Byne Memorial Baptist churches.
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Albany
Interchurch Committee
Gipsy Smith, Jr
Charles F. Allen
Philadelphia
Lucile Abernathy
Lenoir
N. C
Aiken
Miss Abernathy
Miners Push Plan to Back Strike Conference Set
In Pittsburg Kansas the Southwest Interstate Coal Operators Association invited Kansas union miners to meet in Kansas City to discuss a new contract. Indianapolis sees leaders William Green and Lawrence Dwyer hold a conference on organizing non union West Virginia miners to back the nationwide UMWA strike.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Southwest Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
Kansas Union
Kansas City
Indianapolis
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
Lawrence Dwyer
Beckley
W. Va
Miners and Operators Agree to Weekend Talks in Coal Strike
New York April 6 Miners and operators agreed to weekend sessions of their sub committees and wage contract negotiations to settle the hard coal strike. Miners expect to finish their case by tomorrow night while operators aim to back their demand for a wage decrease.
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New York
Ex-U S Attorney Held in Liquor Bribe Case
Atlanta April 6 A federal grand jury indicted former assistant U S district attorney W Paul Carpenter and ex federal prohibition agent Harry Saphire in a bribery conspiracy to influence a whisky case against Herbert R Grayson. Saphire allegedly took cash bribes to testify he did not know the bottles contained whisky. The probe spanned four months following Grayson’s report of overtures last December.
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Atlanta
Herbert R. Grayson
W. Paul Carpenter
United States District Attorney
Harry Saphire
Saphire
Grayson
Carpenter
Herbert Grayson
District Attorney’s Office
D A Dixon Dies in Thomasville Home
Death of D A Dixon reported from Thomasville after seventy one years in the county. Survived by wife twelve children thirty grandchildren and great grandchildren. The notice notes he was well known across South Georgia and passed away this week at his residence.
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D. A. Dixon
Thomasville
South Georgia
Mr. Dixon
Soviet Agents Arrive in Italy for Economic Conference
Genoa April 6. Foreign Minister Shanzer urged Allied chief delegates to attend a Sunday meeting ahead of the Monday start of the economic and financial conference. Schanzer acted on Premier Lloyd George’s suggestion. The Russian Soviet delegation has arrived in Italy.
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Genoa
Associated Press
Shanzer
Schanzer
Lloyd George
Italy
Death sentence for betrayer of nurse Edith Cavell
In Mons Belgium on April 6 a death sentence was handed down to Jeannes the traitor who betrayed Edith Cavell to the Germans. A public execution is planned immediately as the community stands united in hatred and guards him against lynching attempts.
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Mons
Belgium
Jeannes
Edith Cavill
Crisp Cotton Growers Start Early in Crisp County
Cordele April 6. Cotton growers in Crisp County begin early planting with similar acreage to last year. They hope for early crops through fast cultivation but expect no increase in 1922 after a previous acreage shortfall. Boll weevils are active as warm days arrive, signaling a difficult fight ahead.
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Cordele
Crisp County
Memorial Placed For Admiral Peary At Arlington
President and Mrs. Harding with cabinet members and officials attended a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery as the National Geographic Society placed a grave marker for Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, honoring his polar explorations.
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Washington
Harding
Robert %. Peary
Arlington
National Geographic Society
Marketing pool signs 700 bales in Schley county
Noel McConnell reports Georgia growers pool has signed 276 000 bales statewide, well over the 200 000 bale goal, with five organizers still in the field. Sumter county farmers ready to sign if the pool exceeds expectations.
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Georgia
Schley County
Americus
Noel McConnell
Sumter County
Atlanta
Tifton Trade Board Sets Up Public Radio
The Tifton Board of Trade has contracted for a radio outfit in the secretary's office allowing visitors to enjoy concerts grand opera sermons and hear wireless market reports.
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Tifton
Tifton Board of Trade
Mathis Re elected City School Superintendent For Year
Regular board meeting confirms J F E Mathis for another year as superintendent. Teacher elections set for the fourth Tuesday in May amid anticipated vacancies. Notable departures include Miss Myrtle Rushin and Miss Lillie Brooks who will study for degrees at Columbia University.
Presbytery Set to Convene in Moultrie April 18
The Southwest Georgia Presbytery will open its spring session at First Presbyterian Church in Moultrie on April 18. Rev. C. M. Campbell will deliver the opening sermon, with leaders E P Mikel Ward Campbell Henderson Symonds Watt Westberry Patterson Curry expected. Home mission work will be highlighted as a new evangelist may succeed Rev. Hunt. The Presbytery, formed three years ago, reports strong church progress and large attendance.
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W. A. Watt
Thomasville
F. D. Hunt
North Carolina
Fresbytery
Southwest Georgia
South
Teacher Groom Jailed After Wedding in Georgia Town
In Tifton on April 6 R S Starns aged mid 40s and Miss Eula Blount were wed. The next day Deputy Sheriff J N Baker of Cook County arrested Starns and jailed him in Adel. He had taught in Cook County near Lenox for about two years and faced a Tennessee warrant for desertion of minor children, issued after a grand jury indictment.
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Tifton
R. S. Starns
Mr. Starns
Cook County
Lenox
Eula Blount
George N. Blount
J. N. Baker
Adel
Starns
Tennessee
Cook
Hog Sales Announced for Sumter County Farmers
George O. Marshall county agent announced two cooperative hog sales for Sumter county to be held in Americus on April 19 and Leslie on April 26. He said good hog supplies are expected for both events, signaling productive farm activity.
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George O. Marshall
Sumter County
Americus
Leslie
Dispute Over Texan Rep Blanton Sparks House Row
In Washington on April 6 Rep Garner of Texas called Blanton a disgrace and urged his removal if allowed to speak his mind before the house. The exchange followed Blanton defending a newspaper article alleging whisky flasks and mileage claims. Blanton had faced impeachment earlier over obscene material in the Congressional Record but retained his seat after a public reprimand.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
Blanton
House
Irish Recruits Intercepted En Route to Free State Army
A hundred Tralee youths bound for Dublin to join the Irish Free State army were stopped at Mallow Cork by Republicans. One Free State recruit was wounded in the clash, and all Free State men were captured and taken to Duivet barracks.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Tralee
Irish Free State
Mallow
County Cork
Free State
Duitevant
Stribling Nelson Bout Draws South Georgia Crowd
More than 2,000 fans expected at Albany municipal auditorium for Young Stribling of Macon meeting Chattanooga welterweight Terry Nelson. The card includes Rabbit Palmer versus Eddie Cook in a 10 round semi final and other regional bouts.
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Albany
Stribling
Rabbit Palmer
Atlanta
Eddie Cook
Savannah
Bob Miller
Bainbridge
Bill McGowin
Dublin
Miss Stone Faces Jury Over Kin kaid Murder
The trial of Olivia V. P. Stone for the murder of Ellis Guy Kin kaid of Cincinnati ended with the case bound for the Gotham jury at 11:28 this morning. Stone told the court she hoped to be reunited with her mother before day’s end.
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New York
Olivia V. P. Stone
Ellis Guy Kinkaid
Cincinnati
Miss Stone
Haircuts in Mouth Patient Treated at Greenwich
A wounded soldier at Seamen's Hospital Greenwich required frequent mouth haircuts until Dr Percival Cole found the cause. Skin grafts from his scalp replaced Jost membrane in his mouth.
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London
Seamen’s Hospital
Greenwich
Percival Cole
Ford Driver in Near Boston Overturns on Bridge
In Thomasville on April 6 a fireman operating his new Ford lost control on a small bridge near Boston. The car slid into three feet of mud and water and flipped upside down. The driver Mr Fleetwood and his two companions emerged uninjured though slightly wet.
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New Ford
Thomasville
Ford
Boston
Fleetwood
NEW OFFICERS OF ELKS LODGE ARE INSTALLED
The Americas lodge of Elis opened its new year with officers inducted led by Chas Manwick as exalted ruler at a well attended meeting. The lodge began the new regime with flattering prospects.
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Elks Lodge
Americas Lodge of
Elis
Chas Manwick
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