Probers Take Recess As Wheeler Case Opens
Senate Daugherty committee recessed to allow Wheeler prosecutor to attend the Montana inquiry opening. Gordon Campbell, geologist, testified he employed Wheeler in 1922 to represent him in state courts and telegrams were read showing Wheeler’s involvement with Interior Department officials over a Lincoln permit.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Wheeler
Montana
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Wheele
Booth
Interior Department
Department of the Interior
Hutarians Hear Negro Quartette at Rotary Luncheon
Americus Rotary members heard a 20 minute program by students of Americus Institute under principal W M Redick. The chorus, from home towns and farms, sang spirituals including Swing Low Sweet Chariot and De Backsliding Bradder with a solo by a girl. Walter Rylander thanked the group and Tim Furlow was re elected to membership.
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Americus Rotary Club
Americus Institute
W. M. Redick
Bradder
Institute
Reddick
Walter Rylander
Tim Furlow
Furlow
Rotary
W.C. Wright
Mother Faces Death Penalty Over Daughter Rosy Cheeks
Middleton Conn April 17 Lillian Tell 14 will testify as the centerpiece of a sensational murder case. Johanna Tell 32 confessed to killing Charles Blair on his Killingsworth farm, claiming Blair attacked her. The mother recounts a brutal sequence, dragged the body to a cellar, washed the ax, and buried the victim. Lil lian’s rosy cheeks are set to corroborate the lurid tale and haunt the court with questions of motive and guilt.
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Blair
Mrs. Tell
New York
Conscience
Bronx
William Thomas
Johanna Tell
Lillian
Chas. Blair
Connecticut
Florida Republicans Back Coolidge At State Convention
Ten votes in the national Republican convention were pledged to President Coolidge by Florida Republicans meeting in Palatka. Delegates head to Cleveland instructed, with nearly all counties represented, as the party endorses a primary system and aims to oust the Negro from Florida politics.
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Palatka
President Coolidge
Cleveland
Florida
Guests of Frank Sheffield Jr and Kathleen cast at club
Summerford guests of Frank Sheffield Jr Miss Constance Ellis Kathleen director accompanied by Robert Lane and 12 performers attended the club event. Miss Elizabeth Pless Cor dele Lewis Ellis and Herbert Kincey were among other guests.
Flyers Ready to Fly to Dutch Harbor
A wireless message from Chignik Alaska reports world cruisers two three and four prepared to leave Chignik this morning for Dutch Harbor weather permitting.
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Dutch Harbor
Seatle
Chignik
Alaska
Shoals Controversy Before Senate Agriculture Committee
Elon Hooker testified before the Senate agriculture committee on Muscle Shoals bids. The Hooker bid claims 10 million dollars for research work and aims to show government savings through businesslike operation, while acknowledging patent limitations.
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Washington
Elon Hooker
Hooker, White & Atterbury
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
Norris
Hooker
American Delegates to Attend Rome Meet
Washington April 17 Nine teen American delegates to the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome 210 have been appointed by the department of state on recommendation of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace The delegation will include agricultural experts and business men from all parts of the country The chief proposal is that the institute urge governments to conduct comparable national surveys
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Washington
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Department of State
Wallace
Roanoke Minister Attacked and Child Kidnapped
Roanoke Va April 17 four year old daughter of Rev J R Cooper Methodist minister was kidnapped after attackers beat the minister at his home Police said abductors were joined by Mrs Jack Lane of Atlanta former wife of the preacher A Bedford Va call reported detention of five motorists and a child matching the description Authorities may return with the prisoners in Americus later today
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Roanoke
J. R. Cooper
Jack Lane
Atlanta
Bedford
Here
Americus
Cobb
Calvary Church
Capt. Cobb
Robert Physioe
James B. aLwrence
Don't deny it I saw you kissing the cook
In a wry quip from Klods-Hans of Copenhagen a speaker explains a kiss was with the culinary expert rather than the woman in question, turning a potential romantic misunderstanding into a joke about professional prowess.
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Klods-Hans
Copenhagen
Boston Burglar Used Sheets to Tie Man
In Boston a burglar bound a man with sheets, a claim raising safety concerns about household textiles. The incident highlights risk from improvised restraints and prompts calls for vigilance.
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Boston
Phonograph Pianos Let Music Play On Demand
A remark on phono graphs and player pianos noting you never have to beg them to perform. The line highlights convenient automatic music making and the charm of early mechanical music devices.
Auto race versus human race remark
A short commentary notes that automobile racing is less dangerous than human conduct, contrasting risk levels in two domains. The line frames safety priorities by comparing sport danger to everyday behavior. It presents a general assertion without specific events or individuals.
Bessie Tift Girl Paralyzed After College Dive
Miss Myrtice Johnson a Bessie Tift College student in Forsyth is partially paralyzed after diving into a shallow pool. Doctors at Macon Hospital report slight improvement as her father J. W. Johnson arrives. The incident occurred during a pool clearing at the college with warnings in effect.
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Bessie Tift
Macon
Myrtice Johnson
Bessie Tift College
Miss Myr tice Johnson Paralyzed After Pool Accident
Miss Myr tice Johnson a Bessie Tift College sophomore is paralyzed from the shoulders down after a plunge into a shallow pool at Forsyth Georgia. Doctors at Oglethorpe Private Infirmary are puzzled by the injury and expect to decide on relief options. Her father J W Johnson of Green Cove Springs Florida and siblings Dan Johnson and Mrs Clarence G Pittman are with her as she recovers.
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J. W. Johnson
Green Cove Springs
Forsyth
Miss Johnson
Macon
Myrtice Johnson
Bessie Tift College
Oglethorpe
Fla
Dan Johnson
Millen
Clarence G. Pittman
Ridge Avenue
Ingleside
Moultrie Churches Call for Morning Business Closures
Prominent laymen from Moultrie churches will lead a two week evangelistic campaign starting Sunday. Businesses and offices are asked to close from 10:25 to 11:35 daily to allow employees to attend morning services from 10:30 to 11:30. The effort aims to unite business and sales staff with churchgoers.
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Moultrie
Election of officers at Masonic Hall on Good Friday
De Molay Commandery members urged to attend the Masonic Hall meeting on April 18 at 7 p.m. The election follows the regular meeting of M. B. Council Lodge No. 95 with aim to conclude by 8 p.m. J Ev Riker Recorder Wille Marshall B.C. announces relocation to Americus after months in California with family.
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Knights Templar
Masonic Hall
de Molay
M. B
J. Ev
California
Americus
Thomasville stores to close early start next Monday
Thomasville reports the regular 6 o'clock closing begins next Monday following Easter. The first Thursday half holiday will happen on May 1, with the summer schedule starting May 1 each year after agreement.
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Thomasville
Man Held After Counterfeit Fifty Passed in Waycross
A man calling himself J. R. Williams of Daytona Florida is jailed for federal authorities on a counterfeit fifty dollar bill charge after buying a tire and attempting payment with the note. A car search found a pint of whiskey.
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Waycross
J. R. Williams
Daytona
Florida
Williams
New Disclosures In Kidnapping To Come
Dr. A C Busey known as the man of mystery was arrested in Harlingen Texas by Department of Justice agents. He claimed inside knowledge of the Mer Rouge hooded mob murders and had recently disappeared from Atlanta’s federal prison. DOJ says it has complete evidence against the Mer Rouge killers and has given it to Governor Parker of Louisiana.
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Washington
A.C. Busey
Federal
Atlanta
Harlingen
Tex
Department of Justice
Busey
Thomas F. Richards
Morehouse Parish
Richards
Wat Daniel
Ku Klux Klan
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department
Mer Rouge
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Prayer Meeting Tonight at First Methodist Church
A prayer meeting is scheduled at First Methodist Church this Thursday at 7 30 p m led by Sunday school officers and teachers. All are cordially invited to attend.
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First Methodist Church
Light years measure years needed for light to travel
The phrase clarifies that light years denote the time light takes to traverse a distance. It explains the unit as a measure of astronomical separation expressed in years rather than a temporal duration.
Refiner wires Walsh on way to tell committee facts
United States Senator Walsh of the senate oil committee was notified that William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati will arrive in Washington tomorrow to be questioned under subpoena about campaign contributions and Chicago convention events. Phil E Baer testified Hamon sought Texas delegates to back Lowden Wood or Harding. Baer denied discussions with Hamon about political aims and with John Smith after Hamon’s funeral.
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Walsh
Washington
William Cooper Proctor
Cicinnati
Senate Oil Committee
Proctor
Leonard Wu
Chicago
Phil E. Baer
United States
Texas
Jake Hamon
Baer
Hamon
Lowdon
Lowden
Wood
Harding
Nev
John Smith
Smith
Interor
Railroads move millions of freight cars weekly nationwide
Atlanta April 17. Statistics show railroads loaded and hauled an average of one million revenue freight cars each week for eight and a half months. A hypothetical train of 20,000 locomotives and 20,000 cabooses would stretch from Savannah to beyond Seattle, covering vast distances across the country.
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Atlanta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
River Junction
New Orleans
el Paso
Tex
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cal
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Spokane
St. Paul
Chicago
New York
Washington
Birmingham
Hattiesburg
Miss
Gea
Railways
My Family Essay by a Young Student
A small school girl reflects in a brief essay titled My Family stating there are three members: her father, mother, and herself as the youngest. The piece appears from a London news item.
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London: News
Bub I Have Stopped Drinking Life Update
A concise report notes an individual named Bub has stopped drinking, with a companion remark that this choice will help friends save money. The text retains a casual, spoken tone and mentions life context.
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Bub
Dub
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