Arctic radio interview heard from Illinois explorers
Lieutenant Commander E F McDonald Jr of the McMillan Arctic expedition answered five questions in a 90 minute interview via radio, transmitting 16 words a minute from Chicago to Etah Greenland. He described hearing codes from New Zealand and voices from Chicago Schenectady Seattle New England and London. He noted one missionary user Rev Perritt Hopedale Labrador and spoke of Eskimo guide Itookashu and plans to reach planes by radio.
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Arlington Heights
Tils
Associated Press
E. F. McDonald Jr
McMillan Arctic Expedition
Chicago
Utah
Greenland
New Zealand
McDonald
England
France
Holland
Sweden
Catalina Isand
Schenectady
Seattle
New England
London
Perritt
Hopedale
Laborador
Itookashu
Peary and
MacMillan
North Pole
Rev J R Straton Likely Head Fundamentalists
Atlanta August 6 Georgians watch the evolution battle as Rev John Roach Straton pastor of Caverly Baptist Church New York may lead the fundamentalists. He has longstanding ties to Georgia including marriage to Miss Georgia Hillyer a niece of Judge George Hillyer.
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Atlanta
John Roach Straton
Caverly Baptist Church
New York
Straton
Georgia Hillyer
George Hillyer
Katherine Hillyer
Fifth of meteorites fall in Kansas
Kansas soil attracts more meteorites than grasshoppers or sunflowers, scientists report. A chart of recorded falls shows one fifth of the world’s significant finds have been found in Kansas, marking the state as a center for heavenly wanderers.
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Kansas City
Kansas
United States
Slaton warns of pitfalls in Georgia tax amendment
Former Governor John M. Slaton in Atlanta on August 6 warned that proposed tax reform would shift the burden to land while favoring intangible and income tax schemes. He argued a land taxed framework would cut revenue for towns counties and school districts and cited exemptions that could leave most intangibles untaxed. He urged safeguarding the state constitution against amendments.
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Atlanta
Georgia
John M. Slaton
Connecticut
Georgia weed crop praised as tobacco expands in state
Washington reports Georgia tobacco production rising rapidly with 71,400 acres this year up from 39,000 last year and 9,000 in 1922. Department of Agriculture official Charles F. Gage notes strong cash crop potential as warehouses grow to 43 from 19. Further large increases anticipated next year.
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Washington
Georgia
Charles FE. Gage
Department of Agriculture
Appropriation Bill Discussion Planned Saturday
Atlanta Aug 6 Senator H P Delaperriere 33rd district and Senate appropriation committee chairman announced an all day Saturday session to consider the appropriation bill. A public hearing all day Saturday aims to report the bill back to the Senate on Monday as planned.
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Atlanta
H. P. Delaperriere
Senate
House
Sumter Cotton Season Rapidly Underway
Sumter County nears peak cotton activity as 151 bales arrive at three American warehouses. Picking spanned fields along Leslie Road toward Americus with many bales awaiting ginning. Buyers expect full harvest and ginning by mid September barring rain, gin owners ready to run all hours and warehouses seeking outlets.
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Sumter County
Sumter
Americus
Leslie Road
Leslie
Would Re Write Constitution Bill in Georgia
Atlanta August 6 A bill proposing a convention to rewrite Georgia's constitution would be held on the second Tuesday in January 1926 if passed The act would then require a ratification election on the second Tuesday in November 1925 The bill was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments and Rep Duncan of Houston county introduced it
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Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Duncan
Houston County
General Assembly
Shenandoah to be armed with machine guns at Lakehurst
Washington Aug 6 The dirigible Shenandoah has been ordered equipped with machine guns the first armament planned for her. Installation of batteries will begin at Lakehurst this week with crew training to follow.
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Shenandoah Washington
Shenandoah
Lakehurst
Rockaway Sand Turns 10 Gold Over Weekend
Rockaway Beach N Y August 6 The golden sands boom hits Rockaway as nine miles of dunes sell rapidly with profits spurring local merchants and officials into a land rush. Buyers rush from dry goods to handball experts profiting as a boardwalk project emerges, turning the resort into a near millionaire district with resale profits around twelve hundred to five hundred thousand dollars for dozens of residents and shopkeepers.
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Sockaway Beach
N.Y
Florida
A. H. Balmuth
Louis Magnolia
Bill Wigmore
Jim Dolan
Gus Baum
John Connelly
Rev Outler to Return August 27 to Americus Pulpit
Rev John M Outler, pastor of First Methodist Americus, will return August 27 and resume pulpit duties August 30. His associate Rev Cutler, recovering healthwise, plans a stop in Clayton Ga after Cornelia N C before relocating to Americus for services at the new church expected mid September.
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John M. Outler
First Methodist Church
Americas
Americus
Cutler
Man Sues Bakery Over Broken Teeth From Bread
Macon August 6 Milton Tillman of this city bites a small pebble in bread while eating a ham sandwich. He sues the bakery for 500 damages claiming pain and anguish and loss of two teeth. Petition alleges bread should be sanitary and free from foreign substances.
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Macon
Milton Tillman
Impeachment Move Against Holder In Georgia
Atlanta August 6 A House investigation move is introduced by Rep Linder to probe the highway department led by Chairman John N Holder on charges raised by Governor Walker. The plan would form a 15 member committee to report findings and potentially impeach Holder. Sam L Olive laments not questioning W T Anderson, insisting the motive is not personal.
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Atlanta
Linder
Jeff Tavis County
House
Highway Department
Walker
Senate Highway Investigating Committee
Holder
House Highways Committee
Sam_ L. Olive
Georgia State Senate
State Highway Board
Senate
W. T. Anderson
Macon
Anderson
Oliver
Small Dailies and Community Influence
An Atlanta correspondent argues that small city dailies hold ethical advantages over large metropolitan papers. Owners and editors are locally known and freer to express convictions, with personal journalism seen as serving community standpoints and constructive editorial policy. The speaker warns against rut-like routines and urges broader general news coverage.
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Atlanta
Death claims W T Anderson's father in Macon
Macon August 6 C C Anderson 83 prominent in Macon Bibb County development and industrial expansion for over 50 years died at 3 30 this morning His son W Anderson former State Highway Commission member and editor of the Macon Daily Telegraph survives him
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W. T. Anderson
Macon
C. C. Anderson
Bibb County
W Anderson
State Highway Commission
Macon Daily Telegraph
Douglas Oldest Tobacco Market Drives Douglas Growth
Macon August 6. Douglas Ga claims to host the first tobacco market in the state and credits the golden leaves with growth and prosperity. Once a small town, Douglas now has over five thousand residents and is center stage for South Georgia tobacco, aiming to compete with Virginia and Carolina markets as over two million dollars pass through its markets in the next thirty days.
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Macon
Douglas
South Georgia
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Belgium War Debt Commission Arrives in Washington
Negotiations to refund Belgiums 500 million dollar war debt to the United States will begin Monday between the American war debt commission and a special law commission that arrived in New York last night.
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Belgium
WAR Debt Commission
Washington
United States
Special Law Commission
Democrats to revive ancient tariff issue
Washington August 6 Democrats plan a tariff reduction push to win farm and household votes ahead of the 1926 elections. Republicans counter with tax-cut rhetoric to blunt the tariff charge. Both sides seek to mobilize public opinion and the solid vote, especially among women, by framing tariffs as the price of staples. The McNary Haugen bill previously proposed tariff relief to aid farmers.
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Congress
New Engines to Handle Crops on Montgomery Line
The Atlantic Coast Line plans 15 new locomotives for the Montgomery to Thomasville division to meet a likely record Alabama and South Georgia crop. Built at Baldwin Locomotive Works, the engines should be ready in about sixty days and will boost tonnage by about a quarter. Existing engines may be reassigned to lighter duty lines to optimize traffic.
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Montgomery
Alabama
South Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Montgomery-Thomasville
J. H. Bowdoin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Noe
Bowdoin
French actors balk at bristles on neck
Paris August 6 The Paris stage favorite of a long passion and lips on the nape of a woman's neck faces a practical issue as actors balk at rough shaved necks and the feel of bristles during kissing scenes.
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Paris
Shay
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