Mann Bill Adds Three Cent Gas Tax in Georgia Senate
The Georgia senate passed a bill imposing a three cent tax on all gasoline sold in the state. Revenue will be divided among counties, the highway department, and the state treasury to pay discounted Western and Atlantic railroad notes. Governor Walker is expected to approve. Lee Watkins of Jackson was appointed special attorney to the Georgia Public Utilities Commission by Governor Walker.
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Atlanta
Mann
Georgia
Senate
Walker
Highway Department
Treasury
Western and Atlantic Railroad
State Highway Department
Lee Watkins
Jackson
Georgia Public Utilities Commission
Communists Hold Lübeck as Reichswehr Moves In
In Lübeck Germany Communists seize the city center after forcing the senate to retire. Reichwehr troops arrive to restore order but clashes continue with sustained street fighting and casualties. In Seitz Saxony fighting erupts as a large communist force storms the town hall. nine communists are dead and thirty wounded prisoners are taken amid widespread injuries.
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Luebeck
Germany
Associated Press
Senate
Reichwehr
London
Seitz
Saxony
Berlin
Eight-Hour Day Inaugurated at Gary Mills
Gary Ind August 13 The eight-hour day in United States Steel mills here became a reality with blast furnace workers the first affected. Open hearth steel workers will follow next Thursday August 16 under a new wage system reducing pay from 4 80 to 4 00 for eight hours.
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Gary
Ind
Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
Swimming expert at playground for life saving drills
T E Moore of the American Red Cross will give swimming and life saving demonstrations at Americas Playground pool today Tuesday and Wednesday. Exhibitions and instructions run Monday and Tuesday 9 to 11 am and afternoon after the ball game. Moore appears Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8. Public admission is free.
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T. E. Moore
American Red Cross Society
Americas Playground
Ralston Cargill
Moore
Kh. B. Allen
Red Grass
Cargill
Mr. Moore
Savannah to Get New Political Paper
A weekly political organ is slated for Savannah this city. Definite plans of the supporters have not been learned.
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Savannah
British Note Viewed as Propaganda in Paris Clash in Berlin Shipyards
Paris reports say Britain's note is seen as disavowing allies and aligning with Germany, while President Poincare may respond later though it could be ignored. Berlin dispatches record a deadly clash at Hamburg shipyards as police confronted striking workers forcing entry blocks, leaving several dead and many wounded.
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Paris
Associated Press
Britain
Poincare
Berlin
Hianburg
Therestate
Stresemann to form new German government after cabinet resignations
President Ebert accepted the resignations of Chancellor Cu no and his cabinet. Gustav Stresemann was commissioned to form a new government. He held talks with party representatives as major posts eyed. Possible temporary foreign minister and potential finance interior ministers discussed. United Socialists seek four ministerial seats.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Cuno
Ebert
Gustav Stresemann
German People’s Party
Herr Stresemann
Foreign Ministry
Herr Hilferding
Herr Eliman
Interior
Herr Rheinhaven
People’s Party
Imperial Chancellery
United Socialists
People’s
Democratic
Rioters Across Germany Leave Many Dead and Wounded
Rioting spreads through Germany with at least 26 dead and over 100 wounded in 24 hours. In Burkshied near Aix la Chapelle crowds raid farms while farmers fire back, killing 11. Crefeldt sees seven dead and 43 wounded as Communists seize factories. Ratibor reports four dead and 20 wounded. Violent unrest reported in several regions.
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Germany
Berlin
Burkshied
Aix le Chapelle
Crefeldt
Ratibor
Republic
Seven Trainmen Killed in Colorado Collision Near Pueblo
Seven trainmen died in a collision between Colorado Southern and Santa Fe trains at Fowler Station near Pueblo Colorado. The cause of the crash has not been definitively determined.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Southern
Santa Fe
Fowler Station
Better Farming and Markets For Georgia Farmers' Products
J Kelly Simmons argues for cooperative marketing to stabilize production and expand profitable crops in Georgia. He cites year round growing, trucking lands, and strong home markets, noting $4 million in Georgia produce shipped to Atlanta in three months and a Savannah bank report of 118 truck loads yielding $69,000 with $30,000 net.
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J. Kelly Simmons
Sumter
Mr. Simmons
C. C. Brantley
Georgia
Valdosta
Tryin
California
Georgia Association
Atlanta
Savannah
Chatham County
Lowndes County
Perryman enters race for Chattahoochee solicitor
Jones Perryman of Talbot County announces candidacy for solicitor general of the Chattahoochee judicial circuit. The circuit covers Muscogee Harris Marion Taylor and Talbot counties. Walker Flournoy is the current incumbent, appointed by Governor Hardwick, with the primary set for next year.
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Atlanta
Jones Perryman
Talbot County
Georgia House
Chattahoochee
Walker Flournoy
Hardwick
Frank McLaughlin
Perryman
Muscogee
Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Taylor and
Talbot Counties
State
House Votes 19 Hold Night Sessions Then Penngs On Own
Atlanta Aug 13 The Georgia House of Representatives voted to hold night sessions then rejected the idea. Debates featured Milner Dodge urging night sessions and Elders Tattnall arguing they would avert an extra session. The body also defeated a plan to pull back the tax bill from the Senate citing an error taxing banks on capital stock surplus and undivided profits.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Milner
Dodge
Troops Guard Zinc Plant in Hillsboro Standoff
State troops with machine guns guarded returning workers at the American Zinc plant in Hillsboro Illinois after a shutdown sparked by a fight between union strikers and company nonunion workers. Troops set up machine guns at plant entrances and maintained presence through the day with no disturbances reported by noon.
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Hillsboro
Ills
Associated Press
American Zinc Company
Community meetings for Sumter county fair begin
A committee led by George Marshall and Henry Everett launched a series of community meetings to discuss the Sumter County fair. The first session at Leslie opened at 9 this morning, with further gatherings planned across Huntington Shiloh Concord New Era Pleasant Grove Thalean Thompson Andersonville and Plains on August 14 to 17.
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George O. Marshall
Henry P. Everett
Chamber of Commerce
Sumter County
Leslie
Huntington
Shiloh
Concord
New Era
Pleasant Grove
Thalean
Thompson
Andersonville
Plains
Walker Welcomes Typographical Union Delegates in Atlanta
Atlanta August 13 Governor Clifford M Walker and Mayor Sims greeted about two thousand delegates to the International Typographical Union The day included addresses a barbecue and a Stone Mountain trip Among the attendees were James M Lynch longtime president of the union and Frank Morrison longtime AFL secretary general, figures prominent in organized labor.
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Atlanta
Clifford M. Walker
Sims
International Typographical Union
Stone Mountain
Jas. M. Lynch
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Child Completes Remarkable Quilt by Young Atlanta Girl
Ten year old Erquette Cox visiting grandparents near Americus completed a striking black banded quilt with neat stitching. It may be exhibited at the Sumter County fair this fall as evidence of the child’s skill. She attends Atlanta schools and visits each summer, spending months in the county.
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Erquette Cox
J. S. Glover
Americus
Sumter
Atlanta
Alabama and LSU to Meet in Montgomery in November
Negotiations for a football game between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University show signs of progress with Montgomery, Alabama as the site. Coach Mike Donohue favors November 16 for the game, in tension with the Auburn-Center clash on November 17 in Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
University of Alabama
Louisiana State University
Mike Donohue
Birmingham
Betwen
Auburn
Alabama
Donohue
Negotiations With Mexico City Near End
Washington August 13. A government spokesman says the negotiations with Mexico City to pave the way for U.S. recognition of the Mexican government are expected to conclude within the next two or three days.
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Washington
Mexico City
United States
Pail workers called to meet September by union leaders
Cleveland Ohio August 13 Aproximately three hundred and fifty general chairmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen have been called to meet in Chicago September 6 to discuss a wage increase movement. President Robertson said the amount to be sought would be decided there. Warren Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said their group contemplates no similar action at this time.
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Cleveland, CO
Associated Press
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chicago
Robertson
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen's Union to Meet on Wage Questions in Chicago
Chicago August 13 The general chairmen of the Switchmen's Union of North America were summoned to attend a September 6 meeting in Chicago where wage questions will be considered. Announcement came today from President Cashen of the union.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Switchmen’s Union of
North America
Cashen
Switchmen’s Union
Laundry Owners of Three States Meet in Rocky Mount
The North Carolina division of the Carolinas Georgia and Florida Laundry Owners association will hold its annual convention in Rocky Mount on August 27. R N Bishop vice president announced the date. J W Powell of Greenville South Carolina president of the four state group will be among the speakers.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
North Carolina
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
R. N. Bishop
Assessors Announce Final Meeting Dates
City Tax Assessors set final meetings for Wednesday August 15 and Friday August 17. Board chairman F B Williford invites dissatisfied citizens to visit City Hall third floor to seek tax adjustment through conciliatory discussions.
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Board of City Tax Assessors
F. B. Williford
City Hall
Moses declares Coolidge as 1924 Republican candidate
Concord New Hampshire August 13 Senator Moses announced that President Coolidge would be the Republican presidential nominee in 1924 and should receive solid support from the New England delegation.
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Concord
N. H
Moses
Coolidge
New England
Hopkins Fish Preserve Ruined by Downpour
A cloudburst drenched Thomasville on August 13 flooding Hopkins private pond and dam breaking. Judge H W Hopkins suffered total loss as the stocked pond and fish vanished, with high water washing away the dam and disrupting the preserve.
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Hopkin Fish Preserve
Thomasville
H. W. Hopkins
Emanuel County Names County Agent
Swainsboro August 13 D C McInnis has been employed by this Emanuel county to serve as county agent The office is new for this county
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Swainsboro
D. C. McInnis
Emanuel
Government moves to avert coal strike
The federal government invited representatives of both miners and operators to confer with the coal commission in Washington to avert the pending strike in the anthracite fields. President Coolidge is kept in close touch with the situation after discussions with commission members.
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Washington
The
Coal Commission
Commission
Coolidge
Rev Wallace Wear Earns Praise For Church Debt Work
Cordele August 18 Rev Wallace Wear formerly of First Baptist Cordele and now at Highland Baptist Shreveport La has cleared a large debt against his former Cordele church. The debt relief restores hope to many members and signals a path forward marked during a Sunday celebration.
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Cordele
Wallace Wear
First Baptist Church
Highland Baptist Church
Shreveport
Americus
Staes
Cordele Pastor Preaches On The Boll Weevil Farmer
Cordele August 13 Reverend E O Heath pastor of the First Methodist church will open a series of sermons Sunday morning aimed at The Boll Weevil Farmer. The address is set for the church pews and promises practical guidance for farmers facing boll weevil challenges.
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Cordele
Ridgely Augusta Gets Harris Recommendation
Savannah August 13 Commander Randolph Ridgley Jr of Augusta has been recommended by Senator W J Harris for commandant of the district in the United States Coast Guard. The office will be vacated soon due to Rear Admiral W E Reynolds retirement.
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Savannah
Randolph Ridgley, Jr
Augusta
W. J. Harris
United States Coast Guard Service
W. E. Reynolds
Alabama Solons Back Atlanta Bid for 1924 Convention
The Alabama legislature endorsed Atlanta's 1924 national Democratic convention bid. Governor Brandon confirmed he would sign the resolution once received, following a favorable Assembly vote and moral support from the state.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Brandon
Alabama Assembly
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