Vienna Riots Break Out At Zionist Congress
At Vienna two are dead and 50 to 60 injured as anti semitic rioters clash with police during protests against the World Zionist Congress. Processions with crosses and banners proclaiming Vienna a Christian city preceded the riot and further trouble was anticipated.
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Vienna
World Zionist Organization
Hakenkruzler Or
Sawstika Organization
Zionists Congress
Zionist Congress
Stiff fine for Negro taxman
R. J. Croxton colored taxi operator found guilty of driving a cab without a city license. Recorder Fort imposed a five dollar fine with a thirty dollar license due by Monday evening. failure could raise the penalty to thirty five dollars. Croxton paid thirty five dollars to Chief Bragg to cover the fine, then faced an additional fifty dollars for a license to continue operating. City Marshall Pouncey had pursued him seven months before his capture in police court after a prior automobile crash. The notice ends with a remark about summer’s hot spell driving cash register sales.
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R. J. Croxton
City Marshall
Pouncey
Recorder Fort
Croxton
Bragg
Black
Hundreds seek post office dead letter money in Washington
Washington August 18 Hundreds of letters flood Postmaster General New as people ask for a share of the post office dead letter money. New notes by law the funds must be kept a year then turned to the treasury. A 14 year old from Muncie asks for any portion for a large family with a widowed mother.
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New
Washington
United States Treasury
Indiana
Muncie
Farge
Lukeman Model Now Complete For Stone Mountain Memorial
Augustus Lukeman, the New York sculptor, has completed the central group model for the figures to be carved on Stone Mountain as a Confederate veterans memorial. The design will be presented to the Stone Mountain Confederate Association board on August 27. Hollins N. Randolph, association president, calls the model magnificent and says Lukeman has upheld his reputation as a top American sculptor and met high expectations.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Augustus Lukeman
New York
Stone Mountain Confederate Association
Hollins N. Randolph
Lukeman
America
Man prevents big jail break with golf club
In Sallisaw Oklahoma on August 18, real estate dealer R H Bibb used a mashie niblick to stop a jail break after observing a rope of knotted blankets and sawed openings. Deputy Sheriff Bert Cotton and county treasurer Jesse M Baker assisted. inmates remained in custody as twenty three prisoners ate breakfast.
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Niblick
Bert Cotton
Bibb
Jesse M. Baker
Last Day for Georgia General Bills
Atlanta August 18 the final day for introducing general bills in the Georgia legislature today only uncontested local bills could pass. Speakers had warned and legislative attaches note the session opened with an unprecedented flood of bills with over 800 dropped in the House hopper and about 300 in the Senate.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House
Senate
Black Baptist Brothers Pay Preacher Pittance So
TRIPLE SLAYER PLACED ON TRIAL RICKMOND a August 18 The state rested its case Monday against Rudolph EK Disse charged with the murder of Henry G Carter last July 28 after hours from eye witnesses and police officers Cross examination indicated the defense would rely on insanity or he was doped up Willie Britt wounded by Disse testified and gave a detailed account of the tragedy preceding Carter’s death
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Rickmond
Rudolph EK
Disse
Henry G. Carter
Willie Britt
Vivian Tomlin Feers
Harvey Burke
Britt
Carter
Mule "Mother" Receives Pension After Fifteen Years
Dublin reports the mule "Mother" of Georgia Warehouse and Compress Company retires on lifelong pension after hauling about 90 000 bales and over 8 million dollars in cotton. Her driver, a man named "Professor" Batts of African descent, cared for her thirteen years and may also be pensioned.
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Dublin
Georgia Warehouse and Compress Co
Georgia Warehouse
Batts
Bermuda
Rev A C Daniel resigns from Central Baptist church
Columbus August 18 Rev A C Daniel resigns as pastor of the Central Baptist Negro church Phenix City citing inadequate salary ten months at 18 50 cannot meet necessities He hopes a successor earns less than a 20 margin and says he will seek new fields He extends sympathy to the incoming preacher Continued on Page Two
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Columbus
A. C. Daniel
Central Baptist Negro Church
Phenix City
Eunquirer-Sun
Daniel
Explosion wrecks Flanery home in Calletts burg
Ashland Kentucky Aug 18 a dynamite blast partially wrecked the big brick home of Judge W H Flanery at Calletts burg. Front porch destroyed and windows shattered eight asleep were tossed from beds but unharmed police call it the act of a lawless element tied to enforcement of prohibition. The remark about rumors concludes the report.
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Ashland
Elliot
Anderson sought after Hance slay suspect flees to Florida
Indianapolis dispatch notes that Muncie police and Delaware County authorities intensified a search for George Anderson, former associate of Gerald Chapman and suspect in the Hance killings. Private detectives report Anderson likely escaped to Florida and may try to reach the Everglades, a rumored criminal rendezvous.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
Delaware County
George Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Ben Hance
Anderson
Florida
Everglades
Prisoner Gerald Chapman Studies Philosophy in Hartford Hospital Wing
Gerald Chapman. once dubbed the super crook, is held in a hospital section in Weathersfield prison under tight secrecy. While outlaws strike elsewhere, he devotes time to studying romance poets and philosophers, favoring Schopenhauer and Anatole France.
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NER Service
Vr. Iter
Hartford
Conn
Weathersfield
Gerald Chapman
Indiana
Chapman
Schopenhauer
Anatole France
Hospital
Revival Meeting at Antioch Church Sees New Members Included
A revival at Antioch Baptist Church colored drew many new members. Brazell Dorsey, 90, was among those joined and will be baptized on the third Sunday in September.
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Antioch Baptist Church
Colored
Brazell Dorsey
Youthful hobos released from jail after train incident
Two youthful hoboes detached from a Central of Georgia tourist train were released from the county jail Monday afternoon. They were ordered to return to Columbus and avoid Florida for now. The teens said rail riding was not the life they imagined and pledged Sheriff McArthur they would buy tickets if another traveling notion seized them.
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Columbus
Florida
McArthur
Georgia roads blamed as worst in the country
Frank Sheffield, president of Bank of Commerce, says Georgia’s highways are disgraceful after touring the Carolinas, Virginia, and Atlantic City. He notes tourists expect paved highways and laments Georgia’s inadequate roads for heavy tourist travel. He and Mrs. Sheffield recently returned from their trip.
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Georgia
Frank Sheffield
Bank of Commerce
Sheffield
Carolinas
Virginia
Atlantic City
Mr. Sheffield
Georiga
Tank collapse kills boy and injures another in Chelsea
In Chelsea Manhattan a 20,000 gallon water tank collapsed while children played nearby. One boy, Peter Rogers aged eight, died and another boy was fatally injured or expected not to live. Chelsea Park flooded as onlookers fled.
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New York
Chelsea
Manhattan
Chelsea Park
Peter Rogers
Confederate vets to be guests of Albany reunion
Savannah August 18 General D B Morgan of the Georgia division of the United Confederate Veterans announces he has accepted Albany's invitation for a reunion of his division on October 14 and 15.
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Albany
Savannah
D. B. Morgan
Georgia
The
United Confederate Veterans
Abany
Posse Searches For NC Black Suspect In Asheville
Police and sheriff's deputies conducted a long search on a mountainside after a 9 o clock assault on a patient at a local sanitarium. The 35 year old woman, recovering, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Despite aiding citizens, seven black suspects were brought before the victim but none identified.
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Asheville
N. C
Income tax bill lingers as calendar delay slows passage
Atlanta August sessions see Governor endorsed measure stalled as rules committee holds it off calendar. Senate defers $70,000 entomology and horticulture funding. a House Bill elevates market bureau funding to $109,000 annually. Senate also cuts Chief Engineer Neel salary amid scandal claims of entomology board collusion with calcium arsenate makers.
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Ence
Rules Committee
Senate
Bureau of Markets
House
State Board of Entomolary
W. R. Neel
SLAIN MAN GETS HONOR IN DEATH
In Richmond county North Carolina a large funeral was held for William W. Ormond of Raleigh after he was shot on the street by W E Cole a wealthy textile maker held in jail for the October trial The service drew the largest crowd for a private citizen burial with business houses closing for an hour and attendees from across the state at the Methodist church A love affair between Ormond and Cole s daughter is cited as the motive for the tragedy.
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Rockingham
N .C
Richmond County
Willam W. Ormond
Raleigh
W. E. Cole
Superior Court
Ormond
Cole
Methodist Church
Punctuation Joke Fails to Halt Salary Increase Debate
In August Atlanta senators clashed over W. E. Christie’s salary raise for the commerce and labor post. Senator Wilkinson opposed all raises yet warned he would vote for if any deserve one, amid remarks from Andrews and Carlisle about patriotism and family. Only a handful of votes favored the bill.
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Christie
Wilkinson
Atlanta
H. 5. Wilkinson
W. E. Christie
Commerce and Labor
Senate
Princi
Ivery
E. E. B. Andrews
Ira Carlisle
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Black Baptist Brothers
Triple Slayer
Gene Cohn
Antioch Church
N.C. Black
Walker
Senate Today
Neel
Board of Entomology
W. W. Ormond
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