Plane and equipment sale at Souther Field nets large receipts
About $125000 in receipts reported from the Tuesday auction at Souther Field government camp. Americus buyer John Sheffield led heavy purchases, with motors and other materials bought at batch prices. Hundreds of buyers from across the country attended as bidding remained spirited. Several regional and national firms and individuals were listed among bidders.
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Souther Field
John Sheffield
Americus
Sheffield
K. E. Powell
W St. N. W
Washington, D. C
H. Caplan
America Mills Co
Atlanta
J. Edeltein
Broad St
Augusta
Sam Baron
College St
Chattanooga
Tenn
I. Canter
E. 5Th St
Nichols Wire & Sheet Co
Balto St
Kansas City
Diamond © Metal “Co
Nassau St
New York City
Meissner Leather Co
Atlantic Ave
Boston
Mass
B. A. Beéines
Gay St
Knoxville
Gas Allen Chappell
B. F. Easterlin
Dan Chappell
W. C. Wright
Walter Brown
A. Cohen
W. T. Lane, Jr
W. F. Hodges
Andersonville
W. L. Bell
Charles Simmons
G. E. Buchanan
Americus, Ga
Germans Finish Work on Plan for Reparations Moratorium
German delegates presented to the reparations commission their plan of guarantees hoped to secure a moratorium. A technical exposition of the proposals was to be made at this afternoon's session.
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The
Assued Press
Cotton Compresses Will Receive First Coal
Atlanta August 30 coal priority has been granted to cotton compresses by State Administrator John T. Boifeuil. The move aligns coal supply with cotton seed oil mills and other related facilities, seen as solving the cotton problem amid shortages.
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Atlanta
John T. Boifeuil
Washington
Assassins murder guards on road near Augusta
Ey N Keaster age 34 was killed and Reedy Booth 22 wounded when two assailants attacked guarders on a lonely road from the Augusta Aiken highway to the Hamburg shops of the Southern railway. The attackers fled.
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Assasins
Augusta
Ey.n. Keaster
Reedy Booth
Augusta- Aiken
Hamburg
Southern Railway
Commission to survey Russian affairs for U S
Washington August 30. The American government plans to survey conditions in Russia by a technical commission. The mission would have no authority to negotiate any binding agreement for the United States.
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Name Commission
U. S
United States
Real Murderer Saves 2 Men by Confession
A Philadelphia robber Jesse Murphy 37 confesses to murder to save two Rollins brothers in Massachusetts. He claims he killed Foley and aided in the Teall murder, leading to Massachusetts charges and his transfer for trial. Murphy vows to stand by his written confession despite opposition and possible death penalty.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Jean Valjean
Jesse Murphy
Edward P. Foley
Roxbury
Ordway P. Hall
Dorchester
Charles
George Rollins
George
Foley
Rollins
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Bank
Rollins Brothers
Massachusetts
Teall
Rollins Boys
Pennsylvania
Murphy
Charles Street
Coal Leaders Near Settlement In Anthracite Talks
Washington August 30 leaders of both sides reached near agreement in the anthracite coal dispute and prepared final proposals drafted by Senators Pepper and Reed of Pennsylvania for presentation to operators and the miners scale committee. The conference extended into early Wednesday hours.
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Washington
Miners Settlement ’ Union
Pepper and Reed
Pennsylvania
Pick Up Negro Lifer Who Couldn't Stay Up North
Cordele August 30 Sheriff Noble, talking with a dusky traveler from Cincinnati bound for Florida, identified an escaped Florida life prisoner on vacation. The man admitted his status, provided his unit, and agreed to return to service after an eight month escape. A $200 reward stands for his capture.
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Cordele
Cincinnati
Florida
Noble
Cordele Creamery Plans Go Ahead
Cordele Georgia August 30 The first meeting of Crisp county business men and farmers in the creamery cold storage and curing plant will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday at the courthouse. More than twenty business men and farmers have taken three fourths of the stock with the remaining shares to be sold at the meeting. Officers will be named and plans set for early construction.
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Cordele
Crisp County
Family wiped out with club in Canton Ohio
Canton Ohio August 30 two women and a man were killed and another man wounded by an unknown assailant who waited at the house and struck them with an iron bar as they entered. The killer fled. The dead are Frank Burns 25 Freda Burns 27 Mary Nola 20. Luther Armstrong 22 wounded with severe scalp wound.
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Canton
Ohio
Frank Burns
Freda
Mary Nola
Luther Armstrong
Ship Itata Sinks. 309 Lost Off Coquimbo
Off Coquimbo the steamship Itata sank with 322 aboard. only thirteen were rescued, according to wireless reports from the cruiser Chacabuco.
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Santiago
Associated Press
Chacabuco
Itata
Coquimbo
Lumpkin Bonds Sold to J H Hilsman & Co
Lumpkin County commissioners opened sealed bids for a 30000 dollar bond issue. J H Hilsman & Co of Atlanta made the highest bid, bringing a premium of 1700 dollars. Proceeds fund rebuilding the Stewart County courthouse after the April fire.
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Lumpkin
J. H. Hilsman & Co
Atlanta
Stewart County Court House
Dupre Calm in Death Cell as Georgia Hangs Peach Tree Bandit
August 30. Governor Hardwick refuses to commute Frank B. Dupre to life imprisonment. A death watch is placed with Deputy Jim Roland as guard. Dupre, known as the Peach Tree bandit, remains calm and proclaims readiness for execution. He will be hanged Friday at 11 am, followed by another execution in Fulton County Jail for Luke McDowell. This marks Fulton County’s first double hanging in years.
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Atlanta
Hardwick
Frank B. Dupre
Jim Rolander
Dupre
Peachtree
United States Navy
Georgia
Luke McDowell
Fulton County
Escaped Physician Fled State Prison Slipping Rope
Raleigh August 30 Dr J W Peacock a prominent physician of Thomasville confined in the department of the criminal insane at the state prison escaped today by sliding down a rope made of bed clothing after acquittal of killing Police Chief Taylor of Thomasville.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. W. Peacock
Thomasville
Department of the Criminal Insane
State Prison
Taylor
Pay as You Go Policy Defined by Governor Hardwick
Governor Hardwick repeats pay as you go plan before 1000 Walker county residents in Lafayette. He recalls clearing a 3 million deficit and criticizes opponent Cliff Walker’s tax and spending ideas as ruinous. He clarifies pension policy and says new classes await revenue.
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Lafayette
Walker County
Hardwick
James EB. Rosser
Cliff Walker
Walker
Blease MacLeod Face Second Runoff For SC Governor
In Columbia August, former Governor Cole L Bleas and Thomas G MacLeod lead a second runoff to decide South Carolina governor nominee. Early totals show Bleas around 60.8 and MacLeod 54,287 with William Coleman 2,896. A runoff also looms for lieutenant governor between Be Jackson of Aiken and Fe Adams of Columbia.
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Columbia
S. C
Cole ‘L. Bleas
Thomas G. MacLeod
Bishville
South Carolina
Blease
Camp
MacLeod
William Coleman
Union
BE. Jackson
Aiken County
Fe. Adams
G O P Congress Member Loses In Helena Primary
In Helena Montana on August 80 complete returns from yesterday's primary show Wellington leading for the Republican senatorial nomination over Congressman Carl Riddick while Burton Wheeler holds a comfortable margin for the Democratic nomination against three opponents.
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Helena
Mont
Wellington
Carl Riddick
Burton Wheeler
Johnson Extends Lead in Republican Senate Race
San Francisco reports Senator Hiram Johnson widened his lead over C Moore during a morning count of yesterday’s voting for the Republican senatorial nomination. With returns from more than a third of precincts, Johnson led by about 30,000 ballots.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Hiram Johnson
C. Moore
JAP CRUISER SINKS 300 LOST
Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese cruiser Niitaka sank off the Kamchatka coast in August with virtually all hands lost. Admiralty confirms the crew of about 300 perished. only a few survivors. The incident ends with a near total loss of life.
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Kamchatka
Tokio
Liverpool cotton market opens higher with firm sales
Liverpool August 30 goods show gains as open bids rise 2-4 points. Quotations around 12.68 with 7,000 bales sold and 3,000 bales received, including 600 American. Futures show Oct and Jan, with provisional close near 12.86 and 12.58.
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Liverpool
Amecan
Iscaee
New York
Gaacecocedas
Bedecubsoeey
Aeonsances Deegae
Ay Oeeeiss Jeaseaeepa
Eealedeas
Close
Arete Setatee - Sige
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Allied Conference
Ameri
Technical Commission
Russia
Pepper
Reed
Cordele Creamery
Tower
Dominic Albino
East Side
Blease-Macleod
Montana
Johnson
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