Party splits in making a senate set contest
Senator Reed Smoot Republican Utah and Senate Democrat Henry Ashurst of Arizona clash over a candidate contest involving Brookhart of Iowa and Steck. Streit centers on ballot counting and voter intent vs strict legal rules, with other conservatives and liberal Democrats aligning behind the two leaders in a realignment widely discussed.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Smith W. Brookhart
Town
Daniel J. Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Smoot
Ashurst
Senate
Iowa
Inntent
William H. King
Senate Committee , Privileges and Elections
County Agent Announces Hog Sale
G. O. Marshall, county agent, announces a cooperative hog sale at the Americas pens on Tuesday, December 16. Farmers with market hogs are urged to participate and the agent projects a price uptick by sale day.
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G. O. Marshall
Americas Pens
Pope Pius Receives Austen Chamberlain in Audience
Rome, Dec. 10. No League of Nations council meeting was held this morning out of courtesy to British Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain who was received in audience by Pope Pius.
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Rome
Italy
Council of the
League of Nations
Austen Chamberlain
Pius
Empty Stocking Fund Appeal in Sumter County
A local plea urges readers to support the Empty Stocking Fund to aid needy children in Sumter County. It highlights labor hardships and lists contributors including Miss Danyie Walters 48 cents, Mrs. Vela Roach 1 dollar, Mrs. W. H. Simmons 1 dollar, Herbert Hawkins 5 dollars, Miss Essie Roebuck 1 dollar, and Miss Lucille McDowell 25 cents.
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Sarita
Sumter County
Sannta Claus
Danyie Walters
Vela Roach
W. H. Simmons
Herbert Hawkins
Essie Roebuck
Lucille McDowell
Basketball Season Opens Friday At Richland High
The girls basketball team from Americas high school opens the season Friday with a road game against Richland high at Richland. Coach Dorothy Cass has trained the squad for three weeks at Rylander Hall and expects a bright start. Players Massie Lane Harriett Rylander Katherine Harris Virginia Moreland Josephine Buchanan Jeanette Slappey Mary Harris may join the trip to Richland. A four-player starting lineup isn’t fixed. the teams may tip off around 6 30 p m.
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Richland High School
Richland
Dorothy Cass
Rylander Hall
Massie Lane
Harriett Rylander
Katherine Harris
Virginia Moreland
Josephine Buchanan
Jeanette Slappey
Mary Harris
Miss Cass
Low Score Contest at Americas Golf Club
The Americas Golf Club has arranged a twenty week low score contest. A deluxe safety razor will be awarded weekly for the lowest score. No entrance formalities are required just score cards submitted for recording. Winning once bars further participation as only one prize per individual.
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Americas Golf Club
Two men die in picture theatre fire
In Wilson Oklahoma two 18 year old theatre employees J T Horton and H A Edmonston were burned to death early Tuesday when a fire broke out and consumed the motion picture theatre where they were sleeping.
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Wilson
Okla
J. T. Horton
H. A. Edmonston
Dormitory Fire At Bridgewater State Normal School
About 200 girls, many scantily dressed, escaped flames when a fire destroyed three dormitories at the State Normal School in Bridgewater Massachusetts. The loss was estimated at half a million dollars.
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Associated Press
Bridgewater
Mass
State Normal School
Central of Georgia to broadcast band program
On Thursday December 18 from 8 to 9 p.m Central of Georgia night will be aired at the Atlanta Journal WSB. The Central of Georgia Shop Band will perform Southern melodies and L A Downs, President of the railroad, will speak on Georgia and Alabama resources. Last April the band concert was heard in 28 states and well received. People should contact J D McCartney in Savannah to hear the concert.
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Central of Georgia
Atlanta Journal
WSB
L. A. Downs
Georgia
Alabama
J .D. McCartney
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Savannah, Ga
Nine Women on Kid McCoy Jury
Nine women sit as the jury in Los Angeles for the murder trial of Norman Selby alias Kid McCoy. Prosecutors outline a jealous motive, stealing jewelry valued at 30000, and a raid on Theresa Mors art shop ending in shooting. Authorities claim McCoy killed Theresa Mors after living off her bounty and later planned her death.
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Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Theresa Mars
Norman Selby
Theresa Mors
Te Squared Circle
Dennison
McCoy
Hollywood
Mors
Seventh Street
Missouri district claims lead in production
Southeast Missouri is highlighted as the greatest lead producing district in the United States, marking a prominent regional achievement in mining output. The report underscores the district's strong extraction activity and its standout position nationwide.
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United States
Missouri
Planned in New York 88 Story Skyscraper
New York architects plan an eighty eight story office building occupying a full downtown block. The AP dispatch notes fears for reputation amid the city’s famed towering skyline as authorities consider a project that would push height limits.
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New York
Associated Press
Gotham
Disability Claims Deadline Urges Immediate Action
Veterans Bureau warns that disability claims must be filed before January 1 and that after that date no service connected claims will be considered by the government. Ex service men with tuberculosis and neuro psychiatric issues must also file by year’s start under the June 7, 1921 act. Captain F. E. Leister announced War Risk Insurance rules requiring reinstatement by June 5, 1925 and no reinstatement or conversion after June 2, 1926 with a two year window for lapsed policies.
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United States
Veterans Bureau
F. E. Leister
Post Office Adds Help for Christmas Rush
Postmaster Davenport announces one new clerk two additional carriers and another automobile to handle rising Christmas mail. Mail volume doubled since Monday as shoppers mail early. Residents urged to mail packages by Saturday to ensure delivery by Christmas. No rural route delivery on Christmas and carriers off streets at 11 a.m.
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Davenport
Post Office
Post Office Department
Students Freed From Chinese Bandits Near Canton
Canton China December 10 Twenty two of the thirty students captured Saturday by Chinese bandits were returned here today. Eight still remain in captivity. The students were taken while en route to a Christian college.
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Canton
China
Propaganda Letter Declared Authentic by Baldwin
London December 10 Prime Minister Baldwin announced in the House of Commons that a cabinet sub committee found the Zinovi eff propaganda letter authentic after examining all evidence. No doubt remained in their minds about the letter's authenticity.
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Associated Press
London
Zinovieff
Baldwin
House of Commons
Spence Succeeds Judge Summerall in Georgia
Atlanta December 10 Allen B. Spence solicitor general of the Waycross circuit was appointed judge to succeed late Judge J I Summerall Governor Walker announced the appointment though the place had been tendered and Mr Spence had not yet acknowledged acceptance.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Allen
Spence
Waycross Circuit
J. I. Summerall
Walker
Mistrial in Holliday Rioting Case at Sumter Court
A jury failed to reach a verdict against Edward Holliday of Cordele on rioting charges after deliberating from Tuesday evening to noon today. Co-defendants Leonard Whitfield Bert Cain J E Russell and Carl Williams face trial this term. Oscar Clark, accused by Holliday of abusive language after Holliday whipped Clark's boy, fled justice after a fatal shooting at Clark's home.
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Edward Holliday
Cordele
Sumter County
Holliday
Leonard Whitfield
Bert Cain
J. E. Russell
Carl Williams
Oscar Clark
Clark
Infants' Bodies Found in Norfolk River
In Norfolk the bodies of two infants were recovered from shallow water beneath the Algonquin Park bridge. Authorities planned a systematic river drag to locate any additional bodies and determine the full scope of the incident.
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Norfolk
Algonquin Park Bridge
Bank Robbed of $20,000 by Bandits in Shawnee
Three men robbed the Federal National Bank in Shawnee Oklahoma and escaped with an estimated $15,000 to $20,000 after entering at gunpoint and forcing the cashier and president into a vault. An official loss check was not yet completed as the bank opened.
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Associated Press
Shawnee, Okla
Federal National Bank
Prize winners announced in Home Lighting contest
Prize winners in the Home Lighting contest of Sumter County Electrical League were announced by R P Ewing of South Georgia Public Service Co. Local winners, listed including Norma Dunaway and others, are entered in the international contest for a grand prize of 15000 dollars. Col J Lewis Ellis served as judge.
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Sumter County Electrical League
South Georgia Public Service Co
R. P. Ewing
South Georgia Public Service Company of Americas
Aughtry Oliver
Maude Holliday
Gladys Gatewood
Vivian Jones
Elinor Rodgers
Fannie Lee Barefield
Margaret Lee
Helen Lassiter
Walter Martin
Olin Williams
Leland Bell
Fred Statham
John Bartzog
Georgia Bena Dodson
Louise Marshall
Col. J. Lewis Ellis
Senate keeps Muscle Shoals dispute open in long fight
Washington Dec 10. The Senate unanimously agreed to hold the Muscle Shoals issue until final disposition of the long debated matter. Afterward the Isle of Pines treaty would come next. Amendments to the Underwood bill were debated, with several passed without record votes. The key votes showed divided support for restrictions on lessees and funds placement, indicating the bill's path toward passage despite opposition.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Shoals
Isle of Pines
Underwood
Underwood Muscle Shoals
Pasage
Norris
Senate Agriculture Committee
McKellar
Tennessee
Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Banks
Bruce
Maryland
Civil Service Commission
Harris
Georgia
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
Royal Mint produced 287,500,151 coins in a year
The Royal Mint of England produced 287,500,151 silver and bronze coins in a single year, reflecting a high output level for minting operations and currency circulation.
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Royal Mint of
England
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