Court Removes Prosecutor as a Law Ignorer
Boston February 21 The Supreme Court removed District Attorney Joseph C Pelletier of Suffolk County after finding him guilty on multiple counts of malfeasance misfeasance and nonfeasance in office The charges were brought by the Boston Bar grievance committee and Attorney General J Weston Allen Nathan A Tufts had been removed in a similar case less than a year earlier Evidence was presented on 21 counts with allegations of conspiracy to commit blackmail in 10 cases Improper handling of office in 19 others and misconduct tied to campaign statements promising immunity from prosecution Pelletier had withdrawn from a mayoral bid before the election Senator James A Reed of Missouri argued for the defense
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Boston
Joseph C.pelletier
Suffock County
Supreme Court
Boston Bar Association
J. Weston Allen
Nathan A Tufts
Middlesex County
Pelletier
James A. Reed
Missouri
Memorial service held for Tifton builder H H Tift
Memorial exercises in the Twentieth Century Library club rooms honored the late H H Tift with civic leaders and business people in attendance. Speakers praised his contributions to education, health, and public welfare, and discussions considered a public library memorial to him. His widow spoke of his loving home life and kindness to family, and a future library memorial project was proposed.
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Tifton
H. H. Tift
Twentieth Century Library Club
Glib
Tifton Mourns Death Of Tobacco Official
Tifton mourns the death of R. Carlton, managing director of Imperial Tobacco Company, at his Richmond home. He helped locate Imperial's large Tifton plant and was generous to locals, visiting often, including a late January hunting trip with his brother. He was fifty five and unmarried.
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Tifton
Carlton
Imperial Tobacco Company of
Great Britain and Ireland
Richmond
Imperial Company
Americus spot cotton prices and Liverpool market report
Americus spot cotton shows good middling at 17.54 cents. Liverpool market opens steady on Feb 21 with 8000 bales traded, receipts mixed, futures listed for Feb, Apr, and Jun around 10.22 to 10.29, closing near 10.17 to 10.19.
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Americus
Liverpool
Amer- Can
Calles Aga
Pam Wee Wenaeee
Cpa
Stee Seeseegere
Osesuach Steewendee
Ceeeseelee
S48
Wxesevends
Eneseeeaes
Eemeen Aes
Onan
Striker Killed by Police Guns in Valley Falls Riot
In Pawtucket on February 21 Joseph Assuncan of Valley Falls was killed when police fired riot guns after a crowd of strike sympathizers refused to disperse near the Jenches Spinning plant. Two others were seriously wounded as Mayor Kenyon supervised the action and read the riot act.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Joseph Assuncan
Valley Falls
Kenyon
New Universities Dictionary Praised For Modern English Help
Distributing a new dictionary has drawn many compliments from readers. The New Universities Dictionary is touted as fresh in contents type and arrangement, offering easy study for youths unable to attend school. It features guides on Standard English Practical Syntax Punctuation and Etymology written in simple language by university instructors.
Lowndes Road bonds sold for above par
Valdosta February 21 information shows Lowndes county secured 355,688 from selling 350,000 good roads bonds. Commissioners will invite bids for paying operations with plans to seal cement roads totaling about fifty miles funded by this sum plus matching funds from sites and the federal government.
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Valdosta
Lowndes County
Roma Dirigible Fire Drops Ship at Norfolk Base
In Norfolk on February 21 the giant army airship Roma caught fire and crashed into the base enclosure. Four crewmen were rescued from the wreckage, while the fate of several others remained unclear. The airship carried about forty men when it departed.
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Norfolk
How
Badlly
Buriad
Planters Bank Celebrates Its Thirtieth Birthday
The Planters Bank of Americus marks 30 years in business this week. Founder C. M. Council recalls starting in a small room with Lee G. Council and building a solid surplus to weather hard times. The bank renewed its 30 year charter recently.
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Planters Bank of
Planters Bank
Hearing on Alabama offer to proceed this week
The House Military Committee will conclude its inquiry into Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals proposal this week and begin hearings on Alabama Power Company’s bid. Secretary Weeks promised to forward Alabama Power’s offer to Congress before the weekend, allowing uninterrupted committee study.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
House Military Committee
Kahn
Alabama Power Company
Weeks
Alabama Company
Congress
Identification of Rome Slayer Not Complete
Tuscaloosa, Feb 21 Deputy Sheriff Alben of Rome stated that identification of the Tuscaloosa citizen suspected of killing Peter Mooney at Rome, Ga., 48 years ago had not been established today, while he was in town regarding the case.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Peter Mooney
Rome
Alben
Teen throws rock to kill mail clerk on Seaboard train
Henry Patterson a 17 year old Negro of near Huntington is jailed on a felony charge for hurling a one pound rock through a mail car window on the east bound Shoo Fly Seaboard train a mile west of Huntington on February 10. He allegedly confessed intent to kill the clerk J H Humphries. Henry Brown 12 was with him but not detained. Special agent L M Sumner arrested Patterson yesterday afternoon. Patterson has prior trouble.
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Henry Patterson
Huntington
Henry Brown
Patterson
J. H. Humphries
Kelena
L. M. Sumner
Cordele
Seaboard
Miss Rutherford Quits Lucy Cobb Institute President
Athens February 21 Miss Mildred Rutherford resigns after long service as president of Lucy Cobb Institute dating to 1880 The board elected Miss Mildred Mell as successor Rutherford promoted education in the South opposed state takeover and helped keep the school operating and relieved financial distress after her return to the post five years ago
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Athens
Mildred Rutherford
Lucy Cobb Institute
Mildred Mell
Miss Rutherford
South
Lucy Cobb
Huntington Defeats Cut-Off In Quick Basketball Clash
Huntington high school outpaced Cut-Off 26 to 9 on the Cut Off court Friday afternoon. Huntington attacked early and kept play near Cut-Off’s goal, with standout scoring from Samson 14 and Kinard 2, while Perry and Gleaton contributed as guards. Sub Murphy added a field goal.
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Huntington
Huntington High School
Perry
Gleaton
Samson
Kinard
Gattice
Atlantic Coast Line to Add Fifty Workers at Waycross Shops
Waycross February 21 The Atlantic Coast Line railroad will add fifty more workmen at the local shops on Wednesday morning reducing the number of men laid off just before Christmas to fewer than twenty five.
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Waycross
Atlantic Coast. Line Railroad
Miners Call on Operators for Wage Conference
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, urged coin operators in the Central Competitive field to meet in Cleveland on March 2 for a wage conference that could avert an impending miners strike. Some operators rejected the request, wanting to discontinue collective bargaining.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Artesian Well Bottom Cleaned For Fountain Pipe
City Engineer Chas Wheatley directs workers to remove sand from the artesian well at the monument as they prepare to sink permanent piping and a pump. The well, once near the surface, now sits about 143 feet deep with weak flow, and a four inch tube extends 270 feet while compressed air draws sand to the top for eventual permanent lifting.
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Chas
Wheatley
Finley Asphalt
Glenn Little
Bridge plan blocked for Cordele Americus road
A Cordele delegation including Chairman Sheppard asked district highway engineer Mr Gaye to add the Americus Cordele road via Flintside to the state system and fund a river bridge with federal aid. Mr Cage said federal aid covers only seven percent of road mileage and the current 5500 mile system is full. Americus already has five state highways and most counties only two. He suggested joint county construction may be possible without federal funds.
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Cordele
Sheppard
Doris
Holmes
Grubbs
W. ©. Gaye, Jr
Americus-Cordéle
Flintside
Cage
Americus
Waycross motor firm reports steady car sales in early year
Waycross Feb 21 The King Bros Motor Co says it has sold thirty five Ford cars already this year and has emptied its storerooms twice in the past week. As the largest agents in Waycross they report sales in proportion with other dealers, indicating the motor business remains active despite tough times.
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Waycross
King Bros. Motor Co
Treaty reservation debated in committee in Senate relations
Washington February 21 The reservation to the Four Power Pacific treaty that no adjustments or understandings under its provisions shall be binding without congressional consent was debated for two hours by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with no action but general approval signal from the majority.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Open probe of freight rates in Southeast Washington
The Interstate Commerce Commission initiated a comprehensive inquiry into the entire structure of class freight rates in the southeastern territory. Hearings will be held at various locations as dates are announced, following requests from carriers and shippers.
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Washington
Southeastern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Churches showing steady growth in membership across nation
A religious census reveals 46 million Americans are church members within a population of about 106 million. Guiding them are 200 thousand clergy across denominations, with 4 million new members in five years. Regular attendance is uneven, yet progress is evident as civilizations rise with Christ’s teachings in daily life.
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Christ
Heroes and citizens praise Rev. T. C. Martin
The retired Methodist minister from East Longmeadow Mass is hailed as a hero for 40 years earning an average $800 yearly while supporting five children through college. He also cobbled shoes to make ends meet, reflecting the heartache and self denial of parenting.
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T. C. Martin
East Longmeadow
Mass
Inventor's Mind Versus Destructive Power in Wartime
In a stark contrast a retired Spanish telegrapher is described as a destructive brain keeping a machine gun in vents with a 3500 bullets per minute rate, while a constructive brain valued for simple devices rivals vast sums. Meanwhile Germany reports Krupp will mass produce farm implements and machinery for Russia.
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Gregoria Arias
Germany
Krupp’ Gun Works
Russia
New York imposes strict sanitary rules on beauty shops
New and strict sanitary regulations take effect in New York requiring health certificates for all staff in barber shops beauty parlors manicure and hairdressing establishments. Manicurists must use individual finger bowls and avoid shared lipstick mugs and bare barber chairs. Health officers to inspect shops for disease prevention measures.
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New York
Car theft in New York hits 10000 yearly
Ten thousand cars are stolen in one year in New York cities, about one in every 75 registered. Economists say New York mirrors national trends, with the odds of a car being stolen about one in 75 annually. Police recovery stands at 65 in 100 cases, prompting debate between keeping a car or insurance.
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New York
New York State
Man counts over gear says army officers
The doughboy with the bayonet is the leading war device, with air power, artillery, and tanks behind. Officers say the same applies in life where the person matters more than job or tools. Notes that John D. Rockefeller Sr. was Standard Oil’s best bookkeeper.
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Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Defense moves for habeas in Schley county murder case
Habeas corpus proceedings aimed at forcing the state to reveal its case were filed in the Schley County Superior Court by Zach Childers for Bennie DeVane, jailed in Ellaville on a murder warrant tied to the Will Jones killing. The hearing is set for Tuesday in Americus, with defense seeking transparency and to compel the state to disclose allegations, while noting uncertainty about the charges and DeVane’s presence at the crime scenes.
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Bennie DeVane
Ellaville
Will Jones
Superior Court
Schley County
Monady
Zach Childers
Dee
Z. A. Littles John
Americus
Elaly
DeVane
Harvey
Jones
Childerg
DeVan
Americas
Florence Chamber Asks Weeks For Muscle Shoals Figures
Florence Alabama February 21 secretary Weeks is asked in a chamber resolution to provide a memorandum of amounts paid Colonel Hugh Cooper consulting engineer and his staff since Wilson dam construction began on the Muscle Shoals projects.
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Florence
Ala
Weeks
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Cooper
Muscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Allied Debt Funding Commission Nomination Steps Forward
The nomination of Secretaries Méilon Hughes and Hoover and Senator Smoot and Representative Burton to the Allied Debt Funding Commission will be sent to the Senate, with a White House announcement outlining the proposed membership.
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Washington
Méilon
Hughes
Hoover
Smoot
Burton
Senate
White’ House
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Tifton Builder
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Lowndes Road
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C. M. Council
Alabama
Loul Negro
Fast Huntington
Lewis
U.S
Flintside Road
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You and
Littlejohn
Chamber
Allied Debt Funding Commission
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