Europe's balance of power and debt ties in postwar era
A digest of Europe’s postwar diplomacy highlighting France’s rising leverage, England’s economic stance, and Belgium Italy and Russia alignments. It notes a proposed United States England debt settlement shaping 62 year bonds, and questions US policy with Hughes uncertain for the Pan American Congress as unrest grows in the Ruhr and French coal strikes threaten.
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United States
England
France
Germany
Italy
Turkey
Europe
America
Ruhr
U. S
Hughes
Santiago
Chile
Filibuster Tactics Delay Shipping Bill Readings
Senate filibuster over the administration shipping bill stretched into a third night as Senator Glass read Washingtons Farewell Address to spark more delay tactics. Republican leaders maneuvered to consider conference reports on army and District of Columbia appropriations before resuming debate.
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Washington
George Washington
Senate
Glass
District of Columbia
Borah
Idaho
Russia
Lodge
Jones
Commerce Committee
Washingtons Platonic Love for Sally Fairfax Reinterprets Washington
NEA staff report on Eugene E. Prussing’s study asserting George Washington’s deep but platonic affection for Sally Cary Fairfax shaped his character. The analysis, drawn from letters and records, suggests Washington’s devotion endured without compromising his public duties or later marriage to Martha Custis.
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Jack Jungmeyer
NEA
Los Angeles
George Washington
Eugene E. Prussing
Chicago
Washington
Sally Carry Fairfax
Prussing
Sally Cary Fairfax
Fairfaxes
Belvoir
George William Fairfax
Colonly
Fairfax
Daniel Parke Custis
Appy
Prassing
Sally Fairfax
Discharged servant confesses to murder fire at McDowell home
Dimrie Nix, a Black servant, confessed to setting a Decatur, Atlanta area fire that killed Marion and William McDowell, ages 17 and 15. Police say the motive was revenge for her discharge by Mrs McDowell. Nix implicated her husband John Nix and other unnamed Black individuals. The blaze burned the daughters’ room after gasoline was poured through a window and a match lit.
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Atlanta
Dimrie Nix
Maade
John M. McDowell
Decatur
Marion
Williamatee McDowell
McDowell
John Nix
McDowells
Wood life termer nay appeal his case
Macon February 22 attorneys for M D Wood convicted yesterday of murder in the Paul Funderburk killing and given a life sentence were to confer today on whether to appeal the Superior court verdict.
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Wood
Macon
M. D. Wood
Paul Funderburk
Confession Tied Fire Incident to DeKalb Jail Inquiry
A woman admitted in a DeKalb County jail near the McDowell home that she and her husband carried out the fire torching. The confession prompted a mob outside the prison while Nix and his wife were moved for safety. Bud Nix and another spouse were arrested in Decatur and held as witnesses amid further incriminating statements.
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Negress
DeKalb County
McDowell
Nix
John
Bud Nix
Decatur
Iseing
Physician Dr Dan Dupree Dies From Heart Attack
Athens February 22 Dr Dan Dupree prominent Athens physician and former major of the A E F Medical corps died here early today after an acute heart attack He headed Crawford W Long infirmary at the University of Georgia and was a Georgia Johns Hopkins graduate and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and an officer of the Academe.
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Athens
Dan Dupree
A. E. F. Medical Corps
Dupree
Crawford W. Long
University of Georgia
Georgia
Johns Hopkins Medical College
American College of Physicians
D’academie
Savannah Prepares for Barrett Ruling
Savannah announces that prohibition law violation cases deemed impossible to prosecute in federal court due to Judge Barrett's ruling on search warrant methods will be transferred to the City Court of Savannah.
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Savannah
Barrett
Death of Theophile Delcasse Shocks Paris
Paris reports the sudden death of former foreign minister Theophile Delcasse at his Nice home. Delcasse resigned from Viviani's cabinet in October 1915, after German press questioned his Balkan policy, with Viviani stating Delcasse opposed cabinet policy on key external questions.
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Paris
Associated Press
Theophile Delcasse
Nice
Delcasse
Viviani
France
Bragg Family Visiting Atlanta for Business and Family
Mrs. John T. Bragg and her daughter are in Atlanta this week on business. They will also visit relatives in the capitol city before returning home.
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Atlanta
John T. Bragg
Capitol City
Government pledges CIS operation war to exterminate pest
National Cotton Conference in Atlanta heard Dr. W B Hunter speak for the United States Department of Agriculture in the boll weevil fight. Hunter presided in Dr Hutchison's absence as committees met, and the department pledged support and calcium arsenate supply at cost to farmers. Continued on Page Five.
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CIS
W. B. Hunter
Department
Atlanta
United State Department of Agriculture
Hunter
Miller Reese Hutchison
Agricultural Department
New Directors for C of C Are Chosen
Directors for the Americas and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce have been chosen to serve for 1923. They are S. R. Heys J. T. Warren Frank Lanier J. Ralston Cargill Edgar Shipp John Sheffield W. A. Joyner Lovelace Eve J Wes Shiver C. J. Clark E B Everett and Walter Rylander. The director selection was by ballot with returns complete Monday. A meeting Friday at 10 a.m. will elect a secretary and discuss chamber regulation plans.
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The
Americas
Sumter County
Chamber of Commerce
George O. Marshall
Senate challenge to Early Mayfield seat from Texas
On February 22 Washington papers report sweeping charges against the Klan and its officers filed with the senate challenging Early Mayfield’s right to seat as Texas senator. The election contest was filed by George Peddy, a former Texas candidate who accused Mayfield of ties to the Klan and to the Democratic organization during a bitter campaign.
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Washington
Senate
Early Mayfield
Texas
George Peddy
Mayfield
Mayfields Senate Seat Contests Highlight Funding Question
Washington reports Secretary Mellon told the house he had no objection to using money from foreign debt settlements to fund soldiers bonuses after receipt. A separate note mentions a typewritten petition cannot be presented in the English House of Commons and must be written.
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Mellon
Washington
House
Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
House of Commons
Parole Likely for Two Men Convicted in Wade Murder
Georgia Prison Commission recommends parole for Dr Charles K Chapman and Warren Johnson who were convicted in Sumter County for the 1917 Wade murder. Gov Hardwick expected to grant paroles, ending a long standing case with alibis and indictments against several others.
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Atlanta
Prison Commission of Georgia Today
Thomas W. Hardwicl
Charles K. Chapman
Warren J. Johnson
Milledgeville
Capitol
Hardwick
Chapman
Johnson
Sumter Superior Court
Walter Wade
Leslie
Flint River
Montezuma
Yertie Howell
Americus
Wade
Flrst River
Dr. Chapman
W. I. Johnson
Walter Johnson
C. K. Chapman
John Ethridge
Americcus
Henry Harp
Howell
C. K. Chapman, Jr
Jule Felton
Warren Johnson
Opposed Parole for Johnson and Chapman Revealed by Clopton
Walter Clopton, relative of Walter Wade's wife, vehemently opposes parole or release of Warren I. Johnson and Dr. C. K. Chapman after the prison commission recommended clemency. He plans to consult Judge J. A. Hixon and may hire an attorney to represent the prosecution before the governor.
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J. A. Hixon
Clapton
Hixon
Chapman and
Johnson
Clopton
Jule Felton
Hand Carved Wooden Earrings Inspire Local Novelty Trend
Wooden earrings, hand carved and painted and suspended by metal chains, emerge as a recent novelty item capturing local interest and fashion curiosity among shoppers and artisans.
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Charles P. Stewart
Washington Administration
Executive Stewart Branch
House of Representatives
Gabfest
Harding
Friend
Tha Custis
Potomac
the Fairfaxes
Mrs.custis
Sica
Head Long
Hudson Maxim
C. OF
Mayfields
Peddy
Republican
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