Cabinet shakeup as Work named Interior chief and New to Postmaster General
Washington Feb 27 President Harding announced the cabinet reshuffle with Postmaster General Work chosen to replace Albert Fall as Secretary of the Interior and Indiana Senator New named to be Postmaster General. Work, a Colorado resident, is praised for administrative ability. New had declined a prior offer to stay in the Senate after last year’s primary defeat.
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Washington
Work
Albert Fall
Interior
Senator New
Indiana
White House
Fall
Senate
Congress
Colorado
New
Harding
Former Ga Soldier Insane Held In Texas
Atlanta report states a Texas asylum seeks to return Georgia native David B. Johnston, once a U.S. veteran, to the Georgia insane asylum. Johnston, from Athens, was arrested in El Paso for forced government transportation and allegedly escaped a D.C. hospital before the armistice. Texas will cover expenses, but Georgia has no legal provision to repatriate him.
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Atlanta
Texas
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
David B. Johnston
Athens
el Paso
Johnston
Greenville
D. C
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Hardwick
Hardwick Named Delegate to Rome
Georgia Governor Thomas W. Hardwick is asked to appoint a delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce convention in Rome Italy from March 18 to 24. The governor will name the Georgia representative in coming days after a request from Winfield Jones president of the Southern Trade Congress.
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Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
International Chamber of Commerce
Rome
Italy
Winfield Jones
Southern Trade Congress
Unclear Local Climate Note From Alto Crucero Bolivia
A fragment notes extreme cold at Alto Crucero Bolivia with water freezing nightly and noon heat causing skin blisters, but details and context are missing. The item appears to be a brief weather or health snippet lacking precise dates sources or measurements.
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Alto Crucero Bolvia
Aviator James W. Cole to plead guilty in Augusta case
James W. Cole, an aviator from Pittsburg, arrives with attorney Daisy Churchwell and a U.S. marshal to plead guilty before Judge William H. Barrett in Augusta. He is charged with impersonating a United States army officer after wearing a borrowed uniform during travel from Americus to Macon and Milledgeville. Cole, described as experienced and well liked, had recently spent weeks in Americus where associate James W. Morris was killed in a plane crash.
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Augusta
James W. Cole
Pittsburg
United States Army
Daisy Churchwell
United States Marshall
William H. Barrett
Americus
James W. Morris
Macon
Dempsey Hotel
Milledgeville
Georgia moves to end school flogging and lash in camps
Atlanta reports a new movement led by J C Saville urging Governor Hardwick to ban school whippings. The letter argues cutting the hickory from public schools, while officials question replacing the lash in prison camps and awaiting warden guidance.
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Atlanta
Kiardwick
Georgia
Ma‘ams
J. C. Saville
Stillmore
Saville
Hardwick
Savill
Senate committee delays action on joining League court
Washington Feb 27 The senate foreign relations committee virtually decided to postpone the question of authorizing entry to the League of Nations international court. No vote was taken as senators from all views argued the matter could not be brought before the senate before the current session adjourns.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
League of Nations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Boy Champion Horseshoe Pitcher of the World
Harold Farler, 15, Akron Ohio, wins world horseshoe pitching title in St Petersburg Florida after a flawless run of 29 straight wins. He defeats former champions Frank Lundin Frank Jackson and C C Davis with a 50 to 18 final over Davis. Farler earns a diamond medal and 500 dollars. Lundin Davis and Jackson place second through fourth.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Harold Farler
Akron
Ohio
United
Frank Lundin
New London
Iowa
Frank Jackson
Kellerton
C .C. Davis
Columbus
Farlar
Lundin
Davis
Jackson
Lewis guilty of criminal assault in Muskogee court
A. L. Lewis was found guilty of criminal assault in Muskogee Superior Court and sentenced to ten to twenty years. The court recommended mercy. The principal witness for the state was the defendant's daughter.
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Columbus
A. L. Lewis
Muscogee Superior Court
Richland Water Holds High Quality, State Chemist Says
Richland reports the state chemist pronounces its drinking water very excellent. The artesian supply comes from a 700 foot well drawn by air pressure and contains healthful minerals noted as among the oddest in the state.
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Richland
Explosion damages 100 houses in Pittsburg area
Pittsburg February 27 A mine blast at Superior mine No 1 of the Superioruel company wrecked a powder magazine and leveled the blast area. More than a hundred houses were damaged and two men were injured in the mining village of Resselton about 25 miles from Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Resselton
Superior Mine No
Superioruel Company
Arkansas Senator Caraway In Street Car Brawl
In Washington on February 27 Senator Caraway of Arkansas fought with an unidentified man after an argument aboard a street car on Fourteenth and H Streets Northwest. The man struck Caraway. the senator responded with blows using an umbrella.
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Washington
Caraway
Arkansas
Fourteenth and
H. Streets
Record Savannah Cotton Sale Marks New High This Season
Savannah on February 27 saw a record current season sale as John W. Gleason Cotton Co. sold 3000 bales at thirty cents per pound. A local market high was reached with 59 bales at the Commercial Warehouse fetching 30 cents per pound for the round lot.
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Savannah
John W. Gleason Cotton Company
Hines Named Director of War Veterans Bureau
Washington February 27 Brig General Hines retired was nominated by President Harding to lead the War Veterans Bureau succeeding C R Forbes.
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Washington
Hines
Harding
The
War Veterans’ Bureau
C. R. Forbes
Barrett Dry Rule In Nil At Cordele
Cordele February 27 Judge D A R Crum of the Cordele Circuit superior courts faced the grand jury and rejected the federal judge s edict on prohibition evidence without warrants He indicated that well supported evidence of violations would have standing in his court and questioned the claimed extent of violations by those who justify their own acts.
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Cordele
D. A. R. Crum
Barrett
Grand Jury
Federa
Crum
Wealthy Contractor's Housekeeper Arrested as Witness
New York February 27. Mrs Anna Buzzit also known as Anna Schneider 30 a housekeeper for Frederick Schneider a wealthy contractor was found murdered in his automobile in a Bronx lonely section yesterday. She was arrested today as a material witness and denied knowledge of the crime. Mrs Buzzit had been divorced from her husband in a suit in which Schneider was named as correspondent. Police seek a blonde woman seen leaving Schneider's car shortly before the body was found.
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New York
Anna Buzzit
Anna Schneider
Frederick Schneider
Bronx
Buzzi
Schneider
Cattle Owner Loses Suit Against County Over Dipping Injuries
Atlanta Feb. 27 The Supreme Court ruled the owner cannot recover damages from Tattnal County for injuries to cattle alleged to have occurred during tick eradication dipping performed by county officials. Rogers sued claiming cattle died from the dipping.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Rogers
Tattnal County
Cattve
John D. Mathis Post Meets Tonight
A special called meeting of the John D. Mathis Post American Legion will be held at 7 30 in Legion headquarters to discuss date and place to entertain the Albany post in the recent membership campaign where Albany bested Americus in the contest.
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John D. Mathis
American Legion
Legion
Albany Post
Americus Post
Ferree assurances on hydro power savings for Georgia
L L Ferree general manager of the South Georgia Public Service Company told a Times Recorder representative that hydro electric power will save consumers a minimum of about 24000 annually even without more patrons. Commercial electricity will save about 1200 monthly at a net rate of 11.7 cents per KWH after a 10 percent prompt pay discount under a new agreement with city council. The city will net about 700 annually. street lighting will be 5 cents net versus 5.75 cents now. Continued on Page 3.
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Americas Electric
L. L. Ferree
South Georgia Public Service Company
Times-Recorder
Ferree
Cars plunge from embankment on icy river in Orange
On a Boston and Maine train at Orange Massachusetts two coaches left the rails and plunged down a 15 foot embankment onto Miller's river ice. The cars slid to safety with four crew members slightly hurt while passengers escaped injury. The third car remained on the embankment.
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Orange
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Miller’s River
Administration Abandons Merchant Marine Aid Effort
Washington Feb 27 The administration will abandon efforts to obtain government aid for the merchant marine after the shipping bill failed this session. It is indicated no attempt will be made at the next session to pass such a bill.
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Washington
White House
Hog sale at Hahira nets 18009 pounds for Swift buyers
In Hahira Georgia on Friday 18009 pounds of hogs were sold to Swift & Co. buyers from Moultrie and a North Carolina firm at 7.05 dollars per hundred. Bids came from North Carolina South Carolina and Cuba. Rev W W Webb conducted the sale. He sold pigs last week at Wrightsville for 6.84 per hundred and will assist in upcoming sales in Dublin Milan and Doerun for the Farmers Union.
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Hahira
Moultrie
Swift & Co
North Carolina
South Carolina
Cuba
W. W. Webb
State Bureau of Markets
Dublin
Milan
Doerun
Farmers’ Union
Americus Council Approves New Electric Rates to Begin Soon
Americus city officials unanimously approved transferring remaining municipality rights in Americus Public Service to Americus Lighting and reassigning leasehold privileges to South Georgia Public Service. The pact sets a maximum charge of 13 cents per KWH with quantity discounts and special rates for city street lighting and the municipal pumping station, with service expected to start within two months.
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Americus
Americus Public Service Company
Americus Lighting Company
C. M. Council
J. E. Poole
Kent Sheffields
Tifton
R. P. Ewing
Hargrett
South Georgia Public Service Company
Americas Electric
Power Company
Americas
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