Japan awards 15000 ton rail export contract
New York Jan 4. The United States Steel Products Corp announced the first large steel export contract of the year. It covers 15000 tons of rails for the Japanese government to be produced at the Ensley plant in Alabama. The price was not disclosed by U S Steel officials.
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New York
Associated Press
United States Steel Products Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Ensley, Ala
Tennessee Coal and Tron Company
Southern
Handcuffed Youth Flees At Prison Door
Moultrie January 4 Pete Allison a Moultrie youth held on impersonating an officer fled just as County Policeman Cobb attempted to lodge him in jail. Although handcuffed he bolted from the car and disappeared around a corner twenty yards away. Allison allegedly impersonated J O Stewart county police chief and arrested Shelley Davis a Pavo businessman lifting a $10 cash bond Davis identified Allison.
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J. O. Stewart
Shelley Davis
Davis
Allison
Richland Cafe Closes After Short Run Under New Ownership
Richland's American Cafe, recently taken over by E F Walker, shut its doors Tuesday and sold off its contents in a bargain sale. Former owner Sol Kramer left debts and vanished with his family, leaving the restaurant and liabilities to the new operator.
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Richland
E. F. Walker
Littlejohn
Carnival
Sol Kramer
Mr. Walker
MISS ALICE WHEATLEY TO SPEAK ON MISSIONS
The Central Baptist church hosts afternoon missions services this week with the Junior Missionary society guiding today. Miss Alice Wheatley, chair of the Woman's Missionary Union personal service department, will speak Friday on personal service and its meaning to missions and members after returning from the Atlanta board meeting. Friends are welcome to attend.
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Central Baptist Church
Junior Missionary Society
Alice Wheatley
Woman’s Missionary Union of
Miss Wheatley
Atlanta
De Valera Proposes New Version of Amendment
In Dublin on January 4 Associated Press reports that upon re assembly of the Dail Eireann today a new version of de Valera s amendment was distributed. It proposes a treaty of amity and association between Ireland and the governments of Great Britain and the other states of the British commonwealth.
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Dublin
Associated Ae
Dail Eireann
de Valera
Ireland
Great Britain
Explosion in Greensboro garage kills two men
In Greensboro North Carolina two people were instantly killed and several injured when an air tank in a local garage exploded early today. J E Albright a plumbing contractor who had just entered the garage was among the dead.
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Greensboro
N. C
J. E. Albright
Negotiations on Muscle Shoals projects reviewed in Washington
Secretary Weeks and Senator Underwood of Alabama met in Washington to discuss government and private interests disposal of the Muscle Shoals projects. The session reviewed existing negotiations and outlined next steps in the long running dispute over the project’s future.
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Underwood
Weeks
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Senator Underwood
Alabama
The Boll Weevil Threat to Cotton Industry Fate
A gray boll weevil menace endangers the cotton industry, potentially changing the South’s economy. Government scientists warn this winter will decide if science or the pest prevails, with Texas and Louisiana already affected and decades of losses tracked since 1892. Farmers mobilize to combat the pest as the 1922 harvest approaches.
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United States
South
India
Egypt
Savannah
Galveston
New Orleans
Memphis
W. B. Mercier
States Relation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Louisiana
Wallace
Mexico
Pastors Accept Honorary Memberships in Americus Golf Club
The Americas golf club announced that all white ministers in Amer ica have been extended and accepted honorary memberships. Col. G. R. Ellis president and Judge A. Littlejohn along with Capt. John A. Cobb were named honorary members. The by laws had provided for city ministers to be included. Club officers see this as a sign of confidence in proper conduct. C. E. Byle, the golf pro, will develop the nine hole course while a three hole practice area remains available.
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Ellis
C. E. Byle
South Georgia
Hte
Broad activity in acceptance market report
The Federal Reserve Board released a year end survey noting lessen demand for bills of acceptance but broader activity across districts. In November the Atlanta Fed bought fewer acceptances than October but more than last November, a month that topped the year except for September and October.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Fewer Marriages Yet More Inmates In Colquitt County 1921
Moultrie Georgia January 4 1922 fewer marriages were issued in Colquitt county in 1921 378 versus 405 in 1920 and three more persons were adjudged insane. The asylum admitted a third more women than men and overall more people were committed than in 1920.
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Moultrie
Colquitt County
Naval experts report ready at arms talksParis to Tokyo await
Washington January 4 The Associated Press reports that a practical completion of the naval experts' report to the naval committee and a five percent Chinese tariff agreement are key developments. The panel may meet to receive the exact replacement schedules and ship scrapping method. France has accepted the submarine ban on merchant ships with reservations under discussion. Britain has accepted. Italy and Japan show no strong objections, while France’s stance remains unclear.
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Washington
Associated Press
Naval Committee
France
Rome
Tokio
Cordele Fire Knocks Out 200 Phones in Williams Building
Cordele residents faced a costly blaze in the Williams building Monday night that disabled over two hundred telephones. Manager Seamans alighted from Tifton to oversee repairs, and crews spent twenty four hours digging to restore service.
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Cordele
Williams
Seamans
Tifton
Tinkler Seeks Conference On Muscle Shoals Bid
Secretary Weeks granted a telegraphic conference request from C. C. Tinkler president of the San Francisco Construction Co. for Saturday to discuss his firms bid on the Muscle Shoals projects. Weeks also noted Tinkler is in Florence Alabama inspecting properties.
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Washington
Weeks
C. C. Tinkler
San Francisco Construction Co
Muscle Shoals
Tinkler
Florence
Ala
Rylander becomes sole owner of the Doughboy statue firm
Walter Rylander has acquired the full interest of E M Viquesney in the Spirit of the American Doughboy statue business. The change dissolves the Rylander Viquesney partnership and centers manufacturing at Americus while cutting out Chicago New York and New Brunswick plants. Rylander plans national sales management and revived advertising to expand the Doughboy line.
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Walter Rylander
E. M. Viquesney
Lee-Lamar Street
Americus
Chicago
New York
New Brunswick
N. J
United States
Viquesney
Indiana
Rylander
Death of Cyril Thurman 13 in Americus
Cyril Thurman aged 13 died at City hospital after a week illness. The body will be moved to Newnan on the Seminole for funeral services and interment at Macedonia Cemetery five miles from Newnan. He is survived by his father Fred A Thurman and sister Nell Thurman of East Point, uncles Dr. K. E. Thurman and M. S. Thurman of Americus, who had lived in Americus two years with Dr. Thurman and attended the public school there.
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Cyril Thurman
Newnan
Macedonia
Fk. A. Thurman
Nell Thurman
East Point
KE. L. Thurman
M. 8. Thurman
Americus
Dr. Thurman
Mrs Marietta Banner Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Marietta Banner 79 died at her daughter J L Sparks 222 Taylor Street Tuesday night after a brief illness. Widow of Dr C L Banner of Mt Airy NC she had two surviving children Dr J E Banner and Mrs J L Sparks. The body was taken to Mt Airy NC for funeral services Friday with interment there. Pallbearers included Judge Z A Littlejohn Frank Lanier Griff Eldridge G F Adams and W B Harvey.
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Marietta Banner
J. L. Sparks
Taylor Street
Americus
C. L. Banner
Mt. Airy
N. C
Interurban Derails Near Bedford Injuring Dozens
Late news from Cleveland reports fifteen to twenty people seriously injured and many more shaken as the first car of a Cleveland to Akron and Canton interurban limited derailed into a ditch near Bedford. Officials cite a broken flange as the probable cause. In Washington, Senator Harris of Georgia introduces a bill to make a uniform rediscount rate mandatory across Federal Reserve Bank districts.
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Cleveland
Bedford
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Harris
Georgia
High School Girls to Play Unadilla January Six
Enthusiasm grows at the high school under Miss Paula Snelling as two basketball teams form for a January 6 game at Unadilla. Captains and lineups include Flora Bacot and Marie Bell leading forwards with centers Louise Thayer and Mary Earle Allen, plus guards Anne Heys and Nettie Claire McMath among others.
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Paula Snelling
Flora Bacot
Louise Thayer
Mary Elizbeth Easterlin
Marie Bell
Alice Westbrook
Anne Heys
Mary Earle Allen
Claire Harris
Chloe Davenport
Massie Lane
Verno’ Bragg
Nettie Claire McMath
Eleanor Ross
Ira Gatewood
Field-Fed Herd of Cows Brings Check to Cordele
County Commissioner M. D. Mikel receives a $58.25 check mailed Tuesday for three shipments of cream from his ten cows near Arabi to Ashburn. The payment covers less than two weeks of returns, signaling solid cash flow to run his farm in 1922 while he continues feeding the cattle and tending the fields.
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M. D. Mikel
Ashburn
Arabi
Cold wave warnings issued for eastern states
January 4. Weather bureau orders cold wave warnings for the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Tennessee and East Gulf states as bitter conditions expected across those regions.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley Tenessee
East Gulf States
Witness Describes Ropes on Necks of Three Bodies
Washington report from January 4 details Hubbard of New York testifying before a senate committee on American buried soldiers in France. He described ropes around the necks of three deceased soldiers and black caps over their faces, noting lack of body tags and uncertainty if executions followed law. fellow witnesses Cochran and Golden also testified about battlefield executions and alleged orders.
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Washington
H Hubbard
New York
American Briaves Regist
France
Senate
Thomas EB. Watson
Ames
Paul Golden
Newnan
Emmett Cochran
Savannah
Memorial Library Opens Saturday in Richland
Richland world war memorial library will hold its formal opening Saturday January 6 from 2 30 to 4 30 p m. The two rooms above the Artesian warehouse are fitted in tangerine and black with furniture draperies rugs and pictures to form a bright cheerful space. The library already has over 260 books with 50 more on the way from publishers. Membership is 75 cents per quarter except World War veterans who receive free access. The region Auxiliary expects at least fifty members on opening day.
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Richland
World War Memorial Library
Richc
Arstesian
Theegion Auxiliary
Waycross Police Chief Urges Civil Service and Call System
Waycross January 4 Chief of Police and City Marshal J W Colley presents his annual report to the police committee. He urges removing police from politics and installing a city call system with night and day shifts and a bell system. The report lists 447 cases tried last year with over $10,000 in stolen property recovered and $65,889 collected by the department.
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Waycross
J. W. Colley
Police Committee
Grapefruit Matures In Yard At Waycross
Mrs A Hedgan exhibits grapes grown in her yard in Waycross county. The fruit comes from a tree four years old and four grapefruit were on one limb. This is the tree’s first bearing year though it blossomed last year. The fruit compares favorably with Florida ships in size color and flavor.
Waycross School Kept On Accredited List
Waycross, Jan. 4. The Southern Commission on Accredited Schools has decided Waycross will remain on the accredited high schools list for this year. The decision comes as local efforts to vote bonds and improve the school system are underway.
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Waycross
To South
Muet
Commisiscn
Accredi
Birmil
Lineman Dies After Contact With Live Wire
Thomasville worker Norwood of the city night and water plant died Tuesday afternoon when his head touched a live wire while trimming trees near the plant. The accident occurred within a hundred yards of the plant.
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Thomasville
Land Norwood
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