Legion Post Starts Drive for Members
John D. Mathis Post No. 2 American Legion launches a weeks long drive for new members. Commander R G C Lane urges Sumter County veterans to join, stressing permanence, duty, and readiness to serve. The meeting at seven thirty Monday night will set goals for 1924 and discuss the Compensation Bill and the Forty and Eight.
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John D. Mathis
American Legion
Lane
United States Army
Legion
Americus
Sumter County
Georgia Department
McNider
Congress
John JD. Mathis
Times-Recorder
Britain seeks release of Tomaka crew from bail
Great Britain has requested the United States to release on bail British and Canadian members of the crew of the schooner Tomaka, alleged rum runner seized last November beyond the three mile limit off New York.
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Tomaka
New York
Excavators in Valley of Kings unearth Tutankhamen sarcophagus
In Luxor Egypt on January 4 authorities announced the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamen was found in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The fourth casket contained quantities of long sought treasures of antiquity. The sarcophagus is made of red and white granite.
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Valley OF Kings Reach
Tutankhamen
Luxor
Egypt
Pharoah Tutankhamen
Mon
Arch’s
Valley of Kings
Americus Girls Quint to Play Albany Tonight
A party of Americus High school girls will travel to Albany for a basketball game against Albany High school cake quintet tonight. The Americus team, led by captain Clee Davenport with Dorothy Cass coaching, has intense local rivalry and has scheduled several games.
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A. R. S. Girls’ Quint
Albany
Albany High
Americus
Americus High School
Albany High School
Gil
Harriet ‘Rylander
Dorothy Cass
Clee Davenport
Elizabeth Joiner
Americus Rector to Be Moultrie Church Vicar
Announcement confirms Rev. James B. Lawrence resigns as vicar of Blakely Episcopal Church to take a vicar position at St. John’s Church in Moultrie while remaining rector of Calvary Episcopal in Americus. Rev. H. Scott-Smith will succeed him at Blakely, and Lawrence will travel monthly to Moultrie for welding services.
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Americus
Moultrie Church
James B. Lawrence
Blakely Episcopal Church
St. Sohn’s Church
Moultrie
Calvary Episcopal Church
Lawrence
Blakely
H. Scott-Smith
Bainbridge Episcopal Church
St. John’s Church
Man Resents Advance to Fiance as Cal Bandit Kills
Pasadena January 4 A bandit held up robbed William Jacobson 28 and Miss Ethel Todd 18 in Pasadena. Jacobson was shot and killed when he tried to defend his fiance from crude advances after the robbery.
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Pasadena
Cal
William Jacobson
Ethel Todd
Canton Manufacturer Free After Questioning
Louis E. Griffith Jr a Canton manufacturer was released from custody after an all night questioning over the death of 18 year old Ruth Hunter whose body was found on a seldom used road near Canton yesterday night authorities did not declare him a suspect but continued investigations into the case.
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Canton
Ohio
Louis E. Griffith, Jr
Ruth Hunter
Senator Johnson Opens Campaign in Chicago Speech
Senator Hiram Johnson of California launched his Republican presidential bid in Chicago with a bitter critique of party leaders and the Coolidge administration. He opposed Mellon tax plans, warned of tax reductions benefiting the wealthy, and urged lowering overall government expenditures while defending smaller earners and business.
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Chicago
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Coolidge
League of Nations
Kels Hanged For Murder Smiles At Death
Folsom California January 4 Alex A. Kels confessed killer of an aged wandering worker near Lodi on September 12 last was hanged at the state prison this morning He went to his death smiling believing he was dead himself
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Kels
Folsom
Calif
Alex A. Kels
Lodi
California
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Many Bodies Believed Buried After Starch Plant Blast
In Peking Illinois on January 4, officials fear 29 missing workers at the Corn Products Plant may never be identified if recovered. Only two bodies had been removed by noon as 72 of about 250 starch powder house employees were present when the explosion occurred.
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Peking
Ill
Frank Veldo
Mexican Rebels Control All Oil Fields Says Dispatch
Galveston Texas January 4 All of the Mexican oil fields are now in possession of the rebels according to an official dispatch received today by Adolfo Jimenez from de la Huerta headquarters at Vera Cruz.
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Galveston
Tex
Adolfo Jiminez
de la Huerta
Vera Cruz
Miners and Mine Owners to Meet in Jacksonville
Bituminous miners and operators from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Western Pennsylvania will convene in Jacksonville Florida on February 11 to negotiate a new wage agreement set to take effect April 1, the gathering decided at a meeting today.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Jacksonville
Fla
Congress Adjourns Over Week End Period
Congress returned from holiday recess and adjourned until Monday. The Senate and House will resume work with committees in session aiming to adjourn before the national political convention next summer. The Ways and Means panel resumes Mellon tax bill work and hopes to draft legislation in ten days or two weeks. The Interior Department budget bill and Army and Navy budgets are on deck for upcoming consideration. The Senate again tried, unsuccessfully, to elect a chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Interior Department
Interstate Commerce Committee
Bobcat Displayed by Atlanta Hunter
Atlanta January 4. W T Flowers of Oakland City shows a bobcat he says he killed while rabbit hunting in Lakewood Heights. The animal measures three feet long and weighs 35 pounds.
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Atlanta
W.T. Flowers
Oakland City
Lakewood Heights
Texas Prison Head Quits Over Electric Chair Duty
Huntsville Texas Jan 4 Captain W F Coleman warden of the state prison offered his resignation rather than become state executioner under a new law He says the duty of placing the electric chair for condemned criminals is too distasteful and he cannot remain at his post.
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Huntsville
Texas
W. F. Coleman
Coleman
State Penitentiary
Merchants Campaign Closes With Huge Saturday Crowd
Henry I. Everett, Chamber of Commerce secretary, predicts a record turnout Saturday at 3 30 p m for the closing of Americas Merchants pay up and Trade Campaign urging every donor to attend. The event caps a campaign deemed a great success and the largest merchandising gathering in the community.
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Americas
Henry I. Everett
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Everett
Ex-Premier Venizelos Arrives in Athens Again
Athens January 4 Former Prime Minister Venizelos arrived in Athens early today marking a notable return to the capital amid ongoing political events.
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Venizelos
Athens
Ulrich Died From Wreck Near Organburg
Conductor J. C. Ulrich of Charleston died in a local hospital this morning, the fifth fatality from yesterday's Southern railway wreck near Organburg, South Carolina.
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Organburg
J. C. Ulrich
Charleston
Southern Railway
Underwood Gains Ground In Democratic Bid
Friends of Senator Oscar Underwood report rising strength for his Presidential candidacy across the North East and West. The Alabama senator now appears to have a commanding position for both nomination and election, with political experts noting a shift toward him as the hardest to nominate yet the easiest to elect among Democrats.
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Washington
Oscar Underwood
Underwood
Algbama
No verdict in case of Caesar Furee owtrl at Savannah
Savannah dispatch reports Caesar Eugee a negro on trial for murder of Mrs Mudie and her child as six women fainted in the crowded courtroom last night. They revived when taken to fresh air. The jury began deliberations this morning and had not reached a verdict.
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Savannah
Caesar Eugee
Agnes Mudie
Rotary urged boys attend Barker lectures in Americus
John Sheffield announces Dr. Barker will speak to men and boys at Rylander theater, with sessions for boys 10 to 14 if accompanied by fathers, and separate talks for girls over 14 with mothers. Rotarians plan church by church invitations across Americus for three talks aimed at parent and child improvement.
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Rylander Theater
Charles Barker
John Sheffield
Rotary Club
Bibb Mills Declares $2.00 A Share Dividend
Bibb Manufacturing company directors approved a quarterly dividend of $2.00 per share on both common and preferred stock. The payout is scheduled for April 1. Attendees at the meeting included Comer from Millhaven as chairman, with other board members and officers from Savannah, Columbus, Macon, and Ry Jaecon noted.
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