Are Promises Bring Vets To Camp Sherman
Reporter Harry Hunt reports that publicity from the Veterans Bureau inflates a claim of a new vocational training school at Camp Sherman, with six weeks of inadequate equipment and low morale despite promises of rapid student admission and skilled training for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Washington
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans Bureau
Chillicothe
Col. Forbes
Leon Frazier
Forbes
Sher'an
Herman School
Camp Shernan
Re Sal
Camp Sher- Man
Upt
Advertising Drives Gum Makers and Railroads to Growth
The piece argues advertising powers large scale gum production with Wrigley at 43 million sticks daily and notes railroads hold 2,283,908 freight cars, with 646,637 idle due to seasonality and high rates. It cites Emerson and Ford, urging big volume at low margins as railroad solution, while advertising remains the key business driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrigley
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philosopher Emerson
Henry Ford
Elastic dollars cut government ordinary expenses
The six months’ ordinary expenses of the national government were almost 700 million dollars less than the same period last year. Economy and lower prices reduced costs, as Uncle Sam purchases more with a taxpayer’s dollar. Income tax burden in 1922 feels heavier than 1921 despite inflation. The dollar’s elasticity is described as rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Winnipeg clerk inherits vast Polish estate twist
Felix N. Hryniewiecki, a ten year police court clerk in Winnipeg, learns he inherits a ten million dollar estate in Poland. The unexpected bequest reveals he is actually a Russian count, a rare windfall that may come too late for enjoyment at age seventy. The strange tale hints at a final twist in ordinary life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix N. Hryniewiecki
Winnipeg
Canada
Poland
Felix
Inventions and profits of George B Selden recalled
The late George B. Selden, creator of the first gasoline propelled auto, reportedly earned under 200000 in royalties. The remark recalls Tellier in cold storage poverty, noting inventors win big profits by selling to the public, a harder task than inventing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Selden
Tellier
Camp Sherman training program spurred by miscommunications
Soldiers faced transfers to Camp Sherman without clear training plans and reported orders from district headquarters. With Colonel Symonds absent in Washington, officials cited requisitioned supplies as the delay, harming morale and public confidence. Critics say better timing and factual announcements could have kept Camp Sherman trusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Camp Sherman
Symonds
Washington
France
10 110 Acres in New Peach and Pecan Project
Albany January 27 One of the largest horticultural and general farm developments in this section has been launched by the Georgia Pecan and Peach company. The firm has purchased several farms totaling 10 110 acres along Dougherty and Baker counties, planning pecans and peaches with 8 000 acres deemed suitable. Robert C Berckmans of Macon is general manager and horticulturist, directing planting of 1 000 acres already underway with about twenty pecan and fifty peach trees per acre. The operation will employ fifteen tractors and modern equipment, aiming to attract Middle Western farmers to Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Georgia Pecan and Peach Company
Illinois
Peoria
Carlton
Barrett
Farkas Place
Dougherty
Baker
Ball Place
Bees
Royston Place
Dougherty County
Robert C. Berckmans
Macon
Berckmans
Two Bank Robbery Executions Net 210000 Dollars
Five men robbed the First National Bank of Crafton suburb and killed Harold Moss assistant cashier. They gathered cash and negotiable papers valued around 30000 and barricaded themselves in a building firing on police. In Hattiesburg two masked men seized cash stocks and bonds valued at 180000 from the Girault Motor Company after locking Grady Bishop in a closet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
First National Bank of
Crafton
Harold Moss
Hattiesburg
Miss
Grady Bishop
Girault Motor Company
Judge insists on Sawyer verdict in Seaboard damage case
The Seaboard damage suit against W. H. Sawyer & Sons faced a divided jury 7 to 5 after two days of deliberation. Judge Ware G. Martin in Leesburg indicated he might keep the jury out longer until a verdict is reached, marking a second trial in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Sawyer & Sons
Seaboard
Ware G. Martin
Leesburg
Harper
Opinion on Mine Regulation by Public Opinion Tribunal
Washington Jan 27 A government tribunal to regulate the coal industry under a statutory code and enforced by public opinion was recommended in a report to the Senate by Chairman Kenyon of the labor committee. It cites disorders in West Virginia and Kentucky as context for the proposed mechanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Labor Committee
West Virginia
Kentucky
Conference with Poincare Postponed Until Monday
Paris January 27 American Ambassador George Harvey and Premier Poincare will meet later, the conference postponed until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associate Press
George Harvey
Poincare
Walcott Iowa Opens First Sunday School in 65 Years
Walcott Iowa a town of 65 years with no church within its limits now hosts a new Sunday school. Mayor Strohbien opposed it but school board approval and local sentiment enabled the program. Dr A Frank Houser notes the town has long lacked a college presence while many residents pursued noncollege studies in nearby Davenport Cedar Falls and Ames. The village long known as Little Berlin during World War I is mainly settled by descendants from Holstein and the Danish Rhenish regions.
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Strohbien
Leroy Coffman
First Presbyterian Church of
Davenport
Coffman
Walcott
A. Frank Hiouser
Calvary Baptist Church
Vilage
Cedar
Iowa Falls
Ames Agricultural College
Houser
Holstein
Berlin
Arbuckle Case Near End of Defense in Manslaughter Trial
San Francisco January 27 defense in the Arbuckle manslaughter trial was near the end of its side of the case. Only part of Dr. Franklin Shields testimony remained and no further witnesses would be called. Arguments by the attorneys were expected to begin today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Arbuckle
Franklin Shields
Dupre Defense Rested in Kaiser Jewelry Murder Trial
Atlanta January 27. In the Dupre murder case tied to the Kaiser jewelry store robbery, both sides rested. Dupre's statement was the sole evidence presented by the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Frank Dupre
Irby Walker
Kaiser Jewelry
Dupre
Snowdrifts Twenty Feet Deep In Virginia
Danville January 27 twelve inches of snow fell in this section each night with drifts up to twenty feet high. The heaviest fall in twenty years paralyzed street car traffic and halted local travel.
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Danville
Union Labor Wins In Farm Conference
Washington reports the national agricultural conference adopted recommendations to appoint a federal commission for a national land policy covering reclamation and irrigation and to restore normal economic conditions. Union labor won a victory as the committee report’s repeal of the Adamson eight hour law was struck out by the vote of 83 to 64. Committee conclusions endorsing the Great Lakes St Lawrence waterways project were also struck out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Agricultural Conference
Great Lakes
Fullbright to Meet Local Officials on Tax Basis Reform
Cordele January 27 State Tax Commissioner H J Fullbright arrives February 9 for an all day conference with tax officers from Cordele Ben Hill Dooly Irwin Lee Sumter Tift Turner and Wilcox counties to discuss a new basis for tax equalization for 1922. He notes conditions in most parts of Georgia have changed making the 1920 basis unsafe for 1922. Local officials plan to greet him and other county tax officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
H. J. Fullbright
Ben Hill
Dooly
Irwin, Lee
Sumter
Tift Turner
Wilcox
C. A. Perry
Fullbright
Packers Vote to Continue Strike in Thirteen Plants
Chicago January 27 workers at thirteen great meatpacking centers voted overwhelmingly to keep the strike going started December 5. The union held firm despite calls to end the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congressional Record Gift Enriches Richland Library
The World War Memorial Library in Richland received the Daily Congressional Record from Congressman Charles R. Crisp. The gift honors veterans and benefits from daily copies to follow actions on the adjusted compensation bill and other matters of interest to ex service members.
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Richland
World War Memorial Library
Congressional Record
Washington
Charles. R. Crisp
American Legion Auxiliary
Crisp
Americas Times-Recorder
Cordele Adds 13000 Fire Fighting Pump
Cordele announces arrival of a new fire truck with chemical equipment and a pump costing 13000 dollars. The unit is tested before acceptance, reducing reliance on high mains pressure while preserving the existing truck for local service. The department touts a fine firefighting setup with the addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Albany Rotarians Adopt Weekly Meeting Plan
Albany January 27 The Albany Rotary club voted to switch from semi monthly to weekly luncheons. District Governor John Turner of Tampa urged weekly meetings, and most clubs in the district had already adopted the plan. Albany previously defeated it by a narrow margin but Thursday’s vote was unanimous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Rotary Club
John Turner
Tampa
Fla
Bazemore Named Liquidating Agent at Cordele Bank
Cordele January 27 George M Bazemore formerly a paying clerk at Cordele Bank and Trust Company became liquidating agent of the institution He relieves H B Sasser who has led the bank since payments suspended in December last
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Cordele
George M. Bazemore
Cordele Bank & Trust Company
H. B. Sasser
Brother Bill Ford Dearborn’s village president and chief of police
William Ford, Henry Ford’s brother, is depicted in Dearborn as the popular village president and town police chief who keeps a modest shop selling tractor accessories. The piece notes his close ties to the community, his one-man leadership in local safety reforms, and his quiet, uncelebrated life alongside Henry Ford’s prominence.
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Dearborn, Mich
William Ford
William
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Bill
Runa
Henry
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Ford
Nine of eleven house members back Ford in Muscles Shoals bid
Washington Jan 27 Nine of the eleven members of the house expressed in a letter that the nation's best interests would be served by turning over the Muscle Shoals plants to Henry Ford if his bid is considered feasible. Senator Underwood conferred with Secretary Weeks seeking approval of the Ford contract ahead of its congressional submittal next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
J i
Wisconsin
Tura
Muscle Shoals
Hary Ford
Underwood
Ford
Congress
Colquitt Courthouse Damaged by Fire
A blaze in the Colquitt County courthouse in Moultrie started in the clerk of the Superior Court office, likely from a steam heating defect. Firefighters battled flames for about an hour, damaging offices, ceilings, and records though the vault remained intact. Repair work and possible vault access by an expert will follow.
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Moultrie
Colquitt County
Yeaters
Superior E Court
Court Adds 15 to Colquitt Chain Gang
Moultrie Georgia January 27 The county road working force will be increased significantly in the next days when about fifty prisoners convicted in Superior Court during the term that adjourned yesterday are added to the chain gang. Most new recruits are negroes with one white man receiving twelve months for liquor and twelve months for concealed weapon offenses.
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Moultrie
Quitt County Road
Superior
Costly boiler explosion damages Lafayette Building in Detroit
A boiler explosion at Curtis Publishing Company building in Lafayette Boulevard LaFayette caused an estimated $200,000 in losses. Twenty five guests in an adjacent hotel were driven to the street in their night clothes.
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Detroit
Curtis Publishing Com
LaFayette Boule
Timely townsfolk get help from a generous local man
William Kronberg and C. Knauff describe a well known town figure who helps needy youths by giving nickels and support. The editor and a clerk attest to his kindness and democratic spirit, noting his readiness to assist neighbors in trouble.
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Bill
William
G. Kronberg
Wee
Tien
Fr. C. Knauffs Villdes
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You and
Lee, Doughery
Baker County
Corporation For Development
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Packers
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William Lord
Happy
Norris Quinn
Colquitt
Colquitt Chain Gang
Americus
Liverpool
New York
Reeenush
Qacesens
Wubewase
Close Pesan Mee Ue
Rod
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