Prohibition Drive Budget Exceeds Sixty Million
The Anti Saloon League of America plans a 62 million dollar budget over five years to enforce national prohibition and promote a safe America. Major items include legal aid for officials, publicity offices, labor outreach, traveling salesman education, anti bootlegging mass meetings, Latin America outreach, and worldwide campaigns.
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America
Anti-Saloon League of America
Ernest H. Cherrington
United States
Latin America
Anti Saloon League outlines future prohibition spending plan
Westerville C January 28 The Anti Saloon League of America plans to spend 62 000 000 in the next five years after national prohibition is enacted The amount is about 12 000 000 more than the total cost of prohibition The league aims to enforce the dry law curb illicit liquor traffic and expand influence into Latin America and Western Hemisphere nations through education and missionary support
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerville
AntiSaloon League of America
Anti-Saloon League
Ernest H. Cherrington
The
Antilean League
World League Against
United States
Latin America
Cherrington
League
Ieane
Maston
Albert
Latin-America
Lin-America
Hemist
League 1
Central
Southerea
West Indies
World League
British Empire
Canada
Scotland
South Africa
Australia
United Kingdom
Japan
John Barleycorn
Congress
Cotton Market Prices and Futures as of Today
Local spot cotton shows Good Middling at 40 cents. New York futures near 36.28 at 11am, with May and July contracts ranging from 24.60 to 34.42. New Orleans futures close around 37.72 with May and July activity listed.
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New York
New Orleans
Hungary Voters Back Monarchist King Hope
In Budapest on January 27 a newspaper report estimates about 95 percent of votes in Sunday's elections supported a monarchist outcome. Speculation centers on potential kings from Hapsburg lines, other European royal houses, and even American magnates.
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Budapest
Hapsburg
Federal Bank Governor Denies Coercion Use in Federal Reserve
Governor Harding told the Senate that coercive methods have not been used by the Federal Reserve Board or banks to force nonmember state banks into the federal system or to compel adherence to regulations. The report contrasts prohibition campaign funding and strategy led by the Anti-Saloon League and World League Against Alcoholism, detailing plans to push dry laws across Britain and the Japanese market, with emphasis on enforcement and political aims.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
Senate
Harding
County nurse aids Sumter public health effort
Miss Lola Flenner arrives as Red Cross nurse for Sumter County with prior health work in Pennsylvania and New York. Stephen Pace appeals for public cooperation as Flenner, based in the Red Cross room at the postoffice building, begins educational health work and home visits with Dr. Bond and city officials, promoting school exams and home guidance.
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Lola Flenner
New York City
Americus
Red Cross
Sumter County
Stephen Pace
Miss Flenner
Pace
Miss Fienner
The
Americas
Red Cross Chapter
Lola Allen Fienner
Flenner
Pennsylvania States Department of Health
New York Department of Health
American Red Cross
Red Cross Rooms
Postoffice
South Side Hospital
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Department of Health
New York State Department of Health
B. F. Bond
County Furce
Agra
Tick eradication at critical stage in the South
Dr. R A Ramsay warned that cattle tick eradication in the Southern states faces a critical phase. He urged an energetic drive to finish the job, warned against political interference, and noted 219,581 square miles remain under quarantine while 569,284 square miles have been cleared. He urged association members to lobby legislatures and assist funding.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. A. Ramsey
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Southern Cattlemen's Association
Ramsay
Virginia
Cattlemen’s Association
Local Social Notes From Oglethorpe And Surrounding Towns
Robert Stubbs in Oglethorpe. the Chambliss mill move to Sumter county. Miss Beulah Pennington and Watron Wicker hosted in Andersonville. Pennington, Holloway, and Wicker families visit Americus and Oglethorpe. Donnie Wicker visits from Montezuma. State College courses noted. J D M Wicker at city court. Bettie Walker recovering at home.
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Robert Stubbs
Oglethorpe
James Smith
R. H. Stubbs and Sons
Chambliss Plantation
Sumter County
Beulah Pennington
A. P Pennington
Watron Wicker
Emma Williams
Andersonville
Bessie
Eula Kitchens
Elizabeth Dunlap
Lester Kitchens
Americus
Athens
State College of Agriculture
Minx Beulah Pennington
Oglethorpe School
W. J. Pennington
J.D. M. Wicker
Bettie Walker
Message From Mars Scouted By American Engineers
NEW YORK Jan 28 There is unusual interference with communication in America, RCA chief engineer Dr E E W Anderson told London Marconi. He dismissed the idea that signals originate from another planet.
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New York
America
E. E. W. Anderson
Radio Corporation of America
London
Marconi
Dalrymple Guards Presidents With Courtesy and Calm
Detective Sergeant Clarence L. Dalrymple, chief White House guard, greets visitors with courtesy and patience. He has 25 years in service, knows presidents from McKinley to Wilson, and screens cranky or incoherent visitors, often directing them to the asylum for evaluation.
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Carolyn Vance Bell
Washington
Clarence L. Dalrymple
White House
Indy J
Secret Service
Washington Asylum
Dalrymple
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Ground Broken on First Sumter County Paving Project
Ground was broken at 10:30 this morning for Sumter County rural highway paving the first project. County officials convicts and engineers attended as a scarifier machine will speed the digging and prep work for slag base and crushed rock asphalt paving.
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Sumter County
Neill A. Ray
Board of County Commissioners
Dixie Highway
John Council
G. P. McKinstry
Ansley
Mr. Ray
Mesars
Oliver
Poole
Statham
D. R. Andrews
J. E. Mathis
Col
J. E. D. Shipp
E. J. Eldridge
BR. P. Stackhouse
Lovelace Eve
W. 5. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Ansley
Chambliss
Wheatlewoods
Three Mile Road
Sherley Hudason
Cage
Oliver Ray
Americus
Howard buys 311 acre tract to expand holdings in Sumter
J H Purvis sold the 311 acre Hadington place two miles south of Americus on Lee street road to J W Howard for 46687 cash. The purchase adds 1700 acres to his holdings, adjoining land he already owns, and boosts his status among South Georgia planters as he continues modernizing his farm and building a top residence in Sumter county. Meanwhile an official board in New York investigates what caused the transport Powhattan’s disablement at sea after its tow to Halifax. No Bolshevik involvement has been proven.
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Hadington Place
Matlie Eldridge
Americus
Lee Street
J. H. Purvis
J. W. Howard
Sumter County
Mr. Howard
Hundington
South Georgia
Rmnll
Washington
New York
Halifax
War Department
Windsor hotel manager injured in stairway fall
Charles A. Rogers, manager of the Windsor hotel, sustained a badly cut wrist after a fall down a rear stairway. His hand went through a pane of glass, requiring twenty-eight stitches. Vision problems contributed as he descended mistaking a higher step for the lower one.
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Charles A. Rogers
Windsor Hotel
Mr. Rogers
Wilson Again Appeals For Loan To Starving Nations
President Wilson urges Secretary Glass to petition Congress for authority to provide a 150 million loan to Poland Austria and Armenia to relieve the severe food shortage in those affected countries. He calls it unthinkable for the United States to withhold aid from the stricken people.
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Washington
Wilson
Glass
Congress
Poland
Austria
Armenia
United States
Cecil Gebbett Dies, Former S. A. L. Chief Here
Cecil Gebbett, longtime railroad executive and former general manager of the Seaboard Air Line from Savannah to Montgomery, died in Sanford Florida. The Savannah funeral was held Monday with a large attendance, honoring a man who held key roles with Central, Seaboard Air Line and other lines and who later thrived as a celery grower in Sanford.
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Florida
Cecil Gebbett
Americus
Gebbett
Seaboard
Savannah
Montgomery
Sanford
Fla
Georgia
Alabama
Central
Seaboard Air Line
Nine Hours to Travel 130 Miles Between Plantations
W. T. Calhoun and C. B. Griner drove from Asheville Florida near Calhoun plantation to Americus last night, 130 miles, leaving at 5 pm and arriving at 3 am. Griner reported rain the entire route with no punctures or blowouts as they pressed through mud and slush en route to set up residence.
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W. T. Calhoun
C. B. Griner
Asheville
Fla
Calhoun Plantation
Americus
Arles
Griner
Mr. Calhoun
Weather Forecast for Georgia Shifts to Cloudy Sky
Georgia sees cloudy skies with periods of dim sun as a cold front approaches. Winds remain light out of the northwest with mild temperatures, and no significant precipitation is expected tonight into tomorrow.
Teachers To Be Guests At Rotarians Dinner
The Americas public schools teachers will be guests at a Rotarians dinner on Thursday night January 29 at 7 o clock in the Tea Room. Rotary’s monthly ladies night will include Rotarians wives and friends with a talk by Frank Reynolds of the Georgia Automobile Association The discussion will cover a proposed state bond issue to use the auto tax to fund $40 000 000 for hard surfaced highways in Georgia.
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Americas Public Schools
Rotary
Frank Reynolds
Georgia Automobile Association
Georgia
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