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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1922
Page
5
Three local Scout troops stage a boxing carnival at Troop 2’s hall on Cotton avenue next Friday at 8 pm to raise funds for sending two Scouts to the Richmond reunion. Admission is free. spectators give as they wish. Matches feature top boxers from 85 pounds to 16-year-olds. the hall entrance sits beside Cotney’s watch shop.
Several residents faced Myer Pro Tem Mashburn in recorder's court for violating traffic rules by leaving cars on streets during early morning street sweeping. Most admitted awareness of the ordinance but claimed brief parking and unawareness of sweepers at that hour. Will Williams the hotel bus driver was discharged with a warning after sweeping his own street. Police report ongoing enforcement of late night parked cars interfering with sweepers.
The death of K Timmerman of Plains creates a third vacancy on the county Democratic executive committee alongside J J Harden of the 29th district and J J Wilson of the 15th. With the election near, officials expect to fill the seats later and the committee to be named at the regular election. A party group including Odille Ousley Etta Carthers R W Fuller and Oliver Snap drove from Fort Valley to dine at the Windsor.
Miss Mary Alice Lingo leaves Monday for Cordele to join a house party hosted by Miss Frank Marsh and Miss Ida Marsh at their home. Attending are young ladies from Atlanta and other points, with many Americans expected to drive down for the evening.
The Macon district Home Demonstration Agents will convene in Cordele for a week long session starting Monday. Miss Dowdle and Miss Rosa McGee from the state college will attend with other specialists to present talks and plan summer work while testing recipes for club programs. Miss Bonnie Parkman will join the meeting and stay in Cordele throughout the week.
Chicago June 12 A capitalist named Burton Shales on the Milton Ind testimony before the Senate committee investigating United States Grain Growers Inc was said by James K Mason to be willing to spend a million dollars promoting a sales department for grain growers Mason identified Burton Shales as a millionaire member of the board of trade The report notes the claim linked to Grain Growers inquiry and names the city and involved parties in the discussion
Major Brainard of the United States Marine Corps from Ellington Field and Lt Richard T Allsworth from Kelly Field in Dallas were badly hurt when their plane crashed from about a 100 foot height Sunday afternoon in Augusta.
Washington June 12 after a conference with the president Representative Mondell Republican house leader called a meeting of the Republican steering committee to discuss action on the ship subsidy bill and the Muscle Shoals reports but the meeting got nowhere across the capital scene with no firm decision reached.
The House agricultural committee favorably reported the Capper Tinder bill to amend the future trading act to align with a recent Supreme Court decision. The measure, introduced earlier, was expected to be taken up by the House Thursday. K. K. Meadows and wife of Columbus were Sunday guests at the Windsor hotel.
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