Lowell Plans Air Transport of Sumter Cotton Bale
Americus chamber of commerce and Lowell Massachusetts prepare to fly a four hundred pound bale of Sumter county cotton to Lowell for immediate conversion into cloth. Officials discuss bale weight and grade, plan manufacturing and distribution of the finished cloth to donors. Flights to depart from Souther Field with two planes, stopovers at Columbia Raleigh Washington Mineola before reaching Lowell.
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Lowell Mass
Massachusetts
Sumter County
Lowell
Bericus
Chamber of Co
Souther Field
Thompson
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Chamber of Commerce
Perry D. Thompson
Josephns
Americus Chamber of Commerce
Rader
Air Service
John Sheffield
Perkins
Columbia
S C
Raleigh
N. C
Washington
Mineola
L. I
Akron Sees Tire Output Jump to New Highs
Every two seconds a tire is produced at Goodrich in Akron, with output now surpassing pre war records. In five months production shifted from a dwindling rate to a robust pace, enough to equip seven and a half cars per minute. AkronIs preparing for further expansion to meet American demand as Detroit lags in car output. The city faces a labor shortage despite booming activity and new housing construction for workers.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Detroit
Goodrtch
Georgia Watermelons Link With State Market Facilities
Georgia watermelon growers are urged to give advance notice to the State Market Bureau of shipment dates to secure best market prices. A grower loading a car on Monday should notify by the prior Thursday, or earlier, to ensure timely market placement. L. B. Jackson, director, notes the bureau will provide a service similar to fruit connections and melon buyers in major markets.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Bureau of Markets
Market Bureau
L. B. Jackson
State Market Bureau
Getabliched
Grand Jury Probes Dahlonega Horse Whipping
Atlanta June 17 a federal grand jury in Atlanta is investigating a horse whipping in Dahlonega administered to Will Lowling by persons said to be angered by moonshine discovery reporting.
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Atlanta
Federal Grand Jury
Will Lowling
Dahlonega
Sugar buyers warned not to exceed needs
South region faces a panic over a sugar shortage though wholesalers say stock is ample for normal demand. Frank Lanier of Americus Grocery explains mills deliver in usual lots and cannot speed up, urging buyers not to hoard. He notes Cuba’s large raw sugar crop but wholesale refiners cannot take extra orders before fall, so buy only what you need.
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South
Frank Lanier
Americus Grocery Company
Mr. Lanier
Cuba
Seiber
Pershing Cables Harris Of Return Of Engineers
Washington June 17 Senator Harris received a cable from General Pershing announcing that the 106th Engineers of the old Dixie or 31st division has been designated to return home. About 600 to 700 Georgia men serve in the unit and are expected to arrive in this country early in July.
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Washington
Harris
General Pershing
106Th Engineers
Old Dixie
Georgia
106Th
Aly
Albany Church Calls Dr Henderson from Americus
Rev LeRoy G Henderson of Americus has been officially called by an Albany church. He is recognized as a strong Georgia Presbyterian preacher and has led several churches to growth. He stated the call reached him that afternoon and will take a week or more to decide.
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Dr. Henderson
Albany Church
Albany
LeRoy G. Henderson
Americus
Georgi
Americas Church
R. Henderson
Thousand Disabled Men Register Daily for Vocational Training
Washington reports over a thousand new war disabled men register each day with the Federal Board for Vocational Education as prospective training and placement cases. Most face a mix of options including immediate jobs, future training, or return to their former trades, while some await War Risk Insurance Act determinations.
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Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Federal Board
Miss Gladys Dunn Named Stenographer to Congressman Crisp
Miss Gladys Dunn left this afternoon for Washington to assume duties as stenographer to Congressman Charles Crisp of the Third district. A native of Americas, she is described as a composed public servant who has held multiple posts, most recently as clerk to the local draft board before moving to Souther Field headquarters.
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Gladys Dunn
Washington
Charles Crisp
Miss Dunn
Americas
Ridge Crisp
Souther
Canadian strike chiefs held and temple raided
Ten strike leaders were arrested in their homes early today by government police. Additional arrests were reported in Calgary and other western points. Police raided the Labor Temple in Winnipeg and seized literature said to be Bolshevist in nature.
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Winnipeg
Associated Press
Calgary
Scout Drive Prizes To Be Awarded Wednesday
Awards to the school children who solicited funds for the Boy Scouts last week will be made at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Perkins said delays were due to several solicitors not yet turning in the collected money and asked all sponsors to report before 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Boy Scouts
Perkins
Riots in England Involve Negroes After War Repatriation Debate
London reports riots in Liverpool Cardiff and elsewhere with black participants as government bars immediate repatriation of wartime African workers. The Mail notes ongoing unrest and a call to maintain postwar limits. In Dublin a mob of 300 400 hunts Hubert Cummings a black man who killed Raymond Cannon, chasing him from Sunday onward before he vanished into a pond at Chappell's Mill.
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London
Associated Press
Liverpool
Cardiff
England
The
Mail
Dublin
Hubert Cummings
Raymond Cannon
Cummings
Chappell's Mill
Senate to Go Into Henry Ford's Defeat
Henry Ford's defeat becomes the focal point as returns from Washington on June 17 show shifting political tides. Early dispatches indicate Ford's position weakening amid Senate race developments and mounting opposition from key Democratic and public figures across the capital.
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Senate
Henry Ford
Americus Featured in Central of Georgia Booklet
Americus is chosen for an illustrated railroad folder to promote the city to travelers. Secretary Peri of the chamber of commerce requests brief city data and two photographs, selecting the Windsor Hotel and the Furlow Grammar School as features. The booklet will include views from all Central of Georgia lines, with Americus one of two cities between Macon and Montgomery to be included, the other being Albany.
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Americus
Central of Georgia Railroad
Rts
Peri
Pe Chamber
Windsor Hotel
Furlow Grammar School
Central of Georgia
Macon
Montgomery i
Albany
Senator Smith Back Receives Sympathies in Senate
Senator Hoke Smith returned to Washington and occupied his seat as colleagues visited to extend sympathy and express sorrow over the recent death of Mrs. Smith. The scene occurred on June 17 with support from fellow senators in the chamber.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
Senate
Mra. Smith
Knight of Columbus Hut Collapse In France Tragedy
One American soldier was killed and over a hundred injured when a Knight of Columbus hut collapsed at Pont a Nezen during a boxing match. Two soldiers were reported dying as rescue efforts continued. The incident occurred at night and involved U S servicemen stationed in France.
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France
Brest
Tone
Associated Press
Pont-a-Nezen
SUTTLE STAR PITCHER
Lieut. David Suttle of Souther Field emerges as the camp’s top pitcher for the baseball nine. A typographical error in the text confuses his last name with Sutter, though the article confirms Suttle as the key performer and adjutant to the camp.
Banking Department Bill Promises Banking Reform
Atlanta on January 17 reports a state bill to create a Department of Banking. The measure, designed to curb power of a single official, would require the Superintendent of Banks to vet proposed bank directors before charters are issued and to liquidate insolvent banks under state banking authority rather than court receiverships, under court supervision.
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Atlanta
Jane
Banking Department
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