Peach Festival Draws Thousands to Fort Valley Event
Fort Valley hosts the second annual peach celebration with a band concert by the Twenty-ninth Infantry from Fort Benning, a grand pageant, and a long street parade. About 1,500 Macon visitors attend the day’s program, including a George speech in Fincher park. A massive barbecue serves hundreds, with 245 hogs and other meat prepared by J L Everett and a large team of workers.
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Fort Valley
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort Benning
Macon
George
Fincher Park
Houston
Georgia
Gladys Slappey
Frank Troutman
C. L. Sheherd
Loy Warwick
Spirit of Georgia
Ashby McCord
John Allen
A. J. Titus
Doris Pressley
Davis Strother
DeSoto
Guy Wheeler
Oglethorpe
C. E. Martin
John Wesley
J. E. Broderick
Tomochichi
Ben Fincher
Nancy Hart
Frank Smisson
Sidney Lanier
George Culpepper, Jr
Joel Chandler Harris
O. M. Houser
Crawford Long
John Vance
Ty Cobb
Paul Murray
Charlie Mathews
Fannie Blitch
Cornelius Hall
Alfred Hume, Jr
Dorothy DuPree
Wesleyan Girls
University of Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
J. L. Everett
Montezuma Kiwanis Float Heads to Peach Festival Parade
On March 22 the Kiwanis club of Montezuma sent a float to Fort Valley for the Peach Festival parade. The float features Cherokee roses, the Georgia state flower, and is adorned by five Montezuma girls Miss Frances Felton Miss Annie Kate Hamilton Miss Elizabeth Forehand Miss Ruth Haugabook and Miss Helen Mullino.
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Kiwanis Club of
Montezuma
Fort Valley
Georgia
Frances Felton
Annie Kate Hamilton
Elizabeth Forehand
Ruth Haugabook
Helen Mullino
$40 000 Available To Fight Boll Weevil
Washington reports an appropriation of $40 090 to the Department of Agriculture to test aerial calcium arsenate distribution against boll weevil infestation. Secretary Wallace borrowed three planes from the War Department. Last year leaf worm pilots achieved some success in Louisiana and Mississippi, and similar trials aim to combat the boll weevil in Alabama Georgia and South Carolina.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Secertary Wallace
War Department
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Weeks Very Ill Aboard War Secretary’s Yacht Everglades
Mrs John M Weeks wife of the secretary of war became very ill aboard the yacht Everglades and was rushed to port for aid. The cause of her illness was not known.
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Brunswick
John M. Weeks
Everglades
Weeks
President's party te to wnt in Auguste
Cocoa Florida March 22 tentative plans for the president's vacation trip contemplate his return to Washington between April 7 and 10. The vacation party cruised northward today with the houseboat Pioneer, making good progress and is expected to reach St Augustine late tomorrow or Saturday morning. The party expects to remain St Augustine until after Easter. Plans call for a stop of four or five days at Augusta on the return trip.
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Cocoa
Fla
Washington
Pioneer
St. Augustine
St.Augustine
Augusta
Boy Found Near Howe in Cuba Says Kidnaping Belief False
In Rodas Cuba on March 22 the 5-year-old Juan Toscano Ordoñez was found two kilometers from home and uninjured after being missing since yesterday. He claimed he was not kidnaped and had simply lost his way.
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Rodas
Cuba
Juan Toscano Ordonez
Miss Ipson Visits Horal School Here
Miss Frances Simpson a food specialist with headquarters at the State College of Agriculture lectured in Americus and Sumter county rural schools on diet and proper foods. She urged milk for growing children and hot noon lunches to sustain energy, showing charts on nutrition and the link between early diet and dental health.
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Frances Simpson
State College of Agriculture
Americus
Sumter County
Miss Simpson
Commonwealth
Home Demonstration Club
Pleasant Grove School
McCollum
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Collum
Bonnie Parkman
Eye sight partially restored for Private Carroll at Fort Benning
Fort Benning March 22 Post headquarters announced Private Carroll who lost his eyesight after drinking wood alcohol was partially restored the use of his eyes and hopes are held for his recovery.
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Fort Benning
Carroll
Poison whisky tale at Fort Benning shocks post
Private Llewelyn Herd admits he and three others drank from a bottle in the Signal Corps soteroom at Fort Benning thinking it grain alcohol. Two men died, a third blinded, Herd in critical condition awaiting army board findings, and Private Dewey Carroll remains seriously ill with his mother at his side.
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Columbus
Llewelyn Herd
Herd
Signal Corps
Fort Benning
Posts
Army Board of Investigation
Board of Investigation
Aaron E. Harrell
Doeran
Henry M. Davis
Vicksburg
Dewey Carroll
Last motor vehicles depart Souther Field for Fort McPherson
Fourteen trucks, the last motor vehicle equipment at Souther Field, left Americus Georgia for Camp Jesup at Fort McPherson. Capt. Thompson led 21 men to haul the trucks along the highway to Fort McPherson. Other field equipment had been sent earlier and most former officers have departed. Auditors will soon gather to close the books and transfer records to Washington.
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Souther Field
Americus Wed- Ga
Camp Jesup
Fort McPherson
Thompson
Washington
Flames Destroy Jail In Fire At Hoboken Warehouse
Fire raged through a brush factory at Allegheny county warehouse in Hoboken ten miles from Pittsburg this morning destroying the building and spreading to other parts of the institution. More than a thousand prisoners were confined in the jail.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Hoboken
Head of bankrupt concern leader dies on train near Toledo
Leon ard Ree, 43, of Buffalo, once head of the R. Steel corporation whose public investment was about 22 million dollars, died suddenly on a westbound train near Toledo. Heart disease is believed to have caused the death.
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Toledo
Leonard R.ee
Buffalo
R. Steel Corporation
Here
Georgia to Observe Tem perance Day in Schools
Macon March 22 Georgia will observe the first Tem perance day in the schools The law designates the fourth Friday in March each year for a two hour program introduced by Virlyn B Moore at the request of the Womens Christian Temperance Union Making Georgia the twentieth state to enact such a law The program is educational in nature teaching the good effects of temperance and prohibition and the evils of intemperance and disobedience to law
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Macon
Georgia
Kion
Virlyn B. Moore
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Scouts Present Awards After Membership Drive
Macon March 22 Scout Commissioner F Roger Miller presented Boy Scouts with awards won in the recent membership drive at the Chamber of Commerce last night. The drive increased membership more than 25 percent.
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Macon
F. Roger Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Ford Buys Coal Lands Valued At Millions
Lexington dispatch reports Henry Ford bought 125000 acres of coal land on the Kentucky river in Clay and Leslie counties for an estimated price between 12000000 and 20000000 dollars.
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Ford
Lexington
Henry Ford
Kentucky River
Clay
Leslie Counties
Escapes Fitzgerald Jail May Return Soon
Stanley Curtis, a young white man jailed on auto theft charges, escaped Fitzgerald jail by sawing window bars Tuesday night. He left a note for Mrs E H Dorminy, Georgia’s only female jailer, saying he regretted leaving and that he would likely return on April 1 for court.
Bonds Forfeited In Rome Recorders Court Session
In Rome on March 22 a brief recorders court session led by City Commissioner Atkinson forfeited several bonds and discharged multiple defendants. Most defendants blamed their troubles on illicit liquor.
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Rome
Recorders’ Court
Atkinson
Yancey
Escaped convict captured in Rome arrest
Burt Phillips, a white man serving a term for larceny, was arrested yesterday at a relative’s home on Cherokee street after escaping from the county chain gang Sunday afternoon in Rome. Sheriff Wilson and Policeman Williams arrested Phillips and returned him to the gang.
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Rome
Burt Phillips
Cherokee Street
Wilson
Williams
Phillips
Highway Robbery Charged in Rome Arrest of Duke Marks
Duke Marks, a negro, charged with highway robbery in Bartow county, was arrested in Rome on Tuesday and is held at Floyd county jail awaiting officers from Cartersville. He allegedly snatched a small amount of money from a taxi driver.
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Rome
Duke Marks
Bartow County
Floyd County
Cartersville
Marks
Absconding Banker Detained in Naples
Francesco Tisbo New York steamship ticket agent and banker, indicted with two brothers on grand larceny charges, arrived in Naples from New York and was detained with his wife aboard the vessel. Sixty thousand lire found in his baggage.
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Naples
Associated Press
Francesco- Tisbo
New York
Housekeeper for slain man held on homicide charge
Mrs An na Buzzi, housekeeper for Frederick Schneider the wealthy Bronx contractor, was arrested today on a charge of homicide for the February 26 shooting. She had been released after being held as a material witness. Detectives said new evidence connects her with the crime. Schneider was shot to death at the wheel of his automobile on a lonely Bronx road.
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New York
Anna Buzzi
Frederick Schneider
Bronx
Schneider
Practice Debate Set For Wednesday Morning
In the high school auditorium a practice debate prepared for the inter-school meet was held Wednesday morning. Willa Sanborn Gilbert Purvis argued affirmative with Albert Cutler Elinor Ross negative. The topic was That the city boy has more advantage than the city boy. Friday Americus will debate Cordele on the affirmative and negative sides respectively. The event has drawn much enthusiasm since debates began weeks ago. The public is invited to attend.
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Willa Sanborn
Gilbert Purvis
Rn Albert Cutler
Elinor Ross
Americus
Cordele
the Americas High School
Floods Recede After Weeklong Ocmulgee Rise
Ocmulgee River fell back to its banks after a weeklong debauch. The river once topped 20 feet, the highest since spring 1916. Flood stage remains below Macon in the lowlands. Weather observer Harry Raynes says floods will slowly recede with no further high waters predicted.
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Ocmulgee
Macon
Harry Raynes
Peach Damage 37 Percent in Georgia
The United States Department of Agriculture reports 37 percent damage to peaches in Georgia from the recent freeze. The Atlanta office of the crop reporting service issued the estimate last night, noting the impact on orchard yields and regional markets.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
United States Department of of Agriculture
Georgia
Crop Reporting Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New Zealand Ships Butter for Six Months Supply
New Zealand recently shipped 5,320,000 pounds of butter and some cases contained enough fresh butter to last six months.
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New Zealand
Hughes rejects plan to recognize Soviet Russia
Washington March 22 Secretary Hughes flatly rejects appeals to recognize the Soviet government. He tells the women's committee for recognition that salvation of Russia cannot be contrived outside and injected. He reviews Russian policies and trade issues but shows no move toward recognition while hoping for changes that would allow American aid to reach the Russian people.
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Washington
Seeretary Hughes
Women’s Committee For
Russia
Hughes
America
University Student Fights Suspension in Georgia
J R Roberts of Iron City Ga a Lumpkin law student asked Clarke Superior Court to enjoin the University of Georgia student council and Dean C M Snelling from suspending him until the next term A temporary restraining order was issued and a hearing set for April 7 Roberts named council members F C McClure W M Mewbourne B E Lowe C H Newton Jr W B K Young A F Ganon S L Varnedoe E H Wilkerson D Anderholt and Col C M Snelling The suit followed Roberts trial Monday before the student council the university governing body composed entirely of students
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Athens
J. R. Roberts
Iron City
Lumpkin Law School
Clarke Superior Court
University Georgia
Rober
C. M. SneHing
University’ of Georgia
Court
Blanton Fortson
Roberts
Slucery Council
W. M. Mewbourne
BE. A. Lowe
C. H. Newton, Jr
W. BK. Young
A. F. Ganon
5. L. Varnedoe
E.H. Wilkerson
de D. Anderholt
Charles H. Hodges
Col. C. M. Snelling
P A Fenimore dies in Mobile former Americus ch details
News from Americus reports the death of P A Fenimore in Mobile Alabama on Wednesday. A former secretary of the Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce he helped secure Souther Field during the war before moving to Birmingham. His Philadelphia home location is cited as likely for the remains and interment.
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Mobils
Ala
P. A. Fenimore
Fenimore
Americus and
Sumter County
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