Belgian traitor not guillotined buried alive in Mons jail
Arm and Jeannes is dead says the Mons prison commandant while Belgian ex soldiers press for his execution. Jeannes, 33, sold his country for 25 francs a month, later rising to 750 francs, and claimed to have caused 126 deaths including Edith Cavell. He vanished with the German collapse but papers survived proving his spy work.
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Milton Bronner
NEA _ Service
NEA Service
Mons
Belgium
Armand Jeannes
Germany
Edith Cavell
Monsieur Commandant
Jeannes
Gium
France
Kirschenheim
Miss Cavell
Nand Jeannes
King Albert
Smithville High End Year With Notable Commencement
Smithville high school plans a grand commencement week to close a decade of notable progress under Superintendent Stanton and a supportive board. Events include concerts, medal contests, a play, a sermon, a graduates program with speeches, and diploma presentations by Supt. Stanton. The article also mentions a controversial figure and Edith Cavell in a separate note.
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Smithville
Stanton
the Lone Star
Helen Hays
Elizabeth Richardson
Marie Williams
S. V. Sanford
University of Georgia
R. S. Pryor
Souther Field in Kemp's Hands
Mr and Mrs Louis A Kemp will arrive from Richmond to be stationed at Souther Field permanently. Kemp takes the post supervisor role after the June closing and will live in a bungalow on the reservation. Mrs Kemp, formerly Miss Belle Ansley, is warmly remembered and will be welcomed back. Kemp is a civilian engineer who has previously been stationed at Souther Field with Major E S Schofield during the depot’s establishment.
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Louis A. Kemp
Richmond
Souther Field
Kemp
Belle Ansley
E. S. Schofield
Market Report Americus Cotton Prices on May 4
Market opened quiet and steady with good middling at 18 cents. Liverpool quotes May 4 show futures June September December with prices around 10.72 10.66 10.58 and first call 10.83 10.75 10.65, receipts at 10,280 bales, including 5,099 American, and total sales not specified.
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Liverpool
Bonus Plans to President Discussed by Senate Panel
Washington May 4. Chairman McCumber of the senate finance committee was authorized to present his soldier bonus plan with bank loan provisions to the president as the committee plan. Senator Reed Smoot said he would also present his bonus plan envisioning a twenty year endowment life insurance program without loan provisions for veterans.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Reed Smoot
Another Car of Hogs Goes North to Cincinnati
County Agent Marshall at Plains sold one car of market hogs for farmers, sending the lot to Tom Hollis of Buena Vista for shipment to Cincinnati. Price was 8.7712 dollars per hundred. This marked the fifth car sent to Cincinnati, with only 16 of the first four cars totaling over 300 head failing to kill hard. Hog finish relied on nonpeanut feeds as peanuts had largely exhausted.
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Marshall
Plains
Tom Hollis
Buena Vista
Cincinnati
Mgr
Congress to Delay Army and Navy Appropriations
Washington May 4. Congressional leaders plan to delay the annual army and navy appropriation bill until the new military pay schedules, recently devised by a joint commission, become law. Mondell and Wadsworth disclosed the intention today.
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Washington
Army and Navy
Joint Congressional Commission
Mondell
Wadsworth
Mount Etna Thunders With Renewed Violent Eruptions
Catania Sicily May 4. Mount Etna erupts with greater violence emitting continuous roars and a dense black smoke cloud rising for miles as ash and lava brightens the sky and alarms residents.
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Catania
Sicily
Associated Press
Mount Etna
Plan 12 Hospitals for U. S. Soldiers
Washington May 4 The house appropriations committee reports a bill to erect twelve soldier hospitals costing 17000000 with a capacity of 5450 beds. The project aims to expand medical facilities for returning servicemen.
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U. S
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Peking Surrounded as Chinese Troops Move In
May 4 report says Gen Wu Pei Fu’s forces surround Peking and halt all rail traffic outward. Admiral Strauss plans to move the American Asiatic fleet. A death report for Wu Pei Fu remains unconfirmed.
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Peking
Wu Pei-Fu
Admiral Strauss
First Baptist Crowds Grow at Revival Services
Despite yesterday’s rain, Dr. Haymore preached to larger crowds at First Baptist. Afternoon audience was strong, and the main auditorium was packed for the night service. Tonight at 7:50 the sermon titled The Devil is announced. Mrs. Shelton Howell and others drove to Cuthbert to attend their cousin Mrs. Mattie McDonald Tumlin’s funeral.
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Dr. Haymore
First Baptist Church
Sodom
Dewberries Pay $350 An Acre In Third Year At Americus
Four acres owned by W J Josey near Americus, Sumter County, yield 50 crates per acre this year valued at 7 dollars per crate, totaling 350 dollars per acre. Plants cost 35 dollars per acre to establish with 15 to 20 year life. labor and fertilizer about 5 dollars per acre. Josey promotes dewberries as a profitable new crop and invites visitors to see the operation.
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Sumter
Americus
W. J. Josey
Josey
Atlanta
E. J. McMath
Seaboard Baseball Team Opens Season at Playground
The Seaboard baseball team made its debut this afternoon in a game scheduled for 4 o'clock at the Playground. Opponent is a Rhine team. Seaboard has been working to form a solid lineup and strong games are anticipated this season.
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Seaboard
Rhine
Mrs. Everett Returns Home From Columbus Visit
Mrs. E. B. Everett, who had been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Huff in Columbus, returned home today.
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E. B. Everett
J. B. Huff
Columbus
Striking miners evicted from company houses in Uniontown
Uniontown Pa May 4 The first evictions of striking miners and their families in the Fayette coke region occurred today at the Amend Company mine near Uniontown. A dozen families were removed from company houses and their belongings left on the road, it is reported.
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Uniontown
Fayette Coke
The
Amend Company
Irish Forces Agree Four Day Truce Across Rival Sides
Dublin reports a four day truce between Irish Republican army factions at 4 pm today to allow talks on unity. The Dail Éireann, urged by Eamon de Valera, ordered both sides to cease firing immediately and pursue a basis for unification during the period.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Irish Republican Army
Eamon de Valera
Dail Éireann
Boone and family travel to Toronto convention
Mr and Mrs G W Boone and two children Mildred and Walter depart on the Southland for Toronto Canada. Boone is a delegate to the third triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to be held in Toronto. They will visit Niagara Falls Montreal and other places of interest.
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G. W. Boone
Mildred
Walter
Toronto
Canada
Boone
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Daugherty says foes haven’t shown heads
Washington May 4 Attorney General Daugherty in a formal statement addressing charges by Senator Caraway Arkansas over the release from Atlanta federal prison of Charles W. Morse said the real people behind this movement have not yet shown their hands or heads.
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Washington
D Dugherty
Senate
Senator Caraway
Arkansas
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Sheppard-Towner Act Declared Unconstitutional
Boston May 4 The Sheppard Towner act providing federal and state cooperation in promoting maternity and infancy welfare and hygiene was declared unconstitutional in an opinion given the legislature today by the state attorney general.
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Boston
Waycross Plans Paving Within City Limits
Waycross news reports the city council approved a paving ordinance on first reading. About five miles of new pavement are slated for construction within the city over the next several months.
French approve non aggression pact proposed at Genoa
Paris May 4 The French cabinet approved the text of the proposed non aggression pact noting it should not be read as surrendering any treaty rights. Genoa May 4 Soviet representatives say the Allied note to Russia was telegraphed to Moscow and Lenin might accept with recognition. Bolshevik leaders dislike the omission of recognition and loans. Belgium has not signed the memorandum.
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Paris
Associated Press
Genoa
France
Russia
Moscow
Exchange
Lenin
Europe
Belgium
Financial Commission
United States
M. Tchitcherin
M. Rakovsky
Cost of living eases but remains far above 1913 levels
The Bureau of Statistics at the Department of Labor reports the average U S cost of living fell 4.2 percent from December 1921 to March 1922. Despite the drop prices in March still stood 66.9 percent higher than in 1913.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Labor
State Engineer Maps Ditches on Flat Farmlands
Jay L. Smith from the State College of Agriculture and County Agent Marshall toured Americus area farms in the Fifteenth district to plan drainage ditch routes. They visited J. H. Bolton near Leslie and W. J. Till at Cobb to assess irrigation and drainage needs.
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Jay L. Smith
State College of Agriculture
Americus
Marshall
J. H. Bolton
Leslie
W. J. Till
Cobb
Garden seeds distributed by county agent and senator
County Agent George QO Marshall has received two mail sacks of garden seeds from Senator W J Harris for distribution to all who call at the Chamber of Commerce. The seeds include beans beets lettuce onions and tomatoes.
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George QO. Marshall
W. J. Harris
Chamber of Commerce
Friendship Workers Conference Meeting Announced
Dr. Carl W. Minor announces the semi annual conference of executive committees pastors Sunday school and BYPU workers of the Friendship association will be held at the First Baptist church in Antivrous on Tuesday afternoon May 9 at 2 00 o'clock.
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Friendship Workers Conference
Carl W. Minor
Friendship Association
First Baptist Church
Antvrrous
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