Senate Panel Weighs World Court Front in Coolidge Policy
Washington May 21 Senate Foreign Relations Committee opened for action on American membership in the world court. The session follows a White House conference where President Coolidge reiterated support for conditional membership in a permanent court of international justice under the League of Nations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Swanson
Virginia
White House
Coolidge
Court of International Justice
League of Nations
Ford Shoals lease bill voted down in senate committee
Washington May 21 The committee in the senate agriculture discussed the Ford bill to lease Muscle Shoals and the motion to report it failed by 10 to 6. Hearings will end next Monday with executive sessions beginning Tuesday as proposals are reviewed and a final report is expected by week’s end.
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Washington
Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fight on Weevil Urged by Experts
Atlanta May 21 Experts from the federal Department of Agriculture urge cotton growers to mobilize against the boll weevil now. Railroad agricultural agents and others warn that cold January weather does not curb the invasion, with lab tests showing substantial weevil survival and serious expected damage across regions.
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Atlanta
Federal Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculure
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Tallulah
Louisana
Conferees Agree on 40 Percent Top Surtax for Income
Washington May 21 conferees reached unanimous agreement on the tax reduction bill. The Simmons plan sets a 40 percent maximum surtax rate and a 50 percent reduction in normal taxes on incomes under 8 000 dollars. Senate provisions for full publicity of tax returns and tax on undistributed profits were rejected.
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Washington
Simmons Democratic
Senate
Bomb strike damages temple in Chicago clash with Ku Klux Klan
A bomb from an automobile exploded near Grand Crossing Masonic Temple in Chicago early today, wrecking the entrance and damaging floors and injuring a man in a neighboring building. Authorities suspect the attack is linked to a Ku Klux Klan gathering held there last night despite anonymous warnings.
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Chicago
Grand Crossing Masonic Temple
Felice
Ku Klux Klan
Ous
Workmen Busy Putting Machinery Into Creamery Plant
Machinery is being installed at the Americus Creamery Company on Cotton avenue in the C M Council building. R C Wilson of Savannah, president, visited Americus to inspect progress as preparations near completion for a July 1 start. I E Wilson of Americus, secretary treasurer and new general manager, will oversee both the creamery and Ametius Ice Cream Company after consolidation.
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Americus Creamery Company
Cotton Avenue
C. M. Council
R. C. Wilson
Savannah
New Enterprise
Americus
Wilson
I. E. Wilson
Ametius Ice Cream Company
Times-Recorder
Americas
Bottled soft drinks must all be labelled
Atlanta five lines. Bottled soft drinks sold in Georgia must bear a label or crown cap indicating the contents and whether artificial coloring or flavoring is used, per a ruling by Attorney General George M Napier and Agriculture Commissioner J J Brown. They ruled after a local bottler’s product lacked labeling. A foods and drugs inspector filed the complaint.
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Atlanta
Georgia
George M. Napier
J. J. Brown
County Schools Close Year and Consider State Exams
Sumter county schools end nine month terms except Concord Academy eight months. Board of education asks seventh grade state exams for a grammar school certificate. Exams, provided by the state superintendent, aid proper grade coordination. some schools opt out as not compulsory. Consolidated schools renew teachers. Thalian and Cons ri academies seek two male principals. Plains retains most staff for another year.
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Sumter County
Concord Academy
County Board of Education
Thalian
Cons+ri
Plains
Injunction Against Baseball Dismissed in Butler
May 21 Butler. Judge Munro dismissed the injunction sought by W. T. Mullis to stop baseball games on Reynolds diamond near his home. The landowner E. J. Mims and Reynolds High School official E. H. Joiner faced the case, with C. W. Foy and Jule Felton representing, after substantial testimony and argument.
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Butler
Munro
W. T. Mullis
Reynolds
Mullis
E. J. Mims
E. H. Joiner
Reynolds High School
Joiner
C. W. Foy
Jule Felton
Rees Park Kids Defeat Black Sox in Close Game
A snappy Monday contest at Rees Park ended 13 to 9 in favor of Rees Park over Black Sox. Batteries: Rees Park Gardner Buchanan Gaines. Black Sox Castleberry Feagin Gatewood Tow Gatewood Ainsworth. Gaines hit a home run.
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Rees Park
Black Sox
Res Park
Gardner
Buchanan
Gaines
Castleberry
Feagin
Gatewood
Tow
Ainsworth
Method to Detine Bonus Total Washington May 21
A veteran may determine the bonus by tallying service days. Each day of home service beyond sixty adds 1 to the adjusted credit, and each overseas day beyond sixty adds 1.25. If credit is under 50 cash is paid. otherwise a life policy is issued valued by credit plus 25 percent, multiplied by 2.5.
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Washington
County Officials to Convene in Savannah Georgia
County officials from across Georgia gather for the thirty eighth annual County Officers Association convention in Savannah May 29 and 30. Judge Roscoe Luke of the Georgia Court of Appeals will address Friday morning. The first day includes sessions aboard the steamer Merchant en route to Beaufort and a main business session in the city auditorium Friday morning with officer elections. Delegates will tour Tybee Island Friday afternoon.
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Savannah
County Officers Association of Georgia
Roscoe Luke
Georgia Court of Appeals
Beaufor
D. C
City Auditorium
Luke
Tybee Island
Marion CC Georgia House Rep Edward McMichael Dies
Edward H. McMichael of Buena Vista, a Marion county representative in the Georgia house, died suddenly at his niece's home in Atlanta. He had opposed the Highway Department and faced a libel suit over the Elberton quarry deal, saying the case would reveal records and names involved. He pledged to let matters go to trial and claimed to have more direct evidence to lay bare.
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Atlanta
Edward H. McMichael
Buena Vista
Marion County
Georgia House of Representatives
Annie C. Barbee
McMichael
Highway Department
Bible Superior Court
Elberton
Crossland
Georgia Tech to graduate record class of 260
More than 260 seniors will receive diplomas on June 9 at the Georgia School of Technology, the largest class in the school’s history. Dr. Carter Heim Jones will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Second Baptist Church, with Dr. M. L. Brittain presiding and Dr. A. B. Winship of Boston as orator.
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Atlanta
Georgia School of Technology
Carter Heim Jones
Second Baptist Church
M. L. Brittain
Georgia Tech
A. B. “Winship
Boston
Mass
New England Journal of Education
Georgia
Union
Cuba
Greece
Trouble heats up in northern Albania reported by Politika
Belgrade says trouble has broken out in northern Albania with insurgents reported to have captured Scutari and several nearby towns. The briefing cites Politika as the source for the claims.
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Belgrade
Albania
Politika
Scutari
Thaw Granted Bail After Two Indictments in New York
Harry K Thaw remains free on $10 000 bail after pleading not guilty to two 1916 indictments for kidnapping Frederick Gump Jr and second degree assault. He faces a third conspiracy charge seeking to move Gump out of jurisdiction. Thaw refused comment to reporters and prepared to travel to Pittsburg for his brother’s funeral while detectives pursue warrants.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Frederick Gump Jr
Ths
Thaw
Gump
Criminal Courts
Pittsburg
District Attorney’s Office
George Z. Medalie
Camermen
Butt
Philadelphia
California
Edward Thaw
CAPT LANG KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT IN FOG
Captain Andrew Lang holder of the world's airplane altitude record was killed when his automobile crashed into a fence during dense fog in Melbourne on May 21.
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Melbourne
Australia
Andrew Lang
Trustees May Consolidate School Into Junior College
The 3rd District A. and M. school trustees considered county board resolutions to convert the college into a normal agricultural and vocational school and to limit instruction to 10th through 13th grades as a junior college. A four member committee was named, led by Prof. Prance, to study plans for adoption pending final approval, with emphasis on growing vocational training and regional impact in the district.
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County Board of Education
Prance
J. E. D. Shipp
Col. Shipp
Numa Named in Newark Conspiracy Indictment
Newark May 21 Jasper Numa prominent in senate probes at Washington is among those indicated by federal grand jury with Tex Rickard for conspiracy to transport fight films in interstate commerce officials said.
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Newark
Jasper Numa
Senate
Washington
Tex Rickard
Department Hears DOJ Framed Senator Wheeler Allegations
A senate committee was told that Department of Justice representatives allegedly sought to frame Senator Wheeler and spied on members and witnesses. Prosecutors allegedly spirited away diaries of Gaston B. Means with investigator help. Witness W. O. Duckstein claimed his wife was a secret agent who identified Means records.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Gaston B. Means
W. O. Duckstein
Department
Means
How and When to Poison the Weevil Plan Advocated
Dr. R J H DeLoach J C Maness and George O Marshall outline a three step plan to protect crops. Treat immediately before the first squares form or when tiny forms appear, then poison again five days after each prior poisoning to ensure a normal crop.
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R. J. H. DeLoach
J. C. Maness
George O. Marshall
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