Coolidge warns Legion on race and world peace at Omaha
President Coolidge addressed the American Legion in Omaha urging demobilization of racial antagonisms and a universal spirit of toleration to prevent new wars. He criticized Col William Mitchell and warned against military pressure on government policy, stressing diplomacy over armament buildup. He urged leadership at home and noted long-term peace rests on fair dealing and disarmament.
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Omaha
France
Coolidge
American Legion
William Mitchell
War and Navy Departments
American Air Service
Greece Declares State of Siege Amid Turmoil
Paris despatch reports proclamations by the Pangalos government declaring a state of siege throughout Greece. In Athens the trial of former Premier Panas staision, set for today, has been canceled without explanation.
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Paris
France
Athens
L’information
Pangalos
Greece
Pananastasion
Georgia Solon dies suddenly in North Carolina
Alvin G. Golucke of Crawfordville longtime Georgia legislator dies in Black Mountain North Carolina after a prolonged illness. He was a three term state representative and one term senator. Funeral services will be held in Crawfordville. Golucke authored an anti pistol proposal seeking firearm restrictions and introduced it in 1921 in the senate.
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Atlanta
Alvin G. Golucke
Crawfordville
Taliaferro County
Georgia
House of Representatives
Black Mountain
N. C
North Carolina
Golucke
General Assembly
Senate
Sumter County Health Board Septem ber Activities Report
Sumter County Health Board treated or examined over 1200 residents in September 1920. Of these, 777 received three treatments including typhoid vaccination, with total county cost only 30.31 dollars beyond physician and nurse salaries. The report notes travel to the country for vaccinations and office coverage under Miss Holly, plus 1284 persons treated and 2677 treatments given for the month.
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Sumter
Board of Health
Sumter County
Miss Holly
Department
French appoint Moroccan head in Morocco
Paris October 6 The French cabinet ratified Jules Steeg as President General of French Morocco succeeding Marshal Lyautey who resigned. French and Spanish forces joined at Syran northeast of Kifane, with officers and aviation units linking up. Tax relief assurance was renewed for the sixtieth time in two months.
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Paris
Jules Steeg
French
Morocco
Steeg
Marshal Lyautey
Fez
Syran
Kifane
Sumter Realty Board To Name Officials
The Sumter Realty Board holds its first stockholders meeting at 7:30 pm in the courthouse to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. Louther Hawkins has been elected agent to manage finances as charter discussions progress with numerous endorsers listed.
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Americus Real Company
Americus Ice Cream Co
Americus Auto Co
W. T. Anderson
D. R. Andrews
Bank of Commerce
F. G. Beavers
C. H. Burke
Geo
M. Bragg
L. W. Brown
E. G. Fell
J. W. Chambliss
Mik Chocas
L. G. Council
C. M. Coue
Jas. W. Lor
Loving Oil Co
J. P. Luther
Mathis
T. L. Martin
T. C. Marshall
R. L. Maynard
L. C
Medford
Nathan Murray
J. F. Monahan
J. F. Monahan, Jr
Planters Seed & Drug Co
Annie Pickett
J. A. Pinkston, Jr
S. H. Prather
W. L. Jder
John W. Shiver
Sheffi
Drs. Smith & Anderson
J. L Sparks
R. P. Stackhouse
Lu Theirs
A. S. Tillman
B. E. Turner
W. G. Turpin
C. E. Underwood
W., L. Wailer
W. P. Wallis
H. S. Walker & Co
J. T. Warren
Geo. L. White
C. R. Whitley
M. H. Wheeler
H. B. Williams
J. Williams
Frank Lanier
Glover Grocery Company
Moreland-Jones Company
Americus Steam Laundry
C. B. Marshall
Kieus McMath
McArthur and Cheppell
C. C. Niles
Jim Parker
F. C. Wingard
Labor to Fight for Child Law in AFL Address
President William Green opened the 45th AFL convention with a vow to oppose the child labor amendment. He urged continued labor action against court injunctions and asserted that organized labor is leading the nationwide fight to protect every child. He dismissed claims that union efforts weariness have set in.
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Organized Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Green
America
Palmer Removed as Head Emergency Fleet Board
Washington October 6 Lergh C Palmer was removed today as president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and Elmer Crowley of Boston was named to succeed him.
Gotham thieves now looting precious gems
New York dispatch reports a surge in thefts of precious stones and jewelry across exclusive shopping districts. After winter fur and silk burglaries, criminals target cash tills and payrolls, with daily reports of jewelry heists adding to a growing pattern of urban crime.
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Gotham
New York
Locarno Rumor Says Stressmann Poisoned by Foes
Locarno Switzerland October rumors fly that Dr. Stressmann German foreign minister was poisoned by political enemies. Street talk discounts the fever explanation tied to climate change, with officials offering no confirmation.
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Locarno
Switz
Locano
Doctor Stressmann
Dr. Stressmann
Cole defense rests case in Rockingham murder trial
Richmond County courtroom reports the Cole defense resting its case at 11 05 as the prosecution calls a final rebuttal witness. Testimony centers on alleged insanity in the Cole family and prior remarks about Cole's daughter, with the state arguing such nine month old conversations were too remote to influence W W B Cole who shot Ormond on August 15 1925.
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Richmond County
Rockingham
N. c
W.W. B. Cole
Ormond
W. B. Cole
Cole
C. R. Hall
Elizabeth Cole
Hall
Bynum
Chicago Saloon Man Sentence Confirmed
The U S Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Terrance Druggan, a Chicago saloonkeeper, for contempt of court arising from violating an injunction. The ruling reaffirms the prior judgment in the case.
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Chicago
Washington
Terrance Druggan
Supreme Court
Druggan
Memphis Worker Ben Hamer Sings for Extra Wages
Ben Hamer, an employee of a Memphis construction company, sings and hollers while at work. The firm found his spontaneous performances boost efficiency by 10 percent, so he receives weekly extra pay for the noise he makes.
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Ben Hamer
Memphis
Ben
Philadelphia to Host 1926 American Legion Convention
Omaha dispatch reports the time and place committee unanimously recommended Philadelphia as the 1926 convention city. Colonel Mitchell remained a central topic as the seventh annual American Legion session opened with committees to report by Thursday.
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Philadelphia
Omaha
American Legion
Mitchell
District of Columbia
Columbus Man Kills Himself After Job Loss
J E Warlick aged 35 fatally shot himself at his home 925 Fourth Avenue Columbus Ga last night just before ten o clock Despondency from being out of work a week prior was given as the cause He died at the city hospital at 12 05 a m Mrs Warlick and two sons Eugene 11 and Clarence 14 were in the home as the tragedy occurred Warlick stood beside his wife then went to the hall and fired the weapon in his head the shot piercing over the right ear
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J. E. Warlick
Fourth Ave
Columbus
Fourth Avenue
Warlick
Georgia WCTU delegates gather for Macon convention
Delegates arrive in Macon for the Georgia chapter Woman's Christian Temperance Union annual convention opening tonight in the city.
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Macon
Georgia
The
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Convention Deliberates Amendments Amid Heated Debate
The session sparked a heated discussion over whether Colonel Mitchell should be included in framing amendments. A subordinate committee was appointed to review all resolutions. The sub-committee met to prepare definite resolutions for tomorrow's general meeting.
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Mitchell
Thy
C. R. Edwards
Westwood
Mass
Frank Warner
Norfolk
Nebraska
Junius Peyser
Washington, D. C
Omaha
H. L. Shafford
New York
Howard Savage
Chicago
John Quigg
Ohio
Prohibition Law Violations Cited by Judge Sibley
Federal Judge Samuel H. Sibley of the northern Georgia district tells a Grand Jury in Atlanta that young people are the main violators of the national prohibition law. He says the ultimate consumer drives bootlegging and rum running and that the law’s strength lies in rural areas. He criticizes city‑center data in church reports on prohibition.
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Atlanta
Samuel H. Sibley
Georgia
Sibley
United States
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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Kansas City
Samuel Inman Cooper
Cooper
Georgia Solon
Alvin G. Goluckle
Stnitah Ee Amieret
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Sumter Realty Board
Board of Governors
Stressmann
Opera For Labor
Legionnaires Storm Center
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