Armistice Signed in China's Internal War
Shanghai reports an armistice signed by opposing forces in China's internal war after the Chekiang army defeat and retreat. The Chekiang governor and invading Kiangsu forces endorsed the agreement as foreign defense forces including US Marines and foreign ships reposition to protect foreigners within Shanghai's foreign settlement.
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Shanghai
China
Associated Press
Chekiang Province
United States
Chinese Tongh en get new victues Chinese Tongh en get new victues
Wing Wing a Chinese laundyman may die from two bullet wounds after a Brooklyn incident that police tie to a tong war expanding beyond Manhattan. Police fear spread to Chinese restaurants laundries and other sites as feuds flare. Wing Wing was shot by two men who fled in a car.
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New York
Wing Wing
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Wing
Chinatown war leaves dead Chinese man in New Jersey
North Arlington records show a dead Chinese man found on a street with a rope around his neck and opium tablets in his pocket. Authorities say the victim, bearing the inked name C Sam on his jacket, was likely murdered elsewhere and transported, possibly from New York or Newark, with two heavy caliber bullets ending his life after torture.
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North Arlington
N. J
New York
Chinatown
C. Sam
Newark
Property of Late Senator to Be Sold
The property of the late Senator Wat Sen in Thomson Georgia will be sold at an administrator's sale on November 4, including copyrights of his books.
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Thomson
Wat- Sen
Convict Killed as He Attempts Escape at West Virginia Penitentiary
At Moundsville West Virginia October 13 1929 two convicts tried to escape from the state penitentiary by making a key in a machine shop and binding two guards. One convict was killed and a companion wounded during the attempt as they used a rope to scale the walls.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Wires Crossed in Buckshot Misfire Near Attleboro
An Associated Press dispatch reports Miss Lyda White was struck by buckshot to the scalp after a caretaker near Attleboro Massachusetts mistook her bobbed hair for a woodchuck. The incident prompts questions about perception and the reliability of the AP report.
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Attleboro
Mass
Associated Press
Times-Recorder
James Kennedy
Lyda White
A. P
Keditor
Anatole France Dies Peacefully in Tours
In Tours France, October 13, notable writer Anatole France died peacefully Sunday aged 80. Since August his health deteriorated and he long believed only a few hours remained. The end came after a period of severe illness, with officials noting no hope of recovery due to age. Continued on Page Three.
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Tours
France
Anatole France
Nick Sakadelis Dies From Wounds In Americus
Nick Sakadelis a former Georgia Grocery proprietor died at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon at Americas Sumter County Hospital after being wounded by a black assailant on September 7. A Greek native aged 44 he came to the United States about 30 years ago and lived in Americus fifteen years and his mother remains in Greece as his only known survivor. His brother in Greece died six months ago. Funeral services will be held at the Episcopal church at 3 this afternoon Rev Papas Georgias officiating with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. pallbearers to be chosen from friends.
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Nick Sakadelis
Georgia Grocery Company
Americas Sumter County
Sakadelis
Greece
Americus
Episcopal Church
Papas Georgias
Oak Grove
Trains Crash in Dense Fog Kill Snow? (rephrase not invent)
Buffalo passenger train struck a slowly moving freight in heavy fog near New Milford Pennsylvania. The fireman on the freight and the passenger train fireman were killed while the engineer on the freight and three other crew members were injured. Two baggage cars derailed, passengers were shaken but not reported injured.
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New Milford
Associate Press
Buffalo
Lackawanna
Here
Sumter County Gins 11251 Bales of Cotton in 1924
Sumter county reports 11251 bales ginned in the 1924 cotton crop up to October. Census taker W P Persons of the Bureau of Census says farmers had gained 11254 bales for the year, including September 30, by counting round bales as half bales.
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Sumter County
W. P. Persons
Bureau of Census of the Department of Commerce
American Boy at Tech Receives Appointment
T. J. Wallis Jr a Georgia Tech student has been promoted to Captain Wallis in the Tech ROTC Company G. He is the son of T. J. Wallis, a merchant from Americus.
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T. J. Wallis, Jr
Georgia Tech
Wallis
Tech Reserve Officers Training Corps
Mr. Wallis
T. J. Wallis
Americus Merchant
Two men and a woman arrested at Rome Ga following candy shop robbery
Rome Ga October 13 Two men and a woman held here are thought to be wanted in Athens Ga for a garage robbery. The trio were arrested Sunday morning after a local candy store robbery. Their car is identified as one stolen in New York.
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Rome
Associated Press
Athens
New York
Women urged to hear Miss Raoul at courthouse
Both men and women are urged to attend a morning talk by Miss Ellinor Raoul of Atlanta heading the flying squadron of League of Women Voters from the state headquarters. She speaks Wednesday at 10 30 at the courthouse to boost turnout for the November 4 election. Congressman Crisp will introduce her to county voters.
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Ellinor Raoul
Atlanta
League of Women Voters
Court House
Women of
Americas
Miss Raoul
Congressman Crisp
Woman Dies During Prayer at Augusta Sunday School
Mrs Annie Lou Durham, a native of Woodville Georgia, collapsed and died in her Augusta Sunday school class after uttering a prayer. Emergency responders arrived too late to provide aid, authorities said.
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Augusta
Associated Press
Annie Lou Durham
Woodville
Atlantic Coast Line seeks purchase of 22 miles rail line
Washington Oct 13 The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to purchase the Montgomery Lumber company's 22 miles of railroad lines running from Springhope to near Ropesville North Carolina The move aims to extend the line toward that region and strengthen its regional network.
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A. C. L. Railroad
Washington
Associated Press
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montgomery Lumber Company
Springhope
Ropesville
James W Harris, prominent Americus citizen, dies at 85
James W Harris aged 85 dies at his Felder street home after a two week illness. Funeral set for 3:30 PM Tuesday at Central Baptist with Rev. Bivins and Rev. Massey officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Harris, a Civil War veteran and longtime manager of Harris Hardware, is survived by widow Clara McLendon Harris, seven grandchildren, two daughters-in-law, a brother Gus Harris, two sisters, and several nephews who will serve as pallbearers.
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James W. Harris
Americus
Felder Street
Central Baptist Church
R. L. Bivins
Forsyth
Milo. H. Massey
Oak Grove
Mr. Harris
Greenhill
Stewart County
Harris
Georgia
Longstreet
Chickamauga
Decased
The
Baptist Church
Clara McLendon Harris
Ruth Harris
V. C. Harris
Claire Harris
Hal Harris
James Harris III
Kate Furlow Harris
Dorothy Harris
G. W. Harris
Mary Harris
Gus Harris
Leesburg
John Mayo
George Ivey
Bridgeboro
Brown McLendon
Albert Harris
Olin Speer
Council Bass
W. B. Worthy
Robert McLendon
Oscar McLendon
Frank Mayo
Germans Demand Access To War Documents
The sixteenth Congress of German State Archivists in Muenster accuses allied powers of keeping their publics ignorant of Russian Austrian and German publications on the war’s origins. They urge opening state archives for research to reveal the diplomatic maneuvers behind the outbreak and call French archaeologists to help illuminate the true causes for justice and unbiased truth.
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Muenster
Westphalia
Germany
Associated Press
Congress of
Arcnicists
Aggie Football Team Travels to Cochran
A number of students and the Ag gie football squad from the local A M school left early Monday for Cochran where the Boys will back the 12th District A M team this season.
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Cochran
Dykes Names County Chairmen for Davis-Bryan Drive
In Atlanta a county campaign chair system was set up for the Davis-Bryan fund drive with W. W. Dykes of Americus leading the Third District. County chairs named include Ben Hill W N Smith Crisp Dr T J McArthur Clay E R King Dooly E B Dykes Lee E L Forrester Macon John Greer Quitman D W Jowers Randolph Linton D West Schley Cul Battle Sumter Lovelace Eve Stewart E L Carter Turner Edwin A Rodgers Taylor C E Benns Terrell Warren G Parks Webster J W Montgomery. Funds total 4227 with three weeks left before election. Georgia voters urged to contribute locally to support the campaign and oppose corporate financing.
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Atlanta
Davis-Bryan
W. W. Dykes
Americus
Victor Allen
Ben Hill
W. N. Smith
Crisp
T. J. McArthur
Clay
E. R. King
Dooly
E. B. Dykes
Lee
E. L. Forrester
Macon
John Greer
Quitman
D. W. Jowers
Randolph—Linton D. West
Schley
Cul Battle
Sumter
Lovelace Eve
Stewart
E. L. Carter
Turner
Edwin A. Rodgers
Taylor
C. E. Benns
Terrell Warren G. Parks
Webster
J. W. Montgomery
Democratic Executive Committee
Colonel Dykes
Georgia
Armenia plans new famine fight amid rationing in Caucasus
In Erivan on October 13, Armenia and other Caucasian states of South Russia coordinated plans to avert a famine next winter. Nationwide rationing has begun and grain profiteering is being punished as bread stocks are to be economized nationwide amid severe conditions.
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Erivan
Russian
Armenia
Russia
Sagatind Captured With 43000 Cases Of Whisky
New York, Oct. 13. A ram-running steamship the Sagatind was captured off the Atlantic Coast by coast guard cutters. With a crew of 32 in irons and 43000 cases of illicit whisky under government seal on board, the Norwegian ship awaits disposition. The cutter Seneca boarded the Sagatind Sunday afternoon discovering no captain or helmsman. The captain was jailed in his cabin, and 12 rifles and six revolvers lay nearby. He claimed mutinied crew seized the liquor after crossing rum row.
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New York
Associated Press
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Seneca
Helsman
Rum Row
Rum Running Busted as 3000 Gallons Seized in Harbor
Coast guards and customs officers halted an illicit alcohol operation at Glouster Massachusetts on October 15 seizing 3000 gallons of alcohol and alcohol in casks bound for multiple harbors. Authorities cracked the smuggling ring and confiscated the illicit cargo.
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Glouster
Mass
Yellow Fever Cast Fatal at Houston
Houston residents face a yellow fever crisis as one death occurs and 88 people are quarantined in a Houston quarantine farm. Officials, aided by Dr R P Tartlett and Dr Malone Duggan, impose strict controls and mosquito eradication to prevent an epidemic while awaiting fever indications from the quarantined group.
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Houston
Texas
Harris County
Oscar Halcombe
Fernando Perez
New Orleans
Yucatan
R. P. Tartlett
United States Public Health Service
Malone Duggan
Austin
van Buskirk
Galveston
Florida Educator Welbur Yocum Dead
Ocala Florida October 13 Wilburt Fish Yocum a leading Florida educator died this morning at age seventy five His death marks the loss of one of the states most distinguished educators.
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Florida
Welbur Yocum
Ocala
Fla
Wilburt Fish Yocum
Shenandoah to sail from San Diego to Camp Lewis tomorrow
The navy dirigible Shenandoah is slated to leave San Diego at 7:30 tomorrow morning for Camp Lewis, Washington. Two planes departed today carrying two superintendents who will assist with mooring the big ship upon arrival.
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Shenand Oss
San Diego
Cal
Shenandoah
Camp Lewis
Wahington
Zeppelin airship ZR-3 heads to New York under guard
Aviation officials expect the German built Zeppelin ZR-3 to reach American soil near noon Wednesday completing a 4080 mile Atlantic crossing. The ship sailed Sunday from Bordeaux and is on a southern route under favorable conditions. Onboard are four American officers including Captain George W. Steele and Lieutenant Commander S. M. Krauss.
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Lakehurst
Atlantic
Paris
Associated Press
Germany
America
Eckener
Gironde River
Bordeaux
New York
George W. Steele
Navy
S. M. Krauss
Joseph H. Klein, Jr
Naval Air Station
F. M Kennedy
Army
Zeppelin Takes Flight Over German Factory Field
A dramatic scene at Friedrichshafen on October 13 features a zeppelin rising above the works amid bells tolling and strong men weeping. The craft blazed upward after a roaring launch as motors and wind drowned rival bands. Continued on page six.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Husband and Wife Held After Quarrel in Atlanta
Thelma Johnson, 24, of 139 Luckie Street, wife of Paul Johnson, 18, suffered a scalp wound from a blunt instrument after a domestic quarrel Sunday. She was treated at Grady Hospital for a forehead gash and later taken to the police station where she was charged with drunk and disorderly conduct. Her husband faces a similar charge in recorder's court today.
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Atlanta
Thelma Johnson
Luckie Street
Paul Johnson
Archangel Feels Winter Bear Plague Threatening Livestock
In Archangel Russia on October 13 Associated Press reports that large groups of starving bears are emerging from snowbound woods, killing thousands of sheep and cattle. Natives organize vigilance squads to shoot the marauding animals, a rare, seasonally early outbreak.
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Archangree
Russia
Associated Press
Archangel
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Tonghen
Jersey
Dr. Eckener
Nick Sekadelis
Lackawana
Hmiss Bagul
Americus Hardware
AGGIE
Houson
Mid-Atlantic
Little Joe
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