Allied and German sign peace pact at Locarno ceremony
Locarno in Switzerland hosts a joyous close to the European Security Conference as Germany and five Allied powers sign the Rhine pact and related treaties. Leaders Briand Stressmann and Chamberlain hailed a new era of cooperation while crowds celebrate with fireworks and dancing.
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Locarno
Switz
Europe
Germany
M. Briana
Austin Aberlain
Luther
Stresse
Ressemann
Connd
Stressmann
Meass
Stewart Again Elected Western Brigade Commander
The Times-Recorder reports corrected results from Albany showing General Stewart reelected as commander of the western brigade. D. Freeman had been misreported as successor. he was elected commander of the northern brigade while all other brigade commanders were reelected.
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Albany
D. D. Reeman
Joe Day Stewart
Freeman
Times-Recorder
Stewart
Ptomaine Poison Proclaimed Myth by Harvard Expert
Dr Milton J Rosenau of Harvard told the Interstate Post Graduate Assembly of America in St Paul that ptomaine poison is a myth. After five years of tests he said proteine cannot produce any ptomaine symptoms and illnesses come from infected food rather than decayed matter. The sickness is rarely fatal.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Milton J. Rosenau
Harvard
Interstate
Post Graduate Assembly of America
Rosenaus
Widow Identifies Turner's Body Mystery After Mine Fire
YORK Oct 17 William Jer returns to Kentucky to face first murder charge and help identify a body buried for nine months in a coal mine fire. Turner denies knowing the buried man while confessing a plot by his in laws to force disappearance. Insurance totaling 145000 appears to have been paid to Turner's widow sister and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Trenton
N. J
Turner
Auburn
McCarr
Henry Williamson
Louisa
Joe Jacks, Jr
Joe Jack’s Sr
F. F. Farley
Coral Fla
Japanese Navy Dispatches Destroyers From Port Arthur
Tokyo reports the Japanese Navy Department sent two destroyers from Port Arthur to Taingtao amid rising tensions threatening Japanese residents.
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JAP Navy
Tokyo
Japanese Navy Department
Port Arthur
Taingtao
Echoes From World Series Loss Argued by Pittsburg Fans
Pittsburg fans blamed the World Series loss on Roger Peckingpaugh while praising Eddie Moore for the Pirates late rally. Carey, Traynor, Goslin, and Rice led the hitting with over .300, and Carey hit .458 to top the series. A movement to fund a Walter Johnson club with a million fans contributing a dollar each is discussed as a tribute to the pitcher.
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Peckingpaugh
Moore
Pittsburg Pirates
R. H. Riner
Pittsburg
Walter Johnson
Roger Peckingpaugh
Senators
Peck
Eddie Moore
Rlitsourg
Tun
Joe Harrison
Sam Rice Auer
Goslin
Carey
Traynor
Smith
Pirates
Joe Harris
Stanney Harris
Ken Johnson
American League
Harris
Bucky
Johnson
Landis
Sayi
Moriarty
Commission Lands
Peek
Americus Walter Johnson
Sumter Birds Win Prizes at Southeastern Fair
Mrs Turpin entered 18 barred rocks in Atlanta and won ten prizes including six firsts. In cock class Sumter birds earned first second and third ribbons, pullet received two firsts, hens a first and second, cockrel a first and a fourth. Turpin pen of dark birds took first in pens and her exhibition pen won first ribbon. Turpin rocks have long been ribbon winners at major shows.
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Stella ‘Turpin
Americus
Atlanta
Police arrest seven leaders of band in New York
New York police arrested a woman and seven men described as leaders of a criminal band linked to murders robberies and other crimes over six years. The group allegedly supplied pistol silencers to subordinates.
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New York
Metropolitian
Walker Names Wilson Private Secretary
Governor Clifford Walker announced the appointment of John B. Wilson of Monroe as private secretary to succeed Matthew C. Hennett, who becomes chief examiner of the Georgia Securities Commission.
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Atlanta
Clifford Walker
John B. Wilson
Monroe
Matthew C. Hennett
Georgia Securities Commission
Two at Pay Bath Penalty Chicago Oct 17 Murder
Two men in Gary Indiana and Chicago Illinois faced the supreme penalty for murder. John Koval slain Martha Egelski last year died in Michigan City while Frank Lanciano hanged in Cook County jail for killing Rosa Attila his common law wife. Lanciano had fled Philadelphia with Attila after desertion.
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Chicago
Michigan City
Ind
John Koval
Martha Egelski
Gary
Indiana State
Cook County
Frank Lanciano
Rosa Attila
Lanciano
Philadelphia
Attaila
Uite
Cotton Manufacturers oppose early cotton crop estimates
Boston October 17 The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers at its annual meeting urged Congress to stop government crop size estimates deeming them disruptive to industry and growers. William B MacColl of Pawtucket was elected president succeeding Morgan Butler of Boston with officers Rus sel H Leonard and John A Sweetzer. The group asked the National Council of American Cotton Manufacturers to draft a resolution urging amendment of law to forbid early government estimates until the crop advances to permit accurate appraisal.
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Boston
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Congress
William B. MacColl
Pawtucket
R. L
Morgan Butler
United States
William Butler
Russell H. Leonard
John A. Sweetzer
Association
National Council of American Cotton Manufacturers
Husband held for murder in Alabama kitchen slaying
Tuskegee, Oct 17 J T Cherry a road overseer was arrested this morning in connection with the death of his wife shot to death in her kitchen last night A posse of up to five hundred hunted for hours before a watch bracelet and a revolver found under a barn flood led to the arrest Cherry said he found his wife's body upon returning from work
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Xtuskegee
Ala
J. T. Cherry
Cherry
Suspected Savannah Block Sold for About 100000
J Ferris Cann bought a complete block on Savannah south Liberty Street from Price to East Broad and Street Lane to Liberty Street and Street Lane. The 580 foot frontage sale, from Central Bank & Trust Corporation of Atlanta, marks a major frontage transaction in area real estate. Cann plans to hold the property as an investment.
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Savannah
J. Ferris Cann
City Real Estate
Liberty Street
Price Street
East Broad
Central Bank & Trust Corporation of Atlanta, Executioners
Cann
Train Crash Kills Twelve in Italy Injures Twenty
In Bressana Italy on Oct 17 twelve people were killed and twenty injured when a freight train crashed into a passenger train from Milton to Genoa. Most victims were peasants as three passenger cars were demolished.
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Bressana
Italy
Milton
Genoa
Mine Explosion Near Dryden West Virginia
An explosion tore through the powder house of the Star Ford Stripper mine at Dryden near Grafton, followed by fire. Wires down prevented confirmation of the fourteen miners’ fate or escape.
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Grafton
West Va
Star Ford
Dryden
Wiles Acquitted of Murder of Wife in Durham Court
Robert H. Wiles of Columbia South Carolina was found not guilty today of murdering his wife and Ralph B. Gordon, also of Columbia, in Durham County Court. The jury delivered the verdict after resuming today following a deadlock. Wiles and Gordon were shot by Wiles on August eighth after he alleged discovering them together.
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Durham
N. C
Robert H. Wiles
Columbia
S. C
Ralph B. Gordon
Durham County Court
Gordon
Wiles
Durhar
Mussolini Accused in Matteotti Murder Trial Context
A secret Italian document alleges Mussolini led the Fascist terror wing. Prosecutors at the Matteotti murder trial aim to prove he ordered the deputy’s assassination. A new photograph from recent army maneuvers accompanies the report.
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Italy
Mussolini
Facisti
Matteotti
Ellaville Road Now Completed
Ellaville Ga Oct 17 The board of county commissioners announced completion of six miles of paving linking Schley and Sumter counties part of State Route 3 from Atlanta to Tallahassee The project started last October with no days lost since July Weather aided timely finish Travelers from the Northeast and West use the route boosting Ellaville and Schley County The board of trade plans to seek bonds to pave three more miles toward Butler Buena Vista and Oglethorpe with county sites of neighboring counties mentioned.
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Ellavile
Board of County Commissioners
Schley
Sumter County
Atlanta
Tallahssee
Fla
Cellaville
Schley County
Schley Cunty
Ellaville Board of Trade
Butler
Buena Vista
Oglethorpe
Agy,sf
Chief Bragg Returns From Macon Witness Trip
Chief John T. Bragg of the local police department returned last night from Macon where he testified in Federal court. Clarence Fisher and Yassie Turner were tried and sentenced to three years in a Federal pen in Atlanta for robbing the Marshallville post office. they were arrested in Americus by the local police.
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Bragg
Macon
John T. Bragg
Chief Bragg
Clarence Fisher
Yassie Turner
Atlanta
Marshallville
Americus
John Bartlett Ends Life With Shotgun Despondent Farm Youth
John Bartlett a 21 year old farmer from Sumter county shot himself in his Plains area home after telling parents he would get his shotgun. He had attended a social gathering at Thalean school then returned late last night and died at home. Funeral plans pending as family awaits brothers from Florida. He is survived by his parents two brothers and three sisters and was a member of Rehoboth Baptist church.
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John Bartlett
Seventeenth District
Plains
Bartlett
Ross Dean
Mr. Bartlett
Henry Bartlett
Sumter County
Thalean School
Flordia
Atlanta
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Telegraphers Set 4 P.M. Walkout On Coast Line
Wilmington oct 17 a general strike of 1184 telegraphers on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad urged for 4 oclock Monday afternoon representatives of the order of railway telegraphers said. President Albright said no official notice of the walkout. Labor Board members left after brief talks. Two labor department reps arrived. Dispatchers exempt from strike.
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Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Ling
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Albright
Railway Labor Board
Florida
United States Department of Labor
Moore's 1925 farm success in Coweta County
G A Moore of the 17th district reports a strong year with a good cotton crop ample corn and 200 gallons of syrup plus 100 gallons by a helper. He sold $100 worth of sweet potatoes and kept plenty for the year stating perseverance and rising before dawn as the key. Moore, 67 though looking 50, has long lived in the county and notes modest health.
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G. A. Moore
Mr. Moore
Peking
Coweta
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Ellaville
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