Hurricane Storm Touches South Florida Fears
In Jacksonville Florida October 1 reports say southern Florida saw minimal damage beyond crops from torrential rains and 60 mph winds. Central Florida and Tampa escaped. Palm Beach flooded with 15 year rainfall worst. Miami unscathed. schools closed in Tampa Lakeland and other cities as rains lingered and transport networks faced high water.
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Acksonville
Fla
Associated Press
Florida
Tampa
Palm Beach
Miami
Tropical storm hit Punta Gorda causing outages and damage
Punta Gorda Florida reports a tropical storm striking the city on Monday afternoon. Heavy rain flooded streets and left the town in darkness as electric lines failed. The fishing industry and citrus crops were said to suffer damage. A ship crew rescue was reported from New Orleans as Atlantida arrived after passing the gulf hurricane.
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Punta Gorda
Fia
Gulf
New Orleans
Robert Laird
Atlantida
Vacarro Brothers Line
la Ceiba
Neah
Alee
Oie
Stampede at New Castle Theater Kills Girl in Panic
In New Castle Kentucky a fire in the projecting room sparked a panic during a movie showing. A ten year old girl Emma Massie died in the crush at the street exit while five others were seriously injured and six more lightly hurt. Fire was confined to the projecting room and medical teams aided victims from nearby towns.
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New Castle
Emma Massie
Campbellsville
Gas Leaks Trigger Firemen Save Lamp Truck
Quick action by the fire department kept a lumber truck, owned by A. W. Smith, from being destroyed after a gas leak on Lamar Street. A passerby alerted firefighters when a driver struck a match to gauge the leak. Firemen moved the truck off the burning fuel and extinguished the blaze with a hand extinguisher.
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A. W. Smith
Lamar Street
Poole to Speak to Women Voters on Bond Issue
Mayor J E Poole will address Americus League of Women Voters about the 60000 bond for uptown street repaving. He will explain the city finances and budget system and answer questions. He urges women to learn the facts and decide whether to vote for or against the measure.
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J. E. Poole
Americus
League of Women Voters
H. Q. Jones
League
Poole
Tropical Storm Brings Cold Weather to Florida and Beyond
The tropical storm inland over southern Florida moves eastward with its center near Miami. Frosts are reported in the extreme upper Mississippi and upper Ohio valleys to the Atlantic coast. Temperatures drop tonight in the Atlantic states and southward, Tennessee, East Gulf and South Atlantic states will be colder Wednesday with frost probable as far south as northern Tennessee.
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Washington
Florida
Miami
Mississippi
Ohio
Atlantic
Atlantic States
Tennessee
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Heavy Fines For Prohi Defendants In Columbus Court
In Phenix court Mayor Ashby Floyd imposed fines of 103 dollars each on three defendants for violation of prohibition laws. Sixteen police cases were made over the weekend, far fewer than the prior week. W. D. Pravett paid a heavy fine on a dry charge, while Lester Henderson and Will Nelson appealed their similar offenses. Nearly 500 dollars in fines were imposed yesterday, with about 156.70 paid by last night.
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Columbus
Ashby Floyd
Phenix Court
W. D. Pravett
Lester Henderson
Will Nelson
Hancock Sheriff Seizes Still and Negro
In Sparta Georgia on Saturday Sheriff J. M. Jackson and Deputy Rosser D. Smith seized a copper still of 80 gallons and five gallons of whisky. Three hundred gallons of beer were destroyed. Mirabeau In gram, alleged operator, was found with two gallons of liquor in his buggy and ready to leave. This is the first capture since Hancock superior court last term.
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Sparta
J. M. Jackson
Rosser D. Smith
Thatcher Place
Oconee River
Mirabeau Ingram
Hancock Superior Court
Manchurian Planes Bomb Warships Near Shanhaikwan
Manchurian airplanes bomb government warships off Shanhaikwan as troops occupy the southern half of the city. Intense fighting rages with Peking government forces stubbornly defending a northwestern hill as the town nears encirclement.
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Mukden
Associated Fregs
Shanhaikwan
Chihli
City Primary Sets Election for Mayor and Aldermen
The city primary occurs tomorrow for mayor and three aldermen plus two police commissioners. No opposition to Mayor Pope or to Aldermen Allison, Carswell and Mitchel. Police candidates are G. O. Leving, S. L. Hammond, and John F. Monahan seeking the two terms. Polls near city hall open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Pope
Allison
Carswell
Mitchel
G. O. Leving
S. L. Hammond
John F. Monahan
Shenandoah Arrives in San Diego Delayed by Fog
The air ship Shenandoah reached San Diego on October 21 but foggy conditions delayed mooring at North Island air station until late afternoon after a tempestuous voyage down the Pacific coast from Camp Lewis.
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Associated Press
San Diego
North Island Air Station
Pacific Coast
Camp Lewis
Georgian man killed in Coronado plane crash
Merrit J. Flanders of Ocilla native Georgian and son of Ocilla Star editor J. J. Flanders died in the October 16 crash of two naval planes at 13,000 feet above Coronado. A 1922 West Point graduate, he served on the transport Vega aiding stricken areas in Japan after the great earthquake.
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Ocilla
Associated Press
Merrit J. Flanders
Coronado
J. J. Flanders
Ocilla Star
West Point
Vega
Japan
Dentist Killed by Shot from Car in Tennessee
Dr. E. J. McDaniel a 40 year old dentist of Tazewell Tennessee was shot and killed by a passenger in a speeding touring car while en route from his office to home. The attacker fired a shotgun from the vehicle and fled. occupants of the car were not yet identified.
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Tazewell
Tenn
E. J. McDaniel
Black Individual Sets House Ablaze Then Traps Self Inside
An unsettled Black resident of Coker Street set fire to his home Monday night and locked himself inside. Neighbors called the fire department which arrived in time to rescue him before suffocation. Firefighters found the dwelling filled with smoke from burning rags and the man kneeling, praying and singing. The man’s name was not learned.
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Coker Street
Americas City Primary Voter Eligibility Clarified
In a statement from Robert C. Lanf, chairman of Americas City Executive Committee, it is explained that 825 voters are qualified for the upcoming municipal primary. The list uses the 1923 registration plus 1923 tax payments to add names, clarifying past confusion and reaffirming committee authority on eligibility.
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Americas
Weeny
Times-Record
City of Americas
Times-Recorder
Robert C. Lanf
German general election called in December
The German general election will be held on December 7. Chancellor Marx's coalition failed to secure outside support and the Reichstag was dissolved. Marx and President Ebert said the current Reichstag cannot form a stable cabinet, and an election is needed to endorse policies including the Dawes plan. The Dawes pact has begun, facing opposition from nationalist groups who call it “the enslavement of Germany.”
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Othe Associated Press
Berlin
Marx
Reichstag
Ebert
Dawes
Coalit O
Germany
Europe
Burglars Blow Macon Coca Cola Safe
Burglars blew the Macon Coca Cola Bottling Company safe early last night using troglycerine soup and the company's tools. About $900 in cash was taken and the safe wrecked.
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Macon Coca-Cola CO
Associated Press
Macon
Macon Coca Cola Bottling Company
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Primary Law
The Supreme Court ruled that Texas courts properly refused to grant an injunction in a case about African Americans allegedly excluded by the Democratic executive committee of Houston from voting in a primary. The court said voting rights in primaries are not a question for state courts to decide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Democratic Utive Committee
Houston
Car and Truck Crash Injures Fifty in Chicago
The Associated Press reports thirty street car passengers were injured in a crash with a motor truck in Chicago on October 21. None believed fatally hurt, several serious, and the incident occurred in the northwestern business district.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Davis in Kentucky for Speeches
John W. Davis left Tennessee for Kentucky to push the Democratic message. He planned stops in Bowling Green and Elizabethtown before speaking in Louisville, then continued to Vincennes and Evansville, Indiana, as he charted efforts across Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
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Associated Press
Nashville
John W. Davis
Tennessee
Kentucky
Democracy
Kentuecky
Davis
Indiana
Ohio
Tennesseaa
Louisville
Bowling Green
Elizabeth Town
Mr. Davis
Vincennes
Evansville
Ind
Knight Appointed to Succeed Dickinson in Alabama Circuit
Atlanta Oct 21 Governor Walker names Join J of the Ala Knight Nashville Ga as judge of the Alpaha circuit court He succeeds the late Judge R G Dickinson.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Walker
Join J
Ala Knight
Nashville
Alpaha Circuit
R. G. Dickinson
New $650000 Cotton Mill At Griffin
Griffin investigators announce a $650000 expenditure for a new cotton mill two miles north of the city on a 16 1/2 acre site facing the Dixie Highway. W F Ingram president James W Brawner vice president and Charles H Murray secretary outline plans and indicate construction will begin after plans are finished. Both men previously held roles at Kincaid Manufacturing Company.
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Kincaid Manufacturing Company
James M. Brawner
South
Police uncover liquor stash in abandoned trunk
Atlanta agents acting on information from federal prohibition offices raided a downtown house to find it empty except for an old trunk. The trunk held 3 quarts of Scotch whisky 10 quarts of rye and 15 Imperial pints of Irish whisky.
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Atlanta
MPFSHALL SAYS PLANT VETCH TO ENRICH SOIL
George Marshall Sumter county demonstrator urges farmers to plant hairy vetch between cotton rows and harrow it in. He notes vetch should grow to full maturity before turning under to maximize soil nutrition and mentions seed supply from Americas stores.
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George Marshall
Sumter
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Americus
Opening Session Presbytery Tonight in Macon
The 135th State session of the Presbytery of Macon convenes at Americas Presbyterian church tonight at 7 30. Rev Robbins Long of Vineville Presbyterian Church will preach the opening sermon before the election of a moderator to replace retiring Rev Richard Pf Simpson. Meetings continue through Wednesday with a 11 o clock devotional and a 730 popular meeting on Home Mission. Public and clergy are invited.
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Presbytery of
Macon
Americas Presbyterian Church
Robbins Long
Vineville
Americus
Airplanes Save 100 Days for Courier
Koenigsberg, Germany, Oct 20. A courier for the Moscow government who shuttles between Russia and continental Europe has abandoned trains for air travel. He has made 50 trips between Koenigsberg and Moscow, a 700 mile distance, and estimates he saved himself about 100 days of uncomfortable train travel.
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Koenigsberg
Germany
Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Europe
Leper Found on Naval Training Ship Cumberland
Annapolis officials report a Filipino leprosy patient aboard the training ship Cumberland at an academy wharf is under strict quarantine. The man will be sent to Carville leper colony in Louisiana tomorrow. Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson assures midshipmen and their parents that the regiment is not exposed and can rest assured.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Cumberland
Academy
Carville
Henry B. Wilson
Regiment of Midshipmen
Tumulty Clashes Over Walker-Klan Claim
Atlanta dispatch reports Joseph Tumulty denouncing Governor Walker for a Kansas City Klan speech as an unqualified falsehood and a smear against Wilson. Tumulty says Walker’s remarks accusing the Wilson administration of Catholic favoritism during the war are baseless. Continued on page five.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Joseph Tumulty
Walker
Tumulty
Wilson
Georgia
Kansas City
Clifford Wallker
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
Hold-Up Men Escape With Diamonds In Newark Jewelry Store
In Newark New Jersey on October 21 two men forced jeweler Isadore Finkel at Ferry street to surrender about seven thousand dollars in unset diamonds and one ring valued at a thousand dollars in cash. The bandits fled with the loot and eluded capture.
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Newark
N. J
Isadore Finkel
Ferry Street
Turret explosion kills six on USS Trenton off East Cape Henry
Norfolk Va Oct 21 Six men die and 16 others fatally injured after a turret explosion aboard the USS Trenton during target practice about 40 miles off East Cape Henry. One dead officer among the deceased the cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
U. S. S. Trenton
Trenton
East Cape Henry
McAdoo Leaves Johns Hopkins Without Plans Disclosure
Former U S Treasury Secretary William G McAdoo was discharged from Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore after weeks as a patient. He refused to discuss his future plans or where he would go next. His physician Dr Hugo H Young had said rest and quiet were advised and discouraged strenuous campaign work.
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Baltimore
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hugo H. Young
McAdoo
Young
Treasury
McsAdoo
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