04 Sep 1922
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1922
Page
1
Three Greek army corps in the Eski Shehr sector of the Greco Turkish front have been dispersed and nearly annihilated by Turkish Nationalists. Dispatches from Angora say Greek forces are retreating in disorder as Turkish troops advance to within twelve miles of Brusa.
Athens reports Turkish Nationalists confirmed the capture of Uchak a key position on the Greco Turkish front in Asia Minor. The dispatch suggests Brusa may fall soon into Kemalist control as well.
Macon, Sept. 4 A nation wide search is under way for Mrs J Garnett Starr 19 and her sister Miss Valeria Lamar 15. Sheriff James R Hicks has dispatched notices to major U S cities asking authorities to locate them and arrest H Graham an Atlanta insurance agent believed to be with them. The disappearance has caused a sensation in Georgia.
President Winburne releases figures showing 269 locomotives in good repair and August traffic at 61 044 revenue loads, up 9 198 from August 1921. July also saw strong, delay-free movement as strike events evolved.
Large audience gathered Sunday afternoon at the agricultural grounds for a singing event. A Cordele quartet led the program, featuring T. O. Wright, Dorough, S. T. Sanders, Miss Tula Sanders, and Mrs. T. Wright who accompanied the quartet.
Jack Holst announced plans to meet all candidates at Carnegie Public Library Tuesday at 5 PM to discuss practice start times and outline upcoming sessions. The gathering aims to set the schedule and begin training within a few days.
Washington September 4 President Samuel Gompers calls for organized labor to secure full economic justice. He cites a four year anti labor war showing unions protect workers against employers and urges a united front to confront powers that prey. He says victories come from workers own efforts and organization.
In Cleveland Ohio on Labor Day W G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen urges workers to forget destructive thoughts and focus on constructive policies. He notes labor’s militant history and says gains were won by strength and laws, urging capital and labor to seek practical adjustments to avoid conscription of classes for welfare.
Lt Walter Hinton and his air party bound for South America depart St Petersburg for Key West in the Sampaio Correia II at 8 35 this morning marking the second leg of their voyage.
The First Methodist church of Americus raised $103,810 for rebuilding after a fire, with Bishop W N Ainsworth leading two gatherings at Rylander theater and Windsor hotel. Presiding Elder W C Lovett spoke, and a five year pledge plan plus insurance and salvage bring the total fund to about $140,000.
Spokane report recalls Cecil Brittain of Washington state who vanished at age four while with his family in a mountain resort. A former hotel worker, G R Stark, studied the case and identified Cecil Lenighen as the boy, now grown and living in Spokane with his mother, after years of detective work and multiple family detours. The piece also notes Attorney General Daugherty denying government censorship claims amid strikes.
Plans for opening public schools are near completion. Registration books will open next Monday for white pupils at Farlow school and for negro pupils at McKay Hill. Last year about 1900 pupils attended, with enrollment expected to exceed 2000 this year. A week from Friday students seeking promotion reexaminations will present themselves. Courses and faculty remain substantially the same.
In Jackson California on September 4 rescuers at Kennedy mine near the Argo Naut mine heard two signal blasts at the 3700 foot level and believed they were answered by five explosions from the Argo Naut mine while Roy G C Owen a Harris Grocery salesman suffers dengue fever at home on Elmore street.
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick campaign plans show 14 speeches this week spanning Lawrenceville Atlanta Marietta Winder Danielsville Athens Nanwan Statesboro Metter Lyons Jackson Monticello. Campaign chair Lucas says Hardwick will carry 130 counties in the September 13 primary amid strong support while opponent Walker remains largely silent.
Geneva Sept 4 The third assembly of the League of Nations opened this morning with a large gathering of spectators. Chairman Domicio Da Gama of Brazil called the session to order as delegates from many nations prepared to discuss early agenda items and potential crisis topics.
Labor Day speech lauds unity among American workers after war a victory against autocracy and junkerism. It emphasizes preserving justice opportunity freedom and democracy and calls for continuing progress toward a nobler freer society for toil and future generations.
The Labor Day event in Americas featured a Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers barbecue for striking railroad shopmen with speeches from Stephen J. Pace candidate for senator and state figures. Banks and public buildings closed. stores mostly open. post office kept holiday hours.
Registrars finalizing voter lists for the election on the city manager plan. The Old Charter Club, opposing change, plans a meeting as petitions circulate in city stores. Purging registrars are J. A. Fort, R. C. Lane, and W. M. Jones. Election set for September 27.
The scale committee of the anthracite mine workers approved the agreement with mine operators and set next Wednesday afternoon for the tri-district convention to ratify the proposal in Wilkes Barre, bringing the suspension to a formal end.
Chief of Police John YT Bragg announced new orders directing officers to prosecute drivers operating autos at night without tail lights. Beginning tonight, patrols will select violators lacking a rear light.
A farmers cooperative hog sale will be held at the Americas pens on Wednesday September 20.
Chicago reports federal marshals prepared to monitor labor demonstrations across the nation as central labor bodies in many cities issue resolutions on the strike marking the 66th day of the walkout.
Secretary of Labor Davis, delivering Labor Day remarks in Mooseheart Illinois, praised labor for gains over the past year. He asserted that unemployment did not erode wartime wage levels and that the nation weathered the wartime crisis, noting workers have become accustomed to lasting comforts and a hopeful future.
Asheville authorities report freight and passenger trains back on schedule today after a depot guard rearrangement appeased Southern shopmen and foremen who had walked out Saturday night over guard removals. Separately Chicago headquarters mobilize 5500 U S marshals to enforce an injunction amid rail and port disruption claims against strikers.
Federal Judge Woodrough ruled the Daugherty injunction cannot apply to Nebraska strikers. He said Illinois court lacks jurisdiction to grant injunctions for other federal courts. About one thousand shopmen gathered and voted to ignore the injunction.
Seven car men burned to death and ten injured in a dawn blaze at a bunk house in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards on Fourteenth Street. Fire swept the building at remarkable speed, most bodies burned beyond recognition, with a reported loss of about 220000 dollars.
Asheville dispatch reports Homer Bay, 26, killed when an auto wreck occurred near Asheville on September 4. Two other men were injured in the crash, details incomplete. Police and rescue crews responded to the scene. Additional information on the incident is expected from local authorities.
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