Arrest Graham in missing women case linked to Macon
G C Graham an Atlanta insurance agent here in Jacksonville was arrested at a local hotel in connection with the disappearance of two Macon women. Mrs J Garnett Starr and her sister Valera Lamar have been missing since last Tuesday night after leaving Macon with two men in a touring car.
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Jacksonville
Fla
G. C. Graham
Macon
Jacksonville Dispatch
J. Garnett Starr
Camille Lamar
Valera Lamar
Graham
Atlanta
Bibb County
South Georgia Farmers Excursion Set for Sept 26
Atlanta announces a second South Georgia Farmers excursion within weeks. The trip will depart Sept 26 from Atlanta and nearby points for a guided agricultural tour of the South Georgia eldorado. Keep rates apply from multiple connections as organizers arrange visits with agricultural leaders.
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Atlanta
South Georgia
Atina
Birmingham
Atlantic
Attaningham
Taladega
Roanoke
Woodbury
Manchester
Orgia
Soviet Government Sentences 55 Petwore k to Death
Fifty five Petrograd men were sentenced to death by the Soviet government for counter revolutionary activity, as reported by the Associated Press from the Pradva newspaper.
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Pradva An- Cow
Americus Spot Cotton Market Update
The Americus spot cotton market closes at strict middling 20 cents per pound, trading 50 points lower as prices slip in quiet trading.
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Americus
Market Opens in Liverpool as Sales Reach 7,000 Bales
Market opened in Liverpool with quotations at 12.87. Sales totaled 7,000 bales while receipts numbered 4,970. Futures for October January and March closed with figures around 2.12.29, 12.08, and 12.00, reflecting the day’s activity and price shifts.
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Liverpool
Open
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Government narrows focus to coal distribution after rail strike
Washington reports the strike injunction seen as settled policy and concentrates on coal distribution. Officials expect the anthracite miners convention at Walkes Barre to quickly ratify the Philadelphia agreement, signaling a broader settlement in the coal sector.
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Washington
Walkes Barre
Philadelphia
High Temperatures Prevail in South Georgia Cotton Belt
Heat grips the cotton belt with many sections recording 100 degrees or more. Georgia reports Sunday to Tuesday readings near 94, 98, 102, with several towns in the state topping 100 including Albany Bainbridge Dublin Eastman Hazlehurst Millen and others.
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Cotton Belt
Americas
Alapha
Albany
Bainbridge
Dublin
Eastman
Hazlehurst
Millen
National check collection referendum begins among 1400 groups
Washington report: a chamber of commerce program starts a nationwide referendum among about 1400 business organizations to determine if banks should universally collect checks at par. The effort seeks to standardize check processing and reduce transaction costs nationwide.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of
United State
Airman Doolittle Narrowly Smashes Flight Time Record
Lieutenant James H. Doolittle completed a record 2,275 mile flight from Pablo Beach near Jacksonville to San Diego in 21 hours 18 minutes of actual flying. He will report to McCook Field Dayton Ohio Friday, flying in stages. He flew over eight states with a notable night passage over Florida swamps praised as a top recent military aviation feat.
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San Diego
James H. Doolittle
Army
Jacksonville
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Doolittle
Pablo Beach
Ila
Florida
Il Centro
Imperial Valley
William M. Randolph
C. L. Wabbe
de Haviland
San Antonio
Football Candidates to Report for Work Soon
High school football hopefuls will begin practice under Jack Holst in a few days. Signatories include Capt. Walter Reyes James Collins James Johnson Robert Buchanan Darby Reed Olin Dixon Seth Belcher Edwin Player Cecil Barton Charles Fverett Russell Thomas Kinson Finslay Bob Hooks Sam Merritt Theo Barten John Sheffield W Harris George Ellis Glenn Scote Lawrence Physioc.
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Jack Holst
Walter Reyes
James Collins
James Johnson
Robert Buchanan
Darby Reed
Olin Dixon
Seth Belcher
Edwin Player
Cecil Barton
Charles Fverett
Russell Thomas
Kinson Finslay
Bob Hooks
Sam
Merritt Theo Barten
John Sheffield
W. Harris
George Ellis
Glenn Scote
Lawrence
Plan for Fourth District Hospital in Virginia and West Virginia
Director Forbes announced the plan to erect a new hospital costing 750000 dollars for service men of the fourth district including Virginia. Construction will start once an available site is secured after his inspection of Goshen Virginia and Pence Springs West Virginia.
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Washington
Virginia
Forbes
Goshen
Pence Springs
W. Va
League of Nations names six vice presidents
Geneva Sept 6 The League of Nations assembled and elected six vice presidents representing England France Portugal Sweden Spain and Yugoslavia yesterday morning in Geneva.
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League OF Nations
Geneva
Associated Press
England
France
Portugal
Sweden
Spain
Jugo-Slavia
Hardwick Attacks Masked Men in Winder Speech
In Winder and Marietta Governor T W Hardwick challenged Clifford Walker and condemned the Ku Klux Klan saying masks must not hide criminals. He cited Waycross troops and urged law enforcement, asserting no federal bayonets threaten Georgia and courts function.
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Sheriff Camp
Barrow County
Winder
Georgia
Waycross
Ware County
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The
Odd Fellows, Masons
Ku Klux Klan
Voters to Decide Charter Change in Americas
Registrars appointed by May or Sheppard filed a voter list for the city manager plan election and disclosed that nearly 600 residents are disenfranchised. With about 900 typical voters, the ballot will be decided by under one third of the eligible voting strength, due to tax nonpayment removing names.
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Sheppard
Americas
Feeble Minded School to Close in Georgia
The state training school for mental defectives near Augusta faces suspension on October 1 if Governor Hardwick cannot secure a maintenance appropriation. The legislature failed to pass a valid 1923 funding bill, leaving about fifty students at risk. The plan is to keep the farm in operation and retain Dr. G. R. Preston, while using remaining 1922 funds to support core operations.
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Atlanta
Augusta
Hardwick
State Board of Health
G. R. Preston
Atlanta Voters Face Hot Mayor Race and Runoff
Atlanta voters gather for a pivotal municipal election with Walter A. Sims and James G. Woodward leading the mayoral field. Labor and Ku Klux Klan support Sims, while Woodward counts on a solid business element. About 20 000 votes are expected to be cast.
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Atlanta
Walter A. Sims
James G. Woodward
Sims
Ku Klux Klan
Woodward
Mississippi run off primary narrows senate race
Revised unofficial returns from 75 of 82 counties show Hubert D. Stephens leading James K. Vardaman by over 10,000 votes for the Republican nomination to the senate. Results reflect yesterday's run off primary voting.
Large real estate deal seals 42500 property transfer
An out of town buyer acquired Lamar and Hampton street property including the Hooks Motor Co. site from L. G. Council via J. H. Purvis for 42500. The 200 by 350 foot parcel reaches to the Council McGarrah warehouse. The purchaser, worth about 200000, plans to move here after January 1 1928 and enter the automobile business. It is a major local real estate transaction.
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Lamar and
Hampton Streets
Hooks Motor Co
Asa Pittman
J. J. Hanegley
J. C. Dixon
Lamar Street
Hampton Street
Council- McGarrah
L. G. Council
J. H. Purvis
Hughes orders Mexican salute at Brazilian centennial
Rio Janeiro dispatch says warships from eight nations greeted the Maryland bringing the American mission led by Secretary Hughes to the Brazilian centennial. A Mexican gunboat saluted under U S orders, the Nevada answered, and the party was ferried to Guanabara palace for the official residence.
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Rio Janiero
Associated Press
United States
Maryland
Hughes
Mexico
Nevada
Guanabara Palace
Alabama Republicans to Nominate State Ticket
Alabama Republicans will nominate a complete state ticket at the Birmingham convention on September 7, with nominees facing Democratic selections in November. The convention also will name a new state executive committee, chaired by Pope M. Long with C. B. Kennamer as secretary.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Harding
Pope M. Long
Cordova
C. B. Kennamer
United States
Lonnie Noojin
M. C. Allgood
Will Plan Exhibit At New Era School
County Agent G O Marshall and Miss Bonnie Parkman will meet with New Era school patrons and all concerned in the New Era community exhibit for the county fair Friday at 8 pm. Plans for exhibits will be made and teachers and pupils are urged to attend.
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New Era
G. O. Marshall
Bonnie Parkman
New Era School
Americus Barbecue Club to Meet at Gless ner and Lee
The Americus Barbecue club plans a Thursday gathering at the cue grounds on Gless ner and Lee streets at 1 PM. Members are expected to attend to participate in the spread which will be served.
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Americus
Glessner and
Lee Streets
Shopmen urge impeachment claim over injunction
New YorkSept 6 Initiation of impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Daugherty and Federal Judge Wilkerson in Chicago for striking injunction granted at the request of the former was urged to Senator Borah via telegram from John J Dowd chairman of the Eastern railroad shopmen general strike committee The message argues the injunction violated the constitution and calls for action by Borah and the federal government
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New York
Daugherty
Wilkerson
Chicago
Senator Borah
John J. Dowd
Eastern Railroad
Strike leaders and rail executives deny settlement talks
In Chicago on September 6 leaders of the shopmen's strike and rail executives denied reports of a new move to settle the strike. Daniel Willard refuted the claim that Bert M. Jewell met him in Baltimore. Union leaders also rejected a reported call for a policy committee meeting tomorrow.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Baltimore
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Willard
Railway workers to confer in Baltimore on strike end
John Scott of the railway employes department AF of L said seven representatives of the striking shop crafts are in Baltimore for a conference with railroad executives seeking to end the walkout.
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Chicago
John Scott
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore
Will Decide Vinson Case in Atlanta Court
The case of Mrs. Cora Lee Vinson slated for execution after being convicted of fatally shooting her husband Dr. W. D. Vinson in his office on March 30, 1922, faces possible decision this fall. Insanity plea was rejected. she testified she acted from anger and claimed the revolver was a gift from Louis Vinson.
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Atlanta
Cora Lee Vinson
W. D. Vinson
Vinson
Kirkland suicide shocks Augusta railroad circle
D F Kirkland, director of industrial development for the Georgia and Florida railroad, shot and killed himself in Augusta on September 6. His death is ruled a suicide amid questions about his recent duties and pressures within the railroad’s development program.
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Augusta
D. F. Kirkland
Georgia and Florida Railroad
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