British MP Saklavala Denounces Kellogg After Visa Revocation
Sha purji Saklavala, communist MP from India and delegate to the Interparliamentary Union in Washington, accused Secretary Kellogg after his passport visa was revoked. London consular officials notified him that his visa to visit Washington as part of the British delegation had been canceled.
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London
Shapurji Saklavala
India
Interparliamentary Union
Washington
Kellogg
United States
Immigration policy bars foreign agitators from entry
The state department acted after protests from Americans and conservative Britons over Saklatyala's activities. Kellogg said immigrants with subversive views will be excluded, stressing the government's policy against admitting foreigners who advocate or foment revolution or anarchy, while American citizens may petition for change by legal means.
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State Department
Saklatyala
Interparliamentary Union
Kellogg
United States
Three Die At Grace Crossing In Augusta Train Crash
Three persons killed at a railroad crossing near Bath South Carolina were identified as Mrs Nettie Talbert Miss Nellie Altman and Arthur Medlin of Columbia South Carolina The Augusta Special of the Southern Railway struck their car causing fatal mangling A coroner s jury ruled they died through their own carelessness
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Augusta
Bath
S. C
Nettie Talbert
Nellie Altman
Arthur Medlin
Columbia
Southern Railway
Highway Department Offices Closed In Honor Of Davis
State Highway Department offices will be closed all day Friday to honor Edward Hunt Davis, engineer for the third division, who died suddenly in Griffin Wednesday morning. All division offices will suspend activities tomorrow.
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State Highway Department
Edward Hunt Davis
Griffin
Three Sisters Die in Havana Lightning Strike
In Havana on September 17 a severe storm caused three sisters to seek safety at their aunt’s home. A lightning bolt struck the house as soon as they entered, instantly killing all three girls.
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Havana
Ford's wealth tops record as they count seconds
In Cleveland on Sept. 17 Henry Ford’s 23 years of automobile making yield an estimated wealth of over a billion dollars. A local mathematical expert notes that if Ford treated his wealth as one-dollar bills and counted at one per second, it would take 120 years to tally it, at $1.25 added per second over 23 years of work.
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Cleveland
Henry Ford
Henry
Ford
Mrs Symington Seeks Large Alimony Increase
In New York on September 17 a judge heard Mrs Ida Symington request raising temporary alimony from 18000 to 60000 yearly amid divorce proceedings with millionaire Thom as H Symington. Justice Wasservogel reserved ruling as symingtons fight misconduct charges and appeal.
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New York
Thomas H. Symington
Ida Symington
Talbot W. Chambers
Supreme Court
Ford
Hell Fire Preaching, Smith Urges Joyful Faith in Modern Life
Washington pastor Dr Harv ey Baker Smith argues against hell fire sermons on recreation. He says amusements can refresh the mind and body and even benefit faith. Clergy should show the better way and avoid condemning theater dance and sports with pious rhetoric.
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Larry Boadman
Washington
Harvey Baker Smith
Columbia Heights
Smith
Sale Of Dope To High School Pupils Sparks Arrests
Worcester mass sept 17 a sprawling narcotics probe tied to high school pupils leads to federal raids. two physicians Dr Frederick Bryant and Dr Walter C Harris and three other men Harry Marse Frederick Guildberg and James Ward face federal court. Marse allegedly sold dope at Union Railroad Station and marked money was used. Guildberg charged with obtaining drugs under a false name. Ward held at his home with 45 grains of cocaine. The shocking arrests unfold as investigators pursue the alleged dope network.
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Worchester
Mass
Federal District Court
Frederick Bryant
Walter C. Harris
Harry Marse
Frederick Guildberg
James Ward
Marse
Union Railroad
Guilberg
Ward
Bryant
Harris
Non-Stop Bible Reading Begins at Boston Adventists
In Boston on September 17 the Seventh Day Adventists opened a non-stop Bible reading at their temple starting with Genesis. Rev. Robert S. Fries led with 24 congregants to assist as the reading continued without interruption, the church staying open day and night for the event and crowded at the outset.
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Boston
Temple
Robert S. Fries
Fries
Train Kills Man Near East Point in Campbell County
John Henry West 40 a farmer from Red Oak Campbell County was killed when his truck was hit by Central of Georgia Passenger Train Number 17 between Atlanta and Columbus in East Point Georgia. His body was dragged about fifty yards and severely mangled in the collision yesterday evening.
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East Point
John Henry West
Red Oak
Campbell County
Central of Georgia
Pasenger
Atlanta
Columbus
Debt negotiations open in one week in Washington
Washington on September 17. Negotiations for funding France's four billion dollar debt to the United States will begin next Thursday. Acting Secretary Winston of the treasury issued a call for a preliminary meeting of the American commission as the French mission headed by Finance Minister Caillaux arrives in Washington.
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Washington
France
United States
Winston of
the Treasury
The
Debt Commission
American Commission
Caillaux
Motor Boat Abandoned In Hudson River Nearby Dobbs Ferry
A 25 foot motor boat was found half submerged 250 feet offshore opposite the New York Central station at Dobbs Ferry. It was anchored and undamaged. Two men seen aboard Sunday are believed to have swum away. License 5502 tied to Joseph Glutz of New York. Items on board include a handkerchief with John Rosenheim’s name, a London hatter bill to Captain J A Murdock, and an empty envelope to R A Holmes. Boat towed to Bes-sen Coal Co. dock as search begins.
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New York
Hudson River
New York Central
Dobbs Ferry
Joseph Glutz
Ninetieth St
John Rosenheim
J. A. Murdock
R. A. Holmes
Besson Coal Co
New Call For Air Service Bids Soon
Washington Sept 17 Post Master General New approved petitions for four additional air mail routes and will issue a call for proposals from contractors under the Kelly air mail law. Bids will be sought in the next few days for the new routes. Proposals for the New York to Miami service via Savannah and Jacksonville will not be called for at present.
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Washington
Post
New
Kelly Air Mail
New York
Miami
Savannah
Jacksonville
Making Survey of the County in Sumter
Field workers from the State College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture, led by M. C. Wilson, conduct a two day survey of 200 farms in Sumter County. They compare data from model counties Elbert, Carroll and Washington to gauge rural adoption of cooperative extension programs.
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State College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
M. C. Wilson
Office of
Co-operative Extension Work
Washington, D. C
Americas
Wilson
Sumter County
Washington
State College
Elbert
Carrol
Sumter
Rev Chester to Preach Tonight at New First Methodist
Rev O B Chester presiding elder of the Thomasville district will preach tonight in the new First Methodist church pastor Rev Cutler announced. Music will be provided by Mrs O B Culpepper and Mrs Gault of Albany returning at officials invitation. The auditorium was full Wednesday and another capacity crowd is expected tonight. Church members extend a cordial invitation to the general public to attend all services of the week.
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O. B. Chester
Thomasville
New First Methodist Church
Cutler
O. B. Culpepper
Gault
Albany
Two hotel robbers given death penalty
Chicago news reports Joseph Bielmes and Jack Woods, among five gunmen who robbed the Drake hotel, were convicted of murdering Frankie Rodkey, the hotel cashier, and sentenced to death after a jury verdict in the early hours.
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Chicago
Joseph Bielmes
Jack Woods
Drake Hotel
Frankie Rodkey
Soldiers guard Negro at Darien
Darien Ga Sept 17 armed guards patrolled streets and fresh troops were posted around the jail and court house to prevent disorder in connection with the trial of Lawrence Wiggins alias Williams a Negro charged with attempted assault on a Darien man.
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Darien
Lawrence Wiggins
Williams
Big Chinatown Drive Goes On In Peace in N Y
New York dispatch reports the killing of white roosters as a peace sign between Hip Sing and On Leong tongs. U S District Attorney Buckner vows to continue cleansing the Chinese district, with five more seamen arraigned and forty two awaiting deportation on Ellis Island. Three of sixty eight last Friday’s raid detainees were released and more arraignments are expected. Buckner seeks closer federal and municipal cooperation to remove criminal and alien Chinese from the city despite declared peace between rival tongs.
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New York
U. S
Buckner
Cotter
Ellis Island
Tongs
Cliett Fires First Shot in 1925-26 War on Boll Weevil
County Agent Cliett opened the 1925-26 campaign against boll weevil by ordering farmers to cut down cotton stalks after harvest. He warned against letting weevils entrench in stalks for winter and said frosts in the next 30 days would likely kill most blooms.
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Cliett
MR. Boll Weevil
Mr. Cliett
Boy’s cut face after knife thrown in Jersey City store
George Burns touched grocery scales and provoked owner Mrs Stanziana who hurled a long blade across the counter. He fell with a deep facial gash as customers fled. Stanziana was arrested and held for examina tion. George received hospital treatment and will bear a permanent scar.
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New York
George Burns
Jersey City
Carmella Stanzania
George
Stanziana
Prosecutor fears Noel may dodge murder trial
In Augusta Maine and New York reports, Harrison Noel faces no jury as doctors declare him possibly insane after examining him in Essex County jail. He is charged with kidnapping Mary Daly and murdering taxi driver Raymond Pierce in Passaic County, with earlier confessions involving Aida Hayward’s murder and related acts.
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New York
Harrison Noel
Little Mary Daly
J. Willard de Yoe
Passaic County
Noel
Essex County
Edwin C. Caffrey
Newark
Mary Daly
Raymond Pierce
Evelyn Nesbit's Cafe Raided by Prohibition Agents
Atlantic City Sept 17 The Embassy Cafe famous for Evelyn Nesbit's entertainment program was raided by prohibition agents. No liquor was found but three men were arrested as violators of the Volstead Act. They included the alleged proprietor M W Katz and two bartenders.
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Atlantic City
Evelyn Nesbit
M.W. Katz
Divorcee Shoots Escort After Attack Near Verdemont
San Berndino Sept 17 Mrs Bessie Jones 23 a flaxen haired divorcee shot and killed Jack Croft 31 during an automobile ride at Verdemont after he allegedly attacked her Police say she confessed stating she ran into her house after Croft drove her home snatched a gun and fired through the heart
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San Berndino
Bessie Jones
Jack Croft
Verdemont
Here
Croft
Whisky found in hot water bag in yard
Columbus police say liquor was cached under a shrub in the yard of Janie Ogletree a Black woman. She was jailed after detectives found a rubber hot water bag filled with liquor last night.
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Columbus
Janie Ogletree
Negress
Janie
Train Wrecker Names Youth as Accomplice
Louisville dispatch reports Herbert Hale confessed to aiding in the Knoblick wreck of the Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 21. He named 19 year old Clayton Middleton as the accomplice and claimed Oscar and Elzie Dishon were innocent. Hale said he used a crow bar to enable the act while Middleton was with him. Trials for Hale and the two Dishon brothers are set for November.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Knoblick
Kentucky
Herbert Hale
Hale
Thomas Dover
Clayton Middleton
W. D. Williams
Danville
Dover
Oscar Dishon
Elzie Dishon
Middleton
Stanford
Oscar
Elzie
Dishon Brothers
Bond
Seek Pair as Girls Miller’s Seek Pair as Girl’s Miller
New York police believe two men killed Catherine Gore a 24 year old crippled woman found in her hallway at 248 East 77th Street. An autopsy by Acting Chief Medical Examiner Benjamin Schwartz revealed a shocking death. Gore’s friend Rose Appuzio said they met two men at Columbia Circle and went to a dance hall before returning home by taxi. The two men allegedly accompanied Gore inside, dragged her to a rear doorway, then fled. Three fingerprints on Gore’s throat may help identify the slayer.
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New York
Catherine Gore
E. 77Th St
Benjamin Schwartz
Rose Appuzio
Columbia Circle
Miss Appuzio
Miss Gore
Seven Die In Bus Crash Between Asheville And Burnsville
A bus veered off a mountain road between Asheville and Burnsville last night, killing seven aboard. The coach, bound for Johnson City Tennessee, carried no names available at the time, according to a Citizen telephone message.
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Asheville
N. C
Burnsville
Johnson City
Tenn
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Saklatvala
Grace Crossing
Highway Department
H. S
Worcester
Seventh Day Adventists
Hudson Hell
Rev. Chester
N.Y
Harry A. Kirby
Aida Hayward
Lonely Lake Maranacock
Winthrop
Kirby
Miss Hayward
Emma M. Town
Hayward
Pine Point
Crippple
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