France and United States begin talks on war debt
On September 24, the French and American debt commissions met at the treasury in Washington led by France's Joseph Caillaux and Secretary Mellon. Optimism rose for a swift settlement of France's 4 billion dollar war debt amid long rumored negotiations. In Madison Wisconsin Governor Blain issued a telegram to President Coolidge urging a halt to fighting in Morocco before talks proceed with France.
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Washington
France
United States
Treas
Madison
Wis
Blain
Wisconsin
President Coolidge
America
Morocco
Hold Chinese in Tong Death in Cleveland Chinatown
More than 450 Chinese were rounded up by police on orders of Safety Director Barry to question all Cleveland Chinese regarding the murder of Yee Chock, thought to be tied to a tong war. provisions for several women and children were arranged as husbands and fathers were detained. Sam Bo said Yee Chock warned of gunmen chasing him. City Manager Hopkins ordered Chinatown buildings condemned and razed as fire and health hazards.
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Cleveland
Barry
Yee Chock
Sam Bo
William R. Hopkins
Chinatown
Farmer automaker totals show South Atlantic lead
The American Research Foundation reports 3,821,085 automobiles on U S farms. North Carolina tops states with 89,293, Virginia 73,677, Georgia 69,159, South Carolina 52,179, Maryland 51,413, and Florida 1,805. Nationwide, 3,321,085 farms own vehicles, including 454,159 passenger cars and 367,926 motor trucks.
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South Atlantic Seaboard
American Research Foundation
North Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
Maryland
Florida
United States
Charging Bull Emblem of American Aviators on Moroccan Front
A charging black bull within an orange circle marks the emblem of American fliers in Morocco. The design was created by Captains Lans ing C. Holden and Lieutenant Cousins, prominent figures in Paris art circles.
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Oufzzan
Morocco
Lansing C. Holden
Cousins
Paris
Whisky Raid Hits Times Square Drug Ring Leaders Nabbed
Federal agents arrested ten men tied to a major New York bootleg ring in Times Square. Fourteen warrants were issued, and 27 officers raided the Knickerbocker and Longacre offices, led by John A. Foster with Max Greenberg named as the ring’s brains after three months of investigation.
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New York
Times Square
Prohibition
Knickerbocker
Longacre
Max Greenberg
United States
Buckner
John A. Foster
Federal
Astoria S. L
Harrison Noel Declared Sane and Fit for Trial
New Jersey authorities told jurors Harrison Noel is sane enough to stand trial for murder after repeated expert evaluations found him normal and capable of aiding his own defense. Noel confessed to kidnapping and killing six year old Mary Daly and also faces a charge for slaying a negro chauffeur used in the crime.
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Newark
Harrison Noel
Mary Daly
Noel
Bobby Franks
Leopold Loeb
New Jersey m
French Relieve Seudia Garrison in Damascus Region
A French column entered Seudia Damascus on September 24 relieving a garrison besieged for nearly two months by revolting Druse tribes. After an eight hour battle the tribesmen fled before troops under General Gamelin who had pressed to aid the besieged for weeks.
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Damascus
Syria
Seudia
Gamelin
Atlanta Bond Issue Defeated in City Primary
Despite a five to one favorable vote in ballots, Atlanta’s $2,000,000 bond proposal to fund a new city hall and consolidate departments failed to pass as total turnout did not reach half the registered voters.
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Atlanta
Georgia editors welcomed by La Grange chamber
Members of the Georgia Press Association traveling to Talulah Falls from West Point arrived in La Grange this morning and were greeted by a chamber of commerce committee. L. Cleveland gave the welcome address and Jack Williams of the Waycross Telegram Herald spoke.
Mystery Car on Display Hopes to Hit 200 MPH Speed
Murray Cribb of Cribb's Garage on Jackson Street showcases the Mystery Car a low slung direct-drive racer aimed at exceeding 200 miles per hour. Cribb reports a 145 mph ten-mile run at Daytona Beach and plans a Daytona race against Sig Hugdual while noting a fatal crash involving his former partner during last Fourth of July Atlanta races.
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Murray Cribb
Cribb
Jackson Street
United States
Sig Hugdual
Minnesota
Daytona Beach
Mr. Cribb
Open House At Times-Recorder Showcases Grand Chevrolet Prize
At the Times-Recorder office Exhibition one of the $10,000 campaign grand prizes, a fully equipped Chevrolet Sedan valued at 975 dollars, purchased from Marshall Auto Sales Co. Americus Georgia. This marks the first delivered prize. two more cars will soon be displayed. Public invited to inspect the prizes.
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Times-Recorder
Marshall Auto Sales Co
Americus
Times- Recorder
Realty Board Seeks 100 Stockholders Friday Meeting
Realty Board predicts at least 100 stockholders will sign on by Friday afternoon at the Times Recorder office. Committee reports list include Gammage Print Shop Planters Seed and Drug Co and Americus Auto Co among those joining as members. Chairman Hollis Fort urges informed men to attend Friday at 5 for a brief count of applications and to submit new ones to propel an Americus organization forward.
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The
Americas Realty Board
Hollis Fort
Times-Recorder
George Holston
Berlin Accepts Pact Invitation
Berlin reports the cabinet council under President Von Hindenburg accepted the allied invitation to the security pact conference on condition that the July 20 German note is adopted as the basis of negotiation. The note asserts Germany's right to seek revision of a peace treaty to fit changed circumstances.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Mail by radio is next step forward
Speed is the goal as wireless transmission is tested for postal use. A photogram of a letter travels at 100 words a minute, reproducing complex characters, but the system lacks secrecy though speed promises a dramatic advance over traditional air and rail mail methods.
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Atlanta
Coolidge Seen Likely To Win 1928 Nomination
Washington dispatch notes strong Pinchot sentiment exists but public opinion favors Calvin Coolidge. With times improving, Coolidge is seen as the favorite for renomination and election in 1928, while deteriorating prosperity could hurt his chances.
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Charrles
Stewart Washington
Gifard Pinchot
Northwestern
Pinchot
Minnesota
White House
George Wharton Pepper
United States Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Atlanta Firm Spends Millions on Florida Sarasota Project
Atlanta based Adair Realty and Trust Company leads a Sarasota Florida development with over 500 workers. Engineers and landscape architects guide the plans as 20 miles of parkway sidewalks near completion and a large water system progresses. Concrete reservoir and steel tanks will supply water to residents including Georgians.
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Atlanta
Florida
Sarasota
Adair Realty and Trust Company
Price on heads of American aviators announced
Abd el Krim, the Rifian chief at Quesqan, is reported to have offered rewards totaling $5,000 for every member of the Sherifian squadron, the American volunteer aviators, brought to him dead or alive, signaling a deadly warning amid the conflict.
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Quezzan
Abd- Del-Krim
Sherifian Squadron
Philanthropist Bernard Baron Gives Millions to Hospitals and Charities
London based philanthropist Bernard Baron aged 74 born in Russia fortunes from a cigarette business and tobacco machinery vows to die poor from giving away wealth. He backs Middlesex Hospital 50000, Hove hospital 40000, Hutchinson House Club 3000, Leman Street Girls Club 3000, Liberal Jewish University Jerusalem 55000, Liberal Jewish Synagogue Building Fund 55000, London Jewish Maternity Home 12500, London Jewish Hospital 50000, and previously donated 1.5 million to relatives. He counts Gompers as friend and plans to continue giving to sick and needy without regard to religion or nationality.
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Bernard Baron
Hove
London
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
England
Baron
Russia
America
Ramsey MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Labor Party
Hove Hospital
Hutchinson House Club
Aldgate
Leman Street Girls Club
Liberal Jewishiversity
Jerusalem
Liberal Jewish Synagogue Building Fund
London Jewish Maternity Home
London Jewish Hospital
August Building Contracts in Georgia Reach $12.7 Million
Georgia building and engineering contracts in August totaled 12 709 500 dollars, per F W Dodge. The month rose 167 percent from July and 48 percent from August 1924, driven largely by the seven million dollar Macy store project in Atlanta. Commercial projects led with 7 977 300 dollars, 63 percent of the total, while residential work reached 2 721 000 dollars and public works and utilities comprised the remainder.
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Georgia
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Macy
Atlanta
Predictions of a summerless era Browne props 1926 27
The Weather Bureau clash over long range forecasts as Herbert Browne predicts 1926 and 1927 will mirror the year without a summer of 1816. He warns of early fall, heavy rains in the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes, and possible severe crop failures across the United States and Canada.
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Boston
Herbert Janvrin Browne
Washington
Republic
Canada
Maryland
Browne
Babson Conference On Meteorology
Charles F. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
R. E. de Lury
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
K. H., Clayton
Smithsonian Astro-Physical Observatory
United States
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Lower
St. Lawrence
Pacific Coast
California
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