Enrolment in Public Schools Shows Small Week Decline
Florida city public schools report a net drop of 11 pupils in three grammar schools and the high school compared with the end of October 1924. High school enrollment this week reaches 239, up three from last year, while grammar schools fall slightly. Negro enrollment remains well below last year due to farm work. Prof Mathis expects November totals to surpass last year’s 1,816. attendance gains may occur as more children register.
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Florida
Furlow School
East
Americus School 2
Prospect Height
Mathis
Prof. Mathis
Captain Cobb's Condition Reported Improved
Friends of Captain John A. Cobb announce he is resting well at his Lee street home and has shown clear improvement after several weeks ill. He remains in bed but has no pain and doctors believe he may sit up within a week or two if the trend continues.
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John A. Cobb
Lee Street
Ernest Camp Named Publicity Director of Harvest Campaign
Ernest Camp of Monroe editor of The Walton Tribune and president of the Georgia Press Association has been appointed by Governor Clifford Walker as Publicity Director of the Harvest Campaign to complete sale of Georgia's Con federate Memorial Half Dollars allotment. Camp is noted for his newspaper experience and wide esteem among state editors. his Walton Tribune is a leading Georgia weekly. he was elected president of the Georgia Press Association at its West Point convention.
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Ernest Camp
Monroe
Walton Tribune
Georgia Press Association
Clifford Walker
Georgia
West Point
Short Session of Debt Mission Across Atlantic
Washington reports a brief second joint meeting between American and French debt negotiators at the Treasury. They discussed a basis for settling France’s war debt of 4 billion dollars and described progress as usual in such negotiations.
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Washinton
French Debt Commission
Mayors Poole condition improves after mild breakdown
Mayor J. E. Poole, who suffered a slight breakdown at his business Thursday, is greatly improved and may return to the office early next week. Doctors say overheating while surveying a farm caused the illness and he is not confined to bed but should avoid work for a day or two.
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J. E. Poole
Poole
Dead man found in deserted car after collision
In New York on September 25 a sedan and a taxicab collided on the upper east side. The crash led to the discovery of a man’s body in the abandoned vehicle. He had been shot through the head. three occupants fled the scene.
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New York
Upper East Side
Fifteen Planes Survey Reveals Air Service Weakness
A Washington report based on War Department records shows the Army Air Service has only 15 planes fit for combat. Training and obsolete aircraft dominate at Brooks, Kelly, Langley, Selfridge, Bolling, Rockwell, and McCook fields, with several war‑built planes deemed unsafe or noncombat ready.
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Army Air Fields
Army Air Service
War Department
Brooks Field
Washington
America
Tex
Kelly Field
Mitchell Field
L. I
Langley Field
Selfridge Field
Mich
Curtis
Boeing
Bolling Field
Rockwell Field
San Diego
McCook Field
Dayton
Mitchell
Evening Prayer at Calvary Church
Evening prayer will be said in Calvary Church tonight at 7 30 o clock.
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Calvary Church
Nudists Dance At Studio Club Raid Startles Police
Officers raided the Nourse Studio club in Hollywood and found nude men and women dancing to a mammoth jazz orchestra. Fifteen people including three women were arrested and held as witnesses, with 125 other guests identified. Many attendees were said to be prominent figures. Two officers reported wild scenes during the night.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
St. Petersburg
Fla
Detroit
Wayne County
Mich
Samuel Smith
Patrick O’hanlon
William Albrecht
Los Angeles
Nourse Studio Club
Hollywood
Love and a costly breach of promise verdict in New Rochelle
Miss Ernette W. Bauer, 38, sued Walter James, 68, alleging he promised to marry while married to another. A Hudson County jury awarded $15,000 after hearing letters in which James outlined future plans. Judge Henry E. Ackerson presided in Jersey City court.
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New York
Ardner
Walter James
New Rochelle
Ernette W. Bauer
Hudson County
Irsey City
Henry E. Ackerson
James
Miss Bauer
Jersey City
Sullivan
Philadelphia
Baltimore
National Pecan Co Loses Large Barn
The National Pecan company's stockade near Flint Side was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The total loss is estimated at five thousand dollars. Several head mules were removed from the blaze and the value of the stored foodstuffs was only a few hundred dollars.
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National Pecan Company
Flint Side
Times-Recorder
J D Price prominent Georgian dies suddenly in Athens
Athens September 25 James D Price long time public service Commissioner and former Commissioner of Agriculture died suddenly at his home He is survived by his widow three sons and one daughter Dr Addison Price of Memphis Francis Price of Atlanta Pinckney Price of Griffin and Marie Price of Athens
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Athens
James D. Price
Public Service Commission
Formr
Price
Addison Price
Memphis
Francis Price
Atlanta
Pinckney Price
Griffin
Marie Price
Man Charged With Cruel Murder Of Mrs Poleski In Furnace
George Symak, 44, held by New York police charged with strangling and gagging Mrs Sophie Poleski, 28, then thrusting her alive into a furnace where she burned to death. He says she tried to poison him. An image shows the furnace and an inset of Symak.
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George Symak
New York
Sophie Poleski
Mrs. Poleski
Symuk
Sumter Slogan Prize Won By Miss Eleanor Ross Of Americus
Miss Eleanor Ross of Americus won a Kiwanis cash prize of 20 for a slogan Sumter county. The winning line By Sumters crops youll know her was chosen unanimously by a committee including Fred Smith J T Warren B E Turner W T Anderson and R L Greer. Steve Pace announced that City Engineer Walker secured an agreement with South Georgia Public Service Corporation to supply current for white way lights at two cents per kilowatt. Americus Kiwanis members pledged 75 cents per month for a year to support local boy scouts.
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Sumter
Eleanor Ross
Kiwanis
Sumter County
Fred Smith
Kiwanis Club
J. T. Warren
Rotary
B. E. Turner
Palladiums
W. T. Anderson
Plains
R. L. Greer
Steve Pace
White Way Committee
Walker
South Georgia Public Service Corporation
Killowat
Pace
Americus
South Eclips West in Trade Growth, NFTC Announces Charleston Meet
The National Foreign Trade Council declared South is the fastest growing region in American foreign trade, announcing its 130th convention will be held in Charleston South Carolina. The statement highlights South’s rapid expansion ahead of the West.
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New York
National Foreign Trade Council
Charleston
S. C
Dirigible Observer Re-Examined Today
Lakehurst Sept 25 Col C G Hall U S Army observer aboard Shenandoah re examined by naval court of inquiry said his Thursday statement that two engine failure furnished a possible contributing cause to the disaster was more an assumption than a fact.
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Lakehurst
Naval Court of Inquiry
Col
C. G. Hall
U. S. Army
Shenandoah
Girl Arraigned After Bottle Throw At Hotel Alamac
Bernice Paige 25 told Magistrate McAndrews she was an actress and faced a disorderly conduct charge. Police say she created a disturbance at the Hotel Alamac 71st Street and Broadway and threw a bottle from her apartment into the courtyard Monday night. Bail set at 100 dollars for examination on Sept 24.
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New York
Bernice Paige
McAndrews
West Side Court
Women’s Clubs Endorse Bankhead Lincoln Highways
The Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs held its semi annual executive board meeting in Atlanta on September 23. Resolutions backed the Bankhead National Highway as existing and urged Congress to support a national gallery in Washington. The Bankhead/Lincoln Highway resolution came from the Southeastern Council. the gallery resolution from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs via state chairs.
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Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta, Ga
A. P. Brantley
Blackshear Ga
Bankhead National Highway
Lincoln National Highway
Washington
Southeastern Council
Chattanooga
Gener
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Yoeyo Azeys
Fa' Ius
Georgia Board
Success Often Comes to One Late in Life
New York reports a writer dispels age worries by citing examples who started later in life. Socrates learned instruments after 70, Cate began Creek at 80, Spelman became a renowned lawyer after 50. Chaucer began Canterbury Tales at 54 and finished at 61.
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New York
Socrates
Cate
Henry Spelman
Chaucer
Queen Marie of Romania Faces Balkan War Threat
Diplomatic chatter centers on Queen Marie as Romania and Soviet Russia contend over Bessarabia. Analysts warn a new Balkan war could draw in other powers, while Marie aims to unify and stabilize the region through dynastic marriages and influence. The piece notes her daughters’ royal positions and intrigues as she seeks Balkan dominance.
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London
Marie
Romania
Russia
Bessarabia
Balkan
Europe
Soviet
Balkans
Jugoslavia
Greece
Dixie Express Crew Blamed for Whorley Collision
In Chattanooga on September 25 Superintendent Kelsey blamed the Dixie Express crew for a head on collision at Whorley that killed one and injured about 50. Both trains wrecked with the Dixie Flyer overturning twice down an embankment and the other train landing upside down.
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Chattanooaga
Whorley
Kelsey
Atlanta fireman recalls crash near Smyrna throttle man shout
J M Cooper of Atlanta a fireman on the northbound train says he jumped before the collision after seeing another locomotive rushing toward them. He suffered only minor injuries and could not say who was at fault, describing a rapid derailment after hearing a shout from Hamby of Smyrna Ga as they rounded a curve.
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J. M. Cooper
Atlanta
Hamby
Smyrna
Lord of Mercy
Police baffled as to why mother shot infant in Birmingham
Birmingham Sept 25. While surgeons fought to save an infant shot by its mother Mrs Martha Sewell officers sought the motive. Authorities said the woman likely acted in despondency after the first shot failed to kill the child, which is expected to recover.
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Birmingham
Martha Sewell
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Dixie Express
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