Hoover Promises Early Relief For Farmers At Co op Meet
Secretary Hoover told the Farmers Cooperative Associations convention that farmers have the right to demand relief from financial troubles and that action to provide substantial aid will be taken soon. Senator Capper, head of the Senate Farm Bloc, also gave assurances of early aid.
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Capper
Senate Farm Bloc
Associated Press
Washington
National Convention of the
Farmers Co-operative Associations
Hoover
Senator Capper
Senate
Arm Bloc
Turnerville travel tale ties to Todd Creek and chasm tunnel
Larry Gantt recalls a journey with Alex Davison to Turnerville and nearby areas. He notes Turner's role in surveying and the Grand Chasm tunnel idea, the Tallulah Falls project delays, and a historic pine tree marker tied to a white woman rescue by Vandiver. The piece blends local lore, early road engineering, and frontier memory from Rabun County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Gantt
Alex Davison
Turnerville
Ava
J. Calihe Twist
Cordelia
Themember
Capt. Turner
Chagr
Turner
Young
Rabun
van-' Aver
Vandiver
Sol Mountain
Tallulah Falls
Mr. Tasssomy
CMP Grant Sale Signals Wartime Camp Assets Auction
Auction listed wartime military assets including 1200 to 1400 buildable utilities and a camp site held at the height of operations. Salvage values tied to allocated areas. some properties reverted to owners or were bought by government. Portions reserved for reformatories and reformatory uses are noted as not in survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ld Bage
National Guard
Bald— Sitielson
Johnson Farms
Severe Cold Wave Grips Nation With Snowfalls
A national cold wave brings heavy snow and ice statewide with subzero readings in Nebraska Iowa and the Dakotas. Chicago reports storms while New York endures its first heavy snow of the year. Nebraska records 12 inches at Chadron and Rosebud, with Seattle getting two inches and Oregon blanketed in snow as Pacific Northwest snows continue.
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Chicago
Florida
Lake
United States
New York
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Chadron
Rosebud Territory
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Oregon
Puget Sound
Seattle
Washington
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Breckenridge
Minn
Heavy Rainfall Visits City Friday
Athens recorded the heaviest rainfall of the winter on Friday morning with a steady downpour starting after nine o clock and continuing through the morning. Thunder and lightning accompanied the rain and forecasts warned of colder weather to follow.
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Athens
Relative naval standings show Britain ahead in cruisers and Japan in building
A Friday Associated Press tally of British American and Japanese naval strength places Britain with 45 first line light cruisers totaling 206 480 tons while the United States has 10 ships 75 000 tons and Japan 11 ships 191 450 tons. The chart lists 13 second line light cruisers for Britain and none for the others. Fleet submarines show Britain with six first line and two planned, the United States with three first line and six under construction, and Japan with none built but three under construction. In first line submarines other than fleet, Britain has 42 built and six building, the United States 68 built and 34 building, Japan 27 built and 16 building with a second program noted as unknown tonnage. The United States leads in first line destroyers with 259 built against 178 Britain and 54 Japan, with new British destroyers and 38 for Japan.
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Washington
Associated Press
House Appropriations Committee
Harding
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Cyclone Rages At Dawson Georgia Reports Say No Injuries
Albany dispatches report a severe storm at Dawson with rain lightning and the heaviest winds in years. Details are scarce but indicate no injuries. The storm caused damage but specific figures and locations were limited.
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Albany
Pridsy
Dawson
Detalla
Bank Messenger Robbed in Darby Suburb Heist
Six men in an automobile robbed a bank messenger in Darby, a Philadelphia suburb, taking about $20,000 from the First National Bank during the early hours. Police sought clues and weighed possible motives as the investigation continued.
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Philadelphia
Darby
Nfsets
Forty Thousand Dollars Leased Here Friday P M
Forty thousand dollars was leased in Athens before two o clock Friday and available to be leased. The money spread through Christmas savings and most savers found relief from Santa Claus worries. Merchants expected hundreds of purchases before Christmas Eve but savings in banks could fund a similar nest egg for 1923.
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Athena
Athens
Riot trial draws vast crowd as mud floods Marion courthouse
Across storm swept roads and mud filled streets, men women and children flocked Friday to the Williamson county courthouse for the Herrin riot trial. More than 500 filled the courtroom and hundreds more were kept out as witnesses described defendants seen with weapons the morning of the tragedy. The state prepared new evidence to show twenty non union victims were shot after surrender under promise of safe conduct out of the county.
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Marion
Ill
Associated Press
Wil- Mamgon County Court House
Herrin
40 Hommes and Cheveaux Chapter Planned in Athens
A movement among some of the Legionnaires of Athens aims to organize a Legion chapter titled 40 Hommes and Cheveaux. The plan requires charter members and a stated ground of Legion loyalty, though details are fragmented in readable text.
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Athens
Georgia Senator Harris opposes Dyer anti-lynching bill
Atlanta reports that U S Senate Republican leaders abandoned efforts to push the Dyer anti-lynching bill on the South. Senator Harris of Georgia reiterates opposition, saying the measure targets the South and erases state lines. He cites northern political motives and upholds states rights. Miss Fannie Belle Cutler protests, but Harris clarifies his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ga
United States
Senate
South
Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Wm. J. Harris
Friais
Ambassador Harvey Ordered Home From Brussels Talk
Ambassador Harvey has been recalled to Washington for consultation amid talk of American participation in a Brussels economic and financial conference. He will leave Batengarla on December 23 without Mrs. Harvey, who goes to Madeira. Officials hint the move relates to German reparations and European tensions, with no formal explanation given.
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London
Harvey
Batengarla
Madeira
Washington
Associated Press
State Department
Pevahen
Brussels
Europe
United States
Council of Premiers
Great Britain
France
Russia Eyes Grain Exports Via Foreign Capital
Moscow reports a central committee discussion on exporting Russian grain with foreign capital. The harvest totals 47 million tons, 13 million more than last year but 20 million less than prewar levels. A balance of 8 million tons could be directed to export while sowing and peasant needs consume remaining output. Prewar export peaked at 12 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Central Executive Committee of Soviets
Workmen and Peasants
Russia
Rogers' Lawyers In Conference Over Savannah Primary Loss
Savannah Ga attorneys for J M Rogers who lost by 8 percent in Tuesday's Savannah primary meet Friday to decide protest action. No court proceedings yet. several meetings discuss potential filings amid election disputes.
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Savannah
J . M. Rogers
Ku Klux Klan Victory at Barrow County Meeting
At a Winder Georgia mass meeting held to condemn the Ku Klux Klan D Fleming Thompson admitted he was a member and defended the Invisible Empire amid thunderous applause.
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Winder Man
Invisible Empire
Winder
D. Fleming Thompson
Ku Klux Klan
Youn Hardware
George Woodruff
Order of the Invisible Empire
Barrow letter and Ku Klux Klan debate at Barrow meeting
A Barrow County assembly tangled with a whitewash accusation against Harry M. Daugherty as Winder townspeople faced a Klan debate. Speaker Kellar refused an oath, demanded to be heard, and left in protest while Chairman Volstead issued a subpoena. The meeting, marked by violence rumors, adopted a measure denouncing lawlessness and condemning rumors of Klan activity with ill will and tense proceedings.
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Thompson
Barrow
Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Tative, Kalar
Minnesota
Kellar
Wthdrawal
Daugherty
Volstead
Mr. Kellar
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
H. Quarterman
Fuldance Faucet
W. A
Rook
Pope
Barrow Courty
Winder
Deevik
Tom
Polvta
Parliament prorogued until February 13 in London
London. The British parliament was prorogued Friday to February 13. The adjournment proceeded smoothly despite Labor members’ efforts to delay the rising of the House of Commons until a remedy for unemployment was found.
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London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Dr Clark Becomes New Chancellor of American College
Dr Lucius C Clark of this city was inaugurated Friday as chancellor of the American University in Washington in the presence of a large crowd and officials from the college.
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Dr. Clark
American College
Washngton
Lucius C. Clark
Wag
American University
Od ‘Trowi
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Ambassador Harvey
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