Speculators in Control of Cotton Heflin Says
Senator Heflin of Alabama declared in the Senate that the current 26 cent a pound price shows speculators control the market and depress price. He warned that with a small crop and rising demand, three quarters of the crop is out of farmers' hands below 25 cents and a 30 cent price is warranted.
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Heflin
Alabamian
Senate
Washington
Lleflin
Alabama
United States
Texas
Union
Farm Credit Extension Tops Senate Banking Panel Talks
The Senate Banking Committee nears a consensus on farm credit extension bills. Members discuss lengthening the rediscount period for farm loans from six months toward nine months, with emphasis on lowering rates for farmers in the TH states.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Tegrest
Federal Reserve
Medera
Christmas Spirit Shines in Athens and New York
Christmas preparations unfold in Athens with 25,000 Salvation Army bags distributed for the less fortunate and busy toy departments in stores. In New York, Salvation Army workers and Humane Society efforts bring gifts, food, and care to people and even horses, highlighting festive spirit across the city.
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Salvation Army
Athens
Teuas
New York
Lower East Side
Upper Fifth Avenue
Salvation
Fifteen Injured as A G Train Derails Near Lucama
An Atlantic Coast Line passenger train from Jacksonville to New York derailed near Lucama North Carolina injuring fifteen. Four sleepers and the engine left the tracks as officials cited a broken rail with no serious injuries among the 260 passengers.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Asociated
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jacksonville
New York
Lucama
Mra. F. Glass
Laurel
Mississippi
Raeford
Bandits rob Independence dance hall in attack
Five masked bandits robbed a dance hall in Independence, Kansas, lining up patrons before fleeing with valuables. No injuries reported as police investigate the heist at the social venue.
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Independence
Kans
Christmas Sermon by Editor Banner-Herald
The editor cites Philippians 4 8 to urge cheer and brotherly kindness amid doubt and distress. Referencing 1864 Chief Justice Lumpkin, the piece invokes liberty and fraternity as keys to unity and the New Year as a chance to conquer hatred. Andrew J Cobb signs the sermon.
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Banner-Herald
Apostle
Lumpkin
Andrew J. Cobb
Elks Distribute 250 Baskets Today in Athens Area
The Athens Elks lodge plans to deliver 250 good cheer baskets to Clarke and adjoining counties starting Sunday morning. Volunteers filled baskets on Saturday, with members urged to bring cars to assist in distribution from the Holman building by 10 o clock. Each basket includes flour beef roast side meat grits coffee sugar fruit milk bread and more to feed a medium sized family for a week.
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Clarke
Athens Elk Lodge
Holman
Athens
No Cold Weather In Sight for Yuletide Prospects
A government weather forecast Saturday indicated no cold snap ahead with warmer trends likely in the south Atlantic and east Gulf states over the next two days. Frost was noted in northern and central Florida as a disturbance off the North Carolina coast moved northeast toward Cape Breton, clearing for the upcoming holiday.
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Washington
Florida
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
North Carolina
Cape Breton
Clarke County First Woman Admitted to Bar
Miss Hilda Meadow became the first woman admitted to the bar in Clarke County after Judge Blanton Fortson signed the order permitting her to practice in state courts. She passed the December 13 exam and is a George Washington University graduate, daughter of Mrs Dawd W Meadow and the late Judge David W Meadow.
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Hilda Meadow
Clarke County
Blanton Fortson
Superior Court
Miss Meadow
George Washington University
Dawd W. Meadow
Athens
Will King Meadow
David W. Meadow
Meadow
Cigarette Fire Burns Students at Art Hall Event
In Philadelphia three PAFA attendees suffered burns from costumes ignited by cigarettes. Helen Walker was treated at a hospital while dancer Mrs Inez Livingston Delaney and Isabel Vaughan were burned on arms and shoulders. Four young artists among the group extinguished flames.
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Philadelphia
Architect Hall
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Helen Walker
Inez Livingston Delaney
Isabel Vaughan
Vaughan
Delaney
Miss Walker
Air service planned for Newport weekend trips from New York
New Yorkers vacationing at Newport over-subscribed funds for an airplane weekend service next summer. Vincent Astor and T B Tilber are in charge of the project. Planes will leave New York on Fridays and Saturdays and return Sundays and Mondays. One way flight time is about an hour and a quarter, compared with six hours by train. Newport is 225 miles by rail.
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New York
Newport
Vincent Astor
T. 8
Tdiler
Absalom Hampton Returns to Farm After Twenty Years
In Buckingham Pennsylvania a candle in the Hampton farmhouse window signals Christmas as Absalom Hampton, missing for twenty years, is believed to have died after a stranger found in a ditch is identified as him. The parents learned he was near home before death overtook him seven miles away.
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Buckingham
Frank
Ms Hampton
Bucks County
Redigalion
Absalom Hampton
Father Hampton
Hamptons
Pa" Hampton
Thy
Absalom
Masked Bandits Steal $20,000 Payroll Near Pittsburgh
Paymaster Dennis D. Penn of the Pittsburgh Coal Company was mortally wounded on a lonely road ten miles south of Pittsburgh. Four masked men joined two others, forced clerks from the car, wrecked the paycar and motorcycle, and seized $20,900 before escaping in a big automobile. Penn died en route to a hospital as authorities hunted the gang.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Dennis
Harrison
Beadling
Mas
Suoritts
Allegheney
Eney
Warkinston
Pitts
Cotton Growers to Issue Christmas Checks to Members
Georgia Cotton Growers' Cooperative trustees announced Christmas checks totaling about 000 will be paid to members. The second $10 per bale advance brings the total advance to 14 cents per pound. A larger March advance is promised to all members. Also, Capt. Zamontine plans a world flight starting in June from Buenos Aires.
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Atlanta
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Association
Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Ae Zameontine
Former Officer Arrested in Louisiana Kidnapping Case
Santy visits coach Stegeman in a festive note as Athens friends gift a Hamilton twenty three-jewel watch, attached to a vest chain, before Stegeman heads to New York for the Coaches' National Association meeting.
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Santy
Stegeman
Athens
Hamilton
John
Joan
New York
Coaches’ National Association
Johnson Attacks Borah Plan For Economic Conference
In Washington Senator Johnson Republican of California criticizes Senator Borah’s proposal for an economic and disarmament conference called by President Harding. Johnson says the plan would dump Europe’s economic ills on the United States and breach Republican unity over the naval bill amendment.
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Washington
Boran
Idaho
Harding
Johnson
California
America
Europe
Borah
League
Senate
Watson
Indiana
White House
Versailles
Autopsy Ties Kidnap Victims to Bastrop Case in State Turmoil
Autopsy findings link two men to a Bastrop kidnapping and killings as authorities with state troopers arm the jail and prepare for trial. A. V. Coco orders arrests following the August abductions amid unrest and a four month investigation.
Man Held as Witness in ICHMOND Murder Case
Police released one man on Saturday as a material witness in the Ichmond murder case with bail set at 500 dollars. Thomas Pollard an insurance dealer is bound over to the county grand jury with bail of 10000 dollars. Mrs Richardson, a former stenographer to Pollard, was killed November 11 in front of Pollard's home.
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Thomas Pollard
Richardson
Pollard
Ahe
Wife of city employee fatally burned in Albany
Mrs Annie Mc Donald wife of W W McDonald a city street department employee was seriously burned Saturday when her clothing ignited while she was dressing at 126 Broad street Albany Ga authorities said the fire likely proved fatal.
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Albany
Annie McDonald
W. W. McDonald
Broad Street
Annuity Payments To Masons Members Begin
Judge George Bell of Fulton County Superior Court ordered distribution of more than $65,000 in accumulated interest for the Masons Annuity, with checks to members arriving since December after officers notified the association.
Unknown Parties Kill Fruit Man in Savannah
A Savannah coroner's inquest returned a verdict that Kekenos was killed by unknown parties. The jury labeled the death murder, and police said they would no longer pursue the case as an ancestral dispute or revenge tragedy. Authorities still suspect it may involve parties unknown to the public.
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Savannah
Kekenos
Tank To
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