Georgia billiard tournament opens with four matches
The University of Georgia billiard tournament opened Monday night in the Q Room before a large crowd. Buster Bird defeated Dave Wisdom 100 to 72, while Henry Wells and Jimmy Head also won their early matches. The event continues daily with afternoon and eight o'clock night sessions and a list of upcoming pairings announced.
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University of Georgia
Q Room
Buster” Bird
Henry Wells
Jimmy” Head
Dave Collings
Dave Wisdom
Prothro Dobbs
Buck” Bell
Manning Yeomans
Piruwipnivuawn
Earle Watson
Ed Gurr
Fred McKenzie
J. D. Thomason
Sunshine” Mewbourne
Richard Tift
Terrell Perry
Johnny Whitner
Lee Turman
Red” Winn
John McWhorter
Frank Fuller
Former Baseball Star Mentioned As Atlanta Chief
Charlie Cox once a University of Georgia baseball star and World War battalion major is cited as Beavers successor for Atlanta Chief of Police in Atlanta news from Monday. Evans traded from Cleveland Indians to Washington for outfielder F. W. Brower.
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Charlie Cox
University of Georgia
Atlanta
Beavers
Falcaro to Meet Blouin in Forty-Game Title Series
New York's Joseph Falcaro was set to meet James Blouin, the world champion bowler, Monday afternoon in the opening block of a forty game series for the title. Play continues through Thursday.
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Chicago
Joseph Falcaro
New York
James Blouin
Freshman Billiard Crown Contested at Candler Hall
Exhibit 24 credits James Tracey Wallace Reid Walker with a humorous campus scene in Weachtree during the holidays. Billiard rivalries flare as Shad Frier, Skinney Rivers manager, notes freshmen in Candler Hall raised the entrance fee and await an opponent. Debate continues on reopening closed lists for Skinny to compete.
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James Tracey Wallace Reid Walker
Weachtree
Jack
Shad” Frier
Cardinal Bonza Takes Possession of St Ancyas Basilica
Cardinal Bonza now head of his titular St Ancyas Basilica in Rome after a ceremony attended by Archbishop Funasoni Riondi the Washington delegate and Monsignor Globbe rector of the propaganda college along with Monsignors Hearn and other church dignitaries. The Vatican was represented by several Monsignors and many high prelates. Over a hundred American College students were present.
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Rome
Italy
Cardinal Bonzano
Washington
St.ancyas Basilica
Pietro Funasoni-Riondi
Globbe
Propaganda College
Hearn
American College
Vatican
New Silhouette Shapes for Spring Show Waistlines
The new silhouette for spring displays waistlines slightly higher than winter, with a straighter outline and a narrower overall shape. The description notes subtle shifts in fit and garment lines for the upcoming season.
Athens YMCA Summer Camp Near Tallulah One of South's Best
The Athens Y M C A Camp near Tallulah Falls spans 320 acres three miles from Tallulah Falls Georgia and supports a major outdoor program for boys and girls. With Lake Edwards six acres and a 46 by 80 foot lodge the site offers a 10 by 28 foot diving tower and eleven canoes. Since 1890 the Athens YMCA has run camps, now planning June July for boys and August for girls, under W T Forbes and a camp committee.
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Athens Y. M. C. A
Talluah
South
Lake Edwards
Social
Rng
Tallulah Falls
Athens Young Men's Christian Association
America
Fife
Bump Dette Auge
Angus
W. Gs
W. T. Forbes
Athens
Young Men’s Christian Association
Frank Hodgson, Jr
M. G. Nicholson
Abit Nix
Barnett
Georgia
Athens Young Men’s Christian Association
Seabrook Fails to Qualify for Shani Race in Savannah
In Savannah, Chatham County registrars report Paul E. Seabrook did not qualify as an independent mayoral candidate after verifying petition signers. Initial lists exceeded 6,800 names, but duplications and name removals left bonafide sig neers below the required threshold of about 4,800. Seabrook plans to protest by urging voters to write him in and scratch the Democratic nominee Murray M. Stewart in the primary.
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Savannah
Chatham County
Paul E. Seabrook
Seabrook
Lindsay Hroughton
Hig
Judge Seabrook
Murray M. Stewart
Tribute to Dr. John A. Brown
Athens residents recall Dr. John A. Brown with fond memories. David C. Barrow writes of his upright character courage and genial nature and reflects on spiritual life beyond this world. Barrow expresses hope of meeting Brown in a wider life.
Court backs pastor who baptized a dog and blessed potatoes
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled for the Fiat Presbyterian Church pastor Edwin Curtis Brookline, upholding his pastorate after a minority filed a suit to restrain church property use. The ruling found the Presbytery’s disapproval outweighed, as the church majority supported Curtis.
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Boston
Edwin Curtis
Fiat Presbyterian Church
Brookline
Supreme Court
Church Society
Curtis
Be Careful What You Wash Your Child's Hair With
A short 1920s style health note warns parents about choosing shampoos for children. It claims many soaps contain harsh alkali that dries the scalp and damages hair, endorsing Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure, gentle, and inexpensive. Instructions: dilute two to three spoonfuls in warm water, massage into hair, rinse to remove dirt and oil, leaving hair soft and manageable. Available at Levy's Togery & Boy's Shop.
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Levy’s
TOG Igery & Boy's
Levi A Brownie Funeral Here Wednesday
Funeral services for Levi A. Brown of this city who died at St. Cloud Florida on Friday January 5 will be held Wednesday at 3 pm from the residence of his daughter Mrs E M Woods 761 Boulevard with interment in Oconee cemetery Rev M J Williams and Rev S E Asson pastors of Young Harris Memorial church and First Methodist church will conduct and pallbearers are E B Potts A M Center C F Crymes I N Butler Earnest Poss and W C Bolton Bernstein Bros funeral directors in charge The remains reach Athens Tuesday night over the Central railway Brown a retired businessman native of Quincy Illinois had lived with his daughter here for three and one half years and was a member of Young Harris Memorial church whose activities he supported while visiting Florida he made many friends who will mourn his death and extend sympathy to his bereaved family.
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Levi A. Brown
St. Cloud
Fla
E. M. Woods
Boulevard
Williams
Young Harris Memorial Church
S. E.asson
First Methodist Church
Oconee Cemetery
Quincy
Florida
Athens
Effort to Float Grounded Liner Near Miami Reef
The German trans Atlantic liner Holsatia, aground about 30 miles south of Miami near Garysfort reef, was to be floated Monday with aid from the wrecking-tug Relief. Three hundred twenty passengers would sail to Havana aboard the De Salle, as rescue work followed radio relays from Key West. The ship, en route from Hamburg to Havana, was not believed damaged.
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Miami
Garysfort Reef
Key West Naval Radio
Havana
de Salle
Hamburg
T. Larry Gantt's Column Highlights Cotton Crisis at Farm Level
Column discusses the cotton industry's half century problem with cotton prices failing to pay fair wages, noting young white farmers leaving farms for other work. Wannamaker urges farmers to visit Gough and study Hill's proposition, saying no solution exists from government or private sources. Attend the no profit sale at Levy's Toggeries and Boy's Shop.
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Wannamaker
Gough
Hill
Mr. Wannamaker
Levy
Toggery & Boy’s
Purieral Services For Mrs. Alice Crisler Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Ali Wills Crisler age 68 who died at her residence on Prince Avenue extension will be held at the Crisler cemetery near Commerce at 3 p m Tuesday Bernstein Bros funeral directors in charge The funeral party will leave the home at 1 p m She was ill only a week Survived by four daughters and eight grandchildren with two sisters, a brother and a number of relatives
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Ali Wills Crisler
Prince Avenue Extension
Crisler Cemetery
Commerce
Bernstein Bros
Crisler
E. H. Cobb
L. R. Hale
Athens
S. V. Wilthite
Jefferson
Lula Crisler
Addie Bryan
Josephine Eberhart
Mayesville
Monroe Wills
Madison ‘County
Many Negroes Are Arrested Sunday in Police Sweep
Sunday police swept a Chicago area game raid arresting eleven black men and nine to be sent to police court for charges. Two men paid ten dollar forfeitures after allegedly offering tips to officers. A prior raid occurred last week in a garage. Eight youths were also arrested for disturbing church worship as worshipers reported their Sunday news.
Athens Visitors List From Monday Gathering
Athena Monday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. H. E Jenkins Detroit J. W. Smith Augusta J. J. Comer Cartersville Ga M. Samuels Louisville Ky C A Whittle Atlanta Ga Jno A Wilkins Rome Ga Dorothy Groves Indianapolis Ind L Daniel Atlanta George Cooke Asheville N C Miss I Cooke Asheville N C J H Clarey Thomson B E Weeks Augusta Ga L P Ryan Atlanta Mr and Mrs L Council Mrs R E McNulty and Miss Eitenbeth Council Americus Ga Sol L Metzer Atlanta M L Mendel and Mrs Mendel Atlanta Ga Chas P Eddy New York Joe R Miller Cincinnati George Gilmore and son Sandersville Ga Mr and Mrs A J Clarke Newport News Va Joe A Burckmyer Hendersonville N C P C Herrington Atlanta I Schiff New York
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Athena
H. E Jenkins
Detroit
J. W. Smith
Augusta
J. J. Comer
Cartersville
M. Samuels
Louisville
C. A. Whittle
Atlanta
Jno.a
Moscow Christmas Parade Mockery Angers Russian Christians
In Moscow on Christmas day year the Young Communists staged a grotesque carnival that mocked world religions. The parade featured burlesque depictions of deities and saints, banners scorn religion, and a bonfire replaced the traditional Yuletide vigil. Orphan children watched as beggars whispered for alms amid the revelry.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Dieties
Christ
First Invasion of Okeefenoke Swamps Seizes Moonshiners
WALCROSS Ga. Prohibition agents reported the first invasion of Okeefenoke swamp Sunday yielding a large still, 13 destroyed barrels of mash, and the arrest of two men who gave names Carter and Crowa as federal and prohibition officers led the operation into the swamp.
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Walcross
Okeefenoke
Prohibition
Carter
Crowa
Federal
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Dave" Collings
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Levi A. Brownie
Vannil
T. Larry Gantt
Clayton Street
Kress
Alice Crisler
Olga Petrova
Colonial Theatre
Nyrr
Okeefenoke Swamps
Costa’s Delicatessen
Malaga
Parker House
Maryland
Arnold, Abney & Co
Mrs. Arthur
Burch
Holman Bldg
Oakland
Rhodes Motor CO
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