Instigator of Clarke Mandamus Backs Road Plan
Atlanta July 16 The House postponed until next Tuesday a Knight resolution directing the state highway board to divide the automobile fund by post road mileage. Knight said he would join highway bond supporters to push the plan through after passage. Stovall urged recommittal of rent regulation bills, but the committee refused.
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Atlanta
House of Representatives
Representative Knight
Berrién County
State Highway Board
Actiopn
House
Knight
Senate
Stovall
McDuffie County
General Judiciary ‘Committee
Jovall
Mans
Ace
Sumter
Macon Man Pushes Hearing On Capital Removal Bill
Representative Harry Strozier moves to make the capital removal resolution a special order for July 20. The measure goes to the rules committee which may act Friday. a favorable report requires a two thirds house vote and possible committee counteraction before a final vote.
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House
Harry Strozier
Macon
State of the Republic
Committee On the
Committee On the State of
Committee On Public Property
Allies Apportion German Indemnity Among Powers
Spa Belgium July 16 German representatives sign the coal protocol after allied premiers finalize Germany reparations distribution. France 52 percent Great Britain 22 Italy 10 Hel sium 8 Japan Portugal 0.75 each, rest 6.5 percent split among Serbia Romania and Poland.
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Associated Press
Spa
Belgium
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Helsium
Japan
Portuga
Serbia
Rumania
Poland
Fire Strike Does First Damage For Memphis By Arson
Memphis Tenn July 16 With binding over to the grand jury of Louis Gali proprietor of a small store charged with arson the arrest area city fireman and two companions charged with turning in a false alarm and the taking into custody of two former firemen charged with entering a fire station and attacking volunteer firemen the first untoward acts following the resignation of the paid firemen were recorded. Police say the store insurance was about to expire and Gali could not renew it. Seven regular firemen from Nashville reinforced the volunteers and more rescuers were en route from other cities.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Louis Gali
Artson
Arrent
Gali
Nashville
Conference on Rural Education Adjourned at UGA
The 1920 Conference on Rural Education at the University of Georgia in Athens concluded after four days with about sixty county superintendents and school board members in attendance. The gathering served as a clearing house for information on teachers, health, school consolidation, law changes, and related topics, with several prominent speakers addressing the sessions.
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Georgia
University of Georgia
Athens
Turks Seize Greek Steamer in Black Sea as Nationalists Rise
July reports say Turkish nationalists seized the Greek steamer Filla near Kerason west of Trebizond on entry from Batum. Officers were taken prisoner and Turks placed in command. authorities say seven million rubles were taken. London reports French operations in Syria moving toward Aleppo and Damascus per the Times.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Black Sea
Filla
Kerason
Trebizond
Batum
Tur’s
London
Syria
Aleppo
Damascus
London Times
American Legion Advocates Public Park for Athens
The Allen Fleming Post of the American Legion endorsed creating a public park in Athens. Commander W. L. Erwin will appoint a committee to meet with civic groups and launch a park campaign, emphasizing a park as a lasting memorial to local soldiers and a benefit to the entire community. Other organizations will assist.
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Allen Fleming
American Legion
Athens
W. L. Erwin
Erwin
Legion
T. H. McHatton
Dr. McHatton
America
Georgia
The
Augusta
Post
Henry West
Nan H. Miller
J. B. Dubberly
Ernest Hollingsworth
Fleetwood Lanier
J. P. Williams
Beckett Keeps Title in Seventh Round Knockout
Joe Beckett world heavyweight contender defeated Tommy Burns in the seventh round of their twenty round bout in London tonight. Beckett retained the English title with a decisive stoppage as Burns failed to answer the count.
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Beckett
K. O
S” Burns
Associated Press
Loedon
Joe Beckett
England
Tommy Burns
Evans and Wolff Reach Western Golf Final Showdown
Chick Evans of Chicago defeats Bobby Jones of Atlanta one up to reach the amateur championship final of the Western Golf Association. Clarence Wolff of St Louis defeats Henry Wenzler of Memphis two up with one to play to join him in the final in Memphis Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Enn
Chick Evans
Chicago
Clarence Wolff
St. Louis
Western Golf Association
Evans
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Wolff
Henry Wenzler
Campaign of Cox Not on Eratitude
Governor Cox addresses National Woman party in Columbus on July 16. He vows to work for federal suffrage ratification by Tennessee but says women should not vote for him merely because he aided suffrage. He urges voters to judge parties by long term public welfare, not personal credit.
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Associated Press
Columbus
National Woman’ Party
Tennessee
Cox
Navy backs Decker attack as not worth action
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D Roosevelt said Rear Admiral Renton C Decker will likely face no disciplinary measures for his attack on Secretary Josephus Daniels and Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Daniels agreed at a San Francisco conference to overlook the incident, aiming not to create a martyr. Decker had accused Daniels of misrepresenting facts to the Senate and charged Roosevelt with political expediency.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Renton C. Decker
Josephus Daniel
Roosevelt
Coontz
Bureau of Operations
Admiral Washington
Daniels
Decker
San Francisco
Admiral Decker
Senate
Anso
Does Cave Exist Under Stone Mt
A committee of geologists from eastern universities and Smithsonian investigators prepare to bore and tunnel in DeKal County Georgia to prove Andrew Withingham of Alto City Penn was sane when he claimed a stupendous cave lies beneath Stone Mountain.
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Atlanta
Smithsonian Institution
Hagerstown Md
DeKal County
Georgia
Andrew Withingham
of! City
Penn
Resolute and Shamrock Ready for Second America’s Cup Race
Sandy Hook July 16 The Resolute and the Shamrock IV repaired today and are ready for the second race for the America’s Cup tomorrow. The Shamrock won yesterday’s first race after the Resolute’s rigging accident.
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F.ses
Sandy Hook
Committee to Aid Develop Southern Ports Named
The Chamber of Commerce board named a committee to secure Athens quota of stock for the South Atlantic States Export Corporation and discussed entertaining University Summer School students. A reception July 24 was set as a compromise entertaining plan while Arkansas Better Farming Bureau guests August 3 were slated for a big day with mass farm bureau addresses.
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J. W. Jarrell, Jr
Athens
South Atlantic States Export Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
University
T. J. Wooster
Tallulah Falls
A. Rhodes
Arkansas Better Farming Bureau
James W. Morton
Clarke County Farm Bureau Federation
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureaus
Sec’sion
Arkansas
Atlanta Woman’s Club
Jarrell
South Atlantic
Harry Hodgson
Hugh Gordon
D. F. Miller
John Hoke
L. F. Edwards
John E. Talmadge, Jr
A. G. Dudley
Airmen Delay Second Lap In Alaska Flight
Three Army airplanes reach from Mineola to Alaska will stay in Erie to await departure tomorrow. Four planes enroute from Mineola to Nome Alaska complete the longest flight yet attempted.
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Alaska
Associated Press
Erie
Penn
Army
Mineola
Nome Alaska
Defeated Mexican Rebel Flees To American Soil
Report from Nueva Laredo says Brigadier General Pablo Gonzalez involved in Monterey attack has fled into the United States. The article notes this Gonzalez is not the same as another General Pablo Gonzalez who is under arrest.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Nueva Laredo
Pablo Gonzalez
Monterey
United States
Athens honorables embark on coastal fishing trip
About thirty prominent citizens from Athens and Clarke county depart on a special Pullman car to Morehead North Carolina and then by boat to Cape Lookout for a weeklong fishing excursion. Lead by John J. Wilkins of the Morgia National Bank the party aims to catch any fish and stay aboard the house boat Uncle Remus as headquarters.
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Athens
Clarke County
Morehead
N. C
Cape Lookout
Remus
Jim" Morton
Ohio
John J. Wilkins
Morgia National Bank
Wilkins
A. G. Richards
P. Wiggins
Atlanta
G. F. Miller
M. J. Abney
J. ¥ Hart
B. T. Comer
James W. Morton
G. Slaughter
J. F. Shebae
J. OH
M. J. Vey
Dr. Soares
Brooks
Y Awa . Toombs
Morton
A A Médelian
Abney
W. R. Tuck
Methodist Pastor Attacks Dance Halls In Sunday Sermon
Rev W F Dick pastor of Free Methodist Church in Athens announced he would speak Sunday night on The Prevailing Sins of the Day. He decried the public dance hall pool room and card table as evils and said he would expose them to show their harm to civilization. Services are at 8 pm at the corner of Thomas and Strong streets and the public is invited.
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Athens
W. F. Dick
Free Methodist Church
Rev
Thomas and
Strong Streets
Mek
Hodgson Heir Sues For Full Share In Estate
In Atlanta on July 16 a suit seeks to compel executors H E Choate and J M Hodgson named in the will of the late A H Hodgson of Athens to pay Mrs Lil Hodgson Nichols her one tenth share of a 200 000 estate. The petition says she has received about half the due amount. Attorneys are John J Strickland of Athens and Judge R B Russell of Atlanta.
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Atlanta
H. E. Choate
J. M. Hodgson
A. H. Hodgson
Athens
Lil Hodgson Nichols
United States
Negro Chorus to Entertain University Summer School
A Negro chorus directed by John A. Ector will give a sacred concert for University of Georgia Summer School students on July 18 at 4 PM. The program features Negro melodies and folk songs from plantation-era South, at HIS's First Baptist Church corner Reese and Pope streets. Public is invited.
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John A. Ector
University of Georgia
First Baptist Church
Reese and
Pope Streets
Fire at M Mahan Store Quenche Narrowly Avoids Damage
A fire at Ed McMahan Clothing Co in Athens was contained by the Athens Fire Department early today. Kas left burning iron caused flames and smoke from the third floor window. Patrolman Poss alerted the alarm and firefighters, arriving within two minutes, forced the rear door and extinguished the blaze with chemical apparatus. Damage was slight.
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Ed McMahan Clothing Co
Athens
Jackson Street
Poss
Tom McMahan
Police Warn Motorists on Lumpkin Street Parking Offense
Police issued warnings on Lumpkin Street between Broad and Washington about parking rules, with strict enforcement to follow. Congested traffic prompted abolishing parking privileges on the narrow street.
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Priv’ Legea
Lumpkin
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Teres
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