Legal clash follows claim Mrs Saggus shot man
Washington Ga Fights over testimony as W F Combs who was shot by Mrs Saggus near Tyrone says he will not press charges. The incident arose after Combs testified against Dr Saggus in a Wilkes county inquiry into the death of his first wife and the present Mrs Saggus first husband. The quarrel led to a fight. Dr Saggus allegedly urged his wife to shoot Combs after he tried to strike her. Previous related charges against Dr Saggus over poison deaths were dismissed following exhumations and earlier jail release.
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Washington
Saggus
W. F. Combs
Harlem
Tyrone
Count
Wilkes County
Mre. Saggus
Combs
Sagguses
Sagsuz
Haing
Atlanta
All Columbus Goes Football Crazy On Eve of Auburn Game
In Memphis Tennessee ex convict known as the Quail Hunter and an unidentified bandit were shot and killed during an attempted hold up of a mail and express train No. 805 near Marshfield Missouri. Guards on the Frisco train fired back and the bandits fled in an automobile. Post office inspectors had tipped off the plan and posses were formed near Seventy Six with authorities pursuing the bandits across Missouri.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jack Kennedy
Quail Hunter
Missouri State Penitentiary
St. Louis
San Francisco
Sigtock
Post Office
Arkansas
Marshfield
Frisco
Kennedy
Columbus Is Foot ball Crazy Parade Leads In Huge Rally
Columns describe Columbus Georgia buzzing with Southern Classic excitement. Tens of thousands travel to view Auburn vs Georgia clash as bands lead a noon parade and 10 000 seats sell out. Coaches Stegeman and rival Auburn coach rally Bulldogs and Tigers amid student bodies arriving by special trains.
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Columbus
Ner Herald
Auburn
South
Io Chattahoochee
Colne
Donahue
Alabama
Rotary booster plan for Athens highways signs aims to draw tourists
In a column by T Larry Gantt the Athens booster plan urges signs along all highways into the city. Greenville and Spartanburg are cited as models where signage and free camping attract visitors and bolster business. The piece also notes oil prospects in Carnesville and a proposed motor bus line from Athens to Washington.
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T. Larry Gantt
Rotary Club
Athens
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Greenville
North Carolina
Nationalist Assembly Declares Turkish State Replaces Sultan
Angora assembly proclaims null and void treaties since 1920 and transfers sovereign rights to the national body. Caliphate retained in imperial family with the Turkish government as the Caliphate’s keystone, while the empire’s government is dissolved and a new nationalist administration assumes power.
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London
Associater
Angora
Constantinople
Turkey
National Assembly
Associated
Fresa
Angora Assembly
Sultanate
Nationalist Assembly
Navy Defeats Penn State 14 to 0 in Bowl Prospect
Washington report: the Navy football eleven, fresh from a win over Georgia Tech, shut out Penn State fourteen to nothing. Penn State, undefeated for three straight seasons, struggled as Navy executed precise passes and strong end runs. A separate Cleveland note mentions a hunting license found near a shallow grave where a mutated body of a wife was found. Sheriff Spink calls it strong evidence. defense remains in doubt.
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Washington
Navy
Georgia Tech
Penn State
Midshipmen
Penn’ State
Cleveland
Harry Burns
Spink
World War Veteran Hikes from Atlantic City to Athens
Private Francis Collins of Atlantic City walked 2775 miles to New Orleans and back in 49 days, holding a private American Legion convention in Louisiana. He visited Athens on the return, sang for 2000 veterans, and earned the nickname Uncle Sam's McCormick during the trip and convention circuit.
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Francis Collins
Nornace
Gale
Atlantic City
N. J
Ering Place
Orleans
American Legion
New Orleans
Athens
Mard Gra
Collins
Louisiana City
Sam
Woman Given Twenty Years For Manslaughter
In New Haven Connecticut 22 year old Mrs Vadel Champion was sentenced to twenty years at the Marysville reform school for manslaughter in the killing of carnival promoter Thomas A O Connell. Her attorneys said they will appeal and seek a new trial.
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Cleveland
Vadel Champion
Marysville Reformatory
Thomas A. O'Connell
New Haven
Connecticut
Court of Appeals
Maurice Burnon
Champion
Judas Rernon
Mrs. Champion
Georgia Auburn game detailed at university chapel
The Georgia Auburn game will be detailed in a Saturday afternoon play by play at the university chapel. Admission is 25 cents with seats for everyone. The athletic authorities invite the public to attend as the game begins at 3 00 Athens time.
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Georgia-Auburn
University Chapel
Athens
No Trace of Auto Wreck Reported In Athens Last Night
Rumor of a Seaboard train striking a car near Athens prompted citywide excitement. Officials in Atlanta, Winder, and Bogart denied any wreck. Reporters spent hours seeking confirmation, while residents feared the incident.
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Athens
Seaboard
Atlanta
Hanner
Banner-Herald
Winder
Bogart
State board rejects calcium arsenate bids in Georgia
ATLANTA Ga The state board of entomology refused to accept bids from firms to supply the department of agriculture with calcium arsenate for farmers. The board said bids were too high and urged producers to offer the chemical at prices in line with cotton production costs.
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Atlanta
State Board of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Population of Korea Increases by August End
Seoul reports Korea’s population at 17,452,618 with 367,618 Japanese and 25,952 foreigners. Compared to 1915, total rise is 804,789 with 750,179 more Koreans, 46,618 more Japanese, and 7,680 more foreigners. Agriculture leads among Koreans by occupation. commerce tops among Japanese and foreigners.
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Seoul
Korea
Abattoir construction begins in Athens district
Actual construction of the Athens abattoir has begun with foundation excavation after a city permit issued by Building Inspector J. W. Barnett. J. M. Collins directs the project, funded by meat market interests to supply slaughtered, inspected meat and spur Northeast Georgia livestock industry. The Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation builds the abattoir and cold storage opposite the Georgia depot. Other permits issued include a five room Rock Springs street residence for J. W. Haralson and a remodel of Pete Petropol properties on Broad street.
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J. W. Barnett
J. M. Collins
Athens
Georgia
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
Georgia Depot
J. W. Haralson
Rock Springs Street
D. A. Watson
Pete Petropol
Broad Street
Pope Pius Seeks Peace Amid Italy’s Power Shift
The pope showed intense interest as Fascisti took power, receiving hourly Vatican briefings. A prelate’s remark on the revolution was rebuked by the Pope who called it a change of government, signaling the Holy See’s policy would stay unchanged despite Mussolini’s rise.
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Associated
Pius
Italy
Mussolini
Vatican
Holy See
Lloyd George to Speak Saturday Amid Election Anxiety
London reports say Lloyd George may address a meeting Saturday as the nomination deadline looms for Parliament. Voters await his plan on “spreading the war” against conservatives while Labor faces wary prospects after mixed municipal results. Opinion splits persist on Liberal Free Liberals alliance and Labour’s national fate.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
England
Asquith
Labor
Kidnapped girl Rosalie Shanty near Muskegoen to be returned
Rosalie Shanty, 11, the Muskegon swimming star, was abducted Sunday and left in Manistee county forest. Her condition improved by Thursday night and doctors expect she may be brought to a Muskegon hospital Friday or Saturday. A second girl remained in nervous state and no interview about the two days wandering was obtained. Abductor Ray Toons was jailed at Merequette prison Friday to serve a 35 year sentence.
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Muskegoen
Mich
Rosalie Shanty
Jack Pine Forest
Manistee County
Muskegon
Rosalie
Raytoons
Merequette
Athens Parent Teacher Council to Meet Tuesday
An Athens Parent-Teacher Council meeting is set for Tuesday at 3 PM in city hall. President Mrs. E. B. Hudson announced the event with speakers Captain J. W. Barnett on School Improvement, Annie Mae Wood Bryant on Home Economics, and Mrs. McLemore of Atlanta on Red Cross Service Clubs. All PTA members and interested residents are invited.
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Athens
Parent-Teacher Council
City Hall
E. B. Hudson
J. W. Barnett
Annie Mae Wood Bryant
McLemore
Atlanta
$25,000 For Her If She Marries, But She Refuses
New York reports heir to $25,000 in a will of Jacob Spanier who died in Los Angeles. Misa Ruth Spanier, 21, refuses the bequest via marriage and plans to continue selling bread, rolls, and pies in her mother's store. She states she will marry for love and not for money.
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New York
Misa Ruth Swanier
Miss Smanier
Jacob Spanier
Los Angeles
All Athens Off For Big Game In Columbus
The town awoke to a festive mood as Athens prepared for a football clash in Columbus between the Red and Bulldogs and Auburn Tiger. Freshmen rang chapel bells while congestion formed at the depots as trains carried students toward Electrical City. Police and city noise signaled a high spirited exodus with banners reading On to Columbus Down With Auburn and T H W T.
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Athens
Columbus
Central
Nolicemen
Ae Crinples
Auburn
Georgia
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