UST HONOR FREE NERS AN HEAD OF ARGONNE
Final tributes were paid to First Lieutenant Justus Erwin Owens of Company L 26th Infantry 82d Division who fell in the Argonne woods on October 10 1918. His body arrived in Canon Wednesday and simple but impressive funeral services were held at one o clock in the afternoon. Major Clark Howell accompanied Owens to the grave. Owens a 1916 UGA alumnus was elected their perpetual president and was deeply beloved by his company and admirers in Canon and the surrounding territory.
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Ee — Ganon
Justus Erwin Owens
Compay L
Argonne Woods
Canon
Clark Howell
Owens
University of Georgia
Newest Project Of City Fathers Great White Way For Athens
The Athens Chamber of Commerce directors unanimously approved the great white way street lighting project. Rhodes appointed a committee to cooperate with Rotary and Kiwanis to start the work, including Phinizy as chairman, M. J. Maynard, and T. H. Dozier Jr. The plan aims to brighten streets, boost attractiveness, and give Athens a metropolitan feel as it draws residents and visitors to the city. Citizens expect swift planning and completion of the new lighting and street beautification.
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Chamber
Commerce
Athens
Rhodes
Roary and
Kiwanis
Fait
Onc
Clvb
Harvey Church confesses to double murder in Chicago
In a strained courtroom scene Harvey W. Church confessed to killing Bernard Daugherty and Carl Ausmie, detailing the crimes and saying he planned further executions. Investigators noted that Park and others named had no involvement, while Church insisted on his innocence during a chaotic session.
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Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Bernard Daugherty
Carl Ausmie
Bly Mothe
Dia
Clarence “Wilner
Mil Ee Walker
Ulev
Leon Park
Park
Chere
Parks
Harvey
Hanged for Murder of 15 Year Old Girl in Bibb County
Clyde Thomas a Black man was hanged here on Thursday for the murder of a 15 year old Bibb county farmer's daughter. He was brought in by special train from Birmingham with National Guard troops on duty during the trial. The girl's body was found along the highway, attacked on the night of August 9.
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Tenterville
Clyde Thomas
Bibb County
Thomas
Birmingham
Wards
Birmingham Machine Gun Company
Alabama National Chard
Amd
Ingham
Omak
Women Preachers Urge Pulpit Equality At Chicago Convention
Miss M Madeline South ay president of the International federation of Women Preachers told members at their Chicago convention that if there were more men preachers in the pulpits there would be more men in relief. She asserted men have a preachers era spanning 2,000 years and that most converts have been women, questioning why women would share preaching power if the majority of their converts are men.
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Chicago
Tyre
M. Madeline Southay
The
International Wesolhtion
Ces Willard
Movies and Morals feature on spotlight in Banner
The Banner previews a four part series on Alice Calhoun’s rise from extra to 1200 a week star at Vitagraph, addressing fame's costs after the Arbuckle revelations. The articles, penned by her mother, promise insights into the lights and shadows of shadowland and the moral questions surrounding screen success.
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Alice Calhoun
Vitagraphs
Shadowland
Banner
Herald-Banner
Sex Knowledge Debate at World Methodist Conference
Victor Murray of the Primitive Methodist church spoke at the World Methodist Conference in London. He condemned a conspiracy of silence on sex, saying companionship is natural and that hiding life’s deepest facts only pushes people to seek guidance elsewhere. He urged church teaching to address these truths openly.
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Associated Press
London
Victor Murray
Primitive Methodist Church
Methodist
Caferense
Deadlock in League of Nations over deputy judge choice
Geneva dispatch reports the league assembly and council in a deadlock over the election of the tenth deputy judge of the international court. A conference committee was formed to meet a counterpart from the council, with a decision expected on the final deputy judge.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
Tonrth
International Court of Justice
Assembly
Council
Chamber of Commerce names committees for city projects
The Chamber of Commerce board met in the Securities building at 4 o clock Thursday to discuss winter tourist travel roadway improvements Athens signs and a descriptive booklet. The president was authorized to appoint committees to study and present a comprehensive plan for these projects.
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Chamber of Commerce
Securities Building
Athens
B. W Carroll
Athens Woman’s Club
G.0. Mell
M. J. Costa
C. D. Flani
Shot to Death Akron Akrop Sportsman 40
Akron resident Harry Sinclesr forty was shot to death early Thursday while returning from Cleveland with two women and another man in a car. The pursuing car fired on Sinclair’s vehicle. Mrs Lotta Friddle Miss Louise Friddle and Russell Smethers, in Sinclair’s car, are held as witnesses. Marshall Friddle, Lotta Friddle’s husband, was questioned after being found with his sister in law.
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Associated Press
Akron
Harry Sinclesr
Akrop
Roosevelt Uses Airplane to Reach Legion Meet
Theodore Boone, acting secretary of the Navy, flew from Washington to Camp Exboards to attend the American Legion convention in Ashbury Park. The trip spanned four hours and ten minutes, reflecting early air travel notes.
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Roosevelt
Leggion
Theodore Boone
Washington
Camp Exboards
The
American Legion
Ashbury Park
Federal law allows families 200 gallons of wine yearly
Hartford officials report a flood of inquiries about making home wine or non intoxicating juice. More than 6,000 letters arrived, including many from clergymen, as officials clarify that heads of families may legally produce 200 gallons per year for home use with a permit. The Bureau notes Treasury rules implement the provision, but Congress later nullified it, leaving the exemption from tax but restricting manufacture to the head of a family and without sale or profit.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Coun
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washinton
Fan Iles
Collecors
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Roper
McAdoo
Congress Peyer
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G. Campbell Morgan
C. D. Flanigen
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