Lee Highway Route Clash Spurs Confederate Rally
The Bankhead Highway Committee visit to Athens Georgia highlights a plan to reroute the Lee Highway from New York to New Orleans. Confederate Veterans urge preserving the original path through Virginia Tennessee and the South to honor General Lee and connect with the Bankhead Highway at Birmingham. The debate centers on routing via Chattanooga versus Memphis and the effect on southern cities, with state senators and governors urged to back the New Orleans route.
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Georgia
New York
New Orleans
Ordher
Robert BE. Lee
Birmingham
Washington
Chatgaooea
Valley
Virginia
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Charlotte
Richmond
Chattanooga
Memphis
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
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Benchan
Bankhead Highway Commission
Banner-Herald
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Robert E. Lee
State of
Winchester
South
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
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Florida
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Lee
San Antonio
Mexio
Republica
United States
Mexico
Congress
Trinkle
Cordon
Howella
Fire Rages in Constantinople Amid Panic and War News
Fire sweeps upper Pere street in Constantinople as residents panic. Reports note Allied forces advancing in the Near East and Turkish demands for more time to evacuate. The British mobile column positions near Eren Krul while Hamid Bey opposes Allied terms at the peace conference. The cruiser Pittsburgh refits for European waters under Vice Admiral Long.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Long
Constantinople
Associated Press
Hamid — Bey
Angora
Sea of
Marmara
Thrace
Asia
Europe
Hamid
Alliea
Britta Fo
Eren Krul
Paris
Greek Cabinet Shows Cohesion Amid Crisis
Athens reports Premiér Trientafillakos cabinet grows cohesive after resignations. New appointments include General Papoulas and three popular generals to reorganize Thrace’s army. A recent Allied note to Mustafa Kemal prompts uneasy reaction. Greece vows to continue building its Thrace forces despite tensions.
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Athens
Associated Press
Trientafillakos ix
Nemmeambera
Papoulas
Thrace
Albit
Musphi Kemal Pasha
Foreign Office
Greece
Charlotte Hosts Governors at Made in Carolina Exposition
Charlotte welcomed two governors, Harvey of South Carolina and Morrison of North Carolina, Monday to join the Made in Carolina exposition. They attended a luncheon hosted by the entertainment committee and participated in the display opening, later speaking before the Knights of Pythias.
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Charlotte
N. C
Harvey
South Carolina
Morrison
North Carolina
Knighta
Pythias
Mystery of Athens boy given away seventeen years ago
William Henry Hicks, adopted by Mr and Mrs Will Hicks of Athens after Lula Pierce allegedly gave him to them seventeen years ago, told Atlanta police he sought his mother. Hicks asserts he was cruelly treated by his mother before adoption and that witnesses including Tedder, the Woodall family, and Tom Medley could prove the claim. He has lived with the Hicks family in Athens and later appeared in Atlanta to seek his mother.
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William Henry Hicks
Atlanta
Lula Pierce
Will Hicks
Athens
Exposition Cotton Mills
Hicks
LaGrange
William Hicks
Athens Manufacturing Company
William Henry Pierce
Atlanta Burned Area to Be Rebuilt
Atlanta business district fire damaged several buildings Sunday morning. John W. Grant, owner of the Kress store building, stated contraction work would begin immediately to rebuild or repair the structures including the Childs Hotel L F M Store and Elseshan’s clothing company. Owners expect losses to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, insured.
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Atlanta
Iheart of
John W. Grant
Kress
Child's
Elseshan's Clothing Company
Everal
New Anaesthetic Method Demonstrated by Dr Hardman
Dr L G Hardman of Commerce, a prominent Northeast Georgia physician, will demonstrate a new anaesthetic method at the State College of Agriculture animal husbandry building on October 11. He explains the technique applies anaesthetic to the blood rather than by inhalation or injection, after refining it from a 38 year old concept. The event invites students, city physicians, and the public to observe the results.
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L. G. Hardman
Commerce
Georgia
State College of Agriculture
Hardman
Woman Shot at Home Reports Steady Recovery
Mrs. Emily Maples, a young Oconee County matron, was rushed to St Marys hospital after an accidental shooting at her residence. Authorities reported Monday morning she was doing nicely. a .32 caliber pistol discharged, injuring her abdomen and leg.
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Emily Maples
Oconee County
St. Mary's Hospital
Gretna Patrols with 100 Deputies After Rail Strike Plot
New Orleans area Gretna resembles an arsenal as more than one hundred deputy marshals patrol the streets armed with shotguns following a Sunday clash between deputies and alleged rail strike sympathizers in which four were seriously wounded. The grand jury is to convene Tuesday in special session to investigate.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Gretna
Auto Blaze Call Out Fire Dept
Firemen rushed to the intersection of Cobb Street and Prince Avenue Sunday night to extinguish a vehicle fire belonging to Mrs. Ua Swift. The blaze caused by a short circuit caused most of the damage.
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Cobb Street
Prince Avenue
Uae Swift
Jealousy Said Motive In New Brunswick Double Murder
Investigators probing the shooting deaths of Rev Edward Wheeler Holt and choir leader Eleanor Reit hardt Mills in New Brunswick New Jersey said jealousy likely sparked the crime. They hold clues of church dissension but have yet to identify the gunman. Raymond Schneider and Pearl Bahmer, who found the bodies, were questioned again as detectives pursued leads. The girl involved was confined at her father’s request after being charged with intractability.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Edward Wheeler Holt
Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist
Hia
Mra
Eleanor Reithardt Mills
Raymond Scheider
Pearl Bahmer
Schelter
Schneider
Paternity Row Case Climax Expected Today
In South Bend Indiana the paternity trial of Harry Poulin nears its end as testimony wraps up. Augusta Tiernan accuses Poulin of fathering her ten month old child and the defense prepares to rest. The defendant is to testify and an alibi from relatives is cited. Judge Ducomb is expected to rule by week’s end with higher court possible if ruling goes against Poulin.
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South Bend
Ind
Harry Poulin
Augusta Tiernan
Jéllison
Poulin
First District Democrat Convention Held in Millen Monday
Savannah Ga. The First District Democratic convention will meet in Millen Monday. R. Lee Moore, a Statesboro lawyer, will be proclaimed the nominee for Congress after defeating incumbent J. W. Overstreet in the recent primary. Moore carried the county unit vote and won by a larger margin in Pitt County space.
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Millen
Bavannah
R. Lee Moore
Statesboro
J. W. Overstreet
Moors
Pitt Ar Vole
Overstreet
Grand Jury Probes Barrow Lawlessness in Fortson Charge
In Barrow County Judge Blanton Fortson urges the grand jury to trace mob violence and lawlessness. He cites a May attack on Asbury McCluskey and other outrages, urging indictments and justice, while detailing threats and attacks within the county. The panel, gathered in Winder, faces a broad scope of alleged mob actions and calls for accountability.
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Winder
Blanton Fortson
Barrow County Grand Jury
Barrow County
Grand Jury
Superior Court
Georgia
Fortson
Asbury Mer Cluskey
Ubon
Mack
Lay
Borrells
John Reed
Atlanta
Big County
Aince
Apel
Clusky
McCluskey
Willie Peters
Statham
Elnii
Ath
McCluker
Cott
Cluskey
Sikea
Pearsiane
Acta
Mrs McNaron shot three times by divorced husband in Birmingham
Mrs. M. I. McNaron was shot three times Sunday night by her divorced husband M. McNaron, now in county jail awaiting the outcome of her wounds. Surgeons say she will probably recover. The case follows a previous assault linked to a larger legal matter in Tacoma involving alleged abuse via mail. Police describe a related minor scuffle with McNaron’s associate and his mother.
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Birmingham
Ala
M. I. McNaron
M. McNaron
McNaron
Vaden
Wasti
McNaroon
Only One Juryman Picked For Murder Trial
MEMPHIS TENN Two additional venires of two hundred fifty men each were ordered after over three hundred veniremen were examined and only one juror selected in the trial of four striking shopmen charged with murder tied to the fatal shooting of nonunion workers employed by the St Louis and San Francisco railway earlier this month.
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Memphis
Tenn
Scotty Welcomed With Cheers At College Night
Alfred Scott, famed Georgia basketball figure, triggered a big ovation at the annual College Night in the Chapel. University notables spoke on student backing for U. U. McC. A. and the value of student support for all athletics as 300 plus students and many coeds attended. Colonel D. W. Ryther presented prizes to cadets Bruce Jones and Fred Davis, while a loving cup went to an unnamed winner for a summer camp high score. Afterward the crowd moved to the Y M C A hut for ice cream and refreshments.
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Alfred Scott
Peerless Baskets
Accent
University of Georgia
Scott
University U. McC. A
University
A. Lewis
David, Barrow
8. V. Sanford
H. J. Stegeman
Milton Jarnigan
D. W. Ryther
W. H. Mewbourne
F. C. McClure
Military Corps
Ryther
Bruce Jones
Fred Davis
Jones
Military Department
Davia
Cotton Dusted with Calcium Arsenate Increases Yield
Van Noy Wier of Southern Cotton Oil Company and Virginia Carolina Chemical Company reports cotton dusted with calcium arsenate yielded nearly ten bales more than undusted on the same land. They picked about 5015 pounds of seed cotton on the treated tract versus 2176 pounds on a similar undusted tract.
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Van_ Noy Wier
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Virgine Caroolina Chemical Company
Mh. Wier
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