Program to fight cost of living outlined by Palmer
Attorney General Palmer pledges full DOJ power to prosecute boarders and profiteers. He outlines a city and county network of fair price committees backed by mayors and district attorneys, plus a women’s drive to refuse nonessential purchases and theater outreach by four minute men. Treasury raises 1,410,000 women from ten national groups to teach economizing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Palmer
Department of Justice
Civie
Mminols
United States
Civic Odie
Washington
Dee
Savings Division
Treasury Department
President Saves Negro Captain From Death
Washington reports the sentence of death for Capt. Daniel Smith of the 368th Infantry was disapproved by the president and he was returned to duty the War Department announced. Smith has since been demobilized.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daniel Smith
368Th Infantry
France
War Department
Smith
Com missary and committees chosen for Christmas aid
Mrs. T F Green chairs Banner Commissary at the Chamber of Commerce rooms inviting donations of clothing shoes furniture and toys for needy families. A 2:30 pm Saturday meeting in the Chamber rooms with the main committee and a Dolls committee led by Mrs T H McHatton and Mrs B F Porter are listed along with many names of assisting members.
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T. F. Green
Mra. Green
Chamber of Commerce
Holman
Santa Claus
Hondaya. Banner Commissary
Green
Chamber of Commeroe
J. L. Sexton
Walver-Childs
Peter Brown
Goldsmith
Latimer
A. A. Richards
M. ©. O'Callaghan
Lucy Linton
Ruth Tibb
German Capital Desertes the Flag Debate in Berlin
Berlin December 16 German capital has deserted the flag says the Vor Werte in a bitter comment on the decline in value of the German mark.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sugar equalization board extended to 1920 by House vote
Washington congress action records a 256 to 34 House vote approving a Senate bill extending the sugar equalization board through 1920. War time price control powers remain with the government, amendments approved and sent to conference for reconciliation.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Sugar Equalization Board
Expect Coal Price to Rise Under Strike Settlement
Washington December 16 Tracy W Guthrie president of Hillman Coal and Coke Co told the Senate coal investigating committee a Wilson plan accepted by miners would raise wages and could double the 14 percent rise previously agreed. Columbus December 16 losses from coal strikes totaled about 126 million dollars per W D McKinney secretary Southern Ohio Coal Exchange miners suffered the largest wage loss at 60 million dollars with additional railway curtailment and industrial shutdowns not included.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tracy W. Guthrie
Hillman Coal and Coke Company
Senate Coal Investigating Committee
Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
Losa
United States
W D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
M_Kinney
Representatives propose bonded liquor shipment to Cuba
Louisville dispatch notes that shipping lines out of Charleston Savannah Brunswick Jacksonville and Wilmington plan to move nine million dollars worth of liquor in a bonded warehouse to Cuba for storage and resale. The action targets distillers and involves liquor destined for Cuba South America and Europe.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Ines
Charleston
Savannah
Brunswick
Jacksonville
Wilmington
Cuba
South America
Europe
Boll Weevil School at State College to Run Jan 20 30 1920
A ten day Boll Weevil School will be held at the Georgia State College of Agriculture Athens January 20 30 1920. Demonstrations involve calcium arsenate application by hand and machinery hog inoculation fence post treatment and trenching among others. One hundred bushels of sewed potatoes to be marketed through Athens merchants. Fees include $5 laboratory, $1 daily meals, $1.50 lodging, with limited enrolment due to housing.
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Georgia State College of Agriculture
Athens
Georgia
Merchants of
Boll Weevil School
Mitchells Bridge Replaced Soon After Flood Loss
Clarke County Commissioners voted to replace Mitchells Bridge washed away by the freshet affecting West Point and nearby Georgia towns. Work to begin at once with choice of steel or concrete pending a survey and bids, traffic diverted to Epps Bridge nearby during construction.
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Mitchell's
West Point
Georgia
Alabama
Clarke County Commissioners
Mitchell Bridge
Epps
Athens
A A adopts new constitution with one exception
Prof Sanford drafted and the A A adopted a new constitution at the S I A A meeting in Birmingham. The first year rule allowing freshmen in athletics was struck by a 14 to 12 vote. Officers were re elected. Raige of Auburn urged Auburn Alabama Tech and Georgia to avoid intercollegiate meets. Sanford outlined plans for Georgia basketball and the 1920 football schedule with top southern teams.
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V. Sanford
Birmingham
South
Sanford
Raige
Auburn
Alabama
Tech
Georgia
L Wading College
Southland
Hoey Defeats Morehead in North Carolina Race
In Ninth District a special election centers on the League of Nations issue. Democrat Clyde R. Hoey defeats Republican John M. Morehead by claims of up to two thousand votes based on incomplete returns. Morehead cites a Republican headquarter tally favoring Hoey by about thirteen to fourteen hundred.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
North Carolina
League of Nations
Clyde R. Hoey
John M. Morehead
League
Morehead
Hoey
Agricultural Implement Company seeks incorporation in Athens GA
The petitioners W H Chafin P S Johnson and C N Hodgson seek to form Agricultural Implement Company for twenty years with renewal. It will deal in automobiles tractors trucks scales wagons harness livestock and farm tools, with offices in Athens Clarke County. Capital stock 50000 dollars, with potential increase to 200000 dollars, all with corporate rights to sue and be sued, to contract and issue bonds. Filed November 17 1919. Clarke County Georgia.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Superior Court
Said County
W. H. Chafin
P. S. Johnson
C. N. Hodgson
Agricultural Implement Company
Athens
E. J. Crawford
BR. J. Crawford
Clarke County Notices of Administration and Divorces 1919
This item lists multiple Clarke County 1919 notices including permanent administration citations for James W. Camak and Mitchell Brittan, divorce libels against several defendants, a sale of estate property for debts, and various court orders from Ordinary R C Orr and Clarke Superior Court judges. It records dates, parties, to appear requirements, and attorneys, with guardianship and executor actions noted.
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Georgia
Clairke County
James W. Camak
Louis Camak
M. W. Camak
Said
Tate
Leite
James W
R. C. Orr
Clarke County
Josephine Smythe Camak
Old County
Rc, Orr
Mitchell Brittian
Silvey Brittian
Mitchell Brittan
Superior Court
Said County
Katie J. Griffeth
FB. B. Griffith
Gree & Michael
Property Sales in Athens Estate of J R Edwards
Two city lots in Clarke County Georgia near the Normal School are to be sold for cash as part of the estate of J R Edwards deceased. One lot fronts Satulah Avenue and has a four room frame house. the second lot fronts Sutulah Avenue with a four room dwelling. Appraisal terms and sale during legal hours on the first Tuesday in January 1920. J M Edwards administrator.
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Georgia
Clarke County
W. C. Thornton
Ike Allen
M. C. Orr
Court of Ordinary
F E. Griffeth
Said
City of
Athena
216Th
Oconee River
Odd Street
Zion Hill
Athens
Brnett
Barnett
A. Clarke County
Broad Street
Holbrooks
Nannie Lester
Willingham
Willie Gaurdy
Satulah Avenue
Belog
Sutulah Avenue
J. R. Edwards
Normal School
J. M. Edwards
J. R- Edwards
Uruguay Bids Mediation for Mexico and U S
Mexico City reports Uruguayan Foreign Minister Andrial Terra offered Uruguay as mediator in the Mexico United States dispute amid no confirmation from Washington or Uruguayan legation. Officials recall past mediation rumors during the Jenkins case and note U S would demand armed protection terms if mediation proceeds.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Andrial Terra
Uruguan
Uruguay
Mexico
United States
Mexican Foreign Relations Department
Enriques
Amonte
Washington
State Department
Jenkins
Latin America
Many Republican Favorite Sons In Fight
Washington reports Senator Harding of Ohio publicly enters the Republican nomination race. Senators Poindexter and Johnson follow suit, with Sutherland rapidly boosted by Republican supporters. In Pierre South Dakota Governor Lownden of Illinois declares as an independent in the March state primaries. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is nominated for the presidency in South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Ohio
Poindexter
Johnson
California
Sutherland
West Virginia
Pierre
Lownden
Ilinois
Leonard Wood
South Dakota
Old German ammunition found in secret tunnels near Coblenz
American troops uncover hundreds of tons of German army munitions in a hidden subterranean complex below an ordnance depot near Coblenz. Secret passages link former barracks to military points around the city. Guards placed at key exits while investigators plan a full survey. Mrs Claude Montgomery of Commerce spent yesterday in the city.
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Germany
Coblens
Claude Montgomery
Commerce
City
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M. C. Estes
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Alvin Boles
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