Clarke county approves highway bonds by wide margin
Clarke county voters approve more than one million dollars for permanent highways with county expenditure of 250 thousand and government matching funds. Unofficial tallies show strong support across districts though turnout was light as workers campaigned heavily and Athens area led the drive for better roads.
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Clarke County
Athens
Rlogan
Georgia
Militia
Georgia Factory
Sandy Creek
Puryear’s
Buch Branch
Bradberry's
Kenney's
Princeton
Radicals Plan Another Revolt
Attorney Palmer told the House appropriations committee he seeks a $500000 special fund to hunt radicals. He said officials had been advised of another radical attempt to destroy the government in one clean sweep, though the exact date remains unnamed.
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Washington
Dene Palmer
House Appropriations Committee
Singing Convention Opens at Y M C A This Week
Arrangements are complete for a big singing convention at the Y M C A beginning Saturday at 11 oclock. W T Forbes secretary will give the welcome address to Clarke county plngers. A song, then Dr Dempsey will pray. Day features leaders from Oglethorpe Oconee Madison and Walton. The Jackson choir led by Benjamin Collier will perform. No Sunday morning singing, services start at 3 p m.
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Clarke County
W.T. Forbes
Dr. Dempsey
Oglethorpe
Oconee
Madison
Walton
Jackson
Wine and Beer Exemption Fails in Senate Vote
Washington June 18 A motion by Senator Phelan Democrat California to add a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill exempting beer and wine from the wartime prohibition act was tabled by the Senate by a 55 to 11 vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Phelan
California
Senate
Palmer's regime to be probed by Senate hearings
Washington June 18. Senate judiciary committee chaired by Senator Dillingen Republican will investigate charges against the administration of Attorney General Palmer as alien property custodian. The hearings were decided after members recognized the matter as a public concern and set the stage for formal inquiries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Palmer
Senate
Dilingen
20 Million More for Planes Approved in Navy Bill
The House passed a $20 million increase to the aviation appropriation within the $15 million navy bill. Captain T Craven Chief of Naval Aviation urged Senate action warning the U S would fall behind rival nations in aircraft development if not granted.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ohe
Senate
T. Craven
Naval Aviation
Declan
United States
Army Welfare Control Sought By War Assistant
Assistant Secretary of War Keppel urged the Senate Military Committee to maintain current army welfare and educational activities while seeking army control over YMCA YMCA like agencies and similar organizations. He asked that the five million dollar appropriation be restored to the army bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Keppel
Y. M. CA
Knivals
Columbus
Senate
Clarke County Earns Front Line Sunday School Honor
Clarke county earned a front line designation at the State Sunday School Association meeting in Rome Georgia after reports showed high standards across county Sunday Schools. Only Elbert and Clarke achieved this distinction, reflecting strong leadership from officials and pupils and promising greater effort statewide.
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Clarke County
State Sunday School Association
Rome
National Association
Elbert
Clarke
Government Loses Heavily in Sales of War Aeroplanes
Washington reports show the government recouped only twelve percent of original cost from aeroplane sales. Eleven hundred J-1 planes sold for 200 dollars each, about four percent of cost, 1,600 JN-4 planes brought 400 dollars each, eight percent, and 4,600 Curtiss motors sold for 400 dollars, nineteen percent. The Curtiss Aero Plane and Motor Company bought the entire lot.
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Associated Press
Washington
Curtiss Motors
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Labor Radicals and Conservatives Clash at AFL Convention
Atlantic City June 18 radical and conservative delegates clash over a proposal for initiative and referendum within organized labor. The radical element suffered a crushing defeat, continuing a bitter contest from the previous day.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
American Federation of Labor
Miss Mary Christy Claimed By Death
Miss Mary Christy aged 72 died at Balsam North Carolina and was buried at Wainville North Carolina She was daughter of John H Christy former owner and editor of The Athens Banner and congressman This Athens churchgoing woman was remembered for her many good deeds and the community regrets her passing.
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Mary Christy
Balsam
N. C
Wainville
N.C
John H. Christy
Athens Banner
Christy
Athens
Koreans Decried by Thwing as Japanese Brutality
Rev Edward W Thwing recounts in Peking after visiting Korea in March that Japanese police and soldiers brutalized civilians including old men women and children during the Korean Independence Movement. He cites beating shooting and torture aimed at suppressing peaceful protests and warns the world of a terror regime under Japan.
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Peking
Associated Press
Edward W. Thwing
International Reform Bureau
Korea
Thwing
Japan
Alldren
Solnin
Tve
Quan
Owen
Boston
Mass
Independence Reform Bureau
World Conference of Nations
China
Chinese Republic
Athens Attorneys Represent Heirs in Big Law Suit
Heirs of J. M. Fitzpatrick pursue an injunction to halt Broad River water rights sale and seek a receiver. The case, tied to Westinghouse owned properties in Wilkes, Lincoln, and Elbert counties, involves hydroelectric power contracts and sales through Anthony Shoals interests dating back to 1901. Local counsel Holden Jennings Shackleford Meadows Erwin Nix Green Michael represent heirs as eastern capitalists’ suit proceeds in federal court.
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Tien
Httorneys
J. M. Pitzpatrick
Weinst Westinghouse
Hurch, Kerr & Company
Wiliam Morris Emrle & Company
Broad River
Ween Wills
Elbert
Shackleford & Meadows
Erwin & Nix
Green & Michael
Denmark& Ilutehios
Lawton & Cunning Hit
Savannah
Wilkes
Lincoln
Hydro
Ie Power Company
Washington
Anthony Shoals Power Company
Broadriver
Shoals
Messrs. T. H
J. H. Fitzpatrick
Electric Properties Company of New York
Anthony Shoals Tower Company
New York
New York Company
Eastern Company
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company
William Morris Imbrie & Company
John F. Wallace
Fitzpatrick Brothers
Same
Federal wire rate extension eyed by House
Washington June 18 Telegraph rates fixed by government under Federal control would be extended for a reasonable period not exceeding in months under an amendment tentatively adopted tonight by the House during debate on repeal of the wire control act.
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Washington
House
Congress Protest Over Mexico Mandate Shift to Britain
Washington June 18 Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts introduced a resolution to protest any league of nations mandate over Mexico being given to Great Britain. The measure, sent to the foreign relations committee, asserts the United States can handle any situation in neighboring Mexican territory. In Tampico, ten alleged IWW members were killed by Mexican Federal troops during a riot, with many wounded.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
Democrat
Massachusetts
Congress
League of Nations
Mexico
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Galiston
Industrial Workers of the World
Tampico
WAR TRADE BOARD PLANS TO ENFORCE EMBARGO ON GERMANY
Washington June 18 The war trade board said it would enforce embargo measures against Germany once the inter allied blockade council confirms a renewed blockade. Acting Chairman Woolley stated the step hinges on treaty conditions and Germany’s response to the peace terms.
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WAR Trade Board
Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Inter-Allied Blockade Council
Woolley
Ginners to Attend World Cotton Meet
Six hundred ginners from across the South will attend the World Cotton Conference in New Orleans October 13 to 16. Georgia to send 100 delegates, chosen by Mell M. Stephenson at the request of T. J. Justiss. The conference will host delegates from the U S and foreign countries and cover all aspects of the cotton industry. The American Cotton Association convention will precede the world meeting, with L B Jackson aiding drafting of the association constitution and by laws in Columbia S C.
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Atlanta
South
New Orleans
Georgia
Mell M. Stephenson
Georgia Ginners’ Association
T. J. Justiss
Texas Ginners’ Association
Cotton Seed
U. S. Food Administration
United States
American Cotton Association
American Association
L. B. Jackson
Market Bureau
Georgia State Department of Agriculture
Columbia
S.C
S Aviation
Death threats sent U. S. officer by Hun in Coblenz
In Coblenz, Major George Cockrell and Captain Theodore Fisher, both unpopular with German locals, handle billets for American officers and soldiers. Cockrell runs military police and jail transfers while Fisher lists every city home for billeting and matches spare rooms to officers. Since joining the Army of Occupation Fisher has gained ten pounds.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
George Cockrell
Theodore F. Fisher
Fee
Maujor Cockrell
St. Paul
Cockrell
Fisher
Chicago
Fraser
Captain Fisher
Germany
Army of Occupation
Diplomas Presented at Large University of Georgia Commencement
The University of Georgia held a major commencement ceremony with Chancellor Barrow presiding. About 100 diplomas were issued to graduates across disciplines, including business, engineering, law, and the arts. Notable honorees included J. M. T. Finney receiving a doctor of science and S. P. Wiggins a doctor of divinity, among others.
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University OF Georgia
David C. Barrow
J. W. Lynch
John William Abney
Athens
Hartwell Dewey Archer
B.S. Ag
Sparta
William Glenn Arnold
A. B. Newnan
Richard Thomas Baker
Danielsville
William Henry Beck, Jr
AOR
Griffin
Fred Williams Kennett
Jefferson
Albert Bernard Bernstein
Savannah
Benjamin Brook
Carrollton
Elijah Alexander Brown
Atlanta
Louis Leonard Brown
Fort Valley
Charles Murphey Candler
Tifton
Arthur Hodgson Ux
William McKenzie Dallas
Thomaston
Louis Seaborn Davis
Augusta
Guillermo A. Krebohm
de la Vega
Tuca
Argentina
Weyman Isaac Doe
Watkinsville
James Gaston Gay
William Cornelius Gheesling
Norwood
Eugene Thomas Gilbert
Washington, Ga
Evans Worth Hadley
Elkins
W. Va
Wond Griffeth Hampton
Colbert
Henry Stanley Hartings
B. S
Decatur
Oherman Heyman
Claude Harrison Satterfield
Adairaville
Carl Calvin Seagraves
Hull
Alfred Melba Thornton
Fayetteville
Harry Gardner Thornton
Elberton
Shan Chuan Wang
A. Szechu
Szechuen
China
Ieron Wells Wheeler
B.S. A
David Pinckney Whetcher
Gutneaville
Walter Jo Whitehead
Carlton
Wallace Preston Zarhry
A. B
Arthur Park
Harry Monroe Breed
J. M. T. Finney
Eugene C. Branson
Thomas G. Carlton
P. Wiggins
Ruby Usher Hightower
Albert Bernard Feinstein
Herman Heyman
William Davis Hooper, Jr
George Harold McWhorter
Wallace Treston Zachery
Max Cutler
Matthew Malitz Levy
John Carlyle McDonald
Thomas Melitzer Nelbling
Charles Adolphus Halgler
Frederick William Bennett
Tick Wd
Tomas Baker
Arthur Hodgeon Cox
John William Shney
Frank Leslie Fort
John Clark Hudgens
Frank Lansing Lee
William Davis O'Leary
Charles Dunaway Quinn
Mary Etvel Creswell
Samuel Gaines Story
Heirs Seek Back Pay for Georgia Congressman Christy
A claim dating to Reconstruction seeks $10,494 in back pay for John H. Christy, elected from Georgia, barred from seating, with heirs scattered across North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Oregon. The effort, led by Representatives Brand and Bell, aims to have Congress settle the long delayed payment.
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John Christy
South Brand
John
Christy
Washington
Theodore Tiller
Congress
Charles H. Brand
Thomas M. Bell
Georgia
John A. Christy
John H. Christy
9Th
Sth
South
Mec. Christy
H. Carlton
Washington City
Carlton
Charis Doughtery
Mr. Christy
Samuel J. Tribble
Committee On Claims
J. Tribble
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Oregon
Ports of the South Shows Large Gains
Atlanta reports that the South Atlantic Maritime Corporation has advanced Latin American trade diversions with the nine thousand ton steamer Walden. The ship will run between Charleston Jacksonville and Buenos Aires boosting freight to the port cities as shipments to Argentina increase ahead of schedule.
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Atlanta
South Atlantic Maritime Corporation
New York
Walden
Charleston
Jacksonville
Bennos Aires
Argentina
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Weimar
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LaGrange
Phillip Cohen
James Varnedoe Crawford
Valdosta
West Lemuel Crawford
Henry Reid Dedarnette
Eatonton
Henry Hartridge Durrence
Daisy
William Jterschel Griffin
G. Miles Lewis Hall
Greensboro
Roy Vincent Harris
Wrens
Linton Lippett
Albany
Edward Howard McMichael
West Wind
Charles Murphey Candler, Jr
Miles Lewis Hall
Law School
Horatio
Wallace Preston Zachery
Charles McLean Andrewa
Yale University
William M. Dallas
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