Ulster May Block Plans for Peace in Ireland
London dispatch reports Dublin’s Dail Éireann cabinet weighing phases of Ulster opposition to the Lloyd George peace plan. Northern cabinet meetings yield no stance as Sir James Craig’s Ulster position remains secret. Interchange of notes between de Valera and Craig may follow within days.
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A. A. E. Johnson
United News
London
Dublin
Dail Éireann
Ulster
Dail Eireann
Lloyd-George
James Craig
de Valera
Craie
Dail
Southern Ireland
Belfast
Sir James Craig
Three-Person Poisoning Mystery Under Scrutiny
Chicago police investigate a trio of arsenic poisonings linked to the Kolze case in a long, tangled affair. Etta Koizedi and Mrs Demmer are questioned as detectives pursue motives, powders, and a web of close friends and housekeepers.
Burning Papers Draw Big Crowd at Austell Office Building
A pile of burning newspapers behind an old roller-top desk in Roy Drennon’s law office on the fourth floor of the Austell building caused a brief scare Friday night. Firemen arrived as smoke poured from windows. Drennon, away about 20 minutes, suspected a dropped match started the blaze. No damage was reported.
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Roy Drennon
Austell
Drennon
Editors of Eighth Gather in Athens
Athens August 5 Special Editors of the Eighth district met in Athens for their annual convention. W F Dorsey spoke followed by E W Carroll of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and other leaders. The next meeting will be September 10 to review by laws and constitution of the reorganized association.
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Athens
Athen.s
W. F. Dorsey
E. W. Carroll
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Julian McCurry
Ernest Camp
W. Bacon
Camp
Highth
Belflower speaks at ward club meeting in Wind Ward
Belflower, candidate for council in the third ward, spoke at a Wind Ward Club meeting held Friday at Mrs. K. M. Fisk’s Capitol avenue home. He outlined his platform opposing Councilman Fred C. Woodall. The event was presided by Mrs. John W. Burgess. a mass meeting for Belflower postponed due to inclement weather.
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Ower
Third Ward
Mra. K. M. Fisk
Capitol Avenue
Belflower
Fred CG. Woodall
John W. Burgess
Era
Jefferson crops promise good yield in troubled cotton region
In Loulavinte Georgia on August 5 special dispatch reports farmers expect solid corn potatoes peas and hay despite poor cotton prospects. Adequate rains followed by hot sunshine damaged cotton, yet other crops look favorable for a productive season.
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Loulavinte
Home-Coming Fete Held in Meriwether
Durand Ga August 5 Special The annual home coming of about 5000 former Meriwether citizens from many points of the county was celebrated with a barbecue by the Warm Springs chautauqua now in session at the Old Warm Springs campground. Week events included lectures Bible study motion pictures baseball and other games. Wednesday evening feature was entertainment by the Manchester Woman's club and Friday evening by the Chipley Woman's club. The chautauqua closes Monday. The old Meriwether campground has hosted these gatherings for more than a hundred years.
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Durand
Acme
Warm Springs
Woman's Club ‘of
Manchester
Women's Club of
Chiptey
Abandons Postmaster Bid After Anonymous Letter
Savannah reports George Guerard, who announced plans to seek the Guyton postmaster position, has written the Postmaster General abandoning the bid after receiving an anonymous letter questioning a republican seeking to replace a widow’s income. Mrs Mary D Shearhouse remains Guyton postmistress.
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Savannah
George Guerard
Guyton
Mary, D. Shearhouse
Convict Recaptured After Pistol Battle at Southern Depot
Gainesville Ga August 5 A pistol battle with two escaped convicts and a negro at the Southern depot left no injuries. Officers Elrod Pirkle and Strickland chased the trio who jumped from an empty car and fired. One convict was captured. the other two were not apprehended. The captured man identified as Wilson an escapee from Habersham county. His companion named Arrowood fled.
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Gainesville
Southern Depot
Elrod
Pirkle
Strickland
Convigta
Wilson
Habersham County
Arrowood
Borah Rallies for Army Navy Cuts in Tax Fight
United Press dispatch from Washington reports Senator Borah urging army and navy reductions to save 50 to 70 million, with potential 200,000 in service and continued battleship work. House committee chairman Fordney supports cuts to 75,000. White House aides plan to aid tax reduction efforts amid party debates.
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Ralph B. Turner
United Press
Stice
Washington
Mellon
Army
Navy
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senate
United States
Borah
Congress
Fordney
House
Ways and Means
Comamittee
Porah
Harding
Democratic National Committee
Enemies Seek to Kill Man in Amnesia Case in Nashville
A Nashville man identified as H. T. Towns, about 45, is under police care after exhibiting extreme restlessness and paranoia. He claims two pursuers want to kill him to seize a cottage in Hermitage and carries about $400 believed sent by his Adde mleca to help him escape. He cannot recall his wife or past, and doctors at Grady Hospital call the case baffling.
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H. T. Towns
Nashville
Tenn
Eat ” Gofficera
Hermitage
Abde Mleca
Grady Hosital
River Boat Line To Be In Operation By September 1
Savannah announces that by September 1 a river boat line between Savannah and Augusta will be in operation. Macon H. Rouse and Edward J. Black, Savannah rivermen, have taken up the project and are arranging the inauguration of the freight boat line with passenger facilities to be added.
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Savannah
Augusta
Columbus
Chattahoochee
Macon
Atlantic
H. Rouse
Edward J. Black
Vote to Bar Circuses From City During Southeastern Fair
The city attorney ruled the action legal and the ordinance committee approved barring circuses carnivals and rented shows from the city during the Southeastern fair and ten days before. The committee seeks protection for the fair and will forward the measure to council for adoption at the next meeting.
Creamery Aiming to Start in Laurens County County
A creamery in Laurens County Georgia, now under court of organization in Dublin, is slated to begin operations in November. Farmers have pledged supply if a ready market is prepared, with 90 cents per gallon noted as backer support for the venture.
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Laurens
Dublin
Phone Girl Sues for 20 Million Over Long Lost Will
Milwaukee August 5 Spec Miss Misa Susan Shabach a hotel switchboard operator seeks a share of Stephen Girard's estate said to be worth tens of millions. She and two other heirs claim papers in her family may restore a title to part of the fortune once left to Philadelphia’s city after his death but later voided by Pennsylvania technicalities. Frederick Groslie her attorney travels to Philadelphia to pursue the matter with other heirs William Stabach of Pontiac Michigan and Simon Girard grandson of Dominic are named as beneficiaries if the suit succeeds.
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Milwaukee
Misa Susan Shabach
Frederick Groslie
Miss Shabach
Aldelphia
Se Girard
Ming
Shapach
Dolars
Philadelhia
Pen 1Vania
Dominic Girard
Dominic
William Stabach
Pontiac
Mich
Simon Girard
Georgia Cotton Growers Plan Campaign Tour in Georgia
Statewide drive for cooperative cotton marketing under the California plan moves into Jasper county with a Monticello courthouse meeting led by J T Wise and Rev Thurman H McCoy. The effort aims to organize growers across Georgia, with teams touring the state through August.
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Juliette
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Association
Hich
California
Jasper County
Monticello
J.T. Wise
Banks County
Thurman H. McCoy
Atlanta
Montice
Augusta woman dies by own action under illness
Augusta Ga August 5 Special Mrs Levia Worsham 38 a mother of five and wife of William Worsham an operator at the Sibley mill killed herself shortly after 4 o clock yesterday after sending her children from her bedroom to play next door Her daughter Ruby 12 found the body and the coroner's jury classified it as death by own action The motive was said to be dependence over illness The youngest child Olivia 13 months
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Augusta
Specia
Levia Worsham
William Worsham
Sibley Mill
Ruby
Caroner
Olivia
American Held For Trying to Bribe German Chemists
American Van Stone, connected with a U S paint maker, was arrested in Mannheim for attempting to bribe German chemists to disclose secrets of the Baden Aniline and Soda company. The incident was reported from Mannheim with Berlin dispatches dated August 5.
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Berlin
Mannheim
van Stone
Baden Aniline and Soda
Bank of Covington Reopens This Week in Swann Building
Covington Ga August special reports the Farmers bank, closed for months, has reopened in the Swann building on Monticello street. Several Newton county business leaders are involved. Officers elected include J B Robinson president, M Levin vice president, and Homer L Hitchcock cashier.
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Covington
August
Farmers’ Bank
Beiing
Swann
Monticello Street
Newton County
J. B. Robinson
M. Levin
Homer L. Hitchcock
Macon auto dealer disposes of business in cash
Macon Georgia August 6 Special R A McCord veteran automobile dealer of Macon today announced that he had disposed of his entire automobile interests in Macon to S Zed Downs for a cash consideration of 125000 Air was had for some time been associated with Mr Metford and several months ago he took over the implement distribution part of the business of R A Metford for Georgia and Florida the headquarters became in Jacksonville The implement distribution business has now been disposed of to Bisecy Of AMante SL
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Macon
R. A. McCord
S. Zed Downs
Dualneas 6
To Bisecy
Amante SL
Medical beer prescriptions under new regulation debated
Washington August 5 Regulations to permit prescription use of beer as medicine without limit on prescriptions are ready but await Mellon approval due to his absence. The Willis Campbell anti beer bill faced Senate debate with adjournment pending and opposition warning of prolonged discussion. Broussard faulted revenue for delaying rules. Nelson argued delays shield brewers from loss.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
Willis-Campbell
Armour Workers Arbitrates Labor Problems
Chicago, August 6. An arbitration plan affecting about 20,000 Armour & Co. employees nationwide was adopted at the first meeting of representatives of employees and management under the newly adopted industrial democracy system. Similar plans are being prepared by other large processors and are expected to extend through the industry soon.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Bank robber accepts prison term to study writing
New Orleans August 6 Robert Holland today pleaded to serve from sight to twelve feet for daylight robbery of Hibernia bank. He said in a formal statement he was glad to be sent to the penitentiary to fulfill his boyhood ambition to become a writer. Police call the robbery the boldest in Louisiana history. Loot amounted to 8000 dollars. Holland plans four to five years of reading and study before attempting to write. Prison officials report he has already begun conferences with lawyers to map his course of study.
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New Orleans
Robert Holland
Hibernia Bank
Donstantary
Holland
Louisiana
Kag
al~ Teady
Dirigible H-1 Drifts Fifty Miles Lands After Crash
August 6 report from Searndale N Y recounts the dirigible H-1 shedding its three crew over Barren Island near the Rockaway naval air station. The craft, unpiloted, drifted fifty miles, narrowly avoided a steeple before landing in a field. Crew were rescued, taken to hospital with non serious injuries, as aviation technicians began dismantling the damaged ship for transport back to base.
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Searndale
Hreckaway Naval Air Station
Mootor
Aviation Techanics
Express Officials Deny Large Loot In Train Robbery
Springfield officials say logs show the Baltimore and Ohio Express robbery at Beecher City did not exceed 50000 dollars. Two bandits boarded a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train last night, held up the express messenger, and escaped at Altamont with sealed packages. Greenville reports the loot around pitty thousand dollars.
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Springfield
American Railway B Express Company
Express
Baltimore
Beecher City
Greenville
Ohin
Altamont
Greeks Achieve Prestige In War
From Ismid across to coastal Constantinople the Greeks advance, capturing Afioun Karhissar and Eski Shebir. Kemalist resistance of Mustapha Kemal weakens the Turkish hold as Greek forces push eighty miles east, threatening Serres treaty revisions and reshaping allied policy in the Near East.
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Ismid
Throu, Shehir
Aftioun-Karahissa
Auicons Ae
Asia
Minor
Ard
Hastygora
Kemal
Sorgen
Bombay
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
Serres
Supreme Council
Asia Minor
Afioun-Karghissar
Kemaliste
Constantine
Venizelos
Sevres
London
Lloyd-George
France
Great Britain
Mustapha Kemalage
Greece
Afioun-Karahissar
Eski-Shehbir
Ismaid
Gresce
Silesia
Near East
Tariff Hearings Lag in Senate Finance Committee
Washington reports the Fordney tariff bill's progress stalled as the Senate finance committee delays executive action on key issues like American valuation and the due embargo. Senators seek production cost data while La Follette proposes questions to witnesses, with hearings and testimony extending beyond the week. The War and Navy departments show interest for national defense reasons.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
LaPollette
Republican
Wisconsin
Penrose
Weeks
Denby
War and Navy Departments
National Defense
Scriven Reduction Order Confirmed at Savannah
Definite confirmation was received in Savannah on August 5 of a Washington order reducing Fort Scraven's garrison from about 600 to two officers and sixteen men. The reduced force is to serve as a minimal garrison in the post.
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Savannah
Washington
Fort Scravén
Belle Isle
Fittegeral Ga Mayor and Sheriff Face Threats Over Labor Row
In Fittegeral Georgia on August fifth a special dispatch reports Mayor J I Pittman receiving a warning note from a group called Seats urging him to leave town or face consequences. Sheriff H Dorminey also received a note ordering him to vacate his office in twenty four hours or risk action. The mayor vows to stay on duty despite threats, while the sheriff remains calm and undecided about attending church services next Sunday.
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Fitggeral
J. I. Pittian
Sherrif
H. Dorminey
Primitive Baptist Church
Dorminey
W. M. Black
Moorish Uprising Fueled by Vengeful Leader Abd El Krin
A La Nacion dispatch describes the Moorish revolt against Spain, tying it to vengeance for Abd El Krin’s imprisonment by Franco’s regime. It notes Krin’s escape, his vow to kill General Silvestre, and claims a 20,000-strong army hardened with artillery as the uprising gains momentum in Melilla and surrounding Moorish tribes.
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Buenos Aires
Fress
Spain
Franco
Abd-El Krin
Mellila
la Nacion
Erin
Melita
France
Krin
Abd E! Krin
Siivestre
Banker HunterS Turns Fugitive For Fifteen Thousand
Chicago August 5 E C Clinton a former Chicago businessman now in Marfa Texas wired the states attorney stating he knows where Warren G Spurgin former president of Michigan Avenue Trust is hiding and will surrender him for 15000 He said he has Spurgin and that a larger reward would attract him the 2500 reward does not interest him
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Chicago
E. C. Clinton
Marfa
Texas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Warren G.' Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Toadstools Eaten Kill Five in Dominion City Area
Winnipeg dispatch says five family members died after ingesting toadstools believed to be edible mushrooms in Stuartourn near Dominion City. The tragedy underscores mistaken identification of wild fungi as food.
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Winnipeg
Stuartourn
Dominion City
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