Western Railways Lose Freight Rate Increase Bid
Interstate Commerce Commission rejects sweeping freight rate increases sought by western carriers citing generally poor finances and lower earnings. Approved increases will add about 1.63 million dollars to carrier revenues while estimated rejections total about 3.97 million. Forty-one roads presented exhibits as decision notes shifted to commodity specific rises amid fiscal year concerns.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniele and
Harlan
Cary
Boy Returns to Jail With Father Until Trial
Billy Ward McCoy, 22 months old, spent Monday and Tuesday in Fulton county jail with his father charged with wife beating. The father refused bond in Judge Ridley’s court, delaying trial to Friday morning. Habeas corpus proceedings by Mrs. McCoy for Billy’s dismissal were started. hearing expected before Judge Pendleton Saturday.
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Billy Ward McCoy
W. T. McCoy
Fulton County
Little Bily
Whitehall
New Pair of Shoes Proves Very Costly to Darktown Belle
Lizzie Reed, a Darktown belle, bought a pair of No. s shoes at A Maloof on Decatur Street. She was fined 3375 by Recorder Johnson in police court Wednesday afternoon. The Maloof family said she later claimed the shoes were the largest in stock and she had never worn real shoes before. The judge noted she should not have worn thirty cents worth of shoes and quipped about her drinking.
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Lizzie Reed
Darktown
Maloof
Decatur Street
Recorder Johnson
Lizzie
Oreste
Convict James Prindle Dies After Escape Attempt
Darien Ga August 11 James Prindle colored convict shot by Guard John Robinson while attempting to escape died at the camp. Prindle was sentenced at the last term of the superior court for burglary from Isaac Osman’s tailor shop and was suspected in several other daring burglaries.
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Darien
James Prindle
John Robinson
Prindle
Isaac Osman
Postoffice Robber Held in Georgia Detention
Wilbur Welch a 17 year old youth was arrested at Fender yesterday afternoon by Deputy Woiten States Marshal Davies of Albany on a charge of breaking into the St Andrea post office in Florida about two years ago.
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Tifton
Wilbur Welch
Fender
Woiten
Davie
Albany
St. Andrewa
Fla
Atlanta Charter Amendments Bill Passed By House
The Georgia House passed an Atlanta charter amendments bill with Senate amendments. Provisions include paving streets under a ten year plan, closing Carlton street, building sewers funded by four year assessments, consolidating tax collector and tax assessor offices, and using Cyclorama receipts plus part of a $10,000 annual appropriation to reach $100,000 for a new Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama building.
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Senate
House
Carlton Artest
Avanta #5
Mail Pouch Thief Nabbed at Tifton In Stolen Mail Recovered
A Tifton porter and police captured Joe Wilson, a colored man from Valdosta, after dawn. He carried $60 cash, about $500 in checks and money orders, revenue stamps, hose, and other items from a rifled mail pouch from train No. 4. Wilson confessed as officers found the rifled sack and opened letters. all mail was recovered and he was held for federal authorities.
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Uncle Sam
Tifton
Joe Wilson
Valdosta
Chester
D. C
Thrasher
Union Station
Wison
Jacksonville
Macon
Georgia Southern and Florida
Wilson
Savannah Delegation Credits Local Legislation Wins
Representatives Myrick and Jackson of Savannah return from Atlanta as Senator Lawrence and Representative Shuptrine stay in the capitol until Thursday. The Chatham county group claims credit for reforms including a municipal court in Savannah, city court changes, a broader Juvenile court for Fulton and Chatham, a $900,000 county bond issue election, city charter amendments extending to the Catholic cemetery and a new Tybee town charter, plus tax exemptions and related measures.
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Jackson
Savannah
Atlanta
Lawrence
Shuptrine
Capitol
Chatham County
Fulton
Chatham
McDonough
Tybee
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
Another Arrest in Conspiracy Case Faces Fort Smith Trials
A Washington street address in Atlanta saw the arrest of James Lo Bmith, a bookkeeper formerly with a Fort Smith distillery, in a broadened conspiracy case. He fled after the federal grand jury session, then relocated to Florida with his wife's relatives. Bond set at $2000, trials slated for October term in Fort Smith federal court.
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J. H. Lurber
Era
Arkansas
James Lo Bmith
Joane
Fort Smith
Ark
Washington Strees
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Ban Ly
Florida
Smith
James FR. Brock
United States
EF. T. Chew
Revenue Department
Washington
Carter
Roberts Leading Evans In High Stakes Pocket Billiards Match
Roberts leads Evans 191 to 129 after a 400 to 22 win in the 300-ball block played Wednesday night at Dad Elliott's place. The deciding 100-ball game is scheduled tonight at 8 40.
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Dad Elliott
R. Evans
Talsimeites
Roberts
Evans
Fifteen Road Squads Work Highway in Cherokee County
Rome August 11 officials of the Forest Highway Association toured from Rome to Center along the Birmingham Rome Dixie Highway. Cherokee County shows fifteen road squads of volunteers shaping the route with two new roads planned and a steel bridge replacing an old one near Cave Spring.
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Rome
Forest Highway Sa Sociation
Genter
Birmingham
Cherokee County
Alabama
Cave Spring
Disorderly houses in Rome are closed
Rome Georgia August 11 Special War against alleged houses of repute on city outskirts waged by county authorities. Judge Moses Wright of Floyd Superior Court issued an injunction prohibiting reopening of the houses. The district has seen disorder including shootings, stabbings, and robberies.
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Rome
Moses Wright
Floyd Superior Court
Highway Councils Rapidly Organized Across Counties
Rome Ga August 11 Special Chief Engineer TF EK Grafton of the Dixie Highway association is busy this week organizing local councils for the highway He formed the Har tow county council at Cartersville today and Whitfield county council at Dalton yesterday More councils are planned in Gebb Catoosa and Gordon counties this week
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TF. EK. Grafton
Dixie Highway Association
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Cartersvile
Whitfield
Dalton
Gebb
Catoosa
Gordon
Georgia Legislature Ends Session After Three Major Actions
The Georgia General Assembly, heralded as the best ever, closed after fifty days with final action on only three major measures. Prohibition loomed large, with Speaker Burwell defeating Bir Sheppard and shaping committee control. Significant bills left undecided included public defender, Western and Atlantic commission, and numerous tax, education, and judiciary reforms.
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Burglar Trap Fails. Thief Arrested After Escape Shot
August 11 report from Douging indicates F. T. G. Lindsey’s gun trap failed to kill Archie Taft when he entered the store at Cherry. Taft cut the cord as the door opened. Officers Strickland and Ricketson captured him. he was shot during the attempted escape. Taft is wanted in Berrien County for a felony and linked to multiple store robberies. The suspect is described as a badly inclined burglar.
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Ft. G. Lindsey
Cherry
Archie Taft
Taft
Ami
Strickland
Ricketson
Berrien County
Lindsey
Public Art Building For Atlanta Assured Will Valid
Judge George L. Hell ruled the will of Lucius Perry Hills valid and affirmed public art funding for a city museum. The $25,000 bequest would be placed with a trustee to establish a nucleus for an Atlanta museum, though no specific guardian or art group was named in the will. E. S. Hills of Johnson City, Tenn., asked to revoke the will due to its indefiniteness.
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E. 5
Hilly
Johnson City
Tenn
Nod
Showers Freshen Cotton Belt Across Region
Rain cooled Atlanta and spread over the cotton belt from far western to eastern Texas yesterday. Weather experts expect continued showers today with enough rainfall to ease drought conditions. Temperatures Wednesday ranged from 70 to 83 degrees.
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Cotton
Texas
Governor Commutes Negro Inmate's Death Sentence
Carl Frazier, a black inmate in Fulton county jail, had his planned Friday hanging commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Horria after the prison commission considered pleas from his aged mother and his lawyer. In Washington, three long-term convicts escaped Wilkes county camp Monday night: Orale Booker, Jim Berry, and Wilken Kemp, all described as Negroes.
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Carl Frazier
Fulton County
Horria
Frazier
Pecs
Washington
Wilkes County Conviet
Orale Booker
Jim Berry
Wilken Kemp
Injunction Dissolved Over New Geography Use Case
Judge Pandleton denied the injunction and revoked the temporary restraining order against the city board of education yesterday. The action, filed by Earle E Griggs and others, sought to prevent the use of the new geography material and related curriculum changes pending further review.
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Pandleton
City Board of Education
Earle E. Griggs
City texts rule five year adoption period clarified
Judge Pendleton ruled that the city ordinance sets a minimum five year period for adopting instructional texts rather than requiring the school board to change texts only at five year intervals. The decision affects public school publishing cycles and potential updates.
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Murray
Frye
Pendleton
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