Probing Rise in Food Prices Across Atlanta
Government agents in Washington and Atlanta open inquiry into rising costs for sugar meat and other essentials. Officials focus on whether price hikes reflect speculation or war dynamics, with reports due to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
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Washington
Secret Service
Federal Department of Justice
America
Accret Service
Constitution
Wera
Department of Commerce
Wilson
New York
Boston
Seattle
Chisago
New Orleans
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Comme
Norris Arnold Broyles Wins Swimming Match
Atlanta boy Norris Arnold Broyles, a Woodcraft cadet, recently participated as a member of a group this summer and won a local swimming match.
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Norris Arnold Broyles
Arnold Broyles
Atlanta
Woodcraft School
Culver Cadet Wins Junior 50 Yard Swim at Indianapolis Meet
The Culver summer school team swept the Indianapolis swimming meet carrying the championship cup in the 50 yard race for juniors. Cadet Broyles, 12, son of Arnold Broyles of 143 Juniper Drive, was among the fastest junior swimmers, and was warmly greeted on returning to Culver after the meet.
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Culver
Indianapolis
Broyles
Hoosier
Jay
Arnold Broyies
Juniper Rirae
Fulton County rally for Anderson at Forsyth theater
Friends of Anderson in Fulton County plan an 8 p.m. Monday rally at the Forsyth theater. Governor hopeful Anderson will speak, with several other speakers. The event aims to show support, discuss his record and critique opponents, and is described as a gathering rather than a voting drive.
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Fulton County Friends of
Randolph, Anderson
Anderson
Forsyth Theater
Fulton County
Anderson Club
Nderson
Hookworm Treatment Campaign in Mitchell County Georgia
Dr. A W Ward of the state board of health continues a county campaign against hook worm in Mitchell County. After about three weeks he has examined more than 700 residents and treated over 500. He plans two more weeks in Felham and surrounding areas.
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Felham
A. W. Ward
State Board of Health
Mitchell County
Mayor declares crematory a public nuisance in Atlanta
Mayor James G Woodward announced he has affidavits from tenants in several large offices alleging unbearable odors from the Destructor company crematory. He says the plant cannot be odorless and may be moved or condemned as a common nuisance despite defense from the companys attorneys who claim a favorable engineer report on August 3 test.
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James G. Woodward
Atlanta
Destructor Company
Neal Common
Bivins, Spence & Moors
Solomon & Norcross
Woodward
Hardwick Attacks Governor at Quitman Rally
Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick spoke to about 140 voters in Brooke, criticizing the Georgia governor and backing his own target, Jack Slaton, as the candidate to beat for the Senate. He sparked tension with a remark about Slaton and Governor Hoke Smith, then tried to revert.
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Quitman
Thomas W. Hardwick
Brooke
Jack Slaton
Hoke Smith
Hardwick
Georgia
Rascal
Aia Rascal
Aittle
Slaton
Goods of the U S needed by people of South America
A Washington circular from W A Graham Clark, Atlanta commercial agent for the department of commerce, lists Latin American needs for U S goods. Items include laundry supplies, cotton goods, canned milk, rice, machinery, railway material, iron, chemicals, glassware, clothing, staples, and many others amid reports of rising prices and supply constraints in Buenos Aires and Panama.
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W. A. Graham Clark
Atlanta
South America
Latin America
Fumere Partland
Bure Dynamas
Ponatbly
Gort-au-Eringe
Buenos
Buenos Aires
Burglars Keep Atlanta Police Busy After Robberies
Residential burglaries in Atlanta have spiked with homes robbed for valuables. Thieves forced open a lower floor window at H. W. Stephens residence on 85 Ponce de Leon Avenue Thursday night, taking silverware worth hundreds. Stephens, tied to Sands & Co and the Fourth National Bank building, woke to the loss with a visitor present. detectives were assigned Friday morning to find the culprits.
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Atlanta
H. W. Stephens
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Stephens
Sands & Co
Fourth National Bank
Billion for luxuries versus missions in US spend
Baltimore August 14. A federal council report shows the United States spent over five billion dollars on luxuries while Christian missions received about 12 million. The ledger lists large sums for jewelry, candy, chewing gum, soft drinks, theaters, tobacco, millinery, and intoxicating liquors as examples of unnecessary expenditures.
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Mad
United States
W. B. Biederwolf
Commission On Evangelium
Federal Council of the Church of Christ In America
Biederwalt
Candidates On Stump All Over The State
Governor John M Slaton spoke in Winder to counties Jackson Walton and Gwinnett on the tax equalization law. He avoided politics, praised the law, and left supporters of his rivals still indecisive. Other stops included Dawson Canton Shellman and Augusta with candidates Luke Cooper Evans Dorsey Harris Brown and Harris addressing crowds and fielding questions in a vigorous campaign trail.
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John M. Slaton
Jackson
Walton and Gwinnett
Georgia
AitHerto
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Felder
Slaten
Spoaker
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Second Regiment
Shellman
Col
Harris
National Guard of Georgia
Mutinous Militiamen to Face Court Martial
Governor O NeaI in Montgomery says swift justice will follow a mutinous act by Battery B in Mobile. Adjutant General Scully to be consulted. likely court martial and dismissal from state service if guilty. Captain Sam Roswald returned to Montgomery denying charges.
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O'Neal
Mobile
Paih
Scully
Sam Roswald
Battery
Tobacco Growers Aid Bill Proposed in Congress
Washington August 14 Federal plan for tobacco growers in Kentucky and Tennessee faces export curtailment. A bill by Representative Thomas of Kentucky would authorize deposit of 1,000,000 in national banks of Tennessee and Kentucky to loan to growers under treasury defined conditions.
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Washington
Kentucky
Tennessee
Representative Thomas
Secretary of the Treasury
Griffin News Editor Attacked by Grand Jury in Griffin
In Griffin Georgia the Spalding county grand jury attacks editor Winfrell Dudley of The Griffin News and Sun over his push for a liberal Sunday policy. The jury condemns him for giving the town a bad reputation and calls for his removal, as Dudley campaigns for Sunday sales of soft drinks and cigars and holds a mass meeting with county leaders. Benjamin F Head, a wealthy farmer, presides as jury foreman.
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Winfrell Dudley
Griffin News and Sun
Griffin
Spalding County
Grand Jury
Dudley
Man of
Benjamin F. Head
Sayville Radio Sent German Messages Report
Ottawa reports wireless messages sent from the Telefunken station at Sayville New York to Quaratagena Colombia and thence to the Carolines in the South Pacific. The Canadian government believes they were cabled to Berlin and picked up by a military wireless station. An US Navy officer is known to be in the Sayville station as censor. The United States government will be appealed to.
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Ont
Telefunken
Sayville
Quartagena
Colombia
Caroling Islands
South Pacific
Berlin
United States Navy
United States
Wilson urged to vacation amid yacht trip plans
Washington August 14 Friends of President Wilson press for a rest within the next two weeks. The Mayflower, his yacht, has arrived at the Washington navy yard and a trip along the Atlantic Ocean late next week is suggested.
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Wilson
Washington Navy Yard
Mr. Wilson
Atlantic Ocean
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