Judge Cooper Responds to Hammond Letter Over jail raid
Judge Henry Hammond accused Georgia of sovereignty violation after South Carolina citizens stormed Richmond county jail in Augusta to seize two murder suspects. Governor R A Cooper rejects the charge, affirms readiness to extradite guilty parties, and calls Hammond’s stance absurd while praising long friendly ties with South Carolina.
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Thomas W. Hardwick
Hichmond County
Augusta
South Carolina
R. A. Cooper
Hardwick
Henry Hammond
Georgia
Cooper
Hammond
South Jarola
Stronzhola
Richmond County
Columbia
Hardwicke
All Revenue Act Rules Not Repealed by Volstead Act
Judge Samuel H. Sibley ruled that revenue provisions applying to stills and products were not repealed by the Volstead act. The decision overruled a habeas corpus petition by H. Duvall, jailed under prohibition laws. The judge said the Volstead act left intact revenue provisions not contradicted by the new law and, in many cases, augmented old internal revenue.
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Samuel H. Sibley
Unit States’ District Court
H. Duvall
Sibley
Doby Foundation Picnic To Benefit 31 Nieces And Nephews
S C Doby plans a Piedmont park picnic this afternoon at 659 Peachtree Street. He will present a pantie reward and establish savings accounts for younger relatives through the Doby Foundation. Speakers include Joseph A McCord of the Federal Reserve bank and Willis A Sutton, public schools superintendent, discussing thrift and saving. Frances Marbut, a granddaughter of John Marbut of Lithonia, serves as foundation president.
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C. Doby
Peachtree
Piedmont Park
Joseph A. McCord
Federal Reserve Bank
Willis A. Sutton
Doby
Frances Marbu
Fire suspected at Georgia Auto Spring plant
Police seek a man believed to be a firebug seen fleeing the Georgia Auto Spring company at 228 Peddtree Street early Sunday. T. J. Lyons and W. Keenan of the Capital City club reported the sighting, and investigators think the fire was incendiary with damage about $1,000.
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Georgia Auto Spring Company
Peddtree Street
T. J. Lyons
W. Keenan
Capital City Club
Pigeon Breaks Record in Washington Flight
Washington August 29 A pigeon carried a message from Chicago Mayor Thompson to President Harding in sixteen hours actual flying time for 614 12 miles breaking a world record The bird was a product of the government loft at Beltsville Maryland announced by the department of agriculture
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Washington
Thompson
Chicago
Harding
Department ‘of Agriculture
Beltsville
Auto Accessory Thieves Busy Rob Garages in Atlanta
Reported thefts of auto accessories from multiple Atlanta area garages Saturday and Sunday night prompt police to suspect a coordinated band. Break ins included Thomas H. Chapman’s home garage at 284 West Fifth Street, M. B. Hicks at 41 Grady Place, and Universal Garage at 834 Peachtree Street, with rims tires and tires, plus sugar and flour missing from Atlanta Flour and Grain Co. at 161 Madison Avenue. Detectives Arthur and McGee assigned to the cases.
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Atlanta
Thomas H. Chapman
West Fifth Street
M. B. ‘Hicks
Grady Place
Universal Garage
Peachtree Istreat
Atlanta Flour and Grain Company
Madison Avenue
Arthur and
McGee
Port Commission Endorsed at St Marys
The St Marys Board of Trade in Camden County endorses creation of a Georgia board of harbor port and terminal commissioners. The resolution urges state ownership of agricultural storage facilities, praises St Marys port for warehousing potential, and calls for a thorough study of the port’s suitability on southern routes near the Norfolk entrance and the Mississippi Canal.
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St. Marys
Board of Trade of
General Assembly
Board of Port
General ‘Assembly
Georgiana
Camden County
Georgia
Marke
Starpes Fooler
St. Marya
Anid Commission
Kunior
Norfolk
Pename Canal
Opr
Missiasipni Canal
Body of Officer to Arrive Here Soon for Burial
The body of Lieutenant Whey C. Sutton, a World War II hero and prominent local businessman, will arrive in Atlanta within days for burial. He died while serving with the American army in the Argonne forest, after formerly serving as auditor at the Lowry National Bank.
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Whey ¢. Sutton
Atlanta
Argonne Forest
Lowry National Bank
Prisoner Confesses to Auto Theft Ring in Atlanta
Pruitt 22 of 63 Chappell a Treat admits taking part in the theft of seven cars, with two recovered. Det Holley and Meeks report an organized gang string under Odum who also linked his brother Harry, not yet located. Odum’s bond set at 3600 on another charge. Henderson and Matthews cars recovered Saturday.
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Chappell
Holley and Meeks
Perating
Atlanta
Pruitt
Odum
Harry Odum
Gdum
Dans Pritt
M. C.henderson
Stonewall Street
Couple Bound Over Under the Mann Act
J. A. Mauldin a street car motorman was bound over to the federal grand jury after being arrested last Thursday with four young women on a Mann Act charge. They were about to embark on an excursion to Jacksonville with tickets allegedly purchased jointly. A suitcase contained several feminine articles claimed to belong to the young lady, who was held for the grand jury as well.
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J. AL. Mauldin
Federal Grand Jury
United States
W. C. Carter
Mauldin
Jacksonville
Dixie Highway Association Convention Moves Forward
Cincinnati hosts the Dixie Highway Association meeting September 8 to 10 with plans for broad cooperation. Representatives from Atlantic-Pacific Indiana section and Lonesome Pine Trail push to connect routes from Asheville to Cincinnati, linking to Ironton and the Ohio River via the Atlantic-Pacific corridor.
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Cincinnati
Dixie Highway Association
Dixie Hosts
Indiana
Tington
W. Va
Lost carrier pigeon found near Clayton description request
A registered carrier pigeon, registry mark 21 in a diamond BO-20 049 with leg band, was found by Rabun County Warden Captain C C Barren near a convict camp 17 miles west of Clayton Georgia on August 21. He asks owners to identify the bird by its description to recover it. The bird may originate from a private lancer’s flock or from the federal government service.
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C. C. Barren
Rabun County
Clayton
Barren
Dr Wilmer Preaches at Big Tent Meeting Week
Dr C B Wilmer rector of St Luke s Episcopal church will preach Tuesday night in the meeting tent at Capitol avenue and Haygood street Dr W Gasque rector of Holy Comforter Episcopal church will preach the first of a two part series on Wednesday night and the series continues on subsequent nights Charita P D Tillman will lead the music Wednesday night
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C.B. Wilmer
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Capitol Avenue
Haygood Street
W. Gasque
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
Charita PD
Tillman Wll
Five Year Old Shot by Companion in Domestic District
Leroy Alexander, a five year old Negro boy from 38 North Moore Street, was shot by Henry Burley, also five, at 10:30 am. The incident, told as accidental, left Alexander believed dying at Grady hospital. Burley walked to police, asked to be rocked, and was later sent to the juvenile detention home after the two boys played with an allegedly unloaded pistol.
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Leroy
Alexander
North Moore Street
Henry Burley
Grady Hospital
Atlanta Faces Clean-Up Vote Amid Corruption Clash
The piece argues the Wednesday primary tests whether citizens will back court protection over criminals and back a reform slate. It cites grand jury and Probe Committee lines, cites other cities’ cleanups, and urges 10,000 women voters to defeat patrician politicians and support candidates pledged to clean up the city.
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Whitehall
Atlanta
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Savannah
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