Park Board Seeks 128000 Increase in Budget
The park board will ask for an appropriation of 128000 for the coming year, a 55000 rise over last year. The plan includes 11289 for forestry and 42400 for playgrounds, while Piedmont park funds rise to 24000 and Grant park improvements total 81630. Carey asks 2500 for bath houses and 10000 for Piedmont upgrades, with the general administration fund at 5350 and one automobile for the general manager. The board adopted the budget and will send it to the finance committee in January. The notice also lists other park department allocations and projects.
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Park Board
Dan
Tara
General Administration Fund
Benes Eral
Piedmont Park
Carey
Piedmont
Grant Park
Underwood Typewriters For Rent At Underwood Office
Rental listing for Underwood typewriters available at the Underwood Office located at 52 North Broad Street. Includes availability of standard and portable models for business use.
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Underwood
North Broad Street
Capt English Heads Georgia Children’s Home Society
Captain James M. English and Albert Howell Jr. were elected directors of the Georgia Children’s Home Society at a Tuesday call meeting. English elected president, Howell named chairman of the executive committee. ex-Governor Northen resigns. Meeting attendees included W. Harris, W. D. Beatie, George R. Donovan, and others. The board plans district headquarters in Macon, Columbus, Savannah, and Augusta to expand the work.
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James M. English
Albert Howell, Jr
Georgia Children's Iome Society
English
Northen
Howell
Eix
W. D. Beatie
George R. Donovan
Howard L. Crumley
Churlton G. Ogbern
Fred Houser
Robert B. McCord
Lt Ja
Macon
Columbus
Savannah
Augusta
Memphis Loses Phone Rate Suit in Federal Court
Cincinnati December 5 Judge Denisteen in the federal court of appeals sustained Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company plea granting an injunction against the city of Memphis restraining enforcement of an ordinance reducing telephone service rates. The Cumberland company appealed from Judge McCain of the Memphis district who had held the ordinance invalid.
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Memphis
Cincinnati
Denisteen
Federal Court of Appeals
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tenn
Cumberland Company
McCain
One Solitary Pole Between Disease and a Rich City
A harsh depiction of Atlanta facing a health threat from unsafe surface closets clustered near its water basin. The piece argues the city cannot spend a few thousand dollars to remove the danger despite a $5,000,000 borrowing capacity and a vulnerable water supply. A lone fisherman stands as a flimsy safeguard in the stark photo narrative.
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Atlanta
Call for Immediate Safeguarding of Atlanta Water
Dr W T F Harris of the state board of health backs The Constitution on water safety and urges immediate action to purify Atlanta's reservoir. He warns that insanitary conditions and any negligence could trigger a widespread epidemic and thousands could die from polluted water if not corrected at once.
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City
WT. F. Harris
State Board of Health
Claude Smith
J. J. Kennedy
Atlanta
Insurance men plan lectures for students
At Durand's the Life Underwriters of Atlanta met to discuss introducing lectures on life insurance at the University of Georgia Georgia Tech and other state institutions. A committee was appointed to confer with officials on the plan and plans for the association's annual meeting in January were outlined.
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Plana
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Life Underwriters of
Atlanta
Durand
S. 1
Association
Admiral Chester to Tell of Canal at Atlanta Conference
Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester retired plans to attend the Panama conference in Atlanta on December 10 and 11 and deliver an address on the canal. He hopes to show illustrated slides of the canal before Gatun Lake formation. Diplomatic representatives from Panama Cuba Guatemala Nicaragua Brazil Argentina and others were invited to attend in Atlanta by Lt Elmo Massengale and Brig Gen R K Evans with a special car arranged to transport the party from Washington.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Colby M. Chester
Panama
Atlanta
Elmo Massengale
R. K. Evans
Nst
Senor
Ricardo Arias
Antonio Martin Rivero
Cuba
United States
Joaquin Mendez
Guatemala
Salvador Castrillo, Jr
Nicaragua
D. da Gama
Brazil
Manuel Eli. Malbran
To Extend Free Mail Delivery in Cities
Washington December 3 A bill by Representative Priest Pennsylvania would establish free city delivery in second and third-class post offices. It would appropriate 200000 to be used by the postmaster general to inaugurate service where none exists and cap expenditure at 1809 per city per year.
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Washington
Priest
Pennsylvania
Brown & Cochran Furniture Store Crowded by Buyers
Nearly a thousand shoppers lined Broad Street before opening as Brown & Cochran’s removal sale kicked off to move to South Broad Street. The $50,000 stock must be liquidated fast due to lease expiration with doors open early and clerks kept busy all morning.
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Broad Street
Vfoplar
Brown & Cochran Furniture Company
South Broad Street
Three Cities Pull For St Josephs Academy
Washington Georgia December 3 Special Friends and patrons of St Josephs academy seek plans for rebuilding after a fire destroyed the campus causing nearly 100000 in losses. Atlanta and Augusta bid to move or rebuild the school while Washington officials urge retention. Bishop Kelly will decide after a Wednesday conference with the sisters. The 40 acre Washington site is praised for its conducive study environment and separation from city distractions.
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Washington
St. Joseph's Academy
Kelly
Georgia
Atlanta
St. Joseph’s Academy
Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
Sisters of St. Joseph's
Aloysius
Frances
Auguste
Ben
Savannah
St. Joseph
St. Joseph's
Two Women to Be Tried for Murder at Chambers
Waycross Georgia December 3 Two motions for new trials in murder cases will be heard at chambers court Saturday by Judge T A Parker. Maggie Williams convicted of murder in Charlton and sentenced to life imprisonment seeks another trial, and a Clinch County woman under a like sentence also seeks a new trial.
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Waycross
Hpeclal.j
Chambers Court
T. A. Parker
Maggie Williams
Charlton
Clinch
Chicago captures wanted man in Rosenthal case
Samuel Kram er, sought in New York as accessory after the fact in the Rosenthal murder, was arrested by Chicago detectives after a struggle in which he was beaten and overpowered. Telegraphic tip led police to a house on the North Side where he hid, known by several names. He was charged with sheltering Gyp the Blood and two companions in Brooklyn after the shooting. A New York grand jury had indicted him, and he previously escaped detention.
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Chicago
Samuel Kramer
New York
Rosenthal
Kramér
Kramer
Gyp
Brooklyn
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