Decatur Street Car Incident In Atlanta Under Review
Report says a Decatur street car entering Atlanta carried a drunk driver and an allegedly intoxicated Randolph 4 passenger. Police watched for the escape, with the conductor later stating both men left the car. A half pint of whisky was found in the car after a tragedy. Sheriff’s office says Pirkle, linked by car sense number 124658, expected to return to Noreroes today and will be questioned. Chief Beavers offers full county assistance in the investigation.
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Boaraea
Decatur
Atlanta
Atlanta’police Department
Pirkle
Noreroes
DeKalb County
Beavers
da- Kaib
Seeking Driver in Atlanta Traffic Violations Probe
Woman and others are cooperating with county officials to end reckless driving and speeding in Atlanta. Chief Beavers says officers are searching ties trains and other places for a missing man and woman and will work with DeKalb County sheriff to bring them to justice. Funeral arrangements for the deceased had not been completed late last night. survivors include their mother, father, and several siblings.
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Auring
Toda
Atlanta
Ronda
Beavers
DeKalb
Gira
Guin Sina Daly
Fume Protocol Signed in Triest for Fiume Settlement
December 21 Triest reports the protocol settling the Fiume question. The old national council of Fume will govern provisional authority, terms include release of regionnaires from oaths to the regency, abandonment of Arbe and Vegila islands, prisoners in the Gulf of Quarnero restored, and non native regionnaires must leave within five days. Delegates and General Ferrario discuss the fate of dAnnunzian legionnaires.
Moultrie Man Denies Slain Man Is His Son
W F Meadows Jr of Moultrie Georgia says the man found shot to death in a Jacksonville hotel room yesterday is not his son. Police report a telegram from Owen Sandefeur Oklahoma City suggesting the dead man may be his brother Jack Sandefeur. A woman in the room is alive but unconscious. investigators suspect a third party fired the fatal shots and escaped through a window. Letters in the room addressed to Mr and Mrs W F Meadows Tulsa are found among belongings.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. F. Meadows, Jr
Moultris
W. F. Meadows
Tulsa
Okla
Pollee
Owen Sandefeur
Oklahoma City
Jack Sandefeur
Jack A. Sandefeur
Robinson Street
East Chicago Quarantined Over Smallpox Epidemic
Chicago reports an outbreak of smallpox prompting a city wide quarantine in East Chicago, Ind. Venues list seventy four cages of the disease and roughly twelve thousand six hundred residents confined. Five cases traced to Hammond, Ind. Health officials weigh closing large industrial plants as housing conditions are blamed for the spread. The quarantined area is described as heavily foreign born.
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Chicago
Ind
Hammond
Fice
Louisiana Governor Names Newspaper Men to Advisory Staff
Baton Rouge December 21 Governor Parker announced a historic advisory staff, appointing six colonels six lieutenant colonels and six majors. Most appointed are newspaper men chosen to aid in solving difficult problems and to be available for conferences.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Parker Day
Pilcher Named Decatur City Manager Choice
Plicher, a Virginia native and 39 year old engineering graduate, was selected by the Decatur board of commissioners to become city manager. He will assume duties around January 15 with a $3,000 yearly salary, gaining broad control over city operations except schools and sinking fund administration.
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P. P. Elicher
Élvit Sigingar
Virginkgs Railway Company
Norfolk, Va
Board of Commissioners
Decatur
DeKalb County
Lst
Plicher
Virginia
Virginia Mechanics Institute
Richmond
Elyic
Icty Council of
Picker
Spartanburg Mills Pay Big Dividends
Spartanburg county mills paid large stock and cash dividends in the year ending today. Twenty-one mills with 8.9 million in stock paid about 96,058,000 in stock dividends and 32,099,949.50 in cash dividends, with 838,170 in semi annual cash dividends. Output remains near full time despite price deflation and wage cuts averaging twenty percent.
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Spartanburg
9. C
Spartanburg Journal
United States Supreme Court
San_Bevera
School House Fire Destroys Spring Hill School in Tolontown
The Spring Hill school in Spring Hill township nine miles southeast of Tolontown burned today. Loss is estimated at 3000 with no trace of the incendiary found. The town has suffered a spate of fires in the last two months.
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Tolontown
Spring’ Hill
Spring ‘Hil Township
D Annunzio vows to fight Rapallo treaty in Fiume stance
Mr Warren, representing the council of Flume, said D Annunzio will never be reconciled to the Rapallo treaty and will continue his “fight against the present policies of the Italian government.” He doubted reports that D Annunzio would leave Fiume, predicting the post may move to Venice and noting support from Italian sentiment. Warren visited D Annunzio at Fiume in the early days of his occupancy.
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New York
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Rapalio
Whitney
Council of Flume
D'Annunsio
Flume
Warren
Adriatic
D'Annunzio
Wannunzig
Italy
D’annune ‘Ado
Council of Plume
D'Annunale
Wilume
Rapallo
Venice
Fiume
Ireland
South America
D‘annongle
Mercer Poised to Be South's Leading Baptist University
Macon Ga December 31 Special That Mercer University will become the great Baptist university of the south seemed clear in a telegram to J Henry Burnett from Dr Rufus Weaver chancellor of the Mercer system. Weaver said a southern and northern Baptist conference examined the George Washington University control issue and opposed returning it to the Baptists noting Mercer’s front rank goal. Weaver plans to return to Macon Sunday.
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Macon
Mercer University
Great Baptist University of the South
J. Henry Burnett
Rufus Weaver
Mercer University System
Washington
Southern and Northern Baptista
George Washington University
Weaver
George Washington. University. Vgs
Mercer
Front Southern
Baptist University
Tocal
Thia.la
George ‘Washington
University
University Will Not Be Taken. Back | By the Baptists
Splendid Increase In Macons Building For Current Year
Macon records show 1920 building operations within the city exceeded 31.5 million dollars amid material shortages and rising costs. Much work occurred outside city limits, especially in suburbs, adding an estimated 500 thousand dollars beyond city jurisdiction. April marked the record month with permits totaling 280 thousand dollars.
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Macon
Indictments Charged Profiteering in Pennsylvania Coal
Federal grand jury returns indictments against Haddock Mining Co Lucerne Pa Von Storch Co Scranton Pa and Henry Meeker wholesale dealer for profiteering in coal sales. Evidence from Armin W Riley shows coal sold at 18 500 tons in September and October at prices up to 15 per ton, versus 8 75 expected. Von Storch firm allegedly sold 9 500 tons at 13 to 15 per ton, when 3 35 to 8 65 were proper. Prosecutor says prices excessive compared with retail coal rates in the city.
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Haddock Mining Company
Lucerne
Joreh Collieries Company
Scranon
Henry Meeker
Meeker’ & Co
Armin W
Riley
SEY Ae
Ted
von Storch Company
Meeker
Pennsylvania
Rile
Unclear OCR fragment about arrest for drinking in vehicle
A garbled notice describes a taxicab driver and a warrant related to a drinking incident. Officers claimed improper conduct leading to an arrest. Details, names, and precise actions are unreadable in the fragment.
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Nebasa
Witanty
Prouitaloe Brown
Gilera
Seganger Pad
Hig Automobile Thehteks
Woody
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Corner Boulevard
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