U S Business Prosperity Seen Enduring Postwar
Washington January 7 Secretary of Commerce Redfield reports in a memorandum to President Wilson that the United States enjoys broad prosperity as wartime disruption fades. He warns against overconfidence and notes that future trade will hinge on bankers, manufacturers, merchants, and farmers. The memo stresses a normal postwar era, rail and industrial modernization, and continued leadership in international markets while warning that exports cannot sustain wartime gains.
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Washington
Redfield
Wilson Fodey
United States
Revie
Eclares
Grady Nurses Quarters Inspectors Press Grady Upgrade
City leaders and civic figures tour Grady hospital to inspect crowded, poorly heated nurse quarters. Mayor Woodward backs a 760000 bond issue to modernize facilities and add pay wards to fund debt service, while Aldermen endorse improvements and call for a modern hospital complex.
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Lowry
W. B. Summerall
Julian Boenm
Ad Men's Club
William Lawson Peel
Boehm
Wawyers
Woodward
Grady Hospital
Atlanta
Kelly
Armistead
Gragy Hospital
Remarkable Memory Loss Case At Police Court
A police court trial yesterday featured D L Cain accused of striking six year old D B Hadley on Whitehall Street. The boy recalled nothing two hours before the accident while his father said he could not remember leaving home for a toy store. The skull fracture left the child in hospital days. The recorder found the evidence favored the boy and dismissed Cain’s case.
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Madden
D. L. Cain
Snto
D. BS. Hadley
R. C. Hadley
Brotherton Street
Whitehall Strait
Oel
Recorder
iGair
Georgians at National Capital Note Courtesy Seated in Gallery
Washington January 7 Special J J Brown president of the Farmers Union of Georgia and Atlanta journalist Fred Lewis sat in the speakers row of the reserved gallery by courtesy of Spe Clark through Bennet Clark parliamentarian of the house. Colonel Walter H Andrews and J B Scott of Atlanta were en route home from the Shriners meeting in Philadelphia and visited Georgia delegation members at the capitol. They were closeted with Senator Hoke Smith. J Randolph Anderson of Savannah called on Senator Smith on his way home from New York.
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Washington
J. J Brown
Farmers’ Union of Georgia
Ata
Fred Lewis
Atlanta
Spe
Capitol
Hoke Smith
J. Randolph Anderson
Savi
Smith
New York
Farmers Buying Males In Cotton County Market
Douglas Washington reports farmers have purchased 250 high grade males for the new year, prices ranging from 245 to 360 dollars, with more purchases expected. The note indicates ongoing quiet activity among cotton planters in the county.
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Douglas
Coffee County
Atlanta Visitor Surprised by City's Rapid Growth
Alfred Lamborn, head of Hotel Stanley and Stanley Manor in Estes Park, Colorado, and his wife arrived in Atlanta for a brief visit. He praised the city’s rapid development, noting Atlanta's famed skyline and the "Atlanta Spirit," and said he was impressed by the bustling growth during his ten-year absence. The couple will spend several days in the city before returning to Colorado.
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Atlanta
Alfred Lamborn
Lamborn
Stanley
Stanley Manor
Estes Park
Colo
Constitution
Georgia Resolution Demands Action On Water Power, Defense
In Washington on January 7, representatives press a Georgia legislature resolution approved by the governor on November 27, 1935. It seeks national defense backed by water power legislation to expand electric power and nitrogen fixation industries, with 15 Georgia lawmakers to advocate in Congress. The group also pushes for broader gun and powder making territory.
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Washington
Janary
House
Georgia
Congress
Germany
National Defense
Minister's suicide shocks Oglethorpe community
In Oglethorpe Georgia on January 7 Reverend S A MacMahan killed himself at 3 PM with a shotgun. Authorities attribute financial troubles to the act. MacMahan was a prominent local figure in the community.
Son On Warpath Tied To Bed To Curb Violence
Frank Simmons of 22 Hansell Street fought with Fried man Friedman during a Christmas celebration. Simmons, who had fallen off the water wagon, tried to renew the row Thursday afternoon. His father bound him to the bed to keep him quiet during the incident. Police were called and the recorder imposed a fine of 15.76 dollars.
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Frank Simmons
Hansell Street
Simmons
Friedman
Siplomscy
Final agreement near says Germans may destroy merchant ships in the Mediterranean
The draft outlines wartime rules allowing German submarines to sink enemy merchant vessels in the Mediterranean after ensuring passenger safety. All such sinkings would be investigated and brought to prize court, with reports to the American government. If German commanders disobey orders, the government pledges reparations for death or injustice to Americans.
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British Isles
Mediterranean
Persia
Fire blocks traffic on Whitehall Street last night
Traffic was halted for about fifty minutes by a basement fire at Hughey Market 118 Whitehall Street that trapped busy workers and streetcars. The blaze caused little structural damage to the four story building but damaged market fixtures. smoke hindered responders as they searched the source.
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Trattle
Hughey Market
Whitehall Street
Broad Street
Switch Engine Collision Fatal for Macon Foreman
E B Abrams switch engine foreman for the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad in Macon was knocked from a box car by a passing engine. He suffered broken legs and arm, possible internal injuries, and was in critical condition at Macon hospital. Abrams has ten years’ service and is well known in railroad circles.
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Macon
E. B. Abrams
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Abrama
Funeral arrangements set for Charles W Knapp
St Louis prepares for the funeral of Charles W Knapp treasurer of The New York Times who died at his desk in New York. David Fr Francie former Missouri governor announced arrangements with the body due to reach St Louis at six o clock Sunday evening. He will be accompanied by Mrs Knapp and Mrs G McConnell of Waterloo Iowa. Melville E Stone AP general manager and Louis Wiley are named in the plan.
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St. Louis
Charles W. Knapp
New York Times
New York
David FR. Francie
Missouri
Francis
Mrs Knapp to Attend Taneras in St Louis
Mrs 3 Dorrance of Houston Texas sister of Mr Knapp will come to St Louis to attend the Taneras. Mr Knapp was a director at the Associated Press and until two weeks ago president and publisher of The St Louis Republic.
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New York Times
Dorrance
Houston
Texas
Knapp
St. Louis
Taneras
Me. Knapp
Associated Press
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