Gwinnett Ku Klux figure in affidavits and arrests urged
Affidavits from Gwinnett County allege intimidation of black residents by white citizens. Imperial Wizard Colonel Simmons disclaims Klan membership of implicated men and orders Sheriff Garners to arrest offenders. Governor Dorsey received the affidavits and a Lawrenceville attorney reported several perpetrators identified.
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Imperial Wizard
Gwinnett County
Klan
Gurinnett
Hugh Dorsey
Rockbridge
Gwinnett
Tumpkin
Milton
Merriwether
Toledic
T . Depo
Ku-Klux Klan
W., J. Simmons
The
Knights
Ku Klux: Klan
Dorsey Hed
Garnér Jaknaw
Lawrencevilla
Atlanta
Hall County
Sim ‘Mons
Ku-Bluz Klan
Simmons
Hall
Lumpkin
White
Meriwether
Simmons Bald
Gains and Dykes Press for 5 Million Bond Plan
W W Gaines president of the Atlanta board of education and Superintendent W F Dykes urge a $5,000,000 bond issue to fund a broad school system reorganization. They argue a $1,000,000 or staggered small sums would burden voters with repeated elections and delay needed construction.
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W. W. Gaines
Education
W. F. Dykes
Poth
Atlanta
Fabhoels
Board of, Education
Gaines
Board of Education
Helligrams Hint at Infernal Guide to Sin Punishments
Zion residents heard a sensational test read by warseer Wilbur Glenn Volloa describing a "hand book and guide to hell" built on helligrams. He claimed sinners face unique punishments, including a tobacco smoker in tobacco smoke den, a weed chewer in tobacco juice, and a drinker in a natatorium of beer wine and whisky.
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Zion
Illy
Warseer
Wilbur Glenn Volloa
Hell
Vollva
Wife and Baby Convict Surrenders Self in Chicago
James McElvey, an escaped convict, voluntarily surrenders after his wife insisted on truth. He says they married in November and now know about the baby. He hopes to settle the matter before the child is old enough to understand.
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Chicago
James Mee Eelvay
McElvey
Hev
Flatiron Robbers Elude Police In Broad Daylight Heist
L B Kent, manager of Southern Heating and Plumbing, was robbed inside his Flatiron Building office shortly before noon Saturday. Two white bandits staged a careful inside job, knowing office layouts, and one guard was fired at but escaped harm. Kent narrowly escaped death as a bandit tried twice to strike him. money stolen totaled seven thousand three hundred seventy dollars. Police chief A Lamar Poole said investigations focus on a theory of insider help, with no arrests expected tonight.
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L.B. Kent
Southern Heating and Plumbing Company
Flatiron
Lamar Poole
Mr. Kent
Kent
Emergency tariff bill expands to cover farm products
The Senate Finance Committee approved a House measure broadened to include nearly all farm products. The bill, with ten amendments, targets meats sugar cherries apples tobacco and dairy goods, with protections for long staple cotton and specific pricing details debated during the session.
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Washington
Senate Finance ‘Committee
Senate
Excepton
Nugent
Idlaho
Jones
New Mexico
Sumatra
Wariff
Bil
Fihanes
Jupsland
Feaster Wife Ends 48 Day Fast for Husband's Church
Mrs. Ernest Harrington, who fasted forty eight days to influence her husband into joining a church in Danville Hawaii, ended the hunger strike after a minister advised her to eat. The husband refuses church membership until he is ready. Physicians say she did not fast more than a week at most and she drank milk with the minister present. A movement to investigate her sanity and the religious group followed the break.
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Danville
Ernest
Harrington
Tor Joint Church
G. &. Payne
Eldorado
Bays Hisitifa
Futures Opposed Before Committee
Washington reports opposition to short selling and purely speculative futures trading. The briefing by John Anderson of the Cooperatives League of St. Paul, representing about 21,000 stockholders and 400,000 farmers across North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Montana, urged hedging separate from speculation. He urged legislation to prohibit short selling on exchanges and to set price protections, including a 30 day price stabilizing period.
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Washington
John
Anderson
Co-Operative League
St. Paul
Minn
House
North Dakota
Ig. Seid
Farmera. of
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Montana
Camblin
Crain - Exchanges
Billie
Jones
Arghaneres
Bari
Beavers Bill Aims To Centralize City Police
Councilman Fred C. Woodall will introduce Monday an ordinance to abolish the office of chief of detectives and two detective lieutenant positions, placing authority under the police chief. He cites lack of centralized control and past “passing the buck” as factors impairing department efficiency following Fulton grand jury findings and recent wiretapping raids.
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Atlanta Police’ Department
Fred C. ‘Woodall
Third Ward
Sp Crty Council
Poole
Mr. Woodall
Board of Poice Commissioners
Woodall
Fulton County
Grand Jury
Bunce
John Boykin
Ehlee
Box
Cana
Fulton
Admiral's Ward Trio Welcomed in South Carolina
A 30 mile Greenville to Anderson trip ends with Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully and his seven Russian children finding a warm reception. Mrs. Carrie F. McCully and friends hosted a luncheon in Greenville before a large welcome in Anderson. The children, mingling with Anderson youths, received Christmas horns and settled happily at the McCully home. Some children may later move to Washington while Anderson remains their permanent home for now.
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Anderson
Greenville
Russia
Newton A. McCully
United States
Sebastopol
Carrie F. McCully
McCully
New York Mayor Held Up in Grand Jury Probe
January 16 report states subpoenas served on Mayor Hylan and Police Commissioner Enright as part of Governor Whitman inquiry into New York City corruption. Whitman seeks police records and may press for Enright’s removal. resignation rumors denied. inspectors to assist investigators.
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Hylan
Enright
Grand Jury
New York
Ware
Whittman
Whitman
Hylan-ang
Athat Sonal Ehrgo
Swann
Willmart
Miller
Parole Cancelled and Surrender Ordered in Irish Case
State Department orders immediate investigation of O Callaghan ruling and holds action until opinion arrives. Lord Mayor of Cork granted landing permission to reship abroad, while parole canceled and surrender urged by his attorney. Judge Lawless cites prior Labor Department assurances and ongoing Irish situation testimony.
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LABOR
State Department
Q’callaghan
Cork
Washington
Wilson
O'Callaghan
Newport News
Secretary of Labor
Lord Mays
Secretary of” State
Secretary ‘of Labor
United States
Pakeport
Davis
Newport
Jora
Lawie
dJudge Lawless
Jud
Cawleas
Department of Labor
Antil
Jord TaRy Sr
Lehor-Without
Weather forecast for Washington Georgia incomplete report
Fragmentary weather data from Washington Georgia provides vague indications of a Sunday forecast with irregular terms and missing values. The report mentions dates in January and excess rainfall measurements but lacks clear amounts or precise timing for precipitation.
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Buck
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Anderson, S. C
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