Etheridge Denies Paying Charges In Finley Contracts
County commissioners face a temporary restraining order halting all payments to Finley Construction after a petition by J. Mitchell alleges noncompetitive bidding and favoritism. Etheridge promises more disclosures, citing potential sensational findings behind the contracts on Marietta, McDonough, Powers Ferry, Roswell, and Like avenues.
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Bam E. Finley
Finley
Paul 3. Etheridge
George L. Bell
Finley Construction Company
J Mitchell
Luther Z Rosser
Rosser, Salton, Phillips & Hopkins
Etheridge
Penley
Marietta Road
McDonough Road
Powers’Kerry
Cetta
Powers Ferry Road
Roswell Road
Irwin Atrent
Avenue
Disputed bids on Roswell road resurfacing lead to suit
A petition alleges county officials altered bidding specs after June bids for Roswell road work. Finley bid 52.123 cents a yard and MacDougald 42 cents, with Smith not bidding. Allege commissioners kept pledge to Finley, enjoining payments, while MacDougald later bid on July 2. Suit cites detailed, costly specs and a strike delay.
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Roswell
Sam B. Binley
MacDougald Construction Company
Smith Construction Company
Finley
Turner
MacDougall Connstruction Company
Tax debate over investigators and tax act provisions
The Georgia House debated funding for investigators and rejected a substitute to create investigators with pay limits. The tax act moves through sections on returns and property, with amendments raising carbonic gas tax and warehouse charges, while officials seek funds for a tuberculosis sanitarium and printing expenses.
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Ennis
Alto
J. &. T. Bowden
Instituton
Rowden
Georgia
Jones Perryman
House Debates Tax on Unmarried Residents
A Georgia like legislature debates a tax proposal targeting unmarried residents over 30, with alternate ideas taxing widows widowers and those not in partnerships. The measure, including a separate tax plan for married couples with no children, failed to pass and was struck down as out of order.
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Paul Warwick
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Messrs. Bowden
Ware
Davis
Floyd
Wimberly
Laurens
Houston
Gwinnett
Parks
Terrell
Wankford
Toombs
Lankford
Nolle
Harding Seeks New Farm Credits via War Finance Plan
President calls for extending War Finance Corporation authority to buy railway funding securities, enabling quick funding and settlements with railroad owners. He argues funding and relief for farms and railways without new costs, stressing solvency and national welfare.
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Railway Administration
Congress
Railroad Administration
War Finance Corporation
Georg ia anti injunction bill suffers unfavorable committee vote
In Atlanta two hundred attended an open hearing on the Valentine anti injunction bill in the Georgia House. Labor advocates led by Philp Weltner urged favor, while opponents led by Winfield P. Jones and Judge Stark argued it would legalize breach of contracts and curb private employment agreements.
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House General Judiciary
House of Representatives
Philp Welmnar
Atlanta
Georgia Federation of Trades
Winfield P. Jones
Atlanta Builders’ Associlation
Parken
Georgia Manufacturers
Stark
Commerce
Representatives Valentine of
Chatham
Georgia Federation of Labor
Guess
DeKalb
Philip Weltner
Supreme Court
Girl, 14, Faces Patricide Trial in Gainesville
Myrtle Wofford, a 14 year old, is charged with killing her father with a shotgun and will face trial in Hall superior court Wednesday. She is held on bond at Micherty and lives with her grandfather in the same house where the slaying occurred.
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Gainesville
Myrtle Wofford
Hall Superior Court
Micherty
Fate of Gordon Remains Mystery in War Plans
Reshaping post war force structure lists Dix NoJ Travis Texas Lewis Wash and Knox Ky as retained bases while troops may be moved from cantonments. Weeks orders nearly 220000 enlistments to resign to 150000. some centers chosen to train civilians. McPherson to remain a regular army post with limited troops and no civilian training absent emergency.
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Dix
Noj
Travis
Texas
Lewis
Wash
Knox
Uelicern
Harris
Coast Defenses of
Boston
Fort Slocum
Camp Meade
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Camp Knox
Fort Sheridan
Ill
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Port Sam Houston
Presidio
San Francisco
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Geiler
Fourth Corps
E G. McCleave
McCleave
War Department
Renee
The Ten Dollar Raise ends at Howard Theater tonight
The Howard Theater presents Frothingham’s The Ten Dollar Raise as the closing feature of the week, recounting the tale of a downtrodden clerk who demands a raise after decades of promises, igniting a string of dramatic events. Vaudeville and film offerings follow with Life’s Darn Bunny starring Viola Dana and other Metro thrillers and comedies.
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Frothingham
Howard
Viola Dana
Cameron Christine
Joey Slade
Saturday Evening Post
Metro
Dallas Fitzgerald
Molly Parro
Arthur D Ripley
John Arnold
A. F Mantz
Miss Dana
Gareth Hughes
Eva Gordon
Kathleen O'Connor
Mark Fenton
The Golden Snare at Criterion with Wellington Playter
Wellington Playter, famed for Hack to God's Country, stars as Black Dawson in The Golden Snare at the Criterion this week. The James Oliver Curwood story, produced by David Hartford, places Dawson in snow swept northern barrens as a white outcast.
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Criterion
Wellington Playter
Black Dawson
North
James Oliver Curwood
David Hartford
Tom Mix Stars in The Big Town Round-Up at Strand
Fox star Tom Mix thrills Strand audiences in The Big Town Round-Up based on William McLeod Raine's story. He delivers rapid action with rifle and pistol, rescuing people and fighting foes in a fast paced Western that showcases his crack shooting and speed.
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the Strand
Tom Mix
Fox
Strand
William McLeod Raimes
Mix
Fate of Woman Who Slew Doctor in July's Hands
Mrs Mary Townsend stands trial for the murder of Dr J R Arrington in Gainesville. A jury is deliberating, with indications a verdict will not arrive until Wednesday morning. Townsend says the doctor, intoxicated, forced entry, and she acted in defense. The physician's young son witnessed his father's shooting on the porch. The boy asserts the doctor was not intoxicated.
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Gainesville
Mary Town Send
J. R. Arrington
Ashe
Townsend
Hudson Nearing Nervous Collapse In Cell At Macon
Hudson Glen Moore Hudson held for safekeeping in Macon jail after charges he murdered his two young stepsons near Albany. Jail officials fear a nervous collapse as a large visiting crowd tried to glimpse him Sunday. He remains in his cell, reading the Bible, while his aging parents prepare legal defense from Alabama.
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Macon
Glen Moore Hudson
Albany
Hudson
Hanson
Columbia
Ala
Missing banker’s wife and daughter found in Detroit
Mrs. Warren C. Spurgin wife of the Chicago bank president was located by detectives in Detroit and returned to Chicago with her daughter Vivian to aid authorities in locating him. Four counts in an indictment against Spurgin for financial crimes were to be presented to a Chicago grand jury amid a bank shortfall of about 1.5 million dollars. Spurgin’s mine holdings in Ouray Colorado were attached as creditors press for his arrest anticipated within the week.
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Weeks
Detroit
Warren C.spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Chicago
Alexandrine Street
Spurgin
Notoriery
Warren Spurgin
Challee
James E McShane
McShane
Michigan Avenue Institution
Ouray
Colo
Dee Ouray
Spurgin 8
Posse of 100 Men Seeks Negro Who Killed Officer
Scottsboro Alabama July 26 A posse of more than four hundred armed men surveys the region for Joe Sticks the black man blamed for killing Deputy U S Marshal Ed Macdy last night He was said to have fired first then a shot from a negro gun struck Macdy fatally Bloodhounds failed to locate the trail and officers in nearby towns were alerted Sticks fate reportedly heads toward Chattanooga Paris Paris taxis replace horse drawn carriages as the city loses its freres and carriages drop from about 5000 to just over 200"/>
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Wolder
John N Holder
General Assembly
Mr. Holder
Neill
Indy
Georgia
Anniston. Ale
Calhoun
Talladega
James Montgomery
C. B. Hurst
Polcanan
I. L. Stewart
Scottsboro
Ala
Joe Sticks
United States
Ed Macdy
Moody
Sticks
Sacks
Chattanooga
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