Plans to Reach Exempt Bodies With New Laws
Marion Kendrick reports on Hardwick’s inauguration scenes in Atlanta as he prepares a tax reform agenda. The governor elect is expected to push a constitutional amendment shifting tax sources and abolishing the tax equalization department, with a tax review board to handle disputes, while legislators seek cooperation and a housecleaning of old laws.
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Marion Kendrick
Kimball House
Thomas W. Hardwicks
Hugh M. Doraty
General Assembly
Amréwick
Hardwick
Ifs
Board of Tax Review
State House
Tribulus Terrestris Declared Autoists’ Plague by U S Experts
Washington authorities warn of the puncture vine known as tribulus terrestris as a dangerous immigrant weed from southern Europe. A California man reports seventy punctures in one ure caused by the plant, linked to autoist hazards and road damage.
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U.S
Washington
Europe
California
Bonus bill fight looms in senate finance panel
Washington dispatch reports the World War veteran bonus bill faces amendments as the Senate Finance Committee prepares to take it up. The measure gained House passage last session, with supporters arguing for adjusted compensation while opponents demand economy. A showdown is expected as lawmakers must decide between veterans' benefits and fiscal restraint.
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Clark Howell, Jr
Enetization Bureau
Raleigh
Washington
Constitution
Committee On Finance
Senate
House
Jeans
Atlanta Illiteracy Rate Among 10+ Population Revealed
Census figures for January 1920 show Atlanta with 11 032 people aged 10 and over unable to write. White native 1 339, foreign-born white 223, and Negro 9 465 illiterate. Overall literacy 6.6 percent, down from 8.6 in 1910, with higher illiteracy among older groups and lower among ages 16 to 29.
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Clark Howell
Raleigh
Washington
Constitution
Census Bureau
Atlanta
Candidacy heats up for Georgia legislative posts in Atlanta
In Atlanta a clash over clerk and secretary positions unfolds as E Bismark Moore seeks clerkship in DeKalb and D F McClatchey eyes Senate secretary. Herbert Clay and Cecil Neill vie for senate president and house speakership while rivals Ennis and Jackson prepare for Wednesday’s vote amid busy campaign activities at the Kimball house.
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Herbert Clay
Senate
Cecil Neill
House
Kimball House
Howard Ennis
Baldwin
Representative Neill
Muscogee
Atlanta
J. B. Jackson
Jones
Clay
Hiamark Moore
DeKalb
Zach Arnold
Gray
W. T. Morris
Talbot
H. J. Ellis
Fulton
W. H. Haynes
Gordon
Messenger
Moore
McClatchey
Devereaux F. McClatchey
Deveraux McClatchey
Te Eer
Confession Refuted In Georgia Holdup Plot Case
Arthur repudiates an earlier confession about a plot to rob Mrs. M. J. Glenn, a Norfolk visitor in Atlanta. He says the signed statement was to clear his wife and argues that Highsmith and Mendenhall were not involved. Meanwhile other suspects Jack McWhorter and John Callahan are sought as authorities describe the staged hold up on Pace’s Ferry road.
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M. J. Glenn
Norfolk
Atlanta
Pace's Ferry Road
C. Arthur
Grenn
Arthur
J. JD. Highsmith
Robert Mendenhall
Fort McPherson
Highsmith
Mendenhall
Jack McWhorter
John Callahan
Arthurs
East
Cain Street
Glenn
Afra
Highamith
Pace
Ferry Road
Georgia Tech Honored as Distinguished War College
The War Department designated Georgia Tech a distinguished college for its Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Among 27 Fourth Corps schools, Tech joins Clemson, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, and Citadel in earning the honor. Major A L Pendleton, commandant, led the largest ROTC corps, with strong morale, discipline, drill efficiency, and daily achievement cited by visiting Army officials.
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Georgia Tech
War Department of the United States
Adjutant General of the United States Army
Rk. O. T
Atlanta
Pendleton
Tech
Tech Corps
Army
Attack Planned On Curb Market In City Council
City councilman Fred C Woodall proposes a resolution to break up or remove the curb market from streets arguing it violates three ordinances. Assistant City Attorney Jesse M Wood backs the view that the city cannot permit a permanent business on a public street. Enforcement steps would direct police chief to move market wagons and clear the thoroughfare during sales.
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Counccilman
Fred C. Woodall
Jesse M Wood
Woodlal
Woanta
Tealey
Woodall Urges Action on City Poolrooms
After touring Peachtree Marietta Forsyth North Pryor and Decatur Streets Councilman Fred C Woodall says poolrooms house underage youths and lack adequate supervision. He plans to ask the council at July’s first meeting to close or tighten the existing ordinance amid parent complaints and police concerns.
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Fred C Woodanl
Council
Minora
Manaae
Peachtree Marietta
Forsyth
North Pryor
Decatur
Banquet recalled from old times in Atlanta
A 50 year old Constitution recounted banquet tales in Atlanta with judges and Col G W Adair as speakers praising the city’s growth and its legal community. The festive supper, described with vigor, sparked the era’s spirit and a toast to the honored guest Judge Wood. Continued on Page 3 Column ?
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Tedison
Judge Wood
Georgia
Atlanta
Col
G. W. Adair
Council ready to vote on bunco report in Atlanta
The Atlanta city council plans Monday action on a special committee report criticizing the police department’s handling of bunco cases. The majority proposal seeks abolition of the police board and removal of several officers for incompetence or corruption, with a new chief to be elected by council.
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BUNCO
Fuzzy Woodruff
Police Department
Atlanta
General Council
Apecial
Floyd Woodward
Banco Band
Walter A. Simms
Harry Goodhart
Pat Anderson
Bob Gordon
Police Board
J. L. Beavers
Lamar Poole
Payne
Shaw
Waggoner
Jones
Whatley
J Allen Couch
Couch
Referendum plan to decide merger with Atlanta debated
At a Saturday meeting the Kirkwood charter revision committee voted unanimously to annex Kirkwood if a referendum among Kirkwood veterans shows they wish to merge with Atlanta. The panel asked Fulton and DeKalb legislators to introduce a bill authorizing the referendum. Plans to extend city limits to more suburban areas were postponed. Some property owners, including County Commissioners Oscar Mills and W. L. Gilbert, protested. Kirkwood supporters from the city were represented by R F Gillam and J D Bachman.
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Charter Revision Committee of Council
Kirkwood
Vetera
Atlanta
Fulton and DeKalb County
Oscar Mills
W. L. Gilbert
R F Gillam
J D Bachman
Charter Revision Committee
T. J. Bryan
Aessi
J. C. Murphy
Gham
Bachman
L. J. Cassels
Kate Green Hess
Officers Laid Off in Poole Case Indictments Opened
Indictments opened by Fulton County Superior Court led to the suspension of Atlanta detectives Lieutenant T D Shaw and detectives Paul West and William S Payne along with Ernest Poole and attorney John Highsmith. Bonds were set at 1000 for the officers and Poole, 500 for Highsmith. The 58 bills named 62 individuals including Floyd P Woodward Edward OBilis Thomas P McCluskey and others. Martin was implicated and planned to return to post bond.
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Ernest Poole
John Highsmith
T. D. Shaw
Paul West
William S Payne
Atlanta Detective Department
John DB. Humphries
Fulton Superior Court
Lamar Poole
Billy
Beavers
Board of Police Commissioners
Shaw
Payne
West
Chief Beavers
Ernest C Poole
Chist
John Highamith
Banco
Mate
Poole
Highsmith
al Martin
Harvey Hill
Humphrid
Partly Cloudy Weather Forecast for Georgia Weekend
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Georgia with a chance of local thundershowers. Temperature may change little Sunday and Monday as the forecast calls for unsettled weather.
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Washington
Georgia
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