Government Overcharges Oleo Margarine Fraud Reaches $27 Million
Washington reports Secretary McAdoo disclosed a sweeping internal revenue probe led by Commissioner Osborn. Since 1902 frauds tied to the oleomargarine law have looted millions in taxes, with substantial recoveries and prosecutions. The release notes 6,000 frauds detected in two years and outlines schemes using color agents, palm oil, and misrepresentation to dodge payments.
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Washington
McAdoo
Osborn
Internal Revenue Bureau
Fraucis
Butler
Turn Down Clubs and Beer Saloons in City Press
A fragment from editorials and news columns questions Chief of Police Beavers treatment by local papers. It notes sympathy for enforcement while criticizing elites who esteem the Prohibition Law only for some, urging equal enforcement and condemning selective crime.
Devout Critic Lambasts Atlanta Liquor Fight Leaders
Marlon Jackson urges city leaders to confront liquor and locker club influence in Atlanta. He denounces newspaper lies, links Beavers with liquor trade, cites police and council failures, and questions mayor Woodward while urging action on licenses and enforcement.
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Woodward
Candler
Jackson
Jackson Carmichael Dies After Illness at 32
Notices report the death of Gordon Carmichael at his Jackson home after months of illness. He leaves a widow and young son, his mother Mrs Canmehiel, several siblings, and is buried in City Cemetery after a Monday funeral. Other death notices include Mrs E M Hawkins of Rome, Mrs Georgia V Bowen of Atlanta, Mrs Hammonds of Columbus, and Mrs Georgia V Roach, with details on survivors and funeral arrangements.
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Jackson
Gordon Carmichael
Carmichael
Butts
Canmehiel
Winters
M Leach
Jackaun
Malaler
Atlanta
Singleton
Slaton Carmichael
Jobe Carmichael
Lintermunt
Witha
T G Willis
Hawkinsville
O M Wills
Live Oak
Pia
Ruth
Mary Willis
R Minter
Jenkinsburg
James Minter
Macon
G L Maddox
Paul
E. M. Hawkins
Rome
Irs & WM
Hammonds
Columbus
Columbus Ga
George Hammonda
Milledgeville
Posada
Theres Always Room For Good Ministers In North Carolina
Gordon Poateat son of Ed M Poteat President of Turman college spoke at the YMCA students conference on Blue Ridge assembly grounds stating that law medicine and letters are overcrowded and there is always need for good ministers He urged ministers to pursue solid theological education before entering the ministry and noted ministers serve as the foundation of law and order.
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Asheville
Gordon Poteat
Edwin M Poteat
Turman College
Young Mens Christian Association
Biue Ridge
Poteat
China
Potent Gald
Conference of Jews to meet in Washington in November
New York June. An American Jewish conference will be held in Washington around November 1 to discuss measures for the welfare of Jews in belligerent countries. Decided at a special American Jewish committee meeting presided by Louis Marshall. The committee set the conference at no more than 150 delegates from Jewish national societies nationwide.
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New York
Washington
American Jewish Committee
Louis Marshall
Tift County posse hunts Black slayer after fatal near attack
In Tift County near Eaglehead still quarters a white farmer, Bryan, was killed by a Black assailant using a public safety item. A second Black victim suffered multiple wounds. A hundred-strong posse, track dogs, and Sheriff Shaw search the woods while authorities consider rewards. Bryan leaves a wife and two small children. he moved from Trey, Alabama years ago.
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Tiftonia
J— Sanders Bryan
Dock Wildame
Eaglehead
Tite County
Yaarresk
Bryan
Trey
Ala
Prince Von Radolin Banished From Berlin
Paria June 20 Prince von Rado lin ferme German ambassador to France and the Printess von Tadv lin the Petit Journal save. Have not been arrested, as was reported from Milan last week but ban ished to their estate at Jarotschin, Posen, where they may not leave. The reason cited is princess ties to Radziwill and Talleyrand causing resentment in Germany. He retired as ambassador in 1810 after nine years. Milan’s Corriere Della pera reported arrest in April on espionage charges.
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Sederal Liamor
Mr Jackson
Beavers
Milledgeville
Christ
Police Board
Anmick
Lice Board
Owls
Carnegie Library
Johnson
Jackson
Edwin Johnson
Mr Johnson
Chief Beavers
Henfree
Owls Club
Renfroe
Paria
Prince von Radolin Ferme
France
von Tadvlin
Petit Journal Save
Milan
Jarotschin
Posen
Petit Journal
Radziwill
Russia
Talleyrand
Germany
Yuo Rodolfo
Corriere Della Pera
Authoritiea
To Have Perfect Skin Throughout the Summer
An advertising item touts mercolined wax as a skin cleanser and brightener to combat summer dust and dirt. It claims the product purifies pores, whitens the complexion, and removes rough cuticle with overnight use, followed by a morning wash. It adds a cold cream-like astringent and saxgilla powder rinse for daytime protection and wrinkle reduction.
Riots In Moscow Cost City About Twenty Million
Petrograd reports Moscow suffered about 20 million dollars in damage during a recent anti German demonstration. Nearly 600 stores and factories and over 100 private lodgings were wrecked. Rioters attacked music stores, wine shops and apartments, many buildings burned to ashes while fire departments struggled. Only 125 destroyed buildings belonged to Austro German subjects. Casualties unknown.
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Petrograd
Larldan
Moscow
Hawkinsville and Western buys Perry lot for depot
Perry Gap June 23 Special The Hawkinsville and Western railroad buys a lot near the central depot to build a new station The Oclfla Southern gains trackage from Hawkingville to Perry and to Pope City with service planned into Perry and toward Macon once track is laid, enabling connections to Atlanta via the Southern and Central lines.
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Perry Gap
Hawkinsville and Western Railroad
Central Railroad
Oclfla
Southern
Hawkinsville
Westen Road
Hawkingville
Perry
Pope City
Gnitdine
Wawkinstine
Mrochelie
Macon
Tan
Central
Atlanta
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Conference of Jews
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