Progress Report Highlights Growth of Georgia Baptist Young People Union
Savannah June 22 Special reports from the twenty seventh annual convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of Georgia show rapid progress toward the hundred percent goal set at Gainesville. Secretary Frank Leavell and President William Russell Owen outlined growth in associations, unions, and membership, with six addresses across three sessions including topics on faith, youth, and international links.
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Savannah
Baptist Young Peoples Union of Georgia
Gainesville
Frank Leavell
Atlanta
William Russell Owen
Macon
E E_ Lee
Dallas
Texas
Gecrea W. McDaniel
First Baptist Church
Richmond
UG. H Woolston
Flledelphia
Ching
Mary Lee Avera
Hwang-Hsien
China
Dr. Lee
Battlefront
R. ¥. Bryan
Shanghi
Gia Hasty
Chickamauga
Mary Frank Thornton
Carlton
W. W. Hey
Montes
J. E. Hampton
Moultrie
T. C. Bobitte
Dudley
H. Lewis Baits
Abduction Charge Brought by Negro In Columbus
Patrolman Sowles was suspended by Chief Moore as a preliminary hearing nears Friday on abduction charges alleged by a black bootblack seized and carried across the river near Girard Alabama. It is noted this marks the third such seizure of a black man by white men in two months.
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Columbus
PatrolmansSowles
Moore
Girard
Ala
Labor Asks Equal Right In Industry
Denver June 22 The American Federation of Labor directed its executive council to draft legislation to grant workers, through government regulation, equal rights with capital in organized enterprises. The convention backed government ownership and democratic operation for railroads, while limiting application to railroad systems.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
International Seamen’s Union
Teamsters
John L. Lewis
The
United Mineworkers
Ias
Federation
Lewis
Wiil
United States
Hearst
Chicago
Executive Council
Denby
Navy Department
Sima
London
Columbus Officers Arrested in Alabama Abduction Case
Columbus, Ga June 23 Special. Three Columbus officers were arrested by Alabama officers who claimed they aided in abducting a negro. The pursuit began after a speeding auto with a screaming passenger crossed into Girard, Ala. Bowles Jackson and Campbell, Columbus police, were accused but later charges were dismissed. Bowles remains suspended as investigations continue. Henry Allen, a Columbus boot black, said he was seized by hooded men for unknown reasons.
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Columbus
Alabama
Knowles
Girard
Ata
River
Hill
Kaolin
Ala
Leonard G. Bowles
Sam Jackson
Robert Campbell
Henry Allen
Ralston Hotel
Bowles
Jackson
Campbell
Apet
Six Vessels Disappear Near Newport News Seized Papers Listed
Six vessels including three steamers and three barks bound to or from Newport News have vanished in the past year. Names include the Norwegian barks Skansen, L. Steinsund, and Svartekos. the Fiorino. the British steamer Esperanza de Larrinaga. another unnamed British steamer. and a Brazilian steamer. The three steamers departed Hampton Hands in February.
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Newport News
Skansen L. Steinsund
Svartekos
Fiorino
Esperanza de Larrinaga
Hampton
Stanley Praises Compensation Act Hearings Held in Georgia
Savannah June 22. H M Stanley state commissioner of commerce and labor and Georgia industrial committee chairman spoke in Atlanta after addressing cotton seed crushers convention and hearing arguments on the workmen compensation act. The chief case covered a late Policeman Martin killed by a burglar over whether he was a public servant outside the act. Stanley said 23 fatal cases have reached the commission with most dependents receiving compensation and noted 64 dismemberments. He cited a man blinded by dynamite under total disability and nearing maximum compensation for 250 weeks. He predicted few cases would lack compensation under common law and said the act is a good law whose opposition will fade.
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Savannah
H. M. Stanley
Commerce and Labor
Industrial Committee of Georgia
Atlanta
Martin
Stanley
Judge Willis Dies After Long Illness in Columbus
Judge James L. Willis longtime Columbus city court judge and former Columbus Bar Association president died after an eight week illness. He was a Talbotton native and served twenty years on the Columbus city court many colleagues will attend his funeral in a body.
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Columbus
James L. Willis
Willis
Talbotton
Goudge Willis
Columbus Bar Association
Laurens County Seeks $250000 School Bond Election
In Dublin Ga on June 22 a joint meeting of the chamber of commerce and board of education formed a working group to push an August 18 bond election for 250000. Leaders view bonds as the proper means to equip schools and build about 20 rural schoolhouses, with bonds following the regular county issue except towns with prior separate taxes or incorporated banks excluded.
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Dublin
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Laurens County
Wrecked Houses Mark Dublin Windstorm
Dublin Ga June 22 Special several houses and fences were blown down by terrific winds near here no injuries reported so far as known hallia noted along the Bleckley county line in the western portion of the area
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Dublin
Hallia
Bleckley
Tech ROTC Head Scores Petition in Senate Support
The ROTC chief defends ex service men and opposes exploiting patriotism. He recalls nine months in France and thirteen months with the AEF, urging care for disabled veterans and backing the chamber of commerce stance against Onus. The petition was filed in the senate by Senator W. J. Harris.
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States
France
A. BE. F
Chamber of Commercee
United States
Senate
W. J. Harria
Catfish Used to Fight Mosquitoes in Thomasville War
Thomasville Georgia June 22 Special. Health commissioner Dr Schreiber seeks fifteen hundred four inch catfish to place in city wells to destroy mosquito larvae. He offers five cents per fish and reports many are being caught by boys and residents. Minnows are used for ponds but catfish better for wells.
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Thomasville
Schreiber
Sermons by Dr J G Harrison July at Shiloh Church
Juliette Georgia June 22 special Dr Joan G Harrison of Macon Mercer university faculty member and former Georgia Baptist Education board secretary has agreed to preach for July at Shiloh Missionary Baptist church near Ja Mette, with services both Saturday and Sunday. Harrison previously led the Tattnell Square Baptist church in Macon and is regarded as a leading Baptist orator in the South.
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Juliette
Joan G. Harrison
Macon
Mercer University
Georgia Baptist Education Board
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
Ja- Mette
Harrigan
Tattnell Square Baptist Church
South
Senate and House Agree on Totals Disarmament Bill
Continued from first page secretary Denby noted 120000 sought but house approved 100000. Conferences settled all but Borah disarmament rider. House to decide on Borah proposal or Porter resolution extending conference to include all powers and discuss land and sea disarmament.
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Denby
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Creeks to Consider Mediation Offer
Paris dispatches say Greece will study the British French and Italian mediation proposal to postpone offensives in Asia Minor. Premier Gounaris, returning from Smyrna, will decide on Greece's response. Echo de Paris notes Curzon and Briand agreed that control of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus is vital and that Turkish nationalists entering the neutral zone would face allied opposition.
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Paris
Greece
Asia Minor
Athens
Gounaris
Smyrna
Echo de Paris
Lord Curzon
Briand
Dardanelles
Bosphorus
Savres
Angell Inaugurated as Yale President in 14th Term
New Haven Conn June 22 James Rowland Angell was inaugurated as the fourteenth president of Yale University. Woolsey Hall hosted a distinguished gathering with officials from sister universities in the United States Canada Great Britain and Europe along with learned societies state and civic representatives.
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New Haven
Conn
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Woolsey Hal
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Europe
Delightful Wrightsville Beach Sleeper Train Service
Advertisement notes sleepers via Sea board to Wrightsville Beach with daily service starting in June. Claims low round trip rates and urges travelers to obtain complete information and reservations at the City Ticket Office. Mentions J. Ivy of 6127 Waiton Street and ia? unclear.
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Wrightsville Beach
Seaboard
City Tiket
Waiton St. J
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