State highway board plans gas tax to aid poorer counties
Georgia considers a two cent gasoline tax and a lubricants tax to create a state aid road fund for weaker counties needing federal assistance. The plan aims to fund road construction by non residents and leverage federal money, while noting overhead costs ran about 1 percent through 1920-1922.
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Highway Board
Georgia
Thomas W. Hardwick
State Highway Board
Highway Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Classified Wants Sparking Thrifty Home Purchases
A thrift minded reader is urged to use the Want-Ads in the Atlanta Constitution Classified Advertising Dept. Main 5000 to find needed home articles with ease and economy. The notice emphasizes practical shopping through the newspaper’s classified section.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Parent of victim of Tiger Woman sent to prison
Fred Tremaine stepfather of Alberta Meadows victim of Clara Phillips, hammer murderess, was sentenced in superior court to one to ten years in San Quentin for grand larceny. Phillips serves a life sentence in the same prison.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Tremaine
Alberta Meadows
Clara Phillips
Superior
San Quentin Penitentiary
Phillips
McCarl Declares Use of Funds Decisions Final
Washington, June 23. Comptroller General McCarl asserts his authority over public funds is final and only appealable to Congress. He will not approve disbursement vouchers that do not align with his interpretation, despite Justice Department views. The dispute centers on workers compensation act rulings and occupational disease payments.
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Washington
McCarl
Harding
Congress
Comptroller General
General Accounting Office
Attorney Generals Office
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
McCart
Compensation Commission
Justice Department
Hessie DP. Brueggeman
Commission
Department of Justice
Attorney General’s Office
Monkey's Party Trick Ends With Four Day Hangover
Harry DeMille of 100 Tunt Street owned a marmoset. After a guesting itinerant merchant marine brought the animal, it was secretly kept in an apartment. While the family was out, the monkey wrecked the bathroom and ingested 75 grains of aspirin along with mixed drinks. Four days later the monkey recovered and the pet was sold.
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Harry DeMille
Tunt
Anil
Mr. DeMille
Harvest Grain Crop in Sparing County Georgia
Griffin Ga June 23 Sparing county farmers complete harvest of a grain crop praised as unequal in years with oats and wheat in the spotlight. Farmers report oats will be heavier while rains slightly retarded the wheat.
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Griffin
Bankers Report 208 933 Negroes In Labor Exodus
Georgia Bankers association reports 228 938 Negro migrants to the north over 3.5 years with 77 500 leaving in 1923 first half and 46 074 farm dwellings left vacant. Excerpt notes 65 524 idle plows and 70 843 farm labor shortfall. 41 percent counties report local improvement, 48 percent still exodus. President Peters cites figures align with prior inquiry by Dr. Soule. Continued on Page 3 Column 1.
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Georgia
Georgia Bankers Association
James S. Peters
Peters
Manchester
Andrew M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
Bankera
Georgia Income Tax Rise Reported by State Official
Collector J T Rose stated Georgia second installment tax receipts totaled 511360.79, up 56 percent from 1922. He noted Southern California gains of 21 percent and Los Angeles district 36 percent, despite 1922 exemptions and severance of excess profits tax. Estimated savings to Georgians from 1922-returns reductions about 2.5 million.
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Georgia
J. T. Rose
Internal Revenue
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Rose
Granddaughter of Bryan Weds in Cape May
Ruth Bryan Owen, granddaughter of William Jennings Bryan, and William Painter Meeker of Baltimore and Miami, were married today at the Meeker summer home in Cape May New Jersey. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Paul Sturtevant Howe of the Episcopal church of the Advent.
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Cape May
N. J
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
William Painter Meeker
Richard C. Meeker
Baltimore
Miami
Meeker
Paul Sturtevant Howe
Episcopal Church of the Advent
Man Who Scaled Flaming Etna Hero of Sicily
Catania Italy June 23 Lado Barbagallo watchman of Mt Etna Observatory becomes celebrated for climbing the erupting volcano and reporting back to refugees. He observed a central crater lip unstable fissures three fissures and fifteen mouths emitting smoke and lava springs spilling molten rock toward Lingua Glogsa. Despite heat and gas he stayed amid fire to document the eruption and warn of continuing danger.
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Catania
Italy
Lado Barbagallo
Mt. Etna Observatory
Sicy
Dante
Barbagallo
Barbagalio
Aires
Mount Erera
Mount Ejiozzillo
Lingua-Glogsa
Harding Theme in Kansas Speech Highlights Farm Aid
President declares benefits from rural loan legislation worthy of pride, notes balance restored in farming sector and lists measures including reestablishing the Farm Loan Board. In Hutchinson he met his boyhood sweetheart Mattie Metl, now a grandmother, recalling a 12 year old romance as 7,000 in attendance heard his remarks on agricultural policy.
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Harding
Kansas
Tutchinson
Kans
Warren G. Harding
Warren
Mattie
Warren Harding
United States
Hutchinson
Inter
Mattie Metl
Caledonia
Ohio
Harding Offers Optimistic Farm Aid Outlook
President Harding spoke in Hutchinson Kansas predicting the worst of postwar gloom had passed and gradual improvement was likely. He reviewed government steps to aid farmers led by farm credits legislation, saying it would provide adequate investment and working capital on favorable terms and help restore fair crop prices and lift postwar debts.
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Associated Press
Hutchingon
Kun
Harding
Middle West
Sims Appeals to Citizens To Meet Elks Emergency
Mayor Walter A. Sims urges Atlanta residents to open private homes to Elks convention visitors July 9 14 to prevent a room shortage from jeopardizing the city’s hospitality reputation. He calls on owners of better class homes to house at least half of expected guests to avert a crisis.
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Walter A. Sims
Atlanta
Great Elks’ Grand Lodge
Elks' Convention
Elks’ Lodge
Elks
Elks’ Convention Board
Road accountant dies by strangling in police cell
Kurt Smith reporting from Springfield Missouri June 22 43 year old accountant for Frisco railroad Baird was held at the city police station after claiming a mob pursued him and he was placed in a cell. He killed himself with a necktie after the city physician said he was demented.
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Kurt Smith
Ark
Guy AO. Baird
Frisco Railroad
Springfield
Baird
Borah rules out 3rd party bid with Ford help
Spokane report says Idaho Senator Borah will not be a presidential candidate or lead a third party. He notes Ford as a likely third party candidate should one form, cites public ownership issues, and says he remains loyal to the Republicans while predicting Harding’s acclamation and a perplexing Democratic field.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
United States
William F. Borah
Idaho
Ice
d'Alene
Harding
William G. McAdoo
Smith
New York
Henry Ford
Oscar Underwood
Ford
Borzh
Borah
Senator Borah
Republican Party
Coal Commission Rushes Report On Anthracite Wages
The coal commission pushes to finish its wage, profit, and cost report for the anthracite industry to aid forthcoming negotiations. Miners contracts expire August 31 and wage demands are rising as union delegates meet June 26. Harding warned of potential supply disruption. the commission aims to shape policy once union and operator talks begin. On the Leviathan voyage, a 25 hour speed test set a world record, and after docking at New York is slated for Sunday morning arrival.
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Washington
Associated Press
The
Coal Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Harding
West
John Haya Hammond
New York
Atlanta Tourists Ready for Aunt Back Home Today
Savannah reports the Atlanta-Peace automobile tour campers concluding three days of Meri making at Tybee and Savannah. Cars inspected by J I Cannon of motor hospital division show all in first rate shape for the 200 mile return via Statesboro Dublin Macon and Griffin. Tourists expect brief stops for rest and refreshments at principal towns and express pride in Georgia and its people.
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Stewart F. Gelders
Constitution
Savannah
Tybee
Savannah-Tybee Motor Road
Bee
de Soto Hotel
Atlanta
Statesboro
Dublin
Macon
Griffin
Cara
J. I. Cannon
Motor Hospital
Greensboro
Thomson
Augusta
Waynesboro
Sardis
Sylvania
Georgia
Goodlow Yancey
Lightning kills farmer in field near Jackson Tenn
In Jackson Tennessee on June 73 Clarence Gibbs, 35, was struck and killed instantly by lightning while working in an open field on his farm in the eastern part of the county. His father, a few steps behind, was spared. The storm also hit Medina Gibson county, causing about $10,000 in damage and injuring local official H. B. Senter.
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Jackson
Tenn
Clarence Gibbs
Medina
Gibson County
H. B. Senter
Senter
Mayor's Veto Sparks City Payroll Overhaul in Atlanta
Mayor Walter A. Sims condemns the June finance sheet and vows to end political influence in city payrolls. He declares the city a giant corporation needing business principles, aims to cut excess staff, and vetoes the original budget amid dire financial conditions.
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Atlanta
Walter A. Sims
City Council
General Council
Council
Partly Cloudy Weather Ahead in Georgia
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered thunderstorms possible on Sunday and Monday. No change in temperatures expected. Local weather report notes highs, lows, and mean temperatures with rainfall amounts and monthly deficits or excesses.
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Washington
Georgia
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Leviathan Record
Big Shore
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Boston
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