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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1923
Page
13
Eight people are dead and 43 injured as two wooden cars plummeted from an elevated track into a busy Brooklyn intersection. The crash tore through rotten guard beams, sent burning wires and debris across the street, while bystanders watched in fear as the wreckage scattered.
In New York a train derailed into a street, killing several and injuring many as fire and police battled debris. Mayor Hylan blamed an aged guard rail and decayed trucks, calling for a legislative move to overhaul officials and public service oversight.
Rome special. Representative-elect J P Jones of Floyd will propose a bill at the upcoming legislature to compel public service corporations in Georgia to itemize assets and earnings with county clerks and the state public service commission. His measure would allow superior court judges to review PSC decisions and lower rates deemed excessive.
Tome Ga June Special reports the Cave Springs consolidated school hiring 18 teachers led by O A Strange former Cave Springs High principal. Staff drawn from the southeast, a majority from Georgia. Preparatory grade teachers must hold high school and normal school diplomas while high school staff are all trained educators.
Graduates of Class A colleges with at least three years teaching experience will be considered for positions. Teachers of agriculture and home economies, to be employed under the Smithe Hughes bill, will be chosen later.
The local weather bureau forecast thundershowers with continuous cooling breezes for Cresday and possibly Wednesday and Thursday. C. B. von Hermann of the Atlanta office disclosed Monday that about one and a half inches of rain fell in Atlanta and surrounding areas, with the central state and Gulf coast regions affected. He added Atlanta is safe from intense heat for a week, predicting pleasant nights ahead.
Radio amateurs await word from Captain MacMillan who left Wiscasset Maine on Saturday night. Dunakl Mix, known to radio fans nationwide, will broadcast chief’s dispatches detailing the journey and the discoveries anticipated to be phenomenal for science. The signal will relay MacMillan’s observations to The Constitution and transmit the fate of an impending ice age and its impact on human settlements.
In pursuit of a court order by Honorable P. H. Adams Referee in Bankruptcies a sale is set for July 3 at 12 noon. The Referee's office 512 Grant building Atlanta Georgia will offer a block of groceries fixtures accounts and related items belonging to James Kaigier doing business as Kaigier Grocery Company 47 East North Avenue Cash only and subject to court approval or rejection for inventory and accounts details contact W W Isanska Revelver Atlanta National Bank Eng Atlanta Ga Walnut 3781.
Cave Spring in Home Georgia prepares a July 5 celebration marking the completion of the Consolidated school building. Dr Andrew M Soule of the State Agricultural College Dr D J Blocker of Shorter College Dr J M Sammiens of the First Baptist Church and Mrs Alex Harris of the Rome Woman's club will speak. More than 5 000 are expected to attend with invitations extended to leaders from Rome Cedartown and Floyd county civic groups. The event also marks the first northwest Georgia high school to offer Smith Hughes farm and home demonstration work.
Captain MacMillan and radio expert Donald Mix plan to transmit discoveries from the icy polar wastes. They aim to keep in touch with civilization, broadcast urgent messages, and relay world news to Eskimo tribes while awaiting signals from the aurora. The Relay League coordinates urgent notices via newspapers linked to the North America Newspaper Association.
Dated notices report the deaths of Mrs. W. H. Putman 43 of Columbus and infant Hunter at home in Kirkwood Avenue. Joel B Richardson aged years, daughter Pearl Smith 34 months, and Joe Richardson are noted with survivors including spouses, parents, and a grandmother. Funereal directors listed: H. M. Patterson & Son, Harry G. Poole, Kirkwood Ave, Awtry & Lowndes. An old Pennsylvania saying about whipperwill arrival noted.
Bankruptcy sale announces auction Friday June 20 at 10 oclock for cash to the highest bidder. Property at 112 Hunt Street Atlanta Georgia with inventory value listed. R Y Barrett Receiver invites inquiries at 205 Chamber of Commerce Building Atlanta. Also notice to coal dealers sealed bids due June 29 for approximately 280 car loads of coal. specifications available from city purchasing agent W B Price.
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