Two Negroes Die as Train Hits Car at Elmwood Crossing
A Saturday collision at Elmwood crossing cost the lives of Bertha Martin of Atlanta and Julia Martin, a 19 month old, with Mattie Martin of Morrow Georgia. Kaesar Stewart and the mother die en route. two other occupants survive in Mercy hospital in critical condition. Police suggest the car sped toward the crossing and could not stop in time to beat the Ames bound Southern train No 35.
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Mercy Hospital
Ames
Southern
Elienwood Crossing
Bertha Martin
Fraser Street
Atlanta
Julia Martin
Mattie Martin
Morrow
Kaesar Stewart
Plows Unsold Autos Booming in Postwar Indiana
United News staff report from Indianapolis June 26 notes varied postwar recovery across Indiana industries. Plow manufacturers in South Bend shut down with $6 000 worth of farm implements unsold while auto plants in the same city run at high capacity, paying off debts and filling orders for about 75 000 cars. Widespread demand shifts include women’s wear and dry goods increasing in markets and rubber boots plus woolens in Mashatawa mills. Wholesale Chicago dry goods distributors see renewed retail buying, yet leaders seek the defining normal business after wartime boom.
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Robert J. Bender
United News
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
South Bend
Corel
Mashatawa
Chicago
Missing Decatur boy 14 years old authorities search
Authorities in Decatur and Atlanta are seeking Martin A Hall 14 son of Mr and Mrs Henry N Hall of 444 Melrose Avenue He has not been seen since Friday night The boy believed to have run away was last seen on Jefferson Place barefoot and hatless He weighs about 89 pounds has sandy hair and freckles and avoids looking people in the face per his parents report.
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Decatur
Atlanta
Martin A. Hall
Henry N. Hall
Melrose Avenue
Jefferson Place
Mrs Coleman to Attend Georgia Children of the Confederacy Meet
Mrs Walter Scott Coleman vice president of the Georgia division and past president of the Atlanta chapter U D C has been invited to attend the state meeting of the Children of the Confederacy in Athens this week She will leave Tuesday for the gathering and will be guest of Miss Mildred Tr Rutherford with many prominent U D C leaders from across the state attending the Athens session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott Coleman
Georgia
Atlanta
Children of the Confederacy
Athens
Mildred Trutherford
U.D. C
To Form Traffic Bureau Savannah Ga
Savannah Ga June 26 a private traffic bureau has been preliminarily organized by about twenty Savannah business men to promote trade and secure the best equitable freight rates. Municipal or official traffic bureau has not existed here for years and the group plans formal organization in a few days.
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Savannah
Wading Pool Opens for Ansley Park Kiddies
Ansley Park celebrates the Cochran park wading pool opened by the city park board. Major D. F. McClatchey led the project, providing a safe space for real kids to splash from dawn to dusk. The pool, 37 by 30 feet with 8 to 30 inch depths, lies between Park Lane and East Park Lane and will spur more kid facilities next summer.
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Ansley Park
City Park Board
Cochran Park
Anstey Park
D. F. McClatchey
State Senate
Park Board
Sue
Major McClatchey
Piedmont Park
Oakland City Park
Grant Park
Atlanta
Betwen Park Lane
East Park Lane
Senate
Flames Gut Georgia Hotel In $125000 Blaze At 34 West Street
A Sunday night fire gutted the Georgia hotel at 34 West Street and damaged Duffy's, Zion's and other stores on the ground floor. The blaze, started in a storeroom or garage, threatened nearby structures. Chief Cody was injured by debris but continued fighting the flames. Insurance coverage and investigation by Fire Chief remain pending. Oil Creek oil boom context noted with 60 million barrels in ten years.
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Wast ' Street
HL Ins
Georgia Hotel
Asie
W. 5
Frankanager
Cody
Duffy's
Zion's Store
C. B. Sloane
Spartanburg
3. C
Watches and Coin Taken in Bold Robberies
Police received word Sunday of several late Saturday night holdups yielding cash and valuables. A man named Jesse Smith reported being robbed on Oakdale road of $14 and a watch by a short black thief in blue overalls. A store owner at Boy Glenn street said three Black men forced surrender of cash and a watch at Glenn and Reid streets. A woman at 498 Whitehall street was attacked near Whitehall and Humphries, knocked down and robbed of a handbag with about $28.
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Jesse Smith
Oakdale Road
H. Hairsowittz
Boy Glenn Street
Glenn and
Reid Streets
H. W. Bennis
Whitehall Street
Whitehall and
Humphries Birects
Woman May Enter Race for Tax Collector in Grady
Grady County reports two women may run for Grady County tax collector to succeed the late Roy Ponder. The election is set for Wednesday July 20 with eight candidates grooming for the post. Walter Wight of Cairo currently holds the office. The list includes Mrs. Foy Bryant Walter Wight Joseph Mitchell B L Williams G Johnson W Connell Cutie Lord J H Jeffores and others may announce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Grady County
Roy Ponder
Walter Wight
Cairo
Foy Bryant
Walter Wight Joseph Mitchell
B. L. Williams
G. Johnson
W. Connell
Cutie Lord
J. H. Jeffores
J H Mgrew Speaks At Negro Y M C A Address Topic Is the Young Man Safe
J H McGrew assistant secretary of the southern region of the Y M C A delivered an address at the Butler Street Y M C A on Is the Young Man Safe. Dr R M Reddick presided and W G Valentine played The Last Hope. In the upstairs senior department a large crowd heard Dr A D Jones speak on Sex Cleanliness to the boys.
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Butler Street
J. H. McGrew
R. M. Reddick
W. G. Valentine
A. D. Jones
Savannah Price Drop Sparks Sharp Fuel Slide
Sugar has fallen to near prewar lows in Savannah, selling at six and a half cents yesterday. Gasoline also slumped to 19 cents as dealers share costs and push prices below the general level.
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Savannah
Presidents Ask to Hear Address of Miss Connolly
Mrs Albert Thosuon Sr president of the City Federation of Women's clubs invites all federated club presidents to attend the Atlanta Woman's club meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Louise Connolly of the national board of review will speak on motion pictures and meet Atlanta leaders at 11 am in C B Budwell's office discussing an art museum initiative.
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Albert Thosuon
City Federation of Women's Club
Atlanta Woman's Club
Louise Connolly
National Board of Review
Miss Connolly
Newark, N. J
Atlanta
C. B. Bldwell
Dr Andrew M Soule To Speak At Fitzgerald Fourth Of July
Fitzgerald Ga June 26 Dr Andrew M Soule president of the Georgia State College of Agriculture has accepted the invitation to deliver the Independence Day ovation at Fitzgeralds thirteenth annual Fourth of July celebration. A full day program includes boy scout drills bicycle races a mammoth parade singing contest farm bureau floats a barbecue dinner a baseball game and a Mardi Gras night. About one thousand dollars in prizes will be awarded and the event will cost the chamber of commerce and merchant association around two thousand dollars.
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Fitzgerald
Andrew M. Soule
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce
Ben Hill Farm Bureau
W. A. Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Hoy Scouts of
Nashville
Cordele
Americus
Chamber of Commerce and Merchant's Association
Faculty Chosen at Georgia Military College Milledgeville
The Georgia Military College trustees elected the new faculty and teachers. Major T. N. Bonner R. M. Cabell W. M. Dowls Hermon W. Martin Lewis Hardage Robert W. Russell Godfrey Osterman L. B. Moore Holmes Ralaton and Mrs T A Reese join as faculty. Lewis D. Hardage named coach and athletic director with W H Dewis as assistant coach and instructor.
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Milledgeville
The
Georgia | Military College
T. N. Bonner
R. M. Cabell
W. M. Dowls
Hermon W. Martin
Lewis Hardage
Robert W. Russell
Godfrey Osterman
L. B. Moore
Holmes Ralaton
T. A. Reese
Julia Moore
Cassie Simpson
Mattie
Donshue and
McGu_gin
Farmers Meeting Planned by Thomas County Union
Thomasville Ga June 26 Special The Farmers Union of Thomas County plans a large program of addresses next Saturday at Center Hill. Speakers include John P Knight Nashville James R Burch Eldon Joiner T S Chastain and A P Hart with R R Chastain presiding The event billed as the biggest in the union’s history draws farmers and families from across the county.
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Thomasville
Farmers’ Union
Thomas County
Center Hill
John P. Knight
Nashville
James R. Burch
Eldon Joiner
T. S. Chastain
Ware votes bonds for Union School in Ware County
Waycross Ga June 26 Special The Hebardville Jameson district the largest in Ware county has voted 30000 in bonds for a community school building to accommodate at least 500 students The election carried by a large majority and for the first time women voted This is the largest school consolidation yet effected in Ware county
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Waycross
Hebardville-Jameson
Ware County
Plan Opposition To Move For New County In State
Perry Georgia June 26 Specially at a called meeting of Houston county citizens plans were made to defeat the new county movement advocated by Fort Valley and the ninth and sixth districts. They propose to create Peach county by taking over one third of Houston county reaching near Perry then following the national highway to the Hibb county line and including part of Macon county ceded to Macon in 1917. This would leave most bridges and highways to Houston to maintain. A majority oppose the new county though last year voters backed it in elections for legislature and county offices.
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Perry
Houston County
Fort Valey
Peach
Hibb County
Macon County
Coun
TWO STILLS THREE MEN ARE CAPTURED IN PERRY GA
Perry, Georgia June 26 Special Trs Chapman sheriff and a White deputy sheriff in a raid near Echeconnee near the Houston Bibb county line captured two copper stills and two nerves George Lambert and Will Jordan who they say were operating them They also found four gallons of whisky in the storehouse of Jack Self a white man whom they arrested on a charge of having whisky in his possession and selling it The white man was bondable
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Perry
Chapman
Echeconnee
Houston
Bibb
George Lambert
Will Jordan
Jack Self
Rev Charles L Bass Will Speak Tuesday At Mason Meeting
The Rev Charles L Bass grand master of Georgia Masonry will be principal speaker at Gate City lodge No 2 F and A M semiannual communication. The meeting is at 8 o clock Tuesday evening in the Masonic temple. Bass, a World War veteran, is nearing the end of his second term and is noted for constructive policies and eloquence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 1, Bass
Mason
Georgia
Gate City Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Bass
France
Ewing
City lodge plans semi annual meeting program
The city lodge announces an interesting program for the semi annual meeting. It includes a talk by Grand Master Bass reports from standing committees and an address by Past Master Raymond Daniel.
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Page Three
City Lodge
Bass
Raymond Daniel
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