Britain to Build Fifty Two Squadron Home Defense Air Force
Prime Minister Baldwin announced in the house of commons plans for a home defense air force totaling fifty two squadrons, boosting the Royal Air Force by thirty four, with a mixed permanent and reserve structure. Britain will cooperate internationally to limit air armaments under League covenants and Washington terms, seeking possible future agreement.
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London
Associated Press
Baldwin
House of Commons
Royal Air Frove
Great Britain
League of Nations
Arthur Ponsonby
Sheffield
Limitaton
Samuel Hearne
Aar
Birmingham Attorney Acquitted of Unethical Practice
Birmingham attorney Jana 26 in Jefferson County was acquitted of unethical legal practice by a jury in Judge Ren D. Tinner's civil circuit court division. The verdict was returned after a lengthy deliberation. Separate notices announce sealed bids for concrete work on East Primeton Avenue in College Park Georgia and paving projects in Atlanta and Decatur.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jana
Red Fite
Jefferson County
Alabama
Ren D.tinner
Civil Circuit Court
Welock
Primeton Avenue
College Pak
Georgia
Callety
Lindsey
Bingor
Ats Welch
City Hat
Pecator
Sait Archity
Sammery
Hoard of
Decatee Publc
T. Hopk
Charman
Workmen Buried Alive As Sand Bank Collapses
Kansas City, June 26. Two workmen were buried alive when a sand bank caved in as they were digging up a road truck. After half an hour their bodies were recovered and pulmotors were applied but no spark of life remained. Victims were William E. Ryland, 23, and James Brown, 30.
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Kansas City
William E. Ryland
James Brown
Crazed Woman Holds Officers at Bay With Ax and Knife
New York city officers and firemen faced a dangerous incident on Henry Street as Mia Beckie Kessler, reportedly unstable in the heat, menaced responders with an ax and knife for about thirty minutes while attempting to fling her two children from a fire escape. Neighbors saw the children in her arms as screams drew fire crews, who were driven back when she charged them. She was placed in hospital for observation.
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New York
Mia
Beckie Kessler
Henry Street
Effigy of Slain Man Fails to Move Murder Suspect
In Montreal on June 26 the trial of Adelaide Delorme, a former priest and half brother of Raoul Delorme, continued as an effigy dressed in the victim's clothes was shown in court. The suspect, still calm, whispered to counsel as Dr. W J Derome testified the body was cold but not frozen.
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Montreal
Raoul Delorme
Ottawa University
Adelaide
Ele
W. J. Derome
Woman whipped by son and brother in Georgia incident
Mary Adams was beaten at her home near Douglas on Monday midnight by her brother Mace Tanner her son Mose Adams and four others after tearing down her door and stabbing her under the eye. Sheriff Tanner arrested Adams and Tanner who deny the charge. Additional victims Asa Joiner and a Rawlings woman were also whipped by unknown assailants. no arrests made in their case.
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Douglas
Mary Adams
Mace Tanner
Mose Adams
Tanner
Adams
Asa Joiner
Rawlings
Joiner
Storm Claims Vaudeville Actor and Brother in New York
Two men from New York are killed by a bolt of lightning in Long Beach while another man dies from the same strike. In Brooklyn a violent ten minute storm kills one woman and injures several others as wind hail and lightning sweep Bushwick and East New York.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Bert Savoy
Savoy & Brennan
Jack C. Grossman
New York
Bushwick
East New York
Brooklyn
Mrs Dwight’s Husband Held Under Bond After Threat Letter
C M Dwight of 641 Capitol Avenue posted 500 bond in municipal court after his wife Dora Dwight of 211 Atlanta Avenue alleged a letter from him threatened to dynamite her home. They have been separated for about a year. Dwight denied authorship but copied the letter under court instruction in Judge T Q Hathcock’s court.
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C. M. Dwight
Capitol Avenue
Dora Dwight
Atlanta Avenue
Dwights
T. Q. Hathcock
Dwight
Woman Lost Two Days In Mountains Found By Posse
Miss Minne Austin of Kansas City wandered 48 hours in canyon mountains near Santa Fe New Mexico. A searching posse and U S cavalry detachment were deployed with Albuquerque airplanes ready to join when she was found Tuesday after her horse returned riderless Sunday night.
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Posse
Santa Fe
Minne Austin
Kansas City
Major General Patrick Wins Pilot's Wings
Washington June 26 Major General Mason M Patrick chief of the army air service won his pilot s wings Tuesday He is in his 60th year and climbed into an army training plane at Bolling field looping spiraling and diving before the examining board He has been taking flying lessons for several months
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Washington
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Patrick
Bolling Field
Canadian Premier Would Recognize Insulin Discoverer
Ottawa June 26 Premier King announced plans to seek recognition by parliament for Toronto scientist Dr. F G Banting, discoverer of insulin treatment for diabetes. An annuity to support his life devoted to medical research was proposed.
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Ottawa
King
House of Commons
F. G. Banting
Toronto
South Bend Ghost Trial Remains Unresolved
South Bend residents await a ghost trial after Wolfas Tomaszewski, owner of 21 Kaley Street, declines to sue Francois Lesage who says he was driven out by a haunting. Lasage spooked, tenants alarmed, police found gravel under the house, but no supernatural proof. legal actions stalled as Zewski also withdraws.
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South Bend
Ind
South Kaley Street
Wolfas Tomaszewski
Francois Lesage
Wolfas
Wolfes
Lasage
Lesage
Vesage
Lasige
Kaley Street
Thomas Zewski
George Bunda
Spook
Sands
Poona
St. Joseph County Court
Thomas Rewski
Gold Teeth Put MW Ewing in Jail In Swindle Case
J C McElwing was arrested and jailed on a $500 bond after swindling Mrs J B Wheeler by posing as her husband’s messenger. He lured her with a collision story and demanded $12, aided by his many gold teeth. He claimed to be sent to collect the money and was identified by authorities at his Marietta street address.
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Mw’ Ewing
J. C. McElwing
J. B. Wheeler
Dalney Attent
McEwing
Marietta Street
State Y M C A meeting at Blue Ridge July conference speakers
The state Y M C A committee and Y M M C A boards will meet at Blue Ridge North Carolina during the upcoming YMCA summer school to discuss southern leadership. Speakers include Frederick B. Smith of Johns Manville Roy V. Wright editor of The Railway Age and Dr. Howard Rondfather of North Carolina. The conference runs July 18 to July 24 with Thomas Johnson Georgia Y M C A state secretary directing arrangements.
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Blue Ridge
N. C
Y. MM. CC. A
Frederick B. Smith
Johns- Manville Company
Roy V. Wright
Aeg
Howard Rondfather
North Carolina
Thomas Johnson
The
Arangements
Midnight Frolics at Dighty-One Theater
A midnight frolic is set at the Dighty-One theater on Decatur street at 11:15 Friday night. Bessie Smith, famed Columbia Phonograph star, will appear in person before the first white audience and present her vaudeville revue with top negro talent and blues repertoire. Tickets are invitation only and available at leading hotels to white attendees in Atlanta.
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Decatur Street
Bessie Smith
Columbia Plonetgraph
Atlanta
Lyric Theater
New Orleans
Civil War Vet and Mobile Editor Lee Fearn Irwin Dies
Mobile Alabama June 26 Colonel Lee Fearn Irwin 83 Confederate veteran former assistant postmaster and long time commercial editor of The Mobile Register died today He remained active in his paper duties until about a month ago
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Mobile
Ala
Lee Fearn Irwin
Mobile Register
Citys Bastille Is Not a Place For Real Gents
Two men nicknamed Slippery Jim and Frisco Joe leave Atlanta after a night in jail. Recorder Johnson orders them out of town. They celebrate with coffee and doughnuts, then head west, glancing back at the jail as they depart.
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James Munsey
Slippery Jim
Frank Curtis
Recorder Johnson's Court
Freedom
Slippery
Atlanta
Frisco
Joe
Six foot groom applies to wed midget troupe member
New York June 26 A six foot Ben Theller won a license to wed 40 inch Dora Vieg, a midget troupe member, after a court action possibly titled He Stooped to Conquer. Miss Vieg, smiling at waist level, works at a theater where Ben is described as the efficiency engineer. She weighs 55 pounds against his 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wight
Ben Theller
Dora Vieg
Ben
Miss Vieg
Permission Granted To Increase Rates On Railroad
The Georgia Public Service Commission at a Tuesday session granted the Fairburn and Atlanta Railway Company permission to raise passenger fare from 5 cents to 6 cents per zone. The line operates gasoline cars between College Park and Fairburn. The company stated it cannot meet operating expenses at the lower rate. Each zone covers about one mile. Additional fee permissions were also granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Public Service Commission
Fairburn
Railway agency to close at Doctor town Georgia
The American Railway Express company was ordered to discontinue its agency at Doctor town Georgia and the AOL railroad was ordered to improve its depot at Baconton to meet plans filed with the commission.
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N American Railway Express Company
Doctortown
A. O.L. Railroad
Baconton
Two Are Killed In Pitched Battle Near Chattanooga
In Marion county near Suckereeck at a sawmill two men, Jim Miller and Enastiey Goforth, are dead after a drunken feud sparked by a suspected moonshine informer. Wounded are M A Goforth and George Miller. three suspects Bob White, Hubert Goforth and Alex Miller are jailed in Jasper, where Sheriff Lane reports the scene was remote and removal of the wounded took time. George Miller is shot in the head and expected to die.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jim Miller
Enastiey Goforth
M. A. Goforth
George Miller
Suck Ereek
Marion County
Bob White
Hubert Goforth
Alex Miller
Jasper
Sheriff Lane
EUBANKS INJURED IN STREETCAR ACCIDENT
J S Eubanks supervisor for the Georgia Railway and Power company was struck by an automobile while alighting from a moving street car on North Broad near Walton Street. He suffered severe facial and bodily injuries and was taken to Atlanta hospital. The vehicle, owned by O G Arnold of 102 Chestnut Street, was driven by his son John Arnold of 103 Chestnut Street. The driver was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated.
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North Broad
Walton Street
J. S. Eubanks
Georgia Railway and Power Company
O. G. Arnold
Chestnut Street
John Arnold
Eubanks
Atlanta
Zembiesa
Birth Announcements Listing Various Families and Dates
A scanned notice lists numerous birth announcements with parental names and dates. Items include families at 125 Mate thens street, 60d Chestnut street, 158 Put am street, Mastin street, Astoria Ween, Central avenue, Hare len avenue, Edgewood avenue, and West End avenue. Dates range from June 10 to June 29, with multiple entries noting a girl.
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Bibley
Matethens Street
Nelson
Chestnut ‘Street
J. Smith
Putam Street
J. L Morricon
Mastin Street
Fr. Satoy
Jim Corovania
Central Avenue
Bor
J.’ H Sodiey
F. J. Moran
Hishland Arthue
J. R. Iillinme
Edgewood Avenue
Cid
West End Avenue
Juno
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Giant Air Force
W. ‘Ll. Metallister
Mt Street
George Toh Ofgnnes
Ro Barrett
Compierce
Georgia Securities Commission
B. P. Fisn
Tewadia County
DS Goodwin
Ware County
Georaa
East Company
Barnwell | Ecan Orchards Company Repelore
Barnwell Teton Orchards Company, & Corporation
Lown
Delaware
Barowell Tecan Orchards Company
W. A. Coleman
Presid
John L. Mimzaurh
Joseph Db
Notthes
Frank Leaer
Dudley BR
Cowles
Aireptor
Munifiln
J. Hope Ligne
Wesley Avenue
Peachtree Head
Brookwood
M. Holland
Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Co
Federal Reserve System
Johnson’s Paints & Varnishes
Quality Paint CO
S. Broad St
State Committee
81” Theater
Bastille
Pierre van Paassen
Wiles
Carmic
Hurt Bldg
E. Pace's Ferry Road
Ivy
Hemlock
Atlanta Title & Trust CO
East Alabama St
Macks Tire Co
House of Tire Economy
Houston St
Atlanta, Ga
Peachtres Street
Uid Hills
Ponce de Leon
North Decatur Ri
Emory Road
Briarcliff
East Lake Boat
Ridgecrest Road
Lulwater Road
Briarcliff Road
Harvard Road
Fairview Road
Adair Realty & Trust Company
Henley Building
Wallnot
Foss
Wal
Edgewood and
Pryor
Broad Street
Wall Street
Willingham-Tift Lumber Co
West
Sioney J. Hayes Company
Certified Public Accountant
Fourth National Bank
National Bank
Washington, D. 6
Belle Isle
Alonzo Richardson & Company
Atlanta Trust Co
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
Certified Public Accountants
Ite
Special Income Tax Department
P. O. Box
Lodge
Mount’ Zion
Savinck
Bartis
Gonuman
Hlt
F. Waltfis
Vol
Tee Park Lodge
Torgino
College Path
Woethesdard Eves Ning
Frank Po Raskin
Mull Lodge
Wallie
Wawnie Temple
Pewchtree
Cau
Tack- Tidge
Ory T. Brewin
M. Tre P. Gibhs
Ludge
Merly
Cara
Ronth
Jesup
Fort McPherson
Vchnme. AG. Walled
N. G
A 'T. Johnson
Schiller Lodge
Jacobs’ Pharmacy ¢Urier
J. C
Woodmen of the World
Wil
Ither Hall
McKenzie Buihins
O. de Fleifichac
Laiaag
J. H. Vauuten
Ghorge
Annie Sue George
Min. F. O. George
Indiana Street
Kirkwood
Wesley Chapel
A. S. Turner
Joansvon
Sarah G. Johnston
Wee Richardson
M. J Gillespie
Clifford F. Johnston
Julia J. Powell
M. BL. Allen
Sarah E. Johnston
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Co. Harrell
W. M. Dunlap
CG. St. Justi
Frank Atlee
J. H. Latimer
B.C. Duncan
RB. K. Rambo
West View
Barclay & Brandon Co
Carolin Willer
Mik. Waltle J. Swith
Avant
Mns
Clara Greenwood
St. Lous
Peta
Ecustlipaeey
Magnolia Cemetery
Walnut” ‘Su
Horist
Phofes i. Shrewster
Kipere Howell
M. Dorsey
Arthur Heyman Dorsey, Brewster
Lam
Connaib
CARD
Hark Betding
Hugh Bowell
W. P. Diovdworth
Yerman Heyman Towel & Heymatlyere Huildice
Yancey Bros
N. Jackson St
Dockiis
Atlanta Multigraphing Co
Eorgia Savings Bank Bldg
Vala
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