Fulton Voters Face Choice In County Government Reform
Fulton voters will decide between a 15-district board and a commission form with three yearly paid members. The Fulton County Democratic Committee plans to discuss the two plans today at City Hall and set election dates likely between March 1 and 10. Chairman Waters argues for centralizing power in three men, while others support districting and broader representation.
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Fulton County
Board of County Commissioners
Democratic Executive Committee
Tal C. Waters
County Commission Board
Tvan Allen
Aten
Dayton
Ota
Tut Waters
Lkely
Sant Waters
Eugene T Thomas
Fulton County Democratic Executive Committee
Fatal Shooting Ends Midnight Joy Ride
In Fome Georgia a midnight car ride ended with a gunshot wound to Donald Haire at a house of ill repute east of town. Haire, shot in the abdomen, is alive but not expected to recover. Three women and three men were arrested. Haire claims accidental shooting by Lula Ballard but police doubt the story. Others named include Ottie May, A R Wood, Rosa Martin, Fred Bogus, Porter Phillips, and driver John Burgess. Authorities pursue the case as a possible collective involvement.
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Maren
Donald Haire
Rome
Haire
Lula Ballard
Harre
Ballard
Ottie May
A. R. Wood
Watt
Rosa Martin
Fred Bogus
Porter Phillips
John Burgess
Claire
Mother Recovers Pretty Baby Girl After Kidnapping
A wife searches for four hours for her blue eyed 16 month old daughter Jesse C Prust Jr taken by her husband from the home of her mother at Central Avenue. The husband fled by hack near the Fulton Tower and will face likely divorce proceedings as authorities track him. Continued on Page Two.
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Jesse C. Prust, Jr
Fulton Tower
Prutt
Mr. Smith
Central Avenue
Future of Rebels Hangs in Balance
Washington reports the U S government will pause further Mexican policy pending a constitutionalist commission report on William Benton. Cabinet discussions focus on Carranza’s stance and the constitutionalists’ prestige, with possible British recognition concerns if Benton remains unsettled.
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Washington
William 5. Bentom
Carranza
United States
Benton
Great Britain
West named chair of expenditures post office committee
Senator William Stanley West of Valdosta took the oath of office as a U. S. senator and was named chairman of the Expenditures in the Post Office Department committee. He was assigned a Senate desk, received congratulations from Georgia and national lawmakers, and sought a private secretary while noting a recent snowstorm. He anticipated joining the Military Affairs committee and brought Earl Williams as stenographer.
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John Corrigan
Washington
William Stanley West
Valdosta
United States
Bacon
West
Oarth
Senator West
Georgia
Hoke Smith
House
Bankhead
Alabama
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Thomas
Colorado
Hughs
Walker
John T. Boifeailet
Josiah Carter
John T. Boifeallet
Earl Willams
Carrollton
Seater Bacon
Smith
Capitol
Senate
Senator Smith
South Georgia
House Committee Backs Wilson Appeal In Toll Repeal
Washington reports the House and Senate favor moving quickly on repeal of the Panama canal toll exemption. The House committee on interstate commerce favors the Sims repeal bill by 18 to 4, while the Senate weighs a flat repeal or a Chilton compromise authorizing presidential toll regulation. Debate centers on policy, treaty implications, and party stances as leaders prepare to push rules to speed passage.
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March
Wilson
Congress
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
House
Chilton
West Virginia
Chitten Ientent
Adamson
Knowland
California
Rules Committee
Georgia Sheriff Loses Chance To Take Prisoner
New Orleans reports say Sheriff Berry of Glynn County Georgia missed a prisoner when Albert Davis died in hospital just as the sheriff was due to take him. Davis had confessed to a November murder near Brunswick and a broader manhunt unfolds as W H Davis faces possible trial in June with lawyers seeking bail opposed by the State.
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Berry
Glynn County
Georgia
Albert Davis
Davis
Brunswick
A. R. Davis
Mary Davis
W. H. Davis
Alligator Desk Pet Baffles Office Visitors
A Florida alligator named Uncle Dudley lives with stenographer Martha Harbison in the Healy Building. The creature, once called Clarice, now enjoys pink ribbons talcum and baths, kept in a desk and cared for daily. It prowls the desk by day and hides in a coffee can at night, regally styled yet wary of strangers.
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Dudley
Florida
Martha Harbison
Healy
Frst
Clarice
Uncle Dudley
Dudier
First Baptist Church Plans to Bar Locker Clubs
The First Baptist Church plans to urge members to resign from any club with locker features that violates state prohibition law. Dr C W Daniel and the deacons drafted resolutions to be submitted to the congregation, aiming to condemn lawbreaking in clubs rather than wage war on all locker clubs.
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C. W. Daniel
Dante
Grand Jury
Daniel
Board of Deacons
Committee Picks Atlanta as Site for Reserve Bank
The Federal Reserve Board named eleven cities for the new reserve bank system. Atlanta joins New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago with Richmond Dallas St Louis Cincinnati Minneapolis and San Francisco listed as centers. The Atlanta territory will include Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and possibly South Carolina with member banks contributing ten percent of capital to reach about 69 million dollars.
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John Corriaan
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Federal Reverve Organization Committee
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Cureney Williama
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York
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Si Lous
Cincinnai
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Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Father Abandons Search for Gira Lost in Savannah
Savannah Ga March 6 Special Search for Miss Maud Pritcher of Pritchardsville 8 C who disappeared Wednesday while accompanying her father on the way home has been practically abandoned. Police have no plausible clue every lead followed in vain. The girl’s father A Ma Pritche broke down today saying they had lost hope of finding her and returned to his home in South Carolina.
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Savannah
Maud Pritcher
Pritchardsville
Ma Pritche
Bta
Sout Carolina
Felder Reopens Post Wheeler Case
Thomas B Felder has won state department consent to reopen the case of Fost Wheeler former secretary of the American embassy in Rome He retired under charges Felder will argue Wheeler was improperly accused and seek clearance.
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Washington, Maren
Thomas B. Felder
State Department
Fost Wheeler
Rome
Italy
Wheeler
Earthquake Shock Felt Near Darlington Tonight
A distinct earthquake shock was felt near Darlington and ColIard around 4 4 4 central time. The tremor lasted about a minute with no damage reported.
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Darlington
C.ollard
Nere
Weather Prophecy Fain Georgia-Mair South Clardy
Weather report fragment notes cloudy conditions, Saturday and Sunday fair, local theater section, low and high temperatures with unclear numbers. Mean and normal temps listed with rainfall in past 24 hours and deficiencies since January. Data appears partial and garbled.
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Georgia
Cloudy Morth Bertion
Eyee
Girl Located Through Message From Sweetheart in Charleston
Savanna Georgia March 6 Special Estella McCluney an 18 year old schoolgirl from Jacksonville who faced immoral pur pose charges involving Raymond H Smoak a Savannah youth was found in Charleston through a note from a former sweetheart A hotel stay led to her apprehension and Smoak was released on his own recognizance pending transfer of the girl to Savannah
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Estella McCluney
Jacksonville
Raymond H. Smoak
Savannah
Georgia
Charleston
Smoak
Sunday Na
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