Augusta Flood Loss Tops 300000 in 1932
Augusta Ga March 23 Final totals show Augusta’s flood loss at 300000 with major damages to Southern Cotton Company about 56000 Augusta Railway and Electric 15000 to 20000 and Cotton Row stock up to 16000. City foresees a levee bond issue of about a million to a million and a quarter and relief efforts are organized with local Salvation Army support amid smaller white household losses and ongoing Negro suffering.
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Augusta
Southern Cotton of Company
Augusta Railway and Electric Corporation
Comimere Celal
Broad Street
the Chronicle
Chicago Becomes A Major Musical Center In Public View
Miss Rose Blumenthal argues Chicago now rivals New York for artistic ideals and talent. Chicago's orchestra draws from local players, with soloists like Hugo Kort drawing big crowds without NYC stars. The city hosts active concert life, promotes local teachers such as Adolf Muhrmann and Blumenthal, and features new works and notable tours, including Bonnia Bloomfield Zeisler abroad.
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Chicago
Rose Blumenthal
New York
Hugo Kortchalk
Europe
Atlanta
Adolf Muhrmann
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Herald
Lohengrin
Miss Blumenthal
Bonnia Bloomfield-Zeisler
Missing Bride Found Working as Servant in Virginia
Mrs Q L Wombaugh the Oak Ridge bride abducted by Boyd H Sing was located by relatives and detectives in Chesterfield County Virginia near Richmond. Under the name Mary Holt she had taken a Richmond hotel room and then begun maid duties. Warrant against Sing was released with relatives consent after advices from Richmond.
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Reensboro
N. C
Q. L. Wombaneh
Oak Ridge
Boyd H. Sing
Chesterfield County
Virginia
Richmond
Mary Holt
Florence, & C
Wombaugh
Train Leaves Tracks Smash Ohio Home
Dayton. Ohio March 13. Mr and Mrs Frank Judge of Dayton were slightly injured when two cars of a southbound Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton freight train left the rails, overturned their home, and buried Judge beneath the ruins. His wife escaped through an open door. Defective air brakes are said to have caused the accident.
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Dayton
Ohio
Frank Judge
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Judge
Easter Egg Hunt Fund Nearing Goal in Atlanta
The Easter egg hunt for Atlanta children needs $100 to reach the $500 goal. Subscriptions to W C Puckett, committee chairman, are welcomed. Ninety one thousand eggs have been ordered for the hunt on Saturday April 13, with a Dixie brass band signal at 8 o'clock to begin the search in the park’s north end. The event is under The Atlanta Constitution and park commission, with Gordon N Hurtel added to the committee.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Park Commission
Gordon N. Hurtel
Constitution
Puckett, Burnett
Bond
Judge Olson Describes Chicago Municipal Court Work
Judge Olson outlines corruption and reform in Chicago's municipal system as graft pervaded police magistrates. A commission of leading businessmen proposed a cure, leading to the creation of a municipal court with a chief justice overseeing assignments.
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Judge Olson
Chicago Municipal Court
Justice of the Peace
Kalit
Olson
Gatty Sellars to Perform Week of Music in Atlanta
Atlanta welcomes organist Gatty Sellars for a week at the Montgomery theater. The program features works associated with Westminster Abbey and King George V's era, plus pieces by Elger and Cuff and Sellars own compositions. Sellars has toured globally and with Paderewski and Kubelik, aiming to elevate music beyond motion picture scores.
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Atlanta
Gatty Sellars
Montgomery Theater
England
Sears
Queen's Hall
Crystal Palace
Montgomery
Westminster Abbey
George V
Queen Mary
Sellers
Hadgar Elger
Frederick Cuff
Sellars
Sell
William Short
Paderewski
Kubelik
America
Pleas of guilty to rebating charges in Cleveland
Six dock companies and four railroads indicted last April pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Kilts in Cleveland. Railroads Pennsylvania, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Hessemer and Lake Erie, Nickel Plate paid fines totaling 123000. Individuals T McCabe of Pittsburgh and Dan I Wanna and R Yu Ireland of Cleveland were indicted for conspiracy to rebate. indictments against them were nolled after guilty pleas. It is expected railroads will absorb dock companies.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kiltits
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Hessemer
Lake Erie
Dr. T. McCabe
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Dan I. Wanna
R. Yu. Ireland
Entertained at Dinner Honors Judge Olson at Capital
A dinner in the Capitol honored Judge Olson as guest of honor. The remarks praised his work on the supreme court and the appeals court. The audience gave him an ovation, and the event highlighted support for his property disposal plan as part of a broader system.
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Olson
Ho Waa
Capital
Anger
Fol- Olson
Tuatice
Humpkin
Ajamin
He HN
Justice LR. Urt
Devoted Mothers Fashion Across Opera Circles
The piece notes Louise Homer and her daughters amid talk of society trends for devoted wives. It recounts Mme Homer missing a concert, a Northwest couple visiting, and praise for Horatio Parker and Brian Hooker in the New Opera “An American” with Mona. Critics call the libretto undramatic though richly literary.
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Louise Homer
Theem
Orpheus
Ortrud
Amneris
Mme
Homera
Northwest
Florida
Mong
Mona
Horatio Parker
Harvard
Brette
Brian Hooker
Metropolitan Grandiuers
New York
Ft .Wals
Augusta Plans Flood Bond Sale After City Council Meeting
Augusta Ga March 23 Special A council special meeting will set a date to decide on issuing 1 250 000 in bonds for the city of Augusta Of this amount 350 000 is authorized by the legislature and the rest to be secured by city assets including the canal and water works One million is to build a levee from the locks to a point below the city along the riverfront Jacob Phinizy former mayor and Georgia Railroad Bank president opposes the plan urging hard paving filling cellars and strengthening canal banks The city coalition supports the bond issue as the flood protection project and city unity favor passage
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Weather Bureau
Chronicle Office
Augusta
Salvation Army
Atlanta
Albion Hotel
Broad Street
City Health. Department
Jacob Phinizy
The
Georgia Railroad Bank
Insurance Suit Challenges Kentucky Rate Law
Insurance firms challenge Kentucky rate regulation law in Covington filing a U S district court suit seeking three federal judges to rule on the constitutionality of the state commission. The complaint cites four grounds including that insurers cannot be compelled to fund a state rate regulator.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Covington
United States District Court
Ernest Clarke Visitor From Oklahoma City At Atlanta
Ernest Clarke, once an Atlanta citizen now based in Oklahoma City with several investments, is in Atlanta for a few weeks staying at Robertson's sanitarium on Capitol Avenue. He recently returned from Florida and Cuba with his daughter, noting a 532 mile ride along the new road built by Flagier, who at 65 planned the “railroad by the sea” with $40,000,000 to fund it.
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Ernest FL Clarke
Atlanta
Robertson
Capitol Avenue
Clarke
Oklahoma City
Florida
Cuba
Key Weat
Jacksonville
Flagier
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