Post Card Ballot Demands Vote On New Charters
Citizens' Committee urges all registered white voters in Fulton County Atlanta to express preference on submitting two city charters to a white primary within sixty days. Mayor Woodward and Charles T. Hopkins invoke urgency for immediate action. A postal card vote will reach every voter to call a city election and the committee plans publication of continued details on page fourteen.
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Pete Feet
Chaimmar
Ian Etd Vene
Pyr Mayer
Atlanta
Woodward
Charles T. Hopkins
Council
Onty Executive Committee
Fulton County
Constitution Flood Relief Fund Rises to 3200 in One Day
A flood relief fund started by The Constitution jumps to 3276.92 in one day for middle west districts. Georgia contributions pour in from Atlanta and beyond with diverse donors and organized drives in Greensboro Hapeville and Athens. Fundraiser efforts include hotel staff minstrels theater groups and moving picture houses pledging support and plans for benefit performances continuing with telegrams and notices.
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THE
Constitution
Middle West
Atlanta
Gato
Georgia
Greensboro
Hapeville
Hapeville Drug Company
Hapeville Bank
John I. Murphy
Murphy's Minstrels
Forsyth Theater
Constitution Office
Cincinnati
Athens
Moving Picture Theaters
Nat M. Willis
the Grand
Woodrow Wilson
Telegram from Dayton Sufferer Reports Awful Flood Conditions
A telegram from Mrs. Moodie to her daughter in Dayton, Ohio, relays that flood conditions are awful with ten feet of water in the home, yet she is safe. The message arrived at 10:15 p.m. and confirms early distress among Dayton residents.
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Dayton
Ohio
Anna B. Moodle
David W. Yarbrough
Moodie
G A R Appeals for Flood and Tornado Aid
Judge A B Beers of Bridgeport telegraphs G A R department commanders in 44 states to aid flood victims in the Midwest and tornado survivors in Nebraska. The appeal asks Posts to send contributions to department commanders and to report amounts, urging prompt charity as a calamity calls for quick aid from comrades, widows, and orphans.
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Bridgeport
Conn
A. B. Beers
Grand Army of the Republic
Middle West
Nebraska
Gorsuch
South Bend
Ind
John D. Brown
Leon
Iowa
Charles W. Blodgett
Roanoka
Clifton
Cinclanati
Ohio
Geneva
Alfred B. Bedrs
Huerta's Nephhew Zepeda Murders Prisoner and Burns Body
Gov Zepeda, a Huerta ally, orders execution of political prisoner Hernandes at Belem prison. He demands ex-governors and creates a scene as guards resist, then orders the body disposed with firewood while ministers of war and interior move to arrest him. General Ramael Garcia Cuellar is named governor afterward.
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Mexcu
Faviane Repeta
Gabriel Iternunde
Zenfia
Tae
Pueblo
Federal District
Liciaga
Zepeda
Rureles
Ternandes
Belem
Ramael Garcia Cuellar
Porfirio Diaz
Huerta
Flood Death Toll Estimates Trimmed Amid Recovery Efforts
Revised figures show Dayton mortality likely under 2,000 with many saved from floodwaters. Across Ohio and Indiana towns including Columbus, Piqua, Lima, Troy, Middletown, Massillon, Chillicothe, and Zanesville report varied losses. About 70,000 marooned and 15,000 homes submerged. property damages around 25 million dollars with rescue stations aiding 5,000 homeless.
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Dayton
Grand Reservoir
St. Mary's
Ohio
Lewiston Reservoir
Cox
Columbus
Zanesville
Wrera
Ind
Loss of Life at Dayton Not So Great as Feared
Dayton Ohio March 27 tabulated relief update shows dead unknown. Seventy thousand marooned and fifteen thousand residences submerged. One hundred twenty miles of streets inundated. Five thousand people provided for in rescue stations. Five hundred horses killed. One thousand automobiles damaged. Damages remain tentative.
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Dayton
Hin
Chillicothe
Columbus
Scioto Valley
Portsmouth
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Fair Grounds Hill
United Brethren Church
Riebold
Citizens’ Committee
Main Street
Foraker Avenue
South
J. Lee Barnes
Majestic Hotel
Phuraday
K.phew
Gov. Zepeda
Gabriel Hernandez
Piqua
Peru
Hamilton
Troy
Middletown
Massilon
Linton
Hawesville
Terre Haute
Sharon
Mt. Vernon
Newark
Muskingum River Valley
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