Grand Jury Report Urges Tough Action On County Crime
Fulton County Grand Jury of September 1924 cites violence bootlegging and auto theft as rising crimes. It criticizes lax policing urges chain gang sentences reduces open gambling and calls for education campaigns and jail improvements. It highlights jail hospital kitchen and police station conditions and notes better work by detectives. It recommends merged school system and new county jail and city police station with repairs and upgraded facilities.
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Pan Jude “Rior
Fulton
Grand Sueyer Atl
Atlanta
Georgia School of Technology
Fulton County
Shane
Terner
Cig
Decatur Stret
Athints
Ees Caenis Teepe ‘& Reaposs
Auiai
Fulton County Police Department
Miesionery
Garretts
Mason & Turner Road
Chattahoochee River
Fairburn Road
Ben Lill
Adamsville
Fornesto Boys
Bulton County
City of Atlant
College Park
Hast Point
J. W. Simmons
Grand Jury
Yukon County
Adana
Georgia
G.O. Jones
Walter J. Woop
John
Garner
GF. Longing
Homer
Prater
FY. Chappelrar E.dunnl
Doc AW
Hal
George ‘J. James
Political fund probes reach peak before election
Testimony before a Senate inquiry shows the Republican national committee and allied bodies handling vast sums for La Follette Wheeler campaigns. Joseph K. Grundy said Pennsylvania donations reached 800000, while labor groups and other entities raised tens of thousands for pamphlets, buttons, and outreach. Witnesses cite slush fund claims and crossfire delaying testimony as Borah prepares to publish collections before November.
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Sjn
Nengtor la Follette
Grundy
la Vollette
Republican “Fund
Joseph K. Grundy
Philadelphia
Republican Ways and Means Committee
Pennsylvania
Ea Follette
la Follette
Wheeler
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
M. Brunson
Independent
Supportera
Brunson
Sidney Whidman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Alexander Kahn
New York
Associlation
Jewish Forward
Frank Walsh
W. L. Bourland
Republican National Committee
Senator Caraway
Charles A. Stoneham
New York Giants
William Muldoon
New York Athletic Commission
Caraway
Torah
Chicago
Senate Committee
Borah
Washington
Sims
Bornhid
Congress
J. N. Nelson
van Fellette-Wheeler
William Hodges
Sam Lefkowitz to Paris for diamond smile divorce
The article narrates Lefkowitz of Lefkowitz and Pitofsky planning to have his $2,500 diamond smile removed in Paris after a would be thief tried to seize his teeth. It ties in a political campaign note about funds and a separate letter from Fred E. Stewart defending free political action of union members.
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New -York
Sam Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz & Pitofsky
Paris
Sam
Mississippi Valley
Spots
Seventh Avenue
Heme
France
Vote or Starve Kansas Farmers Wives Unite
Topeka Kansas October 31 Kan Bug farmers face possible famine as wives revolt against hungry men. President John Tromble of the Kansas Farmers' union urges wives to withhold cooking on election day saying to take the law in their own hands and serve notice you won’t feed slackers.
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Topeka
Kan
John Tromble
Kansas Farmers’ Union
Tromble
Kansas
Cuba Prepares For Presidential Vote Amid Accusations
Campaign rhetoric promises better roads water supply and other public improvements as Mach ado and Menocal wage vigorous island wide tours. Both candidates face opposition charges of revolts and unfair aid by officials amid a split liberal and conservative vote landscape.
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Partizan
Machado
Menocal
Neiga
Congress
Zayas
Yaya
Pinar del Rio
Liberal Party
Popular Party
Carlos Mendieta
Veterans and Patriots Association
Insurance check aids Davis campaign in Pennsylvania
A Democratic Committee speaker recounts an insurance check and a letter from Mrs. Jessie B. Black toward Mr. Davis's campaign fund. He rebukes a Grundy fundraising appeal as overstated, cites $650,000 in past donations, and stresses that voters must act with obligation on election day.
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Democratic Committee
New York
Davis
Jessie B. Black
Mr. Davis
Republican Committee
America
Mr. Davin
Afra
Black
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Coolddge
Dawes
Bnt
Republican National Committee
Penn Paulsania
Pittsburg
Joseph R. Grundy
Four Trainmen Drowned When Bridge Breaks in Ore
Marshfield Oregon October 31 four trainmen drowned when a locomotive and a car plunged through a bridge on the Coos Bay Lumber Company logging railway. One man survived by climbing from the wreckage into a creek.
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Marshfield
Ore
Coos Bay
Funeral Services for Robert Moore in Atlanta Church
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 PM from All Saints Episcopal Church for Robert “Pred erick” Moore a prominent Atlanta businessman and secretary of the Southern States Life Insurance company. He died at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Middlesbrough England in 1850 he came to America in 1896 and held key posts in life insurance firms before moving to Atlanta in 1906. He is survived by his widow Charlotte Moore.
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Robert “Prederick
Moore
Atlanta
The
Southern States Life Insurance Company
East Highth Street
Wesday
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Dr. Memminger
Mr. Moore
Middlesborough
England
America
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
New York
Chicago
Buffalo
Atlanta Drama League
Atlanta Writers’ Club
Charlotte Moore
Newton Named Chairman of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Washington October 31 The Federal Reserve Board appointed Oscar Newton of Jaelson Mississippi as class C director and chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta He succeeds Joseph A McCord who has resigned effective December 31 Newton also designated federal reserve agent for a one year term beginning January 1 The appointment was foretold in The Constitution following McCord retirement
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Oscar Newton
Jaelson, Miss
Meddcal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Newton
Joseph A. McCord
Federal Reserve
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
McCord
Soviet chief warns Britain of reprisals over letter incident
Karl Radek writing in Pravda told the Moscow Daily Express correspondent that Britain will face reprisals for the Ainovieff letter. He asserts Premier MacDonald knew the letter came from officials who forged documents used in Curzon's note and says forgeries will be exposed in Oriental languages to counter British prestige.
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London
Karl Radek
Pravda
Great Britain
Moscow
Expres
Radek
MacDonald
Lord Curzon
Curzon
Labor Party
Landlord Tries To Wall Gypsies Into Building
Chicago October 31 police intervened as gypsy band residents refused to vacate a storeroom leased for 30 days. The group began fortune telling, a bricklayer attempted to wall them in, no permit had been issued, and officers halted the work while the gypsies remained in control.
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Chicago
Frank Ely
Clash in Niles as Klan and Flaming Circle prepare
Niles Ohio October 31 tense border city readies for clash as Ku Klux Klan plans a large parade and Flaming Circle anti Kl an group organizes a counter meeting. Officials seek state troops to restore order if needed and warn crowds to avoid violence. Local authorities report heavy police mobilization and readiness from Warren and Youngstown to move troops if required.
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Niles
Ohio
Kight
Ku Klux Klan
Flaming Circle
Harvey ©. Kistler
John F. Thomas
A. Y. Dona Muless
Thomas
Warren
Youngstown
Niles Quick
Savise
Ancient Haft malady threatens East Prussian fishing towns
Berlin reports a century old paralysis illness spreading along the Haft coast menacing fisher villages. Modern doctors cannot diagnose. villagers plead for aid credits as a commission probes a mystery once linked to a 1529 Pommern nobleman’s diary and a folklore cure of beer and butter.
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Eric Heyser
Berlin
Haff
Prussian
Att Bay
Baltic
Germany
Koenigsberg
Science. Net
East Prussian
Acre
Smith Attacks Roosevelt Over Teapot Dome Actions
New York October 31 Governor Alfred S Smith charges Theodore Roosevelt with making gross misstatements about schools and accuses him of abusing power by sending Marines to the Teapot Dome oil reserves. He claims Republicans blocked fiscal appropriations and denounces drumhead justice in peacetime. He asserts Roosevelt used navy forces to evict people from national property in Wyoming.
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New York
Alfred S. Smith
Theodore Roosevelt
Peupot Dome
Roosevelt
Brooklyn
Senate
Washington
Naval
Enpot Dome
Franklin, Walls in cafe shooting. husband dies
In a crowded cafe a struggle over a revolver ended in gunfire. Walls fired six shots while Franklin fired five killing Franklin, who died en route to Grady Hospital. Walls fled as witnesses scattered. detectives search for Walls and others present.
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Walls
Franklin
Grady Hospital
Waila
Tha City
Jake Ah
Bergeron and St. Claire Prison Case Involving Heiroms and Letters
In Atlanta and New Orleans, key figures discuss a puzzling case around a missing heirloom watch and ring, a $500 fund, and requests to support Br. Claire. Mrs. Lucille Oldham claims she entered the case in her official role and later wrote to the Bergerons after visiting St. Claire, stirring family hopes and confusion.
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Bergeron
Urbin Bergeron
Br. Claire
Atlanta
New Orleans
Lucille Oldham
New Onleans
Sé Claire
St. Claire
OilTeans
Allanta
Oldham
Bergerons
STEP SON SALYS TO SAVE MOTHER STEP SON SALYS TO SAVE MOTHER
A fragmented report depicts a family conflict ending in a fatal shooting after a stepfather arrival. A claimed motive centers on ongoing quarrels and an attempt by the step son to intervene as violence escalates. Authorities note the coroner found an inquest unnecessary.
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Salys
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Order of Railroad Conductors
Fred Stewart
Oakland
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Coolidge
George Barr Baker
Democratic National Committee
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G. O. P. Figet
William M. Butler
United States
Certified Public Accountants
Calvin Coolidge
Ie Ghid
Stewart
Sheppard
Fred E. Stewart
Order of Railways
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Order
Samuel Gompers
Cuba
Britain
RMAN
Smith
Teapot
Richard
Harry
Tlurry
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