Cotton Loan Fund Nears Full Subscription Across Nation
Washington reports indicate the 335 million dollar cotton loan fund may be announced as fully subscribed within hours as banks and others pledge contributions. Exports rise with 129,983 bales shipped the week ending November 4, the best week since wartime disruption. Officials anticipate further talks between Sir George Paish Basil Blackett and Secretary McAdoo to shape foreign exchange safeguards and possible London exchange reopening.
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Federal Reserve Board
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Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Europa
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Basil EB. Blackett
McAdoo
Tomnorrow
London
New York
New York Exchange
London Exchange
Judge Gober Struck by Automobile in Marietta Injury
Judge George F. Gober of Marietta Ga was struck by a car at Pryor and Decatur streets and suffered painful but not serious injuries. Kisner, a Kisner meat market operator, faced reckless driving charges after the incident sparked by the car’s impact breaking the windshield.
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George F. Gober
Marietta
Pryor
Decatur Street
Six Die in Lodging House Fire on Elghth Avenue
A four story lodging house at 357 Elghth Avenue burned in the early morning. Six men died, found on bed springs as mattresses burned. Firemen rescued forty four others, many pulled from windows and ledges. Benzine stored on the second floor caused the blaze.
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New York
Elghth Avenue
Buhling
Canal Age in Open Washington November
The Pana Ma canal is again open to traffic. Colonel Goethals cabled that a ship passing yesterday afternoon through a channel opened where the latitudes north of Gold Hill recently occurred.
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Washington
Pana Ma
Colonel Goethals
Gold Hill
Four More States Ban Liquor Trafficking
On November 5 14 states moved to prohibit liquor sales following election returns Arizona Washington Oregon and Colorado among them California remained wet with a defeat of statewide prohibition and a future vote barred for eight years Missouri lawmakers claim the next session will push dry laws via local option by precincts and wards
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Tennessee
West Virginia
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Virginia
Alabama
Tmne
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California
San Francisco
Missouri
St Louie
Missouri Anti-Saloon League
Jackson Found Dead by Detectives in Birmingham
Joseph E. Jackson aged 24, an employee of a real estate firm, was found asphyxiated today in his room on Eleventh Avenue in central Birmingham by detectives who forced entry after locating the place. Officers entered to find gas escaping from an open window.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joseph E. Jackson
Eleventh Avenue
Lyesak
Age of Speed Promises Fast Travel and Trade
A brief editorial notes rapid advances in transportation from flying machines to faster trains and automobiles. It highlights the efficiency of modern speed in seeking help or selling and buying, touting Constitution Want Ads with contact numbers in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
General Shifts in Next Congress Across House
Washington reports wide changes loom in the next Congress as Champ Clark and Uncle Joe Cannon face off again. Democratic losses shrink the majority from 140 to 23, prompting committee realignments and leadership shifts including Underwood moving to the Senate and Kitchin expected to claim leadership by seniority.
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House of Representatives
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Uncle Joe" Cannon
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Underwood
Senate
Kitchin
North Carolina
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Stiots
Ways and Means
Hammond
Minnesota
Mitchell
Massachusetts
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Stanley
Kentucky
Representative Murdock
Kansas
Obenezer Url
Geldfogte
Hardwick
Georgia
Mother Acquitted Under "Unwritten Law" in Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida on November 5 Mrs Florence McGowan was found not guilty of murder in circuit court. Jurors rejected the unwritten law defense though most spectators doubted the verdict. She shot J Leroy Brown two months earlier in the courtroom. motive cited was Brown wronged her daughter. Brown was a man. the defendant resided in Mobile Alabama.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florence McGowan
J. Leroy Brown
Brown
Vas
Eleven States Grant Women Full Suffrage in Latest Returns
Chicago reports women win full suffrage in eleven states led by Montana and Nevada with margins of 1 317 and 3 500. Twenty two states allow partial suffrage, with Illinois voting for all statutory offices. Early results suggest defeats in Ohio Missouri Nebraska North and South Dakota. National Woman Suffrage Association credits women with pivotal help in passing California anti pugilism measures and pushing prohibition in Washington Oregon and Colorado.
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Missour
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Tuessany
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Opposing Armies Hergely Battle But Gain Little
British and German forces clash along the Ypres front with heavy artillery and infantry actions. Allied reports say no decisive breakthrough, while Russians press Austrians on the Galician front and German attempts push east of Arras and near Nieuport face repulses. Belgian detachments make limited gains amid inundated terrain and constant enemy fire.
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Marines Land in Beirut for American Protection
Paris reports that American marines have landed in Beirut to guard American interests amid unrest in Syria. The move aims to protect citizens and property as tensions rise in the region.
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Turk Soil
Desperate Battle at Ypres Described by Eye Witness
London reports an eye witness account of the ferocious fighting around Ypres from October 26 to 29. German assaults pressed a prolonged westward offensive, with heavy losses on both sides and brutal charges near Neuve Chapelle. Allied defenders, including Indian troops, counterattacked repeatedly as new German corps arrived.
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Antwerp
Ypres
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Neuvechappelle
Newvochapapelle
Sire Doadis
Gomme
Washington Denies Marines Landing Report In Beirut
Washington officials said no word had been received about an American marine landing in Beirut Syria though the North Carolina may have sent a detachment ashore at the request of the local consul. The Tennessee remained near Alexandria as a precaution while the French and British governments declared war on Turkey and Cyprus was formally annexed by Britain.
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Egypt
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George
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Weather Prophecy FAIR Forecast for Friday and Saturday
Georgia forecasts show FAIR weather on Friday and Saturday with a low around 54 and a high near 15. Mean temperature, rainfall in past 34 hours about 0.04 inches, with a deficiency totals since month start about 0.42 inches and since January 1 about 2.106 inches.
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