Death of Sir Lee Stack to strain Anglo Egyptian ties
London reports Sir Lee Stack the sirdar of the Egyptian army and Sudan governor died from wounds after an ambush in Cairo. The incident sparks a British protest demanding punishment for attackers and could affect Nile headwaters talks. Martial law discussions arise but are deemed unlikely. reinforcement of British forces may follow.
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Furnished apartment ad sparks endless ringing
Mrs J W Wright of 571 North Boulevard placed a furnished apartment for rent in The Constitution. The ad drew callers who kept asking about vacancies, forcing her to answer in the past tense. A cheeky note touts Atlanta’s best classified service for crowd attracting ads.
Singing Girl Keeps Up Spirit Of Shipwreck Crew
Kathleen Woodworth an 18 year old from Rockport Mass sang to lift crew and passengers during their open boat ordeal after their ship sank in a mid Atlantic storm. They were rescued 150 miles off the Virginia Capes after wandering adrift since Monday night.
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Rockport
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Deny Washington Sent Out Feelers On Arms Session
Washington officials deny rumors sparked by renewed talk of armament limits. Acting Secretary of State Groesbeck denies U S plans to call a conference at The Hague or anywhere else. No move to convoke an armament conference in Europe. if held, it would occur in the issuing country. The piece notes Britain favoring delay of Geneva protocol discussion and outlines land and naval arms questions as U S war manpower stands around 118000. The article continues on page 2, column 5.
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Europe
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League of Nations’ Council
U. S
Secretary of War
Work of Laymien in church field highly praised
The North Georgia Methodist conference at West Memorial church features Dr. Arthur J. Moore of San Antonio delivering sermons drawing huge crowds. A conference resolution condemns lax enforcement after the Haralson tragedy where Rev. Robert Stewart and his wife were killed by alleged prohibition violators.
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Wesler Memorial Church
Atlanta
Arthur J. Moore
San Antonio
Haralson
Robert Stewart
Charles O. Jones
Moore
Geil
Washington Dreadnaught Foiled by Texas Bombardment
Norfolk, November 20. The incomplete dreadnaught Washington, about 80 miles off Cape Virginia, endured 14 inch shells and bombs from the battleship Texas without sinking. Plans call for an aerial attack tomorrow with nine bombing planes delivering large bombs, but naval officers say the ship’s armor and construction resist such strikes.
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Texas
Washington
Virginia Capes
Stella
Governor Sidesteps Board In Clemency Case
A Macon Telegraph report prompted an inquiry at the prison department revealing that Governor Walker received the clemency petition for J. Frank Alexander directly, bypassing the prison commission. Alexander, convicted as a masked mob member for whipping Ollie Perry, had his fine reduced from 500 to 200 dollars and his sentence commuted to time served effective November 24.
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J. Frank Alexander
Bibb County
State Prison Commission
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Ollie Perry
Macon
T. B. Patterson
EL. Rainey
Prison Commission
Opticians Call Glasses Fashion Demand More Styles
Rochester November 20 delegates of the American Association of Wholesale Opticians urge more spectacle styles to match clothing trends. They fault the fashion drift toward monotony in eyewear and say glasses should be treated as business positives with evening outfit pairing.
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Rochester
American Association of Wholesale Opticians
Opticians
Pastor Repeats death by own action in furnace case
Canton Ohio November 20 The pastor of Christ church Bisley a Columbus suburb found his wife’s charred body in the furnace Monday and reiterates the theory that she killed herself by entering the furnace He sent a signed statement to Prosecutor John R Keng through Rev G C Schmucker a friend Milton the 20 year old man said he first examined the furnace and now says the door was open The note emphasizes the intent to justify self destruction theory and quotes Milton’s written statement to the prosecutor
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Ohio
Ev. Sheatsley
Christ’s Church
Bisley
Columbus
Sheatsley
John R. Keng
Milton
King
G C Schmucker
Shertsles
Mr. King
Battle launched on new hospital battle
The city council revoked a permit to build a hospital at 421 Washington Street on request of the Second ward delegation. Seventeen residents signed a protest against the sanitorium construction citing inadequate notice. Dr. George Woolard will refile and a public hearing will be held before the hospitals and charities committee.
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Second Ward
J. I. Moon
George Woolard
Hospitals and Charities Committee
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Baptists deplore alling of woman as crime climax
In Columbus Georgia, the Georgia Baptist convention final session adopted a resolution deploring the moonshiner and bootlegger crime that killed a Methodist pastor’s wife at Draketown. The resolution blamed lax law enforcement and urged stricter adherence to prohibition, condemning lenient penalties and urging officials and media to uphold the law. It cited prominent citizens who supposedly evade the law and called for newspapers, magazines, and moving pictures to support enforcement.
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Georgia Baptist Consvention
Rey
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Grand
Law Association
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Beast of ‘Thay
Five nations to recognize new Chinese rulers at Pekin conference
Paris reports five great powers led by the United States agreed to a Pekin conference to recognize the new Chinese government and secure guarantees on treaties and foreigners' lives and privileges. France initiated the move amid anti foreign Sun Yat Sen opposition, with England Japan Italy and the US joining.
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Italy
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Sun
Sun Yat Sen
Quait Orsay
Mrs Harding At Brink Of Death In Marion
Marion Ohio November 20 Mrs Florence Kling Harding is gravely ill and rapidly failing, with a very weak pulse and labored breathing, according to a late bulletin from her physician Dr Carl W Sawyer.
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Marion
Ohio
Associated Press
Florence Klimg Harding
Carl W. Sawyer
Daredevil Students Walk Rim Of Candler Roof
A Georgia Tech incident on a gray dawn saw Ray Johnstone and fellow students walk the outer edge of the Candler Building roof on Peachtree Street. Officer Moseley intervened, coaxing one climber to descend before seizing the man for safety as fears of a daredevil gone wrong spread through campus.
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Fitzgerald
Georgia Tech
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Peachtree Street
Kay
Tech
Atinredane
Little
Ron
Nightera
Vairolman Moseley
Moseley
Five men freed in slaying of Mrs Stewart at Draketown
In Harralson county Georgia a preliminary hearing freed Jeff Otis and Herbert Henderson Calvin Bishop and Tom Gober Jr on murder charges tied to the shooting death of Mrs. Robert Stewart during a liquor runners incident at Draketown. Rev Robert Stewart testified identifying suspects.
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Harralson County
Robert Stewart
Draketown
Jeff
Otis
Herbert Henderson
Calvin Bishop
Tom Gober
F. A. Irwin
Stewart
Sted Hesperlee
Mr. Stewart
Harralson
Tom Bishop
Emmett Hesperlee
Washington ForecastGeorgia Fair Friday and Saturday warming
Washington forecast for Georgia calls for fair weather on Friday with increasing cloudy skies Saturday, winds from the southwest, and highs around 62. Lows near 44, mean near 53, normal 50. Rainfall 0. In month deficiency 1.94 inches. year deficiency 4.03 inches. Noon 7 pm. Dry bulb 45 wet bulb 48. Relative humidity around 73 percent.
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