Britain on Verge of Great Strike Looms in London
London observers report a potential general strike as bus workers push for union recognition and wage changes. Mass meetings are called while concessions from Tilings on badges fail to quell wider grievances across buses tubes and streetcars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tilbups
Npd
London Underground
Tess
Suce Sa
National Balways
Nekam
Natalysiat
Birmingham
Midlands
Londor Meithwesten
Tiverpool
Dublin
Uen
James Larkin
England
Scotland
Manchester
London Building Trades
Special Judge Davidson Named to Preside in Speer Case
Macon on September 18 Special Judge David T D Shelby of New Orleans is designated to preside over the U S district court term at Macon Albany and Valdosta this fall while impeachment proceedings against Judge Emory Speer are pending. Judge Newman of Atlanta holds no court in Savannah for Judge Speer and Judge Rufus Toster of New Orleans will preside in Augusta next month. Speer will hold no more court while impeachment proceedings continue.
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Macon
David TD Shelby
New Orleans
United States District Court
Albany
Valdosta
Emory Speer
Newman
Atlanta
Savannah
Speer
Rufus Toster
Augusta
Typhoid by Infected Milk Traced to Lasting Outbreak
New York officials report September 1 to 18, 1947, 1400 plus typhoid cases traced to milk from the lower Hudson area. The epidemic is flagged as one of the most virulent health officers have faced, with milk contamination blamed for spread.
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New York
Atlanta property deeds listed in trustee and quit claim notices
A string of deed transfers and trust actions is noted. Entries include Waddell to WoW Le for 64 acres on Wilson Mill road and parcels on Greenwwood avenue, East North Avenue, and Cheroxes Avenue. Dates span September 14 to 18 with numerous lot sizes and subdivision mentions in Piedmont Foi and related tracts.
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Martha Blaeman
Greenwod Avenue
Jsc
Henderson
Peel Tres
Spring Street
Sportsagen
EC Mespe
Secall State Bink
Broyles Street
Charles L
Hame
Cheroxes
Ormond Street
Varobel Ho
James I. Wright
Coronal Trust. Company
East North Avenue
Mary E Jone
Thirteenth Street
Crescent Avenue
Thirteenth
North Avenue
Peachtrees
Georgian Terrace
Smyrna
Atlanta
Colonel Smith 69 Wins Chattanooga Speed Championship
Colonel J J Smith aged 69 of Detroit churned to victory in the Grand Army of the Republic speed championship at Chattanooga winning the 140 yard dash in 1 second and the 17 mile long distance race by 200 yards over Je Barnes of Pittsburgh. Colonel G W Howe 70 of Port Huron finished third in both events as Meredith Wolfe 80 of Chattanooga tripped by a false start before the first race.
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Chattanooga Tonn
J J Smith
Detroit
Grand Army of the Republic
Smith
Je Barnes
United Confederate
Ms Union
Particnants
Descriptios
Olancl Smith
Ional Ho
G W Howe
Port Huron
Mich
Howe
W G. Allen
Clinton
Howe Thira
Wya Heindon
Cleveland
Barnes
Jacob Hoffer
St Cloud Flesith
Kentucky
Colonel Smith
Baines
Mingin
HARV LANDS FOR SALE 700 ACRES IN Deki COUNTY NEAR ATLANTA
700 acres good farmland in Deki county southeast of Atlanta. Timbered with water. several homes on same property. Multiple tracts including 9 acres near Stone Wount and 40 acres with open, cultivated land. Offers invited by States Trading Co. 779 Smythe Hide Thanes Main.
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Deki County
Atlanta
Hosmer
Decatur
Pabbie
Walt “Jane Chap
Iman
Stone
Montain
Trais
Irfredton
Great Northern Train Wrecked by Burning Bridge
A Great Northern eastbound Oriental limited derailed near East Winona after a burning 40 foot trestle failed to stop the speeding train. Six cars left the track. three did not. Passengers, including Mrs. A F Traynor and B Hannawat of St Paul, were lightly injured and crews moved them to La Crosse then onward to Chicago. A switch engine helped avert greater damage as fire spread.
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Winone ‘Inn
Great Northern
Eastbound Oriental Limited
Burington
East Winonata
A F Traynor
B @ Hannwat
St Paul
la Crosse
Cheage
Tressle
J Hadley
Theorth
Passengers Save Baggage Car Fire On Train
Through hard work of the passengers the baggage car, though on fire several times, was saved from burning.
Osborne Awaiting Rome Call For Rome Ga Pastor
Rex E R Osborne who has led the First Christian church in Rome Ga for two years has been extended a call to become pastor there. He is on vacation in Kentucky and will not answer until returning home the first of October.
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Griffin
Rex E R Osborne
First Christian Church
First Christian Church of
Rome
Osborne
Kentucky
Referendum Debated by Odd Fellows in Minneapolis
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows met in Minneapolis on September 18 and decided to use a referendum to settle major matters. The first issue to be decided is reducing the age limit for entrance. Later, over 10,000 delegates and visitors toured St. Paul on an afternoon sightseeing excursion.
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Minneapolis Minn
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
St Tul
4LL Hope Killed Cochran Man Found Death by Roadside
Macon Georgia September 18 a young man from Cochran named L. Aitkins was found dead in a garden on Houston road near a small store operated by J D Whiteside. The body showed signs of being dead for days and a strong odor led to the discovery. Aitkins had come to Macon for throat surgery but was told by a physician he could do nothing for his condition. It is believed he then walked toward Cochran and ended his life along the roadside.
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Macon
L. Aitkins
Cochran
Houston Road
J D Whiteside
Cochran Lut
Small cyclone harms Dawson city businesses
A cyclone swept Dawson Georgia damaging Dr. B. Lewis barn and the Southern Grocery store, unrooting a box car on the Central Railroad track, harming the Dawson Cotton Oil building, and scattering seed cotton at the gin.
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Dawson Ga
Nortwestern
Dr . B. Lewis
Southern Grocery
Pushing Votes for Women in Senate Action Demanded
Senator Wesley T Jones of Washington demanded immediate action on a proposed constitutional amendment to grant women the vote. The measure had been reported favorably to the Senate in June, and Jones urged that with no current legislation before the Senate, the amendment should be taken up without delay.
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Washington
Wesley T Jones
Senate Today
Senate
Jones Uoged
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Great Britain
London
Lord Mark
Tlings Bus Company
Tn Nto
Oomion
Wansson House
Ben Smith
General
Onnfhus Company
Piedmont Foi i
Henry Street
Chattanooga
Farw Lands
Weil Watersd
Butler Realty
Peton Sals
Acre Farm
Opeties Ae
Somoe
Apbura
Alan Dougle Yooring
Hort
Atlantis
Lagress County Farm
Tandy
Acre
Tanar
Pittman & Folsom Realty Co
Porange Groves
Atanca
Nt—Apartments
Smith, Ewing & Rankin
Ivy
Peachtreh ST
EAN
Jones Avenue
Walnut Street
Liebman Real Estate
Walton Street
Edwin L. Harling
Alahama ST
Botit
Kurt Bouting
North Boulevard
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Grant
Chevokes Avenue
Fourth Street
Nori Jackson
Merch
Heworth Avenue
Peachtree
Peachtree Circle
Hurt & Cone
Highland Avenue
Drewry Street
Price Sary
Tnanee
Atlanta Development CO
Third National Bank
Peachtree Street
W. L
John O. Dupree
Bell Phone
Hope
Dawson
Geo. P. Moore
Auburn Ave
Seventeenth
West Peachtree
Washington Street
Lucy SY
Pecatur Street
Slevenih ST
Juniper and
Piedmont
Kirkwood
Ornce
H. C. Bailey
Baker County
Georgia Home & Farm CO
Candler
Burdette Realty CO
Empire
Ansley Park
TVY
Jo Smith & Ewing
REAL
Loano
West End Park
Park Avenue
Grant Park
J. R. Nutting & CO
Empire Life Building
Whitehall Street
Guimer St
Jean
Milton Strauss
Forsyth Building
W. A. Foster & Raymond
Robson Bell
Edgewood
Cherokee Ave
Loliene Ave
Dena
Fuelid Ave
Vaughn St
Ashby Humphries
Highland Ave
Ormwood St
Clifton
Central Ave
Berne St
Cain
Lenast Wi Park Place
Qakhurnt
Kentucky Ave
Alice
Glenwood Boulevard
Bare
Raker
Virgil St
Duns Street
West End
Oak Street
Whits
Peachtree Road
Cartine Ae Pishmont Road
Cohen
Redan Road
Fsin
Aciente
Hook
Piermont Avenue
Highth Tou
Atreeia
Lordom Street
Veer
Howell Park
Radford
Fuore
Bradshaw
Stewart Avenue
While
Piedmont Avenue
Driving Club
Turman, Black & Calhoun
Stone Mountain
Altoloma
W. P. Cole
Ponco de Leon
R. C. Woodbery & CO
Brookwood
Cascade Road
City
Tve
Old Decatur
Brookhaven
Covington Road
Georgia Railroad
L. C. Green Cocational Bank
Lawton Street
St Charles Avenue
Drewey Street
W. T. Newman & Company
BELL
Fourth National Bank
Otis & Holliday
Peachtree ST
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