21 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Brunswick News
Location
Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
1
Dr. D. D. Atkinson will report the city’s total payroll at the Brunswick Young Men’s Club weekly lunch meet. Club members are urged to attend as the figures are expected to surprise and inform local business groups about Brunswick’s manufacturing prominence.
A Georgia senator proposed a bill to amend the net creating the debt commission to eight members with no more than four from any party. He noted the current sixty-ninth Congress may shift to a Democrat majority and argued non-partisan funding would keep a continuous body rather than replacing Republican members with Democrats.
Brenau College conservatory in Gainesville Georgia closes for Christmas as hundreds of girls from thirty two states return home for the holidays. Some cannot travel far enough and will celebrate at the college. Classes resume January 5.
Denver police investigate reports of suspicious parties and automobiles after a $200000 robbery at the Federal Reserve Bank employees. No definite suspects or robbers identified as banks here search for the missing crisp $5 bills.
Miss Mabel Bloodgood of Atlanta reports to Southern Railway agents that she was chloroformed and robbed of one hundred dollars in a Pullman car at the Macon terminal. The incident is being investigated by railroad authorities.
Mount Holly N J December 20 Mrs Doris Brunen was acquitted tonight of murdering her husband carnival owner Honest John Brune The jury found her brother Harry Mohr guilty of first degree murder and recommended life imprisonment
Washington dispatch reports Imperial Wizard Dr. W H Evans stated the Klan aims to saturate the counties to influence national legislation. Officials reacted with astonishment as Evans described plans to replace current laws with a militia flag era.
Warsaw reports Stanislaw Wieciechowski elected president of Poland to succeed Gabriel Narutowicz. He was sworn in tonight and immediately assumed duties of the office.
A Jacksonville express engine and baggage car derailed in Macon terminal yards. The engine toppled diagonally across the tracks but no injuries occurred. Officials ordered an investigation to determine the derailment cause.
Atlanta dispatch reports U S Senator Williams J Harris of Georgia seeks Southern representation on the Supreme Court and other federal bodies. He wrote to the President noting no Southern member on the Court and plans to vote against Pierce Butler’s confirmation as protest of regional underrepresentation.
In Marion Illinois today two of five defendants Peter Hill er and Otis Clark were pointed out by two of the four survivors who testified. Robert Officer a University of Pennsylvania graduate and survivor described the mine attack and the surrender of defenders. He fled through woods to evade pursuit as others searched for survivors. The witness also testified about guards at the mine and the firing at the line of survivors. Officers cross examination clarified his current role in Kentucky as a mine official.
Georges Clemenceau arrived in Paris following a Canadian voyage during heavy fatigue. The ex prime minister greeted by crowds and reporters aboard the liner and in Plymouth and Paris. He planned two weeks at home then a brief trip to his parish in St Vincent du Tar. He joked about grapefruit and denied several press interviews.
Charlotte December 20 Associated Press. Textile mills across the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina move to full schedules as Southern Power Company restores full power after curtailments since November 27. Officials say curtailments were needed and now mills in eleven South Carolina counties and twelve North Carolina counties will operate normally with replenished power.
J. S. Goodbread and Bill Moore, both convicted and sentenced to terms to be served at locations chosen by the prison board, will not be moved from this county until after the Christmas holidays. Their remaining in the city will comfort many friends during the Yuletide season.
Representative Upshaw of Georgia asks President Harding to issue a proclamation calling all citizens especially officials to total abstinence over Christmas. He cites Marshal Foch who avoided intoxicants in America out of respect for the dry constitution. The call targets high government officials including governor judges and members of Congress.
Washington reports war department authorizes nearly fifty properties not needed for military use in a bill by Senator Wadsworth to dispose of assets including air depots Southerfield Americus Ga Fort Jackson formerly Fort Oglethorpe.
London reports Prince George youngest son of the King underwent an appendicitis operation today at King Edward VI hospital for Officers. The procedure proceeded successfully and the prince is expected to recover.
Prohibition agents in Fernandina hold the Cuban yacht Miguel Ferrarer seized on orders from Commissioner Haynes. The vessel cleared Havana for St Miquelon and carried 3000 cases of whisky and 1000 cases of alcohol. No arrests were reported.
Lausanne delegates from Turkey and the allied powers greeted a conciliatory mood as they discussed control of the straits. An accord is likely within days to exempt the demilitarized zone from the international commission and assign navigation to Turkey while keeping pilotage under Turkish control. Lord Curzon praised Turkey's conciliatory attitude.
Wallace Reid, motion picture star, shown marked improvement today after a breakdown. The latest bedside report from Hollywood Sanatorium says his temperature and respiration are normal and his pulse down to 100.
The first annual southern conference of Burdine Owners and Managers will meet in Atlanta January 16 17. Attendees include skyline and office building owners from Tennessee Georgia Alabama North Carolina Florida South Carolina Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Kentucky Texas and Virginia. Sessions feature discussions on erection and management of office buildings with remarks by Earl Schultz Chicago president of the National association and Lewis B. Breiting executive secretary.
The Daugherty impeachment case shows an early wind up as hearings risk being cut short. Woodruff seeks access to War Department papers on alleged war frauds including the Wright Martin case. Johnson also appeared, insisting house agreements on war frauds be directed to the War Department.
The Department of Justice plans to sue the Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation to recover a war claim of 8,601,715. Assistant Attorney General Seymour testified before the House Judiciary Committee during the Dougherty impeachment hearing.
Washington December reports that the relative fighting efficiency of British and American battleships, especially at long range, was sharply focused by the Senate Naval Committee during debate on submarine relief appropriations. Officers are cited regarding postwar developments in fifteen inch gun flat work and related armor improvements.
Twenty two civilian employees at the Brooklyn Navy Base were arrested on indictments returned months earlier charging thefts of government property valued over 1 million dollars since the war. Investigators traced missing clothing oil and other base materials while undercover operatives monitored warehouses and staged watches to uncover concealed thefts.
Derider December report recounts a stranger who preached seven hours from a high limb forty feet above the ground on the Derider Ludlington highway. He started with a song then a text and delivered seven sessions before being persuaded to descend. He was found exhausted, fed, and placed in the Parish jail as authorities decide next steps.
Chicago officials reveal a 1090 shortage at the First National Bank, the city’s second largest. An employee with twenty years’ service is implicated as the embezzler in this developing case.
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