Georgia civic leaders press for advisory board selection
Georgia journalists and civic leaders gathered for Georgians Inc to elect an advisory board. Hal M. Stanley, temporary head, will send letters urging ratification. Plans call for an executive meeting in Atlanta to secure a charter and form a permanent organization with a Macon gathering planned soon.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgians, Inc
Association For the Industrial Betters Out of
The
Georgia and Power Company
Hal M. Stanley
Association
Binnley
Tima
al-Georgia
Macon
Omission of Word May Break Carrying Concealed Pistol Verdict
Rome Tennessee court faced a wording error in the verdict of Robert Carter a Negro employed by Rome Gas Co charged with carrying a concealed pistol without license The jury verdict read as guilty on the first count but no clear guilty or not guilty finding was stated The verdict may be reformed if the jury is reconvened and the discharge of Carter is probable
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Rome
Nunnally
Robert Carter
Rome Gas Co
Cotton Planted Early In Thomas Thomasvilla
Farmers in the area expect most cotton to be planted by the end of March 1923 to outrun the boll weevil. The shift to earlier planting aims to protect young plants and maximize yields as prices rise, with acreage seen as likely to increase this year.
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Thomas
Bors
Robbery at Hagan Home In Atlanta Seizes Jewelry
Jewelry valued at $600 and $24 in cash were stolen from Lee Hagan's home in Atlanta. A platinum diamond cluster ring, a ruby ring with diamonds, and another ring were among the items taken. Entry was through a side window. intruders entered Miss Dorothy Hagan's sleeping porch bedroom and rifled her dressing table drawers. Detectives have no clues.
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Atlanta
Lee Hagan
Dorothy Hagan
Cost Of Building Road From Cornelia To Clarkesville
The Habersham grand jury for the March term requests itemized total costs of the public highway from Cornelia to Clarkesville. The request is sent to J A Robertson ordinary, John N Holder state highway commission chair, and W R Neel state highway department chief engineer, for August 1928 term data.
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Clarkesville
Cornelia
Habersham
Pembroke Savannah and Southern Railway Sold to G T Tuten
The Pembroke Savannah and Southern railway, a 40 mile line to Glennville, was sold at receiver's sale to G T Tuten for 50001. Judge W W Sheppard confirmed the sale in the Atlantic Judicial circuit. Tuten is an experienced railroad man, formerly vice president and auditor for the road, and local bankers predict strong prospects.
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S. Railway
Pembroke
Savannah
Paving Injunction Issued In Bainbridge
An injunction was issued against Bainbridge officials prohibiting advertising or selling citizen property to raise sidewalk assessments. Attorneys M H O'Neal and Gordon G Bower represent the petition. Hearing set for March 24. If granted, unpaid sidewalk fees may be canceled and those who paid only the first installment may be relieved from remaining payments.
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Bainbridge
M. H. O'Neal
Gordon G. Bower
New Track Shed Plan Proposed for Atlanta
Information from officials indicates the old shed beside Terminal Station will be torn down and replaced with individual butterfly track sheds. Proceedings aim to reorganize the shed layout before the State Public Service Commission, with a hearing set for March 27 where station owners are expected to express willingness to tear down the current structure and adopt the butterfly system.
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Atlanta
State Public Service Commission
Former Detective Takes Life in Macon Despondent Over Ill Health
Lee 8 McLendon, 44, a prominent Atlanta businessman and former Macon police chief, died by suicide in Macon. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action. McLendon was president of L. A. McLendon & Co. automobile dealers and had lived in Atlanta about three years.
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Macon
Lee
McLendon
Atlanta
L. A. McLendon & Co
Fined For Giving Girls Liquor In Rome Court
Rome jury court closed with Rome-Jon Dearing and J H Tray lor fined 150 dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to giving liquor to minors. Other charges were withdrawn. Fathers of two Fitts, said to have been brought home drunk by the men, prompted the arrest.
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Rome
Jon Dearing
J. H. Traylor
Four Nations Call for Joint Action on Ruhr Crisis
A conference of Belgian British Italian and French labor and socialist parliamentarians urged governments to abandon pride and seek a general settlement in the Ruhr through American mediation or League of Nations action. Delegates including Ramsey MacDonald Arthur Henderson and Camille Houysmens pressed for a ne go ve ment and political stance to avert a fatal crisis threatening Europe’s postwar reconstruction.
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Paris
United States
League of Nations
J. Ramsey MacDonald
Arthur Henlerson
C. R. Buxton
Tom Shaw
General Thompson
M. Vandervelde
Camille Houysmens
Modigliana
Reyes
Italy
Leon Blum
Vincent Auriol
Jean Longuet
Paul Borcour
French Socialist Party
Ruhr
Europe
League of Naona
Vandervelde
Upo
Jonguer
Ramsey MacDonnll
House of Commons
Slenor Modigliani
Mussolini
Governor Len Small Not Guarded By Med Men Reports Denied
Springfield denies rumors of armed guards for Governor Len Small. The governor's office says no companions accompany him on walks except his son Leslie Small and son in law Colonel Inglish. Women mentioned as armed guards in Chicago dispatches have not visited the governor's office for months.
Arkansas Legislative Probe into Rail Strike Reaches Harrison
The Arkansas legislature’s committee investigates the Missouri and Arkansas railroad strike era. Hearings covered testimony from striking railway workers and sympathizers in Little Rock. The panel met to plan further actions after the January 16 lynching of E. C. G. Gregor in Harrison.
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Harrison
Ark
The
Arkansas Legislaire
Worth Arkansas
E. C G. Gregor
Little Rock
Morse Trial Delayed Again In Wartime Shipping Case
Washington district supreme court postponed the trial of Charles W Moran and three sons on conspiracy charges until April 3 due to the illness of party F Morse. The case against George M Sirditt was pressed on motion of District Attorney Peyton Gordon.
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Winess
Morse
Washington
Charles W. Moran
District Supreme Court
Tarty F. Morse
George M. Sirditt
Nolla
Peyton Gordon
Mother Regains Babe After Long Trial
Mrs. R. C. Graham of Cybur Mississippi and her husband pursued a missing baby girl across several states after a custody dispute. The juvenile court awarded the child to Mrs Graham, who reunited with the infant in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
R. C. Graham
Cybur
Mississippi
Louisiana
Judge Describes End Of Ball Strike In Harrison Arkansas
Nine witnesses told Arkansas legislature committees of the disorders along the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad culminating in last January when eight bridges were burned in three days. The testimony emphasized the seriousness if operations had to be suspended and noted a citizens organization formed to end trouble along the line.
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Harrison
Ark
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Arkansas Legislature
Business Revival in 1922 in Eighth District
The Eighth Federal Reserve district reports 1922 progress amid strikes and unrest abroad with rising production and consumption, restored confidence and expanded credit. Rural prices lag, cotton crops advanced, total resources grew to 224.7 million while gross earnings reached 2.46 million with net income 333 thousand, down from prior year.
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St. Louis
Eighth Federal Reserve District
Eighth Federal Reserve Bank
Harris Seeks Federal Inclusion Of Southern Farm Goods
Senator William J Harris urged the secretary of agriculture to include peanuts syrup pecans cotton seed hulls and other items in a bonded warehouse program. The Agriculture Department weighs extending Harris amendments to allow broader storage of commodities by government receipt and to lift previous limits on certain crops.
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Washington
William J. Harris
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
U S Ship Board Sued For Damages In New York
Philip Manson official of the Pacific and Eastern Steamship Company sues in supreme court for one million dollars against the United States Shipping Board United States Emergency Fleet Corporation and others alleging injury to his name and conspiracies to prevent his lines from obtaining steamships. He also says he was falsely and scurrilously attacked both orally and in writing.
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U.S. Ship Board
New York
Philip Manson
Pacific and Eastern Steamship Company, Incorporated
Supreme Court
United States Shipping Board
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
Ohio Senator Opposes New York Wine and Beer Plan
In a public letter Senator Fess of Ohio tells Governor Smith of New York there can be no compromise on liquor. He urges opponents of prohibition to seek repeal of the eighteenth amendment instead of modifying existing laws.
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Washington
Fess
Ohio
Smith
New York
World’s most productive oil well reported in Venezuela
A well in La Roa, Maracaibo, Venezuela is said to produce 120,000 barrels per day, claimed as the world’s most productive. The report cites a cable to Alfredo Olabama, Venezuelan consul in New Orleans. Earlier, in January, a 99,000-barrel daily well at Cambimas, Maracaibo, was announced by Consul Olavaria.
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Venezuela
New Orleans
la Roa
Maracaibo
Alfredo Olabama
Olavaria
Cambimas
Starek to Tour South on War Finance Office Visit
Fred Starek acting managing director of the War Finance corporation left Washington for a southern tour. He will inspect regional offices and explain the agricultural credits law provisions to local officials as the corporation has loaned millions to support cotton rice and cattle industries.
Copper Workers Get A 24 Cent Raise In Copperhit Tenn
Copper company in Copperhit Tennessee boosted wages by 24 cents per day, marking the highest daily wage for laborers in the plant. Despite copper at 17 cents, the firm mainly yields sulphuric acid with daily production around 60 to 66 tons across two plants, plus bluestone byproducts.
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Tennessee Copper Company
Great Coper Basin
Assistance Sought to Liquidate Fleet and Sell Routes
Washington invites four groups to name committees to meet the Shipping Board and present views on a plan to liquidate the government fleet and transfer routes to private interests. Questions cover guaranteed service, sale timing, sale terms to citizens or aliens, and financing. Committees from steamship owners March 26, operators March 28, and shipbuilders March 29.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Lissner
American Steamship Owners’ Association
United Ship Operators Association
Council of American Ship Builders
Believe Storms Reduce The Weevil In Washington
February blizzard swept cotton belts and is believed to have killed many bell weevils in winter retirement. Government entomologists say growers may have a good cotton crop early this year but warn unusually favorable weather could raise weevil numbers and cause heavy damage later.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Emancipation of Moslem Women in Angora
The nationalist regime in Turkey aims to emancipate Turkish women granting more freedom. Leading advocates include Halliday fidibe Hanum, a Constanti nople graduate, and Mme Kemal Pasha, 19, wife of Mustapha Kemal Pasha. Hanum is noted in the United States as head of Angora’s education ministry.
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Plah
Turkey
Halliday Fidibe Hanum
American Girls’ College
Constantinople
Mme
Kemal Pasha
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Halliday
Edie Hanum
United States
Angora
Ministry of Education
Back Pay Denied to Air Service Training Men
Supreme court rules against more than 20 000 former service men training as reserve officers in the aviation service. They are not entitled to a 100 dollar monthly pay during training, upholding the government position in a decision involving eight million dollars.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House of David Exgels Hansells Expelled From Colony
In Grand Rapids testimony, John W. Han sell and his family say they were expelled from the Israelite House of David after a midnight conference. He faces assault charges and his son was threatened with arrest as part of a federal suit seeking 90,000 in damages for property allegedly turned over to Benton Harbor.
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David Exgels
Hoover Urges Slowing New Projects to Curb Unemployment
Government funding and construction work should be slowed and new projects delayed until private activity subsides, says Secretary Hoover in a letter to President Harding. He notes scarce materials and labor, rising demand, and transport limits as reasons to postpone initiation of new public works.
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Washington
Hoover
Harding
Commerce Secretary
Self-Defense Claimed In Chattanooga Shooting Death
Tenny J J Sutton was killed in Chattanooga as he traveled downtown. W A Dover of Rossville Ga surrendered after the fatal shooting claiming self defense against a knife attack. Mrs Elizabeth Windham accompanied Dover in a car and denied firing the shot, while several witnesses reported otherwise. She was arrested.
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Chattanooga
Tenny
J. J. Sutton
Sutton
W. A. Dover
Rossville
Elizabeth Windham
Dover
Woman Convicted Of Killing Husband In Cassopolis
Mrs Mauda Cushing Stork was found guilty by a circuit court jury of murdering her first husband Claude Cushing by poison. She was immediately sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge L Burget Des Voignes after hours of deliberation.
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Cassopolis, Mich
Mauda Cushing Stork
Claude Cushing
L. Burget Des Voignes
Cushing
Sacco Abandons Hunger Strike After 31 Days
Nicola Sacco, forcibly fed by court order after alienist rulings of mental illness, ended his 31 day hunger strike. Rigid censorship in Dublin blocks telegraph and phone lines except approved brief messages, while London papers report scarce Dublin dispatches and telegraphic notes on the Siki McTigue bout.
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Nicola Sacco
Boston
London
Dublin
Daily Sketch
Market Conditions Mixed as Prices Shift Across Goods
Marketgram notes price movements across beef cattle, veal, lamb, hogs, and hay with beef and veal higher on March 16 while mutton and pork slip. Grain and cotton markets show narrow moves with futures modest gains and spot prices edging up. A fatal air crash at Bliss Army Air Field kills two reserve officers, Richenbaugh and Brown, as witnesses observe the tragedy.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Northwestern
Stern
Texas
Pittsburg
Floris
Iowa
Kansas
North Dakota
Minnieapolis
Kansas City
Timothy
Cincinenati
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Inneapolis
Atlanta
Prairie
Minneapolis
Memphis
York
Boston
Wisconsin
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Echols County Grand Jury
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W. &. Thomas
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George Lawrence
John D. Humphries
Fulton Superior Court
B. P. Gambrell
Freedom
Decatur
DeKalb County
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Dimpte Nix
John M. McDowell
Holme
U. S. Arbitration
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Marvin
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Missouri Hille Nole
M. R. Harrington
Museum of the American Indian
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Kenneth P. Brown
United States Army Air Service
Bliss
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