Flood Devastates Five Georgia Counties With Severe Damage
South Georgia endures massive floods after torrential rains. Five counties submerged under water, cattle drowned, acres farmland washed away, and roads disrupted. Red Cross aid mobilized as train service remains disrupted and shipments diverted toward Florida. losses estimated in hundreds of thousands as authorities warn of continuing danger.
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International News Service
Atlanta
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
American Red Cross
Nome
Florida
South
Professor Leaps To Death Today
International News Service reports Boston on January 27 that Professor Chios I B Conant aged 54, a noted world traveler and Sanskrit authority, committed suicide by leaping from his apartment room. He held professorships at Boston University and numerous colleges across Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, Kansas, Indiana, and other states.
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International News
Boston
Chios
Conant
Boston University
Boston Latin School
Chadock College
Illnois
Denonzt College
Michigan
Lincoln University
Ilinois
Kalamazoo
Mich
Washburn College
Kansas
University of Chattanooga
Tennessee
Univerersity of
Chicago
Indiana University
Carlton University
Tulane and Peabody College
Nashville
Tann
Winter Frost Felt In Old City Themed Rant
A fragmented verse laments past winters and contrasts them with present cold. The speaker recalls older days of harsher frosts and raises a wish for milder weather, joking that radiators and heating would ease the chill more than nostalgic nostalgia.
Herrin Tension Rises Over Public Inquest and Klansman Arrest
Herrin faces heightened tension as a coroner's jury prepares a public inquest into Saturday's four deaths. Glenn Fowler, a Klansman from Carbondale, was arrested on concealed weapon charges amid regional unrest. The funeral for Sheriff Pity is planned, and efforts to unseat Sheriff Garlizan proceed alongside disputed testimony rumors.
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Glenn Fowder
Herrin
Sherifff Garlizan
Smtch
John Smith
Thomas
Smith
Young
Fowler
Bond Toon
Jerrin
Carbondale
Owen
George B. Young
Cedar Rapids
Joe McGuire
Ray Prince
McGuire
Sheriff White
Budget for 1925-27 Biennium Shows Balance Despite Shortfalls
Governor Finchot presented a 1925-27 budget claiming a complete balance between income and outgo. He cited total receipts of 128,087,500 with 8,000,000 in reductions from under-collections and continued appropriations. The plan estimates general fund receipts at 132,850,009, higher than auditor general figures, and projects total expenditures of 211,154,666 across all sources for the biennium.
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Vin D. Sweeney
International Mews Service
Harriseueg
Finchot
Jt Avenue
Lewis
Fight Boys To Be Graduated From Smith Hughes Course
Eight Franklin Junior High students conclude the two year Smith Hughes program in trades and will graduate Thursday evening January 29. Graduates include James Mauri Tony Ostrosky and William Wholf Chester Merrick Warry Goodheart Ray Rees Hollis Burke and Harold Dangerfield. The program follows federal state and city funding rules with shop time 50 percent related work 35 percent academic work 15 percent. The graduates are the first to complete the Smith Hughes trade courses in machinery electricity auto mechanics sheet metal printing woodwork and blueprint drawing among 83 similar programs statewide.
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Franklin Junior High School
Smith-Hughes
James Mauri
Tony Ostrosky
William Wholf
Chester Merrick
Warry Goodheart
Ray Rees
Hollis Burke
Harold Dangerfield
United States
State of Pennsylvania
Naw Castle
Flood Conditions Loom In District
Flood conditions loom in this district as heavy precipitation raises rivers. Allegheny river upper reaches show ice cover up to ten inches or more with deeper snow in surrounding fields. Kiskiminottas and other tributaries report similar danger. Warren and Franklin note frozen stretches and significant snow depths. Parkers Landing remains open while ice measures vary from eight to twelve inches across sites.
Bill To Retain Gasoline Tax Moves In House
Lawmakers scrutinize several bills including a measure to extend the two cent gasoline tax proposed by Griffith Indiana. The plan would replace the expiration of the current tax with funds earmarked for the highway department.
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Griffith
Indiana
Highway Department
Faye Tro
Groundwork For State Farm Bloc Before Legislature
Rural league stakes a political clash as 85 members have joined with a goal to form a bloc before the General Assembly reconvenes. Rep Long seeks a unified education and advocacy group while Rep Williams warns against making the league a political machine.
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State Farm Bloc
Magie Warn Sone
Arrisburg
Legislative League
General Assembly
Investigation of Highway Spending May Be Probed
Harrisburg January investigation into how the department of highways spends road construction funds may precede passage of a 50 million road bond issue enabling bill. The bill, after a second senate reading, was returned to the appropriations committee for scrutiny. Officials say highway department officials will be summoned to answer pertinent questions before final readings.
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Senate
Schantz
Lehigh
Highway Department
Dr Sun Yat Sen Not Expected to Recover After Operation
Peking January 27. The condition of Dr Sun Yat Sen, dictator of South China, remains grave with doubtful recovery after an exploratory operation at the American Rockefeller Hospital for tiger trouble. Doctors found a malignant tumor that could prove fatal.
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Cimarnavional Nova Service
Peking
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Susu
Rockefeller Hospital
Death Notice for James Ambrose Hockenberry
James Ambrose Hockenberry, aged four months, died in North Adberty Sureut. The brief notice records the infant’s passing and locale, with no further details on cause or services.
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James Ambrose Hockenberry
North
Adberty Sureut
Coolidge Orders Army To Reduce All Expenditures
President Coolidge commands a government spending cut, aiming to save 62 million dollars from 1925 outlays. He directs bureau chiefs to prune personnel, reduce payrolls, and push for further tax relief with the new Congress, stressing economy and continued wartime tax burdens.
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Army
Iinternational
Washington
Jan
Coolidgn
Burzau
Congress
Pio Gram
Trick Booze Not Safe For Auto Radiators
Night Lieutenant Henry Dysart warns that moonshine is used in radiators to defeat fuel tests but damages engines. A patrol car overheated after a radiator packed with illegal liquor froze, prompting Dysart to instruct the city mechanic to install regulated wood alcohol. Police observed officers tow the disabled car from the patrol barn.
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Henry Dysart
USA
Dysart
Government Likely To Take Over Rum Case Prosecution
Adele Lin reports that the federal government is considering taking over the entire prosecution and investigation of a rum conspiracy case centered in Weehawken New Jersey. Googe H. Vicker, special prosecutor in the state action, arrived for a conference with Mrs Majel Walker Willebrandt assistant attorney general in charge of Major crimes. Also mentions Mr and Mrs John Phillips returning to Cleveland after a weekend with the Phillips family in Naut St.
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Adele Lin
International News Service
Washington
Dan
Weehawken
N. J
Department of Justice
Googe H. Vicker
Mra
Majel Walker Willebrandt
John Phillips
Cleveland
David. Phillips
Nauta Streat
Bodies Floating In Sea On Site Of Sunken Isle
London January 27 Wreckage drifts near Port Alexander where a small Portuguese island off West Africa is said to have been swallowed by the sea. Maritime circles report destruction of Port Alexander with likely few or no survivors aboard harbor craft, thought to have escaped twice. An earthquake is blamed for the disaster and confirmation may take days or weeks from ships passing nearby.
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London
Port Alexander
Hero
Paris
West Africa
Portexander
Notice to readers on changes in The News delivery
A South Side district delivery change is announced for The News. Subscribers who miss issues should contact Treadwell News Company at the provided phone and address so the matter can be corrected.
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South Side
Treadwall 3 Comepany
Phony No
Treadwell News Company
Port Alexander Disaster Confirmed by Reports
Lisbon reports confirm the engulfing of Port Alexander island by the sea after a seaquake. Sailors describe a massive wave and island destruction. population estimates vary from 15,000 to 17,000, with potential but unconfirmed deaths. Portuguese and British dispatches note mainland access and uncertain casualty figures.
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Bulstin
International News Service
Lisbon
Alexander Hsaster
Epidemic closes Union High School and local incidents
The Union City area closes Union High School at Burgerte Pa due to scarlet fever. Melvin Bell aged 3 dies in Martins Ferry Ohio from injuries after being run over by a car. George Hraden 21 hospitalized in Latrobe with burns from clothing catching fire on a coal stove. Rose Hamel 30 charged with forging signatures on checks used in Pittsburgh Monongahela City and beyond. Anthony Vercullo 18 rescued from an abandoned mine near Pittsburgh after 20 hours held by capr. Arlington Hotel in Oi Cte tis sold to G E Jones of Pittsburgh. ownership change set for February 3. Luther Lydie 27 of Ebensburg jailed two to ten years for automobile theft.
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Rose Hamel
Charleroi
Pittsburgh
Monongahela City
Arlington
Bet
G. E. Jones
Luther Lydie
Ebensburg
Ihe Comaly
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