Eleven State Road workers jailed in Palatka jail raid
Palatka Florida March 6 eleven State Road Department employees were jailed in Alabama County on charges of attempting to storm Putnam County Jail early Friday. The lynching party was beaten off by Sheriff Hagan. Eleven were captured in cars while retreating from the scene and five others were detained in Gainesville on suspicion.
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Palatka
Fla
State Road Department
Alabam County
Putnam County
Hagan
Gainesville
South facing immigrant question in the South
Edwin Tomlison addressed the Kiwanis Club in Atlanta Georgia last Tuesday urging Southern businessmen to study the growing immigration issue. He warned of the exodus of African Americans to the North and West and said the South will face immigration challenges as industrial development expands.
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Atlanta
Edwin Tomlison
Kiwanis Club
Widespread Fear Of Negroes Drives Out In Missouri
St. Louis March 8 United States District Attorney Carroll says he has received numerous complaints that Negroes are being driven from Pemiscot and Dunklin counties in southeast Missouri. Negroes report being fired upon and warned with sticks of dynamite attached.
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St. Louis, Moc
United States
Carroll
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Missouri
Gary steel mill killing shocks city
Leo Johnson allegedly shot and killed two white men after they refused entry to a warm shanty during a severe Gary cold spell. The victims were Gary Steel mill employees.
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Gary
Ind
March
Leo Johnson
Mammy statue to be erected in Washington DC
The Senate passed the Williams bill last Tuesday authorizing a monument to the Faithful Colored Mamies of the South. Enemies of the statue react to the Senate action as the measure moves forward in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
South
Oklahoma Lawmakers Debate Tulsa Negro School Plan
Oklahoma legislators clash over Charles Page's proposal to donate 160 acres in Tulsa County for a Negro school. Tulsa representative J W Simpson asserts that 95 percent of Tulsa County residents would not welcome a Black school.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Okla
Chas. Page
Tulsa County
J. W. Simpson
Cohen’s Confirmation To Be Reconsidered In Senate
Washington March 7 The appointment and confirmation of Walter L. Cohen Negro Republican to be customs comptroller at New Orleans was called personally offensive by Senator Ransdell Democrat of Louisiana The fight ended in a temporary draw and next executive session will reconsider Cohen’s appointment and confirmation The Republican Senators have asked Ransdell to state the grounds for offense.
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Washington, D C
Walter L. Cohen
New Orleans
Senator Ransdell
Louisiana
Negro labor leaving many farms in the South
New Orleans reports a growing labor shortage in Southern building trades affecting pace of construction. Plasterers and other skilled workers are scarce as a significant movement of Black labor heads north and east to industrial centers, leaving farms and fields vacant in many areas.
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South
New Orleans
March
Negro labor movement reshapes 1922 crops plan
The departure of Negro workers is expected to be a material factor in planting, cultivating, and harvesting 1922 crops, influencing labor availability and farming schedules across regions.
Something About Her Fascinating Love Triangle Case
Chicago March 2 Judge David granted an annulment to Frank Kalberg a Shelbyville Kentucky man who said he is one of three husbands of a woman. Kalberg testified she loves all her husbands but would move to Chicago if offered a nice steam heated flat. He named Husbands No 1 and No 2 and noted the former lived in Danville. The piece ends with a broad social commentary on infidelity and race.
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Chicago
Frank Kaiberg
Shelbyville
Joseph B. David
Kentucky
Kalberg
Judge
Shakespeare
Wilde Genaro title bids spark offers after Madison Square Garden bout
New York March 2 offers to box Jimmy Wilde of England world flyweight champion circulated tonight as Frankie Genaro, American champ, weighed options after defeating Pancho Villa for the title. Tex Rickard proposed Wilde Genaro at Yankee Stadium while Tom O Rourke favored the Polo Grounds. Genaro plans more U S bouts and a Marrisboro match with Frankie Williams, declining a European match and a lengthy vaudeville tour offer.
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New York
Jimmy Wilde
England
Frankie Genaro
Pancho Villa
Philippine Islands
Madison Square Garden
Wilde
London
Genaro
Tex Rickard
Yankee Stadium
Tom O'Rourke
Republican Athletic Club
Polo Grounds
Europe
Frankie Williams
Marrisboro
A Great Bargain Seven‑Room Home in Walnut Hills
Real estate listing offers a seven‑room modern residence owned by Robt McWhorters. The 56 by 150 foot lot includes trees, flowers, shrubbery, three garages and a greenhouse. Easy terms and a call to 236 Beresford Avenue, Walnut Hills. Will sell quickly.
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Robt McWhorters
Beresford Avenue
Walnut Hills
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