Tobacco Sales Hit Favorable Note in Early Week
Thomas County Tobacco Warehouse reports first week sales around 100000 pounds at an average 18.60 with top price 65.00. Despite light offering and late season, growers praise handling and prices. Next week expected larger lots, higher pounds, and improved prices as upper stalk tobacco arrives. Local manager Mr. Jones notes cash prizes awarded weekly for top pounds sold, highest price basket, and largest money received.
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Tobacco Warehouse
Thomas County Tobacco Warehouse Company
Jones
Gorwers
Imperial Tobacco Company
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
J. T. Taylor
Person & Garrett
China-American Tobacco Company
B. F. White
Thomasville
J. E. Gandy
Coolidge
J. W. Reid
W. D. Willis
Pavo
Georgia
C. E. Morse
Quitman
Mr. Morse
Lewis demands nation by mine owners at once
Atlantic City reports John L. Lewis demands immediate conference with anthracite operators to negotiate a new working agreement. He presses Warriner and Richards to join the negotiating committee at the resumed talks next Tuesday, warning the talks risk becoming a farce without top operators present.
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Lewis
MIE
Associated Wrens
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Samuel AD. Warriner
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel D. Warriner
William J. Richards
Mr. Warriner
Mr. Lewis
Warriner
Mr. Richards
Parley
Cora Pimno Oe
Malehe
Warriner and Richards
Lansford Pa
Vie
Will Rogers declines Arkansas governor bid
Will Rogers famed comedian rejects entering Arkansas governor race in a message to the Rogers Kiwanis club. He jokes about governing Arkansas and notes the state has long provided him a governor figure, while mentioning Claremore as his home town in Oklahoma.
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Will Rogers
Arkansas
Associated Press
Rogers, Ark
Wil Rogers
Rogers’ Kiwanis Club
Rogers
Claremore
Tom Morgan
Oklahoma
Coordinating Group Formed to Aid Indigent Care at New Memorial Hospital
A city wide coordinating group of representatives from organizations caring for the indigent sick has been formed to assist the John D Archbold Hospital. The group will collect information develop programs disseminate knowledge and make recommendations on community care. Proceedings will be shared with the Thomas County Welfare Association and delegates will report to their mother organizations.
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New Memorial Hospital
Eye Renue
John D. Archbold Hospital
Thomas County Welfare Association
Poles in Germany Face Eviction Ties to Poland Action
Berlin reports Poles in Germany will not be evicted unless Poland ejects Germans in Poland. Germany warns of immediate reprisals if Poland acts. Germans who voted for Germany in 1921 plebiscite are ordered out and thousands have begun leaving Poland, gathering at the German frontier near Schneidemuehl.
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Poland
Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Reich
Schnefdemuehl
British Subject Killed in Riot at Nanking Factory
Unofficial reports from Nanking say a wage dispute sparked a riot at the International Export Company factory. One British subject was killed and British employees fired on rioters, killing four and wounding several as British marines guard the plant in Peking Aug 1.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Nanking
International Export Company
Maryland Man Shot by Prohibition Agents
Havre de Grace Maryland Aug 1 John Bugore of this town was shot and fatally wounded this afternoon when he failed to stop at the command of prohibition agents who were pursuing him through the streets.
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Associated Press
Havre de Grace
Maryland
John Bugore
Baron Kato to Form New Japanese Cabinet
Tokio Aug. 1 Baron Kato who resigned over new taxation proposals was re appointed premier today. He has been ordered to organize a new cabinet.
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Baron Kato
Associated Press
Tokio
Kato
July Leaves Mid West Weather Behind In Summer Column
Chicago reports August first marks the end of July with heavy rains and record cold. Detroit records the heaviest rainfall of the year causing damages over 500000 dollars. A Rio Grande flood prompts emergency work along El Paso dikes.
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Chicago
Ill
el Paso
Detroit
Rio Grande
Dikes
Detroit Storm Estimates Two Million Dollar Damage
Police and fire officials on August 1 fixed about two million dollars in damage from yesterday's rain storm in and around Detroit. More than four inches of rainfall fell in seven hours starting Friday at six o'clock.
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Detroit
Mich
Prohi Officers Raid Broadway Supper Clubs in New York
New York August 1 twelve prohibition agents battered doors with sledge hammers to two Broadway supper clubs. Five men were arrested today and the government stock of seized liquor increased materially.
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PROHI
New York
Broadway
Weather for Georgia Fair Tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for fair conditions across Georgia with cooler air along the coast tonight and into Sunday. Coastal areas should see a noticeable drop in temperatures while inland sections stay mild.
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Georgia Fair
Cotton Crop Placed At 14,698,000 Bales For 1924 25
New Orleans Aug 1 The American commercial cotton crop for 1924 25 was placed at 14 698 000 bales by H G Hester secretary of The New Orleans Cotton Exchange. This compares with 11 290 397 bales in the prior season. The world's consumption of American cotton for 1924 25 was 14 247 000 bales versus 11 241 000 in the previous season.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
H. G. Hester
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
British Elated Over Averting Coal Strike
London figures show the government will provide financial aid and mine owners will add about ten million pounds to the budget, as relief spreads over the miners strike that would have affected over a million workers.
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Associated Press
London
Interstate Enterprises Buys Grand Theatre in City
Mr. Hobson S. Johnson sells the Grand Theatre to Interstate Enterprises. The new owners, already operating cinemas in Quitman and Quincy, plan to make Thomasville a top circuit house. Nat Williams will manage here, arriving from Quincy, Florida. Johnson will relocate to Miami with Ernest Johnson. The theater changes hands around the fifteenth of the month.
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Interstate Enterprises
Grand Theatre
Hobsoan_S. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Florida
The
Quitman
Quincy
Thomasville
Nat Williams
Fla
Johnson
Ernest Johnson
Miami
Irate stepfather chokes boy. eyes forced from sockets
James Weems, 14, testified in Brandon court that his stepfather Frank Linton choked him until his eyes bulged from their sockets. Weems was taken to a hospital where the eyes were removed. The stepfather pleaded guilty and received the maximum ten year sentence in state prison.
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Brandon
James Weems
Frank Linton
H.re
Weems
Unknown victim in grisly forest death case investigated
Foreman Allan Johnson reported to the sheriff that a man’s skull was found in woods near a Boston road estate. The body lay about 400 yards from the highway as a coroner’s jury recovered bones and a weathered razor, shaving brush, and a pocket knife. A 1922 promissory note names Decatur County Georgia residents, with mortgage details and faint signatures.
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Allan Johnson
Allen Johnson
Homer Wiliams
Boston
Z. W. Howell
Davis
Cooper
J. D. Chason
Decatur County
Charlie M. Strickland
Georgia
Georgia Governor to Call National Guard for W and A M protection
A resolution by Rep. Stark of Whitfield proposes deploying guardsmen under Adjutant General to Chattanooga to remove intruders from Western and Atlantic railroad properties. The move follows discussions in Atlanta on August 1.
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Associated Preas
Atlanta
Georgia
National Guard
Chattanoog
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Chattanooga
Stark
Whitfield County
Mitchell declares no ground defense can stop air attack
Col William A Mitchell states in San Antonio that ground defenses fail against aircraft and that air force is the sole defense against hostile air forces after recent war department anti aircraft tests.
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Mitchell
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Colonest
William Alitchell
War Department
Pension pro rating from unclaimed funds and cigar tax support
The item directs that all unclaimed pensions revert to the treasury and be pro rated among living pensioners to cover past due payments. It also provides that revenues from the cigar and cigarette tax shall be used to fund pension payments.
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Treasury
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