Gerald Chapman ally linked to Muncie killings in chase
A reputed Chapman ally, George Dutch Anderson, killed informer Ben Hance and his wife on the Anderson Muncie highway after Hance exposed Chapman. Hance had helped police trap Chapman earlier, and Anderson was later captured.
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Ben Hance
Muncie
George “Dutch” Anderson
Chapman
Atlanta
Associated Press
Ind
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
Here
Hances
Anderson-Muncie
Hance
George Anderson
Charles Wolfe
Anderson
Wolfe
Vengence
New York
Indianapolis
Middletown Pike
Voter Registration Bill Bans Unregistered Attendees at Mass Meetings
Atlanta. All participants in political mass meetings must be qualified registered voters in the meeting county or district. The House approved the measure 104 to 20, requiring meetings to be held at the county courthouse and notices posted ten days ahead to curb unregistered voters.
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House
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
County Court House
Saint Marie sinks off Quessant. captain and ten crew perish
The cargo steamer Saint Marie struck a sharp rock in dense fog in the English Channel off Quessant and foundered within minutes. The captain and ten crew members died, while thirteen crewmen clung to the wreck and were rescued or made it to Quessant in pitiable condition.
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English Channel
Headless Body Found Floating in Flint River Near Albany
The headless white man was found about three miles below Albany in the Flint River. J. J. Phillips located the body which hung in tree branches. Only a rough shirt and work trousers were on the deceased, whose identity and origin remain a mystery due to severe decomposition.
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Flint River
Albany
J. J. Phillips
City Faces Large Narcotic Problem in Chicago
An investigation reveals about 18 000 drug addicts in Chicago with thousands more using drugs but not dealing. Officials gather data on narcotic use while pursuing Colonel Will Gray Beach, a former narcotic chief, accused of taking loot in exchange for drugs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
L. J. Ulmer
Will Gray Beach
Tobacco Sales Warm Week At Thomas County Warehouse
Heavy tobacco sales dominated the week at the Thomas county warehouse with about 250000 pounds sold. Prizes went to Mack Wilkes Meigs for most pounds and to B F White Thomasville for highest offerings, with several other top earners in Pelham Pavo Monticello. Prices held up as growers praised service and market strength across Georgia and Florida counties.
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Thomas County Tobacco Warehouse
Imany
Thomas, Mitchell
Grady
Cook
Colquitt
Worth
Brooks
Decatur
Dougherty
Georgia
Florida
Lasting Memorial for Georgia World War II Fallen
A joint resolution in Georgia's House proposes a lasting memorial for World War I dead. A committee of three senators and five representatives would study and recommend erection plans, per Hatcher of Burke, following a request from the Gold Star mothers of Georgia.
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Georgia
Representative Hatcher
Associated Press
Atlanta
House
Burke
Senate
Hatcher
Gold Star Mothers of Georgia
Borglum to carve memorial in Black Hills of 5
Gutzon Borglum selects a granite block in the Black Hills near Harney Peak for a memorial site. He will carve busts of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt, with an estimated cost of one million dollars raised by subscription.
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Associated Press
Custer
S. D
Black Hills
Harney Peak
Keystone
Gutzon Borglum
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Five Thousand Surrender at Sarcar Heights Front
Five thousand rebel Riffian tribesmen surrendered unconditionally to French and Spanish forces who captured the Sarcar Heights position. The surrender ends the Franco Spanish military problem in the region as the two armies join forces.
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Associated Press
Tertuan
Morrocco
Sarcar Heights
Sarsar
Mrs. Morgans Death At Glen Cove Due To Sleeping Sickness
New York reports Mrs J P Morgan wife of the international banker died at Glen Cove after a two month battle with a mysterious sleeping sickness. A corps of physicians with broad funds tried to save her but she remained in a coma.
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Associated Press
New York
J. P. Morgan
International Banker
Glen Cove
Death of Mrs J P Morgan After Sleeping Sickness
Mrs J P Morgan wife of the international banker died at noon in her Long Island home from a cardiac collapse after two months of sleeping sickness. Mr Morgan rushed from Wall Street to Glen Cove. guards and limited access were placed at East Isles causeway during the illness and death.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
J. P. Morgan
International Banker
Long Island
Long Ieeland
Causeway
East Isles
J. Tierney
Marco Island land dispute draws federal scrutiny
Two groups contest Marco Island land in Collier County as the federal Interior Department plans a formal inquiry led by T. C. Havell and a government engineer. Locals report armed patrols by Collier interests and seek federal or state intervention amid claims of high handed tactics and jailings in a resurvey dispute.
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Federal Department OF Interior
Florida Island
Marco Island
Tallahassee
Barron G. Collier
Government Department
Associated Press
Fort Myers
Fla
Martin
Collier County
Washington, D. C
Department of the Interior
Florida
Work
T. C. Havell
Public Lands
Department
Tampa
West Coast
Everglades
Marco
New York
Collier Interests
W. G. Williams
Williams Force
Williams
W. B. Maynard
Caxambas
St Louis Wife Files Divorce After Hotel Raid
A Missouri woman says she will file for divorce from her wealthy husband Thomas F. Lawrence after a raid uncovered him with Mrs Julia Gruner at a Chicago Lake Shore Drive hotel. Lawrence faces a statutory offense and disorderly conduct charge in the moral court. In Miami plans grew to honor William Jennings Bryan with a memorial Bible Institute and to complete the Bryan Memorial Church near his Florida estate.
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ST. Louis
Bryan
Chicago
Miami
Thomas F. Lawrence
Charles
Associated Press
Lake Shore Drive
Julia Gruner
St. Louis Society
Bryan Memorial
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas Fisher Lawrence
Richmond murder case delays as witnesses bound over
In Richmond Virginia on August 15 Judge Frederick W Coleman postponed the Rudolph Disse murder trial after 23 defense witnesses failed to appear. The judge ordered the missing witnesses located and bonded for appearance at ten o clock Monday morning.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Rudolph Disse
Frederick W. Coleman
Coleman
Georgia Weather Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Generally fair conditions across Georgia with clear to partly cloudy skies. No significant precipitation expected as temperatures remain mild and winds light.
Gulfport Grocer Held On Kidnaping Charge
Gulfport Mississippi August 15 Louis Mitchell grocer is held on a warrant charging him with kidnaping Miss Ruby Holloway 19 of Hattiesburg who disappeared from Gulfport early Sunday morning August second. The warrant follows information from taxicab driver Jack Bourdine who said he was employed by Mitchell to take Miss Holloway.
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Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Louis Mitchell
Ruby Holloway
W. M. Holloway
Jack Bourdine
Mitchell
Miss Holloway
Beating the Planes Winged Ride Beats Rail Time
Los Angeles reports a hitchhiker named Jack Richman grabbed a plane wing at Las Vegas New Mexico and rode to Los Angeles as Major Mosely and Sergeant Chestnut Wood struggled to control the craft. The man’s grip helped steer the airplane to a safer landing and may have saved the crew from a crash.
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Las Vegas N. M
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Cal
Jack Richman
Las Vegas
N. M
Mosely
Chestnut Wood
Peru and Chile Trade Allegations in Washington
In Washington on August 15 General Pershing seeks to ease the Tacna Arica dispute as Chilean and Peruvian ambassadors trade pointed remarks. The Chilean embassy says Peru’s president made offensive statements and would be answered, while the Peruvian envoy accuses police of blocking Colonel Ordonez landing at Arica.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pershing
South America
Washington Post
Peru
Chile
Arica
Ordonez
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Mack Wilkes
Meigs
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Ochlocknee
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