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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
5
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In Atlanta on January 8 Governor Walker will hear last appeals for Gervis Bloodsworth and Willie Jones as Homer Beeland, defense attorney, arrives from Butler to press for clemency. The governor has shown no sign of reversing his prior decision.
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John W. Bennett, brother and attorney for O. R. Bennett of Eastman, says his brother will keep reporting daily at the capitol as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission. He refuses to comment on possible actions but states the matter remains unsettled and his brother will ignore the commission’s decision.
The estate of Congressman Julius Kahn who died December 18 in San Francisco is bequeathed to his widow Florence P. Kahn under a will filed for probate. The value of the estate was not disclosed.
Washington January 8 Dwight F Davis assistant secretary of war testified before the House aircraft committee that the records of American fliers indicate the United States air service is technically and in personnel equal to any in the world.
The Senate passed the Underwood bill by 48 to 37 to lease the Muscle Shoals plant with a new section requiring fixed nitrogen from the project be used for war fertilizers. The vote sparked a parliamentary wrangle as the action was ruled a substitution for the Norris bill and remaining amendments awaited.
In Baltimore on January 8 a scuffle erupted as three suspended grain trimers union members fired shots. Police reserves dispersed a crowd of seven hundred at a South Baltimore hall while a larger crowd of over five thousand gathered, riot lines were set.
President Coolidge initiates steps to secure permanent government control of residence rentals in the District of Columbia. Real estate interests in Washington react sharply as officials pledge no further conferences with those seeking to block the proposed legislation.
Lieutenant James T. Hutchinson of the army air service goes on trial before a general court martial on Governor's Island charged with violating army regulations by flying over Washington Heights at less than two thousand feet.
The Floridan passenger train of the Illinois Central from Chicago to Miami crashed into a freight train north of Deerfield. The collision derailed the Floridan’s engine and the freight’s caboose. One crew member on the Floridan was slightly hurt.
Southern members of Congress pressed to place a Southern man on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senators Fletcher and Trammell of Florida recommended R Hudson Burt, head of the Florida railroad commission, to fill the upcoming vacancy as Mark W Potter retires.
A brief weather note predicts occasional rain for tonight with a mainly unsettled pattern. The forecast mentions a night period and an approaching Friday, indicating continued precipitation chances.
Atlanta authorities report the body of Fred James, a well dressed man, found in the back yard of a negro residence. An axe lay beside him and bloody fingerprints are the only clue. No identification on his person. a single one dollar bill and cigarettes found. A cousin, P L Jaumes, identified the slain man and a nearby closed auto was linked to the case.
Washington D C January 8 The House resumes debate on the war department appropriation bill and rejects Representative Hulls amendment to increase the national guard appropriation by 270000 from 9990000 to 102677?00.
Washington Jan 18 under Senator Watson Indiana Republican the Senate investigation into prohibition enforcement began behind closed doors with administration forces guiding the opening session.
Dan F Steck, the Democratic challenger to Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa, filed the contest of election in Washington on January 8. The filing alleges irregularities in the senatorial election and seeks relief through the Senate.
Paris papers report that Mrs. Sophia Meldrim Coy was granted a divorce from Edward Harris Coy, former Yale football star. The couple’s two children were awarded to the mother. They wed in Asheville in 1913. Also, Mrs. Bula Jackson Alsop was granted a divorce from Edward Hussey Alsop of Washington. They married in Allentown in 1974.
Washington D. C. January at a White House breakfast table discussed law enforcement with President as host. Judge Elbert H. Gars, John Stockefeller Jr. and other members of the national citizens committee of one thousand on law enforcement attended.
Walter Johnson the Washington Senators ace is in Los Angeles from Reno for several days and may announce plans to buy a half interest in the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League.
Bo McMillan, former Centenary football coach and Centre College star, is chosen as all year athlete coach for Geneva College Beaver Falls. Board of trustees announces today the salary, not yet disclosed, is reportedly the largest ever paid to a coach by the college.
Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul and Jack Burke of Pittsburgh declared themselves in good shape for a ten round heavyweight bout in Grand Rapids Michigan tonight.
Paris January 8 The Soviet Red Cross appeared in French courts for the first time seeking to recover three hundred thousand francs held by its treasurer M Kotechokos.
William Tracey, a deckhand, inherits 157000 from his father who died in California a fruit grower. Two brothers were killed in the world war leaving Tracey the sole living son who also served in the war. He remains unmarried and will continue working as a deckhand at 320 dollars monthly.
King Alfonso is again bedridden with a slight indisposition in Madrid. All public audiences are canceled. A banquet for foreign diplomats, previously postponed when Queen Victoria fell ill, is postponed again until the monarchs can preside.
New York reports the death of American artist George Wesley Bellows at age 52 from acute appendicitis. He had exhibited his work both in the United States and abroad.
Rescue attempts to identify the woman known as Charlotte continue at the psychopathic hospital after forty days without success. A local radio broadcast will feature her, she recalls her mother and believes her first name is Charlotte but cannot recall her surname.
Senator McKellar introduces a proposal for a joint congressional committee to study which federal bureaus agencies and commissions could be abolished. The measure was referred to the rules committee without action.
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