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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1925
Page
4
The Sandersville region reports extensive flood damage after four days of heavy rain. Eastern Sandersville is flooded with water surrounding industrial sites and many homes, including numerous Black households, left isolated as waters rise.
Chicago quotations show wheat around May July and September futures with varied corn and oats figures. Savanna turpentine and rosin hold firm while St Louis reports wheat and corn prices for May and July. New York stocks bonds and commodities move unevenly with cotton sugar and coffee steady to lower. New Orleans futures list several months with prices for Jan through Oct contracts.
Scranto Penn January 20 Prospects of averting the threatened strike to morrow of sixty thousand hard coal miners in district number one of the United Mine Workers appeared dim today. A soft drink truck was swept from Scott branch bridge east of Sandersville as floods disrupt transport. Railroad service halted with trains annulled between Tennille Macon and Dover Savannah amid washouts. Flooding endangers schooling in Sandersville Tennille with the older residents noting the heaviest downpour in years.
The Associated Press reports fair weather is forecast today and tomorrow across the Southern states previously menaced by floods. With rain ceasing, it is expected waters will quickly drop from flood stage as river levels have remained high.
Gerald Chapman alias the professor and Duke of Gramercy Park, an escaped convict and noted robber, will be sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta as soon as two assistant deputy wardens arrive. Authorities fear an attempted train rescue. Chapman faces possible Connecticut murder charges for the killing of Policeman Skelly. A $4,500 sum found on him remains in custody.
Berlin reports Chancellor Hans Luther pledged to uphold the Republican constitution and the London pact while resisting any forceful changes. He urged early talks to resolve the Cologne zone evacuation issue and announced reforms including an eight hour day for steel and related workers to improve health and revitalize the economy. He praised the Marx government for guiding recovery and urged cabinet unity across parties.
Millen Georgia endures unprecedented rain with streets impassable and the canal overflowing. Water covers tourist grounds and fairgrounds while rail service suffers washouts and roadbed damage from Wadley to Ogeechee, with repairs projected at three to five days.
The irreconcilables in the Senate refuse to accept Secretary Hughes's Paris reparations claim. Chairman Borah and Senator Johnson push to obtain the agreement and comment, aiming to press inquiry into the full subject despite the secretary's assertion of U.S. disengagement.
President Coolidge reads the Hughes denial as a shield for the Paris agreement claim faced by the irreconcilables in the Senate. The statement is seen as addressing concerns over European commitment and U S involvement.
Water at flood stage rises in Collins Georgia with lowlands inundated and bridges south of Coleman's bridge impassable for over ten hours. Debris threatens the Seaboard Air Line bridge while Lanea bridge over the Altamaha nears failure. Rural carriers suspended as roads flood and business stalls.
The Senate rejected the minority report by 42 to 28 urging absolution for Edwin Denby and Theodore Roosevelt in the naval oil reserve lease affair. The decision attributes blame to the two individuals in connection with the leases.
Providence Rhode Island January 20 two children died and four others were saved from a blaze that trapped residents on a second story window as neighbors helped them escape this morning.
Washington D C January 20 A warning to World War veterans that bonus insurance policies cannot be sold and at present have no loan value was issued today by Director Hines of the veterans bureau.
Treasury officials predict a drop in national bank failures citing 35 closures in late 1924. Secretary Mellon says banking conditions are sound and banks are better able to meet business needs nationwide.
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