Six Negro Prisoners Escape From Thomas County Jail
Six black inmates escaped from the Thomas county jail Sunday night by breaking from the main cell and then digging through a brick wall. Jailer Phinazee, distracted while away briefly, suspects one escaped inmate hid on top of the cell and that a hack-sawn iron tool aided the wall breach. Authorities issued alerts to nearby towns as officers search for John Brewer, Sam McMillan, Will Fell, and others described as still at large.
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Scopes Evolution Trial Motion to Quash Indictment
Dayton Tenn July 13 A motion to quash the indictment against John T Scopes for teaching evolution in public schools marks the first clash of the trial. Defense cites fourteen constitutional grounds while state argues the act is valid. Judge Raulston grants a noon recess and requests briefs on the motion.
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Bankrupt Brokers Sentenced for Bucketing Orders
George W. Field and George W. Morse, former heads of two brokerage firms, were sentenced to one year and one day in Atlanta prison after pleading guilty to bucketing customer orders in 1920 when their firms failed for $3,200,000. The trial ended after it began last week.
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Dayton Quiet And Very Orderly On Second Day Scopes Trial
Dayton Tenn July 13 The second day of the Scopes trial proceeded with record crowds and unusual calm. Courtroom heat persisted as Judge Raulston noted weather and Bryan arrived prepared for argument. Photographers crowded the galleries while officers and citizens maintained orderly behavior despite the spectacle.
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House Bill Would Give Half Million To The Georgia University
The Associated Press reports a bill proposing $520000 to the University of Georgia. In Atlanta the House debated the measure after opponents failed to delay the Atlanta viaduct bill. Senate moved a Savannah port bill similar to last year’s defeat. A separate proposal would make the state veterinarian’s term two years instead of life.
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Bowdoin Returns to Labrador for Propeller Repair
The Bowdoin of the MacMillan Arctic expedition is compelled to return to Hopedale Labrador to repair a propeller after an accident. News was relayed to the National Geographic Society by radio from the ship.
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Two Men Die in Dublin Shooting Fray
Dublin Georgia July 13 Jordan Woodard was killed instantly and a man named Kate died in hospital after a shooting affray. Levy Woodard is in a local hospital with injuries following an argument that began when Jordan attacked his father. Vernon Woodard a brother was involved.
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New York Skyscrapers Safe After Break in 20 Inch Main
Fear that waters from a broken 20 inch main at Forty-Second Street and Fifth Avenue would undermine Manhattan foundations was assuaged by W C Lancaster Transit Commission engineer who said building supports were undamaged and no danger remained. Three Grand Central district subways flooded up to six feet, traffic halted briefly. A ten foot square hole appeared in the pavement at Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street.
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Rum squadron transfer from New York reported
Washington announces Captain W J Wheeler will move to Washington as commander of the coast guard offensive squadron in the area. The Treasury says the New York drive is dispersed and will continue under regional officers with cutters from Atlantic City to Cape Cod.
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Three Boston City Employees Indicted in Dance Hall Disaster
Seven men arraigned in Boston Superior Court on secret indictments after the Pickwick Club collapse on July fourth. Two city building department employees charged. six indictments allege manslaughter. Hyman Bloomer, building lessee, faced charges of manslaughter and maintaining a common nuisance. All pleads not guilty. bail set at two thousand dollars. trial scheduled for Wednesday.
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Prison Break at Bristol Va Prison Holds 3 Recaptured
Three of the twenty inmates who escaped from a jail in Bristol Virginia have been recaptured and returned to their cells. Seventeen remain at large with three under arrest in connection with the killing of Deputy Sheriff Rollins of Panit Creek.
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Weather Forecast for Georgia Showers Tonight and Tuesday
Local forecast indicates showers likely tonight and on Tuesday across Georgia. Expect unsettled conditions with periods of rain and cooler temperatures.
Siblings Involved in Fatal Shooting Case
A shooting described as a family incident ended with Jordan killed instantly after two shots. Kate, a brother in law, tried to aid Jordan but was shot by Henry, a third brother. The event centers on intra family violence and warrants police investigation.
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Prohibition Raid In Peoria Nets 200 Arrests
Under the banner Uncle Sam's Place federal agents raided Peoria saloons and arrested about two hundred dealers. Washington agents posed as buyers, built trust with rum runners, then coordinated with Chicago and D C teams for a city wide sweep and seizure of illicit liquor.
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Women’s clubs push for state funds for health and education
Legislators returning from weekend leave found petitions from women’s clubs across Georgia urging increased state funding for health and education. The requests included long lists of Atlanta women’s names and a multi-county petition from Burke to Elbert counties attached to walls in the Capitol’s second-floor lobbies.
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Philip Knapp, Syracuse Slayer, Suspect Fades North
Syracuse police renewed the statewide search for Philip K. Knapp a deserter from the Army Air Corps linked to the slaying of Louis Panetta a Minooka taxi driver. Clues traced to the Thousand Island region suggest he has not crossed into Canada and police remain confident of capture.
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Floyd R. Harrison Named Director War Finance Corporation
Swampscott Mass July 13 Floyd R Harrison appointed director of the war finance corporation succeeding Frank W Mondell He has been assistant to Eugene Meyer managing director of the corporation.
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Eugene Meyer
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Mysterious Disease Sweeps Bakharz District
A mysterious illness has killed about three thousand people in Bakharz district and affected thirty-five villages. British physicians head toward Meshed in northeast Persia to identify the disease and curb its spread.
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Heat waves and accidents claim many lives across the nation
A sweeping weekend toll reports more than 240 deaths from heat, drownings, auto crashes, lightning, and other causes. Des Moines tops 100 degrees while New York records 91 under high humidity as Kellogg vows to protect foreigners in China amid new outrages.
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Rich bootleggers to pay $10 000 fines before leaving prison
Mannie Kessler and Morris Sweetwood of New York must pay $10 000 fines before their federal prison sentences for violating the national prohibition act expire. Warden Snook announced that release is contingent on the fines being paid, as wives travel from New York to obtain the funds.
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Morris Sweetwood
Atlanta
Two Officers Die as Plane Catches Fire at Mitchell Field
Mitchell Field New York July 13 two reserve officers stationed there were killed when their plane caught fire and crashed to the ground during a routine flight.
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