Four Southerners Enter Pacific Air Race From San Francisco
Four aviators from the South plan to enter the San Francisco to Honolulu Pacific air race. Lieutenants Jess Windham and Ben Stern of Memphis lead a three plane effort with plans to fly to Manila via Honolulu and Guam or Tokyo, using a Lindbergh style motor. Paul Redfern of Savannah aims to start August 1 from Atlanta toward San Francisco, entering the race with about 1,840 hours of flight time and one stop planned. Douglas Davis of Atlanta will navigate solo in a monoplane built to 125 mph with 500 gallons of fuel. Davis trained at Maxwell Field and Arcadia, later becoming an instructor.
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Atlanta
Pacific
San Francisco
Honolulu
Jess Windham
Ben Stern
Memphis
Tenn
Manila
Eaglerock
Charles Liddbergh
Atlantic
Mately
P. I
Paul Redfern
Savannah Ga
Redfern
United States Customs Office
Tokyo
Douglas Davis
iLieutenant
Windham
Stern
Guam
Davis
Army Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Arcadia
Fla
Georgia Legionnaires Meet in Savannah For Annual Convention
Savannah Ga June 22 Georgia Department of the American Legion opens its ninth annual convention in the city tomorrow. Two banquets precede the opening with the Forty and Eight at Thunderbolt and the American Legion at the Oglethorpe club. Guy Q O Stone of Glenwood elected Grand Chef De Gare succeeding Basil Stockbridge of Atlanta. Delegates registered as crowds gathered for the events.
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Savannah
Georgia
Personalities and visitors in town notice
A collection of short notices lists visiting business people and residents. A. M. McMillan from Tampa and T. C. Tucker from Jacksonville are in town briefly. W. L. Montague of Charlotte and R. P. Howard of Winter Garden spent the day here. Dr. H. P. Clark and party from Painesville were yesterday. Anne Jarrell returns from Vanderbilt for summer. Others include A. W. Brown of Savannah, L. M. White and R. A. White of Cincinnati, Thelma and Sarah Clark of Smithville visiting Ben Cox family, and Fritz Frohdberg hosting Howard Ballard of Miami. Cecroft Music Co advertises piano tuners and new grands.
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Thelma
Sarah Clark
Smithville
Ben Cox
German paper sees much good in Geneva naval proposals
Berlin reports the Bourse Courier praises the Geneva naval conference for signaling end of absolute sea rule as submarines and airplanes aid weaker nations and notes any accord among the big three matters due to their control over an area of 650 million people.
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Geneva
Berlin
Bourse Courier
Georgia Legion to Elect Commander Amid Parade Plans
A parade of the 46 and 8 is set for this afternoon as Asa G. Candler of Atlanta is expected to be elected commander of the Georgia American Legion tomorrow. Opposition allegedly withdrawn, with Edgar J. Oliver once named as a possible rival in Savannah.
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Asa G. Candler
Atlanta
Georgia Department of the American Legion
Savannah
Edgar J. Oliver
Candier
Local visitors and travelers among Georgia officials
Mrs. G B Scoggins and her son Burdell from Atlanta with Mr and Mrs H M Mills of Albany visit J A Scoggins. Doctors H M Moore C K Wall and B J Wolfson leave for Savannah for an American Legion convention. J P Walker J A Wall and D E McLeod of the Atlantic Coast Line were here aboard car 304 for a short time. Mrs Lee Kelly and two children Annette and Edward and Mrs S L Kelly depart for Montgomery to visit Mr and Mrs G T Anderson.
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G. B. Scoggins
Little Son
Burdell
Atlanta
H. M. Mills
Albany
J. A. Scoggins
H. M. Moore
C. K. Wall
B. J. Wolfson
Savannah
Georgia
Messrs
J. P. Walker
J. A. Wall
D. E. McLeod
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Lee Kelly
Annette
Edward
S. L. Kelly
Montgomery
G. T. Anderson
Fickle Weather Delays Byrd Flight Plans
Weather delays hindered the Byrd trans Atlantic expedition with forecasts of fog and storms off Nova Scotia. James Kimball of the Weather Bureau reported heavy rain totaling 5.66 inches in Halifax as the crew remained on standby in New York awaiting favorable conditions to depart for Paris.
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New York
Nova Scotia
Paris
James Kimball
The
Weather Bureau
Nova Scotian
Halifax
Ruth hits two homers in doubleheader win
Babe Ruth belted his 23rd homer in the fifth inning and his 24th in the seventh off Wiltze as the Yankees played the Red Sox in Boston. One runner on base in the seventh. Ruth's two homers keep him three days ahead of last year's pace for a record year in 1921.
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Boston
Mass
Babe Ruth
Wiltze
Yankees
Red Sox
Ruth
Senators Beat Athletics in 24 to 2 Rift
Washington crushed the Philadelphia Athletica 24 to 2 in the first game of a double header played in Philadelphia on June 22.
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Senators
Athletics
Philadelphia
Washington
Philadelphia Athletica
Trial of T. Pike Prohibition Charge Is Begun in City Court
In Thomasville City Court a young white man pleaded guilty to possessing about sixty gallons of shine and being slightly under its influence. Judge Mac Intyre fined him seven hundred dollars or eighteen months on two counts. The N. T. Pike trial began with witnesses detailing a liquor search at Pike Drug Store on Broad Street and related testimony about sale of drinks.
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Thomasville
MacIntyre
N. T. Pike
Jeff Pope
Cairo
Edwards
Buffalo
Cobb
Stewart
Hibble
U. S
Mangum
Smith Avenue
t. ~\greies
Mr. Cobb
Mr. Stewart
Mildrea Pike
Dr. Pike
Pike
Virgil Moore
Mr. Hibble
Hammond
Upson County Superior Court
Thomas
Iith
New Orleans Attorneys Seek Rehearing in Dunn Case
Lawyers for Byron and Robert Dunn plan to appeal to the state pardon board for a rehearing citing newly discovered evidence as they challenge a death sentence for their clients. Baton Rouge reports Governor Simpson is reviewing the pardon board recommendation to commute Robert Dunn to life imprisonment amid habeas corpus filings alleging Ku Klux Klan influence.
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New Orleans
Byron
Robert Dunn
Sam Duhon
Calcasieu Parish
State Pardon Board
Baton Rouge
Simpson
Browning Believes Peaches Finances Own Legal Fight
In Carmel New York on June 22 Edward West Browning argues his wife Peaches earns money as a public entertainer. He filed six affidavits claiming Mrs Browning has earned over forty thousand dollars since April from theatrical and night club contracts to fund her appeal from a legal separation ruling.
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New York
Carmel
N. Y
Edward West Browning
Browning
Supreme Court
Memorial Monument to Women of the Confederacy Unveiled in Danville
A memorial monument to the Women of the Confederacy unveiled in Danville Virginia last Thursday was removed after citizens criticized its appearance. It depicted a Confederate mother and was described as unartistically executed, and was cloaked yesterday with sacks.
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Danville
Georgia Legislature Opens Amid New Regime and Inauguration
The Georgia legislature convened with a near new membership, electing a speaker and president as Governor-elect L. G. Hardman prepares to take office. Eugene Talmadge is slated to become commissioner of agriculture, and inaugural ceremonies are planned for Saturday on the State House lawn. A lone woman, Miss Bessis Kempton of Atlanta, sat among the lawmakers.
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L. G. Hardman
Commerce
State House
House
Eugene Talmadge
McRae
J. J. Brown
Commissioner of Agriculture
Hardman
Walker
Clifford Walker
D. F. McClatchey
Senate
E. B. Moore
General Assembly
Lutore
Bessis Kempton
Atlanta
Fulton County
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Lindbergh
Kio
Georgia Legionnaires
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Bees Ie
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A. M. McMillan
Tampa
T. C. Tucker
Jacksonville
Cecroft Music Company
W. L. Montague
Charlotte
R. P. Howard
Winter Garden, Fla
H. P. Clark
Painesville
Ohio
Cocroft Music Co
Howard Ballard
Miami
Fritz Frohdberg
Steve Wood
L. W. Burt
Anne Jarrell
Vanderbilt University
A. W. Brown
City
J. ©. Baxter
L. M. White
R. A. White
Cincinnati
Howard Thompson
Montgomerys Pharmacy
Byrd
T. Pike
John White
Phemmenieys
Fok
Purina
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Purina Hen
Golden Bros. Co
Thomasville, Ga
Confederacy
Sage
Graham Brothers
Detroit
M. A. Huston Motor Company
Washington and Madison Sts
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