Publishers debate shop problems at Southern Newspapers' Assn meeting
Edgewater Park Miss June 22. Delegates at the twenty sixth annual Southern Newspapers' Association convention discussed editorial, circulation, and mechanical department issues. Topics included reducing professional sports news, pay for reporters, uniform labor contracts, open shop, avoiding complimentary copies, and subscription rates.
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Edgewater Park
Miss
Southern Newspapers’ Association
Textile mill youth killed by live wire in Griffin plant
Herbert Lee Barnett a 17 year old worker in the dye department of the Lowell Bleaching plant Griffin Georgia was instantly killed this morning when he touched a high tension wire near a switch box. A small burn mark on his left wrist was the only visible evidence of the fatal shock.
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Griffin
Herbert Lee Barnett
Lowell Bleachery
Walker Retains His Title After Rainy Ten Round Battle
Mickey Walker won a two to one decision to keep the world middleweight title against Ace Hudkins at Comiskey Park in a rain soaked spectacle. Judges favored Walker, but the referee and crowd protests kept the verdict in dispute amid a mass postfight scene with 25 000 to 30 000 spectators.
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Comiskey Park
Mickey Walker
Ace Hudkins
Nebraska Wildcat
Walker
Harry, Carroll
Edward Klein
Eddie Purdy
Hudkins
Ace
Wildcat
Welker
Ball Park
Hodkins
Mickel
Weather forecast and conditions for Thomasville Georgia
Thomasville forecasts fair weather tonight and Saturday with no major changes expected for the weekend. Observations show 8 am temperatures and rainfall totals, noting above normal readings in the South and warmer trends in the Northwest, with widespread rain in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region.
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Thomasville
Plains
Iowa
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Gower Lake
Florida
Peninsula
Cotton Belt
Central Plains
Slicer Faces Eight to Ten Year State Prison Term
Atlanta June 22 A sentence of eight to ten years in the state penitentiary hangs over J Sam Slicer former president of Colonial Trust Company of Atlanta law found guilty of fraudulent insolvency Bond of eight thousand dollars set pending retrial hearing September 8 T J Norman former vice president also accused of showing notes to prove solvency when bank closed in 1926 debt over four hundred fifty thousand dollars No trial date yet for Norman.
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Atlanta
State
J. Sam Slicer
Colonial Trust Company
Slicer
T. J. Norman
Norman
Mahaffey’s pitching helps Macon reclaim top spot in South Atlantic
In Atlanta on June 22, Mahaffey, though paid by Columbia, fueled Macon’s rise to lead the South Atlantic as Asheville fell 5 to 9 to Comer. Knoxville outhits Peaches. Lee and McCrone homered for a 9–5 Knoxville win over the Smokies.
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Columbia
Macon
South Atlantic Association
Asheville
Peaches
Knoxville
Lee
McCrone
Goodmen
Smokies
McCrea
Charlotte
Jones
Greenville
Price
Spartanburg
Augusta
Moseley
Albany
Pensacola
Indian guide says President Coolidge is a good fisherman
Superior Wis June 22 Amid forest shadows President Coolidges Indian guide, a skilled hunter and canoe maker, watches the president fish. The guide notes Coolidge catches many fish using worms and fly baits, and remarks he stays calm and skilled at angling.
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Indian Guide
President Coolidge
Superior, Wis
President Coolidges
John Larock
Jean Laroque
Larock
Henry Clay Pierce
Mr. Coolidge
Norcross Farmer Held on Murder Charge
Lawrenceville Ga June 22 Monroe Hopkins Norcross Ga farmer was jailed charged with murder in the Ed Huett case. Huett’s body was found floating in the Chattahoochee River near Norcross two weeks earlier with more than 100 dollars in his pocket. Sheriff McGee did not reveal evidence details and Hopkins likely seeks an early preliminary hearing.
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Lawrenceville
Monroe Hopkins
Norcross
Farmer
Ed Huett
Chattahoochee River
Huett
McGee
Hopkins
Semi Finals At Dallas For This Afternoon
Dallas Texas June 22 Pairings for the quarter finals in the Southern Amateur Golf Association tournament at Brook Hollow Country Club today keep link stars from Dallas Houston New Orleans Atlanta and Memphis in the hunt for the Dixie amateur crown. The program calls for quarter finals this morning semi finals this afternoon and a 36 hole final tomorrow with Watts Gunn of Atlanta Southern inter collegiate champion and Fred Lamprecht of New Orleans a 1925 and 1926 national inter collegiate champion as the key matchups.
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Dallas
Texas
Brook Hollow Country Club
Houston
New Orleans
Atlanta
Memphis
Watts Gunn
Fred Lamprecht
Four Chinese Executed for Murder in Arizona
Florenze Arizona June 22 four Chinese were hanged at the state prison for the murder of Tom King owner of a Kingman restaurant. Executed were B W L Sam Shew Chin Jew Har and Lee King Long. Sam oldest faced the gallows first while Jew Har smoked a cigarette on his way up the steps. Both Gee King Long and the condemned denied guilt. The prisoners were said to belong to the Bing Kong tong and King to the Hop Sings.
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Ariz
Tom King
Kingman
B. W. L. Sam
Shew Chin
Jew Har
Lee King Long
Sam
Gee King Long
Bing Kong Tong
King
Hop Sings
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