Government Vessel Norman Capsizes on Mississippi River
A U S government steamer Norman sank in the Mississippi near Memphis on May 9 after listing and capsizing, with about 22 lives lost. Prominent engineers including Paul Norcross of Atlanta were aboard. survivors spoke of heroism as the craft went under within minutes.
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Memphis
Associated
Prek
Tenn
Mississippi River
Norman
South
Mid-South Association of Engineers
Paul Norcross
Atlanta
Co Island
Fenton
Tom Lea
Paul H. Norcross
M. EB. Norman
Norcross
Ths
H. McNelly
Vanderbilt University
Ralph Bosard
The
Morgan Engineering Company
Walter G. Kilpatrick
University of Mississippi
Major W M. Gardner
United States
George Foster
Née
K. H. Armistead
Lake Cormoran
Miss
Half Brother Lord Lascelles Found Dead At Ramsey
Hon. Francis John Lascelles, half brother of the Earl of Harewood, was found dead at his Ramsey home with a gun beside his body. The Harewood family connections link him to Princess Mary through marriage.
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Associated Press
Southampton
England
Francis John Lascelles
Earl of Harewood
Ramsey
Mary
Mercer Dean Dean Farrar Dies of Heart Attack in Macon
Dr William E Farrar dean of Mercer University died at his home in Macon Georgia from acute heart trouble He collapsed while reading a paper at Lanier High School during a Georgia Educational Association meeting and had been ill since then He joined Mercer in 1919 from Bethel College Russellville Kentucky
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Associated Press
Macon
William E. Farrar
Mercer University
Georgia Educational Association
Lanier High School
Mercer
Bethel College
Russellville
Kentucky
Former Grand Dragon of Klan Faces Murder Trial
Indianapolis May 9 Judge Collins overruled a motion to strike vital murder indictment parts against D C Stephenson former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and co defendants Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Hearing set for May 11.
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KLAN
Indianapolis
D. O. Stepheson
Grand Dragon
The
Ku Klux Klan
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Women’s Council Urges Nations to Join League
Washington May 9 the International Council of Women adopted a formal resolution urging constituent members to use all influence for the speedy inclusion of all nationals in the league of nations the move aims to broaden participation in the global body.
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Womans Council
ALL Nations
League OF Nations
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
International Council of Women
Final Effort to Save Lee Curry Before Execution
The Georgia Prison Commission recommended to Governor Walker that Lee Curry of Toombs County be executed for the February 1920 murder of Burleigh Phillips near Lyons. Curry, son of a wealthy farmer, was convicted after five trials, with four convictions and one mistrial, and a final appeal for clemency was presented by his attorney E. J. Giles.
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Toombs
Associated Prene
Atlanta
Lee Curry
Toombs County
Scaffol
Walker
Capitol
Curry
Burleigh Phillips
Phillips
Lyons
Georgia Prison Commission
Caillaux Granted Confidence to Push Financial Plans
Paris dated May 9 Finance Minister Caillaux gained cabinet backing to place his financial proposals before Parliament. The cabinet approved an outline of the plans and instructed him to pursue them with a confidence vote.
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Caillaux
Associated Press
Paris
Parliamient
One Killed at Vienna Opera Fire
A man named Mencia Carniciu fired five shots from a box at the National Theatre during Ibsen's Peer Gynt last night. One person was killed and two wounded in the attack.
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Prenat
Vienna
Wman
Mencia Carniciu
Ibsen
Georgia Peach Shipments Begin From Gray
The first carload of Georgia peaches for the season left Gray today for Jacksonville Florida. The first carload from Gray this year will depart next Wednesday.
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Gray
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Florida
French Premier Says Morocco Invasion Requires Severe Lesson
Premier Paul Painleve, acting minister of war, announced after a cabinet discussion that a severe lesson would be given to those who invaded French territory. He stated France is acting in accord with Britain and Spain, emphasizing stabilization rather than militarism or imperialism.
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Painleve
Death sentences in Sofia bomb outrage shock state
Bulgarian military courts issued 20 death sentences to conspirators in the Sveti Kral cathedral bombing which killed 160 and wounded many. Prosecutors sought death for two planners and charges extended to others for harboring criminals. The king has not approved the sentences and commutation to life is expected.
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Sofia
Sveti Kral
Mario Friedmann
Peter Zadgorski
George Koeff
Dimiter Daskaloff
Friedmann
Zadgorski
Cathdl Bei
Boris
Los Angeles Airship Heads Toward Lakehurst After Porto Rico Route
The Los Angeles is expected to reach Lakehurst early Sunday on its return from Porto Rico with a planned arrival around 3:00 am. The airship left Mayaguez at 2:30 pm to complete the first round trip between the American continent and Porto Rico, passing over Fort Lauderdale at 7:50 am.
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Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Miami
Porto Rico
Associated
Charleston
N. J
Navy
Dirigible
Florida
Atlantic
Mayaguez
American
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jewel Robbery in New York Ends with Heist of Jewelry
New York May 9 three robbers held up a jewelry store and escaped with ninety thousand dollars worth of jewelry after hand cuffing and binding four employees.
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New York
Arial
Breakup of Rum Fleet Signals Effectiveness of Federal Blockade
Coast guard officials reported signs of disruption to the liquor fleet anchored along rum row off the coast. Some rum ships lifted anchor and sailed away, signaling the blockade's impact as relayed by wireless messages.
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Associated Presa New York
Rum Row
Coast Guard
Sabotage Tied to Bribery in Bootlegger Wars
New York May 9 Coast guard officials say two of twelve converted submarine chasers returned to Staten Island after four days in blockade service show tampering. Captain W E V Jacobs and officers report threats from bootleggers who also vow to blow up the barge office.
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Coast Guard
Staten Inland Base
W. E. V. Jacobs
New London
Cape May
Gasoline launch with 300 cases seized at Norfolk
Norfolk May 9 The gasoline launch Bank Eloise towed into port by the coast guard cutter Masecoat with 300 cases of whiskey aboard Three men found on the launch were locked in the city Officials provided vague responses while hints spread that the rum fleet off New York and New Jersey coast is moving cargo south in small boats or has itself moved southward.
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Norfolk
Eloise
Coast Guard
Masecoat
New York
New Jersey
Weather Outlook for Georgia Unsettled Showers Northwest Tonight
Unsettled conditions sweep Georgia with showers expected Sunday. The northwest portion may see a sharper shower risk tonight as a low-pressure system moves through the region.
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Northwest
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Dent
Georgia Tech National Alumni Association
Jonathan Norcross
Atlaia
War Department
Foster
Armistead
Arm'stead
Mary O’donnell
Armisteand
Armistead Plantation
Inman Drug Co
Inman
Lord Lascelles
Dean Farrar
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James A. Collins
D. C. Stephenson
Prison Commission
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Prenay
Paul Pain
Leve
Morocco
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