10 May 1921
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1921
Page
1
Berlin dispatch reports French protest to Allies over incursions into Upper Silesia and a warning that acts violating the Versailles treaty will be met with force. German police report tense patrols along the Oder as Sarre and Polish tensions loom amid Allied mediation. A separate Michigan item notes a robbery at a United Railway collection point with $20,000 seized from a masked thief.
James A. Pune of Harvard and Miss Julia uesel of this city plead not guilty to an assaulting a police officer charge. The incident occurred after questioning a stray dog found in a South End doorway early Sunday. Police say the home of Duncan is in OC and the couple claimed engagement to Marion Matan while dancing nearby.
May 9 report from Starke Florida notes Sam Bal Angelves and Deputy Sheriff R D Bemed responding to a capture as a prisoner escaped from county jail. Separate item says two 1842 camp buildings at Camp were transferred to Florida officials for Guard of Florida use with the camp serving as a Quartermaster Corps training site.
Paris May 6 Rene Viviani said the United States could not stand aside from world regeneration if the League covenant was amended. He asked correspondents to thank the American people for their reception after his U S visit. London May 6 Pathbridge Colby expressed confidence in British American amity and that America would join the peace treaty to fulfill its duty to the world.
In Washington May 9 President Harding spoke at the Elks Lodge memorial service honoring World War veterans of the order. He unveiled a bronze tablet listing 376 ex service members and emphasized the Elks founding ideals of justice fidelity charity and brotherly love. Earlier the president and Mrs Harding observed Mother's Day at Calvary Baptist Church.
American ambassador Hugh Wallace joined the council of ambassadors in Paris for discussions on Upper Silesia. The body urged informing residents of the situation and clarified no territorial division decision had been made, while advising Poland to supervise Poles under current conditions.
In Toledo Ohio May 92 the Switchmen's Union of North America opens a two week session with opposition to railroad wage cuts. Early arrivals say switchmen will resist any reductions arguing living costs do not justify lower wages.
Cincinnati May 9 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor meets to devise a program to ease the transportation crisis. The council will include its conclusions in a report for the federation’s annual Denver convention in June.
Washington May 9 Secretary Davis renewed efforts to settle the marine workers strike. He conferred with committees representing the Marine Engineer's Beneficial Association, which is expected to report the referendum result.
In New York on May 9 the Woman's National Civic Foundation discussed establishing a Washington joint headquarters for national women's organizations. Mrs C C Calhoun, president of the Washington foundation, called the meeting. A ten acre estate has been acquired at the head of Connecticut Avenue.
Portsmouth May 9 Carl Newman 15 yesterday tried to discard a lighted cigarette but it fell into his pocket with dynamite caps, causing an explosion. The lad was blown apart and six companions injured, one losing a leg.
London reports Bulgaria enforces compulsory civic service under a year old act. Men aged 20 and women 16 must perform specified state work. women face six months, men twelve months. emigration barred until duties are fulfilled. about 700000 fall within the law with 600000 already at work.
Atlanta attorney J E Sistrunk alleges in a Supreme Court brief that Georgia courts deny negroes equal protection and use legal processes to deprive them of property. He says he filed several suits in the Atlanta circuit over 18 years for real estate worth about 150000 dollars on behalf of fellow African Americans.
In Huntsville, Tennessee, Berry Boling, a 30 year old white man alleged as a mountain bad man, was hanged by about fifty armed men who seized the Scott County jail and hanged him to a tree near the town. Boling was charged with murdering Mrs Mary Jane Harness and wounding her husband six months earlier.
May 9 reports sentiment in German political circles favored agreeing to Allied reparations. It was believed the parliamentary coalition to accept the ultimatum would be constituted within the next twenty four hours.
New York May 7 substitution of motion pictures for books in the nations elementary schools would in twenty years bring about an advancement of ten centuries in civilization Tomas A Raison said today He declares the present primary schools systems are poor and unattractive to children The remedy is to eliminate boresome books and teach with motion pictures This is more vivid and a more compelling method of holding the childs attention Edson’s criticism was given to qual a previous statement that after a series of examinations of college mn who were applicants for positions in his plant he had found them amazingly ignorant The fault was not in the college nor the men their early education had been poor
Fragmentary note cites Bailey law partner for Ansell and Bergdoll, mentioning efforts to shift blame and a prison return. The text notes promises and an attempted escape word, creating a murky legal scramble around Bergdoll.
A private message from Helsingfors says Bolshevik reports claim only thirteen leaders of the Kronstadt revolt were executed. The Bolshevik agency in Stockholm and Helsinki denies wholesale executions of participants including hundreds of women and children.
Indictments by the United States grand jury name A H Dunnaway of Oglethorpe Georgia as chief conspirator in a peonage plot linked to John Thinnaway and Tom Erwin deputy sheriff. Prosecutions to be set near the next federal term. case stems from habeas corpus actions in Georgia aimed at returning negras to face trials.
Jamestown North Carolina May 9 Two men are dead and another seriously injured after a pistol duel with two Northern Pacific Railroad detectives who confronted three loiterers in the railroad yards amid a tipped off robbery plot.
Rome May 9 Francesco Tedesco former finance minister and treasury head and vice president of the chamber of deputies committed suicide. The Italian statesman took his own life in the capital amid reports of political strain and public duties.
The State Confederate Reunion opens in Albany with an evening session and lawn entertainment. Delegates from the Mitchell Camp include John M. Dekle and W. B. Hambleton with W. H. Bibb and S. M. Pratt as alternates. The program features a Colonial Dance, songs by the Daughters of the Confederacy, a reading, vocal solos, and a Maypole Dance.
A man died today by jumping from a window after suffering from nephritis. The incident details indicate a self-inflicted act linked to his illness.
Washington reports that posts deemed to have no further military value have been recommended for abandonment. Camp Hancock Fort Pulaski in Georgia and Beacon Island Macon in North Carolina are named in the list sent to Congress by Secretary Weeks.
London crowds greet Crown Prince Hirohito with tumultuous welcome marking his three week state visit. Full honors of state are accorded, the first since 1914 in the British empire capital.
John Doughty convicted of stealing 105000 dollars in Victory bonds from Ambrose Small. Sentenced to six years in prison. Crown may drop charges that Doughty conspired to kidnap Small. Doughty served as Small's secretary.
Dr. R R Moton head of the Tuskegee Institute pressed the President in Washington on May 9 to complete the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama. He warned that abandoning the project would deal a serious blow to Southern interests and the nation’s industrial prosperity.
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