Telegraphers to Strike at Four This Afternoon
Atlantic Coast Line telegraphers planned a 4 p m strike as union and company dispute pay and vacation terms. The railroad said service would continue and that the matter is before the U S Railroad Labor Board. The company claimed the statement omits key facts and demands relief.
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Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Telegraphers’ Union
Coastahine Hus
United States Railroad Labor Board
Marvin Goodwin Injured In Plane Crash At Hilington Field
Former Houston Texas League manager and star pitcher Marvin Goodwin was seriously injured in a plane crash near Houghton Field. The 36th Division flier and World War I instructor broke both legs and escaped a fatal impact by skillful piloting. Stay Sergeant W H McNab survived as mechanic.
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Texas
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Houston
Cincinnati
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W. H. McNab
Ellington Field
Davis to Eliminate Red Tape in War Dept
Washington October 19 Dwight F Davis new Secretary of War proposes to simplify regulations and cut excess procedure in the War Department. He plans to shift routine detail to branch chiefs and free himself and Assistant Secretary Han ford MacNider for major policy work. A new army budget plan will guide the 1928 fiscal year to reduce waste and speed spending.
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Washington, D. C
Army
War Department
Dwight F. Davis
Weeks
Davis
Hanford MacNider
Nina Putnam Victim of Hold Up in Florida
Novelist Nina Wilcox Putnam and companion R. W. Gauger were held up by five unmasked men on the Ocean Boulevard near Delray. Jewelry valued at $1,000 plus a $500 vanity case, $4,500 worth of papers and $75 cash were taken, with no clue reported to authorities in Lake Worth or West Palm Beach.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Delray
Ocean Boulevard
R. W. Gauger
Lont
Lake Worth
Crash may have proved fatal for fliers and machine
Hillington Field officer said the crash might have been fatal for both fliers and the aircraft, deteriorating the scene and prompting a probe.
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Hillington
migratory visitors fill thomasville weekend social scene
a parade of visitors and residents drop through thomasville over the weekend with stays in town for business social events and winter plans. names include mahoney slappy mallin neal mcclure carter groover asby jerger higgins wentworth and hansell among others visiting friends attending functions and returning home.
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Oscar Groover
Bill Asby
Daytona
Starve the Boll Weevil by Destroying Cotton Stalks Early
Georgia farmers urged to cut and turn under green cotton stalks by October 25 to starve boll weevils, stop their food supply, and ease next year’s crop. Officials and chambers of commerce from Albany and Thomasville endorse the plan as rains boost weevil growth.
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Georgia
Ochlocknee primary students stage two short plays
The Ochlocknee Consolidated Schools primary department announces a juvenile entertainment in the school auditorium on Friday night October 23 directed by Miss Carrie Harrison. The program features two plays Tom Thumb Wedding and Grownup Folks with many child performers and music for the public. admission 16 cents for children and 25 cents for adults.
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Ochlocknee
Ochhlocknee Consolidated
Carrie Harrison
Helen Speer
Alvin Stewart
Andy Garrison
Virginia Foy
Jason Hurst
Nadine Dukes
Horace Stewart
Betty Stubbs
Bert Dixon
Joseph Dixon
Miriiam Garrison
Marie Giles
Eloise White
Ruth Kenington
Mary Asbell
Hortense Sanders
William Busbee
William Stanaland
Carson Martin
Dewey Reeves
Davis Wurst
Watson Dixon
Fatty
Joyce White
Weather Report for Thomasville Georgia 1925
Weather forecast for Thomasville and vicinity fair tonight and Tuesday colder with likely light frost. Observations at 1 pm show a high yesterday of 81 and today 76 with a month high 97 on Oct 5 1911 and a month low 68. Humidity 1 pm 51 percent, wind northwest at 8 mph, rainfall 1.51 inches past 24 hours and 1.70 inches since the first of the month.
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Thomasville
Vorlopaay
Sedan Topples Over Into Ditch Near Baldock
In Allendale South Carolina on October 19 H W Bakern and Mrs D S Weeks of Charleston were injured when their sedan left the road and toppled into a ditch while en route to Augusta. Driver M Biaro unfamiliar with the road caused the mishap. Mrs Weeks suffered cuts and bruises while Bakern may have internal injuries. Readily aided by Baldock residents they were taken to Allendale and later to the Cleveland Hotel for care.
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S. C
H. W. Bakern
D. S. Weeks
Charleston
Baldock
Augusta
Cleveland Hotel
Weeks
Bokern
Electric Railways Review Announced By Savannah
Atlantic City reports 1925 gains in net revenue for electric railway operations with minor declines in gross revenue. J M Shannahan of the American Electric Railway Association cites lower operating costs and fare increases as drivers, while uneven business and auto use trim overall traffic. He notes regional variations with New England hardest hit and general improvement after July. The national average fare is 7.57 cents and wages average 56 cents hourly, taxes up 0.5 percent. buses are being phased out as electric lines expand service.
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Atlantic City
National Electric Railway
J. M. Shannahan
American Electric Railway Association
Shannahan
New England
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Mead and Rackley Optometrists Ad
Optical guide stock updated with emphasis on up to date products and unquestionable quality and unsurpassed service from Lay mead and Rackley Optometrists.
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Laymead & Rackley
Optometrists
Supreme Court declines to rule on Stoneham liability
The Supreme Court refused to pass on the liability of Charles A. Stoneham as an alleged secret partner in the bankrupt stock of the New York brokerage firm B. M. Fuller and Company.
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Supreme Court
Charles Stoneham
Supreme Court Today
Ham
B. M. Fuller and Company
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