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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
6
Seventeen dead and thirty injured with about $250 000 in damage due to a tornado that swept Barbour Pike and Crenshaw counties. Crenshaw reported 13 injuries, Pike 11, Barbour 6, most survivors to recover. Storm prompted people to seek shelter in storm pits.
The American Red Cross launched disaster relief for Alabama tornado victims with Pike and Barbour county chapters rushing emergency supplies. Five thousand dollars was raised. a mass meeting in Troy drew about 500 residents with two thousand dollars collected. Rescue parties organized to search for additional victims as damage spread from Pike to Barbour counties.
The article reports on U S and Greek Bulgarian front developments with Greek bombardments near Demir bissar and Petrove, and Bulgaria claiming Greek troops strengthen positions south of Petrich. It notes U S tax hearings on passenger car duties and dealer costs averaging 300 dollars per year, totaling about 40 million since levy began.
Rear Admiral Moffett urged confidence in American naval aviation, denying claims of waste and poor capability. In Chicago, detectives ordered sixty five man squads to arrest or kill top gangsters, with three special units empowered to pursue and neutralize outlaws.
H T Mash oversees the prescription department at Inman Drug Co. details on operations or staff not provided.
Reports from Paris say hostilities continued along the Macedonian frontier between Greece and Bulgaria. Greek forces were said to shell several areas while Bulgarian snipers targeted Greek positions. Civilians rushed franticly to flee shells and whistling bullets in the worn torn zones.
Washington October 26 proposals for modifying the estate tax and repealing or reducing various taxes plus cuts in income rates appear likely to be included in a coming revenue bill. The Ways and Means Committee begins drafting next week after week of hearings.
London dispatch from October 26 reports that Greece and Bulgaria, urged by Romania, will pull back troops from behind their front lines.
Fighting rages on the Bulgarian front as Greek and Bulgarian forces clash near Demirakavour and Greek towns Pipernitza and Petrovo. Reports from Sofia and Athens clash while Romania and Czecho Slovakia declare neutrality and Belgrade orders strict noninvasion. Stamboulisky leader Athanasec arrives at Zarb bord with bands to harass the government amid troops and irregulars heading from Sofia. The League council convenes in Paris to pursue a peace push under Locarno accords.
Washington reports a probable cotton crop of 15 226 000 bales as of October 18 based on abandonment and ginning conditions. Last year's 13 627 936 bales. Georgia 2.0 percent abandonment and 1 120 000 bales, Tennessee 1.5 percent and 475 000 bales, South Carolina 2.6 percent and 850 000 bales indicate regional yields.
Washington report shows this year’s cotton crop ginned before October 18 reached 9,519,84 running bales, with last year at 7,615,981 by the same date. State figures list Georgia 1,051,785 and South Carolina 731,690, plus additional partial totals.
Mineola New York October 26 Mrs Kathrine Frey of Louisville was awarded thirty seven thousand five hundred dollars by a jury against Willa Bennett musical comedy actress for alienation of the affections of the plaintiff husband Charles Frey sportsman.
In Peking on October 26 the Chinese customs conference began with a push for restoring full tariff autonomy and enforcement of the Chinese national customs law, to take effect by January 1929.
A lone masked bandit robbed Lyles Bank at White Bluff Tennessee today. He entered with a red handkerchief, held the cashier at gunpoint and took all the money in sight. Early reports estimate the loot at four thousand dollars.
The Supreme Court ruled that express firms are not liable for the actual value of property shipped unless fully insured. the decision came in a case brought by the American Railway Express Company of Georgia.
The council discusses measures to block or limit new military conflict provisions amid ongoing tensions. Officials debate implications for defence policy and regional security, weighing constitutional constraints and potential consequences for allied commitments.
Bayshore Park Baltimore Oct 26 Great Britain’s Schneider Cup team was reduced to a single entry when Bert Hinkler’s Gloster Napier III, in reserve status, suffered pontoon damage at the start of a third attempt. The craft, towed ashore with pontoons smashed and rigging torn, left Hinkler uninjured.
South Carolina and Georgia expect rain tonight with areas of drizzle and a general cooling trend. Elsewhere, Tennessee remains generally fair tonight and Tuesday with diminishing clouds and cooler air.
Berlin Oct 26 the Chancellor-Bureau cabinet decided to remain in office despite the resignation yesterday of three Nationalist ministers whose party dissented from Locarno security pacts.
Paris reports the French cabinet crisis postponed again as Premier Painleve and colleagues adjourn without a final financial decision. The cabinet council meeting is rescheduled for tomorrow.
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