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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1925
Page
4
Chicago markets show a range of grain quotes with September December May contracts for wheat and corn listed. Prices hover with slight fractional moves, while turpentine in Savannah remains firm at 1.00 a barrel.
Wheat and corn prices listed for Sept Dec and May futures in St Louis. New York stocks bonds and currencies described. Chicago market notes show wheat down corn steady hogs down cattle irregular. cotton prices quoted for spot New York and futures in New Orleans with October to May values.
Atlanta announces a nationwide rail safety campaign aiming to cut personal injuries on railroads by 35 percent in five years. The plan calls for studying accident causes and focusing efforts during certain months, with safety officers and foremen engaging supervisors and crews, plus illustrated bulletins and ongoing oral warnings.
Six men are jailed in Bibb county on murder charges in the double killing of Floyd Malone and deputy Frank Tucker in Gray Georgia. Warrants exist for three more. a coroner's jury reopens the case as investigators pursue new evidence and witness subpoenas.
Tulsa Oklahoma September raid by federal prohibition officers led to detentions of eighteen delegates in the Mayo Hotel. Only one man, Louis Kratzen of Detroit, held for liquor found in his room. Protests by VFW leaders prompted release of detainees and calm within the convention.
One person died and two others were injured in a car crash four miles north of Louisville on the Warrenton road. Mari McGhee of Wrens was killed, Millard Cato of near Avera seriously injured, and Keel Thompson of Wrens badly bruised but alive. Thompson, the driver, lost control to dodge a hole, the car tumbled, and the victims were trapped beneath. McGahee owned a Wrens barber shop and was unmarried. Cato’s condition improved slightly. he has a wife and child.
The text explains that magnetic variation is the angle between true north and magnetic north that must be accounted for in navigation. It notes that while stars are fixed, the compass moves, making the line about the compass being true to the star nonsensical, and emphasizes the compass as a vital seafaring tool.
Milton Florida September 1 Mrs W W Clark wife of State Senator Clark of Santa Rosa county and her son William Clark 15 were instantly killed when the automobile they rode in was struck by a logging train of the Bagdad Land and Lumber Company on the outskirts of Milton The train was backing toward Bagdad and the youth and his mother were returning to Milton from Fibor idatown a nearby pleasure resort Conductor William Kennedy said he saw the automobile approaching and signalled with his lantern but the driver failed to catch the signal The bodies were badly mangled
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