British Foreign Secretary Sees Moral Sanctions Over Force
At Geneva the British foreign secretary Aus ten Chamberlain told the League of Nations assembly that moral sanctions hold greater promise than force. He praised growing interest in the league and its authority while criticizing the protocol as overambitious. He affirmed penalties against aggressors but urged moral action to resolve conflicts.
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League
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Austen Chamberlain
Chamber
Five youths held for rotten egging Iowa murder home
Five youths were arrested on charges of defacing a private residence after a confession attributed to Merlin Swartpaugh at a coroner's inquest. He claimed the youths were members of a gang that egged the home of Mrs Myrtle Cook, Iowa W. T. U. president.
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Iowa
Merlin Swartbaugh
Associated Prensy
Merlin Swartpaugh
Myrtle Cook
Seaboard Seeks Florida Subsidiary Consolidation
Seaboard Air Line asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to let it consolidate control of three Florida subsidiaries. It seeks to lease and operate the Seaboard All-Florida Railway the Florida Western and Northern and East and West Coast Railway as part of a long term plan.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Seaboard Air Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Seaboard
Seaboard All-Florida Railway
Florida, Western & Northern
East and West Coast Railway
Five Bandits Loot Winona Mail Pouches
Five bandits held up the Winona mail wagon at 4:30 am and seized four registered mail pouches from 50 to 60 bags before fleeing toward the Twin Cities in cars. Postmaster E B Hicks said values could not yet be estimated, but likely modest. A Burlington railroad worker found a man named Williams lying beside the wagon, ending the robbery.
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Associated Press
Winona, Mich
Winona
Twin Cities
E. B. Hicks
Burlington Railroad
Williams
Treasury Plans Surtax Cut and Estate Tax Reductions
Treasury recommends Congress cut surtax rates to 20 percent, repeal the income tax publicity section, and lower or repeal the tax on estates. The proposals aim to simplify the tax system and reduce overall tax burdens.
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Treasury
Congress
Mistrial Declared in Byfield Candler Suit in Atlanta
The Associated Press reports a mistrial in the suit filed by Mrs. Clyde K. Byfield against Atlanta millionaire Walter T. Candler for $100,000. The jury could not agree after a late-delivered case. A prior verdict for Candler was overturned by a higher court ordering a new hearing.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Clyde K. Byfield
Walter T. Candler
Canadler
Byfield
Candler
Two New Air Mail Routes Proposed Include Atlanta
Chicago and Denver routes join the nine already planned as advertising targets after Irving Glover returns to Washington Saturday. Proposed lines run from Denver to Cheyenne and Washington to Jacksonville, with Atlanta included on the route.
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Atlanta
Washington
Jacksonville
Associated Press
Chicago
Irving Glover
Denver
Cheyenne
E. K. Large
Unification Vote Stands Four Four Across Conferences
Nashville telegraphs that eight annual conferences split evenly four for and four against unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church South with the M E Church. In Newport Kentucky the Kentucky conference approved unification by sixty five to three at its annual session.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist- Episcopal
Newport
Methodist-Episcopal Church, South
Methodist- Episcopal Church
Kentucky Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Merger Approved in Wisconsin Vote
In New Richmond Wisconsin the Wisconsin conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church approves unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church South by a 92 to 1 vote.
Michigan conference approves union of Methodists in 179 to 8 vote
Lansing Mich Sept 10 Unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Episcopal Church South was approved by the Michigan conference by a 179 to 8 vote. The conference rejected the proposed constitutional amendment admitting laymen to ministerial conferences.
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Lansing
Mich
Methodist-Episcopal Church
Methodist-Episcopal Church, South
Michigan
Indicted in Newark for death of Raymond Pierce
Harrison Noel, confessed murderer of 6-year-old Mary Daly and Raymond Pierce, was indicted by the county grand jury for Pierce murder and child kidnapping. Efforts to indict for the child’s murder in Passaic county proceed. sanity questions loom as Essex County probes Noel’s medical history at Overbrook Asylum.
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Harrison Noel
Newark
Raymond Pierce
N. J
Mary Daly
Pierce
Noel
Passaic County
James D. Carpenter
Jersey City
Dix_W. Noel
New York
Chicago
John Sandin
Essex County
D’alola
Board of Freeholders of
Weather Man Forecasts Cool Weekend In Atlanta
Atlanta weather forecaster C. F. Von Herrman predicts a cool weekend with the city expecting temperatures to fall enough for residents to sleep under blankets by Sunday.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
C. F. von Herrman
Tong Leaders Held for Two Murders
New York report states police hold On Leong Tong officials and Hip Sing Tong members after a new outbreak of Tong warfare. Two Hip Sing Fongmen are dead and three On Leong officials including the national president are jailed on conspiracy charges. In Pennsylvania a body believed to be Charlie Lee was found with bullet wounds in his laundry.
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New York
Associated Press
On Leong Tong
Newkensington
Penn
Charlie Lee
Texas Legion Boys To Aid Mitchell If Help Needed
The American Legion of Texas will actively intervene to prevent Cpl. Mitchell from being court martialed in Texas on charges tied to his criticism of war and navy departments. The action aims to stop a secret trial and shows strong Legion support for the soldier.
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Texas Legion
Mitchell
Texas
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
American Legion of Texas
Cpl. Mitchell
War
Navy
Dixie Highway Paving Contract Near Meigs Awarded
The Whitley Construction Company of LaGrange has won the six mile Dixie Highway paving contract from the Mitchell county line through Meigs to Ochlocknee. Work to begin within 30 days with an 18 foot wide concrete pavement nine inches thick at the edges tapering to six inches in the middle. Cost about 23 000 dollars per mile. Completion expected within six months with further paving planned south to Archbold place. Boston road progress slated to finish by Christmas.
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Whitley Construction Company
LaGrange
Mitchell County
Meigs
Ochlocknee
State Highway Department
E. Jack Smith
Camilla
Archbold Place
Boston Road
Boulevard
New York Banker Appeals for Police Protection
James A. Bower vice president of the New York Trust Company confessed to kidnapping and murder in the Daly case and asked police for protection after reporting two threatening letters. The admission followed an attack on his chauffeur during the attempt to rescue six year old Mary Daly from Harrison Noel in Montclair New Jersey.
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James A. Bower
Harrison Noel
Mary Daly
Associated Prensa
Montclair
N. J
New York Trust Company
Noel
Danish Sailors Rescued After 80 Mile Gale
Danish naval vessel Bowdoin of the MacMillan Arctic Expedition aided by Peary at Godthaab Greenland rescued the crews of two small boats from Taulk after an 80 mile gale. The two boats sank and the crews were taken aboard the Peary. A National Geographic Society message detailed the ordeal and heroism of the sailors.
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Bowdoin
Island of Taulk
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taulk
Peary
Godthaab
Greenland
National Geographic Society
MacMillan
ami’Peary
Wyoming man to assume the title of Earl of Portsmouth
Oliver Henry Wallop of Wyoming announced he will assume the British hereditary title Earl of Portsmouth in succession to his deceased elder brother. Federal authorities say taking the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords could strip his U.S. citizenship, though he remains a naturalized American. He plans a visit to England in November for formal investiture before returning to his 3000 acre Wyoming ranch.
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Associated
Preas
London
Oliver Henry Wallop
Wyoming
Earl of
Portsmouth
House of Lords
Sheridan
Wyo
Oliver Henry Willop
Anont
England
Wallop Refuses to Renounce Earldom Title in Portmouth Case
Sheridan Wyoming reveals Oliver Henry Wallop declares he cannot renounce or renounce the title of Earl of Portsmouth, insisting the title cannot change hands despite his reported American citizenship questions. The exchange centers on whether he will retain the earldom or the Portsmouth title amid questions.
Knights of Fiery Gauss organizers held in Germany
Berlin reports two American father and son suspects behind a Knights of the Fiery Cross group patterned after the Ku Klux Klan were arrested by German police in Silesia. Otto Strochschen 54 and Gotthard Strochscnen 30, both German born and now American citizens, were identified. A third American, Don Burton Gray, is said to have left Germany three weeks ago.
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Silesia
Associated Press
Berlin
Knights of the Fiery Cross
Otto Strochschen
Gotthard Strochscnen
Chicago
Don Burton Gray
Germany
Farm Mortgage Bankers Back Taxing Tax Free Bonds
Resolutions adopted at the annual Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of America convention in Nashville favor a constitutional amendment to tax future issues of wholly tax free bonds and call for continuation of the federal estate tax.
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Associated Prear
Nashville, Tenn
Farm Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America
Committee On
International spiritualist congress weighs a ghost
Paris rumor notes the international spiritualist congress debates how heavy a ghost is with an official quip that it weighs as much as a mosquito's eyebrows.
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Asvociatea Preasy
Paris
International Spiritualist Congress
Rain Prayers Shift From South Carolina to Georgia and Tennessee
In Atlanta on September 10 prayers for rain are being redirected from South Carolina to Georgia and Tennessee as drought concerns spread regionally. The appeal seeks collective relief for farming communities and fire risk reduction.
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Atlanta
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Largest snake loose in Hoboken killed by shovels
Hoboken on September 10 records the death of a long boa constrictor that escaped from a ship. Six longshoremen used shovels to end the creature’s runaway menace, ending the longest serpent incident since prohibition.
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Boa
Hoboken
Moose Convention Chosen for Detroit Next Year
Bridgeport Conn Sept 10 The Independent and Benevolent Order of Moose selected Detroit for next year s convention.
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OF Moose
Bridgeport
Conn
Detroit
Independent and Benevolent Order of Moose
I Will Pass My Title to My Son Despite Claim
A person asserts intention to reside but states the title will remain theirs and cannot be seized. The plan is for the title to succeed to their son, indicating a future transfer upon death or probate.
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Zenship
French Offensive Attacks En Muse
Paris reports the French offensive against the Rif riffians in Morocco has begun with a mass attack after a preparatory bombardment. Marshall Petain and General Naulin are refining action plans as troops prepare for heavy combat. observers note Spanish landing near Alhucemas unsettled Abdel Krim amid expected artillery pressure and anticipated enemy surrender.
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Associated Press
Paris
LeMatin
Morocco
Marshall Petain
Naalin
Bay of
Alhucemas
Abdel Krim
Democrats Predict Regain of Congress Control
Congressman William A. Oldfield, Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic national congressional committee, declared in Minneapolis that he is convinced the party will regain control of both houses at the next election.
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William
A. Oldfield
Arkansas
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
William A. Oldfield
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Congress
Three Yacht Crew Members Drown In Susquehanna Capsize
Three crew members of T. Coleman Dupont's yacht drowned when a small boat capsized near Havre De Grace Maryland on the Susquehanna river early today. A fourth crew member was rescued by riverman Jesa Poplar.
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Associated Press
Havre de Grace
T. Coleman Dupont
Susquehanna River
Jesa Poplar
Georgia Weather Brief Partly cloudy with Friday showers
Partly cloudy for Georgia tonight with Friday bringing possible thunder showers in central and north areas. Light to gentle southwest winds accompany the unsettled conditions.
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