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...Cure. From a friend he heard about a decrepit little summer resort at Warm Springs, Ga. One young paralytic had braved its mosquito-plagued country hotel, bathed in its warm mineral waters and partially regained the use of his legs. Mr. Roosevelt went there first in 1924. After churning about in the pool, he found that his leg muscles felt a little stronger. Thereafter Warm Springs became his great hobby. He spent a large part of his personal fortune on developing the place into a sanatorium. Edsel Ford gave an enclosed pool, others contributed to make Warm Springs a permanent...
...Born to war-ruined parents at Marietta, Ga. in 1863, William Gibbs McAdoo sold papers as a boy, migrated with his family to Knoxville, entered the University of Tennessee. Thirty-six years later, as Wartime Secretary of the Treasury, he borrowed more money at a single time through Government loans than had any other U. S. official in history. As head of the War Risk Insurance Bureau he issued more life insurance than all other private companies put together. As Director General of Railroads he controlled more miles of track than any other man ever has. He married President Wilson...
...Angeles firm this spring. Next year, I will go straight through the school year. . . ." Observers recalled that the Davis Cup Committee had sometimes been more apathetic about the academic doings of potential team members. Four years ago, by summoning Davis Cup candidates to a training camp in Augusta, Ga. in March, it caused President Sumner Hardy of the California Lawn Tennis Association to accuse the U. S. L. T. A. of "making bums out of tennis players...
Died. Leander Colbert Gentle, 70, once congratulated by President Coolidge at the White House for being Champion Father of the South (29 children) ; killed by a train; in Atlanta, Ga...
...Albany, Ga.. eight Negroes were accused of stealing eight tons of peanuts...