Veterans Actions Reach Beyond Legal Stage In Cuba
In New York the Commercial Cable company announced that all messages to Cuba face censorship until further notice. Western Union had no confirmation of censorship. Cuban inspectors visited the cable office but held no messages. In Havana President Zayas met with officials to address veteran activity he said had passed the legal stage and will act to stop them from usurping government functions.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
Cuba
Western Union
Havana
Zayas
Cautious US Silence on Cuban Censorship Action
Washington officials refuse comment while noting US involvement limited to Cuban end of the cable. Reports say Cuban veterans’ protests over railroad consolidation and new laws prompt anxiety in Havana. American data on the situation remains confidential, with no US connection to the censorship.
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Washington
Ameican
Illness Strikes Local Boy Elza Sheppard Seriously
Elza Sheppard nine year old son of Mrs J E Sheppard of College Street is gravely ill at home with tetanus or lockjaw. Doctors W S Prather and Taylor Lewis attended him after a fever and several skin injuries preceded all symptoms. The boy is a namesake of the late May E Sheppard of Americus and his condition brings regret to many in the city.
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Elza Sheppard
S J. E. Sheppard
College Street
W. S. Prather
Taylor Lewis
Prather
J. E. Sheppard
Americus
Mercer Law School Opens Fall Term Monday September 24
Macon August 29. Mercer University of Law will begin its fall term on Monday September 24. All entering students must have completed two years of college work to align with national standards. William H. Fish, longtime chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, heads the law school. The faculty has added several members.
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Macon
Mercer University of Law
William H. Fish
Georgia Supreme Court
Rotary Inter-City Meet Set Amid Preparations
Americus Rotarians prepare for a big inter city gathering with District Governor Ken Guernsey arriving via southbound train at 2 15 pm Thursday. Delegations from Macon Columbus Albany Quitman Thomasville and Moultrie will attend with wives and sweethearts assisting in entertainments at the Country Club and Windsor hotel dinner. Music by a special orchestra and a swimming meet judges panel are announced.
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John Sheffield
Americus Rotary, Club
The
Times-Recorder
Americus
Americus Rotarians
Ken Guernsey
Orlano
Valdosta
Country Club
Windsor Hotel
Louise Marshall
Egbert Clark
James Dudley
Harry Williams
Allen McNeill
Walton Stewart
Henry Everett
Joe Poole
Thaddeus Bell
Marie Bell
Pauline Bell
Rossie Andrews
Herbert Hawkins
Ralston Cargill
Arthur Rylander, Jr
Bobby Hooks
Princess Anastasia of Greece Nearing Death in London
August 29 London report states Princess Anastasia formerly Mrs. William B. Leeds and now Princess Anastasia of Greece is gravely ill with an intestinal ailment. Physicians have abandoned hope and last rites have been given as death is momentarily expected.
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London
Anastasia
Greece
William B. Leeds
Terrell Poultry Men to Meet at Dawson
Dawson August 29 temporary officers of the Terrell County Cooperative Chicken Association have called a county wide meeting for Friday at 10 o clock in the community house. Dr L Lamar, temporary president, will preside. The main topic is the advisability of purchasing a community hatchery and expanding chicken sales for higher profits.
Black Typhoid Strikes Klewe Family Near Sioux City
A Sioux City report details a Black typhoid outbreak at the Henry Klewe farm six miles from the city. The mother, father, and eldest son have died, and five other family members are critically ill, prompting alarm in the rural community.
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Sioux City
Henry Klewe
Klewe
Kle
Union High School Opens With Strong Faculty
Leslie August 29 Union High School will open its fall semester on Monday September 3 with an unusually strong faculty led by Prof. J M Harvey who will also teach mathematics and Latin in addition to superintendent duties. Lieut W L Lamb is principal teaching mathematics science and athletics. Other staff include Miss Gladys Taylor English history and violin Miss Martha Weir French and seventh grade Mrs Annie G Jones fifth and sixth grades Miss Alice Stevens fourth grade and expression Miss Rosa Vae Stevens third grade Miss Sue Belle Cox second grade and home economics Miss Catherine Barr first grade.
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Alice Stevens
Rosa Vae Stevens
Sue Belle Cox
Catherine Barr
Whitfield Leads Bilbo in Mississippi Democratic Runoff
In Mississippi Whitfield led Bilbo by about 16,000 votes in the Democratic runoff for governor. With returns from 37 counties incomplete and five missing, Whitfield had 98,499 to Bilbo's 82,610. Weather and low turnout due to heavy rains and prior low interest affected the contest, while other statewide races included railroad and agricultural commissioners.
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Jackson
Miss
H. L. Whitfield
Mississippi State College For Women At
Columbus
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Whitfield
Bilbo
Commissioner of Agricult
Peach Growers Meet in Macon Today
Peach growers of Georgia are expected to meet in Macon on Wednesday to discuss industry matters. J. E. Carlisle, general manager of the Georgia Fruit Exchange, issued the call for the meeting.
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Macon
J. E. Carliste
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Unique Habeas Corpus Plea In Morphine Case
George Bennett seeks release from prison on habeas corpus alleging illegal detention and forced self incrimination after government agents used a stomach pump to extract morphine swallowed during arrest for drug peddling. The petition argues violation of constitutional guarantees and marks a rare courtroom question.
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San Francisco
George Bennett
World War veteran abducter sought in Sparkill case
Sparkill N Y Aug 29 search is under way for George McDonald a one armed World War veteran taxi driver charged by hotel owner Mrs Richard D Fost with abducting her 14 year old daughter Annie May Post Annie returned home yesterday after a week away The mother found a note in her daughter's room saying she and McDonald planned to elope rather than be separated
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Sparkill
N. Y
George McDonald
Richard D. Fost
Annie May Post
Annie
McDonald
New Jersey
Georgia co operative marketing council formed in Atlanta
In Atlanta a meeting of five Georgia cooperative marketing heads led to the organization of the Georgia Council of Co operative Marketing Associations. J E Conwell was named chairman and William Bullard secretary, with other officers from Cane Growers Adel watermelon Growers Albany peanut Growers. The council unites managing heads of co operatives chartered under Georgia marketing acts.
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Albany
Atlanta
Georgia Council of Co-operative Marketing Associations
J. E. Conwell
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Association
William ?. Bullard
National
Pecan Growers’ Exchange
Conwell
Bullard
T. M. Chastain
Georgia
First Husband Hanged Second to Be Executed
In Meridian Mississippi Mrs. Frank Atkinson faces another execution as her husband Frank Atkinson is to be hanged for the murder of R. H. Bryant near Arundel on June 27. This follows her prior husband Allen Westbrook’s execution for killing her parents at the Cleveland home in Amite county eight years ago. Atkinson’s sentence to the gallows dates to September 28 after a local circuit court verdict and judge C. C. Miller’s immediate sentencing.
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Meridian
Miss
Frank Atkinson
R. H. Bryant
Arundel
Allen Westbrook
Columbus Cleveland
Clevelands
Amite County
Bryant
Atkinson
C. C. Miller
Outlook optimistic despite agricultural low mood
Chicago August 29 Dr L C Gray economist US Department of Agriculture predicts a brighter outlook for American agriculture despite low prices and land liquidations. He notes population growth with shrinking per capita land, and suggests competition among crops pasture and forests will rise as timber use grows. By thirty years domestic demand may require more locally produced food, with imports or protection against exports from other surplus nations possible.
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Chicago
L. C. Gray
United States Department of Agriculture
American Association of Joint Land Banks
Gray
United States
Mrs Bell Buried at Rehoboth Tuesday
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Dawson for Mrs. G. W. Bell who died Monday at her home near Shellman in Terrell county. Interment followed in the church cemetery with Rev. J. G. Corley officiating. She is survived by her husband G. W. Bell four sons John Horace Dudley and Andrew Bell six daughters Mrs J L Lunsford Mrs H C Sherrer Jessie Freddie Thelma and Sara Bell four brothers John Lay George Lay of Coffee Springs Ala Charlie Lay and Lawrence Lay of Shellman two sisters Mrs Charles Bynum of Miami Fla and Mrs R I Peak of Coffee Springs Ala.
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Jessie
Freddie
Thelma
Sara Bell
John Lay
George Lay
Coffee Prings
Ala
Charlie Lay
Lawrence Lay
Sheilman
Mis
Charles Bynum
Miami
Fla
R. I. Peak
Coffee Springs
Six die as car plunges through open drawbridge
Charleston August 29 six people drown near Conway when their car fell through an open drawbridge. The victims include Mr and Mrs Sut ton Culliver and three children and Mrs Marvin Conner, all of Conway. Marvin Conner escaped with life.
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Charleston
S. C
Conway
Sutton Culliver
Marvin Conner
Judge Crisp to speak at Lee Street Methodist Church
Judge Charles R. Crisp will address Lee Street Methodist Church tonight at the request of the Men's Bible class. The sermon mirrors his recent First Methodist address at the courthouse, with the theme Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God and Its Righteousness. A musical program includes a quartet, a duet, and a solo, along with organ preludes and postlude.
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Charles R. Crisp
Lee Street Methodist Church
Luther Kiarrell
Court House
Lee Street Church
E. B. Everett
Cutter brings in captive vessels at Savannah port
The coal guard cutter Yamacraw returned to Savannah with three captured boats. No arrests have been made and officials decline further discussion, stating actions were taken under Department of Justice orders.
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Savannah
Coal Guard
Department of Justice
Cranked Off Car Accident Hurts Young Tom Law
Tom Law, son of C. T. Law, a well known local taxi man, is recovering from a broken arm suffered while cranking a car during a Sunday pleasure ride with friends. The injury occurred at his parents’ home on East Forsyth Street.
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Tom Law
C. T. Law
Americas
East Forsyth Street
Harris to speak to Georgia rural letter carriers
Senator William J. Harris will attend the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers association convention in Columbus on September 4. The two day meeting begins September 3 and carriers from across Georgia are expected to attend as Harris delivers an address to members.
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Columbus
William J. Harris
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Georgia
Pinchot Poise Swap Aims to Halt Mine Strike
Harrisburg August 29 John L Lewis UMWA president arrived to hear Governor Pinchot’s anticipated proposal to miners and operators to forestall a September 1 anthracite strike. The plan reportedly asks both sides to drop major contentions, accept an eight hour day, let unions run dues offices, and declare a thirty day truce for further wage talks. Governor Pinchot, drafting his own settlement suggestion, indicated readiness tomorrow for consultation and a settlement outline. Meanwhile firms prepare for idle mines with engineers and maintenance staff ready as strike looms.
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Harrisburg
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Pennnylvania
Miners’ Union
Mrs Walter Larkin Dies at Ellaville
Mrs Walter Larkin died at her home near Ellaville after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church and burial followed in the church cemetery. She was about 45 and survived by her husband ten children and many relatives.
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Ellaville
Amng
Walter Larkin
Here
Lutheran Church
B. L. Jordan
Ellaville Methodist Church
Larkin
Schley County
Methodist Church
Ethel, Brown
Henry Russell
Emmett
Charlie
William
Velma
Eva
James
Roy
Joe Ellis
Jake Ellis
Macon County
Leon
Munro
Rufus
Robert
Archie Ellis
John Robinson
Wates Sumter
Annie Larkin
Newton Oliver
Vera Ellis
Colquitt County Fair Dates Expected Fix
MOULTRIE Aug 29. The date of the Colquitt County Fair this fall is expected to be fixed at an early meeting of the board of directors of the managing association, according to an announcement.
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Moultrie
Colquitt County
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Abyss
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