Mob kidnaps Frank from Milledgeville state farm
A mob of 36 men in automobiles abducted Leon Frank from the Milledgeville state farm around 11:46 pm, overpowering guards and the warden, handcuffing them, and driving toward Marietta Hazenton. The raid cut telephone lines, with key figures like Captain Burke and Warden Smith seized and restrained. Information indicates the plan appeared well executed and no mob members were identified.
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Macon
Milledgeville
Augusta
Leon Frank
State Farm
Zatanton
Captain Burke
Warden Smith
Frank
Marietta
Quiet Marietta as Leo M Frank Flees Prison Farm
Not a shot was fired and no one was injured as a mob rumor swirled around Leo M Frank’s removal from the Georgia state prison farm. Frank, convicted in 1913 for the Mary Phagan murder, had his death sentence commuted to life in prison.
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Rainey
Frank
Milledgeville
Avanta
Leo Frank
Pnn
Marietta
Mariatta
Leo M. Frank
Leo . Frank
Mary Phagan
National Pencil Company
Atlanta
Federal District Court
Atlants
Nally
Supreme Court of the United
Slaton
Im Frank
Bia
Lfe
William Creen
Daya
Creen
Franks
McNaughton
Smith
Aldermen Kill Auto for Mayo and Other City Measures
The aldermanic board rejected the council's 91,000 appropriation for Chief of Police Mayo’s car after adjournment, signaling a conference committee as the next route if supporters pursue it. The Beavers trial bill payment was approved after objections were withdrawn. Mayor Ragsdale's eventual approval is anticipated. An ordinance banning solicitations at depots by sellers passed on second reading. A peace and harmony conference was praised, and Panama hat exports from Colombia in 1914 reached 263,274 value.
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W M. Mayo
General Council
James 1
Beavers
Orville 1
Jr. McCord
WC Massey
Hall
McCord
Law Department
Ragsdale
Aldermar
Lee Barnes
Barnes
CD Knight
Ragedale
Bio
Fight Against Sale Of Drugs Continues At Court
Uhele Sam's dragnet brought three Chinamen into the United States commissioner court charged with narcotic violations. Revenue Agent Gantt and Special Agent Froneberger led raids with mar shals and police. Hearings set for Charlie Loo Sang, Charlie Lee, and Yee Fong after drug manufacturing and peddling charges. G W Robinson bound over to the grand jury. others held on bonds as agents report widespread illicit morphine activity and cooperation from physicians and druggists.
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United States Commissioner's Court
Daniel Gantt
L. L. Froneberger
United States Marshals Office
Charlie Loo San Charile Lee
Yee Fong
Charile Loo Sang
Carter
G W Robinson
Charles Nash
Robinson
Froneberger
Friend
Hooper Alexander
Waj Chronic
Vining
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Harrison
Gooper Alexander
Gentz
Ronsberger
W Paul Carpenter
Gantt
Thave
Atlgete
Aro. Jate
Chattooga's Link Of Dixie Highway Nearly Completed
Chattooga county works on Dixie highway linking Walker to Floyd counties. Roads are being repaired and gravel added, with work to finish Lafayette to Chattooga line by fall. Local officers include J M Bellah chair and Gordon Lee director, plus Walker county Dixie highway group led by J P Shattuck.
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Lyerly
Augustiff
Chattooga
Walker County
Summerville
Floyd County
Grafton
J M Bellah
Caperton
WN K Bitting
EN Martin
T M Ballenger
Dixie Highway Association
J P Shattuck
Gavender
W Herndon
Gilbert
Congressaman Gordon Lee
Walker
Lafayette
Chattooga Count
Florida
Lights not worth turning off at Tallulah Falls gorge
Tallulah Falls Georgia August 16 Special The main street along Tallulah gorge glows with a lighting system that never goes out day or night attracting visitors to Georgias Little Switzerland The reason appears to be that no one bothers to switch them off The water power plant at the gorge drives energy to Atlanta and its spotless station lights the area attracting night creatures and even enabling nocturnal workers to encounter wild animals at the doors of the power station.
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Tallulah Gorge
Georgias
Switzerland
Georgian Railway and Power
Protracted Services Underway at Lyerly Methodist Church
Protracted religious services are in progress this week at the Lyerly Methodist Church led by Pastor Rev. Ambers, assisted by Rev. Stanton. The regional program features evangelists from Florida and ongoing evening gatherings in Lyerly Georgia.
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Methodler
Ambers
Ry Hey
Stanton
Mangham Granted Pardon While at Wife's Bedside
Governor Harris pardons S J Mangham of Griffin on recommendation of the prison commission and at the bedside of his dying wife in Atlanta. Mangham had been imprisoned for embezzlement and illegal dividend voting related to Boyd Mangham Manufacturing. The pardon cites his absence of personal gain and his conduct in state prison.
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Atlanta
Harris
S J Mangham
Griffin
Spalding Superior Court
Grifan
Bia
Herrin
Floyd McRae
Imder Guard
Dugene Bagh
Manghem
Asd
Boyd-Mangham Manufacturing Company
Alate
New Police Department Purchases New Auto
Aulante’s guardians of the law celebrate a brand new police vehicle. The department will use the new unit starting Monday with official service beginning Tuesday morning.
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Aulante
Sonsa Ekee Duren
Silbo
Two Men Rob Home Then Escape to Macon Georgia
A man fled his home on Forest Avenue late Sunday night after an armed incident carried out by two Black men. He was treated at St Josepha infirmary and left Monday to return to his temporary residence in Macon Georgia.
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J H Satterfield
Frank
Milledgeville
Ennis
State Farm
Macon
Sroat
Kate Amorous
Forreat Avenue
St Josepha Infirmary
Macon Ga
Weather Prophecy Thunder Showers Forecast for Washington
Forecaster predicts thunder showers in Washington and Georgia with a local forecast of rain. The outlook mentions a midweek rain potential, with temperatures ranging from a low of 7 to a high around 18, and a mean near 78. Refers to rainfall measures and monthly deficiency indicators.
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Washington
Georgia
Indica
Charles Day Named Associate Manager of Seminole Hotel
Charles G Day, assistant manager of the Hotel Ansley, is appointed associate manager of the Seminole in Jacksonville. He begins September 1, with no Ansley vacancy filled. Day returns from a vacation and plans a North Carolina trip, bringing long service at Ansley and prior posts at Grove Park Inn and other hotels.
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Jackeonvilles
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The
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Toledo
Ghia
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Cie
Cate
Back to the Soil Movement Planned At Conference
A nation wide back to the soil movement was outlined at the employment conference in Los Angeles. Delegates urged Congress to reallocate ten million dollars from the immigration department to fund unemployed relief, claiming regional benefits for the South and county governments. Cater Woolford of the Atlanta Clearing House for Unemployed supported forming nine municipal departments to administer the plan.
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Los Angeles
Immigration Department
Cater Woolford
Atlanta
Woolford
Ational
Jackson Tax Returns Show Increase of $4487
Jackson Ga August 18 Special Tax returns of the city of Jackson show an increase for 1945 over the previous year of $4487. Of that amount real estate represents $758,065, the total divest for the year being $113,457. The total for 1914 was $1,101,970. Council will fix the tax rate at an early meeting. The rate last year was 14 mills and will probably be around that figure this year due to improvement bonds recent dated for sewerage.
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Jackson
Counco
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