Atlanta Chamber backs Young Men's Christian Association building purchase
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce endorses plans to buy and improve the YMCA building at Pryor street and Auburn avenue. A public appeal seeks $15,000 now to fund the project, framing it as a civic monument and a boost to Atlanta's commercial progress. The board and Athens Chamber of Commerce leaders lauded the effort.
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Atlante Chamber of Commerce
Paxon
Chamber
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Pryor Street
Auburn Avenue
Wilmer L. Moore
Courtland
Winn
John Temple Graves
J. K. Orr
Asa G. Candler
W. L. Peel
Robert F. Maddox
W. T. Newman
Robert J. Lowry
J. G. Oglesby
B. H. H. Shelby Smith
E. c. Kentz
K. G. Matheson
Clark Howell
James W. Engilah
Sam D. Jones
John E. Murphy
J. B. Wockaday
H. C. Worthen
W. S. Kendrick
L. H. Beck
J. A McGord
F. O. Foster
E. C. Calloway
John E. White
Fred J .Paxon
A Fishing Knife for Angling Trips
The Dealer promotes a multi blade fishing knife with five blades and a corkscrew aimed at anglers on trips. The buyer quips about needing fewer blades and more corkscrews, reflecting a casual exchange in a shop.
University Leads All Georgia Enrollments Rise 22 Percent
Athens March 21 Special University of Georgia reports the largest year over year enrollment increase in the United States at 22 percent. Other items note Vanderleith lodge forming in Dewy Rose and a 38-member initiation, a Ninety-foot worm discovery near Athens, races for Newton county commissioner include Ajmaelf Haysa and Robert W. Campbell, and Newton county court terms and Polk county politics with May 1 primary plans.
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University
Athens
University of Georgia
United States
New Lodge
Vanderleith
Elberton Odd Fellows' Lodge
Dewy Rose
Filbert County
ES. Hays
R. H. Campbell
Covington
Emory
Haya
Haye
Ajmaelf
Newton County
Democratis
Haysa
Robert W. Campbell
Mansfield
Campbell
William D. Livingston
A. J. Wingate
J. H. Behola
John H. Echols
Echols
Rescue Effort Continues At Sans Bois Mine Disaster
Debris searchers worked through the night as 26 men were rescued and 55 bodies brought to surface from the Sans Bois mine near McCurtain Oklahoma. Sixty six miners remain unaccounted for while UMWA District 21 pledged $5,000 and Tort Smith sent three carloads of provisions to aid bereaved families. One survivor, Tom Farrimond, described clinging to an air pump amid flames and smoke as rescuers followed a faint tapping signal from a room in the thirteenth entry.
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Tort Smith
South Thirteenth
Ming
Tom Farrimond
Mortuary Notices From Hiram to Buckhead
A string of terse obituaries notes Mrs. S. F. Croker of Hiram died at home and was buried at New Harmony cemetery. Others include Miss Bonnie Lynn Braswell at Decatur, Mrs. A. V. Wilson at Buckhead, C. E. Adams of Atlanta, Leila Bennett of Atlanta, Glen Glover, John E. Weaver, Mrs. Fannie Gittus, and Mrs. R. K. Richardson in Georgia locales. Interment details, funeral times, and shipping arrangements to Decatur, Luxomail, Douglasville, McDonough, and Brooks Station are listed for each.
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Danam
F. Croker
Hiram
Uth
New Harmony
Mary Babb
Jane Lawler
Dallas
Josie Meadows
Hiram Ge
J. B. Croker
Powder Springs
B. E. Croker
Croker
W. E. Croker
Bennie Lynn Braswell
Bonnie Lynn Braswell
Cherokees Avenue
Decatur
Fannie Gittus
Robing Street
McDonough
Writ of Lunacy Sought for Marion Spence in Atlanta Charges
A writ of lunacy will be sought to free Marion Margaret Spence known as Marion White, held on charges for forging merchant checks in the shopping district. She was moved from police barracks to the Tower, with her mother stating a writ would be filed Friday. The case marks her as the first woman photographed by Atlanta police, bound over to the grand jury, described as addicted and a mental and physical wreck, with a note she was previously cared for in Clayton, Alabama.
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Marion Margaret Spence
Allny Marion White
Marion
Atlanta
Cateem
Clayton
Adams Family Funeral Notice in City Chronicle
Friends of Mr and Mrs E Adams and Miss Julia Ketchum are invited to the funeral of Mr E Adams today Friday March 22 1943 from 151 Capitol avenue at 3 pm Interment Oakland cemetery Pallbearers to meet at H M Patterson Son at 2 30 pm including H E White W P Smith A W Force J M Daniel C J Martin J B Baird H E Watkins W M Hutchinson and others
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C. E. Adams. Co. E
Henzler
John Henzler
Knox Hengge
M. C. Croft
H. M. Patterson & Son
West View Cemetery
H. E. White
W. P. Smith
A. W. Force
J. M. Daniel
C. J. Martin
J. B. Baird
H. E. Watkins
W. M. Hutchinson
Murder on Gilmer Street Linked to Barber Shop Death
A Memphis migrant named Morris, 30, was fatally attacked on Gilmer Street near Butler, with witnesses describing a confrontation on the high school slabs. Police arrested Mark Thomas, 131 Cain Street, on suspicion as detectives seek the informer who gave Thomas the murder tip.
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Equitable
Memphis
Cohen
Gilmer
Butler Streets
Mark Thomas
Cain Street
Gilmer Street
Jett
Thomas
Morris
Noah in the Ark Riddle Told in Class
A geography class anecdote recalls a teacher asking what Noah did in the ark. A student suggests he might have fished some, another adds he did not fish long because he had only two worms.
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Nosh
The
Ark
Noah
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