Georgia Treasurer Ledford Dies at 79 in Atlanta
Hon M L Ledford longtime Georgia state treasurer died Friday in Atlanta after a heart attack. Born 1865 in Union County he served as lawyer and educator before entering state treasury in 1931. Survived by widow four daughters and kept roles as trustee elder and public official across Cairo Norman Park and surrounding counties.
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Atlanta
L. Leaford
Georgia
Russell
W. A. Speer
Ledford
Union County
Grady
Norman Junior College
Cairo
Lyons
North Georgia
State Senate
Grady County
Speer
J. Ledford
State Farm Plant Reopens to Meet Georgia Car Tag Demand
Milledgeville Ga April 18 The tag plant at the state prison farm resumed operations to meet a surge in demand for three dollar car tags. An order for 20 000 tags arrived Monday and this marks the first time since the plant’s relocation that operations begin in this season. Each year needs are forecast and the plant starts in late summer producing a small surplus to ensure steady supply.
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Milledgeville, Ga
State
Georgia
Baker Freed After Serving Eleven Years
Atlanta April 14 Executive clemency granted for Ralph Baker who at 14 was convicted with his brother of Deputy Sheriff Joseph Morton slaying at Durham station Walker county eleven years ago. Parole recommendation approved and release from state farm granted. Baker praised for good prison record. brother received death penalty for his role. Commutations also granted for Homer Hird Asa Ellard Inman Streetman and others.
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Atlanta
Ralph Baker
Joseph Morton
Durham Station
Walker County
State Farm
Walker Rovuty
Bokerig
Bad Bertth
Baker
Homer Hird
Geffee
Asa Ellard
Gwinnett
Forsyth
Kaigler Released After Preliminary Murder Trial
In Georgetown Georgia on a Saturday trial before Judge W C Worrill Oscar Kaigler Jr charged with murder of Bryant Stokes at a roadside house between Georgetown and Eufaula last Saturday night was discharged without bond and the case left to the Quitman County grand jury. Clarence McDaniel, also charged as accessory to the murder, was discharged. Self defense was claimed. Over a thousand visitors attended the trial.
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Eufaula
Ala
W. C. Worrill
Pataula
Georgetown
Oscar Kaigler, Jr
Bryant Stokes
Kaigler
Quitman County
Clarence McDaniel
Marvin Cox Named President of DC Young Democratic Clubs
Marvin Cox of Waynesboro Georgia, secretary to Representative Homer C Parker, was elected president of the District of Columbia division of the Young Democratic clubs of America. The March 14 report comes from Washington. Cox leads local party youth groups in the First Georgia district.
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Washington
Marvin Cox
Waynesboro
Homer C. Parker
Georgia
District of Columbia
Young Democratic Clubs of America
How Roosevelt Plan Revives Home Mortgages
Washington, April 13. If you struggle with mortgage payments on a home valued under ten thousand dollars, the Roosevelt refinancing plan offers relief. An insurer holding a six thousand dollar mortgage could accept bonds guaranteed at four percent from the Home Owners Corporation, reduce the debt to five thousand, and the corporation issues a new five thousand mortgage payable in sixteen years at six percent. The plan may also cover taxes and repairs, with a possible three year moratorium and flexible payment schedules.
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Washington, D. C
Insurance Company
Home Owners Corporation
Fices
Home Loan Bank Board
Fire destroys Buchanan store. five die including parents and three children
In Roanoke Virginia on April 14 a fire at W. E. Garland's general store in Buchanan killed a family of five, Mr and Mrs Roy Layman their son about 16 and daughter about 14 and a baby. Volunteer firefighter Jack Fitch also died from smoke inhalation after locating the bodies.
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Roanoke
W. E. Garland
Buchanan
Roy Layman
Jack Fitch
Jefferson Hospital
Senator Walter George Proposes Commodity Marts Regulation
Washington April 13 Senator Walter George introduced a bill to require cotton exchanges boards of trade and other commodity trading bodies to publish transactions affecting farm product prices. He previously introduced a similar bill in 1929 and again in 1980, both failing to reach action. The new measure also seeks government statistics on production stocks and consumption of peanuts.
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Washington
Walter George Thursday
Gotton Exchanges
Boards of Trade
Senaor George Wednesday
George
Senate
House
Teachers March in Chicago for Back Wages Payment
Chicago public school teachers marching through the Loop demand back wages owed since June. They carry banners calling themselves forgotten women and press plans to secure millions in unpaid salaries.
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Chicago
Loop
Early Visit Georgia Suggested by F. D. Roosevelt Ally
Washington April 18 Clark Howell Atlanta publisher suggested an early visit to Warm Springs Georgia by President Roosevelt. Howell said he sensed the president planned an early trip to his Georgia home and would likely visit Warm Springs soon.
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Washington, D. C
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Howell
Army to reduce number on roll in war economy plan
Washington April 17 roosevelt orders cutting 12 15 thousand enlisted and 2 3 thousand officers as part of war department economy. President directs four cut of 144 million dollars in next year’s war department expenses.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Roosevelt
Judge Halts Trial in Scottsboro Case in Alabama
Decatur Alabama April 17 Trial of eight Negroes charged with attacking two women on a freight train near Scottsboro Alabama was postponed indefinitely by Judge Horton after he criticized Alabama jurymen in a published statement attributed to Samuel Leibowitz chief of defense counsel.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Horton
Alabama
Samuel Leibowitz
Means must serve a fifteen year term confirmed
Washington April 17 The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Monday affirmed a sentence of 16 years imposed upon Gaston Means following his conviction on charges of stealing 104000 from Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Gaston Means
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Midnight Call Brings Mother To Son's Body
In Miami a man named Gordon Turner 22 of Blackshear Georgia carried the slain body of his brother William Turner to their mother Mrs. E. W Miller after a midnight drive. Turner claimed a hold up in which a driver was shot led to the body being placed in a stolen car as they fled through Alabama and Georgia. He described a 36 hour motor ride across three states with the body and said they planned a rescue at Kilby Prison and hunted for Turner’s brother Louis who was jailed at Tifton. Montgomery police had no records of the claimed hold up.
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Miami
Fla
Ft. Lauderdale
Gordon Turner
Blackshear
Waycross
William
Montgomery
Ala
Gordon
Dny
Louis ‘Turner
Tifton
Kilby
Louis
W. A. Rose
Clark
Louie
Bill
Cairo
Turner's Story Doubted In Miami Hold Up Claim
Deputy Sheriff W A Ross of Tifton Ga said he did not believe William H Turner paraphrase murdered during an attempted hold up as claimed by Gordon Turner cousin of the dead man.
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Turner
Miami, Fla
W. A. Ross
Tifton
Wm. H
Bill) Turner
Gordon Turner
Warm Springs Pool Opening to Be Free
The Warm Springs public pool opens Saturday and Sunday April 22 and 23 with free admission. Golf fees drop to 50 cents for the weekend. Diving exhibitions by Pete Deskardin, 1924 1928 Olympic Divin Champion, are planned. Regular season prices after will be 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children, with meals offered at reduced prices. Extra revenue supports needy patients receiving treatment.
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Warm Springs
Pete Deskarding
Deskardins
England
France
Miami Beach
Fred Botts
Stella Akin May Get U. S. Legal Post
Stella Akin of Georgia is reportedly under consideration for appointment as assistant attorney general. The recommendation was reported from administration quarters on Monday, signaling a possible federal legal post for the Georgia native.
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Stella Akin
U. S
Legal Post
Washington
Georgia
Georgia college system reorganization announced
Georgia regents reveal sweeping changes to the university system. Several colleges are reassigned as departments of the University of Georgia with deans to be appointed. The College of Agriculture Athens and the Athens teaching college lose their separate status, Georgia Tech's commerce school ends, and new college presidencies are named across multiple campuses. Estimated annual savings reach about 400000, with personnel setup to continue at subsequent meetings.
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College of Agriculture
South Georgia State College
Douglas
Suadle
A. M. Soule
Teachers’ College At
Athens
J. M. Yound
University of Georgia
S. V. Sanford
School of Commerce
Georgia Tech
School of Veterinary Medicine
State College
Schoor
Unairman Spalding
Sanford
M. L. Brittain
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Browning
Middle Georgia College
Cochran
J. M. Prance
State Agricultural and Normal College
Americus
F. G. Branch
Georgia State College For Men
Tifton
North Georgia College
Dahlonega
John West
M. Thrash
J. L. Beeson
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
H. P. Stuckey
Experiment Station
Griffin
G. H. Wells
South Georgia Teachers College
Statesboro
W. M. Hubbard
State Teachers and Agricultural College For
Forsyth
L. F. Hubert
Georgia State Industrial College
Savannah
J. S. Ingram
A. and M
Notice of Dissolution of Garrett and Fouche Firm
The firm of Garrett and Fouche a partnership of H J Garrett of Charing Georgia and R E Fouche of Ideal Georgia engaged in general merchandise in Ideal Georgia is dissolved by mutual consent H J Garrett retires C E Fouche continues business at the same place will settle liabilities and receipts for debts This 14th day of March 1933 Witnesses J M Snelgrove J P
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Garrett & Fouche
H. J. Garrett
Charing
Georgia
R. E. Fouche
Ideal
Readjustment of Mortgages Readjustment Proposal
President Roosevelt proposed refinance and readjustment of small-home mortgages as part of the emergency program. He urged legislation to permit readjustment with postponement of interest and principal in extreme need, mirroring agricultural mortgage refinancing with a bond issue. Bills were immediately introduced in Senate and House to enact the policy aimed at lifting debt burdens on homes valued at twenty thousand dollars or less.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Economic signals point to cautious recovery in 1929 era
The composite of pig iron prices rose first time since May 1929 while motor car production shows a seasonal rise. Lumber orders and freight car loadings improve, and steel and electricity output reach multi‑year highs. The speaker remains optimistic about business if debt is managed prudently, advising not to borrow beyond annual net earnings and to stay out of debt at banks for three months each year.
Taylor County Georgia Probate Sale of J. E. Mangham Estate
By order of Taylor County Ordinary, Mrs. J Mangham administratrix will sell at public auction to pay debts the J E Mangham estate. Teas include 20 acres in Lot 192 South, 3 acres in Lot 192 East, portions of lots 171 172 149 147 148, and a brick Pharmacy building lot in Reynolds. Sale in Butler on a May Tuesday 1938, cash.
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Georgia
Taylor County
J Mangham
JE. Mangham
Court House
Butler
Lang
Baid County
Crowell Branch
Patsiliga Creek
Said
Th A. Matthews Place
Reynolds
Pharmacy
J. E. Mangham
J. E. Mang
Sheriff Sale Notice in Taylor County Georgia 1938
Sheriff announces sale of 62 acres off Lot 180 and 8 acres off Lot 79 in Taylor County Georgia at public outcry on May 1938. Leased by Alex S. Smith as taxpayer transferee, for state and county taxes for 1929. April 5, 1983. P McGuffin, Sheriff.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Ler
16Th
Alex S
Fife
Smith
P, McGuffin
Sherif
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Gaston
Miamian
Hotel Lanier
Macon, Georgia
Garrett &Fouche
J. M. Snelgrove
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Dean’s
Dean
Administrator's Sale
Sheriff's Sales
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