Jury Selected in Georgia Slaying Trial of Bill Chappell
Marietta, Ga. July 29 A Cobb Superior Court jury was chosen after five panels exhausted to try Bill Chappell a Carroll County official accused of murdering a machinery salesman. Indictments named Lewis Turner and Holgenbach. The bodies of Mr and Mrs Peek were found in wreckage along the Marietta Austell highway.
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Prietta
Bill
Carroll County
Els
Chianta Road
Chappell
Ed Peek
Cobb Sujor Court
Clark
Lewis Turner
Holgenbach
Peek
Marietta-Austell
Week at Dean Theatre Shows Highlight Classic Casts
Sunday and Monday feature Shother Orcheid with Ed G Robinson returning in a different style. Supporting stars include Ann Southern Humphrey Bogart Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins and Ralph Bellamy. Wednesday and Thursday present Invisible Stripes with George Raft Jane Bryan and William Holden. Friday and Saturday offer King of the Underworld with Kay Francia H Bogart and Prairie Law starring George OBrien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Holden
George Raft
Kay Francia
H. Bogart
George O’brien
Spark Plugs Cleaned and Tested at Childs Service Station
In Butler, Childs Service Station offers cleaning and testing of spark plugs to ensure optimal engine performance and reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childs
Butler
Reynolds Hosts Electric Exhibit Amid Statewide Fire Damage Reflections
Around the Circle Eugene Anderson reports Reynolds hosted a two day electric showcase for Taylor, Sumter, Upson, Lanier and nearby counties. Emory Parr welcomed guests as the new city hall style cooperative headquarters was dedicated and a tent city formed around the golf course. The piece contrasts progress from firelit days to modern farm and town electricity while noting ongoing destruction from fires and boll weevil related ruin, with officials cautioning over long recovery ahead.
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Eugene Anderson
Macon
Reynolds
Taylor County
Sumter
Upson Lanier
Corporation
Gkit
Thomaston Americus
Montezuma
Oglethorpe
Roberta
Knoxville
Abe Lincoln
Emory Parr
Taylor County Co-op
Harold Cook
D. W. Teare
Charlie McKenzie
A. F. Gannon
F. W. Fitch
Evelyn Bloom
M. M. Brand
Thelma Wilson
W. S. Brown
Louise Waters
Louise Hill
Reynolds Golf Course
Sherman
Hensfield Co op Boosts Taylor County Prosperity
In rural Middle Georgia, the Panhandle district of Taylor County has transformed from dilapidation to prosperity thanks to a cooperative farming system. Emory Parr, president and buying selling agent, reports paying out 700000 dollars to about 250 co op farmers over nine years. He handles chickens and eggs, buys feed, and distributes earnings to owners, noting no disputes and urging visitors to learn the system to spread to other communities.
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Hensfield
Panhandle
Taylor County
Middle Georgia
Emory Parr
Parr
Recently Completed Morris Bridge Ready for Traffic
Hartwell Georgia July 27 traffic will roll over the Louie Morris Bridge on Highway 29 over the Savannah River Monday. Concrete paving on the Georgia side not yet finished plans call paving one side of the approach at a time to avoid traffic disruption. The $200000 structure linking Anderson County South Carolina with Hart County Georgia will be dedicated this fall. The bridge named for the Hartwell Sun editor and civic leader replaces Alford's Bridge and removes a highway curve.
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Hartwell
Louie Morris
Savannah River
Georgia
Anderson County
S.C
Hart County
Hartwell Sun
North Georgia
Alford's
Tot Lost On Creek Overnight Reunited After Night In Open
Ann Nell, 20 months old, wandered from her parents automobile near Pendleton creek in Lyons Georgia. A three-person search party found her on a seldom used road this morning with insect bites but alive and returned her to Mr and Mrs Burwell Coursey. Her condition remained serious due to the bites.
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Lyons
Burwell Coursey
Ann Nell
Pendleton Creek
Airport fund for Georgia 18s sought
Georgia Aeronautics Commission moved to secure 5.6 million dollars in federal funds for constructing airports in Georgia. Funds come via cooperation of the state commission National Defense Council Civil Aeronautics Commission and the WPA. Forty sites approved with fields under construction at Bainbridge Valdosta and the Camp Gordon site near Atlanta and Decatur.
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Georgia Aeronautics Commission
Georgia
Georgia Commission
National Defense Council
Civil Aeronautics Commission
WPA
R. C. Job
State Planning Board
Job
Bainbridge
Valdosta
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Decatur
Carolina Man's Death Forecast Proves Correct
Dunn North Carolina July 23 1940 Carson C Surles age 59 predicted he would die in July 1940 He bade relatives farewell prepared his funeral and cemetery plot then told co workers at the filling station it was time to go A physician found no cause for death and officials ruled natural causes in this odd premonition story
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J. R. Johnson
Surles
Kidney Stagnation Versus Constipation Remedy Ad
An old advertisement extols KIDANS as a kidney remedy to flush out kidneys and prevent stagnation. It claims benefits for Getting Up Nights, backache, nervous headaches, and low energy, promising money-back guarantee and a two-box offer via mail order from The Kidans Company in Atlanta.
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Kidans Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Seven Young People Die In Augusta Train Collision
A train hit an automobile near Augusta killing seven youths including three members of a prominent funeral family. Victims identified: Helen Elliott 16 Corinne Elliott 16 R A Elliott Jr 19, William Wheeless 20 Gerald Shepherd 19 Julian Baldowski 19 Emma Baker 16. The car was pushed 1400 feet. no crew injuries.
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Augusta
Helen Curtis Elliott
R. A. Elliott Jr
R. Allen Elliott Sr
Corinne Elliott
H. Elliott
William Wheeless
G.P Wheeless
Gerald Shepherd
Harry Shepherd
Julian Baldowski
George Baldowski
Emma Edith Baker
Alapaha
Baker Girl
C. M. Ray
Georgia
Miss Gay B. Shepperson Named Assistant to Defense Council
Atlanta dispatch reports Miss Gay B. Shepperson, former Georgia WPA director, named assistant to Commissioner Harriett Elliott of the National Defense Advisory Council. The post pays nine thousand dollars a year and supports the national preparedness program as named by President Roosevelt.
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Atlanta
The
Atlanta Journal
Washington Dispatch
Gay B. Shepperson
WPA
Georgia
Harriett Elliott
National Defense Advisory Council
Roosevelt
Candidate Linder Posts $500 Bond
Atlanta July 31 Tom Linder candidate for commissioner of agriculture and a former office holder posted a $500 bond Tuesday in a civil court warrant charging him with issuing two bad checks totaling $287.66 in 1939. The bond was signed by bondman R. B F. Mobley. Judge Robert Carpenter of civil court had not set a hearing date. W D Young of the Merchants' Protective Association swore out the warrant.
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Atlanta
Tom Linder
Linder
R. B F. Mobley
Robert Carpenter
Talmadge
W. D. Young
Merchants’ Protective Association
Auto Crash Fatal to Florida Woman
Arlington July 26 two persons were killed and a third was in a Blakely hospital tonight as a result of a collision of automobiles five miles from Arlington. The dead were identified by State Troopers J D Cowen and L J Futch as Mrs J L Millicons about 38 and Mrs J F Ingram 75 both of Quincy Fla Mrs Millicons husband was carried to a Blakely hospital where he was admitted His injuries were not considered serious Drivers of the other car identified as Sam Price of Cairo was only slightly injured Investigating officers made no cases Bodies of the two women are being held at Arlington awaiting word of funeral arrangements.
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Arlington
Blakely Hospital
Arington
J. D. Cowen
L. J. Futch
J. L. Millicons
J.F. Ingram
Quincy
Fla
Millicons
Four Crisp County Road Officials Indicted for Payroll Padding
Cordele reports four Crisp County highway maintenance employees were indicted for felonies after an investigation into payroll padding. The grand jury named Copeland, a patrolman, plus Jimmie Martin, Guy Surrency, and Mosea Porter. An Atlanta auditor was dispatched after reports of irregularities.
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Miller
Auto Crash Near Jackson Leaves Four Injured
A Saturday crash near Jackson killed two college students and injured four others en route to a Tau Nu Kappa fraternity outing at Indian Springs. The victims include Robert Loyd Yarn 17 and R C Davis 20. injured are Helen Boggs 16 Louis Arthur Rochez 20 his wife Pegay Rochez 20 and Glenn Cliff 20. Police report airbags and driver actions led to the two car collision with an oncoming truck as David Yarn older brother of one victim faced charges.
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Jackson
Robert Loyd Yarn
Tech
R. C. Davis
Madisonville
Emory University
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Atlanta
Helen Boggs
Bucké Avenue
Louis Arthur Rochez
Boulevard N. I
Fair
Pegay Rochez
Glenn Cliff
Cuthbert
Butler
Indian Springs
David Yarn
Rochez
Yarn
Charles Yarn
Harold Boggs
Jackie Calhoun
Decatur
Tau Nw Kappa
Two Deaths In Same Family In Talbot Co
From Talbotton New Era: Mr. Hilary M. Adams, 70, died Monday after a stroke at the Adams home southeast of Talbotton. Mr. A. A. Adams was found dead in bed Wednesday morning. Both men were Talbot county natives with many friends. H. M. Adams was a bachelor. A. A. Adams is survived by his wife.
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Talbotton
Hilary M. Adams
Adams
A. A. Adams
Talbot County
H. M. Adams
Hicks 18 New Chief Surgeon in Hospital
Roberta July 27 news confirms Dr. D Y Hicks Jr as chief resident in surgery at University Hospital Augusta. A Roberta native, he led a career from Roberta High School 1930 to B S Georgia 1938 and M D Georgia 1997 with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He held intern and resident roles at Macon Hospital and University Hospital before becoming chief surgeon in 1999.
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Roberta
D. Y. Hicks Jr
University Hospital
Augusta
Hicks
Roberta High School
University of Georgia
University of Georgia School of Medicine
Alpha Omega Alpha
Washington, D. C
National Board of Medical Examiners
United States
Macon
Macon Hospital
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Talbot Co
Mary Baker Eddy
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