Delenski confesses kidnapping Ottley in Atlanta case
Atlanta police chief T S Sturdivant said Walter Delenski confessed to kidnapping banker John K Ottley after arriving from San Antonio Texas. The confession aligns with the account of Pryor Bowen a Lavonia youth indicted as Delenski’s accomplice. Bowen identified a man in a truck during the ransom search.
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Atlanta
T. ©. Sturdivant
Wm. R. Delenski
San Antonio
Texas
John K. Ottley
Sturdivant
Delenski
Pryor Bowen
Lavonia
Dallas
Bowen
Ottley
Ott- Jey
Sturdivant Saiski
Cumming
Thomaston Girl 18 Wins Camp Takeda Annual Swimming Meet
Gainesville Ga August 3 The annual camp Takeda swimming meet crowned Martha Hightower Thomaston as top senior and Cato Whelchel as intermediate overall with Ruth Banks and Mari on Roper high scorers. Individual events honored Hightower Rhinehardt Nalley and Shir ley among others while Olive Charters and Sadie Pryor also earned wins. Camp Takeda led by G O Work and Cecilia Branham hosts fifty girls at Brenau campus with Lake Tacada facilities and trips to Lakemont Nacoochee and nearby locales.
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Gainesville
Camp Takeda
Martha Hightower
Thomaston
Gato Whelajer
Atlanta
Ruth Banks
Milledgeville
Marion Roper
Olive Price Charters
Jean Rhinehardt
Memphis
Tenn
Ruby Nalley
Lois Wiley
Troy
Ala
Frances Turpen
Araminto Harper
Columbus
Dicksie Bandy
Dalton
Jean. Rhinerhardt
Clearwater
Fla
Connactoy
Cecilia Branham
Lakemont
Huber Burns
Virginia’ Burns
Olive Carters
Elizabeth Gibbs
Betty Lovett
Wrichtsville
Takeda
Brenau
North Carolina
Nacoochee
Woody
Neel Gay
Georgia
Memorial Service Planned for Daniel G. Bickers in Savannah
Details announced for next Sunday's memorial at Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah for Daniel G. Bickers late editor of the Savannah Morning News. A Kiwanis Club delegation and Georgia Press Association representatives are invited. Hymns and poems by Bickers will be featured with various speakers honoring his newspaper career.
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Savannah
Independent Presbyterian Church
Daniel G. Bickers
Savannahorning News
Samuel McP
Glasgow
Kiwanis Club
Bickers
Jack Williams
Waycross
Georgia Press Association
The
Press Association
NRA A Bird of Happiness Hails 100 Percent Compliance
The Blue Eagle, a symbol of NRA, praised as a good omen for America, boosts the drive for shorter hours and higher pay. Officials report many workers already benefit or are within reach of NRA gains, with emphasis on persuasion over coercion. Some Michigan towns threaten violence to enforce 5:30 closures. Hasbrook Heights listed as first 100 percent NRA town. a New York firm predicts NRA membership costs $1,000,000 annually but calls it a good investment. New York officials promise investigations if employers fail to meet NRA terms.
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National Recovery
America
NRA
Michigan
Hasbrook Heights
N. J
Washington
New York
Georgians Stranded On World Fair Trip Accuse Promoters
Thirty two members of a party from Albany and nearby towns to the Chicago Century of Progress Fair were stranded in Hopkinsville Kentucky after alleged contract to take them to the fair for 25 dollars each. They slept in a police court room overnight as they planned to continue the trip Thursday. They say Marvin Nesmith and Alec Holman of Pelham Georgia collected 775 dollars. Holton had a fight with Dan Scoggins a Sunday school teacher from Thomasville before leaving the party and Scoggins threatens legal action. Some members wanted to turn back while six boys pleaded to continue the journey.
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Hopkinsville
Albany
Chicago
Ee Peace
Marvin Nesmith
Alec Holman
Pelham
Nashville
Tenn
Dan Scoggins
Thomasville
Holtian
Pardon Granted to Lee H Coart for Talbot County Slaying
In Atlanta on August 5 the governor issued a full pardon restoring citizenship to Lee H Coart, a retired army officer once serving a life sentence for the slaying of A B McNiece, Talbot County school superintendent. Coart had been paroled in 1982 while in ill health and aged about 60. He was convicted for shooting McNiece in his courthouse office after an argument over alleged ties to Mrs McNiece.
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Atlanta
Lee H. Coart
Govenor Talmadge
A. B. McNiece
Talbot County
Coart
Russell
Sumter Counti
Postke
McNiece
Talon
Court House
Governor Talmadge designates Georgia Day at Century of Progress
Governor Talmadge proclaims Tuesday August 22 as Georgia Day at Chicago's Century of Progress. He urges Georgians to attend with NBC broadcasting the exercises and a 19 gun salute planned. Georgia Century of Progress Commission offers low rail rates and all expense tours from Atlanta, with events including a watermelon cutting and a Georgia ball at Hotel Morrison.
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Talmadge
Georgia
Chicago
Dawes
Century of Progress
NBC
Atlanta
Georgia Century of Progress Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Scott Allen
Conmission
Morrison
NRA Answers Public on Its Purposes and Powers
Washington August 4 Official answers to questions about the national recovery administration explain contracts under the voluntary re employment pledge. Existing agreements remain valid under certain conditions with certified copies filed for exceptions. The NRA cannot force disputes until codes of fair competition apply and police work is local.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
NRA
NEA
Johnson
Donald Richberg
Johnson delays enforcement as recovery act aims to ease firms
Washington August 4 Johnson recovery administrator said two week grace period precedes enforcement to allow business to adjust to new wage and hour rules under Roosevelt's blanket agreement. He warned recalcitrant groups won't stop the program, and police won't independently enforce compliance. public opinion would suffice in communities.
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Washington, D. C
Hugh §. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Washington
Roosevel
Get Rid of Malaria With Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
An ad proclaims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic destroys the malarial infection in the blood and iron builds up the blood to fortify against attacks. It claims thousands have conquered malaria with this tonic and notes its safety for children. For sale by all stores.
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Grove
Keep to Letter of Code or Eagle to Be Revoked
Federal recovery chief Hugh S. Johnson warned employers to strictly follow NRA terms or lose the blue eagle. He spoke to Indiana grocers and a Cleveland mass meeting, promising swift action against code violations and hours reductions. President Roosevelt urged cooperative reemployment and fair contract adjustments for private buyers and government purchases. Johnson outlined a plan to permit a white bar on the eagle for those unable to meet all requirements.
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Roosevelt
Nevermore
Hugh §. Johnson
Indiana
Cleveland
National Recovery
Ohio City
The
Recovery Administration
Congress
Johnson
Wagner
New York
Arbitration Board
General Jonhson
Indiana Retail Grocers’ Association
N.R. A
Kruschen Salt Diet Claims Big Slimming Results
New York City resident Helga Blaugh reports losing 26 1 2 pounds in 40 days by taking Kruschen Salts daily. She notes 4 inches off hips 7 inches off waist and 8 inches off bust while avoiding hunger. The ad promises safe fat reduction with a half teaspoon daily in hot water, a four week supply, and a money back guarantee.
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Helga Blaugh
New York City
Senator Boyce Ficklen Reaches 82nd Milestone Friday
Washington Georgia veteran senator Boyce Ficklen Sr aged 82 marks Friday anniversary after 18 straight general assembly terms and a long banking and editorial career Since 1887 he has been a banker and editor since 1895 never missed a call or session and introduced only two bills He began banking with 3200 borrowed capital and later led several local banks He bought the Georgia Reporter which became the Washington Reporter and later edited the Wilkes County Forum Feb 26 he celebrated his 59th wedding anniversary The couple and all children survive
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Washington
Boyce Ficklen
General Assembly
Ficklen
Georgia Reporter
Washington Reporter
J. C. Williams
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Wilkes County Forum
Dublin Man Held on Arson Charge
Wrightsville Georgia August 5 J T Wilkinson of Dublin is held in Johnson County jail on arson charges described as an open and shut case by Sheriff W D Rowland. Police say Wilkinson was seen by J O Curry arsonizing a dwelling occupied by Knox Porter in Adrian and he allegedly confessed to being hired to burn the building.
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Wrightsville
J. T. Wilkinson
Dublin
Johnson County
W. D. Rowland
Adrian
J. 0. Curry
Wilkinson
Knox Porter
Ilkinson
Rae
Buy Now to Save Jobs and Boost Economies, Says Leader
A leader urges immediate spending to support wages and reemployment, arguing that buying goods starts an upward business spiral. He warns against hoarding and insists stock values depend on earning, urging workers and stockholders to act to avoid collapse and taxes. He frames it as a business truth and ethical imperative.
Letters of Administration for C M Bartlett in Georgia
Legal notice from Taylor County Georgia announces LR Adams’s application for Letters of Administration on the estate of C M Bartlett. Citations require creditors and kin to appear at the sheriff’s office within legally allotted time to show cause why letters should not be granted. August 7, 1939, A L T Peed, Ordinary. Sheriff’s sale lists Henry Shealy place in Taylor County. Property comprising about 105 acres across multiple lots, north of McCants Mill, along the Butler to Thomaston highway, to satisfy a SuNor Court judgment. Sale set for first Tuesday in 1983, at courthouse door in Taylor County.
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Georgia
Taylor County
LR. Adams
C. M. Bartlett
Jeune
Pear
Nature
A. L.T. Peed
Sale of land in Taylor County Georgia in 1933
Will be sold before the court house in Taylor County Georgia on the first Tuesday in September 1933 within legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash the following property to wit: Whole lot No 250 in its district containing 202 1 2 acres more or less levied upon as the property of P C Watson to satisfy an execution issued from the Superior Court of Taylor County in favor of the International Shoe Company against J H Turner Tilden Magomery and P C Watson This 9th day of August 1933 R P McGUFFIN Sheriff
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Georgia
Taylor County
Henry Shealy
McCants’ Mill
Butler
Thomaston
Sunor Court
Ilima
R, P. McGuffin
Ghar
Towit
Said County
P. C. Watson
International Shoe
J. H. Turner
Tilden Ma Gomery
R. P. McGuffin
Commissioners of Roads
Reynolds
Wesley
Crowell
Central
Mark
Turner
Rupert
Pere
City Tax Sales in Butler Georgia Seize Two Properties
Public tax sale notice lists two parcels in Butler: a house and lot within city boundaries pending sale to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy 1982 taxes on George Dirham Sr. and a second house and lot of one acre or more linked to Dave Bivins for 1932 city taxes. Sale held August 8 1998, under A Anglin mayor.
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Legal Advertseney
Dr. Walker
Mande McCollum
Central of Geo Railroad
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