Georgia Week in Review Highlights Accidents and Local Farewells
Weekend traffic tragedies claimed 114 lives nationwide, including six Georgians. Notable items: Herbert D. Chapman dies in Atlanta. repairs at Augusta’s Richmond Academy after two incendiary fires. infantile paralysis reports rise. Col. Chas White to command 29th Infantry at Fort Benning. Max Lazarus dies in New Jersey. Twomason police chief resigns. Dalton protector group forms for a marker dedication. Columbus stabbing lead to two death sentences. Leo McIntosh released after jail raid. weather cools Macon with a 26 degree drop. Georgia tax totals reported. Tobacco Ball set for Okefenokee golf club. Lilly official joined county school board. Pembroke court house injunction delays. Mrs. E. S. Vinson critically ill. former officials pass away. various political rumors denied. fatal motorcycle accident near LaGrange. Brookfield constable charged in slaying. Samuel Martin dies in fall. escaped convicts add to prison woes. Macon County families vacation broadly. writer notes reporters often vacation last.
Free school book system aims for statewide saving
Governor Rivers projected an annual $1,000,000 saving for Georgia families as the state adopts free school books. He cited reductions in parental costs, and the plan was discussed at a press conference. Separate items note a Georgia rail motor service between Thomaston and Barnesville, a murder trial in Muscogee County, a fatal crash near Vero Beach, a Miss Georgia pageant winner, and a jail escape at Camilla with a tobacco can key and nail file report.
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Rivers
Mitchell County
Camilla
W. H. Baggs
Baggs
Senate approves U S participation in Tampa Exposition
Washington reports the Senate on Saturday passed a bill authorizing federal participation in the Pan American Exposition set for Tampa Florida in 1989 to mark the 40th anniversary of Hernando DeSoto's landing in Tampa Bay.
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Washington
Senate
Tampa
Fla
Hernando DeSoto
Tampa Bay
George seeks Clarks Hill funds for Savannah river dam
Washington August 7 Sen Walter F George of Georgia plans to ask President Roosevelt on Tuesday for an immediate allotment of the proposed twenty two million dollar Clarks Hill Dam project on the Savannah river near Augusta.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Georgia
Roosevelt
Clarks Hill
Savannah River
Augusta
Roosevelt approves $685,000 for Augusta levee raise
Augusta Ga Aug 9 President Roosevelt approves an additional 685000 appropriation to raise Augusta levees to a 55 foot level. The move follows floods in 1929 when the river reached a 46.1 foot stage and city officials were notified of the funding.
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Augusta
Roosevelt
Barnesville Area REA names new chief
Barnesville Ga Aug 6 M O McCord of Jackson appointed superintendent of the REA project laying power lines in Lamar Spalding Butts Jasper and Monroe counties. The local work totals 202 miles of line with a 202000 allotment to serve 5 cent homes.
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Barnesville
McCord
Jackson
REA
Lamar
Spalding
Butts
Jasper
Monroe
Special stamp issue to honor Atlanta centennial
Atlanta proposes a centennial postage stamp to be issued by the United States Post Office Department. Centennial Commission Chairman Wilbur G. Kurtz and Mayor Hartsfield appealed to Postmaster General James A. Farley for authorization. A design and price are under consideration, and officials say Atlanta would be the first city to receive such a stamp.
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Atlanta
United States Post Office Department
Wilbur G. Kurtz
Centennial Commission
Kurtz
Hartsfield
James A. Farley
Battles and deeds span battle losses and old Georgia land deed
The record lists Civil War era casualties and captures from battles at Frederick City Washington City Shickersville Gap Winchester Fisher s Hill Cedar Creek and more with total killed wounded and missing. It then shifts to an 1775 Georgia land deed copy preserved by Charles Mulkey recounting Thomas Wynne and Jonathan Mulkey with a two hundred acre tract in Burke County and a heavy antiquated legal text bearing dates August 10 1775 and February 2 1768.
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B. C. Greer
R. A. Mizell
W. Wattey
H. Hogg
W. Warnles
Fisher's Hill
G. J. Downs
J P, Willis
Cedar Creek
H. Corley
J. HH
Z. Maxwell
The
Herald
Charles Mulkey
Mulkey
Jonathan Mulkey
W. W Mulkey
Butler
Buen Vista
Thos Wynne
Burke County
George the
France
Ireland
Thomas Wynne
St George
Georgia
King George the Third
James Wright
Province of Georgia
Pete
Wynne
William Hanley
Peter Wynne
Jonathan Milkey
Eyermore
Zebulon
Capt J B Fowler Recalls 18th Century Baptists Book
A May 1 1888 Herald clipping recalls Capt J B Fowler longtime Superior Court clerk who inspected a 1742 Baptist confession book printed in London and Philadelphia. The Nineteenth Century title page details a 1798 edition as well, and the book now belongs to Mrs Jack Bridges of Unadilla, descendant of J B Fowler.
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Thos. Wynne
Jonathan Mulkey
Peter Wynne
Zebulon Cock
Herald
J. B. Fowler
Primitive Baptist Church
Roy_Fowler
Florence Gordy
John Andy Smith
Talbotton
London
Baptist Association
Philadelphia
Stephen C. Ustick
North Third Street
Baptist Ministers
United States
Jack Bridges
Unadilla
J. B. Fower
Rural air service trial flights boost justified prospects
More than 700 pieces of mail went to Atlanta from Macon and the total mail collected from other towns brought to Macon for Atlanta delivery weighed 140 pounds. In the afternoon Macon contributed 825 pieces for air mail delivery. Mr. Pattillo, an ardent flyer enthusiast, expressed jubilation over the rural air service prospects.
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Atlanta
Macon
Pattillo
Man's Foot Crushed by Freight Train
Atlanta resident William Goss of Darien was crushed in the right foot and possibly injured internally after falling between two freight cars at the Decatur depot while attempting to swing onto the train. He was hospitalized at Emory University Hospital.
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Atlanta
Decatur
Wm. Goss
Darien
Emory University Hospital
Goss
Cedartown Deputy Probes Dual Deaths
Cedartown Georgia August 6 The mystery killing of two elderly negroes found shot to death near Cedartown Wednesday was under investigation by Deputy Sheriff Wm McCowen. The bodies of the two men, both said to be more than 60, were found side by side on the roadside Two men arrested for questioning were released.
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Cedartown
Wm. McCowen
Three injured in Georgia crash near Macon
August 6 Macon Ga James Wrinkle a teacher at South Georgia Teachers College is in a Macon hospital in serious condition after an automobile wreck on the Jeffersonville road Marvin Reddick a teacher at Canton High School and James Landrum a football player at Louisiana State University sustained minor injuries in the accident
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Macon
James Wrinkle
South Georgia Teachers’ College
Jeffersonville Road
Marvin Reddick
Canton High School
James Landrum
Louisiana State University
State pension checks doubled in August for Georgia
Atlanta Aug. 8 About twice as many old age pension checks will be issued by Georgia for August as July. La mar Murdaugh director of the state department of public welfare announces. Last month when the state made its first social security payments 5144 checks were issued for an average of 11 dollars. Checks will be issued the last day of the month.
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Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Lamar Murdaugh
State Department of Public Welfare
Carroll Boy and Chatham Girl Named 4-H Health Champions
James W. Wallis of Carroll County and Miss Alma Hill of Chatham County were named Georgia 4-H health champions for 1937 after a statewide elimination contest. The winners, chosen in Athens from eight finalists, will represent Georgia in the national 4-H health contest in Chicago next November. The announcement was made at the Atlanta Kiwanis Club patio event.
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Miss Georgia
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Playground Association
Irene Smith
Tiiton
Biloxi
Miss
Abbeville High School
Wilcox County
Atlanta
James W. Wallis
Carroll County
Alma Hill
Chatham County
Georgia
Chicago
Athens
Atlanta Kiwanis Uub
Juvenile Court Homes Aid Training of Delinquent Youths
Miss Elsie Lanier and Miss Jack Dimon lead Muscogee County efforts to place delinquent youths in carefully selected private homes. The program includes clothing, individual sponsors, mental tests, and positive social training to replace negative traits. Community partners like YMCAs Kiwanis and WPA support new recreational facilities and clubs for boys aged 12 to 16 and older youths, with a modern center and shops for vocational activity.
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Muscogee County
Elsie Lanier
Probate Juvenile Court
Miss Lanier
Jack Dimon
J. E. Chapman
Juvenile Court
America
Y. M. C.A. Kiwanis Clubs
Vocation High School
Columbus
City View School
Board of Education
WPA
NYA
Injury Fatal To Pineview Boy
George Hill Jr., 16, son of the Rev and Mrs G A Hill of Pineview, died in a Macon hospital Monday from injuries after a dive into a swimming hole near his home. He suffered a broken neck Sunday and was a Telegraph carrier for Macon. He was taken to Macon for treatment but died. funeral services were held in Pineview. He recently graduated from Pineview High School.
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Macon
George Hill Jr
G. A. Hill
Pineview
Young Hill
Macon Telegraph
Pineview High School
Huge Balls Ferry Motorcade Party Set For Today
Wrightsville Georgia August 7 pre celebration for Savannah Macon highway bridge and Beeline Highway. Motorcade includes many cities and state and federal officials. Plan features entertainment, barbecue luncheon, and a river ferry crossing. Bids for bridge construction advertised for August 9 with contract awarded August 7.
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Wrightsville
Savannah-Macon
Ballferry ‘Bridge
Beeline Highway
Macon
Trwinton
Gordon
Mentyre
Toomsboro
Oconee
Sandersville
Balls Ferry
Kite Swainsboro
Summit
Raymont Statesboro
Savannah
Atlanta
Washington
Georgia
War Department
Cit
D. Rountree
WSR
Atlanta Journal
W. C. Brinson
Wilkinson County
Two Carrollton Men Electrocuted in Accident
Carrollton Ga Aug 10 Nomwood Weems manager of the Southland Ive company and Henry Shnadinger young employee were fatally shocked Tuesday when a metal hoodlight pole they were helping to erect touched a high voltage wire. Physicians worked two hours to save their lives. Each died about 2 30 p.m.
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Carrollton, Ga
Nomwood Weems
Southland Ive Company
Henry Shnadinger
Columbus Woman Slaver Given Life Imprisonment
Columbus Ga Aug 6 Life imprisonment was the sentence given G C McGuffey in Muscogee Superior court for the fatal shooting of Mrs Laura Reynolds. He killed her in the presence of her husband after she said she would return to live with him. McGuffey testified the gun went off accidentally.
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G. W. McGuffey
Airs
Laura Reynouds
Muscogue Superior Court
McGuffey
Reynolds
Columbus
G. C. McGuffey
Muscogee Superior Court
Laura Reynolds
Two Young Brothers Burned to Death in Alabama Fire
Sylacauga Alabama August 6 trapped as they slept two brothers Tal Madge Forbes 16 and Everett Bes 7 were burned to death Friday night Their father Brewer Forbes suffered critical burns as he tried to rescue his sons Mrs Forbes was in a hysterical condition They awoke just before the frame dwelling collapsed Forbes rushed back into the house to search for the boys
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Sylacauga
Ala
Talmadge Forbes
Everett Bes
Brewer Forbes
Americus Youth Aboard Plane That Crashed in Canal Zone
Americus Georgia August 10 a local youth Alfred Forrest was aboard the Army plane that crashed in the Panama Canal Zone on Wednesday all six aboard survived according to the U S press report Forrest is brother of Mary Forrest a nurse at Americus Sumter County Hospital and son of Mrs E Forrest of Leslie Ga He left Americus four years ago to join the United States Army aviation corps and was serving with the plane when it went down
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Americus
Alfred Forrest
Pajama Canal Zone
Forrest
Uite
Vest
Mary Fore
Americus-Sumter County Hospital
E. Forrest
Leslie
United Sta . Army Aviation Corps
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W. C. Peterman
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Taylor County
Bryan County Court House
Pembroke
E. S. Vinson
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Milledgeville
Geo. F. Flanders
Swainsboro
Emanuel County
Southern District of Georgia
Roy V. Harris
Richmond
Georgia House of Representatives
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LaGrange
Insues
Chipley Highway
R. E. Gay
Brookfield
Tift County
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Geo W. McMillan
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Samuel Martin
Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co
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McKesson & Robbins, Inc
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