Trial Delayed in Murder Case Lynching Feared
West Palm Beach Fla Aug 11 Fearing mob violence police today delayed arraignment of Thomas Cochran on charges of abducting two Miami High school girls killing one and holding the other prisoner three days Cochran confessed to assaulting and fatally stabbing Ruth Frances Dunn 17 while Jean Bolton 18 was kept bound three days and released unharmed Cochran led authorities to the victim's body and described the abduction in a rambling statement with details of his plan and alleged motives
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Thomas Cochran
Miami
Cochran
W. E. Roebuck
Ruth
Frances Dunn
Jean Bolton
Boca Raton
Miss Bolton
Miss Dima
Mian Day
Bolintur
Saad W. He Laseee
W. C
U. S. Department of Justice
Roebuck
Miss Dunn
Girl and jail door vanish in Smithville incident
Police in Smithville, Georgia, detained a young woman on a drunkenness charge who claimed to be from Columbus, Albany, Valdosta and Thomaston but refused to name herself. By morning, both the prisoner and the jail front door had disappeared, leaving Officer Charlie Thompson baffled.
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Smithville
Charlie Thompson
Columbus
Albany
Valdosta
Thomaston
Thompson
Taxation To Be Main Issue In Georgia Legislature Meet
Georgia lawmakers set August session to press taxation as the dominant issue. House leaders and budget advocates clash with supporters of new taxes, amid past sales tax fights and threats of a House Senate confrontation. Governor Rivers may push a Hatch Act style measure in September.
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Georgia
Atlanta
House
Senate
Lovett
Rivers
Dublin
Lanham
Sehnate
J. R. Elliott
Muscogee
Administration
J. V. Charmicehnel
Gobbe
E. D Rivers
County Sets Record For Participation Under AAA Program
Taylor county reports a 1939 peak in Agricultural Adjustment Administration program participation with 907 county participants. County Agent W F Bembry notes Georgia’s farm program totals about 1600000 participants nationwide, and emphasizes benefits to soil building and farm leadership in expanding participation beyond the 1933 plow-up attempts. Secretary Wallace cites near six million farm families set to receive AAA payments, about 85 percent nationwide, with high shares in cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, potatoes, and dairy areas.
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Taylor County
W. F. Bembry
Georgia
Secretary of Agriculture
H. A. Wallace
Wallace
United States
Highway Row May Be Aired In Extra Session
Atlanta Aug. 18 suspecting a clash between Governor Rivers and Highway Board Chairman W L Miller sparked capital speculation of an extra session action. Representatives Lovett and Hinson signaled scrutiny of who controls the state's highway program and why.
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Atlanta
Highway Department Authority
Goy. E. D. Rivers
Highway Board
W L. Miller
Herschel Lovett
Laurens
W. J. Hinson
Jeff Davis
Lovett
House Economy Committee
Miller
Hinson
Ellis Arnall
Thanksgiving Day Moved Up By Roosevelt Proclamation
From New Brunswick comes word that President Roosevelt, at his mother’s summer home, plans to issue a proclamation setting Thursday November 23 as Thanksgiving Day instead of the traditional last Thursday in November. He notes complaints about the long gap between Labor Day and Thanksgiving and the short gap to Christmas, and that stores and workers favored an earlier date. The proclamation will fix November 23 as Thanksgiving Day this year.
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Associated Dispatch
New Brunswick
Roosevelt
Island of Monte Cristo described as treasure hunt scene
The island of Monte Cristo lies between Corsica and Italy south of Elba and is cited as the setting of Edmund Dantes treasure hunt in one of the Alexander Dy mas heroes stories.
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Island of
Monte Cristo
Corsica
Italy
Elba
Edmund Dantes
Alexander Dymas
Down to Brass Tacks Theme For State Press Meet
The Georgia Press Association selects Down to Brass Tacks as the 58th convention theme set for August 23 to 26 in Calhoun. Out of state speakers include John Temple Graves and F L Hockenhull while Atlanta guests feature R H Rich E G Eastman and Chaz A Rawson. Gov Rivers will speak at Calhoun Park opening night with remarks by J Roy McGinty. A motorcade through Fort Mountain State Park and a Rome Chamber of Commerce dinner are on the program as 160 editors and guests anticipate one of the best attended gatherings in the association’s history.
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Atlanta
Georgia Press Association
Calhoun
Rome
Astrociates
Gov. Rivers
Calhoun Park
J. Roy McGinty
James Reeve
Kirk Sutlive
Blackshear Times
Association
Jere N. Moore
Rome Chamber of Commerce
John T. Graves
W. G. Sutlive
Savannah News and Press
Ft. Mountain State Park
Moore
McGinty
J. ©. Seymour
Gainesville Receives 15000 Baby Chicks
Gainesville Ga August 12 shipment of 15000 baby chicks from Wallingford Conn to Gainesville covers 900 miles. The arrival keeps Gainesville the largest broiler market in the South per Jesse Jewell who distributed them to local growers the same day. A dedicated messenger kept the car at 76 degrees throughout the journey.
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Gainesville
Wallingford
Weekend wrecks kill fifty in four crashes
Pan American flying boat crash near Rio de Janeiro left fourteen of sixteen aboard dead. City of San Francisco disaster west of Carlin, Nevada killed twenty and injured about one hundred. Santa Fe and Denver and Rio Grande Western collision near Denver caused two deaths and fifty four injuries. New York subway switch failure injured twenty one. Fifteen people killed in another incident.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Miami
Fla
Carlin
Nev
Southern Pacific
Sanfrancisco
Humboldt River
Denver
Colo
Santa Fe
New York
Coney Island
Woman Wrecks Columbus Liquor Store With Hatchet and Pistol
Columbus Aug 11 County police investigated a case described as a modern Carrie Nation attack on the Sand House liquor store cafe and dance hall. A woman entered, damaged the premises, and fired at owner J P McCann who reported the incident. No charges yet as owner is away. police await his return.
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Columbus
Carrie Nation
Carrie
Yéssi
Terday
Webster
J. A. Davison
J. P. McCann
McCann
Extension Service guides farmers in building and repairs
About 80,000 farmers report following Extension Service recommendations for new buildings while 5,000 receive county agent assistance from extension engineers in planning repairs and remodeling.
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Nation
Extension Service
Derailed coal train injures over a hundred near Bucharest
A coal wait derailed Sunday 60 miles from Bucharest injuring more than 100 people. Romanian officials describe it as the fourth serious railroad accident in eight months.
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Bucharest
Romania
Two Tennessee Cavers Escape Death Beneath Lookout Mountain
Albert Hicks and Louis D. Tapley of St. Elmo Tenn. crawled 260 feet into Ruby Falls caves under Lookout Mountain. After losing their carbide light and crossing a freezing stream for hundreds of feet, a revived glow from Hicks’s drenched light enabled them to press on. Hicks contracted pneumonia but intends to try again to locate a new cave entrance.
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Jess
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Albert Hicks
Louis D. Tapley
St. Elmo
Hicks
Tapley
Ticks
Andy
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Wm. Key
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J. W. Culpepper
Fayette
John Forrester
Crisp
Solons State
Assembly
State Press Association
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Wash
Washington State
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