15 Arrests Made On Liquor Racket Charges in N. Georgia
State alcohol tax unit agent from Columbus led undercover probe in Madison and Gordon counties. Fifteen people including three African Americans were arrested or bonded on charges of possessing and selling non tax paid liquor and illegal beer. Moonshine whiskey flowed through the two dry counties with shipments reaching as far as Atlanta. Hugo Smith of Carlton named as alleged leader, Louis Autry of Sugar Valley identified as area head. investigations followed three weeks of fieldwork ending Saturday.
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Columbus
Alcohol Tax Unit
North
Georgia
FE. Satterfield
State Alcohol Tax Unit
Madison
Gordon
Atanta
Hugo Smith
Carlton
Satterfield
Madison County
Smith
Louis Autry
Sugar Valley
Gordon County
Autry
North Georgia Countie
Bus Crash in Millen Kills Two Georgians
Millen Georgia August 13 Rebecca Jane Harris 19 and Jack Coleman 7 of Summit Georgia were killed when their station wagon collided with a school bus. Ray Gay 23 of Summit was seriously injured. The bus carried several Negro passengers but none were admitted for treatment at Nulkey hospital.
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Millen
Rebecca Jane Harris
Jack Coleman
Summit
Nulkey Hospital
Ray Gay
REA In Middle Georgia Began At Vienna In 1939
Vienna notes the origin of the Middle Georgia Electric Membership Corporation in 1939 40 as 310 miles of lines started in March 1940 and now serving 3100 farm families across Dooly Wilcox and Pulaski counties with 1000 miles of rural electric service. A new building consolidates offices and storage for expansion. The effort, led by County Agent T M Fitzpatrick, connected with Flint River EMC at Butler.
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Vienna
Middle Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
Co-Op
Dooly
Wilcox
Pulaski
REA
T. M. Fitzpatrick
Dooly County
Flint River Electric
Butler
Talmadge Sees Georgia to Fight School Desegregation Suit
Gov. Herman Talmadge said Georgia should fight in every way possible a federal suit filed by Negroes in Valdosta demanding equal education. Attorney General Eugene Cook said the state is not a party, though he will aid with law department resources.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Irwin County
Eugene Cook
Valdosta
Cook
Talmadge
State Law Department
Life Sentence For Woman In Death Of Child
Mrs Myrtle Lee Anderson of Jefferson received life imprisonment from Judge Clifford Pratt after a Jackson Superior Court jury found her guilty of murdering her 22 month old daughter by starvation. The child died in an Athens hospital after being found undernourished in the Jefferson home. Testimony indicated death from malnutrition.
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Commerce
Myrtle Lee Anderson
Jefferson
Clifford Pratt
Jackson Superior Court
Athens
New Tourist Plan Aims to Benefit All Georgia Counties
Georgia Department of Commerce proposes statewide wayside parks in all 159 counties to aid travelers and boost tourism income. Executive Secretary Clark Gaines led the discussion with a colored drawing of a standard park plan shown at the meeting.
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Georgia
Georgia Department of Commerce
Clark Gaines
Commerce Department
Monster Cane Mill Shipped From Thomasville
The Thompson Foundry & Machine Co has completed a 40 000 pound Bowman 74 cane mill one of the largest ever built for export to Venezuela. The 20 ton monster promises 85 percent juice extraction, far above common mills at 55 percent. Price is 16000 dollars.
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Thomasville
Thompson Foundry & Machine Co
Venezula
Bowman
Georgia to Shut Quick Marriage Mills by Premarital Law
Georgia enacts a premarital health exam requirement effective August 25, ending rapid marriages at local offices. The measure targets border counties where quick marriage specialists thrived, aiming to curb impulsive unions and reduce future divorces while promoting healthier marriages and population.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Tennessee
Clay County Mandered in Edison on 99th Birthday
Edison Aug 13 John T Pritchett one of Clay County's oldest citizens celebrated his 99th birthday Thursday at his home near Bluffton He is well known in this section with many friends and relatives present among the visitors were Mrs A C Harrison of Tampa Fla Mrs J S Coleman and Mrs David Jones of Edison Mr and Mrs H P Pritchett of Milledgeville and Mr and Mrs H T Pritchett of Bluffton.
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Edison
John T. Pritchett
Clay County
Bluffton
A. C. Harrison
Tampa
Fla
J.S. Coleman
David Jones
H. P. Pritchett
Milledgeville
H. T. Pritchett
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Mayo Brothers
Mayo Brothers Home
Mayo Bros. Products Company
Main Houston, Tex
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N. I. Halley Reynolds
Alco Feed Mills
E. F Parr
Reynolds, Ga
Radiantube
Frigidaire
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