Car Train Crash Near Americus Kills Girl
A vehicle hit a Sea board freight train near Lake Ocono just outside Americus. Loriie Harbuck of Dawson died at 1:30 PM at Prather clinic. Willis Hallman of Georgia Southwestern College and Marvin Caldwell of Dawson were treated at Prather clinic for serious injuries. The wreck derailed wheels. Caldwell had come to Americus to escort Harbuck home. Hallman was returning to Adel for Thanksgiving.
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Americus
Seaboard
Lake Ocono
Albany Highway
Loriie Hurbuck
Dawson
Prather Clinic
Willis Hallman
Georgia Southwestern College
Marvin Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell
Miss Harbuck
Albbett’s
Albany
Albany Highway, Mr. Hallman “Thumbed A Ride” With Them. Mr. Hallman
Adel
Georgia liquor bill proposes state licensed manufacture
In Atlanta, Georgia, during a November special session, a House bill would license Georgia manufacture of spirituous liquor from Georgia products and tax stored liquor at 50 cents per gallon. It sets a $500 annual license for large producers and $108 for small producers, with revenue directed to Georgia common schools.
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Atlanta
Georgia
McGraw
Meriwether
Dunn
Pike
Joel
Clarke
Virginia
Whipple
Bleckley
Dry Forces
Common School of
Bride Shot Dead By Former Suitor On Highway
In Dublin Georgia a bride of nine days named Mrs Dominy and her husband were attacked after their car was forced off a road by a rival vehicle. The bride died from gunfire and the former suitor Hubert Norris was wounded. Norris confessed jealousy as the motive.
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Dublin
Navy
I. F. Coleman
Morrie Lomny
Dominy
Domity
Coleman
Hubert Norris
Norris
Laurens County
E. E. Clark
Clark
Senator George condemns anti lynching bill debate
Senator George criticized the push for anti lynching legislation, urging Congress to address farm policy and the recession hampering business. He argued that serious committees should focus on Roosevelt's message and avoid wasting time on lynching measures, emphasizing the need for action on broader economic issues.
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Ana
Congress
George
Farm
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
Holt Summers Friday Recaptured After Fourth Escape
Atlanta, Nov 27. Hoyt Summers, 24, an Atlanta man serving life for the ride and range slaying of Max Sjobbin, surrendered to Fulton county authorities at Bellwood prison camp. He had escaped four times in three years, aided by his parents, and will serve his sentence in Fulton county. Robert Riley, once sentenced to die, had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
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Atlanta
Hoyt Summers
Fulton County
R. H. Summers
Bellwood
Sandy Springs
Summers
State Prison Commission
Max Sjobbin
Davenport
Robert Riley
Daughter of slain Georgian gives up after long search
Marie Daughtry, 35, daughter of Charlie Daughtry who was killed in Screven county, surrendered to sheriff's aides in Statesboro on charges of being an accessory before the fact. Her 13 day, four state search ended with transfer to Bullock county jail. Also held are Joe Newton, his son Ralph Newton, and cousin Osborn Newton on warrants related to the murder.
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Sylvania
Marie Daughtry
Charlie Daughtry
Screven
Statesboro
Bullock County
Miss Daughtry
Albert Cobb
Savannah
G. CG. Dekle
Millen
Dekle
Cobb
New Jersey
Joe Newton
Bloomingdale
Ralph Newton
Osburn Newton
Daughtry
Ancient and Modern Necromancy Lesson in Christian Science
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon for The Mother Church calls out ancient and modern necromancy and Mesmerism as denounced. Key citations include Proverbs 1:32 and a correlative selection from Science and Health, noting that evil is a phase of nothingness and that true spirituality despoils the kingdom of evil, promoting virtue in families and the community.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Mme
Mary Baker Eddy
Ordinary Has Right to Hear Traffic Cases and Homestead Exemption Rise
Georgia lawmakers move to empower county ordinary courts to hear traffic and minor cases to aid the highway patrol. Senate backs homestead exemption to $2,000 after defeating lower figures, while beer tax and state stabilization fund measures top House agenda.
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Senate
House
Atlanta
State Senate
Tom Wisdom
Poppy Lady Mona Michael Honored With Capitol Statue
Georgia paid tribute to Mona Michael of Athens for originator of the poppy sale to aid disabled veterans. A Georgia marble statue was unveiled in the Capitol though she lay in an Athens hospital. Gov Rivers and dignitaries praised her work as the statue stands near the governor’s office.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Mona Michael
Athens
Rivers
Delacy Allen
American Legion
D. W. Bridges
Athens Legion
Miss Michael
Weaver
Steffen Thomas
Anta
Way
Wiss Michael
Alien
Bong
Allen
Flanders Fields
Col
John McCrae
Poppy Day
Overseas Department of the American Y. M., A
United States
America
Sam Kimzey kills robber during holdup in Atlanta
Atlanta police report Sam Kimzey of Cornelia shot and killed a black bandit identified as W. H. Mitchell, 26, after Mitchell menaced him outside Piedmont Hospital where Kimzey’s wife was recovering. Kimzey was wounded in the throat but survived.
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Atlanta
Sam Kimzey
Cornelia
Kingey
Piedmont Hospital
W. H. Mitchell
Kimzey
Journalism Students to Hear Talks By Many Newspaper Men
Athens Ga November 14 The Henry Grady School of Journalism University of Georgia will launch a series of lectures and round tables by practicing journalists. Fall speakers include Medora Field Perkerson Rush Bunton Elmer Ransom and Dan Magill with winter and spring lineups featuring B B Johnston Harold Martin Albyn Nix Walter Paschall L Q Ball W G Sutlive and Sam Slate shaping classes in various journalism disciplines.
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Athens
Henry Grady
Medora Field Perkerson
The
Atlanta Journal
Rush Bunton
Lavonia Times
Elmer Ransom
Saturday Evening Post
Dan Magill
Athens Banner-Herald
B. B. Johnston
Macon Telegraph
Harold Martin
Atlanta Georgian
Albn Nix
Walter Paschall
L. Q. Ball
Atlanta Constitution
W. G. Sutlive
Savannah Evening Press
Sam Slate
Atlanta
God the Only Cause and Creator Lesson Sermon
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston will read a Sunday Lesson Sermon on Dec 5 titled God the Only Cause and Creator. It includes the Bible text Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us and a correlative selection from Science and Health describing man as the offspring of Spirit and God as Father and Life as the law of being.
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God
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Mary Baker Eddy
Rites Held For H. H. Maxwell Former Danville Postmaster
Rites were held in Danville for H. H. Maxwell former Danville postmaster who was found shot to death at his home Friday Aides to Corsner announced no inquest would be held and said the death apparently was self-inflicted
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H. H. Maxwell
Danville
Corsner
Education group named for fair education group named for fair
Dr M D Collins state superintendent announced a Georgia education committee to assist with the 1939 New York World Fair. Members include Harmon Caldwell, Thornwell Jacobs, John Paschall, Father Riley, L P Skidmore, W J Chase, Mrs C D Center, and Mark Smith. Collins said L A Hickok of the fair staff requested the appointment.
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Atlanta
M. D. Collins
Georgia
Harmon Caldwell
University of Georgia
Thornwell Jacobs
Oglethorpe University
John Paschall
The
Atlanta Journal
Father Riley
Marist College
L. P. Skidmore
High Museum of Arts
W. J. Chase
Pine Mountain Valley Opens Nursery School in Georgia
Pine Mountain Valley Ga November 14 with six children enrolled the Pine Mountain Valley Nursery School opens under supervisor Mrs Hazel Allinson and assistant Frances Kennedy The program emphasizes health habits sharing taking turns and respect while inviting parental participation in this community project
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Pine Mountain Valley
Hazel Allinson
Frances Kennedy
Atkinson
Judge Upholds Will of Mrs Mary Truitt in LaGrange
LaGrange Ga Nov 16 The will of Mrs Mary Truitt leaving nearly all her 800000 estate to Mrs Mattie Ammons and her son was upheld in an ordinary's court hearing. The case advances to Troup superior court in May as challengers from Atlanta West Point College Park Arlington Va claim undue influence.
Dublin Woman Shot After Car Chase Ends in Death
In Dublin Georgia a fatal roadside shooting left Hubert Norris 40 dead from a chest wound after he fired on his wife Horrie Dominy 21 and herself before turning the pistol on himself. Authorities say the couple’s car was forced off the highway and Norris claimed jealousy as the motive.
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Groun
Hubert Norris
J. F Coleman
Dublin
First Bus Built in 1804 By English Stage Coach Line
A fragment notes the first bus in 1804 built by an English stage coach line testing a steam powered propulsion. The record presents limited readable details and names a notable early transportation milestone.
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Tyne
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