Mysterious shotgun death of 80 year old in Atlanta home
Mrs Ethel Qook 80 mother of four died at Grady hospital Atlanta Monday from a shotgun wound received Sunday at her home. Mansor 58 half-brother held by police while detectives seek a 35 year old man seen running along the alley at the Cook home during the shooting. Willard Grant maybe injured in Bibb City when a truck rolled down an embankment. Driver H L Grant brother of the deceased.
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Ethel Qook
Grady Hospital
Atlanta
Mansor
Cook Home
Willard Grant
Bibb City
H. L. Grant
Tallahassee
Fla
Ed S Dunham Dies Suddenly at Macon Residence
Ed S Dunham age 40 died Sunday in Macon from a heart stroke after a brief collapse at his home. Born July 14 1886 in Laredo he came to Macon in 1882 and became a noted advertising executive. Survived by wife Jane Moore two sisters Florence Dunham and Sallie Blake two brothers S S Dunham and Rev R S Dunham.
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Macon
Dun- Hai
Nis Hole
Duman
Vulwaat
Mr. Dunham
Laredo
Unio
E. C. Dunham
Osia Wesleyan University
Dunham
Lions Club
Christchurch
Memphis Press-Scimiter
Lake and Dunham
Memphis
Jane Moore
Florence Dunham
Bloomington
Ind
Sallie Blake
Delaware
Ohio
S. S. Dunham
New York
Rev
R. S. Dunham
Toledo
Harrison Resigns Supreme Court Clerk Post
Atlanta December 6 Zadok D Harrison Georgia's oldest official and 66 years with the state supreme court resigns as clerk at age 92 due to ill health Miss Kathrine Bleckly named to succeed him deputy clerk for years and an authority on the court She was elected unanimously by all six justices of the court Chief Justice Richard B Russell Sr lauded his long service.
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Atlanta
Zadok D. Harrison
Georgia
State Supreme Court
Kathrine Bleckly
Harrison
Logan Bleckley
State Court of Appeals
Miss Bleckley
Supreme Court
Richard B. Russell
Detectives Round Up Gat Gangsters in Macon
Macon Georgia December 6 seven alleged members of a Tennessee gang of railway station bandits were rounded up in Macon by Detective T E Garrett. Suspects Ernie Miller Dave Fox Louie Schiappa T M Queadrick all from Knoxville and Fred Martin C P Young Edward Young from Tifton were held on blanket charges. Miller described as gang leader, Fox and Schiappa nabbed after suspected thefts of cigarettes worth 1100 at the Southern Railway freight house. Biden detail notes a key arresting moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
T. E. Garrett
Ernie Miller
Dave Fox
Louie Schiappa
T. M. Queadrick
Knoxville
Fred Martin
C. P. Young
Edward Young
Tifton
Miller
Fox
Schiappa
Southern Railway
Garrett
Winder
Tennessee
Augusta teen dies from sandlot football injuries
Walter Ogletree, 17, of Augusta, died Monday from injuries suffered in a sandlot football game played a week earlier.
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Walter Ogletree
Augusta
Roosevelt Holds Line Over Private Financing Clash
Washington observers report a public split and a quiet showdown between the Roosevelt administration and New Deal allies over private housing finance. Ickes pushes government loans up to 80 percent while Morgenthau probes treasury irregularities. Across Capitol Hill, loyalty to the President remains strong amid rumors of friction with labor and internal critics.
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Minorett Taorg
Ounuaing
Ickes Favois
American Federation of Labor
Wm. Green
White House
San Francisco
A. I of L
Warm Springs Citizens Missing Roosevelt Visit Returns Dec 5
Citizens of Warm Springs and patients at the Foundation report Roosevelt is missing. He returned to Washington Wednesday with a large entourage. A German business delegation seeks nitrate for 500000 to 700000 bales of American cotton at $65 per bale.
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Georgia Newspaper Alliance
Warm Springs
Foundation
Roosevelt
Washington
Ed Rivers
House of Representatives
Arapaha Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Lakeland
Ferdne Fields
Alabama
Savannah
Talmadge
Phillip Berolzheimer
Little St. Simons’ Island
Eagle Pencil Co
J. P. Etheridge
Houston County
Edward H. Graves
Harry Graves
Clarkesville
Tri-County Advertiser
Robert Graves
Toccoa
Oglethorpe University
Small Georgia farmer protests cotton allotment burdens
Letter from B J Pike of Marion County Georgia dated December 1 1994 urges fair cotton production, arguing all farmers should plant and sell equal plow or mule based quotas, criticizing government reductions and penalties on small farmers, and calling for relief from the burden of plow-up and debt. The plea appeals to Secretary Wallace Washington in D C.
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Mauk
Wallace Washington
D. C
Marion County
Mississippi Valley
B. J. Pike
In Memory of Hollis Albritton Memorial Poem
The obituary notes Hollis born Oct 19 1931 died Nov 17 1984 at age four years one month. It mourns his short life and recalls his smile, his family includes a father mother four brothers and three sisters. Mrs. Louise Ivey writes as his sister with a graveyard image of his quiet rest.
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Hollis
Earth
Jesus
Coli
Louise Ivey
Direct talks open trans Pacific line United States Japan
Direct telephone communication between the United States and Japan began Friday with Secretary of State Hull and Foreign Minister Hirota exchanging friendly greetings.
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United States
Japan
Hull
Hirota
ENGLISHVILLE WEEKLY GUESTS AND VISITS
Nan Shealy was the guest of friends and relatives at Oglethorpe this week. J T Smith spent Friday with W T English and family. T B Lashley and family from Andersonville visited T G Lashley and family on Sunday. C M Key visited Charlie Kitchens and family. C A Head and family, A J Head and family, J C Smith and family, and R A McLendon and family visited S B Duke and family on Sunday. Russell English and Mrs English visited W T English on Sunday.
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Nan Shealy
Oglethorpe
J. T. Smith
W. T. English
T. B. Lashley
Andersonville
T. G. Lashley
C. M. Key
Charlie Kitchens
C. A. Head
A. J. Head
J. C
Community Notes From Nearby Towns
Sunday visits populated the week as Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Key hosted relatives while Mr Jessie Peek and family moved back to Aldersonville. Several guests gathered with the English and McLendon families, and hospital stays included W. T. English’s two operations with a favorable recovery. Thanksgiving visitors included Mrs. Carter of Garden Valley and Mrs. Sam Carter, and Miss Marjorie Justice stayed with Miss Myrtle Dillard in Tazewell.
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C. M. Key
T. W. Key
Jessie Peek
Aldersonville
Nan Shealy
P. Coogle
Oglethorpe
Marjorie Justice
Myrtle Dillard
Tazewell
W. T. English
Americus Hospital
J. C. Smith
R. A. McLendon
Wash Baker
Alberta Murray
Bettie Kleckley
Atlanta
Charlie
W. L. English
Annie Gammage
Americus
Lydis English
C P. Smith
Paul Carter
Sam Carter
Garden Valley
H. Justice
K. M. Wall
Tazewel
Tax books close December 20 in Taylor county
The tax books of Taylor county will close on December 20 and those who have not already paid their taxes are urged to do so before that date to avoid extra charges. G. A. Roberts, T. C.
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Internal Revenue Department
Treasury
Morgenthau
Taylor County
G. A. Roberts
T. C
Bandit 18 Killed in Douglas Groceries Hold Up
A failed holdup at Ed Knights filling station and grocery near Douglas Ga left a bandit aged 18 dead and another 18 arrested. Sheriff Relihan traced the body to Moultrie and identified the killer by a card reading W J Gordon care of C H Gordon Moultrie Ga. Hudson confessed he owned and operated the car used in the attempt.
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Douglas
W. J. Gordon
Moulrie
H. L Hudson
Ed Knight
R. C. Relihan
Hudson
C. H. Gordon
Moultrie
Gordon
Columbus Plans President's Ball for Roosevelt Birthday
Columbus Georgia moves to stage a ball in late January to commemorate President Roosevelt. Proceeds will go to the national committee fighting infantile paralysis. James W. Woodruff, who chaired last year’s event, will again direct the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Roosevelt
National Committee
James W. Woodruff
Simple at-home herb remedy for multiple ailments
An ex-miner Indian Scout claims a homemade herbal recipe using nature’s medicines can aid stomach, liver, kidney, digestion, and bilious issues. The notice promises dramatic results for many, offers no obligation, and asks readers to mail name and address with a 3 cent stamp for the recipe.
Leaves as medicine cited in Floyd Knobs Bible passage
A Floyd Knobs Indiana item mentions a Bible verse about healing and nature. The readable fragment references trees, plants, and fields as medicine quoted from scripture. This brief note notes religious context without additional details.
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Iluminating Engineering Society
Georgia Power Co
ED S. Dunham
Leubunarn
Moan
Allah
Doan
Reneral
DY Poe
Moffet
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Garner
Rep
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Lone Star State
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Louis Douglas
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Englishville
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