Double Tragedy at Quitman Stirs All State
Lee W. Branch 66 and his wife were shot dead in Quitman Georgia. Livingston Snow 54, brother in law, was captured and judged insane. Russell Snow the sole eye witness recounted the morning attack and struggle over a pistol. Reports say authorities planned to commit Livingston Snow to an institution.
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Quitman
Lee W. Branch
State Boat of Education
Branch
Livingston Snow
Russell Snow
Sawyer
Colin E
Clanton
Snow
Mil- Redgeville
Livingston
Branch House
Mrs. Branch
Mr. Branch
Livnngston
Jim
Thim
Dr. Moye
Grady Marable
Brooks County
Dri Moye
Brainch’s
J. R. McMichael
G. R. Lilly
Colin
Turmer Brice
Doemites
Glanton
Russell
Georgia
Macon
J.O Branch
Emory Colllege
Oxford
Georgia Bar
Quitman Rotary Club
Georgia Bar Association
A, C, L. Railroad
Washington
New State Board of Education
D. Rivera
Wranch
J. N. Snow
South Carolina
Madison
Georgia General Assembly
Ali Albany
Rivers
M. D. Collins
Funeral for Quitman couple Lee Branch
Funeral services were held in Quitman for Mr and Mrs Lee Branch two respected residents shot to death in their home Friday. Georgia leaders from legal educational and business circles attended the rites with Governor I D Rivers as honorary escort and officials from the Georgia Bar Association and education groups present.
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Quitman
Lee Branch
M. M. Marshall
Sandersville
H. Hy. Heisler
First Methodist Church
Atlanta Bank Clearings Fall to 64 Million for Week
Atlanta, December 20. Bank clearings in Atlanta last week totaled 64.3 million dollars, the Atlanta Clearing House Association reported. This was 5.9 million less than the same week last year when clearings reached 70.2 million.
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Atlanta
Atlantta
Attlanta Clearing House Association
Road machine recovered after escape from county chain gang
Columbus Ga Dec 18 Warden John S Jenkins of Muscogee county chain gang announced that the road machine used by Brice Gassaway in his escape on Saturday had been recovered Gassaway had not been captured He had been sent from DeKalb county for burglary and assault with intent to murder He had been a trusty operator of a tractor The machine was found abandoned about three miles this side of Palbotton and could travel only about 16 miles per hour
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Columbus
John S. Jenkins
Muscogee County
Brice Gassaway
Gassaway
Gassaway Ws
DeKalb County
Bein
Gagsaway
Palbotton
Knowing Your Timber Georgia Pioneer Herty Lifted Timber Value
Seventy years ago on December 4 1867 a baby boy born in Milledgeville grew to become Charles Holmes Herty a pivotal figure in Georgia timber. His work in Savannah laboratories spurred ownership to value timber as a long term wealth source and replanting to secure forest income for the South.
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Milledgeville
Georgia
Charles Holmes Henty
Charles Holmes Herty
Timmber
Charles Henry
Hig Little
Savanah
Henor Charles Herty
South
Dr. Herty
Two Benning Aviators Die In Plane Crash
Columbus Ga December 20 two second lieutenants assigned to active Air Corps duty at Fort Benning died in a practice flight crash near Fort Mitchell Alabama. Lieut James E Darby of Chicago and Lieut Sterling S Tatum of Sulliva Alabama were killed. Darby perished when his parachute failed to open and Tatum died seconds later in the wreckage.
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Columbus
Air Corps
Ft. Benning
Ft. Mitchell
Alla
Jas. E. Darby
Chicago
Sterling S. Tatum
Siluria Ala
Lieut. Tatum
Senate Farm Bill Passes Friday Night
The Senate approved the administration's ever normal granary farm bill by 9 to 29 after four weeks of wrangling. It now moves to a conference committee with a House version to reconcile differences before the special session ends. The vote also funded four regional agricultural labs with 2 million dollars initial funding and 1 million yearly.
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Washington
Senate
House
Acade
Wallace
McAdoo
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
Harlier
Sen
Bilbo
D-Miss
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Secretary of Agriculture
Several People Hurt In Wreck Near Macon Georgia
A southbound Greyhound bus with 26 passengers overturned down an embankment at Seven Bridges near Macon on Friday night injuring several, one seriously. Passengers included Agnes Scott College students Frances Norman and others from Gainesville and Alabama.
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Macon
Greyhound
Frances Norman
Gainesville
Counterfeit $20 Bills Reportedly Circulating in Southeast
Treas ury advices warn that counterfeit twenty dollar Federal Reserve notes from the New York bank are in circulation in Georgia Florida and Alabama. The notes display a removable figure 2 near Jackson and a check letter R with face plate 9 back plate 27.
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Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Treasury Department
Jackson
White House
Miss Shaw Named Director of Health Education
Atlanta reports Dr T F Alber combie names Miss Fannie Shaw to head the health education division of the State Public Health Department. She will begin Jan 1 and has a background in health education, teaching in Georgia schools, and leading a Florida demonstration project.
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Atlanta
T. F. Albercombie
State Department of Public Health
Fannie Shaw
Miss Shaw
Americas Physical Education Association
South Georgia
Florida
Georgia
Daught
Mas. Albert Shaw
Dogs Lose Inheritance for Middle Georgia Dog Hospital
In Macon on December 18 Judge Malcolm Jones ruled a $50,000 bequest for a dog hospital invalid from the will of George Slappey. Slappey, killed near Fort Valley in 1934, left funds to create a dog hospital named Snowball. J R L Smith, administrator of Slappey’s estate, filed the petition challenging the provision as part of probate.
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George Slappey
Malcolm Jones
Bible Superior Court
J. R. L Smith
Slappey
Ft. Vallley
Snowball
Legislature 10 Stay In Session For Long Time
Atlanta reporters note the state house passed a bill to lower taxes on intangible property by a 146 to 26 vote and sent it to the senate for first reading. The senate hoped for quick passage but house-imposed substitute language and a pending prison reform bill created delays. Governor Rivers attended a funeral in Quitman and awaits possible candidacy rumors for U S Senate, while fiscal officials monitor receipts to ensure December teacher salaries can be paid in full.
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Atlanta
State House of Representatives
Senate
John Spivey
House
Hodges
Liberty
Rivers
Quitman
Lee Farrell
Atlanta Constitution
U. S
Walter George
M.D. Collins
Five Prisoners Escape From New Reidsville Jail
Five long term convicts escaped from Tattnall prison at Reidsville after overpowering a guard with a blow from behind. They fled in a prison truck, abandoned it near Baxley, and hijacked a farmer’s light pickup north toward Florida. Authorities, including Assistant Warden Mark Sims, spread road checks across South Georgia and alerted Jacksonville. The escapees were identified as J. P. Barnes, Robert Croker, Phil Morgan, S. E. Dutin, and Ben Pratt.
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Reidsville
Tattnall
Briday
South Georgia
Merida
Florida
Jacksville
Mark Sims
Baxley
Sims
C. A. Johns
State Prison Commission
J. P. Barnes
Robert Croker
Phil Morgan
S. E. . Dutin
Ben Pratt
Edison Lost Much Money Claims Battle Over Patents
Thomas A. Edison, holder of more than 1,200 patents, lost more money fighting for his claims than he realized from his inventions. He earned wealth mainly by manufacturing and selling products, not by invention alone.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
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