Week in Georgia recalls losses and local incidents
Salary raises for four Americas officials noted amid regional tragedies. Milledgeville retiree W. E. Baugh dies after long illness. a boiler explosion at a Franklin area saw mill injures four. Georgia towns campaign for sheriff in January, while traffic deaths drop in Atlanta. Columbus appoints Edward Murrah mayor. Cordele and Waycross cases surface including robberies and a prizefighter’s death. Multiple disappearances, crop estimates rise, and local figures advance in civic roles.
Bulloch Herald to Publish Semi Weekly
Statesboro editor announces the Tulloch Herald will move from weekly to semi weekly publication on Tuesdays and Fridays early next year as the paper relocates to new quarters.
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Bulloch
Statesboro
Leadel Coleman
Tulloch Herald
Georgia gasoline taxes reach peak in 1939
Atlanta reports Georgia gasoline tax collections for 1939 rose to a record 21,291,000 dollars, up from 19,859,901 in 1938. State Revenue Commissioner T Grady Head credits stronger enforcement and higher consumption for the surge in revenue.
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Atlanta
Georgia
T. Grady Head
Head
Dr Julian Harrell Dies Unexpectedly at 57
Thomaston Georgia December 28 Dr Julian Harrell 57 eye ear nose and throat specialist of Brunswick died at the residence of Mr and Mrs R Hightower in Thomaston from a heart attack following a weekend accident. He was en route from Brunswick to Thomaston when the crash occurred Saturday December 24 and he suffered shock but the collision was not thought serious.
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Thomaston
Julian Harrell
Brunswick
R. &. Hightower
Harrell
Dublin Attorney Seeks Ban on Gone with the Wind
G H Williams a Dublin attorney and former Republican legislator told reporters he would destroy every copy and film version of Margaret Mitchells Gone with the Wind. He argued the book rekindles hatred between the North and the South since the Civil War.
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Dublin
G. H. Williams
Margaret Mitchell
Hotarians
Dustin
Williams
South
Georgia distributes 269 150 to needful December aid
The State Department of Public Welfare reports December disbursements of 269 150 to Georgia's elderly, dependent children and needy. Director Braswell Deen announced the total in Atlanta, noting a slight rise from November and an average payment of 72 cents to each recipient among 396 762 beneficiaries.
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Georgia
State Department of Public Welfare
Braswell Deen
Atlanta
Daea
Family reunites via coast-to-coast telephone hookup
LaGrange Georgia January 1 a Christmas gift to Mrs W H Breed connected eight Brewer siblings across the nation. The donor F G Brewer of Birmingham started the call with Birmingham residents Q N Barfield and B B Littlejohn then spread to LaGrange Raleigh St Louis Miami Ashland and Miami.
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LaGrange
W H. Breed
F. G. Brewer
Birmingham
Ala
Q. N. Barfield
B. B. Littlejohn
M. A. Brewer
St. Louis
W. H. Brewer
Miami, Ariz
Katie Brewer Scroggins
Ashland, Ore
Crash at Crossing Claims Lamar County Man
Aubrey Eugene Willis, 34, of Lamar county, was killed and his wife and two sons Cal vin and Jack seriously injured when their car was struck by a southbound Central of Georgia passenger train in Barnesville. Mrs Willis and the two boys were taken to Griffin hospital. Willis died in a Barnesville physician's office shortly after the crash. He was a former employee of Smith's Inc. in Barnesville.
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Barnesville
Aubrey Eugene Willis
Lamar County
Central of Georgia
Willis
Calvin
Jack
Griffin
Smith's Inc
Seven Thousand Fail to Ask for Tax Refunds in Georgia
Atlanta December 28 there is money for the asking in the office of Internal Revenue Collector Marion Allen for about seven thousand Georgians who are due refunds on the invalidated processing and floor stock taxes. To receive the money, file a claim before midnight Saturday. Allen notes that despite many corporations filing, the government still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to merchants and jobbers who have not used the 1936 Supreme Court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Internal Revenue
Marion Allen
Allen
Supreme Court
Small plane demolished at Valdosta during air meet approach
A Valdosta Georgia event left a small airplane destroyed when a wing struck a tree near the airport as guiding pilots attached flashlights to the wing. Two others escaped serious injury though their arrival was delayed and it was unclear if they landed.
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Valdosta
Miami
E. H. Shirley
Bob Tyre
Counterfeit Twenty Dollar Bills Reported in Southeast
Atlanta December 30 A warning that counterfeit twenty dollar notes bearing President Jackson the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland imprint are circulating in the southeast was issued by G H Brednax acting supervising agent of the district secret service office in Atlanta. The bills were reported in Dothan Alabama Shellman Georgia and Chattanooga Tennessee and carry check letter K and plate number 53 though both numerals may be erased.
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Atlanta
South East
G. H. Brednax
District Secret Service
Brednax
Jackson
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland
Dothan
Ala
Shellman Ga
Chattanooga
2000 in Crowd of Auto Tag Buyers in Atlanta
About 2000 Atlantans packed the State Capitol basement on New Year’s Day to buy 1940 low-number auto tags. Tag A-1 went to Jnn E Eadie of Jackson Georgia after he mailed his bid weeks earlier, with sale hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. despite other departments being closed for the holiday.
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Atlanta
Susan Myrick Ball Set for Night Before Show
In Macon on January 1 1939 the night before Gone With the Wind debuts at the Grand theatre Miss Susan Myrick will be honored at a Macon auditorium hall Johnny Hamp and his orchestra from the Ansley hotel Atlanta will travel to Macon to perform for Miss Myrick and the local committee Carling Dinkler and W G Hastings are backing the event as a compliment to her work as adviser on scenes and customs Plans for the ball remain incomplete
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Macon
Grand Theatre
Susan Myrick
Macon Auditorium
Johnny Hamp
Ansley
Atlanta
Carling Dinkler
Dinkler Hotels
W. G. Hastings
Miss Myrick
Dinkler
GWTW
Man offers eye sale to pay jail release in Georgia
Norris Foskey of Soperton jail asks 500 dollars for one healthy blue eye to escape trouble. Sheriff Barwick rejects his plan saying no prisoner can sell an eye while in custody. Foskey has been held about three weeks for a mortgaged property case.
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Macon
Norris Foskey
Soperton
Foskey
Macon Telegraph
George Barwick
Treutlen
Telegraph
Forkey
Violent Deaths Rise Across Nation During New Year Weekend
Reports from 34 states and the District of Columbia show at least 114 deaths during the New Year holiday period with traffic as the leading cause. S uicides and homicides also contributed, while fires caused four fatalities and severe cold did not directly cause any deaths.
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District of Columbia
Maker of Syrup Realizes Profit From Cane Juice
Americas, Jan. 1 Douglas Freeman reversed the usual value chain by selling chilled cane juice instead of syrup. The juice sold for 40¢ a gallon while syrup goes for 50¢, earning him about $3.20 for the same juice yield. He plans six acres of cane this year.
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Americas
Douglas Freeman
Americus
Freeman
Collins Thanks Rivers for School Funds
State Superintendent M D Collins, at his Fairburn home, praised Gov Rivers for providing funds to keep Georgia public schools open with paid teachers. He noted the support benefits about 900000 students, 22000 teachers, bus drivers, trustees and parents and urged county boards to meet with enthusiasm this week. Georgia has not let its children and teachers down.
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Fairburn
M. D. Collins
Gov. Rivers
Georgia
Cotton quota referendum explained by county agent
County Agent W F Bembry outlined a three way plan to improve the 1940 cotton situation and announced a referendum set for December 9 on continuing marketing quotas. He noted exports rose 41 percent by October and said efforts include expanding markets, boosting home use, and aligning production with demand through quotas and AAA programs.
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W. F Bembry
Demad
AAA
New Orleans
Bembry
Georgia conservation drive unites extension workers
County agents and agricultural extension staff join forces in a concerted effort to conserve Georgia's wild loblolly pines and protect local ecosystems.
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Conservation of
Georgia's Grants Increase in 1939
Atlanta reports federal funding to Georgia for the 1989 fiscal year totaled 162.95 million dollars, up from 103.63 million in the prior year. Loans reached 44.72 million, with 106.39 million classified as grants and expenditures. The AAA directed the largest share of direct spending, and the FHA insured 12.85 million dollars in home improvements and construction.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Francis Shurling
AAA
FHA
Fechner Chief of CCC Dies at 63 in Washington
Robert Fechner, 63, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps since its founding, died Sunday. Born March 22, 1876, in Chattanooga Tennessee, he left school young to work on trains and in Georgia shipyards, later joining the machinists union and rising to general vice president of the International Association of Machinists.
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Washington
Robert Feechner
CCC
Mr. Fechner
Chattanooa
Tenn
Charles
W. R. Fechner
Macon
Wiffin
Georgia Institute of Technology
Augusta
Local notices and obituaries move through Butler area
The column lists deaths and health news including Mrs. Susan Adams in Savannah, Dr. Geo Mizell of Atlanta, and Mr. James Monroe White near Rupert. It also notes community events and honors such as Frank Riley becoming school patrol captain, Alva Bazemere as business manager of The Southwestener, and boxing wins by Julian Gill. Police and accident items include Lorenza Doyel gon’s eye wound and J. W. Edwards narrowly escaping injury after a highway crash.
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Jack Brooks
Reynolds
George State
G. N. Rainey
Columbus Distrive
Lutter Methodist Church
Savannah
Geo. C. Mizell
Atlanta
Gordon Mizell
Butler
Frank Riley
H. H. Riley
Butler High School
Alva Bazemere
Bertha Bazemere
Southwestener
Georgia Southwestern College
Americus
Julian Gill
Ellaville
Kenneth Windham
Albany
Taylor County
Judson Smith
Parvin Smith
Carroll Tinsley
Tinsley
Homerville High School
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Amsterdam
James Monroe White
Rupert
J. W. Edwards
Riley Bazemore
Vanlandincham
Taylor County News Chronicle Unfolds Local Events Across Past Weeks
March 2 1980 fire damages Rupert Junior High bus after trash basket blaze. Sunday school conference planned at Butler Methodist Church by March 14 with T E Tante inviting P y Griffin Day School superintendent. Prof Chas R Brown joins 15 colleagues and 500 students at West Fulton High. J Helms reports white convict Lewis surrenders to serve remaining sentence. March 9 1939 Bezzie Hill shot dead. Robert McCullum sought. R B Max Co opens new store drawing crowds. eight girls assist. March 16 1989 Nannie R Jarrell dies. 34 Taylor County women to attend Baby Chick and Shaw in Columbus. June 4 1989 commencement speakers announced Hugh and Rev Ed Caldwell. Thirteen Butler High students enter Georgia Federation music events. March 28 1989 Taylor County teachers at Georgia Education Association convention. Local clubs host health talk by Dr Guy Lunsford. Music students excel at Federation of Music Clubs event. March 30 1989 Taylor County schools operate fully. poultry show honors. Ray Bruce captured. J B Adams dies near Butler. James R Peed and family noted.
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Rupert
County
Butler Methodist Church
T. E. Tante
Butler Met
P. Y, Ther
Griffin
Chas. R. Brown
Butler High
Fulton County
West Fulton High School
Taylor County
J. Helms
Lewis
Public Works
Bezzie Hill
Simigro
Robert McCullum
Sheri M. Bone
R. B. Max Co
Casto
Nannie R. Jarrell
M. H. Jarrell
Butler
Shaw
Columbus
W. P. Folds
Fee
Butler High School
Hon
Hugh
Atlanta
Ed A. Caldwell Monroe
Nual
of Georgia Federation of Music Ch
J. W. Edwards
Ta County
Georgia Education Association
Woman's Provement Club of
Reynolds
Guy C. Lunsford
Columbu
Ray Bruce
Ellaville
J. B. Adams
James R. Peed
Maconty
Lou M
Montezuma
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Ed Rivers
Ben S. Purse
Rosevelt
Dooly County
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Pine Worst
Edward Murrah
Board of Commissioners of
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Cordele
Wayne Winchell
Detroit
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Fred Duncan
Harry Malone
Waycross
Zig Way Zabarino
Brunswick Highway
Columunt
Amelia Earhart
Flyer
South Pacific
Rosalie Troncalli
Richard W. Smith
Georgia Division of Mines, Mining and Geology
United States Bureau of Mines
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Mr. Smith
Belmont Dennis
Covington
Emory Hospital
Dennis
Clyde Bridges
Twiggs County
Sam Kitchens
Forest Wemberly
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H. L. Sandingham
Howard
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