Inauguration Of Governor Talmadge Set For Jan 14
Atlanta January 4 news reports the inauguration of Eugene Talmadge for his third term as Georgia governor will be held in the state house of representatives around noon on Tuesday January 14. The oath will be administered by Chief Justice Charles Reid in a joint session of the General Assembly. Ex governors and state officials will attend. Hawkins named adjutant general.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
State House of Representatives
Lindley Camp
General Assembly
Talmadge
Govmor
Joseph E. Brown
Albany
Chas Reid
State Supreme Court
Chas. D. Redmine
Fayetteville
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
State House
Hugh Dorsey
John Slaton
Clifford Walker
Thomas Hardwick
U. S
R. B. Russell
Rivers
Talmade
Secretary of State
Justice Reid
Freights collide kills engineer near Camack Junction
Engineer W. D. Partee of Social Circle Georgia was killed when two Georgia railroad freight trains collided near Camack Junction turning over an engine and derailing ten box cars. The Partee train crashed into the rear of a freight stopped on the Atlanta to Augusta main line.
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Camack Junction
W. D. Partee
Social Circle Ga
Georgia Railroad
Partee
Atlanta
Augusta
Coates Improves. No Foot Operation Likely
Atlanta report says Charles C. Coates the indicted slayer of Georgia highway patrolman Corporal W F Black is rapidly improving and likely will not require surgery on his frozen feet Public Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan stated Coates will be tried January 17 in Ringgold for the Dec 20 murder after a car stop turned fatal.
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Atlanta
Charles C. Coates
Georgia
Public
Lon Sullivan
Coates
Ringgold
W. F. Black
Pipe Line President Blames Georgia Railroads for Blocking Progress
Atlanta leader G. Rayburn Clay of the Southeastern Pipe Line Company accuses Georgia railroads of opposing a gasoline pipeline from Florida to the Tennessee line to protect railroad business. He argues competition spurs progress and cites railroads’ reluctance to embrace new transport methods.
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Atlanta
Rayburn G. Clay
Southeastern Pipe Line Company
Railroads of
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee Line
Pipe Line
General Assembly
Roosevelt Defense Message Urges Rapid Arms Buildup
President Roosevelt warns Congress that American security is severely threatened and calls for a swift, driving increase in armament production. He says no peace or prosperity is possible without readiness and stresses sacrifices and speed over social concerns in defense efforts.
Savannah Man Convicted of Slaying Wife Granted Pardon
Walter M. Bragg, convicted in 1931 for the murder of his estranged wife in Chatham county, receives a governor’s pardon. Also pardoned are James Anderson for burglary in 1936 and Richmond Johnson for murder in 1992. The Bragg case, viewed as brutal, followed him targeting his wife after MecCrory’s employment. The pardon followed citizen support from Soperton and Chatham county.
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Savannah
Walter M. Bragg
EB D Rivers
Chatham County
James Anderson
Richmond Johnson
Bragg
Pinkussohn
149 School Buses Deemed Unsafe
Georgia reports 149 buses definitely unsafe 1067 needing repair and 944 in safe condition. Commissioner Lon Sullivan calls for standard regulations as patrols note poor brakes missing emergency doors and defective steering gear endangering students. Buses carry 182,297 students daily over 93,066 miles, with 132,297 children riding though seating capacity is 106,701.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Highway Patrol
Lon Sullivan
Pace Proposes Six Measures in House Action
Washington reports Rep. Pace of Georgia introduced six bills and resolutions. They seek denying U S immigration and deportation of aliens after 1941, allocating 55 million for cotton ginning certificates, federal loans to tenant farmers for homes under Bankhead Jones, 2.5 million for a new 800 bed VA hospital in Southwest Georgia, a Fitzgerald federal court division serving several Georgia counties, and a 50 thousand dollar lab to study peanuts and plant disease with 10 thousand yearly maintenance starting mid 1942.
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Pace
Georgia
U. S
U. S. Veterans‘ Administration
Fitzgerald
Federal
Atkinson
Ben Hill Coffee
Dodge
Irwin
Pulaski Turner
Wilcox
New Schley County Officers Take Jobs
Ellaville January 4 four new and ten old office holders have assumed administration. W L Lumpkin succeeds BE Rigsby as sheriff B C Cheeks as treasurer Oscar Usry as county commissioner and J C Chapman as tax receiver. Those who began new terms were C D Carter clerk of the court LL Duncan county school superintendent T S Rainey ordinary S M Ethridge J E Stewart and L R Justice county commissioners I R Wall tax collector A H Rigsby coroner and C H Bliss surveyor.
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Ellaville
W. L. Lumpkin
BE. C. Rigsby
B. C. Cheeks
Oscar Usry
J. C. Chapman
C. D. Carter
LL. Duncan
T. S. Rainey
S. M. Ethridge
J. E. Stewart
L. R. Justice
Tennille Church Destroyed by Morning Fire
Fire destroyed the Tennille Methodist church and parsonage in Tennille Georgia as the congregation gathered for service. Officials estimate losses of 11000 for the church and 3000 for the parsonage, blaming a defective flue. Insurance partially covers the damage. The frame church, built 50 years ago, stood near Rev. W. R. Smith’s parish.
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Tennille
Tennille Methodist
W. R. Smith
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Hawkins
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America
Georgia Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
U. S. Defense
Congress
MecCrory‘s
Sopeston
Rep
Bill Bazemore Butler
Schley County
Kernaghan Inc. Reliable Goods Only
Kernaghan-Goodman, Inc
Cherry Street
Macon
Great Britain
Port St. Joe
Fort Benning
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort McPherson
Bibb
Clayton
DeKalb
Dougherty
Fulton
Sumter
Southeast
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