Five Hurt As Cars Crash at Columbus Street Intersection
A collision at the Brown avenue Buena Vista road junction injured five people including 12 Miss Rachael Columbus and teacher Miss Susan Colquitt. Downer of Buena Vista faces reckless driving charges after the Plymouth sedan was struck by a Chevrolet sedan.
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Columbus Street
Rachael Columbus
J Marshall
Columbus
Brown Avenue
Buena Vista Road
F. D. Downer
Buena Vista
Marshall
G. W. Downer
Myra Wigisins
Susan Colquitt
Downer
Henry F Comer Dies in Americus at 86
Henry F Comer superintendent of Georgia Southwestern College campus and farm died unexpectedly at his Americus home on Saturday. He served on the Central Baptist church board of deacons and celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with wife Mrs Comer on Dec 16. Born January 18 1868 in Dodson NC he moved to Americus in 1912 and was survived by five sons R H Comer R T Comer Sam Comer W G Comer C J Comer two daughters Mrs Duncan Sinclair and Mrs C G J Daniel.
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Americus
Henry F. Comer
Georgia Southwestern College
Central Baptist Church
Comer
Newspaperman Dies at Wheel in Florida Collision
Bradenton journalist I. F. Cates, 47, died of a heart attack last night while driving near Ruskin Florida after his car rounded a curve and collided with another vehicle. Witnesses said he was unconscious for 20 minutes and did not regain consciousness.
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Tampa
Fla
I. F. Cates
Bradenton
Ruskin
Cates
Train hits truck killing three men at Atlanta crossing
A Central of Georgia passenger train collided with a scrap iron truck at a Macon highway crossing in Fulton County. Three men died Edward Effel 50 C E Poss Jr 18 and Henry Smith 45 all residents of Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Central of Georgia
Macon
Fulton County
Fred Bradford
Edward Effel
C E. Poss Jr
Henry Smith
Early County Gets New Jail
Blakely Ga Jan 12 Early county to build a new jail with bids opening Feb 6 for construction. Estimated cost 25000 dollars for a one story building about 61 by 71 feet. County to cover 55 percent of cost with WPA funds funding remaining balance.
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Blakely
Early County
Paroled Rapist Wade Johnson Granted Release
Wade Johnson 38, who served 17 years of a life sentence for rape, was granted parole by the state prison and parole board. Convicted at 21 in Jones County, he received a death sentence later commuted to life. He is slated for release from Lowndes County Prison January 17.
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Atlanta
Wade Johnson
State Prison and Parole Board
Johnson
Jones County
Lowndes County
Quadruplets Born to Alabama Pair in Rural Home
Dr H J Sankey reports four healthy infants born to Mrs Clyde Short in a coal miner’s rural home in Nauvoo Ala The three girls Faith Hope and Charity weighed just over three pounds each with the boy weighing similar The births occurred within about 90 minutes with the girls born first at 15 minute intervals and the boy 30 minutes later
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Nauvoo
Ala
H. J. Sankey
Clyde Short
Sankey
Faith Hope
Charity
Negro Man Killed Resisting Arrest in Jones County
Gray January 12. Sheriff J. P. Hawkins reports the killing of a man named Tom Drewery about 45 who fired a shotgun at the sheriff at close range when officers attempted to arrest him on a warrant charging illegal pointing of a pistol. The sheriff fired once. Drewery fell dead. Paris January 14. Seven American fliers including Vincent Schmidt lead a group leaving for Brussels to join Finland forces with a draft of potential Lafayette Escadrille pilots.
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Brusels
Finland
LaFayette
Escandrille
Vincent Schmidt
New York City
Charles Stedin
Marcus Clark
Charles Folts
Chicago
Freddy Harrison
New York
Emile Troussaint
Henry Schell
Former Louisiana oil czar arrives at Atlanta prison
Wm G Rankin Sr former Louisiana oil conservation commissioner arrived by train from New Orleans to begin a year and a day sentence at the Atlanta penitentiary for mail fraud in the yacht gift to former Gov Leche. Rankin is the second figure jailed in the current investigations after Dr J M Smith former LSU president.
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Atlanta
Wm. G. Rankin
Louisiana Oil Conservation
New Orleans
R. W. Leche
Rankin
J. M. Smith
Louisiana State University
State Penitentiary
Margaret Mitchell Undergoes Operation
Atlanta reports author Margaret Mitchell underwent abdominal adhesions surgery she postponed to attend the world premiere of Gone With the Wind on December fifteenth. Her husband John Marsh said she wished to see the film and did not want Atlanta to think she ignored the city's celebration of her work.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Scarlett
Rhett
John Marsh
Important Upson County land case argued at Columbus
Petition by Mrs. Nettie Daniel of Upson county to set aside and cancel a deed to lands in Upson claimed by her was argued before Judge C F Mclaughlin in Columbus. Payne of Taylor county and Sheriff Meeks of Upson are named. The case involves a land sale under a fife while Taylor superior court litigation was pending. Estimated amount around $150.
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Columbus
Nettie Daniel
Upson County
W. A. Payne
Taylor County
Meeks
Upson
C.F. McLaughlin
Justice of the Peace Court
Mr. Payne
Taylor Superior Court
Warden and guard dismissed at Tattnall Prison
Atlanta reports the board of penal corrections dismissed Warden Mark Sims and Guard C P Carter at Tattnall state prison near Reidsville for economy reasons. George Fisher named acting warden pending board meeting. Sims confirmed his dismissal and had served as warden about a year after two and a half years at the prison.
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Atlanta
Mark Sims
C. P. Carter
Tattnall State Prison
Reidsville
Board of Penal Corrections
Penal Board
Carter
George Fisher
Industries
Residsville
Sims
Fuller candidate for governorship
Atlanta January Fuller E. S. Fuller Savannah attorney announced he would be a candidate for governor of Georgia in the 1940 general election. He said in a letter to Secretary of State Jno. B. Wilson that he would run as an independent. Fuller previously ran in 1938. Rivers won reelection.
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Atlanta
E. S. Fuller
Savannah
Georgia
Jno
Adel Hotel Named for Gen Phil Cook
Adel reports a new Hotel Phil Cook to open around March 1 with E W Jerow, operator of Jerow hotels in the Carolinas, leasing and managing the Adel property named for Gen Phil Cook former Georgia Secretary of State.
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Adel Hotel
Gen
Phil Cook
Adel
Georgia
E. W. Jerow
Jerow Hotels
South
North Carolina
Two Tornadoes Strike Alabama Last Sunday
Montgomery Alabama January 14 Tornadoes struck two distant Alabama areas Sunday killing at least six people and injuring many others. In Mt Meigs near Montgomery three unidentified negroes died and nine or more were injured. In Monroe county Beatrice and Riley's Crossing several deaths and extensive home destruction were reported. Severe damage and uprooted trees marked the storm path with numerous houses demolished and a white woman among the injured.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mt. Meigs
Beatrice and Riley's
Monroe County
Pensacola
Houston
H. M. Brook
Beatrice High School
Red Cross
G. E. Dozier
Dan Tolliver
Cora
Andrew Hendricks
Woman Begins 27th Year as Editor at Dawson County Advertiser
Dawsonville Georgia January 15 Mrs B H Howard marks her 27th year as editor and publisher of the Dawson County Advertiser. She handles printing reporting and advertising in her own shop and also assists her husband the county’s only doctor after completing newspaper duties and housework.
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Dawsonville
B H. Howard
Dawson County
Roosevelt Signs First New Bill Protecting Witnesses
President Roosevelts first bill of the new Congress session imposes up to a $1000 fine and one year in prison for anyone who corruptly threatens or coerces witnesses before congressional investigations or executive agency proceedings. A similar penalty applies to those who seek to impede the lawful administration of these proceedings.
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Washington
Roosevel
Congress
Congressional
Hoover Intercepts Christian Front Plot In New York
J. Edgar Hoover announced that 18 members of the Christian Front were arrested by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government. He alleged a secret organization trained men for revolution and hid a small arsenal in New York City, while those detained allegedly operated as a covert sports club.
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New York
J. E. Hoover
Christian Front
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York City
Hoover
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