Two Men Held On Arson Suspects After Weekend Fires
Atlanta police held two white men, E. C. Roberts and R. N. Hinton, on arson suspicion after firefighters battled at least twenty one blazes the weekend. Investigators noted a distinct kerosene odor at 274 Rawson Street after extinguishing the third blaze at 5:20 a.m. Monday. Earlier alarms Sunday night and Monday morning caused limited damage. two hose lines were needed for the third fire.
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Atlanta
Arison
E. C. Roberts
R. N. Hinton
Rawson Street
Teachers to Get Salaries in Full Declared by Collins
Atlanta Jan 17 Georgia school teachers and bus drivers will receive full salary payments this month Dr M D Collins state superintendent of schools announced Saturday night If the full payment of about 11 800 000 is made the state will have financed it seventh month support program 100 per cent through January The State Board of Education will meet at the capitol and likely elect a vice chairman to fill the vacancy created by the death of Lee Brand Quitman attorney. Livingston Snow was later judged insane Governor Rivers has not appointed a replacement to the post held by Brand.
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Atlanta
Georgia
M. D. Collins
Collins
State Board of Education
State Capitol
Lee Brand
Quitman
Rivers
Branch
Livingston Snow
Snow
Cooperation in park move pledged by Atlanta Legion post
Resolution passed by Atlanta Post No 1 American Legion pledges cooperation with Fulton and DeKalb counties in establishing a national park on battlefield arcs. Local veterans organization commits support for securing preservation of historic sites and related development.
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Fulton
Dekalb
Atlanta
Amerirran Legion
Mr. R. L. Wilson Dies At Macon
R L Wilson age 67, longtime banker and former president of the Georgia Alabama Business College in Macon, died at 2:30 am in a local hospital after a year of illness. He resided at 800 Ridge Avenue and had lived in Dooly and Sumter counties before moving to Macon in 1912 to lead a group then controlling the Georgia Casualty Company.
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Macon
R. L. Wilson
South Georgia
Georgia-Alabama Business College
Georgia Casualty Company
W. Emmett Small
Wilson
Graduation at Frost Memorial Chapel for southern students
Graduation exercises were held at Martha Berry School for Girls on Saturday in the Frost Memorial Chapel as diplomas were awarded to twenty five boys and girls from four southern states.
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Martha Berry School
New Frost Memorial Chapel
Highway Patrolman Wounded in Georgia Shootout
Waycross Ga Jan 16 State highway patrolmen fought a gun battle in a south Georgia swamp and captured a negro alleged to have shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Carey Thomas of Clinch county Corporal J E Davis was wounded slightly and the negro was shot in the arm Deputy Thomas was killed Friday night as he tried to arrest Lon Sullivan turpentine operator and director of safety education Davis and Trooper J R Cook joining a group search near a swamp between Homerville and Valdosta
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Waycross
South Georgia
Carey Thomas
Clinch County
Department of Public Safety
J. E. Davis
Thomas
Lon Sullivan
Department
Davis
J. R. Cook
Homerville
Valdosta
Deputy Thomas Buried. Sheriff Poppell Mourned Loss
A deputy named Thomas, on the force of Sheriff J F Poppell, was buried in Homerville on Saturday. The report notes a wounded man identified as Isaac McBride, shot by Davis, with the bullet breaking his arm. McBride was taken to a jail in an unnamed section, with the jail’s location undisclosed. The article also mentions Sul livan describing the incident and the widow and two children left by the deputy.
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Sullivan
Davis
Isaac McBride
Thomas
J. F. Poppell
Homerville
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