Georgia News Roundup Highlights Local Elections and Accidents
The Georgia weekly notes events across counties: Savannah hosts a National League of District Postmasters convention June 17 18, Berry Schools receive a 5000 beneficiary gift, deaths include Drew Wall and two Waynesboro doctors, Walter Dillard earns a World War meritorious service medal, and sheriff reshuffle in Wilkes County. Also reported are school staff pay raises, fire at Washington Country Club, dog inoculation day in Meretta, highway bids and road survey plans, a fatal incident at a Swainsboro gin, and other local notices.
Georgia News Roundup Skews to Relief, Jobs and Trials
The Georgia Emergency Relief Administration reports five million dollars spent since last March on construction statewide, aiding over 50 000 workers weekly. Martha Berry College praised. retirement nears for Atlanta educator Diana K Davis. Chickamauga Park draws visitors including Georgia Guardsmen amid strike area tensions.
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Georgian Emergency Relief Administration
Gera
Chickamauga National Park
LaFayette
Georgia National Guardsmen
Rossville
England
Australia
Canada
Convicted Slayer Dodson Executed in Milledgeville
Charlie Dodson, a Black man convicted of killing Ellaville Chief of Police Wm Bd Souter, was electrocuted at the state prison farm Milledgeville at 10 07 am Monday and pronounced dead 12 minutes later. He was convicted December 31st for the Christmas Eve shooting after a store robbery.
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Milledgeville
Charlie Dodson
Souter
Ellaville
Dodson
Fort Valley Women to Build Clubhouse
The Fort Valley Woman's Club voted to proceed with constructing a clubhouse. President Mrs Maxwell Murray and committees are raising funds with a target completion in May.
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Fort Valley
Ft. Valley, Ga
Woman’s Club
Maxwell Murray
Langdale Grammar and High School Fire at Langdale
Fire of undetermined origin swept the Langdale Grammar and High school in West Point Ga causing about 80000 dollars in damage. The blaze began around two o'clock Sunday night and burned until the fire department arrived and gained control.
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West Point
Langdale Grammar and High School
Mail Truck Robbery Nets Bandit Quartet in Fall River
Four bandits held up a United States mail truck in Fall River bound its driver and escaped with about $129 000 in bank notes and silver from registered mail. The shipment was en route to a Fall River bank from a train that had arrived from Boston.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
Boston
Albany mother and baby die in blast
Albany Ga Jan 238 A mother and her 10 month old daughter were killed when a frozen water pipe caused a kitchen range explosion in their home. Mrs Haley Biremas and the child were struck by flying stove fragments after a fire was started in the stove.
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Albany
Haley Biremas
Ellaville and Buena Vista Plan Presidential Birthday Ball
Ellaville and Buena Vista plan a joint Presidential Birthday Ball at the Buena Vista courthouse on January 30. General chair J S Burgin leads committees covering tickets receptions decorations floor hall music publicity and more for a capacity crowd.
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Ellaville
Buena Vista
Court House
J. S. Burgin
Burgin
Bessie Burgin
Joe Rogers
RP. Stevens
Herman Usher
F. L. Clements
le Roy Hirshburg
Buena Vista Lions Club Forms With 24 Members
An organizing meeting at Chapman Tea Room in Buena Vista elected officers including Vilas Belk as president and Joseph M. Rogers as first vice president. Horace M. Clements named charter night chairman with a delegation from Smithville Lions club present.
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Lions Club
Buena Vista
Chapman Tea Room
Buena Vista Lions Club
Vilas Belk
Joseph M. Rogers
Horace M. Clements
T. Burton Wight
O H. Lewis
W. M. Williams
Lion Tanner
Gaither Briggs
J. 5. Burgin
Wm. H. Croxton
Wm. G. Wooten
Charter Right
Smithville Lions Club
Enzor
Lions Clubs
Speaker Pro Tem Arnall to Marry Soon
Miss Mildree Slemons of Orlando Florida will marry E G Arnall speaker pro tem of the Georgia house of representatives at the close of the current general assembly session. Slemons parents Mr and Mrs Philip Slemons of Orlando announced Monday.
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Arnall
Atlanta
Mildree Slemons
Orlando
Fla
E. G. Arnall
Georgia House of Represenntatives
General Assembly
Miss Slemons
Phillip Slemons
Sawmill Operators Abandon Lumber Code in Georgia Meeting
About 100 small sawmill operators from eastern Georgia and South Carolina met in Augusta on Monday and resolved to abandon the NRA code for the lumber industry. Spokesmen said observance of the code was driving them toward bankruptcy.
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Augusta
Sastern
Georgia
South Carolina
Ten Year Old Boy Dies From Gunshot Wounds
Hudson Furman Clark age 10 died in a Brunswick hospital after a gunshot wound to the head near his White Oak home. Camden officers said a Black youth obtained the pistol from a hunter's parked car. the suspect is jailed at Woodbine.
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Brunswick
Knife mishap fatal for Twiggs farmer
Danville Ga Jan 19 N L Lucas 56 a Twiggs county farmer died at home near Danville from loss of blood after a butcher knife slipped while he was killing hogs cutting the artery in his left wrist. He bled to death before help could arrive.
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Danville
N. L. Lucas
Twiggs County
Missing Adel Girls Sought by Parents
Adel Georgia January 21 two high school girls Wilma Clyde Atkinson and Eugenia Simmons disappeared from their homes. Parents and officers search for them after they were last seen on the highway west of Valdosta attempting to hitchhike westward. They urge newspapers offices to help locate the girls.
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Adel
Wilma Clyde Atkinson
Eugenia Simmons
Valdosta
J. B. Atkinson
Eva Simmons
Jehovah Declares Dublin Property to God in Deed
John McDaniel of Folkston signed a deed with Laurens Superior Court transferring all real and personal property to Jehovah the Most High God. His home is listed as the church for the Church of God sect. Clerk E B Baldwin notes this is unprecedented in Dublin.
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Dublin
Jehovah
John McDaniel
Folkston
McDaniel
Church of God
Laurens Superior Court
Baldwin
Georgia and Florida Trade Agreement
Georgia and Florida reach a reciprocal trade pact allowing interstate vehicles to operate without interference. Florida vehicles may run up to 30 miles inside Georgia, and Georgia vehicles receive the same access in Florida.
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Georgia
Florida
Talmadge
Paul Doyal
State Revenue Commission
Georgia Line
Dorothy Dix Opens Georgia Press Institute in Athens
Dorothy Dix, famed newspaper woman, will deliver the opening address on February 20 at the Georgia Press Institute in Athens. The four day program through February 28 features round table discussions, notable speakers, and participation by Georgia editors, with Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer speaking as a veteran journalist.
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Athens
Georgia Press Institute
Dorothy Dix
University of Georgia
Walter Pitken
Washington
Georgia Press
Debating Teams to Face West Georgia and Emory Junior College
Americus Georgia Southwestern College will hold an affirmative and negative team debate with West Georgia College Carrollton on March 1 on the Bankhead Act and its benefit to Southern farmers. The six member varsity team will be decided by intra club eliminations. A second debate follows March 8 with Emory Junior College Valdosta on the same topic.
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Americus
Georgia Southwestern College
West Georgia College
Carrollton
Southwestern College
Southern Farmer
Southwestern
Emory Junior College of Valdosta
Taylor County Farmers Buy Improved Cotton Seed
Taylor county farmers report good returns from purebred cotton seed. Nine hundred letters prompted orders for 200 bushels of Coker's Cleve-Wilt No 4 at 3.00 per bushel. The seed promises higher yields, wilt resistance, and superior staple, with thousands of bushels already held and sold at 1.00 per bushel.
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Taylor County
Coker
Missing Cuthbert Man Feared Kidnapped Sought by Atlanta Police
Atlanta police were asked to use commercial and police radio to aid in locating O. T. Aycock of Cuthbert age 21. A telegram from Randolph County Deputy Sheriff J. L. Irwin requested broadcast help after Aycock was last seen wearing a blue suit and brown hat and described as 5 feet 8 inches with red curly hair.
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Atlanta
O. T. Aycock
Cuthbert
J. L. Irwin
Randolph County
Aycock
Leave Our Circuit Alone editorials on Taylor county split
The Columbus Ledger comments on proposed changes to the Macon circuit and the suggestion to add Taylor county from the Chattahoochee circuit. It warns against breaking circuit lines and urges accepting election outcomes to avoid costly precedent and broader government division chaos.
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Taylor County
Chattahoochee — Judicial Circuit
Columbus Ledger
Macon Superior Court
Houston
Peach
Crawford
Bibb
City
Macon
Bible
Chattahoochee
Tay‘Tor
Georgia
Mrs Campbell Indicted in Atlanta Auto Crash
Mrs. Robert Campbell Sr was indicted by the Fulton grand jury on involuntary manslaughter for a June 15 Atlanta crash that killed John and Harold Moreland. The indictment states her automobile struck the two men, both named in the charge.
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Robert Campbell
Fulton Grand Jury
Atlanta
Campbell
John
Harold Morealnd
United States Tops Silver Use in Arts and Industries
A recent survey shows the United States remains the largest consumer of silver for arts and industries. In 1934 America used 25 million ounces for non coinage needs, up a million from 1933, with about half going to silverware now affordable for moderate means.
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United States
America
Credit policy in Thomaston district 1935 seed loan ban
Local county committees plan conservative lending to preserve credit. The Thomaston Credit Association will restrict seed loans in 1935 and deny seed loans to farmers who can be financed by landlords or who lack sufficient collateral. Emphasis remains on moral risk and farmer ability.
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Taylor ‘County
Thomaston Credit Association
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National League of District Postmasters
Savannah
Berry Schools
Rome
Mary Tompkins
New York
Drew Wall
Clayton
J.P. Brown
Lamar County
Barnesville
Waynesboro
M. C. Fulcher
Br. C
H. Cox
Walter Dillard
Fitzgerald
Sacred Heart Medal
Congressional Action
G. Horace Lunceford
Wilkes County
Geo. M. Walton
Columbus Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of Columbus
H. O. Fowler
Washington, Ga
Merretta
Okefenckee kWama
State Highway Board
Joe Page
Jesse Thompson Gin Warehouse Co
Swainsboro
Robert F Hargroves
Jim
J. B. Vining
Marshallville
Dempsey Hotel
Ainworth Gatewood
Americas Times-Recorder
John Medlock
Dalton
Virgil Burton
Franklin, N. C
Dayton
Burton
Vernon Stockton
A. P. Anthony
Gypsy Smith, Sr
World Fame
W. A. Shelton
Presia
Atlanta Christian Coun
Thomas County
Thomasville
3. B. Earle
Diana K. Davis
Prince of
Grant Park School
A. A Smith
Georgia Hottel Men’s Association
Mary T Cronin
Greenville
S. C
Waycross
Miss Cronin
Dexter Specialty Co
Edna Seaman
Federal Emergency Relied Administration
M. D. Collins
Lindale
Pepperrell Manufacturing Co
Claude Dering
Haralson
Tallapoosa Sunday
Worth County
Lillie Martin Grubbs
Sylvester
Sheriff's Deputies
Bibb County
Dick Moore
Forsyth
Chas. T. Lenay
North Carolina
Eatonton
T. H. Ressau
Batonton
Putnam County
Putnam
Jasper
Jones
Morgan Counties
House of Representatives
Caroline Miller
Baxley
McBride
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit
Coca-Cola Company of
Esther Larose Harris
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Jesup
J. H. Legg
Calhoun
Legg Brick Company
Modern Brick Manufacturing Plant
Chas. D. Redwine
State Senate
Redwine
South Georgia
Will Vaughn
James Burke
Locust Grove
Henry County
Internal Revenue
E. S. Griffith
George Gentry
Fulton Tower
Gentry
State Hospital
J. M. Lindsay
Jones Avenue
Mrs Newberry
Bandit Quartet
Twiggs
Open Press Institute
Mrs. Campbell
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