Chevrolet reports 115000 units produced in a month
Detroit July 1 Chevrolet announced output exceeded 115000 units for the month, with production to run at high levels through July and likely into August. President Cale cited strong orders, demand across the Midwest and East, and improved farming and overall morale as factors boosting sustained buying of cars and trucks.
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Chevrolet
M. FE. Cale
Marie
Mr. Coyle
Iowa
Kansas
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Georgia Briefs Roundup From 1930s Archives
Short items note a crop estimate drop in Georgia peach production to 8 000 cars or less due to dry weather Ella May Thornton elected president of the National Association of State Libraries Thurston named Georgia state librarian since 1926 Ellijay clocks set to daylight saving time causing mixed time signals Relief administration workers at the courthouse use fast time while county offices stay slow A Moultrie festival queen’s 64 pound watermelon intercepts President Roosevelt Two thousand stray dogs killed by Atlanta police Incomes rise in Georgia and Atlanta for first half of 1935 Bankruptcies in Atlanta decline about 10 percent in six months ending July 1 1935.
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Georgia News Service
Georgia
Georgia Peach Growers’ Exchange
Ella May Thornton
England
National Association of State Libraries
Misa Thurston
Ellijay
Miss Megahee
Atlanta
State of Georgia
President Roosevelts Georgia visit invitation
In Gainesville Georgia on July 5 tentative acceptance by President Roosevelt of an invitation to address the Redwine church near Gainesville on August 8 was announced by sponsors of the annual meeting. Also invited were Secretary Daniel Roper Secretary Cordell Hull and Speaker Joseph Burns.
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Gainesville
Roosevelt
Redwine
Daniel C. Roper
Cordell Hull
Joseph W. Burns
National House of Representatives
Washington
Man Kills Girl Ends Own Life in Camilla
In Camilla Georgia a 17 year old girl Lessie Porter was shot four times by George Snipes 19 the step brother of the girl who then killed himself with the same pistol Deputy Sheriff Groover Jones reported No inquest was held as around a dozen witnesses saw the shooting The girl reportedly said He killed me because I wouldnt marry him.
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Camilla
Groover Jones
Jones
George Snipes
Lessie Porter
Snipes
Confederate staff officers selected for 1935
McWhorter Milner, commander of the Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, announced the 1935 staff appointments. R. L. Reynolds of Atlanta is adjutant and chief of staff, with Julia Mae Filingim as assistant adjutant, and others named: Martine Harrison quartermaster, J. H. Jones inspector, W. Butts Griffith commissary, Sol A. S. Perry judge advocate, Rev. Samuel Senter chaplain, C. T. Tillman historian, Dr. H. E. Thornton surgeon, Roy Ray color sergeant. Brigade commanders listed include W. B. to Davee J. T. Smith, Stephens, Shaffer, Cuthbert, B. H. Fiardy, N. A. White.
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Atlanta
Savannah
C. T. Tillman
Quitman
H. E. Thornton
Dewey Rose
Roy Ray
W. B
Davee
J. T. Smith
Stephens
Shaffer
Cuthbert
B. H. Fiardy
N. A. White
Registrations at G I C W Rise Rapidly in Milledgeville
Milledgeville July 5 The intake of new students for the fall term at the Georgia State College for Women has more than doubled from last year with nearly four hundred freshmen admitted and about one hundred additional first year applicants for the fall quarter starting September 27. Readmissions indicate record enrollment for 1935 36. The college will add a secretarial science degree next year with a new faculty and expanded classroom facilities.
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Milledgeville
Georgia State College For Women
State Woman's College
Tifton Officer Shot After Burglary Attempt
Tifton policeman Jack Whitehurst was shot in the arm while aiding in an attempted burglary arrest of Charlie Brown, a negro, who then fired at fellow officer W H Coleman. Brown died from four bullet wounds after the exchange.
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Jack Whitehurst
Tifton
Middle Georgia
Whitehurst
W. H. Coleman
Charlie Brown
Brown
Mr. Coleman
Georgia Prepares 70,000 Transfers to Works Progress Relief
Georgia's $10,256,603 WPA initial program covers sanitation, school repairs, parks, and airport work. It aims to employ about 21,983 on 881 projects with total cost $18,569,281, local sponsors contributing $3,812,268. Major items include Atlanta sewer work and airport improvements, plus projects in Fort Benning, Richmond County, Bibb County, Augusta, DeKalb, and Macon, among others.
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Georgia
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Fort Benning
Richmond County
Macon
Bibb County
Augusta
DeKalb County
Pine Valley
Brunswick
Army
Georgia Tech
Muscogee County
Albany
Savannah
FERA
Gay Shepperson
Georie
Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hazelhurst Mail Theft Revealed
Atlanta reports the theft of five thousand dollars from a Hazelhurst Ga mailed package was resolved by local authorities. No money left the sealed bag from Bank of Hazelhurst to Citizens and Southern Bank Atlanta. The bag held a short pipe wrapped in paper. Inspector Frank Ellis to present information to J S Daniel US Attorney in Savannah. Insurance protected the bank from loss via policy and registered receipt.
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Atlanta
Hazelhurst
Bank of
J. S. Daniel
U. S
Southern District of Georgia
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