Dentists Involved in Tragedy Refusal to Comment
Dr Victor Grubbs, accused of murdering Mrs Latridge, refused to make a statement about the case as he lies recovering from head injuries in a county hospital. Latridge died of a heart shot after a neighbor reported a shooting at the Latridge residence.
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Victor
Vat Latridge
Adams Hos- Gat
Grubs
Nurder
Latridge
Worling
Albany
Corde Crabbs
Popular Americus Girl Wins Trip to Washington and New York
Margaret Anne Turner of Americus, a seventh grade student and state winner in The Atlanta Journal School of the Air contests, will join 19 Georgia youths on a free trip to Washington and Radio City New York on July 15. She won the state piano contest with Valse Chromatique by Godard and studies under Miss Kate Land. Governor and Mrs Rivers will host a dinner the night before departure at the executive mansion.
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Americus
Margaret Anne Turner
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Washington
Radio City
New York
Margaret Anne
Thomas Turner
Godard
Kate Land
Atlanta
Rivers
Executive Mansion
Arizona Crash Fatal to Former Macon Woman
Mrs James Nabours, 22, daughter of the late Virgil Thorpe of Macon and Lexington Kentucky, died instantly in a motor accident Monday near Tucson Arizona where she had lived for several years. She was married in Tucson a year ago and left a number of Macon relatives.
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Macon
James Nabours
Virgil Thorpe
Lexington
Tucson
Ariz
Tueday
Nebours
Nell Thorpe
Tuscon
Lovelace Eve Urged to Enter Legislative Race
Americus editor Lovelace Eve of the Tri County News was urged by friends to run for state legislature to fill the seat of Allen Chappell. Eve initially refused but after paying his entry fee he said he would consider the decision and decide in a few days.
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Lovelace Eve
Americus
Tri-County News
Allen Chappell
Eve
Airplane dash fails to save Montezuma man in Valdosta flight
M E Solomon 33 son of J W Solomon Montezuma died after rapid deterioration from a streptococcal throat infection despite a 90 minute airlift from Valdosta to Atlanta by an Atlanta doctor and nurse. He was a bookkeeper for Southern Cotton Oil Co. in Valdosta and is survived by his wife, parents, and a Nashville brother J W Solomon Jr.
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Montezuma
Valdosta
Atlanta
M. E. Solomon
J. W. Solomon
Solomon
Southern Cotton Oil Co
No Compromise In Democracy No Compromise In Democracy
President Roosevelt warns Americans there can be no compromise between democracy and totalitarianism. He asserts a world peace depends on democratic ideals and lists five freedoms: information, religion, expression, fear from attack, and freedom from want with cultural and economic interchange.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Logansville Grieves As Elderly Woman Body Mutilated
State police investigated a fresh grave opening at Mrs W L Bennett's resting site. Photographs and part of a shovel were recovered as officers described the killer as clearly not normal. An axe opened the coffin and the body lay mutilated in a four and a half foot grave with a gold wedding band still on.
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Logansville
A. L. Hutchins
State Highway Patrol
Walton County Police
W. L. Bennett
Hutchings
Teachers Assured of Salaries For First Four Months of Next Term
The state board of education authorized four months of teachers salaries for 1940-41 starting September and ending December 21. Payment was conditional on funds availability thereafter. Officials projected $7.2 million in income for common schools this year, but looming shortfalls could challenge the remaining three months.
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Atlanta
State Board of Education
Department of Education
Stabilization Fund
Haw
Georgia War Heroine Remains Hidden in Local History
In Monroe County a Civil War era home defender protected her family from Sherman’s raiders by barring a door with a strong push, capturing three Union prisoners of war and singing How Firm a Foundation while keeping the attackers at bay. Historians later omitted the tale.
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Eugene Anderson
Macon
Nancy Hart
Georgia
Hart County
Monroe County
Sherman
Lamar County
B. H. Hardy
Barnesville
Good Lady
Kidney Stagnation Warned Against in Kidney Health Ad
An old advertisement extolls kidney health, arguing kidneys rank highest in importance and promote a flush out remedy named Kidans. It claims nine million tubes filter wastes, lists symptoms like backache and nervous head pains, and offers a money back guarantee with two full size boxes for $1 plus mail order.
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Kidans Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Pension rolls in Georgia to be expanded this year
About 25 000 aged persons needy blind and dependent children will be added to Georgia's pension rolls this year. The expansion raises the total social security beneficiaries in Georgia to about 63 000 and is funded by state and federal dollars aided by a June influx of state income.
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Atlanta
Welfare Department
Welfare Board
H. T Dobbs
Gerogia
Georgia
Stabilization Fund
Zach Arnold
Arnold
Highway Department
Lom
F D R Expected To Accept Dem Nomination
Washington July 8 President Roosevelt told James A. Farley the secret of his third term intentions but would not reveal the answer. Analysts say the Democratic convention may draft Roosevelt as 773 12 delegates pledged and 548 votes needed for nomination with the Canal Zone still to hear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jas. A. Farley
America
Canal Zone
Nix Demands Talmadge Name Prisoner To Be Freed
Abit Nix urged Gene Talmadge to reveal the prisoner he would free if elected governor. Nix said Talmadge’s four year silence suggests a heartless attitude toward justice while Talmadge promised in Albany to release a prisoner if he wins the Democratic nomination.
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Macon
Abit Nix
Gene Talmadge
Nix
Talmadge
Albany
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Grubbs
Arizona
Euserke Yano Lknts
Kaidison
Rea
Cbee and Stel Beautiful New
Frigidaire
N. L. Halley Reynolds
Savannah
M. S. Briggs
Commodity Credit Corporation
Briggs
Savannah Royal
Naval Stores
F.D.R
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