Georgia News In Brief From Across The State
Sumter county teachers were paid in full for the term. Atlanta hosts a statewide advertising campaign and a Georgia teachers trip to New York for Europe. Atlanta post office revenues surpassed five million in the year ending June 30. The Georgia Supreme Court voided Macon storage tax. Two men robbed a Macon service station of about $30. Villages report deaths, accidents, and local crime including a fatal knife wound near Waycross and the electric chair execution of J. D. Vaughn. Federal tax collections rose in Georgia. Multiple community incidents include a three vehicle crash near Alma and a fatal ice wagon accident in Columbus. Bonds and school funding updates appear in several counties. Authorities handle suicides, homicides, and prison matters across the state.
Journey Through Washingtons Landmarks and Arlington
The narrative describes a tour visiting Mount Vernon with colonial sleeping quarters a veranda view of the Potomac and Martha and George Washingtons tomb with wreaths from the King and Queen. It also covers the Lincoln Memorial Arlington Unknown Soldier tomb Eastern Airline Airport Congressional Library in Lown and a farewell at the Capitol with Congressman Pace and aide Sims Garrett Jr. The trip ends with a homeward train ride and a warm Macon welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandra
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Martha
Washington and Lincoln Memorial
Arlington
Lown
Haa
Congressional Library
Stephen Pace
Sims Garrett, Jr
Georgia
Macon
Journey to the Worlds Fair Trip from Court House to New York City
A group of thirty-eight students departed from the courthouse early on June 11 heading to Atlanta then through Richmond Washington and New York City for a World’s Fair exploration. They toured the RCA Building observed NYC landmarks including the Hudson River Battery Park and crossed into Manhattan by river and subway visiting bridges tunnels and famed sites. Despite rain the trip included a three hour Manhattan Island cruise and extensive sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Mavon
Mr. Butler
Atlanta
My. Barron
Athens
South Carolina
North Carolina
Richmond
Washington
Delaware River
Trenton
Potomac
Rappahannock
Hudson River
New York City
Pennsylvania Railway
Park Central Hotel
RCA
Manhattan Island
Battery Landing
East River
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Navy Yards
Bellevue Hospital
Welfare Island
Queensboro Bridge
Rockfeller Center
Empire State Building
Chrysler
Ellis Island
the Farr
Walter Byrom
New York
Kate Porter
Tom Davison
Pennsylvania Station
Larry Clinton
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Chinatown
the Battery
Statue of Liberty
Brooklyn Bridge
General Grant
General Grant's Tomb
Fillis Island
Governors Island
Madison Square Garden
Yankee Stadium
Seniors Tour of New York World's Fair and Washington Trip
A senior group tours Chinatown and Harlem then attends a theater. They visit the Perisphere and Trylon at the fair, see Billy Rose's Aquacade with Gene Gertrude Ederle and Johnny Weissmuller, tour exhibits, and observe Georgia Day speeches. The journey includes Annapolis, Washington, Mt. Vernon, and a return to Atlanta and Butler with memories and thanks from Dorothy Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perisphere
Trylon
General Motors
Billy Rose
Gertrude Ederle
Eleanor Holm
Johnny Weissmuller
Kodak
Georgia
Governor Rivers
Baltimore
Annapolis
John Paul Jones
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
White House
Mt. Vernon
George Washington
Lincoln's Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
Congressional Library
Atlanta
Dorothy Wall
DuPont
Ford
General Electric
Chrysler
Aviation
Firestone
Tarzen
Gertrude Eldere
English Channel
Marshall Wayne
Pete Desjardis
Sam Howard
Jim Patterson
Hank Akers
Larry
Florida
Rainbow Lake
Oriole Cafe
Congress
Supreme Court
Jimmy Pinkus
Fairfax Hotel
Arlington
Washington Monument
Macon
Butler
New York
Senior trip Dream Realized to World’s Fair Route
A group of forty left Butler on Sunday morning June 11 at 6 30 after a courthouse sendoff. They traveled to Macon and boarded a train to Atlanta with Mr Butler from Seaboard guiding them and a plan to reach the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Macon
Atlanta
Seaboard Fruide
Grady Receives $6000 Worth of New Hospital Equipment
An unknown benefactor donated about $6,000 in equipment to Grady hospital in Atlanta on Friday. The gift included $1,000 of optical equipment 50 ward beds and three obstetrical beds to replace beds over 20 years old. Dr J Moss Beeler superintendent said the donation came through an Atlanta law firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Grady Hospital
J. Moss Beeler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sumter County
E. L. Bridges
Europe
Georgia Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Horace M. Kersey
Hearts
Talbot County
Columbus
J. D. Vaughn
Monroe
Reidsville
Jesus
C. Booth
Waycross Hospital
Waycross
H. J. Sweat
Statesboro
First Federal Loan Association
J. J. Clamp
Elberton
Dye
M. H. Allen
U. S
Internal Revenue
Alma
Ed Moncrief
Robert Harris
Hartsfield
Moultrie
L. C. Rogers
Zach Arnold
Baldwin County
Pe N. Bivins
Guy H. Walker
Brunswick
J. D. Baldwwin
Commissioner of Public Safety
Lon E. Sullivan
Dalton
J. G. McAfee
Water, Light and Sinking Fund Commission
J. A. Paul
Robert House
Lexington
Miss Agos"Tiller
Carnesville
Royston
T. W. Andrews
R. K. Mann
Oma King
Taliaferro County
State Penal Board of Correction
Hancock County Board of Commissioners
State Board of Penal Corrections
Hazel Poss
Clarence Reinert
Cornell School of Voice
Curtis Institute
Pennsylvania
L. R. Anderson
Montezuma District
Riverside Sanatorium
Montezuma
A L. Belle Isle
Atlanta Convention and Tourist Bureau
Ernestine May Dempsey
Buena Vista
T. J. Dempsey
Jackson, Ga
Geo. E. Buchanan
Americas Hospital
Robert L. Colton
Forrest Turner
Hortense
J. L. Gillis
State Highway Board
Gov. Rivers
Woodland
Elbertas
Douglas
John Ricketson
E. D. Rivers
Claude H. Porter
Rome
Superior Court
Rivers
R. L. Colton
Alabama
Forest Turner
Brantley County
Colton
Turner
Birmingham
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge, Fraser and Camp
Herman Talmadge
the Statesman
Talmade
Fraser
Camp
Harlem
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Coconut Grove
Grady
Jazz
Jzz
E.f.parr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!