Dillinger Shot Dead After Ambush at Chicago Theater
John Dillinger dies at 10 40 PM after a massed gunfight near a motion picture theater. Federal agents and Chicago police shoot through a crowd wounding bystanders as Dillinger falls in an alley. Investigations note his long criminal career and last escape from Crown Point jail.
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John Dillinger
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Desperado
Gold Coast
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Ind
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Lima
Ohio
Crown Point
Heresa Paulus
Etta Natelski
Marlon Evelyn Frechette
Brown Theater
Manhattan
Melvin Hoiis
America
Public Enemy
Chicago Ee
Dillinger Squad
Melvin Purvis
Federalovernment
Letter Carriers Choose Officers and Convention City
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association wraps two day meeting on the Ansley roof in Atlanta. Re elected officers are Gordon H. Thompson president Thomas A. Kennedy vice president and Charles C. Wall secretary and treasurer J W Timmerman to executive committee W G Thornton and W H Cannon re elected. Valdosta is set as next convention city.
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Atlanta
Valdosta
Georgia Rural Letter Cariers’ Association
Ansley
Guardon H. Thompson
Jackson
Thomas A. Kennedy
Manassas
Charles C. Wall
Ellaville
J. W. Timmerman
Georgia Public Service Commission orders 18 percent freight cut
Atlanta July 23 The Public Service Commission on its first anniversary orders an about 18 percent decrease in interstate freight rates effective August 20 The action follows a prior 27 percent cut enjoined in federal court Railroads may challenge in state courts Governor Talmadge says the cut will put money in citizens pockets and boost business if railroads accept it and create jobs If not the railroads risk prolonging the dispute and staying the higher rates. The Johnson Act blocks federal court access for railroads.
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Public Service Commission
Talmadge
Gov
Georgia
Ohio River
Hunters must wear license ID buttons this fall
The State Game and Fish department requires hunters to display identification buttons proving valid hunting licenses. The department purchased 56,000 celluloid buttons for this purpose to aid wardens in enforcing the law at a glance.
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State Game and Fish Department
Georgia Governor Race Shows Two Campaign Strategies
Atlanta July 28 In Georgia the governor race dominates state politics with two distinct strategies. Incumbent Talmadge draws large crowds at limited events while Pittman targets numerous smaller gatherings criticizing the administration. Alderman Gilliam blasts both rivals as voters stay largely silent. Agricultural commissioner race heats with Sutton proposing an advisory farm board and Linder rallying farmers against monopolies.
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Alanta
Georgia
Talmadge
Sardis
Hart County
Claude Pittman
Ed Gilliam
Pittman
Gilliam
Govenor
Judge Pittman
Goveror
J. M. Sutton
Tom Linder
Bluff
M. Linder
Columbus to establish government meat canning plant
Columbus Georgia will host a government operated meat packing plant to can beef for the needy. It will employ 400 men daily for an undefined period and will operate with six hour shifts around the clock. The plant could slaughter 100 cattle daily and will use cattle shipped into the state from drought areas. A government representative and a meat canning expert will supervise the setup and ready the factory as cattle arrive.
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Columbus
Provision Company, Inc
P T A Discusses Georgia Education Needs in Athens Meeting
The Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers opened a two day session in Athens Georgia with Dr S V Sanford president of the University of Georgia welcoming delegates. Mrs C D Center president of Georgia P T A presided and welcomed attendees as Mrs A C Watkins national P T A president spoke on parent teacher issues.
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Athens
State of Georgia
Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers
S. V.,sanford
University of Georgia
C. D. Center
College Park
Georgia P. T. A
A. C. Watkins
Washington
National P. T
Five-Cornered Race Faces Trade Rumors Denial
The five-cornered race is clouded by whispers of trades among several candidates, though all sides deny any such arrangements.
Education leaders urge equitable tax and state control
The session heard Georgia educators call for a more equitable tax system and state control of education before any “New Deal” in schooling. George B. M. Grier of Athens urged reform, while Miss Alice Mann of Atlanta pressed P T A members to ensure children are prepared for the world and the world is prepared for the child. Jere Wells of Fulton County Schools addressed the conference.
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George B. M. Grier
Athens
Alice Mann
Atlanta
Georgia Education Asociation
Jere Wells
Fulton County
Take 6 Inches Off Hips and Bust with Kruschen Salts
An advertisement claims 8 months of use reduces inches off bust and hips. A Mrs Carl Wilson touts losing 45 pounds and inches after three bottles, and the secret is a half teaspoonful in hot water each morning. One bottle lasts four weeks and is sold in dry stores worldwide.
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Mra
Carl Wilson
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