Family tragedy tied to Pryor Bowen arrest reported in bail hearing
A Fulton county jail arrest context for Lavonia youth Pryor Bowen as an accomplice in the J. K. Ottley kidnapping surfaced in a Tuesday bail reduction hearing. The report also notes a Manchester grocer M. J. Willingham who shot Mrs. P. A. Clark and then died by suicide, plus deaths, transfers, and local notices across Georgia.
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Pryor Bowen
Lavonia
Fulton County
J. K. Ottley
M. J. Willingham
Manchester
P. A. Clark
Atlanta
Gas Tax Revenue Shows Good Gain
Atlanta July 25 A $70 000 up turn in gasoline tax revenue for June compared to May was reported Tuesday by Geo B Hamilton state treasurer who said the increase was attributable to the 3 motor vehicle license fee proclaimed by Governor Talmadge.
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Atlanta
Geo. B. Hamilton
Talmadge
Faculty Elected at Buena Vista High School
Buena Vista Ga July 22 Superintendent Herman Usher announces the teachers for Buena Vista high school term 1933 84 Grammar school Miss Catherine Farmer Warrenton Ga Miss Edna Hale Winterville Ga Miss Mabel Robinson Chipley Ga high school Miss Mabel Price Macon Miss Clara Slaton Washington Ga Superintendent Herman Usher
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Herman Usher
Buena Vista High School
Catherine Farmer
Warrenton
Edna Hale
Winterville
Mabel Robinson
Chipley
Mabel Price
Macon
Clara Slaton
Washington
Greene v. Columbus Grocery case affirmed in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia Judge C F McLaughlin overruled demurrers to a $20,000 damages suit filed by Greene for injuries from a fall down an elevator shaft. The state court affirmed the earlier ruling, with local counsel Boyes advised.
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Bo Yeas
Dooly County Camp Meeting Opens at Vienna
Cordele Georgia July 25 The annual Dooly county camp meeting opened yesterday at the camp ground near Vienna Three services are scheduled daily at eleven oclock three in the afternoon and eight in the evening Speakers include Rev W P Blevins Vienna Methodist Rev T H Williams Cordele Methodist and Rev Herbert Ethridge Dawson Methodist pastors The event continues with a series of religious services in July
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Dooly County
Vienna
W. P. Blevins
Vienna Methodist Church
T. H. Williams
Cordele Methodist Church
Herbert Ethridge
Dawson Methodist Church
Georgia fugitive will be sent back
Everett Washington July 25 Elmer Guest 30 a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang who had been serving a life term for murdering his wife left Everett Tuesday night for Georgia with C F Bolling a Georgia assistant state prison supervisor He was arrested three weeks ago at Monroe near Everett on a drunkenness charge and his identity was learned Bolling obtained extradition papers from Gov Clarence Martin Tuesday.
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Everett
Wash
Atlanta adds seventy dollars to conscience fund
Washington July 25 The conscience fund of the United States is not a real fund but a name for contributions from unknown donors. It was enriched by $70 Tuesday from Atlanta. The envelope bore only blank paper and the postmark. The money will go into the treasury fund for general expenditures.
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Talmadge Arranges Speaking Program for Week
Atlanta Georgia July 24 a week of speaking dates on Governor Talmadge's program includes a church reunion at Salem church Harris county a luncheon at Watkinsville and engagements at Reidsville Douglas and Waycross as part of tobacco market opening day ceremonies with events spread from Thursday through Tuesday August 1.
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Harris County
Watkinsville
Reidsville
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Waycross
Ashburn Crash Hospitalizes Eight Family Members Injured
Ashburn Ga July 25 several members of the family of W A Nix were seriously injured when an automobile struck the wagon they rode in near Ashburn The father Mr Nix is not expected to live with both legs broken and internal injuries The three month old daughter of Mrs General Coleman and granddaughter of Mr Nix was badly crushed and doctors fear for her recovery T H Nix suffered crushed and broken leg plus cell injuries but is expected to be [incomplete]
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W. A. Nix
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T. H. Nix
Badge of Honor to be Distinctive in Washington
The government and employers engaged in the national recovery movement will display a distinctive badge of honor. A blue splash center shows an eagle clutching a cogwheel and lightning bolts, with a white background and red N R A lettering atop. The badge carries the word member in blue and the slogan We do our part in red at the bottom.
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National Recovery Movement
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Atlanta Child Dies in Crash Near Forsyth Macon
In Georgia a 3 year old girl, Joanne Binns of Atlanta, died when the car driven by her mother, Mavis Short Binns, plunged from the road between Forsyth and Macon and overturned in a field. The mother was badly hurt and a Black maid passenger escaped uninjured. The family was en route from Atlanta to Macon to visit the maternal grandparents, L H Short.
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Joanne
John Binns
Atlanta
Forsyth
Mavis Short
Ts. ' Binns
L, H. Short
Rates to Be Cut by Service Body in Georgia
Georgia's Public Service Commission laid groundwork for future rate action by organizing its staff and appointing Curtis Mees of Charlotte as consulting engineer. Mees, previously a witness at Governor Talmadge’s ouster hearing, will assess regulation and rates and submit recommendations. The panel also named 12 motor carrier inspectors and expanded its office force.
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Atlanta
Georgia
New Public Service Commission
Curtis Mees
Charlotte
N. C
Mees
Talmadge
Ernest Camp Named Poet Laureate by Georgia Press Association
Waycross Ga July 23 Jack Williams president of the Georgia Press Association announces Ernest Camp of Monroe editor of the Walton Tribune as poet laureate of the state press association succeeding the late Dan G Bickers editor of The Savannah Morning News Camp has written much verse and drawn favorable comment He is a past president who helped create the poet laureate office and helped appoint Bickers as the first laureate
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Jack Williams
The
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Ernest Camp
Onroe
Walton Tribune
State Press Association
Dan G. Bickers
Savannah Morning News
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President's son weds Texas girl after quick divorce
Elliott Roosevelt son of the president married Ruth Josephine Cougins of Fort Worth, Texas, in a double ring ceremony on a Mississippi bluff. The wedding follows his divorce from Elizabeth Browning Donner five days earlier in Minden, New. Cougins was a first-time bride.
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Iowa
Mississippi
Elliott Roosevelt
United States
Ruth Josephine Cougins
Ft. Worth
Texas
Rock Garden
River Bank
G. C. Swiller
Naboth Ponorae
Congregational Minster
Roosevelt
Elizabeth Browning Donner
Minden
New
Miss Coogin
Castellow Moves to Get Branch Bank at Columbus
Columbus Ga July 20 Congressman's efforts toward securing a Federal Home Loan Bank branch for Columbus continue. In Washington Castellow met board officials, with Chairman Stevenson noting the Atlanta Macon and Savannah offices would be tested first and Columbus would be kept on the list for possible additional offices.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Washington
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Third District of Georgia
W. P. Pike
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Thelma Williams
Stevenson
Atlanta
Macon
Savannah
Castellon
Crawford County man bound over in fatal incident case
Walter Wheeler of Crawford County bound over without bond at a Roberta commitment hearing for causing fatal harm. Lige Bonner, a Black man, and Maggie Lee Harris, a Black woman and key witness, were central to the proceedings. Wheeler’s first hearing occurred July 5. re-arrest and habeas petition followed. hearings continued in Macon with witnesses including Clayton B. Whitaker.
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Walter Wheeler
Crawford County
Roberta
Lige Bonner
Maggie Lee Harris
Macon
Bibb County
Wheeler
W.M. Cloud
H. M. Reeves
Justices the Peace
A. Cunningham
Augusta Chronicle Editor Favored for Postmastership
Athens Ga July 20 Paul Brown newly elected representative from the Tenth Georgia district recommends Thomas J Hamilton editor of the Augusta Chronicle for postmaster at Augusta Brown praised Hamiltons unselfish service to community development and social and economic well being of the region He noted the editor may not accept the appointment and cited a loving cup award as the most useful citizen to Augusta
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Athens
Paul Brown
Georgia
Thomas J. Hamilton
Augusta Chronicle
Autagusta
Brown
Augusta
Hamilton
E Augusta
Foreman Resigns Southern to Assume SAE Recorder Post
Lauren Foreman longtime publicity agent for Southern Railway for 23 years is elected eminent supreme recorder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He will start Sept 1 and be succeeded at Southern by Herman C. Yancey. Foreman, a former Atlanta Constitution city editor, is a Washington Georgia native. He will relocate to Evanston Illinois.
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Lauren Foreman
Southern Railway System
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Montgomery
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R. B., Pegram
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Eric A. Dawson
University of Mississippi
Evanston, Ill
Atlanta Constitution
Washington, Ga
Former head of Citizens National Bank dies in Georgia crash
Montezuma Ga July 24 C L DeVaughn 55 ex president of Citizens National Bank of Montezuma died instantly when his car swerved into a wire guard at an overhead bridge as he drove home from Oglethorpe with his brother Mack DeVaughs and Argus Arnold Surviving are his widow the former Nellie Lou Massie of Montezuma a brother M S DeVaughn of Montezuma two sisters Mrs D R Pearce and Mrs Rosa Polhill of Hawkinsville and four sons J B Nathan Bob and Carl DeVaughn Jr all of Montezuma
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C. L. DeVaughn
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Oglethorpe
Mack DeVaughs
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Arnold
Pineapple melon grown by Marion County farmer
Sen Burgin of Marion County is testing a new variety named pineapple melon on his farm using seeds from Barcelonia Spain. He plans larger plantings next year and believes Georgia soil suits the fruit for nationwide shipment. The melon resembles a citron in rind and grows larger than cantaloupe but smaller than musk melon with a pineapple cantaloupe flavor.
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Joe S. Burgin
Buena Vista
Marion County
Burgin
C. P. Mills
Barcelonia
Spain
FBI Efforts Peak to Seize William Denski in Ottley Kidnapping
The United States bureau of investigation is pursuing every available lead to arrest William Denski, linked to the kidnapping of J. K. Ottley, a prominent Atlanta banker, occurring several weeks prior.
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United States Bureau of Investigation
William Delenski
J. K. Ottley
Atlanta
Georgia Hall contract awarded for Warm Springs project
Warm Springs Ga July announcement by George Hall committee leaders naming Batson-Cook of West Point Ga as the successful bidders for the Georgia Hall building at Warm Springs. Funds collected and county assurances back the campaign. building to be completed in time for presentation during President Roosevelt’s fall visit. A bound volume, Builders of Georgia Hall, will document the campaign and contributors.
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Jon J. Callaway
Theorgia Hall
Caine Woolford
Batson-Cook
West Point
Pyox Roosevelt
Cal Padtwypalfors
Callaway
Georgia Hall
Georgia Wave & Foundation
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Wi Springs Foundation
Uar
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Georgia
Georgia ouster case cites power commission charges
Governor targets the old Georgia Public Service Commission in an ouster petition, accusing it of neglecting duties and aiding Georgia Power to maintain a monopoly. Key issues include inflated rate claims, adopting interstate freight hikes, no effort to cut telephone rates, issuing stocks without proper consideration, and lax valuation of utility properties. Three commissioners and staff faced dramatic departures amid tears and hospitalizations during the hearings.
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Sharp decline in reported accident deaths this week
The week saw a sharp decline in the accident death toll with no sons reported killed. Five sons drowned, one perished in an automobile mishap, one in a fall, and a plane crash caused two deaths. Tennessee reported two deaths, while Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina each had one.
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