More Than 6 000 Men To Take Part In King Celebration
Washington plans reveal that over 6,000 soldiers sailors and marines will attend the reception and escort for the king and queen of England on June 8. The arrangement includes the army band Washington headquarters company two infantry regiments tanks engineer and artillery units a cavalry machine gun troop scout cars air force detachment marine band 1200 marines navy band 600 sailors and a four hour holiday for federal workers.
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Washington
England
Air Force
85 000 for Georgia considered by Rea
The Rural Electrification Administration holds under consideration an 85 000 loan to build 100 miles of rural lines serving about 800 members in Brantley Camden and Charlton counties Georgia. Officials said speed depends on prompt local cooperation with government requests for information and action.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Brantley
Camden
Charlton Counties
RIA
Fayette Seniors Routed by Fires in Lynchburg
A bus carrying 81 Senoia High School seniors from Fayette County Ga to Washington caught fire twice within 10 minutes in Lynchburg Va. No injuries occurred as firefighters extinguished the first blaze near the ignition and aided by the driver J C Sams before a second outbreak forced the bus to be towed to a garage. Miss Lee Hand the teacher and the students escaped safely.
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Lynchburg
Senoia High School
Fayette County
Washington
J. C. Sams
Miss Lee Hand
Decatur Woman Inherits More Than Five Million
Mrs. Clara Mae Dodson widow of James G. Dodson, president of the Ironized Yeast Co. Inc., receives his entire estate estimated at 5 to 6 million dollars under his will filed for probate. She is named sole executrix. Dodson died May 8 in San Francisco while on a trip to Honolulu. He had moved wealth to Florida years earlier to evade taxation, then reestablished Georgia residence after the 1938 intangible tax act.
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Decatur
Clara Mae Dodson
James G. Dodson
Ironized Yeast Co. Inc
Dodson
San Francisco
Honolulu
Florida
Clearwater
Georgia
Governor Rivers Unhurt After Horse Slides Down Slope
Atlanta reports Governor E D Rivers escaped serious injury when his horse lost the bridle on a slick hillside at Vogel State Park. The animal rolled about 100 feet toward a 60 foot precipice before being halted and remounted. Rivers, secretary Downing Musgrove and Director Charles Elliott were part of the party. a bolt of lightning briefly spooked the horses later.
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Atlanta
Governor Rivers
Capitol
Slood
Gov. Rivers
Downing Musgrove
Charles Elliott
Vogel State Park
God the Only Cause and Creator Lesson Sermon
The Christian Science Lesson-Sermon on God the Only Cause and Creator will be read Sunday in churches worldwide. It cites Genesis 1 1 and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health stating God is individual incorporeal divine Principle Love the universal cause the only creator and reflected by all that is real and eternal.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
God
W G Hill Seeks Dismissal As Administrator of W M Hill Estate
Taylor County Georgia notice states W G Hill as administrator of the W M Hill deceased estate has fully administered. The court is urged to discharge him and grant Letters of Dismissal on the first Monday in June 1939, with witness L T Peed Ordinary.
Georgia dismission request for J R Beeland estate
In Taylor County J D Beeland as administrator of the estate of J R Beeland deceased petitions the court. He is cited to show cause why he should not be discharged and receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in June 1939. Dated April 18 1939. L T Peed Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
W. G. Hill
W. M. Hill
L. T
J. D. Beeland
J. R. Beeland
L. T. Peed
Four Georgia Men Kill 12 1/2 Foot Florida Alligator
A party of four Georgia men including B G Blanton Roy Blanton Howard McCants and Sidney Smith on a fishing trip in Ocala Florida killed a 12 1/2 foot alligator at Orange Lake. They shot it between the eyes with a 86 caliber pistol and the reptile was later disposed of by a local expert. The gator weighed about 6500 pounds live weight and would have been worth roughly $100.
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Georgia
Butler
Florida
Messrs
B. G. Blanton
Cosby-Hodges Milling Company
Roy Blanton
Howard McCants
Sidney ‘Smith
Ocala
Fla
Orange Lake
McCants
Ross Allen
Silver Springs
Auto Hits Store Near Summerville Ends in Death
Summerville, Ga., May 28 Max Fowler, 24, son of county commissioner C. W. Fowler, died when his car crashed into Morgan's store seven miles east of Summerville. His companion Alvin Hise was critically injured after being thrown from the car as it overturned. Fowler's body burned beyond recognition in the ensuing fire that destroyed the vehicle. He leaves parents, two sisters and a brother.
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Summerville
Max Fowler
C. W. Fowler
Alvin Hise
Morgan
Here
Fowler
Hise
Sprayberry Dies of Shot Wounds in Georgia
Funeral services were held for Edward R. Sprayberry 88 who died Saturday night from shotgun wounds near Griffin Georgia. Sheriff J C Bennett said Johnny Murphy is in Pike County jail for investigation. Sprayberry was a painter employed by Robert Wheaton and Sons. Final rites were at Teamon Baptist church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Griffin
Edward R. Sprayberry
J. C. Bennett
Johnny Murphy
Zebulon
Pike County
Sprayberry
Robert Wheaton and Sons
Teamon Baptist Church
Indus Barnett
J. F. Norton
Federal emergency relief expenditures report totals
Washington reports total federal emergency relief spending from April 1935 to April 1939 at 10 498 767 186. The first four months of 1939 saw 2 212 448 309 spent. State figures include Alabama 142 460 257 and 33 776 599 Arkansas 130 268 308 and 31 174 861 Florida 128 959 048 and 28 241 114 Georgia 148 227 629 and 37 602 600 Louisiana 12 095 154 and 29 162 101.
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Washington
Treasury
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Rural letter carriers melt at Americus Tuesday
Rev. John S. Sharp presiding elder of the Americus District Methodist church gave the principal address at the annual convention of Third District rural mail carriers and their wives in Americus. Welcoming remarks were offered by Mayor T. L. Bell Postmaster Frak Chappell and S. R. Stevens of Americus and Mrs F H Scarborough of DeSoto. Responses followed by W A Wilson of Abbeville and Mrs W R Woods of Dawson.
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Americus
John $. Sharp
Cordele
Americus District
Third District
T. L. Bell
Frak Chappell
S. R. Stevens
F. H. Scarborough
DeSoto
W. A. Wilson
Abbeville
W. R. Woods
Dawson
Georgia legislators to attend Brunswick special session outing
A total of 160 members of the Georgia General Assembly will attend a special session to be held in Brunswick June 2 to 4. The event is a vacation outing hosted by Brunswick city officials and Glynn county authorities.
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Brunswick
Georgia General Assembly
Glynn
Charges Dropped in Slaying Drama at Sylvania
Long-running Doughtry murder case ends as charges are dismissed in Screven Superior Court. Indicted include Marie Daughtry, Albert Cobb, Joe and Ralph Newton. Osborne Newton, John Burns, and Aaron Nelson remain defendants with Burns seeking a new trial. Daughtry was a wealthy Scrooge county planter found bullet riddled in September 1987 after two days missing.
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Marie Daughtry
Albert Cobb
Savannah
Joe
Ralph Newton
Cobb
Osborne Newton
John Burns
Aaron Nelson
Burns
Mr. Daughtry
Scrooge County
Neville
Federal workers in Georgia exempt from state tax until next year
Atlanta May 31 Federal employees who are Georgia residents will not pay state income tax on 1937 and 1938 earnings but must file returns next year for all Federal wages, per State Revenue Commissioner T Grady Head. The rule follows a reciprocal policy aligned with the federal waiver for state and local employees.
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Atlanta
Georgia
T. Grady Head
U. S. Congress
Six Ex-Governors of Georgia Now Living
An Atlanta Journal article by Walter Smith lists six former Georgia governors still living. The group includes Slaton, Dorsey, Hardwick, Walker, Russell, and Talmadge, with careers in law, judiciary, academia, and industry. Only Russell and Talmadge remain active in politics. They joined Gov Rivers in a symposium at Emory University during the Georgia Bar Association meeting.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Journal
Walter Smith
U. S
John M. Slaton
McRae
Russell
Talmadge
Gov. Rivers
Emory University
Georgia Bar Association
Factory Blaze Destroys Looper Plant in Dublin
Dalton Ga May 29 The Looper fertilizer plant and its contents were destroyed by fire of undetermined origin with an estimated loss around 10000 The blaze ended after three hours of effort and for a time threatened the Looper Warehouse with hundreds of bales of cotton stored in an adjacent building
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Dalton
Looper
Pneumonia Fatal to James Lee Key Former Atlanta Mayor
James Lee Key longtime Atlanta political figure and former mayor who championed prohibition died of pneumonia at St. Joseph's Hospital. He would have been 72 in July. Key, noted for his health battles and liberal stance on prohibition, retired after losing to Mayor Wm. B. Hartsfield in 1966 and lived with his daughter Mrs. Mom Joe Butler.
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Atlanta
James "J. (Rigg
Cinice
Paris
France
St. Joseph's Hospital
Aslanta
Key
South
Iil
Wm. B. Hartsfield
Hartsfield
Jim Key
St. Joseph's
Joe Butler
Shows for Week at Dean Theatre
Sunday and Monday feature Wife His Band and Friend with Loretti Young Warner Baxter and Bennie Barnes in a romance filled tale. The film based on James M Cain novel follows Lorettas Young with Warner Baxter in a second pairing after Wife Doctor and Nurse. Wednesday and Thursday present I Aim the Law with Edward G Robinson in a top gang busting entry. Friday and Saturday show King of Alcal traz with Lloyd Nokes and Gail Patrick and also George OBrien in Zona Legion.
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Loretti Youn
Warner Baxter
Bennie Barnes
Lorettas Young
Warner ”Baxter
James Be Cain
Caesar Romero
George Barbier
J. Oinard Bromberg
Edward G
Robinson
Barbara O'Neil
Job Beal
Wendy Barrie
Lloyd Nokes
Gail Patrick
Chevrolet Retail Sales Show Big Increase in May
Detroit May 30 Dealers report Chevrolet retail sales of new cars and light trucks in the first ten days of May reached 23 248 units, up 1 505 from April and 86 percent above the same period last year. Year to date sales total 293 768, 70 212 more than the prior year, a 31.7 percent rise. Used car sales for the period were 46 663 units, up 5 172 from April and 10 483 over the first ten days of May last year.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
Fire Areport
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