Third District Rural Letter Carriers Meet at Warm Springs
Mountain Valley Georgia hosts the annual Third District Rural Letter Carriers Association and Ladies Auxiliary convention in Pine Mountain Valley. GA Wilson of Hamilton presided. A Long of Cataula elected president for the new year. Officers named include J L Andrews Eastman vice president Roy Turner Rupert secretary treasurer and Wilson as delegate to state and national con vention. The program featured Judge Geo C Palmer of the Chattanooga circuit, welcome addresses, tap dancing, and readings by local carriers and auxiliary members.
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Harris
Muscogee
Ledger-Enquirer papers repurchase building
Columbus reports the Ledger-Enquirer announces the repurchase of its building from J. FB Page, who acquired the property on retirement. The R W Page Corporation now owns the structure built as a memorial to the late R Y Page, founder of the Ledger newspaper.
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Columbus
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
J. FB. Page
R. W. Page Corporaton
R Y. Fage
The
Ledger
Columbus Negro Held After Admitting Assault On Benning Child
John Taylor, a Columbus Negro, admitted attempting to assault a 12 year old girl at Ft Benning. He faced a preliminary hearing and was ordered held for the federal grand jury under a 10000 dollar bond. The girl and Olive Thetford testified that a man choking them in bed. The mother awakened, grabbed a pistol and fired at the escapee on the porch as her sergeant husband was away on maneuvers.
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Columbus
Ft. Benning
John Taylor
U. S
N. Brown
Federal Grand Jury
Olive Thetford
Miss Thetford
Burleson Sent To Prison After Poison Tablet Claim
Mary W. Burleson aged 61, a divorcee under a 12 year term for manslaughter, swallowed three tablets believed poison before transfer from county jail to state penitentiary. Doctors found no poison. She was fingerprinted at the penitentiary and moved to the women’s prison. She was convicted last week for the slaying of Col. R C Burleson’s second wife, Isabelle Reese Knowlton, in a hotel cafeteria here in March.
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Columbia
S. C
Mary W. Burleson
State Penitentiary
John M. Glenn
Women's Prison
Col
R. C. Burleson
Isabelle Reese Knowlton
Boston
March
Lost Marion County Boy Rescued After Day in Swamp
A one year old boy from Marion County wandered for a day and night through swamp land five miles from home. He exited the woods onto a highway where a passing motorist found him and brought him back. The child, William Gergais, had a fever and numerous bruises. A large search by CCC workers and local officials failed to locate him until he emerged near his home.
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Americas
Marion County
William Gergais
Buena Vista
Women Prisoners to Move to Tattnall Prison
Milledgeville Ga June 4 The transfer of inmates from the State Women s Prison in Milledgeville to new facilities at Tattnall County will begin about July 15. Capt J E Smith superintendent says the Tattnall building now under construction won t be ready before July 1. He will transfer in his present role and Mrs Smith the matron will also join the new quarters.
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Milledgeville
State Women‘s Prison
Tattnall County
J. E. Smith
Smith
Tattnall Prison
State Penal Board
Allen Chappell Forms Bid For Public Service Post In Georgia
Americus, Ga June 1 Allen Chappell a Sumter county representative announced his candidacy for the Georgia Public Service Commission to seek the Democratic nomination in September to replace Jud I Wilhoit term expiring this year Chappell a longtime state political figure has served eight consecutive years in both the Georgia House and Senate He has chaired key committees on ways and means motor vehicles and played major roles on education agriculture and highway policy during the 1985 and 1934 sessions he also served on the state commission on economy and taxation.
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Americus
Allen Chappell
House of
Chappell
Georgia House
Senate
General Assembly
State Commission On Economy and Taxation
Griffin Centennial to Open with National Figures Speaking
Griffin’s centennial celebration June 17 will feature speakers including Hugh Howell Abu Nix Columbus Roberts and Eugene Talmadge. Gov Rivers may respond to the welcome by David Arnold. Georgia’s 10 congressmen and two senators are invited. Talks begin 11 a.m. Wings of Time pageant stars 75 cast and three nights at Lightfoot Park. Seats for 4500 erected. Maurie Flynt portrays General L L Griffin. Dr W F Melton portrays Sidney Lanier. Three spectacular balls planned including a Cotton Ball with a Miss Cotton queen chosen from textile workers.
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Griffin
Hugh Howell
Abu Nix
Columbus Roberts
Eugene Talmadge
Gov. Rivers
David Arnold
Griffin and Spalding County
Lightfoot
Griffin High
Athletice
Maurie Flynt
General L. L. Griffin
W. F Melton
Georgia
Sidney Lanier
Lanier
Widows and bachelors in Ft Valley lauded as blind
Around the Circle speaker Rev Geo B Culpepper notes Ft Valley has many varieties of widows and a dozen blind widowers and bachelors roam the streets seeking partners. He advises widows and bachelors to outtalk a suitor, joking that even Satan outtalked Eve.
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Geo. B. Culpepper
Ft. Valley
Fort Valley
Satan
Eve
Parker Withdraws From Cox Opponent Race in Ga
Moultrie May 30 One opponent to Rep E E Cox has withdrawn. Jno C Parker Moultrie attorney wired from an Atlanta hospital that ill health forces his pullout from the second district Democratic nomination contest. Cox left unopposed for renomination as the entry deadline nears. Parker underwent an operation earlier in the week.
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Moultrie
E. E. Cox
D-Ga
Jno
C. Parker
Atlanta
Cox
Parker
Georgia House of Representatives
Reunion Highlights Bazemroe Family Guests in Butler
At the Bazemroe family reunion in Butler on Sunday August 18 guests included Mr. and Mrs. Curtis M. Baldwin and their young daughter from Asheville North Carolina. Mrs. Baldwin was Miss Veronica Perkins of Thomaston who attended Georgia Alabama Business College in Macon and used the nickname Polly at the reunion reflecting school days. Baldwin is president of Skyline Motors Inc and Oldsmobile agent. Asheville’s growing popularity and climate are noted as valued by locals.
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Bazemroe
Butler
Curtis M. Baldwin
Asheville
N. C
Baldwin
Veronica Perkins
Thomaston
Georgia-Alabama Business College
Macon
Polly
Skyline Motors Inc
Oldsmobile
Washington Weekly Omits Fifth Column On Page
The News Reporter of Washington Georgia appears in six of seven columns on the editorial page with the disputed fifth column replaced by a bold pledge We will tolerate no fifth column here. The paper is owned by Adjutant General J E Stoddard and edited by Charles J Reynolds Jr.
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Washington, Ga
News Reporter
Washington
Adjutant General
J. E. Stoddard
Chas, J. Reynolds, Jr
Governor Rivers closes records to federal inquiry
Atlanta Governor E D Rivers barred U S postal inspectors from Georgia highway department records on Friday and ordered requests for information in writing. The move accompanies a federal probe into road material purchases as indictments were returned against Dr Hiram W Evans, an Atlanta contractor and former Ku Klux Klan member, and Jno W Greer Jr an administration legislative lieutenant on mail fraud and trade restraint conspiracy charges.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
U. S
Georgia Highway Department
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Jno
W. Greer, Jr
H. W. Evans
KIKK
J. W. Greer, Jr
Administration
Rivers commute three death sentences to life in Georgia
Atlanta May 80 Gov Rivers commuted the death sentences of Roy Merritt to life imprisonment for the Spalding county case the first local death sentence to be altered. The board cited facts at Merritt clemency hearing and a 2500 name petition. The governor also commuted Eustace Davis and Boris Hopkins to life and spared another planned execution.
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Atlanta
F E. D. Rivers
Roy Merritt
Griffin
Merritt
Attac
Spalding County
State Prison and Parole Board
Spalding County Rivers
Prison and Parole Board
Eustace Davis
Douglas
Boris Hopkins
Coffee County
Calvin Hudson
Vinson Praised at Georgia Military College Dedication
Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia, chair of the House naval affairs committee, called preparedness the surest guarantee of peace in a speech at the dedication of an $85,000 building named after him at the Georgia Military College.
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Carl Vinson
Georgia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Georgia Military College
Honor Is Given Columbus Citizen Mr. J. W. Thomas
J W Thomas manager of Sears Roebuck in Columbus Ga wins a plane on the 1940 roll of honor of community builders by Chain Store Age the national business magazine. Nominee T S Sloan Columbus Chamber leader notes his 1939 leadership roles including president Merchants Association and first vice president Chamber of Commerce. He chaired the merchants committee Safety Council and Coordinating Council and served on the city democratic executive committee Kiwanis Boy Scouts YMCA St Luke church and 4 H work. Scroll of honor parchment to Sloam for Thomas in recognition of his community service.
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New York
J. W. Thomas
Sears Roebuck
Columbus
Chain Store Age
National Business Magazine
Thomas
T. S. Sloan
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Chains Store Age
Sears
Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers Merchants Committee
City Safety Council
City Democratic
Kiwanis Club
Boy Scout
St. Luke Methodist Church
Sloam
Spivey Declines Run for Congress seat in Georgia
Swainsboro Ga May 31 John Spivey president of the Georgia senate said he will not run for congress from the first district this year. The veteran lawmaker noted 12 years in the state general assembly culminating as senate president and added he is not a candidate for any state office in the forthcoming Democratic primary.
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Swainsboro
John Spivey
Georgia Senate
Congress
Spivey
General Assembly
State Senate
Auto firms asked to begin producing airplane engines
Secretary Morgenthau said he asked five automobile manufacturers to begin or expand production of airplane engines. He discussed the move with Ford, Chrysler, Studebaker, and Packard, and with General Motors on expanding existing engine facilities. All five showed interest and started assessing feasibility with their engineering staffs.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Ford
Chrysler
Studebaker
Packard
General Motors
Morgenthausgard
Georgians Honor Davis in Capitol
Washington June 4 the 132nd birthday of President Jefferson Davis was quietly celebrated at the United States Capitol. Mrs C D Tillman of Quitman Georgia president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Georgia placed a wreath at the base of the statue of the immortal Southerner in Statuary Hall. After ceremonies Mrs Tillman and her husband traveled to New York for the World's Fair, then rode to Columbia F C where Mr Tillman joked about quitting chauffering for a Pullman car.
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Washington
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
United States Capitol
C. D. Tillman
Quitrnay
United Daughters of the Confederacy of Georgia
Mississippi
New York
Tillmans
Quitman
Columbia F. C
Tillman
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Benning
Tattnall
Taylor County Motor Company
Reynolds, Georgia
Allen Chappell In
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By Eugene Anderson
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