Roosevelt Names Two Republicans To His Cabinet
President Roosevelt submitted the nominations of Col. Frank Knox for Secretary of the Navy and H L Stimson for Secretary of War to the Senate. Knox, Chicago Daily News publisher and 1986 Republican vice presidential candidate, would replace Charles Edison who resigns June 24. Stimson formerly served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War and has endorsed the administration’s foreign policy. The moves follow the resignation of Secretary Woodring and prior coalition speculation amid European affairs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
H. L. Stimson
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Stillmore
Taft
White House
Woodring
Charles Edison
Edison
New Jersey
Alf M. Landon
Philadelphia
Stimson
Three Counties Lose Suit For Funds To Hike School Payments Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court rebuffs Bibb Chatham and Richmond counties in efforts to collect an extra 375 000 in state school funds for the current term. The court says the 1990 amendment removes a prior exception and places the counties with 156 others under the teacher allotment funding rule. A 1938 ruling had previously favored them before the amendment.
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Atlanta
Bibb
Chatham
Richmond County
Georgia Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Supreme Court
High Court
J. E. Smith and Wife Resign State Posts
Milledgeville Ga June 25 J E Smith superintendent of the state women's prison has resigned effective as soon as the transfer of prisoners from Milledgeville to new quarters near Reidsville is completed Mrs Smith matron also has resigned Smith said he remained in the employ of the state prison system but did not state in what capacity He indicated he would remain in Milledgeville The transfer of prisoners is expected to be complete about July 15.
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Milledgeville, Ga
J. E. Smith
State Women‘s Prison
Milledgeville
Reidsville
Abit Nix Qualifies To Enter Georgia Governor Race
Abit Nix, a self styled Conservative Liberal candidate, qualified Saturday under Democratic regulations for Georgia governor. He announced Waycross July 2 as his campaign keynote and said he would reveal a campaign manager and headquarters next week. Nix urged business over politics and opposed National Guard involvement in state affairs. He and Eugene Talmadge are set to contest for governor. the 1940 race marks their second clash in a decade.
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Abit Nix
Georgia
Atlanta
Waycross
Hugh Howell
Columbus Roberts
Eugene Tallamadge
Nix
National Guard
State Department
Athens
Talmadge
Woman Suffers Prom Pha Says Little Boy
Memphis report of a woman ill at home with a child outside warning an ambulance crew. The boy points to a Federal Housing Administration notice financing improvements and says the woman has PHA and the driver could catch it.
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Memphis
Tenn
Federal Housing Administration
Williams Widow Sues for 35000 in Rail Death Case
Macon June 22 Mrs Annie M Williams filed suit for 35000 in superior court Friday seeking compensation for her husband's death Wednesday beneath a Southern engine at a street crossing. Named defendants with the railroad are engineer H J Griffin fireman W C Evans and watchman J C Smith.
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Macon
Annie M. Williams
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Williams
H. J. Griffin
W. C. Evans
J. C. Smith
Suit Filed in Court Against Roy Harris
Augusta June 22 Geo H Rich ter U S commissioner at Savannah filed a suit in U S Court at Augusta for 3500 against Speaker Roy V Harris of the Georgia house of representatives A state court case was dismissed earlier Richter charged Harris refused to allow a petition to impeach Savannah official S H Cann solicitor and H M Jordan recorder
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Augusta
Geo. H. Richter
U. S
Savannah
Roy V. Harris
Georgia House of Representatives
Richter
Harris
Georgia
S. H. Cann
H. M. Jordan
New Mitchell County Bookmobile Begins Operations
Camilla Ga June 21 Mitchell County Bookmobile recently purchased by the County Board of Education WPA the County commissioners and several communities began operations. Mrs Christine McAllister county traveling librarian announced the truck will be loaded with new books. One month the year 3625 volumes were checked out and the average for the remaining five months is just above 3000 volumes monthly.
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Camilla
Mitchell County
County Board of Education
WPA
Christine McAllister
Four Columbus Citizens Drown in Separate Incidents
Three Columbus residents die in river and lake drownings near Bibb City and Macon. Little Dewey Burton, 35, perishes in the Chattahoochee River while teaching his 6 year old son to swim. Camille McCarty, 17, and Helen Walden, 15, drown in a Macon area lake.
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Columbus
Little Dewey Burton
Chattahoochee River
Bibbe City
Camille McCarty
Helen Walden
Macon
Rivers to back a Georgia gubernatorial hopeful
Governor E. D. Rivers announced he will support the candidate most likely to win once the field closes on July 25. He declined to discuss merits of Abu Nix Hugh Howell Eugene Talmadge or Columbus Roberts and said his choice would not imply official Rivers administration backing. He urged voters to decide independently.
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Atlanta
FE. D. Rivers
Georg Natorial
Abu Nix
Athens
Hugh Howell
Eugene Talmadoe
Columbus Roberts
Rivers Administration
People of
Georgia
Rev. R. H. Daniel Hurt in Auto Accident Near Hawkinsville
Rev. R. H. Daniel, 65, rector of St. Luke Episcopal Church, was badly cut in an automobile crash about four miles from Hawkinsville near Bemary’s Mill on Sunday. He was returning from Dublin after services in Dublin and McRae. a passing motorist drove him home.
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Hawkinsville
R. H. Daniel
St. Luke Episcopal Church
Bembry‘s Mill
Daniel
Dublin
McRae
Former Employee of University Board of Regents Sentenced
Macon June 21 Federal Judge J S Deaver sentenced W B Lamb a former employee of the University of Georgia Board of Regents to a year and a day in prison on charges he took money from contractors to rush building projects in Washington Lamb was convicted at Athens and gave notice of appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans
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Macon
J. S. Deaver
W. B. Lamb
University of Georgia Board of Regents
Washington
Tamb
Athens
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Thomaston Plans Welcome for Kiwanis President M A Smith
Thomaston residents organize a motorcade of about 200 cars to greet Mark A. Smith upon his return from a Kiwanis International convention. The parade will form at the county line ten miles north and escort him to town in an official state patrol car. Local bands and students are expected to greet the new Kiwanis president who also serves as Upson County school superintendent.
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Thomaston
Mark A. Smith
Kiwanis Insternational
Griffin
Silvertown
East Thomaston
Smith
Upson County
Kiwanis International
Woman Farmer, 72, Of Macon County Is Regaining Her Losses
Montezuma Ga June 22 Mrs Co D Rice 72 year old Macon county farmer manages her own acre farm while continuing the insurance business left by her husband C D Rice of Marshallville who died 1982 She remains cheerful resourceful and although she has lost three pecan crops she has an excellent pecan and peach crop this year and hopes they will repay losses She raises peaches pecans asparagus corn cotton peanuts hogs Hereford cattle oats and wheat for home use and mules for farm use She notes machinery investment but says labor is still needed for fruit and orchard care with little time to rest.
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Montezuma
Co. D. Rice
Macon County
C. D. Rice
Marshallville
Young Methodists Install Officers in Georgia Assembly
In Macon on June 24 the Young People's Assembly of the South Georgia Methodist Conference concluded with 350 church workers present at Wesleyan College. George Clary Jr. of Macon was installed as president, with Ernest Seckinger Rincon as vice president, Mary Smith Bainbridge as secretary, Jimmy Varnell Springfield as treasurer, and Martha Woolbright Columbus as publicity director. Carroll Tinsley Hazlehurst and Jay Cumbus Columbus were named to the Youth Planning Commission.
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Macon
Young People's Assembly of the
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Wesleyan College
George Clary Jr
Ernest, Seckinger
Rincon
Mary Smith Bainbridge
Jimmy Varnell
Springfield
Martha Woolbright
Columbus
Youth Planning Commission
Carroll Tinsley
Hazlehurst
Jay Cumbus
Albany Bar Association honors judges at Legion club dinner
Albany Judge B C Gardner of the Georgia Court of Appeals and Judge Howell Cobb of the Albany circuit were guests of honor at a barbecue hosted by the Albany Bar Association at the American Legion clubhouse. S S Bennett praised bar cooperation across the circuit while Judge A L Miller and A B Cromer lauded the guests. About 75 people attended the event.
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Albany
B. C. Gardner
Georgia Court of Appeals
Howell Cobb
Albany Judicial Circuit
Albany Bar Association
American Legion
S. S. Bennett
Bar Association
Bots
A. L. Miller
Edison
A. B. Cromer
Bainbridge
Youth Charged in Involuntary Manslaughter of Lucy Wood
A 13 year old Macon boy, Roy Peters, was booked on involuntary manslaughter after a rock struck 12 year old Lucy Wood in a plum orchard. The slingshot wound killed Lucy at a Macon hospital from a head injury. Coroner L H Chapman ordered the arrest following an inquest noting neighborhood tensions and prior juvenile disputes. Lucy, a sixth grade student, had lived in Macon about two years with her mother Mrs Lucy Jane Wood.
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Macon
Lucy Wood
L. H Chapman
Roy Peters
Lucy
Chapman
Lucey
Lucy Jane Wood
Gospel Singing Dance At Macon Auditorium Friday
A large gospel singing dance event at Macon Auditorium features an orchestra at 7:30 p m with solos duets and group performances from across the state. A souvenir booklet will be given to the first 1 500 attendees and many church groups plan participation, promising a capacity crowd.
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Macon Auditorium
Luton Macon
Mikado Baptist Church
Leadey
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