Horrors of Hindenburg disaster told in graphic story
Everett Holles describes dawn on Lakehurst New Jersey as 300 marines and coast guards guard the burning Hindenburg. Fire and wreckage blanketed the site while rescue crews searched for missing passengers and crew amid reports of seven bodies. Aboard, observers watched the flaming airship fall to the ground and explode, leaving shattered scenes of victims and a shaken crowd.
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United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Wng
Jersey
Coast Guards
Naval Station
United States
Germany
Hindenburg
Board of Inquiry
Newfoundland
New Rhygland
Manhattan
Proud
Earth
Wome
Cap
State Party Backing Amendments Shifts Georgia Politics
Georgia Democratic executive committee adopts a resolution backing Governor Rivers and his six point amendment program including homestead tax relief state aid to the elderly blind and dependent children property tax classification and a self convened special session. The group signals a statewide campaign for ratification despite three lawsuits aimed at blocking the June 8 election. Rivers blasts opposition as selfish politicians tied to Wall Street interests and Du Ponts.
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Atlanta
May
Georgia
Eb, D. Rivers
E. D. Rivers
Guernor Rivers
Wall
Eugene Talmadge
General Assembly
Rivers
Democratic Party
Georgia Man Slain After Calling Woman Fat
Waycross Ga May 8 Nick Summerlin was killed at a roadhouse after he allegedly insulted Betty Smith by calling her fat. Betty Smith, an employee at the roadhouse, shot Summerlin as he apologized. Betty Smith was arrested following the incident as testimony before a coroner s jury described the events.
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Waycross
Nick Summerlin
Henrietta Henderson
Betty Smith
Summerlin
Smith
June Election For Georgians Is Ruled Valid
Danielsville Ga May 11 Judge Berry J Mosley of the northern judicial district ruled the act calling a general election on 26 constitutional amendments for June 3 constitutional. The decision dissolving the restraining order against voting in Franklin county moves to appeal by George Goode. Governor Rivers praised the ruling as supportive of the New Deal program with five amendments favored at the election.
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Berry ‘J. Mosley
Northern Judicial Circuit
Franklin County
George Goode
Supreme Court
Moseley
E. D. Rivers
Cobb County Superior Court
Douglas
M. J. Yeomans
General Assembly of Georgia
Miss Weatherly Wins 500 Dollar Essay Scholarship
In Athens Friday night Amelia Weatherly, 15, won first place in Georgia's state dramatic reading contest defeating students from 10 districts. The prize includes a $500 scholarship a gold medal and an invitation to read on WSB. Amelia is the daughter of E B Weatherly a Cochran livestock producer and president of the Middle Georgia Livestock Association.
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Macon
E. B. Weatherly
Cochran
Amelia Weatherly
Athens
Launcelot Gobbo
Jack Weatherly
Weatherly
Middle Georgia Livestock Association
Sheriff’s Sale of land in Taylor County Georgia
Public outcry sale to highest bidder for cash at the courthouse in Butler on the first Tuesday in June 1987. Property totals 105 acres in four parcels on lots 9 and 24 in Taylor County with sections north of McCants mill and along the Butler Thomaston highway. Levied to satisfy an execution in favor of Edd Youngblood against R S Vann. Sheriff John M Bone notes levy dated May 4 1987. levy by former sheriff August 7 1988.
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Court House
Butler
Taylor County
Georgia
Henry Shealy
McCants’ Mill
Thomaston
Superior Court
Edd Youngblood
R. S. Vann
Fife
R. P. McGuffin
Atlanta leader J O Chambers Sr dies at 77
J O Chambers Sr a longtime Atlanta religious civic and business figure died Sunday at his home in the city aged 77 His death ends a prominent era in local religious and civic life with decades of community service and leadership roles noted by associates and organizations across Atlanta
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J. O. Chambers, Sr
Atlanta
Hig
Negro Given Death Verdict in Georgia Trial
Waynesboro Georgia May 10 Will Hopkins a Negro was convicted of criminal assault in a 40 minute unannounced trial and sentenced by Judge A L Franklin to death in the electric chair June 14 The crime involved an assault on a 98 year old farm woman April 26 The trial opened with guarded court doors and Hopkins was spirited away after the verdict The defense argued temporary insanity and Hopkins admitted the crime and asked for mercy The judge praised local citizens and two farmers who helped restrain an angry mob and saved the prisoner from violence
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Atlanta
C. F. McLaughlin
Superior Court
Mann
General Assembly
Warm Spring
Waynesboro
Will Hopkins
A. L. Franklin
Burke County
Hopkins
H. C. Hatcher
E. M. Price
Savannah
Franklin
Sumter Man Killed Two Hurt In Auto Crash Near Americus
Lee Harper a Sumter county farmer died instantly when his car struck an oak tree on Leslie highway near Americus. His wife and son were seriously injured with the wife listed in serious condition and Johnnie Harper suffering a broken right leg and other possible injuries.
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Americus
Lee Harper
Sumter County
Leslie Highway
Sumter County Hospital
Harper
Johnnie Harper
Paving Base Laid From Columbus Through Talbotton to Macon
A paving base is being laid along state highway 22 from Columbus through Talbotton to Macon. Once a 19 mile gap from Talbotton to Flint River can be hard surfaced, the route will be an all paved road from Columbus to Macon via Talbotton.
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Talbotton
Columbus
Macon
Flint River
DeKalb County Fire Prevention Districts Amendment Proclaimed
A Georgia proclamation notes proposed constitutional amendments to authorize DeKalb County to create districts for fire prevention sanitation sewerage and water and to levy taxes within those districts. The proclamation cites a 1934 gubernatorial action and a 1937 legislative resolution, with the 1997 general election date for ratification by voters.
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DeKalb County
B. D. Rivers
State of Georgia
Whibrers
General Assembly
Seagion
DeKalb
County of DeKalb
Kalb
Gqn
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Supreme Court of State
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John B. Spivey
Senate
John W. Hammond
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John B. Wilson
Georgia Alcoholic Control Association
Atlanta, Georgia
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