Andersonville Cemetery to be developed as memorial site
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring told Congressman Stephen Pace that the War Department is studying improvements at Andersonville National Cemetery to honor the heroes buried there. He noted no funds for a large boulder monument and said a special act of Congress would be needed for funding and that any plaque must be historically accurate. The letter expresses hope the improvements will meet public approval.
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Columbus
Harry H. Woodring
Stephen Pace
Andersonville National Cemetery
South
War Department
Cemetery
Woodring
Pace
Congress
Week's Shows at Dean Theatre
Sunday and Monday feature The Mad Miss Manton a stylish mystery comedy with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. Wednesday and Thursday offer Girls' School a light hearted youth tale directed by John Brahm. Friday and Saturday bring Pride of the West with William Boyd and Road Demon with Henry Arthur and Joan Valerie.
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John Brahm
William Boyd
Henry Arthur
Joan Valerie
Americus Divided on Time Standard Time Returns Monday
Americus Georgia moves toward standard time as 84 businesses and all churches and post office windows switch to slow time on Monday. A straw ballot showed slow time leading 1,284 to 740, with banks still undecided. Ministers also voted to start services on standard time starting Monday.
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Americus
Council
Card of Thanks for H. S. Olive
We thank Butler and others for every act of kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our brother H. S. Olive. Special thanks to Dr. Montgomery for faithful services. May God's blessings be with you all from Mr J. D. Cooke and others.
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Butler
H. S. Olive
Montgomery
J. D. Cooke
A. W. Adams
R. E. Adams
R. Olive
Justice Hutcheson Dies at Jonesboro Home
Justice John B. Hutcheson, 79, former member of Georgia’s Supreme Court, died at his Jonesboro home after a long illness. Born November 20, 1860, in Jonesboro, he was a prominent Superior Court judge and active Methodist church layman. He served as Jonesboro city solicitor and mayor, was in the Georgia Legislature in 1916, and chaired the committee leasing the Western and Atlantic Railroad. He later returned to the Superior Court bench, re-elected four times.
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Jonesboro
John B. Hutcheson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Justice Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Jonesboro Methodist Church
University of Georgia
Old City Court
Turner County
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Dorsey
Four Indicted in Sumter Kidnapping Case
Sumter grand jury indicted Mrs. Katie Mindler Earnest Mindler Mrs Erma Harp and Howard Jordan on kidnapping charges for allegedly abducting Annie Kate Taylor from the Kugle home years ago The case has moved through Georgia Alabama and Florida courts with Mindler sentenced previously to a year and a day at the state prison farm a new trial ordered due to improper indictment The kidnapped child was Mindler’s niece who was to be adopted by the Kugles.
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Americus
Katie Mindler
Earnest Mindler
Erma Harp
Howard Jordan
Annie Kate Taylor
F. Kugile
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mindler
Georgia State
Sumter County
State Supreme Court
H. E. Allen
Eugle
Cold Weather Slows Cotton Growth Across Southeast
A week of cold weather has slowed cotton growth and raised farmer concerns. The Arcadian Grower notes delayed growth risks weevil damage and recommends extra nitrogen side dressing of 76 to 100 pounds per acre, or 125 to 150 pounds if no prior application, to boost yields amid cool conditions.
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Weather Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Reader Service Department
Deadly 42 Mile Stretch Named Georgia’s Worst Road 1938
The death mileage chart by Secretary Neil W. Printup of the Georgia petroleum industries committee marks the Atlanta to Griffin highway as Georgia’s most dangerous driving route in 1938. Seventeen killed and 595 injured on the 42 mile stretch, labeled a bad road in the summary.
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Neil W. Printup
Georgia Petroleum Industries Committee
Atlanta
Griffin
Georgia
Printup
Monroe Crowd dispersed by tear gas in Georgia
Monroe Georgia May 22 deputy commissioner Lon Sullivan of the state highway patrol says a crowd of several hundred was dispersed by tear gas bombs as troopers escorted J. D. Vaughn from the courthouse to a waiting car. Vaughn was convicted of criminal attack and sentenced to die in the electric chair July 7.
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Monroe
Lon Sullivan
State Highway Patrol
Sullivan
J. D. Vaughn
Tattnall Prison
Blanton Fortson
Evans Attackers Face Trial Over Sumter Assault
Sumter county grand jury on May 22 returned true bills against Ottie Prather Johnson and Wade Hines charged with assault and battery on Fay Evans, the Macon Telegraph assistant sports editor and Americus correspondent. Evans was hospitalized days after the Dec 22 incident tied to a story about the Sumter county fair. Mrs. I S Evans filed a $10,000 damage suit against the two attackers.
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Americas
Sumter County
Ottie Prather Johnson
Wade Hines
Fay Evans
Macon Telegraph
Evans
Americus
The
Telegraph
Sumter County Fair
Johnson
Eyans
Johnson and Hines
I. S. Evans
Quimby Melton Jr Edits Baylor Notes Publication
Quimby Melton Jr of Griffin son of Griffin News editor, edited Baylor Notes in Chattanooga Tenn earning a cash scholarship for outstanding work. The Notes placed second in the Southeastern school publication contest and later won first in the University of Tennessee interscholastic press contest.
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Atlanta
Quimby Melton, Jr
Griffin
Quimby Melton
The
Griffin News
Baylor Notes
Baylor School
Chattanooga Tenn
Notes
University of Tennessee
Frightened Girl Killed as She Steps Into Auto Path
In Gainesville Georgia Lola Austin and Eva Lou Bagwell both twelve were frightened by a large dog and ran into an oncoming car on the Lula highway three miles north of Gainesville Saturday night around 11. The driver, Mark Johnson of Gainesville, was cleared of blame. Lola died at a local hospital. Eva Lou was treated for cuts and bruises after returning from a neighbor's prayer meeting with her parents stating the sequence.
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Gainesville
Lola Austin
Eva Lou Bagwell
Austin
Basswell
Lula
Mark Johnson
J. A. Cook
George Russell to meet royalty at British ambassador garden party
Washington May 20 Striped trousered notables will attend the June 8 garden party for King George and Queen Elizabeth. Georgia senators George Russell and Russell and Representatives Vinson and Ramspeck, chairmen of key committees, are among 1,800 invited guests. Invites mailed from the embassy state they have received their Britannic majesties commands to invite.
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Washington
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Georgia
State House
George and
Russell
Vinson
Ramspeck
Swimming Hole Fatal to Perry Boy in Tragic Drowning
The Perry area reports the death of 12 year old Frank Clark son of Mr and Mrs F C Clark while swimming at a local hole. He disappeared after stepping into deep water as two companions attempted a rescue. George Roughton 18 rushed to help but had to retreat. Jerry Davis pulled the body from the stream about 35 minutes later. The boy’s parents farm four miles from Perry on the Houston Lake road.
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Perry
Frank Clark
F. C. Clark
George Roughton
Clark
Boughton
Jerry Davis
Lamar Pickett
Roughton and Clark
Houston Lake Road
Man Found Dead Near Ellaville After Freight Train Incident
The mangled body of a white man was found on Central of Georgia tracks near Ellaville on May 22. State Trooper E. L. Forrester and Schley Sheriff B. C. Rigsby identified a note bearing Tred Gordon Lewis with social security number 263-05-0869. A coroner's jury ruled death by falling under the freight cars, and authorities planned to notify relatives through federal channels.
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Dilaville
Central of Georgia
E. L. Forrester
Schley
B.C. Rigsby
Gordon Lewis
I. T. Rhodes
Rigsby
Cow Works Lying Down on Milk and Cattle
A brief note describes cows lying down while producing milk and cattle of various kinds relaxing or resting in a condition described as lying down. The fragment references dairy and general cattle behavior in a quiet, unspecific tone.
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Secretary of War
Dean Theatre
Sumter Grand Jury
George
Royalty
Perry Young
Ellaville
Hotel Lanier
Macon, Georgia
Floyd Roberts
Firestone
Floyd
Indianapolis
Speedway
N. L. Halley Reynolds Butler
Frigidaire
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