Georgia News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Georgia Tech educator A V Henry dies at 46 in Atlanta. Terrell counties jail opens soon with $59542 cost. Libel defendant attorneys post bonds in Sylvania. Athens reports $17.82 million cotton payments. Peach shipments begin from multiple towns. Unadilla theft nets $45. Red and Black earns editorial trophy. Americus shifts to standard time after petitions. Dawson police head change. new Louisville post office bids May 31. Georgia Florida Singing Convention elects Lanier president. Jonesboro murder case plea entered. Highway 75 between Atlanta and Griffin flagged as Georgia’s deadliest stretch. Laurens county farmer Cicero Johnson dies from car injuries. Spalding graduates tour D C and New York. Howard Stodghill named Atlanta Georgian publisher. Randolph Hearst appointed assistant publisher.
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Cicero Johnson
Laurens County
Dublin Hospital
Spalding High School
Washington, D. C
New York
FE. C. Hulsey
G. D. Buice
Tom Scott
Griffin
Columbus Child Dies After Truck Hit
Virginia Sue Conally, a Columbus girl visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Charlie Wood, died from injuries after a truck struck her in front of the Wood residence on a Saturday in Columbus. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Conally of Trion.
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Columbus
Virginia Sue Conally
R. E. Conally
Trion
Charlie Wood
Hawkinsville race: Ramsey Thompson unopposed for city commissioner
Hawkinsville May 21 Ramsey Thompson is unopposed to succeed the late Dr. E. C. Brown as city commissioner. Thompson heads the local Coca-Cola plant and is active in Hawkinsville civic life as president of the Pulaski County Fair Association, a Rotarian, and hunting club member.
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Hawkinsville
Ramsey Thompson
E. C. Brown
Thompson
Pulaski County
WPA Worker Bitten. Snake Found Dead Near Site
Augusta Ga May 22 Wyman Kitchens a WPA laborer was bitten by a snake at a drainage project. He was taken to Augusta for treatment and coworkers returned to the site where, thirty feet away, they found the snake dead.
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Augusta
Wyman Kitchens
WPA
Yates Opens British Amateur With Win Over Thompson
Charlie Yates defeated local favorite Bruce Thompson 5 and 4 at Hoylake to take the opening match in the British Amateur. The defending champion trailed early but heated up on the greens after the fourth hole and advanced easily to face Donald Cameron next.
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Atlanta
Charlie Yates
Hoylake
England
Bruce Thompson
Yates
Donald Cameron
Trial Continued At Perry For White Charged With Murder
Gabe H. White, 69, of St. Cloud Florida, charged in three counts including murder for the February auto wreck death of his cousin Miss Tommie Holleman, 60, of Eatonton. Indictments allege murder, assault with intent to murder, and drunken driving. trial postponed to Houston county superior court fall term due to White’s illness.
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White
Murtler
Georgian Beaten Robbed Two Held In Jasper Case
Two suspects named Clarence Moss of Pickens County and Jimmie Gibson of Tennessee were arrested by Pickens County officers after a reported country road robbery near Jasper. Boda Manie of Smyrna was forced from his car and slugged in the incident.
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Jasper
Clarence Moss
Pickens County
Jimmie Gibson
Tennessee
Boda Manie
Smyrna
Vienna Schoolboy Sustains Second Fractured Neck
Lee Tombley a 17 year old Vienna boy and freshman at the Georgia Vocational and Training School at Monroe is in a hospital after breaking his neck a second time in ten years. He was injured Wednesday when he diverted into a shallow creek near Monroe and physicians say his condition is serious. He previously fractured his neck in 1929 after a fall from a tree.
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Atlanta
Lee Tombley
Vienna
Tombley
Georgia Vocational and Training School
Monroe
Quimby Melton Jr Edits School Publication Honors
Quimby Melton Jr of Griffin son of editor Quimby Melton of the Griffin News earned a cash scholarship for outstanding work as editor of the Baylor Notes at Baylor school in Chattanooga Town. The Notes placed second in a southeastern school publication contest and later won first in an interscholastic press contest sponsored by the University of Tennessee.
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Atlanta
Quimby Melton, Jr
Griffin
Quimby Melton
The
Griffin News
Baylor Notes
Baylor School
Chattanooga
Notes
University of Tennessee
Life Sentence Meted To Jonesboro Slayer
Sixty five year old W D Cooper pleaded guilty to murdering his brother Rob in a March altercation at the Cooper home in Jonesboro Georgia. Judge James C Davis sentenced him to life imprisonment before a crowded court. A brother in law J B Mabry of Dallas Texas was wounded in the affray.
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W. D. Cooper
Jonesboro
Rob
Cooper
Rob Cooper
Atlanta
W D. Cooper
James C. Davis
Cooper Home
Superior
P. K. Dixon
Mabry
Dallas
Texas
Ellaville Girl Wins GLC Poetry Contest for 1939
In Americus on May 23 Anita Cooper Pilaville won the annual poetry contest at Georgia Southwestern College with The New Day. She received a book of plays and poems by Robert Browning. Other notable poets included Joe Hargrove Irma Phelps Cliff Snyder Christine MacKenzie and Mrs G L Coulter.
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Americus
Anita Cooper
Pilaville
Georgia Southwestern College
Robert Brownwing
Joe Hargrove
Irma Phelps
Cliff Snyder
Christine MacKenzie
G. L. Coulter
Sumter City
George Russell to meet British royalty at garden party
Washington report notes Georgia figures Senator George Russell and Representative Vinson plus Representative Ramspeck among 1300 guests invited to June 8 garden party for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, as the British ambassador extends invitations from the embassy.
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Washington
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Georgia
State House
George and
Russell
Vinson
Ramspeck
Sunday in Jail Must Be Served by Drunk Driver
A Macon carpenter C. C. Thomas pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after a Sunday arrest. Judge Baldwin sentenced him to four consecutive Saturdays in county jail at 6 p.m., with release Monday morning to return to work. His license is suspended and he receives 12 months probation to support his family.
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Macon
C. C. Thomas
Baldwin
Georgia Employment Service launches statewide grads job drive
The Georgia State Employment Service will run an indefinite statewide drive to place 16 to 26 year olds finishing high school and college. 38 agencies will participate with local offices led by the Young People's Placement Bureau in Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Savannah, and Columbus.
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Georgia State Employment Service
M. A. O’connor
O'Connor
Atlanta
Augusta
Macon
Savannah
Columbus
Young People's Placement Bureau
Georgia
Georgia Penitentiary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
U.S. Employment Service
First Plows Made From Crooked Tree Branches
The first farm plows used crooked tree branches and relied on human power for operation.
East Point Seaman Among Squalus Crew Sunk Submarine
East Point Georgia resident Huie King McAfee, 24, is named among 62 crewmen aboard the submarine Squalus reported sunk off Portsmouth New Hampshire. His mother Mrs J T McAfee 69 waited for news as two other sons serve in the submarine service. A May 10 letter from Harold McAfee aboard Capella navy vessel describes trials and a six month period before the latest submarine is ready.
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East Point
J. T. McAfee
King McAfee
Portsmouth
N. H
Huie
Christmas Attorneys Are Appointed
Vienna Ga May 16 Albert Lee Christmas of Dooly county faces a life trial May 29 on a murder charge tied to the death of his 10 year old son Albert Lee Christmas Jr The superior court appointed Roy B Friedin and L I Beddingfield of Vienna to defend him in the alleged plot to collect insurance The child was found dead submerged under a railway trestle last February authorities say Christmas was arrested weeks later after county investigators probed the case
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Vienna
Albert Lee Christmas
Dooly
Roy B. Friedin
L. I. Beddingfield
Christmas
Albert Lee Christmas, Jr
No Extension for Driver Licenses Warned in Georgia
Atlanta May 22 Maj Phil Brewster Commissioner of Public Safety warned that the deadline for renewing drivers licenses will not be extended. He said June 30 is the last day for renewals and noted new public chauffeur license exam locations and group examinations with state trooper supervision at firms with 50 or more drivers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Maj
Phil Brewster
Commissioner of Public Safety
Confederate Avenue
Little Things Decide Life's Moral Path We Live By
A concise reflection on how small choices shape outcomes and character. The piece argues that tiny acts accumulate to reveal virtue or vice in daily life.
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God
Georgia Taylor County Court Notices Discharge Request
W G Hill as administrator petitions to be discharged as executor of W M Hill deceased. Court cites all interested parties to show cause why administrator should not receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in June 1939. Witness April 24 1989. L T Peed Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission Georgia Taylor County
J D Beeland administrator of the estate of J R Beeland deceased seeks Letters of Dismission. All persons concerned are cited to show cause why executor should not receive letters. Witness L T Pedd Ordinary. Date April 18, 1939.
Taylor County General Election Notice 1989
Notice to the public of Taylor County Georgia announcing a General Election on June 6 1989. Voters will vote in all militia districts and precincts to decide constitutional amendments vacancies and other matters as provided by law. Dated May 16 1989. L T Peed Ordinary Taylor County Georgia.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Miss Hardage Weds Mr Watkins May 13
Announcement from Talbotton reports the marriage of Miss Moise Hardage of Buena Vista and Leon Watkins of Talbotton. The ceremony occurred at the Buena Vista Methodist parsonage on May 18 and was conducted by Rev. J W Lilly.
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Miss Hardage
Mr, Watkins
Talbotton
Moise Hardage
Buena Vista
Leon Watkins
J. Wi Lilly
Watkins
Marlin Hardage
Brantley
Marion County
High School
GSCW
Milledgeville
Brantley School
iMr
Mary Alice Watkins
J. W. Watkins
North Carolina
Alexander Lumber Co
Icicles Grow Faster On Clear Days Than Hazy Ones
Icicles form more quickly on clear days even when temperatures plunge to 30 below, according to observations. Growth slows during hazy weather despite similar cold.
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Georgia Tech
Eatonton
WL. Hodges
Poultry Committee
Putnam Farm Board
Terrell County
Charles Reynolds
Sidney Lanier
Millen
Sylvania
Paul K. McKenney
Stanley Harper
H. J. Sinter Negro
Cretus Carmichael
W. I. Morgan
Fulton
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Athens
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Byron
Gay
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Concord
Moreno
Yeggemern
Rogers
Unadilla
Red
University of Georgia
Georgia Collegiate Press Association
Cobb County Times of
Marietta
James C. Townsend
Gainesville
Blacks District
Dawson County
Louisville
R. S. Farmer
W. M. Brown
Dawson
Angus Markette
Brown
Markette
Hall County
Telford Henry Wheeler
Hall Countian
Wheeling, W. Va
Frank Chappell
Americas Post Office
Federal Court Building
J. W. Lanier
Valdosta
C. R. Howell
Live Oak
Fla
W. V.dykes
Jackson- Wille
Flay
Neil W. Printup
Georgia Petroleum Industries Committee
Printup
Howard W. Stodghill
Danville
Haseen
Sunday American
Herbert Porter
Mr. Stodghill
J. W. Connolly
Hearst Newspapers
Mr. Conolly
Randolph A. Hearst
Wm. Randolph Hearst
Perry
GLC
George
Royalty
Employment Service
J. D. Beeland
J. R. Beeland
Winéss
L. T. Pedd
AMONE
Nce
Gilmore
Ford
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