Bainbridge Killer Of Women Shot While Escaping
In Bainbridge Georgia on May 24 Willie Reed 22 confessed to killing two women Ruby Hurst and Rita Mae Richards during a return trip. He was shot and killed by officers as he attempted to flee near Red Bluff while being transported to Albany jail. The bodies were found about 400 feet apart in a secluded area four miles from the pond where one body was found earlier. A pocket knife tied identification to Hurst.
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Wainbridge
Bain
Willie Reed
Dothan
H. G. Pollock
H. J. Rhames
Bainbridge
W. J. Catleige
R. A. Stevens
Albany
Red Bluff
Reed
Ruby Hurst
Rita Mae Richards
Stepheny
South Georgia
Hurst
Stephens
Body of Woman Found By Pond Near Bainbridge
Unidentified woman, about 35, was found beside a pond off the Bainbridge Newton road. Her throat was cut and skull crushed. Sheriff W. J. Catledge said the body had been dead several days. discovered by R. G. Pope and his son Preston while cows were missing.
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Bainbridge
Bainbridge-Newton
W. J. Catledge
R. G. Pope
Preston Pope
Catledge
Foreman B C Branyon Dies By Own Hand In Forest Park
Atlanta May 24 B C Branyon 62 foreman at Chevrolet Motor Company shot himself in the head with a 46 calibre automatic at his Forest Park home as Sheriff E J Adamson stood on the porch with a contempt of court summons. He died after 4 pm at Grady hospital.
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Atlanta
Branyon
Chevrolet Motor Company
Forest Park
E. J. Adamson
Clayton County
Paulin
Banyon
Grady Hospital
Georgian Drowns as Sons Fight for Rescue at Pond
Canton Georgia May 28 Buck Gravel a 68 year old farmer drowned while swimming in Cherokee Mill pond near Canton His two sons nearly lost their lives rescuing him They were fully clothed and had jumped in at the father’s urging to cool off Authorities said the three men entered the pond in the middle when cramps struck the elder and he died before extraction
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Canton
Buck
Cherokee Mill Pond
Hart CC Members Lose Two In Folkston Train Crash
Folkston Georgia May 23 Simon Petty 26 a COO member died instantly and two youths were injured when an automobile collided with a fast freight train at a downtown Folkston crossing Horate Johnson 16 was not expected to live Tommy Rhoden 18 survived with non fatal injuries.
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Folkston
Simon Petty
Horate Johnson
Tommy Rhoden
Hawkinsville Federal Building Bid Stage Opens
Washington May 20 Construction bids for the Hawkinsville post office building totaling 65 000 will be opened June 17 by the treasury department. If a bid is acceptable, construction should begin by July 1. Local relief rolls will supply most labor. Congress provided funding of 460 million for new post office buildings nationwide in the third deficiency bill last year.
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Washington, D. C
Hawkinsville Post
Treasury
Steve
Hawkinsville
Congress
George-Deen Act To Help Georgia Vocational Education
The George-Deen act moves through congress to double federal vocational education aid. Georgia would receive about 440 650, boosting total state funding to just under 14.4 million dollars and doubling the number of vocational and home economics classes from 205 and 211 respectively. Urban schools would gain access to trade and industrial instruction with teacher salaries funded by the federal money. In the 1935 36 school year 51 368 students were in vocational programs including 28 017 in agriculture 11 808 in home economics and 12 313 in trades and industry.
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Atlanta
Congress
Georgia
State Department of Education
House
Savannah River Project Okayed by Federal Power Commission
The proposed Clark's Hill dam on the Savannah River, costing 21.244 million dollars, won approval from the Federal Power Commission. Roger B. McWhorter endorsed Regional Director Percy H. Thomas's favorable market forecast, saying power demand may rise rapidly. Senator Walter F. George said he would seek an allotment, with no decision yet on legislation or relief-fund allocation.
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Washington
Clark's Hill
Savannah River
Federal Power Commission
Roosevelt
Roger B. McWhorter
The
Power Commission
Percy H. Thomas
Walter F. George
Georgia
CCC Clerk Fasts Over Low Pay At Fort Orliethorpe
Husky Philip A Baumgartner, 37, a CCC clerk in Fort Orliethorpe Georgia, completed a week of fasting to protest a $105 monthly wage. He grew his whiskers as an added gesture and claimed soldiers and family members earn more. He stayed at his post in the CCC subsistence warehouse and will continue the protest as long as able.
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Ft. Orlethorpe
Philip A. Baumgartner
CCG
Baumgartner
CCC
Mother jailed in death of infant son in Athens
Athens Georgia May 24 Mrs Lois England Godfrey 21 held on murder warrant in the death of her infant son at the family home Neighbors found the body after a dog alerted them The coroner Beussee said she bore the child without confinement or medical aid She left the child on the bathroom floor then wrapped it in newspapers and buried it.
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Athens
Lois England Godfrey
Godfrey
Beussee
Father of Dead Girl Halts Case Against Physicians
In Columbus Georgia a grand jury indicted Dr B L Baker and Dr J H Mathews for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Miss Clairbel Wright of Auburn Alabama. The case was not pressed in superior court after Solicitor General Hubert Calhoun requested a not pros order due to lack of accessible witnesses. Wright’s father John L Wright had refused to appear before the grand jury. The death occurred in the doctors offices after failed resuscitation by a power company inhalator squad and the death certificate cited asphyxiation from chloroform anesthesia.
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Columbus
B. L. Baker
J. H. Mathews
Clairbel Wright
Auburn
Ala
Superior Court
C. F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Hubert Calhoun
Solicitor General
Baker
Arles Plantation 45 Sold to Dover in Americus Georgia
Arles Plantation once billed as the largest peach orchard in the world has shifted hands. J. G. Hunnicutt managed the property in recent years while crops included cotton corn pecans and other staples. A. J. Vans of Ft Valley sold the site to Chas Dover of Montezuma who bought as an investment with no announced operating plan.
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Americus
Aries
J. G. Hunnicutt
A. J. Vans Ft. Valley
Chas. Dover
Montezuma
Dover
Jenkins gets two year term in Sylvania slaying
In Sylvania Georgia on May 21 a Ogeechee Circuit Superior Court jury convicted John Hudson Jenkins of voluntary manslaughter in the February killing of Jessie Dickey. The court fixed a sentence of two to three years in prison after a late verdict. A motion for a new trial was filed Friday. The state sought the death penalty while the defense argued justification in defense of a brother.
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Sylvania
Ogeechee Cicuit
Stat
John Hudson Jenkins
Jessie Dickey
Roof Collapse Damages Cairo Methodist Church
A Cairo Georgia church suffered heavy damage when a large portion of overhead plastering and lathing fell in the main auditorium on Friday. Several pews and light fixtures were damaged and early estimates put the damage near six thousand dollars. The church represents a hundred thousand dollar investment and stood for about ten years.
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Cairo
South Georgia
Rev Charles J Crawley Dies in Macon Hospital
Rev. Charles J. Crawley 72 a retired preacher died in a Macon hospital after several months illness He suffered a paralysis stroke early in the week and was treated at the hospital He served for years as a Methodist pastor in the South Georgia conference later joining the Macon Presbytery and leading East Macon Presbyterian Church His last major charge was at the Frost Proof Florida Presbyterian church.
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Macon
Chas. J. Crawley
Crawley
South Georgia Conference
Americus Veteran Dies Tending Wife’s Grave
Lucius Hart a 42 year old World War veteran suffered a heart attack while cleaning his wife’s grave plot in Oak Grove cemetery Americus. His sister in law alerted others but medical aid arrived too late. Hart had cared for the grave since his wife’s death two years earlier and was employed by the state highway department.
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Americus
Lucius Hart
Oak Grove
Hart
Melton and Lacy Executed at Milledgeville Prison
Two Georgia inmates, Eli Melton and Will Lacy, were executed in the Milledgeville state prison chairs on Friday for crimes Georgia deemed capital. Melton, convicted of assault against a Columbus woman, died after two shocks. Lacy, a Cook County suspect, was pronounced dead ten minutes after the chair was activated. Melton reportedly spoke of innocence and requested breakfast beforehand.
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Milledgeville
Melton
Lacy
Supreme Court Keeps Social Security Act On Track
Washington May 24 The Supreme Court upheld the social security act in a divided ruling. Roosevelt critics blasted the decision while supporters claimed momentum for the court reorganization bill. The president pressed for a labor standards bill to curb abusive hours low pay and child labor with goods from noncompliant producers to be barred from interstate trade. The House moved quickly with a bill to implement the president's plan though a last minute change left setting minimum standards to Congress.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Robinson
Congress
Connery
Mass
House Labor Committee
Lightning Kills 17-Year-Old Boy in Zebulon Storm
A 17-year-old high school student, J. A. Kendrick Jr., was killed by lightning while cutting wood during a severe hail and electrical storm in Zebulon Georgia. His brother Claude was stunned as the storm spread across Spalding Upson Taylor and Pike counties.
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Zebulon
J. A. Kendrick, Jr
Claude
Spalding
Upson
Taylor
Pike
Sheriff’s Sale of Henry Shealy Place in Taylor County Georgia
Public outcry sale authorized for cash at the Taylor County courthouse in Butler on the first Tuesday in June 1937. The Henry Shealy property totals 105 acres in Taylor County including five, fifty, and sixty acre parcels across lots 9 and 24, north of McCants mill and partly on the Butler Thomaston highway. Levy notes R S Vann is defendant in fife and Edd Youngblood holds the title with execution from the Taylor County Superior Court. Levy by former sheriff on August 7, 1936. transferred May 4, 1937.
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Sweetus
Court House
Butler
Taylor County
Georgia
Henry Shealy
McCants’ Mill
Thomaston
Superior Court
Edd Youngblood
R. S. Vann
Fife
Jevy
R. P. McGuffin
Taylor Y
Ballot Copy For Taylor Co June 8 Election Issued
Official ballot for constitutional amendments to be voted June 8 in Taylor county received by Judge L T Peed. Registration around 1 800. 26 amendments listed with broad tax zoning and city financing provisions. Poll tax arrears due soon. registration closure imminent. Ballot measures include social security, home and property tax exemptions, court jurisdiction, and various city and county financing powers.
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Taylor County
L. T. Peed
Court House
County Board of Registrars
State’ Supreme Court
Swainsboro
Richmond County
DeKalb County
Fulton County
Savannah
Glynn County
Dalton
Quitman
Forsyth
Milledgeville
Cordele
Carrollton
Eastman
Ft. Valley
McRae
Atlanta
Albany
Ware County
Waycross
Baptist Training Union State Assembly at Shorter College
Baptist Training Union members from Georgia churches will attend the State Assembly June 14 to 19 at Shorter College Rome led by E S Preston state secretary. Dr Chas A Wells of New York City will join Georgia and Southern leaders for study courses inspirational messages and fellowship with a state banquet June 14 under Mrs Adam Sloan and Miss Frances Whitworth. Last year 250 attended and advance registration is urged to ensure accommodations for the statewide meeting.
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Georgia
State
Shorter College
Rome
E. S. Preston
Atlanta
Chas A. Wells
New York City
Adam Sloan
McDonough
Frances Whitworth
Preston
Georgia Constitution amendment to create DeKalb fire district voting
The proclamation calls a June 8 1995 general election to ratify an amendment authorizing DeKalb County to establish districts for fire prevention sanitation sewerage and water and to levy taxes within those districts. The measure, endorsed by Governor Rivers in 1934 and later statutes, outlines submission to voters and ballot wording for ratification. The document cites officials John B. Spivey John W. Hammond Roy V. Harris and Andrew J. Kingetys with the governor E D Rivers and secretary of state.
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Georgia
Oran
DeKalb County
E. D. “Rivers
Ite
Dekalb Cousy
DeKalb
General Assembly
State of Georgia
Dekill County
Kalb
Amd
Andrew J. Kingetys
HOU
F. Rivers
Bert
Gel Assembly
E. D. Every
John B. Wilson
STATS
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Shawkinsvills
George-Deen
Savannah River Project
Clark
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Alabaman
Arles Plantation
John Jenkins
C. E. Crawley
Lightning
Boy
Sheriff's Sale
Taylor Co
Baptist Training Union
John B. Spivey
Senate
John W. Hammond
Senath
Roy V. Harris
Sons
E. D. River
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