Roosevelt Greets Warm Springs Crowd with Thanksgiving Plan
New York Governor Franklin D Roosevelt told a Warm Springs Georgia audience he is “truly glad to be home” and promised a big Thanksgiving party after the election. He toured the foundation, met patients, and discussed plans to borrow a silk hat for the inauguration while praising the Warm Springs community and confirming highway naming ambitions.
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New York
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Atlanta
Fred Botts
Fred
West
Georgia
Greenville
Serre Rae
Weenne
A. E. Carpenter
Warm Rings Foundation
Gov. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. R. Terrell
Franklin Roosevelt Highway Association
Meriwether County
Washington
Organized Gang Blamed for Weekly Flogging Surge
Jacksonville police announced that an organized gang is operating in the city administering a weekly flogging quota to accusees. Ten floggings have been reported, affecting men and women of mixed races. Reasons cited include bootlegging accusations and living in a black district.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. C. Silcox
European Customs Men Seek Currency
Vienna reports a shift in frontier checks from luggage to money. Travelers crossing central and eastern borders must reveal cash, often without stamps, as officials demand purses and pockets, with minimal luggage inspections. The author recounts a Bucharest to Berlin journey filled with cross border demands, stamps, and smuggling opportunities, noting dangers and beggars in Vienna.
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Vienna
Neck of the Woods
William Shirer
Chicago Tribune
Germany
Europe
Balkans
Czech
Bucharest
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Orient Express
Budapest
Hungary
Civil War Vet Carries Bullet as Pocket Piece
Brockton Massachusetts commander Andrew Gibbs of the Fletcher Webster post G A R always carries in his pocket the bullet that wounded him in the leg at the battle of Cold Harbor Virginia June 1 1864. The bullet was removed from his leg several years ago.
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Brockton
Mass
Andrew ©. Gibbs
Fletcher Webster Post
Cold Harbor
Aid Woman Receives Old-Age Pension in Jersey City
On her 116th birthday Mrs. Dora Meyers of Jersey City New Jersey gained state approval for an old-age pension to support herself and her 89 year old son John.
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Jersey City
N. J
Dora Meyers
John
Organization forms to oppose Georgia tax amendment
A committee led by J L Key opposes ratification of the proposed intangible franchise tax amendment. It argues the measure shifts burden to homeowners and local governments, exempts intangibles, and benefits special interests while risking school districts and towns. The statement cites Democratic opposition and calls for preserving current tax structure.
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Georgia
Jas
L. Key
Atlanta
J. F. Pittman
Thomasville
W. D. Jennings
Augusta
Mias Mildred Webster
A. A. Solomon
Savannah
Ed Wohlwender
Columbus
A. H. Freeman
Newnan
Jas. L. Mayson
W. C. Stokes
Jeffersonville
Fret Morris
Marietta
O. W. Franklin
Valdosta
J. H. Moore
Dahlonega
C. E. Sutton
Democratic Party of Georgia
Democratic
Stats
Georgia Voters face eight constitutional amendments
Voters will decide eight amendments in the November general election. Four are statewide, covering franchise for poll tax payment, intangibles taxation limits, road-construction debt repayment, and shifting biennial state officer induction. The other four affect local districts, school consolidation, interdistrict education contracts, Richmond County justice system changes, and a new state senate district. Eugene Talmadge opposes the intangibles tax plan.
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State Highway Board
Department
General Assembly
Boards of Education
Independent School Systems
Richmond County
Justice Courts
Office of Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Senate
Berrien
Cook
Lanier
Leitires
Eugene Talmadge
Two Women Sentenced for Larceny After Trust in Georgia
Dolly Barber and Irethea Wright, both white, were convicted in Colquitt County Superior Court of larceny after trust. Judge W. E. Thomas sentenced each to one year on the state farm after a verdict calling for misdemeanor punishment. The pair allegedly rented a car in Moultrie for a local trip and were later arrested in San Antonio, Texas.
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Dolly Barber
Irethea Wright
Colquitt County
W. E. Thomas
Moultrie
San Antonio
Texas
Chattahoochee Canal Nearer Realization
Columbus, Ga. Oct 22 Belief that canalization of the Chattahoochee River to traffic by self propelled barges will result from the Columbus Chamber of Commerce annual report. J Ralston Cargill secretary says the rivers and harbors committee in congress adopted a 1 770 000 project calling for completion of the last sink in the New Orleans Apalachicola River waterway and that canalization is sure to follow.
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Columbus, Ga
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Chattahoochee
Chamber
J. Ralston Cargill
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
New Orleans
Apalachicola River
Lamar county Flower Show Planned for Barnesville Dates
The third annual flower show will be held in Barnesville on October 28 or November 4, depending on chrysanthemum opening, per Mrs. J. M. Rogers president of the Garden Club. The event began years ago as a Barnesville enterprise.
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Lamar County
Barnesville
J. M. Rogers
Garden Club
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Martinsburg
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Hay
G._ Thomson
St. Louis
Logan
Circleville
Rocky Mountains
Cherry Street
Macon, Ga
J. G. Brandon
P. Simmons
L. C. Moseley
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