One of Four Highwaymen In Bremen Holdup Taken
Police tagged Johnny Corrigan alias Valor as he entered his wife’s apartment on Spring Street. Detectives wrestled a gun from him and found $6,600 in his pockets. Two other suspects fled in a car. police shot its tires, they escaped on foot. Corrigan faces robbery and murder-suspect charges in Beatrice Sample slaying.
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Atlanta
Bremen
Fulton County
Neal Ellis
Johnny Corrigan
Valor
Spring Street
Ellis
Corrigan
Beatrice Sample
Others Captured in $24,000 Payroll Robbery
A dispatch from Wheeling West Virginia reports that two youths Boyce Bradford 19 and Bobby Atkinson 21 captured in Wheeling will be sent to Atlanta. They are linked with Johnnie Corrigan already jailed for the Bremen Manufacturing payroll robbery and about $4000 in small bills recovered.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Johnnie Corrigan
Bremen Manufacturing Co
West Virginia
Atlanta
Boyce Bradford
Bobby Atkinson
Senator Walter George Heads Honor Roll of Prominent Dooly Citizens
Vienna in Dooly County highlights notable residents listed in Who's Who in America. Former U.S. Senator Walter George, educator Emily Woodward, government official D. B. Lasseter, and judge T. Hoyt Davis are profiled, with notes on other prominent locals including Jack Bennett and Vincent Sherman.
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Walter George
Dooly
U. S
Preston
Mercer University
Macon
Vienna
Cuxdele
Lucy Heard
Joseph Heard
Emily Woodward
General Extension
University of Georgia
John Hartwell
Nancy McConack Woodward
Vienna High School
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
LaGrange College
Atlanta Law School
The
Vienna News
Georgia Press Institute
Georgia
Town Hall
Atlanta
Leadership Training Institute
England
Scotland
U. S. Office of War Information
British
Ministry of Information
Commission On Education
Japan
McArthur
U.S. Department of State
United States
British Broadcasting Company
London
Unesco
D. B. Lasseter
FHA
EB. S
Lou Anne Brown Lasseter
Emory University
New York University
Peking
China
Tientsen
Antung
Manchuria
Greenville
S.C
New York City
Chicago
NRA
NYA
Washington
D. C
House Civil Service
War Manpower Commission
FSA
T. Hoyt Davis
Middle District
Bdaselton
Joseph Elias
Mary Isabel Bairs Davis
Louise Hargrove
J. D. Hargrove
Cordele Judicial Circuit
U. S. Attorney
Middle District of Georgia
Jack Bennett
Ethiopa
Rosa Bennett
Perry
Charles Bennett
Vincent Sherman
Hon Roy Harris Criticized For Moonshine Opinions
Commentary by Lee E. Kelly in the Thomasville Press questions Roy Harris from Richmond County for labeling church members as responsible for moonshine in dry Georgia counties. The piece defends church members and notes many drinkers outside church circles, arguing Harris oversimplifies the liquor issue.
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Lee E. Kelly
Thomasville Press
Taylor county urges youth enrollment by farm and civic groups
Local message notes many Taylor County youths not aligned with any farm or civic organization. It calls on farm groups to enroll them and provide learning to foster independence, arguing care for the youth ensures the country’s future well being.
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Taylor County
Harris accused of old liquor crowd argument in power debate
The text criticizes Mr. Harris for using a tired liquor crowd rationale to blame dry counties on church members. It notes his fragile balance and the pressures of holding places of power, implying caution about overreaching or losing influence.
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Harris
Green Grazing Push Spurs Taylor County Farmers
Taylor County farmers expand winter cover crops with grasses clovers and grain per A S James SCS supervisor. He says future plantings will exceed past efforts and the green carpet serves as a welcome mat for the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts meeting in Georgia February 28 to March 2. Floyd Jarrell backs the plan citing greater grazing per acre and his own seed plans for clover this fall.
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Taylor County
A. S. James
Ocmulgee’ River
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Georgia
SCS
Floyd Jarrell
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Life Insurance
R. A. Handel Agent
Butler
Gulf Life Insurance CO
Farm of Soil Conservation
A. J. Fountain
Ford Sales and Service
Butler, Georgia
Miss Caroline Gurr
South Georgia
U.S.A
Who
Roy Harris
Richmond County
Mr. Harris
Augusta Ga
G&t
Ford
Emey
Ford Car Safety Contest
Alaska
Ford Motor Company
Ford Dealers
Payne Motor Company
Butler, Ga
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