Reynolds High School opens with new staff and activities
Reynolds High School reports a strong start to the new year with 130 pupils insured under a school accident policy covering medical costs up to 2000 dollars per incident. The week featured chapel programs, officer elections in three classes, and plans for two forthcoming trophies including the Soil Conservation trophy and the Third District Class C Baseball League Cup.
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Reynolds High School
Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company
RHS
Robert Swearingen
Lake Blackshear
Larry Hobbs
M.P. Dean
Ex-Gov Thompson Says GOP Broke the South in 1928
Valdosta September 4 Former governor Thompson now a Valdosta businessman and a Democrat notes Eisenhower’s aim to break the solid South. He argues Hoover broke the solid South in 1928 and kept breaking the South and nation for four years.
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Thompson
South
Valdosta
Valdostan
Eisenhower
Hoover
Fat Hardy, Atlanta bootlegger, faces life sentence after last fight
John E. Fat Hardy, a 360 pound Atlanta bootlegger linked to tainted liquor that killed 39, faces life imprisonment as his final legal challenge collapses. The case centers on his role in distributing poison liquor leading to numerous deaths and mounting legal pressure.
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John E
Fat) Hardy
Atlanta
Presidential Electors Urged by Representative To Support Nominee
Rep John Greer urged Georgia Democratic electors to back Adlai Stevenson or resign. Gov Herman Talmadge said no binding resolution by the State Committee exists now. Georgia Democratic Chairman James Peters of Manchester dismissed plans for electors leaving the national party. Talmadge heads the slate of elector candidates and said no punitive action will be taken against any Georgian.
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Atlanta
John Greer
Georgia
Adlai Stevenson
Greer
Herman Talmadge
State Committee
Talmadge
James Peters
Manchester
Slum Clearance Funds for Macon Approved by Government
Federal funds have been made available for planning and surveys of a Macon slum clearance project. The Housing and Home Finance Agency said it had advanced $17 100 for those purposes. Macon previously received a capital grant reservation of $731 640 for work on the project.
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Washington
Macon
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Talmadge Assails Eisenhower Over Harlem Cabinet Comment
Gov. Talmadge praised Eisenhower in Atlanta then mocked the idea of a Negro cabinet nominee. He cited Ike's Chicago remark about merit and warned that the candidate’s eyes appeared to shift to Harlem, signaling political maneuvering in the campaign.
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Gov. Talmadge
Eisenhower
Atlanta
Chicago
Florida Bible Reading Bride Found Dead in Bed
In Jacksonville on September 4 the two month old marriage of Vera M Felder 50 was found ended by her gunshot death in her bedroom. Her husband engineer Charles W Felder 49 was hospitalized with six hammer wounds to the head. He told police I dont know why she did it. Sheriff investigator Gene Griffin said it could be not a clear case of murder or self defense but an active investigation.
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Fla
Chas. W. Felder
St. Luke’s Hospital
Vera
M. Felder
Gene Griffin
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