Disaster at Sea Takes Big Toll on Morro Castle
Morro Castle, 318 passengers on Havana run, caught fire in dawn darkness off Asbury Park New Jersey. Initial toll feared over 200, but revised to 126 dead with 85 survivors landed in New Jersey. Captain Willmott died of a heart attack. Chief Officer Warms assumed command as crew battled flames and lifeboats were lowered.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Orro Castle
Asbury Park
Morro Castle
Havana
Robert Willmott
W. F. Warms
Gos
Scotland
New York
Monarch
Bermuda
Furneseliner
Andrea F. Luckeenbach
Cleland
Savannah
Jersey
New Jersey
Line
Warms
Doug Davis Dies Leading Air Race Elite
Pike County aviator Doug Davis, 35, famed for work with Beeler Blevins on Candler Field, died Monday while leading top pilots in the Benefit Trophy Air Race. He flew at speeds over 806 mph, won two heats worth nearly $7,000, and perished after a wing injury in the third heat. Davis, raised on a Pike County farm, served as a WWII volunteer from age 17 and remained a prominent figure in American aviation.
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Pike County Journal
Doug” Davis
Pike County
Davis
Doug Davis
United States
Beeler Blevins
Candler Field
A. H. Davis
Barnesville
Georgia State College for Women Abandons Brown Uniform
Milledgeville Ga Sept 8 For the first time since the college was founded freshmen will not wear the traditional brown uniform. The change came at the request of the students and patrons and will be shown in a museum exhibit documenting the uniform’s evolution from high collars in the nineties to modern dress. The abolition has the approval of students and alumnae and wearing remains optional.
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Milledgeville
Georgia State College
the College
Ina Dillard Russell Library
Georgia trims federal re-employment offices
Georgia cut the number of federal re-employment offices from 22 to 15. The consolidation is effective immediately, announced by Lincoln McConnell, state re-employment manager.
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Georgia
Lincolm McConnell
Georgia Cotton Quality Rises Early in 1934 Season
Early Georgia cotton samples show 65 percent of ginnings at strict middling and better, higher than Alabama and Florida. Season to date Georgia leads in better grades, while staple lengths 15/16 inch and longer reach 30 percent. Nationally, the department estimates 1934 U S cotton output at 9,252,000 bales, with consumption and carryover projections adjusted amid regional weather impacts.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Cotton Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Florida
Washington
Department
Murdered Body Of Ittner Albany Contractor Found
Abbeville Georgia September 8 The body of A E Ittner contractor of Albany was found near Abbeville with throat cut knife wounds and his own belt around his neck A coroner s jury ruled death at hands of unknown parties He was in charge of building work on the McRae courthouse and had left Albany for McRae last Wednesday Identified by C A Brannon and another Albany resident The knife and razor were found nearby and an inquest was held near the discovery spot He was a well known builder of public and private structures including Albany High School Baptist Church Y M C A and the Gordon Hotel
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Abbeville
A. E. Ittner
Albany, Ga
Max Smith
Ktner
McRae
Albany
Smith
Ittner
C. A. Brannon
Mr. Ittner
South Georgia
Albany High School
Baptist Church
Gordon Hote
Georgia lawmakers urge Bankhead act tax exemption help
Representatives Owen and Brown of Georgia ask the farm administration to protect tenant farmers and small cotton growers by ensuring tax exemption certificates under the Bankhead act. They also press the cotton section to accelerate farm allocations for use with 12 cent pound loans.
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Owen
Brown
Georgia
Farm Administration
Georgia Editors to Observe Georgia Press Day at World Fair
Georgia editors will gather for Georgia Press Day during Georgia Week at the Century of Progress in Chicago. Georgia Week events include a September 25 Georgia Day exercise and a September 26 Press Association Day luncheon, with admissions and concessions extended to credited press representatives. The Century of Progress commission in Atlanta invites inquiries for train arrangements and details.
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Georgia
Georgia Newspaper Alliance
Chicago
Georgia Press Association
Milton Fleetwood
Cartersville
Press Association
EB. R. Bartley
Century of Progress
Georgia Press
Rufus R. Dawes
Georgia Century of Progress Commission
Palmer Building
Atlanta
Mrs R L Clifton Dies Wife Of Former Macon Editor
Macon, Sept 8 Mrs R L Clifton 38 wife of a former managing editor of the Macon Evening News died Friday night after a long illness Survivors include her husband a daughter Madge Clifton her mother Mrs Lula Moll of Atlanta and four brothers and two brothers Also note Monday marked Rosh Hashana beginning the Jewish year 5695.
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Macon
R. L. Clifton
Macon Evening News
Madge Clifton
Lula Moll
Atlanta
Wealth of Alabama recluse swells estate after death
Mobile authorities, probing the home of 89 year old Margaret Steele Cox, uncover 501000 in new hundreds among a large fortune. Bonds totaling 86000 plus 101725.52 already found suggest a final estate well over 200000 as relatives plan claims. Real estate bonds and cash comprise the bulk of this feared treasure.
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Mobile
Ala
Margaret Steele Cox
Treasury
Alabama
United States
Willie Cox
Cox
Washington State
Edge” Securities
Lincoln Park
Mich
Birmingham
Army Enlistments For 80 Recruits At Fort Benning Georgia
The U S Army recruiting office in Atlanta announces enlistment of 80 recruits for the 29th Infantry at Fort Benning between September 24 and 29. Applicants aged 18 to 25, single, with no prior service or dependents, must provide three letters of reference and pay for uniform, physical and mental examinations. Recruiting stations are staffed in Rome Albany Maron Jacksonville Savannah and Atlanta. Correspondence to Major C T Seney Atlanta Ga.
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U. S. Army
Federal Building
Atlanta
Fort Benning
Rome
Albany
Maron
Jacksonville
Savannah
C. T. Seney
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