Georgia News Roundup Highlights Local Developments
The Georgia weekly notes a second week of Atlanta express strike, new banks opening in Loganville and Carrollton, and eased gambling in Macon. It reports 60 new UGA faculty, a weather shift, and civic events across Columbus, Valdosta, and Douglasville. It covers state liquor checks, court costs, forestry lobbying, and a Robins Field hardware sale to veterans.
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Atlanta Express
Loganville
Georgia
Woman Sought After Macon Beating Case
Police across three states sought a Macon woman charged with beating an 18 year old vocational student and leaving her in a clay pit after alleged immoral advances by the wife’s husband. Louis O Neal, a Macon hotel resident, was arrested and handed to Twiggs County authorities.
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Macon
J. D. Newman
Louis O'Neal
W. E. Hambrick
Twiggs County
Newman
O'Neal
Lexington
O’neal
Georgians Win Big in Southeastern Model Plane Contest
Georgia competitors headline the first Southeastern Model Plane Tournament in Macon on Sept 16. Winners share $1,100 from 492 entries. top prizes include $100 per bracket. Notables: George Perryman of LaGrange with six prizes. Jack Cantrell of Atlanta with longest flight. B R McClusky of Irondale Ala. wins class C speed prize. C C Caviness of Atlanta earns radio station craftsmanship award. Sgt H R Newberry of Warner Robins takes second.
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Macon
Macon Exchange Club
George Perryman
LaGrange
Jack Cantrell
Atlanta
B. R. McClusky
Irondale
Ala
Cc. C. Caviness
WMAZ
Sgt. H. R. Newberry
Warner Robins
Cox to keynote Georgia Democratic Convention in Macon
Rep Eugene Cox of Georgia's Second District will be the keynote speaker at the State Democratic Convention in Macon on October 9. Gov Nominate Talmadge, planning to push a voluntary party to dodge a Supreme Court ruling on Negro voting in primaries, discussed strategies in an interview.
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Atlanta
Eugene Cox
Georgia
Macon
Talmadge
Cox
Talmade
South Carolina
Democratic Party
U. S. Supreme Court
Gambling Is Gambling Question Sparks Georgia Law Debate
Macon reports a local question about women bridge players gambling for small stakes. Police Chief R L Miller cites a civil tension as the Bible grand jury probes gaming violations, noting any stake makes it gambling in the law.
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Macon
Georgia
Bible Grand Jury
R. L. Miller
Fickling Lodge Officers Since 1850 Preserve Long Lodge Record
Bibb County will have a four cornered race for the clerkship of Bibb Superior Court in the general November election as two new candidates announce. Romas Edward Raley and Ernest Sylvester Sinclair are World War II veterans joining Guyton Sloan and Clark Bragg in the contest after the death of W H Roberts.
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Bibb County
Bibb
Boys Estate Grows From Brunswick Club Roots
The text traces the rise of Boys Estate from J A Nation of Brunswick who founded the Brunswick Boys Club in 1937 with six members. It now has 600 members, owns its own building, and promotes earning money through hourly or weekly wages via a practice bank for young citizens. The park area features historic ruins and scenic roads with names like Miraflores road and DeSoto Trail, illustrating a hopeful township along the Alta maha river.
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Boys’ Estate
J. A. Nation
Brunswick
Brunswick Boys’ Club
Miraflores Road
Santo Tomaso Place
San Simeon Oval
DeSoto Trail
Picnic Lane
Altamaha River
Highway bids sought for Arnall road projects
The State Highway Department calls for bids on final state and federal road building projects during the Arnall administration. Officials asked for bids on about $2,535,000 in construction work with contracts to be let September 27. Bids on projects estimated at $2,630,000 have already been requested.
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State Highway Department
Arnall
Flying post office to test air sorting system
Washington reports the first flying post office will fly September 25 from Washington to Dayton and Chicago for an experimental hop. If successful the post office will decide on large scale use. The plane will have clerks sorting mail in flight, contrasting with ground handling and city sacks along the route.
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Washington
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Gael Sullivan
Eugene Talmadge Promotes Beef Ventures in Georgia
Governor candidate Eugene Talmadge declares he is a cattleman and plans to auction 500 head of cattle at his Forsyth area farm on September 25. He aims to show Georgians money can be made raising beef and says he will seek OPA talks to adjust quotas so packers can slaughter cows now.
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Eugene Talmadge
Forsyth
OPA
Solon Nabbed In Auto Theft
Atlanta reports State Rep. C A Miller Jr former Bainbridge mayor arrested on larceny charges after a Belle Isle U Drive It complaint. Indicted by the Fulton County Grand Jury for auto larceny and larceny after trust. also sought by Sheriff for possession of a stolen diamond and mortgage violation. Miller gave Lynwood Avenue as his address and was taken to Fulton Tower.
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Atlanta
C.A. Miller Jr
Bainbridge
Miller
Fulton County Grand Jury
Belle Isle U-Drive-It
R. A. Stephens
Decatur County
Lynwood Avenue
Fulton Tower
Night club robbed by gang in Alabama
Armed bandits robbed a Shelby county night spot and its patrons of between 50 000 and 100 000 in money and jewelry early today the Age Herald said it was advised tonight.
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Wilkinson County
Jeffreys-McElrath Manufacturing Co
Macon
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby County
Age Herald
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