Longest hunted fraud suspect sought by U S postal inspectors
Herbert N Raham of the U S postal inspection said the department sought its longest hunted man Floyd Woodward 54 alias T Thomas, tied to a 1920 Atlanta federal indictment for 150000 mail fraud. Woodward arrested in Monrovia after living in Monrovia and San Bernardino with wife Mandie.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Nraham
U. S. Postal Inspection
Graham
New York
Floyd Woodward
Atlanta
Woodward
T. Thomas
Monrovia
Ed Mills
San Bernardino
Mandie
Robert Standish
Standish
Thomas
Peters May Head State Democrats
Savannah Sept 21 The Savannah Evening Press said Jas S Peters Manchester banker and former state representative would head the Democratic State Executive Committee. Peters age 56, served in 1935 1938 and 1987 legislatures. Gillis Soperton current chair acts as convention host with Talmadge backing Peters before Macon vote. Arnoli state auditor vice chairman Mrs Stowe Toccoa secretary-treasurer.
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Savannah
Democratic State Committee
Macon
Zach Arnoli
Fred Stowe
Toccoa
Freshmen Arrive at University of Georgia for 1940 Session
Athens September 20. The Freshman Don t Walk Under the Arch sign welcomes an estimated 700 first year students for the 1940 session. Registration runs September 2 to 25 with classes starting September 26. Upperclass transfers from junior colleges include many in the mix as Fraternity Rush Week unfolds.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Daporclasainen
Griffin businessman earns private pilot license
Griffin Georgia September 14 Idred Durant a prominent Woodbury businessman this week passed his private pilot test and became a licensed pilot. Durant had taken his first airplane ride with Orville Winover at the city airport weeks earlier and soon bought his own airplane after enjoying the lesson.
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Griffin, Ga
Idred Durant
Woodbury
Mr. Durant
Griffin
Orville
PIANO TUNING SALESMAN LISTING THOMASTON GA
Classified notice for Lester Pianos Co representative W. Smith located at 08 W Gordon St Thomaston Georgia advertises piano tuning services with telephone contact 56 for scheduling and inquiries.
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Lester Pianos, Co
W. Smith
W. Gordon St. Thomaston, Ga
All Married Men Face Draft Under Local Board Review
Washington reports that married men are not automatically exempt from the draft. Local boards will decide each case on its merits, considering dependent status and private income. Congress approved 338 million for barracks and facilities, with 1.64 million monthly for boards, plus printing costs. Registration begins October 16 using a lottery system and serialized cards shuffled for the final draw in Washington.
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Washington
Army
Draft ‘Board
Selective Service System
Senate
House
Kidnapped Child Found Safe In Nevada Hills
Three year old Marc de Tristan Jr. was found unharmed by hunters in the Sierra Nevada mountains about 200 miles from his Hillsborough home. FBI says German alien W J Muhlenbroich, 40, confessed and is in custody. Boy returned to Count and Countess de Tristan, safely after ransom attempt.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Marc de Tristan Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sierra Nevada
W. J. Muhlenbroich
U. S
Vancouver B
FBI
San Francisco
Tristan Bone -Long
Valdosta Newspaper Expands Plant and Space
Valdosta Sept 23 The Lowndes County News publisher J W Norwood reports a new typesetting machine and a larger building with more than double the former space. His brother Charlie Norwood has moved to Valdosta and joined the team, signaling continued business expansion during the tobacco season.
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Valdosta
J. W. Norwood
Lowndes County
Two Held in Slaying of Dalton Merchant
Dalton Ga September Chief Butler said John Sutton alias John Deen 22 and James Roberts 27 Dalton negroes confessed to slugging and robbing A L Edwards a well known Dalton merchant who died from injuries. They were taken to Atlanta for safekeeping and will be tried for murder in Whitfield Superior Court in October.
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Dalton
B. H. Butler
John Sutton
John Deen
James Roberts
A. L. Edwards
Atlanta
Butler
Mr. Edwards
Sutton
Roberts
Whitfield Superior Court
Upson County Woman Found Beaten to Death
Thomaston Ga Sept 19 Sheriff Meeks reports a 24 hour probe failed to solve a brutal slaying in Upson county Thursday. Victim Mrs Lou Griffin 72 was found dead on a Delray home bed with head injuries from a hammer or similar weapon not recovered. Coroner's jury has not yet reached a verdict. she is survived by six children all in Upson county.
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Thomaston
Meeks
Upson County
Lou Griffin
Delray
Griffin
Bus Crash Near Greenville Injures Several Travelers
A Teche Greyhound Lines bus went off the road eight miles from Greenville on Sept 28 after striking a center road block. About 30 passengers were aboard bound for Pine Mountain. One woman sprained ankle and several others were bruised. some treated at hospitals.
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Greenville
Teche Greyhound Lines
B. A. Snipes
State Patrol
Pine Mountain
G. &. Cole
Greyhound
Atlanta
Sumter Taxpayers League Opposes Tax Increase
Americas Ga Sept 20 The Taxpayer's League of Sumter County urged against raising the county tax levy. It argued the state shares to the treasury exceed any loss from home exemptions, calling for a rate cut as past due taxes mount and collections lag. The county board hinted at a 14 or 15 mill rise from the current 12 mills.
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Americas
Randall Expects Landslide Vote For Speaker Race
Atlanta Sept 21 Representative Randall Evans McDuffie county governor-nominate Gene Talmadge’s choice for speaker announced he has pledges for a landslide majority in the speaker’s race. Evans said pledges grow daily, strengthening the forthcoming administration’s working majority in the new house. He forecast the state democratic convention at Macon would praise the convention as a strong people’s gathering.
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Atlanta
Randall Evans
McDuffie County
Gene Talmadge
Roy V. Harris
Evans
Talmadge
Macon
Georgia
Plane wreck of General Honeycutt found in Georgia swamp
Coast Guard and Army fliers located the missing service plane buried in a southeast Georgia swamp near the Satilla River after a two day search. Brig. Gen. F W Honeycutt Capt G F Kehoe and Corp R J Shintz were aboard and presumed dead. One rescuer suffered a hand injury from the propeller. further attempts to recover the craft were planned for Monday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Coast Guard
Army
Georgia
F. W. Honeycutt
G. F. Kehoe
R. J. Shintz
Coast
F. F. Stock
Honeycutt
Ft Bragg
N. C
Savannah
Charleston
Jerome Jones Dies in Atlanta Labor Leader and Editor
Jerome Jones longtime editor of the Atlanta Journal of Labor died in Atlanta hospital after two years of ill health. He founded the paper in 1898 with C. C. Houston and was linked to Samuel Gompers. Survived by son Jerome Jones Jr and granddaughter Joan Jones. wife predeceased. He served as president emeritus of the Georgia Federation of Labor and the Atlanta Federation of Trades.
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Atlanta
Jerome Jones
Atlanta Journal of Labor
Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Jones
C. C. Houston
Organized Railway
Nashville
Money as a Moral Measure in Hard Times
A reflection on national finances and personal wealth noting that income rose in past decades while expenditures on luxuries grew. It argues the real issue lies in the heart not the pocketbook, urging faithful tithing and cautioning that wealth can bless or curse depending on how it is used.
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God
Montezuma High School to Launch Student Newspaper
Montezuma Sept 15 announcement by C E Stevenson, superintendent, introduces the Montezuma H N weekly student edited paper. Staff includes Joe Collier editor, June Collins associate editor, Eloise Clark reviews, T A Calhoun sports, Bill Roberts Whirligigs, Bud McKenzie Between You and Me, Nell Parker senior reporter, Christine Levie junior reporter, Elizabeth Pate sophomore reporter, James Adams freshman reporter.
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Montezuma
C. E. Stevenson
Montezuma High School
Montezuma H. &. News
Joe Collier
June Collins
Eloise Clark
T. A. Calhoun
Bill Roberts
Bud McKenzie
Nell Parker
Christine Levie
Elizabeth Pate
James Adams
Talmadge Wins Georgia Governorship Tide 132 Counties
Georgia politics saw TALMADGE clinch the Democratic nomination and a likely election to an eight year term as he led with 179,882 votes across 132 counties. Roberts conceded after finishing with 124,668 votes in 283 counties while Abu Nix totaled 42,840 in four counties. Gene backed Russell and George during the interim and praised Georgia's thunderous verdict.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Statehouse
Farmer
Columbus Roberts
Talmadge
Abu Nix
Athens
Georgia
Ticket origin traced to Thomas Edmondson era
Railway ticket system began with Thomas Edmondson of Lancaster England in 1836 while station master at Milton on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. He introduced the standardized ticketing method that shaped early railroad bookings.
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Thomas Edmondson
Lancaster
England
Milton
Newscastle & Carlisle
Nine Persons in Accidents Reported Over Weekend
A sequence of weekend incidents left several dead and many injured. Among the fatalities were Fred Eason, 17, of near, killed in a truck collision. Ross Jr., 28, Atlantan, killed when his car overturned near LaGrange. Estelle Gurley, 40, of north of Baxley, fatally injured in a wagon crash. Vernon Williams, 11, struck by a vehicle in Savannah. Gen F W Honeycutt and other officers were reported missing after a plane crash sighted Sunday near the Satilla river. searchers recovered a skull, with uncertain survival chances for others aboard.
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Welieved
Noyes ¢ Satilla’ River
F. W. Honeycutt
Kommandant
Corp
R. J. Schnitz
Baxley
Vernon Williams
Savannah
Giffin Road
E. Thompson
Hawkinsville
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Nevada Mountains
Beerman
Valdosta Newspaper
Dalton Merchant
Sumter League
Randall
General Honeycutt
Satilla
Earth
Heaven
Nix
Associated Prouil
Attenti Democra
Democratic Party
Aow
Jlus Carlisle
Philip Weltner
Hubert Atlanta
G. Pierce King Curtis
Augusta Colt
R. L. Anderson
G, W. Macon Val Thomas H. Gignilli
Savannah, Ga
Liauip
Cour
Indy
Abber Gisributoi Lommulle
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