Georgia News Roundup Highlights 1931 Georgia Events
A summary of Georgia events includes Atlanta chosen as the 1931 convention city for the American Prison Association, notable deaths such as James M. Reeves the Atlanta cigar magnate and Solicitor General Spurlin, state milestones like Georgia Week in Chicago, and ongoing civic developments. The report covers political, legal, and infrastructure notes across cities including Valdosta Gainesville and Dublin, with farm and relief programs, CCC quotas, and local industry updates.
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Atlanta
American Prison Association
Houston
Texas
Ten Convicts Escape at Savannah Killings Reported
Savannah Ga September 26 One convict was shot to death and nine others escaped yesterday from a truck transporting them to a road building project in Chatham county. Five other prisoners on board did not attempt to flee. The ten overpowered a rear guard, seized his pistol and shotgun, then took another guard on the front of the truck.
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Savannah
Chatham
Myrick to Keynote at Georgia Democratic Convention
Atlanta reports Shelby Myrick prominent Savannah attorney and Chatham county representative has been chosen as temporary chairman and keynote speaker for the state Democratic convention in Macon on October 4.
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Atlanta
Shelby Myrick
Savannah
Chatham County
Macon
Georgia Gets Extra 87,000 Bales Quota
Senator Russell of Georgia says the Bankhead act suspension seems unlikely this year and that allotting 87,000 bales from the 1 percent reserve to Georgia farmers will relieve distress. The remark comes as the administration weighs agricultural relief measures.
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Georgia
Washington
Russell
Strike in Indictments Stolen From Office in Rome
Rome Ga Sept 22 authorities reported Saturday thirty true bills ranging from murder indictments to intimidation of workers in connection with the textile strike were stolen from the office of Solicitor General Jas F Kelley of Summerville.
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Rome
Jas. F. Kelley
Summerville
Death of George E. Wilder in Roberta Georgia
George E Wilder 62 a well known farmer and Crawford county citizen died in an Atlanta hospital on Thursday morning. He was buried in Roberta Friday at 4 o clock after funeral services at Musella Baptist church where he was a member with Rev Reeves of Gray officiating.
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Roberta
Geo. W. Wilder
Crawford County
Atlanta
Musella Baptist Church
Wilder
Mr Reeves
Gray
Johnson Resigns NRA Post Roosevelt Accepts
Hyde Park N Y Sept 25 President Roosevelt Tuesday night accepted General Hugh S Johnsons resignation as administrator of the NRA In letters Roosevelt praised Johnsons services and voiced hope he might return to public service in the future.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Son of former state official found guilty in abandonment case
Americus Ga Sept 25 John C Bahnsen son of Dr P F Bahnsen former state veterinarian found guilty in city court of abandoning a minor child. Verdict returned Monday and sentence postponed until Saturday at the request of Bahnsen's attorneys. He was charged with leaving his wife Martha Smith Bahnsen and a minor child without support. Other charges against him concern his second marriage and alleged failure to obtain a proper divorce.
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Americus
John C. Bahnsen
P. F. Bahnsen
Bahnsen
Martha Smith Bahnsen
Former Americus Man Gets Viaduct Contract in City of Americus
Americus Ga September 24 The contract for building a viaduct over the Central of Georgia tracks on Lamar street extension to the Route Three cutoff was awarded to the Christian Manley Construction Co of Madison Ga The bid of 38118 was the low bid The Americus project is among 700000 in highway contracts let by the state highway board and uses funds from a 10 million federal highway appropriation The viaduct will be north of the Atlantic Ice and Coal plant and ties into the new highway project open to city streets
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Americus
Central of Georgia Railroad
Lamar Street
Christian Manley Construction Co
Madison, Ga
R. G. Christian
Christian Manley Company
State Highway Board
Fulton
DeKalb
Cobb
Trucker Commits Poison Self West of Moultrie
Alfred Ritcher a 25 year old Colquitt county farmer stops his truck roadside about six miles west of Moultrie swallows poison and awaits death his body found Sunday morning Sheriff notified Two Atlanta hotel workers killed when a truck sideswipes another returning from a grill near Griffin suspects held in Jonesboro Death of Luther Hollis a 39 year old Junction City man after a stalled tractor crushed him at the Junction City Land Co cite Columbus hospital confirms he died Thursday night from the accident
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Wm. H. Collier
Hall County
Gainesville
Lizzie Stells
Lumon Stells
Moultrie
Alfred Ritcher
Colquitt County
Sheriff's Office
Atlanta
Henry Grady
Griffin
Jonesboro
Luther Hollis Negro
Junction City
Columbus Hospital
Hollis
Junction City Land Company
Former Columbus Police Chief Gill Dies at 7 A.M.
Milford Dale Gill a former Columbus police chief died Saturday at his home after a prolonged illness from heart and kidney issues. Born February 19, 1887 in Marion County he rose from railroad work to public service and later worked for Columbus Show Case Company before his police career.
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Columbus
Gill
Milford Dale Gill
Marion County
Thomas J. Gill
Ida Bigham Gill
Sand Hill
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Columbus Show Case Company
Condemned Dillinger Aide Killed In Soap Gun Escape
In Columbus Ohio on Saturday guards fatally shot Charles Makley and wounded Harry Pierpont during an attempted escape from Ohio penitentiary death row using weapons fashioned from soap. A guard was grazed as the plan mirrored Dillinger era tactics and was thwarted by Preston E Thomas and his sentinel team.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Dillinger
Ohio Penitentiary
Dillinger
Charles Makley
Harry Pierpont
Preston E. Thomas
Pierpont
Makley
Crown Point
Ind
Crown conferred on College Park girl in Chicago
Josephine Bowling of College Park Georgia was chosen as queen of the Georgia peaches at a Chicago event. Governor Talmadge crowned her during the Georgia day program as 20 of the state’s most beautiful girls looked on. She was selected from 21 Georgia Beauties who earned the title at community functions. The ceremony closed the day’s events at the fairgrounds.
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Chicago
Josephine Bowling
College Park
Talmadge
Miss Bowling
Georgia
Rufus G. Dawes
200 Rail Executives Organize New Railroad Body
Chicago reports the formation of the Association of American Railroads at a Friday meeting with 200 executives. John J. Pelley, president of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad, is elected full time president and will resign his current post. A 14 member board of directors will include five eastern, six western, and three southern railroad presidents. The American Railway Association and the Association of Railway Executives will merge into the new body.
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Chicago
Association of American Railroads
John J. Pelley
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Pelley
American Railway Association
The
Association of Railway Executives
Fewer Editors in Georgia Legislature
Atlanta reports that newsroom members will shrink in the upcoming General Assembly. Editors T W Wrench of Charlton County Herald Marvin Griffin of Bainbridge Post Searchlight join the House lineup with veterans E D Rivers and Helen Williams Coxon returning unopposed. Roy McGinty Jr Chatsworth Times heads to the Senate as the likely youngest member. John H Hammond is named for Senate secretary.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
T. W. Wrench
Charlton County Herald
Marvin Griffin
Bainbridge Post- Searchlight
Charlton
Decatur
Helen Williams Coxon
Ludowici News
Long County
E. D. Rivers
Ed Rivers
Lanier County
Rivers
House
Senate
Roy McGinty, Jr
Chatsworth Times
Geo. H. Carswell
Inwinton Bulletin
John Carrington
Winder News
Carswell
Lennen
John H. Hammond
Macon Telegraph- Augusta Chronicle
Talmadge
North
Georgia
South Georgia
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition Dates Set in Columbus
The eighteenth Chattahoochee Valley Exposition will be October 8 to 13 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. Thousands will attend to view agricultural and home products, farm equipment, educational displays, and junior club competitions, aiming to boost rural life and community pride.
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus
Fairgrounds
Felix L. Jenkins
Chattahoochee Valley
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
Worms Threaten Cattle in Taylor County This Season
County agent G. C. Daniel warns farmers to monitor cows for screw worm until frost. Treat wounds with benzol then pine tar oil to prevent eggs. Fresh tar or cottonseed oil mixture can substitute. Second checks rumor debunked. pork and Austrian Winter Peas deliveries noted. peas now 7e per pound.
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Taylor County
G. C. Daniel
Leave to Sell Georgia Harris Meriwether Counties
J R Lunsford as executor of the will of Mrs S F Robinson deceased applies for leave to sell her real estate in Harris and Meriwether counties Georgia. Creditors and next of kin are cited to show cause at the next Court of Ordinary term on the first Monday in October 1934 why the petition should not be granted. This 4th day of September 1934.
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Georgia
Taylor County
J. R. Lunsford
S. F. Robinson
Harris and
Meriwether
State of Georgia
Court of Ordinary
Taylor County Georgia Admonition for Land Deed Administration
T Willis petitions the Taylor County Ordinary by petition asking Thelmon Jarrell to administer the estate of F R Purvis and compel the deed to Lands being the south half of lot 180 in the 16th district. He asserts a bond from Purvis to Willis and seeks decree requiring deed to be issued. He names heirs at law Mrs M A H Purvis L E Purvis Mrs D Culverhouse and G Fletcher and requires them to appear at October Term 1934 to show cause why the deed should not be awarded.
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Georgia
Taylor County
T. Willis
Thelmon Jarrell
F. R. Purvis
Tay County
B. J. Willis
F R. Purvis
Willis
F. L. Purvis
L. E. Purvis
D. Culverhouse
F. R. Pury
Georg
J. T. Wil
Sale Under Power In Georgia Foreclosure Notice
Public sale will occur at the courthouse in Butler on the first Tuesday in October 1934 between the legal hours of sale. One half undivided interest in 370.5 acres known as the Machem place in Taylor County Georgia will be sold under a loan deed from L J Pharr to N G Pharr dated September 18 1931 to satisfy a debt of 800 00 with past due taxes and sale costs. The lands pass as estate of the late L J Pharr to pay the debt and costs. any excess goes to his estate representative. Attorney in fact is J G Pharr and attorney for the estate is John C Houston Lawrenceville Georgia.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Said
Butler
Taylor
Ty Machem Place
Janis
L. J. Pharr
N. G. Pharr
Sayers Court
L. J. Ph
G. Pharr
L. J. Pha
Tohn C. Houston
Lawrenceville
Petition for Letters of Administration in Underwood Estate
Mrs. M J Hobbs applies for Letters of Administration for Mrs. M J Underwood’s estate in the county. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the ordinary’s office within the legal time and show cause why letters should not be granted. Witness signed September 4 1934 by L T Peed Ordinary.
Notice of Administration for Joe Nels Estate
To whom it may concern E W Cook applies for Letters of Administration on the estate of Joe Nels. Next of kin must appear at my office with time allowed by law and show cause why letters should not be granted. Witness my hand and official seal this 20th day of August.
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Georgia
Taylor County
E. W. Cook
Joe Nels
Credito
Lette
L. T
Executors Sale in Taylor County Georgia 1934
By order of the Court of Ordinary of Taylor County Georgia a public sale will be held on the first Tuesday in October at the courthouse door. The property is a U S Gold Bond 1941 4 per cent No 796516 denomination one thousand dollars. Executrix Mrs Mary L Benford guardian Wille Benford notes date September 6 1934.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Taylor
Court House
U. S
Mary L. Benford
H. Benford
Wille Benford
Dismissal Sought in Guardian Case for J T Davis
Guardian J T Davis seeks discharge from guardianship of his minor children after filing final return and petition for discharge. Court to hear all interested parties on first Monday in October 1984 in Taylor County Georgia. Dated August 18, 1984. Ordinary L T Peed.
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Georgia
Taylor County
J. T. Davis
Dian
L. T. Peed
Geo
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Southern Georgia Superior Court Circuit
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Lithonia
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Milledgeville
Augusta
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Louisville
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Clay County
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Terrell County
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Cartersville
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Labor Department
R. L. Greer
Oglethorpe
Fiiday
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Geer
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Henson Tatum
St. Joseph's Hospital
Henry R. Brown
Gwinnett County
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Hurt
Atlanta Trust Company
E W. Moise
American Red Cross
Reni
Ralph Pullen
McRae
Eugene Yalmadge
State Highway Department
University of Georgia
John R. Joyner
Friendship Baptist Soreesmon
Mr. Joyner
Friendship
Folkston
Wrench
A. D. Kennedy
Rolling Jones
W. P. Warren
Berlin H. Wright
New York
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G. H. Howard
Christine Strickland
Atanta
Taylor Oil Mills
J. B
Tobe) Daniel
LaGrange
Georgia Public Service Commission
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McDonald
Eleanoo Orr
Democratic State Executive Committee
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve Board
St. Louis
America
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H. C. Wood
Fulton County
Myrick
George E. Wilder
Columbus Police
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M. J. Underwood
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