Blind Georgia Official Heads Public Service Commission
A feature profile details Walter Raleigh McDonald, a blind leader who chairs Georgia’s Public Service Commission and presides over regional railroad and public service bodies. It highlights his memory, hearing, and other senses aiding his work, along with anecdotes of his shooting, hearing voices, and recognizing people by sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Raleigh McDonald
Georgia Public Service Commission
Southeastern Association of Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
McDonald's
McDonald
Commission
New York
Empire State Building
Paul Donehoo
Fulton
Atlanta
Donehoo
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Atlanta Conservatory of Music
Romance and ambition collide in a New York agency tale
Linda Avery, a receptionist at a Manhattan models agency, navigates romance with Ronald Stafford while rival Mina Nevins pursues him. Robert Barton and Terry Adams entwine with Linda as Sarah Markley sketches a glamorous, troubled world. A press engagement rumor roils Linda’s life as she weighs love, fame, and growing up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Avery
New York Models
Ronald Stafford
Sarah Markley
Ronald
Irself
Robert Barton
Linda
Terry Adams
Terry
Caroline Pickard
Mina Nevins
Robert
Sarah
Rock of Gibraltar
Ronnie
Miss Avery
Mattie
Society
Mr. Bagley
Ronnie Stafford
Manhattan
Young Stafford
Billie Anne
Clarabell Ackerman
Food Canned For Lunch Room By PTA Group
Members of the Moulton Heights PTA gathered at the school to can food for the lunch room. They canned 83 quarts of soup mix and tomatoes, shared a lunch, and planned another canning session later in the week. They seek donations of corn tomatoes peas beans okra jar tops rings and jars to Mrs Grady Hutto or Horace Fielding. The lunch room lacks federal aid this year, so community effort supports children's meals and may boost attendance and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Heights
Grady Hutto
Decatur
Horace Fielding
Orphan Children Rely on School Lunches
The article notes many of the children are orphans and may go without lunches unless the school provides them. It highlights the dependency on school food programs to ensure meals for vulnerable students.
Five Dead in Louisiana Flood Areas
Crowley area as floodwaters recede. Refugees flood to towns while crews burn drowned animals and spread lime on others. Names of victims include six year old girl from Delcambre and others from Bell City Welsh and Carnecro Gueydan. About 6 000 refugees evacuated from Crowley and Opelousas Lake Charles. 15 000 cattle dead in Vermilion Parish.
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Crowley
Louisiana
Civilian Conservation Corps
LaPayette
Opelousas
Lake Charles
J. A. O'Hara
State Board of Health
Varmilion Parish
Book Arrivals at Carnegie Library Preview New Novels
Mrs. E A Tillery lists new fiction at Carnegie Library with brief reviews. Prominent titles include Oh Promised Land by James H Street a deep historical epic set 1794 to 1817 from Georgia to the Mississippi. Other works: Awake My Heart by Gerrie Thielens Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell Love in the Sun by Leo Walmsley Wild Geese Calling by Stuart White A Sea Island Lady by Francis Griswold and The Great Tradition by Frances P Keyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
E. A. Tillery
Oh, Promised Land
James H. Street
Georgia
Mississippi
Amiera
Angelia Thirkell
Angela’ Thirkell
Légion
Leo Walmsley
Stuart. White
Francis Griswold
Beaufort
South Carolina
Germany
Europe
Hans’ Christian Marlowe von Hohenlohe
Farmer violates DUI rules by using tractor after license revocation
In Raleigh North Carolina August 13 a farmer convicted of drunken driving had his automobile license revoked He began driving a tractor to town as allowed by the attorney general's office noting the action was permissible under the rules
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Raleigh
N. C
Attorney General's Office
Reeves named principal of Decatur Negro High School
Clarence Lee Reeves of Andalusia Alabama is named principal of the Decatur negro high school succeeding C F Hurston. He will arrive August 31 to assume duties after studying at Illinois Normal University where he earned his bachelor's degree. His wife will teach locally. Reeves has taught at Selma University and served as principal of Mason high school in Brewton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lee Reeves
Andalusia
Ala
Decatur Negro High School
C. F. Hurston
Reeves
Normal
Ill
Illinois Normal University
Sustem
Selma University
Mason High School
Brewton
Four Die in Canberra Airliner Crash
Lieut. Gen Cyril B B White chief of the Australian army staff and three Commonwealth cabinet ministers died in the flaming airliner crash near Canberra Airport along with six others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Cyril B. B. White
Canberra
Police Officers Get Scholarships
Evanston Illinois August twenty officers from eight municipal departments and 11 state agencies were awarded 1200 fellowships to study traffic control and accident prevention at Northwestern University Traffic Institute. Recipients include Patrolman Alvin Christie Knoxville Tennessee Captain James L Edsings Tampa Florida Officer Leon Burrell South Carolina Highway Patrol Officer Matthew Pratt Tennessee Highway Patrol and Supervisor Clyde C Sellars Alabama Highway Patrol.
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Evanston
Ill
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Alvin Christie
Knoxville
Tenn
James L. Edsings
Tampa
Fla
Leon Burrell
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Matthew Pratt
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Clyde C. Sellars
Alabama Highway Patrol
Army recruits more men with Miss America tie in drive
The army expands recruitment to small towns using mobile units with music and speakers. Marilyn Meseke, Miss America 1930, endorses Uncle Sam poster as nationwide publicity boosts enlistment. A five month campaign with a national agency costs about $60,000 monthly.
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Washington
Marilyn Meseke
Marion
Uncle Sam
Meseke
Atlantic City
Fifth Corps
Columbus
Ohio
Win
America
Army
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Harry P. Leadingham
Twenty
Central Press Association
Second Ave
Brenda Joyce
John Payne
Walter Brennan
Old Codger
Kentucky
Maryland
Princess Theatre
South
Gerrie Thielens
Rome
J. R. Daniels
Insurance and Financing
Walnut St
Decateur
Shumake
Kiwanis
Decatur High School
Loyd Lively
Eugene Wright
Kenneth Hennessy
Sullivan
Nan Sa
Sais OD
Shumake Furniture Co
In Inc
Bank 8T
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