Georgia Legion Plans All Posts Meeting April 18
Georgia's 120 American Legion posts join nationwide April 18 for a million-member campaign finale. Major Quimby Melton presides in Griffin with radio addresses by Henry Stevens and local post speakers outlining Georgia work before the national commander.
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Griffin
American Legion
Georgia
Quimby Melton
Griffin News
Henry Stevens
North Carolina
Legion
Stavens
Melton
Augusta
L. L. Battey
Richmond
Cliff Hatcher
Waynesboro
Cordele
Ed B. Dykes
Vienna
Savannah
Walter Harrison
Millen
Valdosta
Arlie D. Tucker
Nashville
Tifton
DeLacy Allen
Albany
Moultrie
Louis Moore
Thomasville
Emory
Bass
Waycross
Major Harwell
Brunswick
Warren Lott
Blackshear
Athens
B. P. Gambrell
Atlanta
John M. Slaton, Jr
Rome
Eugene S. Taylor
Summerville
Macon
W. A. Sirmon
Edgar B. Dunlap
Gainesville
Columbus
J. M. McLellan
Montgomery
Ala
Hatchett Freed In Patricide By Fort Valley Jury
Harris Hatchett, 17, is found not guilty by a Peach County jury of the fatal shooting of his father Pink Hatchett in Fort Valley Georgia. The verdict came after a trial in which Hatchett said he acted to protect his mother from a drunken father.
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Hatchett
Fort Valley
Harris Hatchett
Pink
Peach Superior Court
Louis L. Brown
Wanted ads for old furniture sale on Smith Avenue
Old furniture for sale including beds bedding chairs tables cook stove piano phonograph and six piece walnut living room suite. Contact B Clewis 415 Smith Avenue for details.
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B. Clewis
Smith Avenue
Judge Hopkins replies to Philips letter on bank committees
Judge Hopkins writes in reply to J L Philips about two depositor committees formed after a March meeting. He explains the advisory committee's liquidation focus and the other committee's goal of reorganizing to avoid liquidation. Hopkins urges public sharing of any feasible plan and pledges cooperation where it helps depositors and the community.
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Phillips
State Banking Department
Patterson
Times-Enterprise
Luke
Pittman
H. W. ‘Hopkins
Florida Republicans Convene in Orlando for Platform and Delegates
In Orlando the Florida Republican convention begins with a harmony theme as leaders draft a platform and select nine delegates at large for the national convention. Glenn B. Skipper, a national committee member, is escorted to the platform amid applause while George Bean of St. Petersburg is also cheered. R. E. L. Pryor frames the meeting and notes William J. Howey’s 95,018 vote total.
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R. E. L. Pryor
Tampa
State Central Committee
Pryor
William J. Howey
Trial Focuses on Fortescue Home In Kahahawai Lynching
Honolulu April 12 prosecution seeks to show Kahahawai was abducted and killed at the Fortescue home aided by Mrs. Granville Fortescue and Lieut. Thomas Massie along with Edward J. Lord and Albert O. Jones. Witnesses link a motor car rush to Koko Head with Kahahawai’s body and a planned disposal via sharks.
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Honolulu
Granville Fortescue
Joseph Kahahawai
Navy
John C. Kelley
Kahahawai
Koko Head
Edward Ulii
Chic Woman in Green Caras Now Sought
The Very Rev Dean H Dobson-Peacock a Norfolk trio member seeking the Lindbergh baby returns to negotiations with kidnappers amid reports of a ransom break Colonel Charles Lindbergh warned of possible trickery Curtis and Dobson-Peacock declined to discuss the matter while negotiators kept silent on whether the current intermediaries are the same as those who received the ransom money
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Dean
Norfolk
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
John Hughes Curtis
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Greek American Restaurant Announces Governor Candidacy
The Greek American eatery known as Where You Meet Your Friends promotes reduced prices on meals and coffee while noting political hints. Howey already declares his run for governor in 1928 with Florida as the focus.
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Florida
Howey
Personal visits highlight city in-town notes
A series of short notices lists visitors and locals in town including Mr. D F Regal from Birmingham Mr J Frank Till from Atlanta Dr Howard Thompson a chiropractor Mr C F Smith of Montgomery Mr L F Driver Sr and Mrs Fraser Driver Jr in Atlanta and Mr Robert E Foster from Gainesville Also Mr T C Maples of Jacksonville Mr J W Hodrett from Atlanta and Miss Evelyn Sasser returning from Savannah Also Mr and Mrs George M Smith renting a West Jackson street home to Mr Frank Langsley of North Carolina and heading to Florida for time with relatives at Sanford with Mrs C A Haines.
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Mr. L. F. Driver
Mrs. Fraser Driver Jr
Atlanta
George M. Smith
West Jackson Street
Frank Langsley
N. C
Florida
Sanford
C. A. Haines
Russell Issues May Day Proclamation in 1932 Georgia
Governor Richard B. Russell Jr proclaims Health Promotion Week from April 24 to May 1 1932 with May 1 designated as Child Health Day. He urges citizens to cooperate with the State Department of Public Health and the State Medical Association to advance preventive medicine and child health across Georgia.
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Georgia
Department of Public Health
Congress of the United States
Richard B. Russell, Jr
State Department of Public Health
State Medical Association
Atlanta
Weather Forecast for Thomasville Georgia 1932
Forecast for Thomasville and vicinity calls for fair tonight and Wednesday with gradually rising temperatures. Observation at 8 a m shows 75th meridian time, high and low temperatures listed, with rainfall totals and humidity. A northeast moving storm brings rain to the Atlantic states, light frost in the Ohio Valley, and continued fair weather in this area for the next two days.
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Thomasville
Atlantic States
New England
Boston
Pacific Northwest
Gulf States
Appalachians
Rockies
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Cotton Belt
Mississa Ry
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
City of Thomasville Sealed bids for street repair work
Sealed proposals for paving repairs in Thomasville Georgia will be received at City Hall by the Mayor and Council until 12 o clock noon April 23 1932 and opened April 25 1932. Quantities include asphalt paving concrete base curb and gutter and sidewalks with unit price bids. Each bid must include a 5 percent certified check and a 100 percent contract bond. Rights reserved to reject any and all bids.
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Thomasville
Georgia
Citys
City Hall
City Tax and Paying Executions in Hands of Marshal for Collection
Notice states 1931 city taxes due in April must be paid to the marshal or levies and advertisements of sale will follow. The item also notes the grave illness of Mr. James S. Hopkins, with fears he may not recover after several weeks.
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Thomasville
James S. Hopkins
Trial of Widow for Slaying of Carran Opens
The trial of Mrs. Carran and alleged co conspirator Smith unfolds with prosecutors accusing the widow of intent to seize her husband’s property. Evidence cited includes a Jacksonville establishment known as Mr. and Mrs. Smith and a later trysting place near Jacksonville. Prosecution contends the pair inspected the Fairburn area before Carran’s death and that Mrs. Carran sought poison and a pistol before leaving Jacksonville.
Atlanta Woman Faces Murder Trial Over Husband's Death
Mrs. Ronnie Carran, charged with murder in the death of her Jacksonville accountant husband, stood for trial actions as authorities search for her alleged accomplice J Earl Smith. Carran claims two armed negroes attacked them on a road near Fairburn Georgia, where the body was found after a night drive.
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Atlanta
Ronnie Carran
Jacksonville
Fla
Fairburn
Land Owner is Goat in Taxes Tells Bankers in Augusta
J R Hutcheson, president of First National Bank of Douglasville and Tallapoosa judge, warned the Georgia Bankers Association that tax exempt securities let landowners with little income pay taxes for others with large incomes. He urged repealing ad valorem tax and exempting a reasonable income. The convention opened in Augusta with Ronald Ransom and Lee Trimble welcoming attendees. Georgetown speakers included Har ry J Haas and Orville A Park among others. The Georgia Bankers Association meets to discuss banker farmer relations and agriculture policy.
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Augusta
J. R. Hutcheson
First National Bank of
Douglasville
Tallapoosa Superior Court
Georgia Bankers Association
Ronald Ransom
Atlanta
Association
Lee 5
Trimble
The
Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust Company of
Uucpee Hutcheson
Georgia
American Bankers Association
Harry J. Haas
Philadelphia
National Association
Georgia Association
Orville A
Park
Macon
Supreme Court passes on Georgia cases this week
The Supreme Court refused two petitions involving Georgia links. One challenged a Macon conviction for violating national prohibition laws. The other sought $115,000 on a Forrest Hills Realty property mortgage in Richmond County, with courts ruling bondholders and hotel corporation bonds have aligned rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
W. J. Cutcliff
Macon
Talbot County
John Wannamaker
New York, Inc
Forrest Hills Corporation
Richmond County
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court For Southern Georgia
Forrest Hills Hotel Corporation
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Emory Bass
Hopkins
J. L. Philips
Philips
Florida Republicans Convention
Orlando
Caras
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National Board OF Fire Underwriters
John Street
New York
Chicago
West Adams Street
San Francisco
Merchants Exchange Bldg
D. F. Regal
Birmingham
J. Frank Till
Howard Thompson
C. F. Smith of
B. L. Brewson
Robert E. Foster
Carl J. L. Walker
G. V. Curtis
Crawford
T. C. Maples
J. W. Hodrett
Evelyn Sasser
All American Cafe
Russell
U.S. Department OF Agriculture Weather Bureau
Eer Rosbonata Carers
Asheville
N.C
Buffalo
N.Y
Corpussean Tex
Denver, Col
Guy Tera Ans
Tex
Paso, ' Estou
Elena, Mont
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Mecon
New Orleans
N. Y
Okahoma City
Okla
Omaha
Seattle, Wash
Vicksburg
Aioe
Washinton, D. Cc
Wilmtton
Waiiston
Ji Me
Hadley
Mateorofbalst
D. Roy Hay
C. Pittman
E. Jack Smith
Thomasville, Ga
S. P. Doss
Marshal
Carran
Boykin
Chevrolet
Garrison Motor CO
Hutcheson
Georgia Bankers Assn
U.S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Associated Preas
Mary Cooper
Sayre, Okla
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