Roosevelt veto of seed loan bill sinks measure
Washington Reuters reports President Roosevelt vetoed the 50 million seed loan bill, seen as fatal to the measure. Senator Smith sought an override, but Majority Leader Robinson and the president’s pledge to redirect work relief funds dampened expectations. House action loomed on a separate 600 million conservation farm subsidy plan funded by new taxes.
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Woman sentenced to die for murder in nursery home
Nottingham England February 27 UP Dorothy Waddingham 34 was convicted of the poison murder of a patient in her nursery home and sentenced to hang. Co operator Donald J. Sullivan was acquitted of poisoning death of Miss Ada Louisa Baguley aged 50 crippled patient.
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Record Vote Cast in Grady County Primary
Grady County voters set an all time record in the primary with three incumbents defeated and six re-nominated. Notable outcomes included Perry M. Baggett defeating Ben L. Willis for clerk while Sheriff Odus Ailgood won re election. Walter Eskew and Gussie Singletary McManeus also retained their posts amid crowded races.
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D. Perkins
Walter R. Eskew
P. Hobson Blackman
T. J. Carter
J. J. Dollar
W. E B. Wamble
Gussie Singletary McManeus
Albert Ball in critical condition in El Paso
Albert Ball former secretary of the interior remained critically ill of pneumonia in El Paso Texas on February 27 according to a news report from the city.
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Ada man acquitted in murder of daughter case
A man from Ada was acquitted yesterday of murdering his daughter. The trial involved a pending second charge against Mrs. Waddingham for the murder of the mother.
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Electric service partially restored to El Paso area
Power was partially restored in El Paso after an early morning strike at the El Paso Electric Co. plant cut darkness citywide. An auxiliary steam plant was brought back to supply hospitals and the downtown district while residential and manufacturing areas remained without service.
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Peach County Voters Choose Legislators and Officials
Peach County voters selected state representatives and county officials. Louis L. Brown Jr was unopposed for state representative while W G Brisendine faced W D Aultman for state senate in Peach County. It is Peach County’s turn to provide the senator.
New Flu Cases Hit High for Winter Week
Washington reports 11 613 new influenza cases in the week ending February 22 the winter peak and eight year high for that week. Spinal meningitis rises to 234 then falls to 216 while scarlet fever drops to 7 219 cases from 7 388.
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Public Health Service Today
Pavlovson Old Russian Physiologist Pavloff Dies
Ivan Petrovitch Pavloff, famed Russian physiologist known for his purely materialistic theory of conditioned reflexes, dies at 86 in Leningrad from influenza. He argued human life rests on nervous system responses to external influences and the environment drives both animal and human behavior. The Soviet government funded much of his work.
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Marmola Reducing Agent Claims Easy Weight Loss
An advertisement touts Marmola tablets as a simple fat reducer with no exercise, claiming rapid weight loss since 1907 and over 20 million packages sold. It urges readers to start now, take four tablets daily, and stop once they feel they have gone far enough. The pitch highlights physicians’ approval and nationwide dealer availability.
Local business visitors noted in Thomasville daily
Mr. J. M. Purdom of Blackshear Ga. and W. N. Conyers of Atlanta were among business visitors. Winston Paul of Atlanta also visited for business. G. C. Blounty of Baxley and Ray K. Daniel of Atlanta appeared among visitors. John F. Howland of Vinevar shaven Maggs. hunted nearby. Walter Jones of Coolidge ill at home for over two weeks.
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Baxley, Ga
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Lambert
General Colton Lynes dies at 91 prominent southern educator
Marietta Georgia reports the death of General J Colton Lynes age 91 after a brief illness. A former Confederate soldier from South Carolina he practiced law in New Orleans and served as a U S diplomatic attache in Paris. He later taught military science and headed schools in Milledgeville Thomasville and Marietta. He retired seventeen years ago to his historic home. His first wife is mentioned in the report.
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Colonel Lynes Evolutionist Educator Named in Georgia History
Pauline Michel and Kate Winn links mark his two marriages with Augusta and Marietta. Col J Colton Ivies, born 1844, served as Confederate drill sergeant at 15 and became a famed educator in the South. He lectured 7,000 students, led multiple colleges, studied in Europe, helped form Confederate veterans, and received the title of colonel in 1899. Funeral plans remain unannounced.
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Reverend William F. Smith dies after 50 years in ministry
Quitman Georgia February 27 funeral services will be held for Reverend William F Smith a Methodist minister of fifty years who died yesterday in a Savannah hospital Obituaries note his roles as a superintendent secretary and trustee of Wesleyan College and the South Georgia Conference He served churches in multiple cities and was a prominent educator and author survivors include his widow and six children.
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South Georgia Conference
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Macon
W. N. Ainsworth
J.A. Smits
J. N. Peacock
Alany
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Savannah
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Georgia lawmakers debate impeachment amid Talmadge clash
Georgia legislators considering extraordinary sessions to address governor Talmadge amid impeachment talk. Senator Allen Chappell of Americas seeks a voluntary gathering. Representative Paul L. Lassay of De Kalb hints at independent impeachment moves. Georgia’s Rome bank notes possible state withdrawals under legal guidance.
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Schley County
Tennessee students under observation for meningitis case
Fifteen University of Tennessee students are under medical observation after their English instructor Miss Mary Lillian Rader became ill with spinal meningitis in Knoxville Tennessee on February 27. The report notes ongoing conference preparations and debates over funding for a new soil conservation program and tax measures amid broader policy discussions.
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University of Tennessee
Mary Lillian Rader
Federal highway funds halted in Georgia over legal status
Washington reports L. E. Boykin of the federal roads bureau says no further federal highway funds will be sent to Georgia until the state’s legal finances are resolved. The bureau notes about 17 million dollars on its books and will only allow draws by the governor’s installed treasurer, George B. Hamilton, to safeguard the funds.
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