Doorkeepers and Delegates at the Republican Convention
Kansas City dispatch notes thousands of job seekers and volunteers lining up for convention duties. Jones Parker of St Louis surfaces among hopefuls while 40 doors remain to be found. The \"Ask Me\" corps will wear badges and Hoover Curtis Lowden march in the Flambeau parade amid campaign bands and motorcades. E S Richardson of Marshallville Ga claims tenure as a devoted convention attendee, age 66, having attended all but one since 1884 and backs Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Parker
St. Luis
Flambeau
Hoover
Curtis
Lowden
E. S. Richardson
Marshallville
Richardson
MISS MABEL BOLL RETURNS AFTER FIRST ATTEMPT
Reporters and photographers lined the field as Miss Mabel Boll and her team prepared for a dawn takeoff aboard the Columbia. Le Boutillier cautioned that the flight was not a race with Miss Earhart, promising careful planning and a cautious, first attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Boll
Josephine Boll
Rene Fonck
le Boutillier
Miss Earhart
Mickey Walker to meet Leo Lomski July 4 at Ebbets Field
New York June 7 Mickey Walker world middleweight champion will clash with Leo Lomski the Aberdeen assassin in a ten round non title bout at Ebbets Field Brooklyn on July 4 Humbert J Fugazy announced. The match is sanctioned by the New York State Athletic Commission if Walker stays under 160 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mickey Walker
Leo Lomski
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Humbert J. Fugazy
Lomski
New York State Athletic Commission
Walker
Visitors and locals noted in Cairo town column
Mr. M. L. Ledford of Cairo visits on business. Miss Louise Lomax returns from Alabama. A new shipment of Laffargue pianos arrives via CroCroft Music Co. Mrs. Howell Mayo visits Quitman relatives. Mr. Lomax Brewton, Georgia Tech student, stays briefly. Busy Bee Co. offers sewing machines and typewriters repairs. Raiford Robison back from Emory University summer holidays. Chas. Kivler listed at 118 Remington Ave. Misses Maxine and Eleanor McLaren depart for Tampa. Chastain Office Supply Co. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Mabbett of Quitman visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Neel. Mr. P. C. Andrews returns from Atlanta where he appeared in a civil case before Fulton County Superior Court. Miss Frances Archbold and Mrs. A. Breitner of New York arrive for Chinquipin Plantation visit. Do not miss the Bungalow Laffargue Piano. Mrs. E. E. Mack recovering from appendicitis operation at Archbold Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Andrews
Atlanta
Fulton County Superior Court
Pendleton Visitor and Atlanta Trip Mentioned in Briefs
Mrs. 8. C. Jones of Pendleton D C visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Russell while Professor Jones tours Europe. Moore Music Co advertises tuning and repair services. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Nunnally Jr return home from a trip to Atlanta and Monroe Georgia led by Mr. M. T. Nunnally Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. C. Jones
Pendleton, D. C
H. T. Russell
Professor Jones
Europe
Moore Music Co
M. T. Nunnally, Jr
Atlanta
Monroe
M. T. Nunnally
Sampsons Garage Open Day and Night Wrecker Service
Sampsons Garage announces open day and night wrecker service along with auto repair accessories tires and tubes. Mr Hayes of Mount Vino Ne y is returning from a short business trip to South Carolina and will pass through Thomasville en route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson’s
Fam Hayes
Mount Vino Ne *Y
Mr. Hayes
South Carolina
Thomasville
Town News Briefs From Thomasville With School Graduation
Family notices report Mamie Evelyn Han recovering well after a tonsil operation at John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital. Several local students return from Valdosta State Woman's College for summer, and Eunice Wimberly arrives from Peabody College for vacation. Thomasville High School commences graduation exercises at East Side Auditorium led by Louis O Moore with 39 graduates and D A R citizenship and home economics medals to be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville High School
East Side School
Louis O’ Moore
Board of Education
New Orleans Board Approves Fifty Bale Cotton Futures Adoption
The New Orleans cotton exchange board approved in principle the virtual adoption of a fifty bale futures contract, aiming to broaden hedging facilities for farmers and merchants whose business did not suit the existing 100 bale contract. New Liverpool noted Continental buying absorbing offerings, and Manchester reported improved cloth inquiry from India though Shanghai options were disappointing. Domestic cotton goods markets showed firmer activity with demand for gray goods and finished lines rising amid dry weather and private rain signals in Texas, while eastern belt reports warned of worsening weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Texas
Friendship in Three Attempts Fails to Take Off
The article describes three attempts by unnamed individuals to depart by air. They leave a boarding house quietly and row to a harbor, where a dory boards them and rows to a plane. A magistrate and a newspaper man witness the quiet departure as a few villagers and a cameraman film the event.
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Florida Regions
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with warming in northwest areas. Friday brings increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures with gentle to moderate winds from the southwest. Northwest Florida sees fair weather tonight and Friday with rising temperatures and light variable winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Florida
Tunney Heene y Fight Set for July 26 in New York
Tex Rickard told the New York state athletic commission that champion Gene Tunney would defend the heavyweight title against Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium on July 26. Polo Grounds occupancy by the Giants likely leaves Yankee Stadium as the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tex Rickard
New York State Athletic Commission
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Yankee Stadium
Rickard
Polo Grounds
New York Giants
Inheritance tax paid on Savannah man’s estate
A check for 57448 was sent to the state treasurer to cover inheritance taxes on the estate of the late George P. Walker of Savannah who died June 9 1928. It represents eighty percent of the federal levy the state may collect under the federal tax act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Atlanta
George P. Walker
Thomasville
Baseball Results From a Rainy Day Slugfest
Odd OCR text shows scattered score lines and battery pairings for teams including New York Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh Boston Chicago Philadelphia and Washington. Unable to parse complete games, the fragment hints at multiple box scores with innings and pitchers listed but lacks coherent final results.
Georgia Philathaeas elect new leaders at Albany convention
Mrs C C Sapp of Albany was elected president of the Georgia Philathaean Union. Charles Pigue of Albany named president of the State Baraca Association as Columbus hosts the 1929 Baraca Philathea meeting. New officers include Lafice Jones East Point and Lillian Mitchell Columbus as vice presidents and Tinsley Augusta as recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
C. C. Sapp
Georgia Philaethea Union
Charles Pigue
State Baraca Association
Columbus
Baraca’ Philathea Association
Philaethea Union
Lafice Jones
East Point
Lillian Mitchell
Edna Ferguson
Brunswick
W. R. Duckworth
Cairo
Paul Tinsley
Augusta
Lucila Johnston
Macon
T. A. West
Laura Metcalfe
Atlanta
J. T. Bramlett
Eledt Pigue
Baraca Association
T. Ayer Hatcher
Baracas
F. BE. Strickland
Bainbridge
Joseph
Schilling
J. W. Parker
C. N. Jones
Fitzgerald
T. R. Grimes
Secret Service
R. J. Taylor
Watts Gunn Leading In Tourney Play At LaGrange
La Grange Ga June 7 Watts Gunn of Atlanta national collegiate champion led by five strokes over Harold Callaway local amateur after the first nine holes in the Southeastern Professional Golf Tournament. Both players posted 38 on the par 35 course while professionals trailed. The winner to be decided after 36 holes today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Watts Gunn
Atlanta
Harold Callaway
Gunn
Callaway
Drive to Block Nomination of Hoover in Convention Fight
Hoover faces strong drive to block his nomination as delegates and party leaders press to thwart a 545 delegate total. Loyalties realign with Lowden and Watson blocs meeting in secrecy to halt Hoover momentum five days before the Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Commerce Secretary
National Committee
Lowdon
Watson
Indiana
Captain Wilkins Urged to Flying Search for Italia Missing Dirigible
Rome June 7 Italo Balbo under secretary of Aeronautics announced his department is in contact with Captain George H Wilkins who flew the top of the world, urging him to undertake a search for the missing dirigible Italia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Rome
Italo Balbo
George H. Wilkins
Italia
Corinth Shaken Again by Earthquake Rattle
Corinth Greece endured another quake this afternoon as aftershocks struck the town. Many houses collapsed and smoke hung over the streets while residents fled in fear. Authorities believed a volcanic eruption sparked the tremor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Greece
Athens
Hoover Opponents Rally Behind Lowden in Republican Draft
By early stage of the convention Hoover faces a solid bloc backing Lowden with about 250 certain votes plus wavering delegations from Watson and Curtis. Opponents hope to gain Pennsylvania and other arrivals while some back Coolidge on the first ballot. Farm relief splits linger among Midwest and Eastern camps, with signs of discontent over strategy and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Watson
Curtis
Lowden
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
McNary-Haugen Dill
Charles D. Hilles
New New York National
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Longfellow
Riday
Chester Conklin
Allice White
Pathe Review
Kansas City
Corps of Hospitality
Kansas
G. O.P
M. L. Ledford
Louise Lomax
CoCroft Music Co
Mrs. Howell Mayo
Quitman
Lomax Brewton
Georgia Tech
Busy Bee Co
Raiford Robison
Emory University
Chas. Kivler
Remington Avenue
Maxine
Eleanor Mc»Laren
Tampa
Chastain Office Supply Co
H. F. Mabbett
C. N. Neel
Frances Archbold
A. Brietner
Chinquapin Plantation
E. E. Mack
Archbold Hospital
Howard Thompson
Kirkman
Kirkman’s Soap
Kirkman & Son
Kirkman’s
Orkmans
Rountree
Thomasville, Ga
Valdosta
Farrar Elrod
Clara Hargrave
Grace Chastain
Zylpha Bowman
Katherine Sawyer
Rose Wood
Gladys Hadley
Margarite Ryner
State Woman’s College
Ellis Bryan
Emory Univer
East Side Auditorium
Liverpool
Manchester
India
Shanghai
the New Home Sewing Machine Co
Madame Muriel Marlette
Auicit
NEW
HOME
LeWiNs
Moore Music Company Telephone
Tunney-Heeney
National League
SE Lewis
Rhem
Wilson
Benton
O'Farrell
Donabus and
Pininich
Doak
Henline
Pittsburgh
Boston
Hill
Smith
Grenfield
Taylor
Chicago
Philadelphia
Root and
Hartnett
Benge
Tenison
Cescescesree
Washington
Cleveland
Ciesceereenes
Pipgras
Collins
Oe Hadley
Kenna
Lyons
McCurdy
Shante
Myatt
Fete
Philatheas
Chas
Pigue Heads
Lagrange
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