Charles N. Rountree Dies at Fort Valley
Charles N. Rountree, former Peach County tax receiver, died at his Fort Valley home after several weeks of illness.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
8
Charles N. Rountree, former Peach County tax receiver, died at his Fort Valley home after several weeks of illness.
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A local feed store touts Ful-O-Pep Chick Starter as a tested feed that reduces losses and promotes stronger pullets and larger eggs. The ad from Dempsey's Gash Feed Store lists Quaker Oats Dairy Feed and other stock feeds at 48 Broad Street with wholesale groceries.
New York June 11 Van Ling Mungo star Brooklyn pitcher who struck yesterday in Pittsburgh says he will not wear a Dodgers uniform again unless treated right He wants a trade and may be fined or suspended if he fails to report by Forbes Field Dodgers president Judge McKeever vows to hold him to his contract with five days left before the season end The Cubs and Giants are seen as likely landing spots if Brooklyn releases him Mungo 25 last month has 72 wins 61 losses in his major league career and this season 6-8 in 16 appearances with 104 innings pitched
Associated Press rundown shows Gehringer of Detroit leading in runs with 61 and 52 for Gehringer and Gehrig in runs. Gehringer also tops hits with 83 while leading in doubles with 21. Foxx and Goslin tie for RBIs at 54. Foxx leads homers with 14.
Savannah and Augusta played two full games. Savannah blanked 1-0 in the afternoon and lost 2-1 at night as Bob Harris pitched two-hit ball for Savannah. The Columbus Red Birds beat Columbia 10-9 with a ninth-inning score, and rain disrupted other schedule.
Junie Barnes led Southern Association pitching with 15 strikeouts for a season record as Nashville defeated Knoxville 13-1. Berkeley Schmidt pitched well in a separate Atlanta win over Chattanooga, while Little Rock beat New Orleans 12-8 and Memphis vs Birmingham was rained out.
Baseball box score fragment shows Albany and Americrus scoring with Bonowitz Scheffing Rice Johnson and Willoughby among hitters. Home runs by Bonowicz and Berry. Errors and RBI tallies noted. cited pitchers Wright Ammon Davis West with runs and hits totals incomplete.
A mother’s premonition kept Basil Rathbone’s family from sailing a doomed ship. The vessel later sank in the Bay of Biscay, affecting the Rathbones and a separate sports score recount follows with pitching details and game officials.
Bonowitz led the Travs with a standout at bat while Albany dropped two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a two run edge. Americus tallied in the sixth and eighth but Albany held on as Davis and West shut the door in relief to clinch. The two teams open a three game set in Americus with Barrett expected to start for Albany and Bonowitz for the Cardinals.
Finland notified the United States it will meet its regular semi annual war debt payment of 164 315 50 on June 15. Finland is the only war debtor nation not to default. Great Britain and others have defaulted. A total of 1 160 122 766 65 will be due from 13 debtors on June 15.
Two brothers of the late Mr and Mrs Henson Tatum won a 42500 settlement from Atlanta Gas Light Co over their parents deaths in Januarys explosion. The suit alleged a leaking gas pipe caused the blast. Tatum served as Atlanta city clerk. The article also notes Asia irrigated land is nearly five times North America.
Washington June 1 A tabulation of the largest U S corporations by stockholders was presented to the federal communications commission in the telephone industry probe. AT and T led with almost 700 000 shareholders followed by Cities Service 500 000 plus General Electric 310 000 and Pennsylvania Railroad 220 000 United States Steel and General Motors each 190 000 Consolidated Gas 100 000.
Washington June 11 The agriculture department reports 1935 36 naval stores production at 2 276 491 barrels up nearly 50 000 from the prior year Rosin output total 1 647 000 barrels and turpentine 662 908 barrels Georgia led in gum turpentine with 275 450 barrels and rosin with 909 407 barrels Florida 141 416 rosin 466 929 turpentine Alabama 45 637 rosin 160 450 turpentine South Carolina 16 697 rosin 53 716 turpentine Mississippi 10 045 rosin 32 271 turpentine Louisiana 4 733 rosin 15 311 turpentine Texas 2 066 rosin 6 657 turpentine North Carolina 956 rosin 3 259 turpentine.
Treasury data for June 9 reports receipts of 15.30 million and expenditures of 26.91 million, leaving a net balance of 2.27 million. Fiscal year receipts total 3.70 billion against 6.77 billion in expenditures, with emergency spending of 3.14 billion. Gross debt stands at 31.65 billion, down 6.28 million from the prior day. Gold assets total 10.46 billion.
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