Local Amendments Passed in State Over Objections
Six Georgia counties opposed local constitutional amendments in the June 6 general election yet the measures were ratified by the state. Thirty three amendments were approved, most local, often involving bond refunds for cities or counties. several counties voted against specific refunding bonds while the state coalition carried the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Tattnall County
Reidsville
DeKalb County
Stone Mountain Circuit
Grady County
Brooks County
Quitman
Berrien Countr
Nashville
Bay City
Carroll County
Carrollton
Bowdon
Guards to Camp at Jax in lieu of Columbia plan
Adjutant General James C. Dozier announced a contingent of North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee National Guard troops will train at Camp Foster near Jacksonville Florida from July 2 to 16 instead of Camp Jackson in South Carolina. The change was ordered as a precaution against infantile paralysis prevalent in some sections of South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
James C. Dozier
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee National Guard
Camp Foster
Jacksonville
Fla
Camp Jackson
Here
South Carolina
Southern Publishers Association honors Ted Dealey for Lufkin mill aid
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association presented Ted Dealey of the Dallas News with a framed resolution for promoting the Lufkin Texas newsprint mill project. James G. Stahlman said Dealey deserved much credit, calling the mill a key southern development. New members elected included Brunswick News Dublin Courier-Herald Griffin News Marietta Journal Milledgeville Times Thomasville Times-Enterprise. John D. Ewing reported the mill was nearing reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Point Comfort
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Ted Dealey
Dallas,Texas
Lufkin
Texas
James G. Stahlman
Nashville, Tenn
Banner
Dealey
SNPA
Stahlman
Brunswick
Marlene Dietrich Sails Amid Tax Dispute Abroad
Marlene Dietrich sails for Europe aboard the Normandie with husband Rudolph Lieber and daughter Maria, delaying Uncle Sam’s $100,000 jewelry and back taxes claim. A crowd gathered on the pier as officials contested the tax matter during the departure in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marlene Dietrich
Sam
Europe
Miss Dietrich
Rudolph. Lieber
Maria
Normandie
Internal Revenue
King and Queen Bid Canada Farewell After Historic Tour
King and Queen closed their 9,401 mile continent tour with a luncheon hosted by the Nova Scotia government. The king spoke partly in French to honor North American subjects while Queen Elizabeth thanked Canadians and Americans for their warm reception and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Nova Scotia
House of Commons
Hongkong
Sinnapore
Penang
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
William Strang
Britain
Karl Burckhardt
League of Nations
Free City
Danzig
Geneva
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Halifax
England
Local Social Notes Highlight Visitor Arrivals and Graduates
Miss Beverly Craigmiles earned a B S degree from the University of Georgia and returned home. Eben Corey Mann Jr of Thomasville appears among UGA graduates with agricultural engineering training. Col Roy Segler of Meigs visited the city on business. Several residents travel or visit relatives including Dr and Mrs James Reid after the Frisco Fair. Miss Corrinna Jarrett travels to attend a NYC wedding and World’s Fair events. Other locals welcome guests from Valdosta Jacksonville and Monroe Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Georgia
Eben Corey Mann, Jr
E. C. Mann
Thomasville
E. C. Jarrett, Jr
New York City
Corrinna Jarrett
New Struggle in China Broadens as Japan Blocks Amoy Zone
Shanghai reports Japan widens pressure in China with a blockade around Kulangsu Amoy and a police cordon at Tientsin. British and French concessions suffer food shortages as shipping drops. officials seek a broader East Asia order while Western powers discuss mutual aid and diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tientsin
East Asia
Amoy
Hankow
Domei
Shanghai
China
Butterfield and Swire
Kulangsu
United States
Britain
France
Tangku
Hai River
Asia
Occidentals
Tokyo
Germany Held Responsible for Wartime Blasts
The mixed claims commission ruled Germany responsible for the Black Tom and Kingsland NJ munitions disasters before U.S. entry to World War I. The tribunal, with Justice Owen J. Roberts as umpire, overturned the 1930 Hamburg decision that labeled the fires an industrial accident. American claimants sought 50 million dollars in damages, arguing saboteurs aided by Berlin caused the Black Tom 1916 explosion and the Kingsland 1917 blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Germany
Black Tom
Kingsland
N. J
United States
International Tribunal of
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Hamburg
New York
Reich
Lehigh Valley
Kingsland Assembly
Tropical Storm Press Signals Gulf Coast Warnings
A mild tropical storm stalled about 120 miles south of Pensacola, with warnings from Carrabelle to Bay St. Louis and small craft advisories along the Gulf. Forecasters expected inland move with limited force, while Coast Guard planes aided shelter and rescue efforts. Two LSU students drowned at the New Orleans seawall during rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Carrabelle
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Grand Isle
Here
Carabelle
Gulf Coast
R. A. Dyke
New Orleans
Coast Guard
Florida Keys
Key West
Mobile
Ala
Biloxi
Gulfport
Port Eads
Bureau
New Orléans
Lake Pontchartrain
Walter Hoppmeyer
Robert Moeller
Louisiana State University
Labor Peace Efforts Fail to Unite CIO AFL Unions
The text outlines a proposal to merge CIO AFL and independent railroad brotherhoods into a single labor movement excluding Green and with Green retires on a life pension. The AFL rejected, offering a blended CIO AFL solution instead. Despite joint efforts begun in 1937, deep rivalry kept the camps apart amid competing economic and political goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
AFL
Independent Railroad Brotherhoods
Green
The
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria
Don’t endure malaria symptoms. At first sign take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, a tasteless quinidine iron medicine claimed to combat malaria in the blood. Pleasant to take, suitable for children, and sold at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
S.S.S. Co
Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rosenberg’s
Essley
SOX
Pennington
Rosenberg
Department Store
W. Jackson St
Tyron
N. C
Grady
Brooks
State
Jax
Columbia, S. C
America
DeLuxeman
Cord
Western Auto Associate Store
ATA Saving
East Jackson St
Thomasville, Ga
Times-Enterprise
Southern Publishers Assn
Virginia
Marlene
Uncle Sam
Beverly Craigmiles
Julian Craigmiles
Abraham Baldwin Colleg
Tifton
Ole
Lervice
Sarah Martha Zeigler
Milledgeville
T. L. Brazell
Monroe, la
R. G. Vinson
Albany
Hatenton
Col
Roy Segler of
Meigs
Hugh Jerger
Tampa
J. A. Mitchell
Zadie Davis
Georgia State College For Women
James Reid
West Coast
Lilla May West
Valdosta
Anne Race
H. A. Reeves
Gordon Avenue
R. Brandon
Hattie Brandon
Polly Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Graves Crisis
U. S
Thomasville Howe. & Supply CO. “Quality Sporting Goods
South Broad Street
Labor Peace
Lewis
Quality County’ Cor. Broad and
Jackson Sts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!