Thomas County Board Minutes June 14 1938
County commissioners meet in regular session with most members present. They revoke a dance hall license near a church and refuse beer, hear malaria control plans, discuss merging the county power project, approve tax claim settlements, and fix rolling-stores licenses. Resignation of County Poor Commissioner McKinnon noted.
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Thomasville
Georgia
Hicks
Coolidge
M.D. Murphy
Rural Electrification Administration
Thomas County
Ward
J. T. Bailie
Athens
Hay
M. W. Pearson
Boston
Justin Andrews
H. F. Reading
Eng. L. R
Andrews
State Department of ‘Health
John Hopkins Hospital
Stewart
C. D. Moore
Merrillville
Manley
Duren
Beverly
A. C. Walden
Fannie Rosser
Vonier
Whpremas
G. EB. Davis
Said County
Oak Street
J. P. Byrd
Emma Dyson
Nora Gyler
S. L. Heald
Senator Royal Copeland of New York Dies
News notes Copeland's death triggers a possible double New York Senate race. Governors Lehman and Wagner are discussed for interim or full-term seats as Tammany Hall reacts to the vacancy. Officials and colleagues honor Copeland while the party weighs nominations and interim appoinment options.
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Royal Copeland
New York
Royal
Copeland
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Robert E. Wagner
Lehman
Wagner
Alfred E. Smith
Congress
Tammany Hall
Ruth Returns to Dodgers as Coach for 1938
New York June 18 P The Brooklyn Dodgers rehire Babe Ruth from retirement naming him coach at 15600 a year. Ruth, famed Yankee slugger, signs for the 1938 season while golfing in Tuckahoe New York after Larry MacPhail announces the deal. He says it’s great to be back and reflects on job chances. Brooklyn officials push the move despite questions.
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New York
Theklyn Dodgers
Ruth
Yankee
Dodgers
Chicago Bs
Tuckide
N. Y
Larry S. Machail
Brooklyn
Counsel for Major Brooke views home where wife died
Columbus Ga June 18 defense counsel for Major John R Brooke Jr headed for Fort Benning to inspect the quarters where his wife was found dead. He remains in Muscogee county jail awaiting federal grand jury action on charges he killed his wife after pleading not guilty.
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Columbus
T. Hicks Fort
John R. Brooke, Jr
Fort Benning
Brooke
Muscotee County
Ruth to Take Managerial Reins by 1939 Start
Baseball writers believed Babe Ruth would assume managerial duties at Brooklyn by the 1939 season, with Burleigh Grimes remaining as manager. Sources say Ruth learned of Brooklyn officials’ interest only after returning from a Peconic Bay fishing trip and then spoke with Branch Rickey and colleagues about the plan.
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Burleigh Grimes
Ruth
Brooklyn
Peconic Bay
MacPhal
Grimes
Leo Durocher
Anne Clark Weds John Roosevelt in Formal Ceremony
The wedding lists maid of honor and bridesmaids led by Mrs James Roosevelt and Mrs Charles R. L. Sturgis with 10 year old Joan as flower girl. Ushers include Elliott Roosevelt James Roosevelt and Marshall Field Jr among others in the ceremony.
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Joan
James Roosevelt
Charles R. L. Sturgis
Ledlie Laughlin
Nancy Cassils
Elizabeth Jaques
John Soetsinee
Anna Roosevelt
John
John Boettiger
Elliott Roosevelt
John M. Graham
Charles 8. McVeigh
Marshall Field ,Jr
John M. Lyman
Charles R. L
Local residents head to camps and welcome newborns this week
Paul Sampson and Brid gar Blanton left for the C M T C Camp in Fort Screven Georgia. Mrs A B Isaacs Mrs H CG Roane and children from Atlanta visit Al Feinberg. Jane Caldwell Camille West and Mary Neel head to Camp Reese Sea Island Ga for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Jake Chastain welcome a baby daughter. Jean Autrey of Kissimmee Florida undergoes appendicitis surgery. Emmett Daniels of Coolidge and Lois Chastain become parents to a baby daughter. Sampson and Blanton again travel to Savannah for the Fort Screven camp.
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Messrs
Paul Sampson
Bridgar Blanton
C. M. T. C. Camp
Fort Screven
Georgia
A. B. Isaacs
H CG Roane
iAtlanta
al Feinberg
Jane Caldwell
Camille West
Mary Neel
Camp Reese
Sea Island
Emmett Daniels
Coolidge
Daniels
Lois Chastain
Fidgar Blanton
Thomasville
Savannah
Reverend Robb White Jr Heads Camp Reese Stint
Rev Robb White Jr leaves after church service for Camp Reese at Sea Island where he will help lead the camp. Mr and Mrs E P McCollum depart for Newnan Ga due to illness of Mrs McCollum's younger brother. Also noted are leisure activities at Cherokee Lake and news that M I Clarke of Coolidge is resting well after surgery. Baby Randolph Allen Jones Jr born June 16 at John D Archbold Memorial Hospital with mother and son reported thriving.
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Robb White, Jr
Camp
Reese
Sea Island
M. I. Clarke
Coolidge
Randolph Allen Jones
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital
Randolph Allen Jones, Jr
R. F. Whiddon
Meigs
Jurors Drawn for June Term of City Court 1938
A list of jurors selected to serve the first and second weeks of the June term of City Court in Thomasville for 1938. Names include E L Lawson, W B Cochran, E L Joiner, D 8 Chapman, M C Ball Co, J L White, O B Anderson, J D McBride, H G Norton, W F Quarterman, A E Runyan, J L Johnston, B C Gibson, H T Murphy, J W Keyton, Zack Varnedoe, E R Pullen, J R Singletary, and many others across multiple batches.
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City Court of
Thomasville
E. L. Lawson
W. B. Cochran
E. L. Joiner
Chapman R. M. Collier
B. C. White
N. E. Gainey
J. Pope Harry Wyche
W. W. Davis
F. Gailey
M. C. Ball
A. Yandle Co
G. Pittman
J. L. White
O. B. Anderson
J. D. McBride
E. T. Barrow J
Upchurch
H. G. Norton
W. F. Quarterman
Langdon to Remarry Wife Mabel Sheldon in Ventura
Hollywood comedian Harry Langdon and third wife Mabel Georgena Sheldon Langdon applied for a marriage license in Ventura California. Langdon says weddings are fun and they want another honeymoon after a February 1934 Tuscon wedding and a three year old son Harry Jr.
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The
Associated Press
Hollywood
Harry Langdon
Mabel Georgena Sheldon Langdon
Ventura
Calif
Langdon
Tuscon
Ariz
Harry, Jr
Delicious meals cools on Terrace Tea House day
Readers hear of summer refreshment at Terrace Tea House while families visit relatives on Monticello road. Local residents report recoveries and travels with Mr. William E. VanBrunt Jr in Florida and Mr. Crawford Phillips heading to Brooklyn then Springfield for work. Mrs. R. F. Whiddon rests in hospital as family awaits her improvement. Relatives note the illness of Mr. T. R. Blackshear in Montgomery, brother of Mrs. Beach and Mrs. Wyche.
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T. R. Blackshear
Montgomery
Mr. Blackshear
S. M. Beach
Harry Wyche
Students Back Pensions at Colorado University Vote
Boulder Calc. More than three fourths of Colorado University students under 25 voted in favor of some form of old age pension while one fifth favored abolishing pensions.
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Boulder
Calc
Colorado University
High Time Nation Should Conserve Phosphate
Washington June 18 Secretary of Agriculture Wallace told a congressional committee it was high time the nation conserve phosphate resources. He was joined by Harcourt A. Moreen TVA chairman who warned reserves cannot last at current consumption. He said Tennessee’s supply for nearby states would exhaust in under ten years.
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Washington
Wallace
Harcourt A. Moreen
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Six Fire Applicants Flunked Exam for Incendiary Error
Milwaukee fire and police commission says six of 808 applicants failed the city fireman exam, defining the reason as an incendiary error. The six reportedly identified a hospital for the insane as the incendiary term in their test responses.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bankruptcy notice for Robert Marion Lee Voluntary Bankrupt
In the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Georgia the matter of Robert Marvin Lee voluntary bankrupt is announced. On 6 16 38 he was adjudged bankrupt and the first creditors meeting will be at Bainbridge Georgia at o o'clock in the a m. Creditors may attend prove their claim appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business. The bankrupt is requested to be present. Liabilities total 2 358 30 unsecured 1 756 56 assets 56 25 priority and secured. Please file claims at once.
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District Court OF the United States
Middle District OF Georgia
Thomasville
Robert ‘Marvin
Lee
Cairo
Grady
Fc Secale
Bainbridge
Bain
A. m
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