Local Visitors and Accidents Highlight Weekly Notes
Local business visitors include Mr. C. S. McKinney of Atlanta and Mr. Thomas E. Thorpe of Macon. Miss Della Simmons suffered severe injuries from a porch accident, with Dot Chett also hurt. Chase Smith passed a chiropody exam and is licensed. Mrs. Dillon and family spent the weekend in Lake City, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Dillon
J. R. Dillon
Annette Horne
Lake City
Fla
de R. Ditlen
Veteran's Hospital
Della Simmons
Eunice Cliett
Calhoun Street
Dot Chett
Chase. Smith
State Board of Chiropody
Melon Grower Delivers 43 Pound Dixie Bell to Times Enterprise
World War veteran Guy I Cheek presented a 43 pound Dixie Bell watermelon to the Times Enterprise office. He gardens about 10 acres on the Pavo road near Thomasville and plans to ship four to five cars as the crop matures. He began selling melons from his truck on June 10 and notes this is his first farming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy I. Cheek
Times- I Enterprise Office
Dixie Bell
Thomasville
Pavo Road
Chees
Law breakers idle as warm weather helps firemen
Bed weather brings spring fever to criminals while aiding fire crews and police in the city. The week shows little court activity with only minor incidents reported, save for a cigarette burglary at Golden Brothers noted previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Brothers
Kerr Tobacco Bill Awaits Signature by President
Washington reports the Kerr bill to reduce tobacco crops awaits President Roosevelt’s signature to become law. It imposes a 25 to 33 1 3 percent tax on sales above county quotas set by the secretary of agriculture for the 1934 35 crop, with exemptions for Maryland Virginia and cigar leaf growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Maryland
Virginia
Farm Administration
Leticia Returns to Colombian Authority After Colombia Peru Pact
Leticia, the jungle village long a flashpoint between Colombia and Peru, is handed back to Colombian authorities. A League of Nations commission administered the area for a year, following the December Rio de Janeiro accords. The 1932 crisis saw Peruvians seize Leticia and raise their flag, triggering clashes and deaths on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leticia
Bogota
Colombia
Peru
League of Nations Commission
Io de Janeiro
South America
Wésien
Valdosta Lumberman Bray Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Charles W. Bray 43, a well known Valdosta lumberman, died from injuries suffered when his car collided with a truck Friday night about six miles from Valdosta. Son of the late J. N. Bray, he and his brother in law Dr. C. C. Giddens managed the family timber and land interests. He leaves a brother and four sisters, all of Valdosta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Charles W. Bray
Mr. Bray
J. N. Bray
South Georgia
C. C. Giddens
Valdasta
Weather Helps Fire Department With Fewer Home Fires
Last week rain fell almost daily helping the fire department as lower temperatures reduced home fires to cooking needs and dampened wood shingle roofs, reducing hazard in the area.
Enduring Trust in Thedford's Black-Draught Laxative
Mr. C E Ratliff of Hinton West Virginia touts Black-Draught as a reliable vegetable laxative used for constipation tiredness and headaches for 35 years. He claims nothing better after long years of experience and mentions bold two dollar package pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford
C. E. Ratliff
Hinton
W. Va
Crildeen
Fire Blasts Claim Six Lives In Jamestown Tank Fire
A gasoline tank truck started a blaze that killed six people and injured 23 in Jamestown. The fire spread from the truck to a wholesale depot and three 1000 gallon tanks, causing two massive explosions as onlookers watched from nearby. The district attorney opened an investigation into fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Herbert Johnson
Wholesale Distributing Depot
Retail Grocers Take Back Their Booing of Hugh Johnson
Chicago June 19 The retail grocers convention reversed its boos toward NRA administrator Gen Hugh S Johnson. Charles Janssen of St Paul rebuked the crowd, praising Johnson against the booing and urging President Roosevelt to back him. The grocers planned to telegram FDR asking him to voice support and push the nation to pay back grocery bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Johnson
Chicago
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Charles Janssen
St. Paul
National Association of Retail Grocers
Janssen
Johnson
Roosevelt
Supreme Court to Hear Test Case on Georgia Loan
The Georgia Supreme Court was set to hear arguments in a test case on a $2.8 million Public Works Administration loan and grant to the University of Georgia system. The case faces scheduling uncertainty as it sits far down the calendar amid opposition from Governor Talmadge and an injunction fight led by Attorney General M J Yeomans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
University of Georgia System
Georgia
Talmadge
M. J. Yeomans
Fulton Superior Court
E. D. Thomas
Discovery of burns deepens mystery in Meyer slaying
Eldorado June 19. Acid burns were found on Dr. Homer L. Meyer face and head after his body was prepared for burial. Funeral director R S Martin reported the burns, and authorities pursued a state wide search for a cool ruthless slayer who lured the dentist to the country and shot him in the back after looting his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Til
Homer L. Meyer
Eldoardo
Equality
R. S. Martin
Martin
Night Track Events Ignite Kansas 1934 State Meet
The 1934 Kansas high school state meet features the first ever night track sessions marking a historic shift in the schedule. Officials announced evening events to showcase sprint and distance races under lights, drawing attention from athletes and spectators across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Baby Revived After Two Hours Apparently Dead
New York June 19 A six pound day old girl born with the umbilical cord twisted around her neck was declared dead when her heart stopped for more than two hours. Dr Bernard Zablin and a nurse performed repeated resuscitation using adrenaline and artificial respiration until the infant cried, living to the astonishment of all present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iesther Rauch
Bernard Zablin
Georgia to train fifty relief workers in social welfare
Approximately 50 Georgia based relief workers under the federal Emergency Relief Administration will receive training in social welfare. Participants will study at the New York School of Social Work the University of Chicago School of Social Administration and the Atlanta School of Social Work. Training begins Wednesday with salaries around 115 dollars monthly and a year long commitment to FERA. An Accepted school in social work opens at the University of Georgia for current FERA staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Georgia
Giren
Gay Shepperson
New York School of Social Work
University of Chicago School of Social Administration
Atlanta School of Social Work
FERA
Thespera
University of Georgia
FIERA
Lindbergh May Be Expecting Another Child
The Daily News reports Jon Morrow Lindbergh may have a younger sibling. Anne Morrow Lindbergh has been visiting Dr Edward Hawks in New York for three weeks, the paper says, with inquiries noting the Lindbergh home at Englewood New Jersey and Col Charles Lindbergh not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lindbergh's
The
Daily News
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Edward M. Hawks
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Hawks
Morrow
Englewood
N. J
City Council discusses finances and Sunday closing action
City council session reviewed the city finances led by Alderman Powell as he urged replenishing funds to cover 27000 due in July with 1700 scrip, 7000 Water and Light, and unsettled balances. Street tax receipts rose to 532 from 511, with about 1600 yet due at four dollars plus penalties. Sunday closing was debated and referred to state authorities for action. drug stores and stations deemed necessary while bars face future restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldermar Powell
Powell
Holland
Hancock
Watt
Broad Street
Former Cuban Navy Lieutenant Arrested in Bombing
Havana June 19 Jorge Quintana a former Cuban navy lieutenant was arrested and charged with complicity in last Friday's bombing that wounded President Carlos and killed two others. Quintana served during former president Grau San Martin's regime and is held incommunicado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Jorge Quintana
Carlos
Quintana
Carlos Grau San Martin
Mystery Fire On Freight Ship After Panama Passage
Captain David Frick of Knut Hamsun reports a blaze aboard a steel freighter that burned like powder, spreading rapidly and forcing evacuation. The ship, after passing the Panama Canal, cooled in a lifeboat drift of 58 hours before rescue by the Zacapa in New Orleans with the captain and 16 survivors aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tain
David Frick
Knut Hamsun
Frick
Panama Canal
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Zacapa
Fishing for Fertilizer Boat Nets Pompano Catch
In St Marys Georgia on June 19 sabormen aboard the ship Caroline were fishing for porgies to use in a local plant's fertilizer. A large school turned out to be pompano totaling more than 1600 dollars in value from the 150 feet nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
Caroline
Precipitation Totals Reported for Month Start to Date
The report lists rainfall gathered over the last 24 hours, totals since the month began, and totals since January 1. It also notes the normal precipitation for the current month for comparison.
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Mr. C. S. McKinney
Thomas
Thorpe of
Macon
Mr. W. M. Neel
J. S. Davidson
Jacksonville, Fla
Funderbark & Taylor
Carroll Hill
Hulalia Mims
Detroit
Mrs. R. Clark
IGYE
G. B. Baggs
Camilla
I’. H. Mitchell
Irene Davis
Virginia Richards
Golden Alday
Chattahoochee
Mia
Jean Hubbard
Mt Pleasant
Joan Dixon
Times-Enterprise
Hi Branham
Ador Club Orchestra
Dancing Sweethearts
Frank
Peg” Jones
Keane Sisters
Frank Starr
Amos ’N
Andy
Little HY Heath
Rolly Polly
Miriam Norris
Century of Progress
Jean Parker
Tom Brown
Kerr Tobacco
Gen. Johnson
Ers
Burns
Meyer
Baty
Alderman Powell
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
U. S. Department OF Agriculture, Weather Bureau
T. V
Westinghouse
Times
BEST
Thomasville Hardware & Supply Co. Electrical Department
South Broad Street
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