Thomasville Social Pages Highlight Weddings and Camp News
A series of society notes from Thomasville covers the June 14 marriage of Miss Lucy Ward to W A Blalock Jr and a Thomasville bride elect Mary Hargrave honored at Radium Springs. Also featured are A B C excursion plans to Atlanta and Birmingham, local sales and a Thomasville camp program at Camp Cherokee with Coach Harper and a roster of campers from Georgia Florida and Alabama.
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Lucy Ward
W. A. Blalock, Jr
Miss Ward
C. C. Ward
Waycross
W. F. Blalock Sr
Thomasville
L. D. Goodwin
Radium Springs
Mary R. ‘Hargrave
W. R. McGrew
Mary Hargrave
Atlanta
Birmingham
Harper
C. K. C. Ausley
Bobby Ausley
Joe Beutell
Camp
Cherokee
Ausley
J. S. Mason
Jimmy Mason
Howard Cheshire
Coach Harper
Lake Burton
North Georgia
Bert Ausley
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
North Carolina
Married Women in Britain Get No Unemployment Benefit
A London report on the limited reach of the National Compulsory Unemployment Insurance noting domestic service excludes workers, leaving about 30 percent of insured women married and often unemployed. The piece discusses arguments that married women do not need benefits and the challenges of re employment in a tight labor market.
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Edward Stanley
London
England
Designed for health and comfort
An installment line promises health and comfort with contact via phone at 546-3 and a street address at 508 West Jackson.
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West Jackson
Early Baseball Scores From National League
First game results show St Louis overwhelmed Boston 14 to 5 with Rhein Kaufman and Mancuso driving runs. Pittsburgh collapsed 18 to 0 at New York as Ott homered. Cincinnati routed Philadelphia 11 to 6. Chicago defeated Brooklyn 6 to 3 with Grimm homering. Second game includes St Louis 7 0 0 at Boston 1 0 0 and Washington 14 at Cleveland 4, plus other scattered results.
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RHE St. Louis
Boston
Rhein, Kaufman and
Mancuso
Zachary
Spohrer
RHE
Pittsburgh
New York
Spencer
Phillips
Walker
O’farrell
Ott
Chicago
Brooklyn
Root
Hemsley
Thurston
Lopez
Grimm
Rhe Washington
Cleveland
Brown and Spencer
Hargreaves
Shoffner
Donahue
Thomas
Sewell
Death in chair not accidental in murder case
Federal Judge Evan A. Evans ruled death by electric chair after murder conviction is not accidental. Harry H. Diamond was executed at Michigan City prison for killing his wife. Diamond’s father sought $20,000 double indemnity from New York Life, arguing the death was accidental. the company paid $10,000. The circuit court of appeals affirmed.
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Chicago
Evan A. Evans
Harry H. Diamond
Michigan City
Ind
Joseph
New York’ Life Insurance Company
iJudge Evans
Circuit Court of Appeals
Prominent Sparta Man Killed in Auto Crash
George Pierce Moore fertilizer inspector for the state department of agriculture was killed when an automobile driven by his son George struck the Three Mile Creek bridge abutment in Culver ton community Sparta Ga. His son and James M. Moore a nephew were seriously injured.
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Sparta
George Pierce Moore
State Department of Agriculture
Culverton
George
Three Mile Creek Bridge
James M. Moore
Moore
Siphoning Whisky To Prisoners At Rome Jail
Rome Ga June 20 Will Hubbard was seen snooping near the jail and found with a rubber siphon carrying liquor to inmates. He was charged with being drunk and possessing liquor. Desk Sergeant Carlson and Patrolman Quarles reported the discovery behind the jail wall and two bottles connected to prisoners inside.
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Rome
Carlson
Quarles
Will Hubbard
Hubbard
Florida Senate votes down gasoline tax proposal in tight 16–15 decision
The Florida senate defeated the administration bill to add a two cent per gallon excise tax on gasoline, sending the measure to the general revenue fund. The vote was 16 to 15 in Tallahassee on June 20.
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Florida Senate
Tallahassee
Fla
General Revenue Fund
Judge Rules Electrocution Not Accident After Conviction
Judge Charles B E Woodward rules that electrocution following a court of competent jurisdiction conviction cannot be considered an accident. The decision centers on legal definitions and the sequence of judicial action leading to the death.
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Charles BE. Woodward
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westinghouse
Thomasville, Ga
W. Feinberg & Son
Wade J
Southeastern Life Insurance Co
Thomasville Home, & Supply Co
Sportsmen’s Headquarters
Lois Moran
J. Harold Murray
J. M. Kerrigan
Northwest
Aviation
Smith and Dale
J. W. Blanton
Blalock
J. 3
ALRED
D. d. Maddox Service Station
Hargrave
J. C. Dunlap
H. R. Mahler
Pattie Mash
Ruth R. Burch
Ellie Mash
Ruby Ball
Isabel H. Kempe
St. Petersburg
Albany Herald
American Cafe
Times-Enterprise
W. F. Quarterman
Smith Avenue
Quarterman
L. J. Sturdivant
South Broad Street
Camp Cherokee
Britain
Associated Press
Dole
W. Lewis Wilson
Cincinnati
Phil’phia
Benton
Rixey
Eckert
Sukeforth
Benge
J. Elliott
Davis
St. Louis
Lindsey and Wilson
Cunningham and
Brame
Grace
Fitzsimmons
Hogan
SOX
Philadelphia
Johnson
Styles
Dudley
McCurdy
Detroit
Morris and Berry
Sorrell and Hayworth
Walberg and Heving
McKain and Grube
T. A. Futch
Broad St
Troy Tailoring Co
Til Bartlett
Gur
Garry Prices
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