Local Society and Travel Notes From Weekend Happenings
Mrs B Heise visited Mrs R E Goodwin then left for Walled Lake Michigan. Frank and 108 North Love announce birth of daughter Sara Lucile on June 21 at John D Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mother and child doing nicely. W R McGrew return from World's Fair trip to New York. Mrs Gadiner Hulse travels to New York after funeral of brother in law Thomas Hallam, niece Shirley Ham accompanies. Mrs C R Wiester to St Paul to visit parents. Burdette family returns from visit in Franklin. Weekend visits to Enterprise Alabama by Spears and Spear couples. J W Oxendine and son visit from Birmingham to see C W Oxendine's parents. Heyward Vann and wife join J A Jackson family in Macon for two weeks trip to Washington and New York World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Webb
North Love Street
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital
Sara Lucile
Heyward Vann
Macon
Mrs. Vann
J. A. Jackson
Mrs Pringle and Mrs Davis News at St Simons Island
Miss Nell Pringle spends two weeks at the Episcopal church camp on St Simons Island. Friends of Mrs R C Davis are glad she rests nicely after an operation this morning at John D Archbold Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Pringle
The
Episcopal Church
St. Simons Island
R. C. Davis
John D’ Archbold Memorial Hospital
Swatow Port Blockade Reported By Japanese Navy
Domei dispatch from Tokyo says Japanese South China fleet forbade ships to load or unload at Swatow noting the port as a center of new military operations. Vessels mostly departed after being notified. Britain faces home bombing fears linked to the outlawed Irish Republican Army and Scotland Yard intensifies searches. Reports of clashes on the Manchoukuo border raise Moscow concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domei
Tokyo
Swatow
Supreme Commander of
Japan
South China
Britain
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
Scotland Yard
Russia
Manchoukuo
Outer
Mongolia
Moscow
Textile Wage and Hour Hearing in Atlanta Today
In Atlanta on June 26 the textile wage and hour hearing resumes with proponents pushing a 32 percent minimum wage for cotton rayon and silk. Georgia and southern governors lead opposing testimony while northern manufacturers argue the plan harms the south. Sessions run through Saturday with a July 5 recess before further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Elmer F. Andrews
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Georgia
Congress
Eugene Cox
Cox
Carl Bailey
Arkansas
Hugh White
Mississippi
Frank Dixon
Alabama
South
James F. King
Andrews
Two Youths Held in Montgomery Kidnap Case
Montgomery, Alabama reports two 19 year olds Preston Pete Taylor and Edward Hawkins confessed to abducting 17 year old Laban Turk Jr after robbing his car at a filling station. Turk was driven to Atlanta, later released unharmed with about 30 dollars. FBI considered possible federal action. Taylor’s father turned them in after they hid near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
G. A. Mosley
Laban Turk, Jr
FBI
Preston
Pete” Taylor
Edward Hawkins
Mosley
Young Turk
Atlanta
Turk
Georgia
Taylor
West Boyleston
Hawkins
Montgomery County
Young
Specter of War Doubted as US Gains France Britain Links
Records from the Youth Hostel association note more girls than boys take up hiking and cycling with reference to Russia and Japan. Diplomats reviewed Georges Bonnet's speech predicting peace if the United States sides with France and Britain, saying the key to peace may lie with U S declarations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Youth Hostel Association
Russia
Japan
Georges Bonnet
United States
France
Great Britain
Columnist Beaten and Tarred After Warrenton Dance
Warrenton Virginia June 26 Count Igor Cassini writer of a Chit Chat column for the Washington Times Herald said he was beaten and tarred and feathered by a mob of five to eight young men after a Saturday night dance at the Warrenton Country Club. Warrenton police filed warrants against Jan Montgomery Colin Montgomery and Alexander Calvert for assault and mob action. Colin Montgomery and Calvert appeared for a hearing. both posted bonds set at 2500 each pending grand jury action. The incident followed objections to Cassini’s recent column items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
Igor Cassini
Washington
Times-Herald
Warrenton Country Club
Cassini
United States
Jan Montgomery
Colin Montgomery
Alexander Calvert
Ian Montgomery
Calvert
B. Richards Glascock
Faquier County Grand Jury
Glascock
Supreme Court
W. H. Robertson
Baltimore
Virginia
City dog tax due by July 1 1939 for inoculated pets
The city imposes a 50 cent dog tax payable at City Hall on or before July 1 1939. Dogs must be inoculated prior to tag issuance as required by city clerk Pittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman
Whigham Social Notes and Roosevelts Dollar Devaluation Vote
Mrs Rabon and son Corbett Rabon attend the World's Fair in New York and plan Niagara Falls visits before returning home. Local visits include Miss Elizabeth Belcher from Albany staying with her parents in Whigham. Senate votes to curb Roosevelt authority over dollar revaluation amid pending monetary legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whigham, Ga
M. Rabon
Corbett Rabon
New York
Niagara Falls
Lucy McNair
J. B. Butler
Amsterdam
Arthur Strickland
Jean Love
Henry Woodward, Jr
DeWitt Trulock
Goldie Swicord
Margaret Swicord
J. H. Spence
Thomasville
Elizabeth Belcher
Albany
B. H. Belcher
Turner Harrell
Inal Grace
Bainbridge
Sam Stephens
Roosevelt
Global mean annual temperature computed at 50 degrees
The computed mean annual temperature for the entire globe is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. This figure reflects a global temperature average used in climate discussions and historical meteorology records.
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Bemberg
Ersonal Mentio
8. B. Heise
R. E. Goodwin
Walled Lake
Michigan
W. R. McGrew
W. E. Burdette
Frank‘in
James Spears
C. B. Spears
Enterprise
B. C. Spears
J. W. Oxendine
Birmingahm
Mr. Oxendine
Mrs
C. W. Oxendine
Chamberlain
U-No-We-No-Radio
Southern Radio Service
W. Jackson St
Commercial Credit Company
Icus Ah
Chairtan
Jacksonville, Fla
Commercial Credit Service
W. Adams St
Whigham Fersonals
Mobile
Marguerite Ewiard
Conway
8. C
Rock Hill
S. C
Bridge
G. F. Lodge, Jr
Marvin Garland
G. PF. Lodge, Jr
Fasher Brim
Lawton Lodge
Louisa
Evelyn Trulock
Juhe
Senate
Treasury
Pete
Etosh As
George Phanrius
Ponce de Leon
Miami
St. Augustine, Fla
South Georgia
Tiatloes
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wil
Pil Pinkham
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