Governor Talmadge Signs Warrants for Schools and Counties
Atlanta July 27 Governor Talmadge signed warrants delivering 860,630 from the gasoline and kerosene tax to schools and county governments. Schools receive 230,000 for July from the equalization fund, while counties share 630,630 for secondary roads led by Laurens 9,589 with about 120 miles on state roads. other counties include Dougherty 3,511 Tift 3,914 Richmond 4,715 Spalding 3,306 Thomas 6,244 Fulton 6,828 Glynn 3,708 Lowndes 6,803 Muscogee 4,422 Bibb 3,367 Chatham 4,204 Clarke 2,483 Colquitt 5,401 and Crisp 2,872.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Laurens County
Laurens
Dougherty
Tift
Richmond
Spalding
Thomas
Fulton
Glynn
Lowndes
Muscogee
Bibb
Chatham
Clarke
Colquitt
Crisp
Sleeper Plane Crashes at Airport Near Nashville
A GCP-A sleeper plane of American Airlines overshot Nashville’s Sky Harbor Airport while en route from Fort Worth to Cleveland. Three of 12 passengers were slightly injured including T. Schitanski of Mexico City Miss W. McDaniel of St. Albans West Virginia and W. S. Rae of Pittsburgh. The craft landed in a field beyond the airport among trees and brush. no fire occurred. The remaining passengers flew to Cleveland two hours later.
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Nashville
Tenn
GCP
American Airlines
Fort, Worth
Cleveland
Sky Harbor
Here
Fox
Tt. Schitanski
Mexico City
W. McDaniel
St. Albans
W. Va
W. S. Rae
Pittsburgh
Noel Scaffa Faces Long Prison Term After Bail Granted
Noel Scaffa, convicted as a perjurer, is free on bail but faces a potential 15 year prison term and a second federal trial. A federal jury found him guilty of lying to a grand jury about $183,000 in jewels returned to Mrs. Margaret Hawkes in Miami. A separate conspiracy count remains pending.
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Noel Scaffa
New York
Margaret Hawkesworth Bell
Scafia
Bell
Miami-Biltmore
Miami
Fla
Scaffa
State Tobacco Law Enjoined Temporarily
The court halted enforcement of the state's tobacco law temporarily, noting that plaintiffs claim they would be deprived of equal protection of the law in violation of the fourteenth amendment. The decision centers on constitutional rights and the injunction remains in force while cases proceed.
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United States
Georgia warehousemen challenge tobacco handling fee law in court
In Macon on July 27 Georgia lawyer Robert Alston led 44 warehousemen filing for an injunction against a new state law capping handling charges for tobacco. He argued the measure is confiscatory and unconstitutional, saying it deprives test of the act and leaves no remedy if later struck down. The hearing included several warehousemen and state attorneys general, with no tobacco growers present.
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Macon
Georgia
United States District Court
Robert Alston
Atlanta
Alston
J. O. Gibson
Moultrie
Wilcox, Connell and Wilcox of
Valdosta
M. J. Yeomans
Q. H. Dukes
George Goode
Roosevelt Leaves White House for Weekend Trip
President Roosevelt departed the White House by motor to Annapolis Maryland with Comptroller General McCarl and other guests to spend the weekend on Chesapeake Bay.
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Washington
McCarl
Roosevelt
White House
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Worth Pilots Named in Local Flight Incident
A. R. Perkins and J. T. Connaly, both from Fort Worth, and hostess Susie Bowe of Memphis are listed as the participants in the time of the flight incident.
Across Clues and Pairs Puzzle Teaser
A cryptic style puzzle lists across and down clues with numbered items. Readers solve for words fitting definitions like Roman clan, adhesive, and rising ground, while more obscure entries hint at nautical, botanical, and literary terms from a historic newspaper puzzle page.
Schmeling Will Not Fight Louis or Baer in America
German heavyweight Max Schmeling says he will not come to the United States this fall to fight Max Baer or Joe Louis. He demands a flat 150000 dollar tax free guarantee, 35 percent of receipts, and 5000 dollars for training. The 20th Century Club rejected the terms as exorbitant. In Milwaukee, four people died when a plane crashed during an attempted landing at Curtiss Wright airport.
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Schmeling
America
Louis OR
Baer
New York
Max Schmeling
Max, Baer
Joe Louis
Joe Jacobs
Jacobs
Madison Square Garden
Twentieth Century Sporting Club Woul
Amsterdam
20Th Century Club
Uhlan
Louis
Mike Jacobs
Jimmy Johnston
Eighth Avenue Corporation
Garden
Max Baer
Milwaukee
R.M. Henscher
Winnetka
Ill
Curtiss Wright
Global tensions and U S policy shape a turbulent week
Industrial, racial and international strife dominate headlines as Italy and Ethiopia brace for arbitration with limits. Roosevelt outlines a continuing good neighbor policy while neutrality bills rise in Congress. Labour unrest, naval shifts, and war rhetoric grip Europe, Japan, and the United States amid political sparring and notable deaths.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
United States
Washington
Federal
Senate
Power Company
Work Relief Fund
AAA
Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Carter Glass
Huey Long
Louisiana
Harry Nice
Maryland
Herbert Hoover
Stewart Hurt After Drug Store Encounter in Pearson Georgia
Charles Stewart state naval stores inspection chief was struck on the head with a hickory stick in a Pearson drug store last night. He cited no known motive or assailant and Dr J S Morris former state senator denied involvement. Stewart suffered a inch and a half scalp cut but said he was not seriously hurt and would return to Atlanta.
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Pearson, Ga
Charles Fs. Stewart
Naval Stores Inspection
Stewart
J. S. Morris
Pearson
Essing Gatas
Dr. Morris
Atlanta
Blood Purge Rumors Stir German Fears In Nazi Reich
Berlin reports whisper of a new purge as Hans Hinkel takes over the Reich Culture Chamber to rid art of Mosaic influence and Julius Streicher pushes anti Semitic measures. Vatican notes denied while circulation hints at major cabinet reshuffles amid Reich security and interior concerns.
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Berlin
Reich
Hans Hinkel
Julins Streicher
Hinkle
Streicher
Munich
Vatican
Ministry of Propaganda
Cesare Orseniga
Foreign Office
Wilhelm Frick
Heinrich Himmler
Frick
Himmler
Netherlands
Hofins
Julius Streicher
Parchim
Ludwigulust
Waren
Necklenburg
Lubbock
Closing of Suez Canal Urged by Law Times
The London Law Times urges Great Britain to close the Suez Canal to Italian warships to avert war with Ethiopia. The proposal aligns with Britain’s arms embargo and challenges the 1888 treaty open to all nations. It notes Italy’s violations of multiple treaties including Briand Kellogg and the League covenant.
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London
Suez Canal
Italy
Ethiopia
Great Britain
London “Law Times
League of Nations
Britain
Mussolini
Africa
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Memphians Send Prayers to Ethiopians After Mass Meeting
Memphis residents gathered at Mt. Olive Church on Beale Street to pray for Ethiopia. Resolutions and telegrams were sent including a request to Attorney General Cummings on black Americans marching to Ethiopia and praise for Cordell Hull’s peace efforts. A cablegram thanked Mahatma Gandhi for his interest.
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Memphis
Tenn
Beale Street
Ethiopia
Mt. Olive Methodist Church
Beale Avenue
Cummings
Sam
Cordell Hull
Mahatma Gandhi
Italy answers League on conciliation and Ethiopian talks
Rome telegraphs League secretary general that Italy will attend the League council meeting. It requests limiting discussion to measures to forward the Italo Ethiopian conciliation commission and reserves right to expand debate if needed. Italy notes Ethiopian replies and confirms attendance regardless.
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Rome
Joseph A. Cc. Avenol
League of Nations
Italy
League Council
Italan
Conciliation Commission
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Ethiopia
Von Helldorf pledges state led anti Jewry drive
Berlin reports quote Count Von Helldorf saying the state will conduct its fight against Jewry and that individual actions by Nazis are forbidden. He cites party decree, warns perpetrators outside the state line face punishment as police pursue anti Semitic provocation cases.
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Berlin
Count von Helldorf
Itseif
von Helldorf
Reich
New York
Bremen
Earl Borromaeus
Netherlands
Luitgardis Kneppek
Felicitas Portz
Felicitas Portz, the Coursar
Rosalie Bell
Rosa Voelkel
Germany
Residents and visitors depart for travels and visits
Mrs Everett Rich and daughter Bonnie leave for relatives near Camilla. Mr C W Norris of Atlanta visits the city on business. Mrs Lewis Beasley of New York arrives to stay with Mrs Rudolph Moore. Mr Robert T Hargrave of Gainesville Fla spends the weekend with Mr and Mrs W D Hargrave. Mr P M Davenport of Newnan arrives to join family for a few days. Mrs John Joiner and son John Jr depart for Troy Alabama after two weeks with Mrs Hattie Johnson. Mr and Mrs Worth Upchurch and ora Jr spend a few days at Jacksonville Beach Fla.
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Lewis Beasley
New York
Rudolph Moore
John Joiner
Little
John, Jr
Troy
Alabama
Joiner
Hattie Johnson
Worth Upchurch and
Ora Jr
Jacksonville Beach
Fila
Shortage Found in Georgia Tax Office Accounts
Georgia Governor Talmadge was informed by State Auditor Tom Wisdom of an eight thousand five hundred forty four dollar shortage in the Jenkins county tax collector Jesse M Gay’s accounts. Audit followed an executive order suspending Gay amid unsettled state and local education district sums.
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Atlanta
Jesse M. Gay
Jenkins County
Talmadge
Tom Wisdom
Gay
County Board of Education
City of
Millen
Wisdom
Gaye
Tifton Moultrie Tallahassee and Bainbridge Bus Schedule
Eastern Time bus schedule lists departures to Cairo Bainbridge and West Elm East at 5 30 10 00 AM and 6 30 PM. Thomasville departures to Moultrie Tifton and North at 10 50 AM 4 00 PM and 6 30 PM. Services for Tallahassee and Florida points depart at 7 00 AM 11 00 AM and 6 30 PM.
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Tifton
Moultrie
Tallahassee
Bainbridge
Cairo
Thomasville
Tallahasee
Florida
Hats Cleaned and Blocked Visit Highlights Local News
Eddie Lewis and visitors from Atlanta spent the weekend in town. Bill Hammond and Bob McDonald arrived last night. Middle Georgia College coach Jake Morris from Cochran was a business visitor today. Nurses Mildred Stringer and Carol Davis left for Montgomery to resume duties at St Margaret's Hospital. Margaret Dickinson also departed for Montgomery with Miss Annette Kelly to stay with Aunt Mrs G T Anderson.
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Bill Hammond
Bob McDonald
Atlanta
Jake Morris
Middle Georgia College
Cochoran
Mildred Stringer
Carol Davis
Montgomery
St. Margaret's Hospital
Margaret Dickinson
Annette Kelly
G. T. Anderson
Parsonage welcomes visitor from West Point Georgia
The Methodist Parsonage Home hosts Ellison R. Cook of West Point Georgia as a weekend guest. He traveled with his son Jos. Cook to Thomasville after returning from the 69th District Assembly meeting of Rotary International in Griffin.
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Methodist
Ellison R. Cook
West Point
Georgia
Thomasville
Jos
Cook
Rotary International
Griffin
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