Local Ads and Visits Highlight Thomasville Page
Local residents and visitors appear in a bustle of short items. Mr H M Lamar of Atlanta and Mr J N Kelly of St Augustine are in town on business and Miss Elizabeth Smith hosts a guest, Miss Jessie Thomas of Montezuma in Americus for a house party.
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Mr. H. M. Lamar
Atlanta
Mr. J. N. Kelly
St. Augustine
Elizabeth Smith
Jessie Thomas
Montezuma
Americus
F. H. Groom
Waycross
Thomasville
New Financial Policy Discussed for Methodist Church
Atlanta June 28 Plans for a new financial policy for the Methodist Episcopal Church South were discussed by the churchs general committee of benevolences. Dr C C Jarrell said the plan aims to cut expenditures and may shorten the list of benevolences while reducing costs with minimal curtailment.
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Methodist Church
Atlanta
Methodist Episcopal Church South
C. C. Jarrell
Hearst Sees Ideal Time to Start Progressive Democratic Party
William Randolph Hearst told the Brooklyn Eagle he believes this might be an ideal moment to form a progressive democratic party. He said he would back any genuine Democrat but oppose Wall Street backed candidates tied to Hoover policies, urging a protest vote if Hoover policies persist.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Brooklyn Eagle
Progressive Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Baker
Ritchie
Hearst
Wall Street
United States
Hoover
Local Notices and Campaign Snippets From Athens
Voter appeals and local politics appear with endorsements for Tax Receiver Guerry Isler and Ordinary candidate R S Bob Burch. City ads note Carter’s Service Station and a summer courses offer at the School of Commerce. Visits include Pat Ward and Mrs Joe Massey with Jewel. Lambert family guests depart to Atlanta after two week stay.
Judge Wm M Jones Seeks Re election as County Official
Judge Wm M Jones, an old Confederate veteran, is described as worthy and deserving of support for re election as Ordinary.
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Wm. M. Jones
Motion Tabled To Take Funds From Light Plant
At the Thomasville city council meeting the Water and Light Committee report proposing monthly transfers of 1000 dollars to the general fund for the rest of the year was tabled. The panel warned such action could jeopardize bond retirement funds and plant finances while a letter from Hansell Cone urged keeping plant profits with customers through lower rates.
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Water and Light Committee
Powell
Hansell Cone
Thomasville
City of
Light & Water Department
Water & Light Department
Water & Light
Hansell
Williams
Broad and
Jackson
Rhoden
Bank of
Dobbins
Lindbergh Details Curtis's Kidnap Pursuits and Team
Col Charles A Lindbergh testified on Curtis's role in guiding him through a wild search for the Lindbergh baby. He recounted trips to Cape May and Block Island, contacts with gang members named Hilda Dyn and John, and a ransom saga ending with the baby's death. The witness described witnesses, ships, and navy pilots aiding the hunt, and Curtis’s claims of meeting captors and money.
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Gretchen
Cape May N. J
Lindbergh
Curtis
Col. Lindbergh
Edmund Bruce
Elmira
N. Y
George Richard
Bruce
Richards
Wheatley
Lloyd Fisher
John F. Condon
Fisher
Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chase Curtis
New York City
E. 76Th Street
Block Island
Stonington
Long Island
Ous
New York
Hilda
Dyn
Dynagaite
Norfolk
Marcon
George N. Richards
Guy W. Burrage
Chesapeake Light
Col Lindbergh
Navy
Coast Guard
Dean H. Dobson- Peacock
Virginia
Dean
John
Col
Mount Rose
New Jersey
Cape May
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Glouchester
Dr. Condon
Runoff Primary Set for Sheriff Ordinary and Tax Receiver
Voters head to the polls tomorrow June 29 for a runoff to select nominees for sheriff ordinary and tax receiver after no candidate won a majority in the June 15 county primary. Precincts open 7am–6pm city, 8am–3pm county with listed managers and clerks.
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Thomasville
Zack Varnedee
W. W. Shepherd
J. D. Baker
L. V. McKinnon, Jr
E. M. Smith
J. C. Cash
C. C. Pittman
A. B. Clark
C. R .Megahee
R. G. Fleetwood
J. S. Mallard
H. T. Poole
W. M. Jones
R. S. Burch
G. E. Davis
J. A. Cobb
Fred S. Norton
Guerry B. Isler
Martin Resigns as Head of Commonwealth and Southern
Thomas W. Martin of Birmingham resigns as president of Commonwealth and Southern Corporation. B C Cobb is appointed to succeed him as president while remaining chairman. Martin will lead Alabama Power Company and will stay on the board of Commonwealth and Southern. Cobb continues as chairman.
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Martin
COBB
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas W. Martin
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
B. C. Cobb
Alabama Power Company
Commonwealth and Southern
Alabama and Georgia Power Companies
Southeastern Power and Light Company
Commonwealth Power Corporation
Mississippi Power Company
South Carolina Power Company
First National Bank of Birmingham
Birmingham Fire Insurance Company
Ingredients of brew have same status as whisky in this court
In Atlanta on June 28 Judge Luther Z. Rosser ruled home brew ingredients have the same status as liquor. He dismissed a $200 cheating and swindling case brought by R. A. Clark against W. S. McLeod over malt in a partnership deal. The judge said you cannot force collection on beer making material and noted the malt extract sale itself was not declared illegal.
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Atlanta
Luther Z. Rosser
W. S. McLeod
R. A. Clark
McLeod
Prohibition
Rosser
Giants Rally Tops Dodgers in Ninth In doubleheader opener
Errors by Frederick and Mungo in the ninth inning allowed the New York Giants to score four runs and beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 8 to 7 in the first game of a double header. Frederick homered for Brooklyn and Lindstrom hit a walloping homer for the Giants.
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Brooklyn
Frederick
Mungo
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Lindstorm
Ten Americans Kidnapped Near Kikungshan China
Reports from Hankow say ten Americans two adults five adults and five children were abducted by bandits aligned with communist forces near Kikungshan in Southern Henan Province. Regular Chinese troops blocked further captures.
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Hankow
China
Kikungshan
Henan
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Judge Jones
James M. Johnson
Valdosta
WQDX
D. B. McNeill
Jacksonville
City
Thomas County
B. L. Brewton
R. P. Willis
Moore’s Feed and Flour
W. Jackson St
W. F. Raiford
Moultrie
Ladie
Sadie
Ball’s
Jerger
Guerry Isler
Appeas IN Magazine
Garden Exchange
Es Magazine
America
Rene Davis
Hurst & May
Remington Ave
Alred
P. E. Shepherd
Fitzgerald
R. C. Miller
W. R. Hearst
Carter
Cor. College
W. Jackson Sts
Pat Ward
Athens
Joe Massey
Jewel
Woodbury
A. G. Warren
R. S
Bob) Burch
School of Commerce
C. H. Lambert
Winifrey Jane
W. C. Lambert
J. L. Walker
Light Plant
Lindy
John Curtis
Pare
Florida
J. Harry Myers
Sec
Surf Country Club
Panacea
P. O. Box
Fla. Tel
Hoopers
Davis
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