Chief Askew's Diary: April 4, 1930

Stolen car's owner pays reward; 'Chasing Rainbows' opens at the Alamo Theatre

Chief Askew noted in his diary on this Friday that a man from Woodstock, a town north of Atlanta, claimed a Chevrolet Coach car that had been abandoned in Newnan Sunday night. “He came after the car this p.m. and paid $25 Reward for its recovery,” he wrote. “He said a young white Boy about 18 years was seen to walk by the Car a time or two and stopped and looked in car a short time before it was missed and they believe he got the car.”

A $25 reward in 1930s translates into a $477 reward today — a nice piece of change for the police department.

The musical comedy Chasing Rainbows opened at Newnan’s Alamo Theatre this week. You may not know the movie, but I bet you know the its most famous song. Paid subscribers can read on. Click below to upgrade to paid.

Here’s a link to a 1930 recording of the song by Ben Selvin and the Crooners on YouTube.

The movie poster from Chasing Rainbows was accessed via Wikipedia.