Georgia News Highlights and Local Incidents
Nationwide plane crash toll rises to 200 with November deaths. In Atlanta two men and three women are held for shoplifting. Georgia road contracts of 3.6 million dollars set for December 16. Census takes 3,643 workers beginning April 1. Fourth District American Legion to meet in Thomaston. Multiple traffic crashes cause deaths and injuries over the weekend. Governor Talmadge touts 21 accomplishments. Macon ministers plan a religious census next Sunday. Dr J M Kenyon of Richland celebrates 80th birthday. Abbeville claims eight notable ministers. Four men killed in a car crash near Carrollton. Senator Georgia announces a new $800,000 post office in Thomasville. Flogging of Negroes alleged near Rome after a home sale dispute. Cordele police nab a man involved in bogus money. Fire advisory board considers hospital and office building rules today. Camilla and Hopeful named Georgia Power Co 1949 Champion Home Towns. Parrott teen Frank Tatum wins 4-H health award in Chicago. Atlanta to host a $10 million Public Health Service lab. Raymond Moore named in Who’s Who among Students. Dalton announces first gubernatorial candidate C L Budly King Jr in 1950 Democratic primary. Five 4-H members head to Chicago convention. North Winship of Macon resigns as ambassador to South Africa. Columbus funeral held for Mrs Abe Straus president of Archer Mills Inc.
Upson County Man Struck Blind After Drinking Moonshine
Thomaston Ga A 21 year old Upsonian is said to be totally blind after drinking moonshine liquor. County policeman Jack Caldwell reports the man cannot be questioned due to grave condition. He likely drank wood alcohol moonshine or moonshine with excess potash.
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Thomaston
Jack Caldwell
Caldwell
Upson
Thanksgiving Day Tornadoes Kill 14 Injure 44 in Ala
Severe storms swept East Alabama at dusk on Thanksgiving Day killing 14 people and injuring 44 with multiple homes destroyed across Tallapoosa and neighboring counties. A large Negro family of 10 perished near Hackneyville as their home was lifted 300 yards and slammed into another dwelling.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Hackneyville
Tallapoosa
Columbus Planing Mill Destroyed by Fire
Fire broke out Thursday night nearly wiping out the Columbus Lumber and Supply planing mill and its new equipment. Sparks from a nearby sawdust pile ignited the blaze, with W. K. Johnson noting the damaged machinery had only recently been installed and estimating the loss at about 35000 dollars.
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Columbus
Columbus Lumber and Supply Company
W. K. Johnson
Johnson
Marsh Challenges McCall Magazine Biography on Mitchell
John R. Marsh criticizes a McCall's Magazine feature on his late wife Margaret Mitchell. He denounces the headline and several errors including a misdated role at Georgia Power and an unsubstantiated claim of lynching talk. He supports some Ruark praise but calls the piece botched in places.
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Atlanta
John R. Marsh
Margaret Mitchell
McCall's Magazine
Marsh
Melanie
Scarlett
Robert Ruark
Hugh Gravitt
Miss Mitchell
Whch Marsh
Georgia Power Company
Ruark
State Department
State veterans groups clarified separate agencies
The Georgia State Department of Veterans Service and the U S Vets Administration are distinct entities. Officials explained after press information suggested they were the same, causing confusion and misunderstanding about their roles and functions.
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Georgia State Department of Veterans Service
U. S. Vets Administration
Macon Trio Wounded In Sunday Duel Over Right of Way
In Macon three people were wounded in a shotgun duel over right of way to a muddy lane. Mrs Treedie Turner 48 seriously hurt Sam Turner 77 and H A Brown 51 listed as fair. Brown’s road use sparked the dispute and Turner fired first. Mrs Turner was struck while shielding her husband.
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Macon
Treedie Turner
Sam Turner
H. A. Brown
Turner
Brown
Hunter Kills Aunt by Error and Takes Own Life
In Pembroke Georgia a huntsman shot his aunt by accident mistaking a red kerchief for a turkey comb and then killed himself. The dead are Mrs Bertha Goodman 35 and nephew W E Ruff 29 both of Savannah. The shooting happened in swamplands along the Ogeechee river during a turkey hunt with Mr and Mrs W D Goodman 34 present.
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Pembroke
Bryan County
E.w.miles
Bertha Goodman
W. E. Ruff
Savannah
Ogeechee River
Ruff
Davenport Couple Celebrates 60 Years in Americus
Mr and Mrs Fred Davenport of Americus Ga observe their 60th wedding anniversary with a family reunion on Thanksgiving Day. The couple are prominent locals. Mrs Davenport is the former Leila Crisp daughter of the late Charles F Crisp speaker of the national House and sister of the late Charles R Crisp congressman.
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Americus
Fred Davenport
Davenport
Americas
Leila Crisp
Chas. F. Crisp
National House of Representatives
Georgia
Clara Byron
Charles R. Crisp
Haygood Dies in Thomaston Masonic Chair
Henry Haygood 46 of Thomaston died suddenly while attending a Masonic lodge meeting. He served as worshipful master of Morning Star Lodge No. 27 and held offices in Royal Arch Chapter 29 and Knights Templar. He was Lions Club secretary, Life Insurance of Georgia district manager, and past president of the Underwriters Association. He is survived by wife Ruby O Haygood three sisters and one brother.
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Thomaston
Henry Haygood
Ruby O. Haygood
L. C. Jones
Alton Freeman
Bill Watts
Atlanta
C. A. Haygood
Griffin
Haygood
Morning Star Lodge
Royal Arch
Knights Templar
The
Lions Club
Life Insurance of Georgia
Underwriters Association
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Budly” King Jr
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