Georgia News Roundup: Accidents, Deaths and Deals
Georgia items include a Peachtree Street corner sold for 100000 dollars, land transfers valued at 63000 in Muscogee, a Columbus woman accused of acid attack, a couple burned in Crisp county, and deaths of local figures from Camilla to Atlanta. Also noted are church openings, mobilization events, Thanksgiving traffic tolls, and ongoing community notices from Fort Valley, Milledgeville, and Macon.
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Muscogee County
Columbus
Columbus Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
James Wesberry
Morningside Baptist Church of
Atlanta
Eisenhower names Somerfield postmaster general and two women to federal posts
President elect Eisenhower announces A E Somerfield of Flint as postmaster general and elevates two prominent women to federal roles. Ivy Baker Priest becomes treasurer of the United States, replacing Georgia Neese Clark, and Oveta Culp Hobby is named federal Security Administrator.
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New York
Eisenhower
A.E. Somerfield
Flint
Mich
United States
Ivy Baker Priest
Bountiful
Utah
Republican National Committee
Priest
Georgia Neese Clark
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Army Corps
Houston
Texas
Federal Security
Oscar Ewing
Summerfield
Commerce
Labor
Postal Service
Georgia
Georgia Youth Assembly Opens With Debates On Key State Issues
Atlanta observers anticipate the eighth annual Georgia Youth Assembly to convene at the State Capitol Thursday night through Saturday. About 600 to 1,000 high school students will serve as Senators representatives advisers and reporters debating reappointment of the county unit system abolishment of the milk control board and other governance topics. The program mirrors the real General Assembly teaching youth state government procedures.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Capitol
State Milk Control Board
Georgia Youth Assembly
Lookout Mountain
Golden Isles
Rabun Gap
Flint
Chattahoochee
Georgia General Assembly
Four Executives of Atlanta Newspapers Get New Positions
In Atlanta Georgia on November 30 a series of executive changes at Atlanta Newspapers Inc owners of the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution were announced by Geo C Biggers president effective December 1 Horace Powell will become executive vice president and general manager Jack Tarver advances to general manager L G Johnson becomes business manager and G C Biggers Jr is named advertising director
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Geo. H. Coker
Macedonia Baptist Church
Manchester
Ashburn Baptist Church
Macedonia Church
Coker
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
The
Atlanta Constitution
Geo. C. Biggers
Atlanta Newspapers,Inc
Mr. Biggers
Horace Powell
ANZ
Jack Tarver
L. G. Johnson
G. C. Biggers Jr
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Peachtree
Eleventh Street
Augusta
Crisp County
Willie and
Lou Lewis
J.T. Slade
W. T. Burt
Buena Vista
Camilla
van Everett Smith
Nashville, Tenn
Veterans Hospital
Milledgeville
First Baptist
J. W. Hughston Jr
Fort Benning
Mary F. Kibler
Mrs
Eugene Pipkins
Cairo
National Cotton Council
Dallas
Tex
Upson County
Yatesville
DeKalb County
Tucker
Scott Candler
Commissioner of Roads and Revenue
John H. Hall
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
West Palm Beach
Fla
Bessie Tift College
Forsyth
Baptist Student Union
Milledgeville State Hospital
L. S. Armstrong
Merchants Committee
Fort Valley
Peach County
Comerce
Santa Claus
Ft. Valley
A. Joe McCard
Meansville
LaGrange
McCard
Montezuma
Southern Cotton Oil Co
Thos. E. Davenport
Middle Georgia
Americus
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Steerng
Alva Tabor
Camp John Hope
Taylor County
Herald
Harold W. Minor Jr
Wesleyan Macon
Renee Eloise Cannon
Eloise Cannon
B. S
Billy Howard
Plains
Georgia Bankers Association
Spencer Chemical Company
Georgia Association of Soil Conservation District
Howard
Soil Conservation District
Lettitia L. Ross
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Salmon
Ala
Chicago
Byrd Pontiac Company
Butler, Georgia
Turk’s Beauty Shop
John Turk
Reynolds
Payne
Reynolds, Ga
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