Jury To Hear 100 Witnesses On Lynching
A federal grand jury in Athens Georgia prepares to question nearly 100 witnesses about the Walton county lynching of four African Americans last July. U S District Judge P Hoyt Davis stresses potential federal and state charges and comity in presenting evidence to state officials.
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Athens
Walton County
U. S
P. Hoyt Davis
FBI
Monroe
Apalachee River
Charles 8. Rowe
Bob Comer
Iguis Arnall
Grand Jury
Watton
High Seas
Truman
Turner Smith
Chhef
Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
Lou Harrison
Appalachee River
Roger Malcolm
Harrison
Malcolm
Dorothy
May Dorsey
George
Coca Cola VP George T. Adams dies in Delaware
George T. Adams 58, vice president and secretary of the Coca Cola company since 1936, died after a lengthy illness in Wilmington Delaware. A Macon county native admitted to the Georgia bar in 1917 he joined Coca Cola in 1935 and served as officer and director in 20 other corporations. He is survived by his wife a son Lieut George T. Adams Jr U S Army Air Force three brothers and three sisters. Burial will be in Americus Nashville.
Strike Imperils Georgia Plants
Mild weather kept coal supply steady but officials warned 318,000 Georgia factory workers face layoff if the coal strike continues. Industry estimates predict payrolls shrinking soon while the textile sector has three weeks of coal. Atlantic Steel plans shutdown in a week, affecting 1,800 workers. about 40,000 Atlantans may lose jobs.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Associated Industries of
Geogia
Chamber of Commerce
Jenkins Named Chief Justice of Georgia High Court
W Frank Jenkins, a Georgia Supreme Court member since 1936, was elected chief justice effective January 1 to serve the remainder of his term. Chief Justice R C Bell declined reelection. Judge W H Duckworth was elected presiding justice. Born in Eatonton, Jenkins studied at the University of Virginia and the University of Georgia and practiced law with his father W F Jenkins.
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Atlanta
W. Frank Jenkins
Georgia Supreme Court
R. C. Bell
W. H. Duckworth
Jenkins
Georgia
Eatonton
University of Virginia
University of Georgia
W. F. Jenkins
Superior Court
Ocmulgee
Silas Johnston Installed as Wesleyan's President
Silas Johnston was installed as the seventeenth president of Wesleyan College and Conservatory in a ceremony at the James Hyde Porter Gymnasium in Macon Georgia. W D Anderson introduced the new president who spoke on his aims and faith guiding his work.
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Macon
Silas Johnson
Wesleyan College
Conservatory of Music
School of Fine Arts
James Hyde Porter
Rivoli
W. D. Anderson
Johnson
Olive Swann Porter
Conservatory
Memorial Gift Honors Americus Woman Drowned in Japan
In memory of his sister Miss Norman King, C B King presented Norton chimes with amplifier to Central Baptist church in Americus, Georgia. Miss King drowned when a station wagon she rode in ran off a pier at Yokohama after brakes failed. Chimes to be installed soon with a dedication led by Rev. M C Gardner, sounding up to three miles away.
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Americus
Norman King
Yokohama
Japan
C B. King
Central Baptist Church
O Connor to See Warm Springs
Basil O Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, will be guest of honor at the Georgia March of Dimes meeting in Warm Springs on December 6. District and county directors will plan the 1947 campaign with speakers including William K Jenkins Dr C E Irwin R L Bennett and C A Rawson. the 1946 polio epidemic has strained funds making the drive crucial.
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Warm Springs
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Jesse Draped
Atlanta
State Drive
William K. Jenkins
Georgia
The
Foundation
C. E. Irwin
R. L. Bennett
C. A. Rawson
Draper
Davis appoints W P E Edens as executive secretary
Atlanta December 4 William P Bill Edens vice commander of Atlanta Post No. 1 American Legion and World War II veteran was named executive secretary by Rep Elect James C Davis after Davis resigned as judge of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. Edens to assume duties January 3 at the opening of Congress.
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Atlanta
William P
Bill” Edens
American Legion
James C
Davis
Georgia
Stone Mt
Arnall
Edens
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Delaware
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Ray Earnest
Stanley B. Hardin
James Lard
Leoma
Cheatham County
J. L. Wafford
Chillicothe
Elopus Walker
Kansas City
Walker
Tiny Corder
Higher Court
Rumford
Perry Pree
Silas Johnston
Wesleyan
Gift
O’connor
William Hazlitt
Payne’s Gin
Butler, Georgia
Cardut
Epsom
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ketonga Putnams
Eagle
Vienna
Wesson
Lovels Furniture
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