Jury Hearings Extend Over 100 Witesses In Lynching Case
Athens reports the federal grand jury will hear testimony from more than 100 witnesses in the Walton County lynching case involving four Black victims. Witnesses include Mrs. Jesse Warwick and Lou Harrison as jurors examine the July 16 death scene and related killings near Monroe.
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Thomaston GI Dies in Iwo Jima Crash
Allied sources list 24 soldiers killed on November 16 when an Army C-46 crashed into the sea near Iwo Jima. Among the dead were 16 Negro baseball players returning from Guam. one team member was Robert Hillman Jr of Thomaston Georgia. Public notices follow in Taylor County Georgia seeking creditors’ claims against Sara Windham's estate with W G Windham overseeing the probate at Tifton.
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Arkwright Georgia Power head dies suddenly in Atlanta
Preston S. Arkwright aged 75, chairman of the Georgia Power Company board, died in a city hospital after a brief illness. A Savannah native, he led utilities groups and served as president of the old National Electric Light Association and chaired its public policy committee. He helped form and lead Georgia Power through consolidations and hydroelectric development.
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Richardson Named to Head Stewart Schools
J W Richardson principal of Steart county high school at Lumpkin has been chosen by the county board of education as successor to W J Dowd who retires December 3 due to ill health. He will assume duties January 1 after 19 years as Lumpkin principal and major district improvements. The board did not name a new principal.
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