Georgia News Roundup 1949 Highlights Across Cities
Georgia items report automobile license plates go on sale January 3 Hartwell Augusta rail line marks 70th anniversary Elbert P. Tuttle named Atlanta Chamber president 1949 Albany College ends year with 5080 deficit Dorsey couple mark 59th wedding anniversary in Columbus Vienna church installs Rev R W Smith Mount Hope Masonic Lodge plans 110th anniversary in Hawkinsville Deacon John Stewart of Young Harris dies at 110 Funeral for longtime church leader Dr Samuel Green eyed 10000 Klan rally predicted at Macon Johnny Wilbanks dies from hunting accident Gov Talmadge critical of Jekyll Island costs Special train cars arranged for Truman inauguration trips Camellia Show planned in Dawson Chehaw Boy Scout event set at Radium Springs Rev C L Goss named pastor Oglethorpe Baptist Board reelects Garrison as SBC Home Mission president Flint River floods Newton town surrounded Bodies of missing family found in Sapelo River Invitation sent to Madame Chiang Kai-shek to visit Macon Wesleyan College seeks injunction over son’s liquor habit at Macon Homes.
Young Albany Veteran Hopes to Rewed German Girl
Albany veteran Paul Mayer, freed from federal prison in Florida, seeks to divorce his French wife to legally remarry Kaethe Schlomtropp, a German woman awaiting deportation. Mayer aims to have Kaethe become a U.S. citizen within three months as ministers work to prevent deportation.
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Albany
Paul Mayer
Talahasee
Fla
Kaethe Schlomtropp
Kaethe
U.S
Germany
Frank Scarlett
Mayer
U. S
Jacksonville
Prominent Dublin Man Surrenders After Shooting Four Times
A prominent Dublin businessman named Ralph Fountain surrendered at the Laurens County courthouse after shooting Bill Smith four times at a Jackson Street filling station. Smith lay in critical condition at Claxton hospital emergency room. Fountain, in his 30s, handed over the gun and told Sheriff Carlos Gay I have just shot a man. He offered no motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Bill Smith
Claxton Hospital
Carlos Gay
Gay
Ralph Fountain
Smith
Laurens County
Fountain
Veterans urged to check job training reports in Georgia
Veterans in GI Bill programs should verify November progress reports were sent to the Veterans Administration if their December subsistence checks were not received on December 1. Georgia VA regional manager Vaux Owen cautioned many training establishments and schools failed to forward the required reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Veterans’ Administration
Vaux Owen
Georgia
Owen
Time on Bataan Plea Drives Auto Theft Sentencing
In Columbus a 34 year old husband and father Douglas Edwards pleaded guilty to seven auto thefts. Sol Gen Ed Wohlwender urged leniency citing Edwards wartime Bataan POW experiences and a prior Christian life. Judge Fort imposed four to eight years, noting he could not condone such theft despite sympathy for his service. Georgia leads the southeast in freezer locker plants.
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Columbus
Bataan
Ed Wohlwender, Jr
Douglas Edwards
T. Hicks Fort
Atty. J. S. Ray
Edwards
Overby
C. H. Overby, Jr
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Hartwell Railroad
Hartwell
Augusta
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Elbert P. Tuttle
Albany State College
B. E. Thrasher Jr
R. W. Smith
Vienna Methodist Church
Bird Yarborough
Mrs. T. K. Boone
Maysville
Tifton
Ray Acker
Tattnall
Mount Hope
Masonic Lodge
Hawkinsville
the Baptist Church
Young Harris
John Stewart
Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Johnny Wilbanks
Lakeview
Chattanooga
Herman Talmadge
Jekyll Island
Gov. Talmadge
Washington
Truman
Dawson
Arthur J. Moore
Chehaw Boy Scout Council
Radium Springs
C. L. Goss
North Georgia
Kieia
Middle Cherokee Association
Oglethorpe Baptist Church
G. F. Garrison
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Newton Monday
Gene Tunney
Atlanta Conference of Christians and Jews
National Organization
Ansley Hotel
Sapelo River
Troy Nelson
Reidsville
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Wellington Koo
Washington, D. C
Wesleyan College
G. M. Davis
Bible Superior Court
G. M. Davis, Jr
Davises
Rebecca Rainey
Terrell County
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
John Eason
Dixie Bargain Store
Columbia
Columbia Guarantees Satisfaction
America
Butler, GA
Doyel
Doyel’s
Aun Evie
PAN Trout
General Electric
Xmas
Maytag
General Electric Refrigerator
General Electric Range
Rotarus
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