Georgia Delegates Rally Behind Eisenhower Draft at Macon
State Democratic Convention in Macon on July 2 endorses Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Russell for vice president if Eisenhower declines drafts, while backing Herman Talmadge for governor. Delegates denounce Truman and Thompson while calling for Democratic reforms and stricter party rules.
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Herman Talmadge
Eisenhower
U. S
Sen
Russell
Truman
Georgia
E. E. Cox
Camilla
House
Cox
Senate
George
Rep
Don Wheeler
Alma
Steve Pace
Americus
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Herman
Thompson
Joe Rabin
Hoke O’kelley
M. E
J. M. C. Townsend
Court
New Residential Section Planned Near Columbus
A 190 acre Buena Vista tract tied to the Z D Britt property was bought by Massey Land Co. and is being laid out for a restricted residential section. The sale closed June 23, with streets being laid out. price not disclosed.
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Columbus
Buena Vista
Z. D. Britt
Massey Land Co
Massey Company
H. Preston
Kierce Realty Co
Mr. Preston
Massey Co
Preston
Land Company
Britt Estate
Monument to Washington Began 1848 Public Effort
Washington celebrated the July fourth centennial of the Washington Monument project with 15 000 to 20 000 attendees. Congress debated funding since 1783 as volunteers built the obelisk, facing Know Nothing turmoil and Civil War delays before completion in 1885.
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Washington
George Washington
Congress
Washington National Monument Society
Know-Nothings
Rome
Army Engineers
Two New Bishops Elected by Southeastern Conference Methodists
In Columbia South Carolina on July 4 a patriotic mass meeting closed the six day Southeastern jurisdictional conference. U S Senator C R Hoey spoke at the rally as two bishops were consecrated, Dr M F Franklin of Birmingham and Dr R H Short of Nashville. Short is assigned to the Jacksonville Florida Cuba area created to handle rapid church membership growth.
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Columbia
S. C
Methodism
U. S
C. R. Hoey
North Carolina
M. F. Franklin
Birmingham
Ala
R. H. Short
Nashville
Tenn
J. L. Decell
Mississippi
Bishop Short
Jacksonville, Fla
Florida
Cuba
Letter Carriers Open Convention In Macon
Plans for the 45th annual Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association convention are set for Wesleyan College in Macon with 3 p.m. registration July 11. Sessions, auxiliary events, and housing in dormitories follow, with a song festival at 7:30 p.m. and a 9 a.m. Monday start. Officials from Bibb County, the post office, and national groups will attend, including Willard Manning and Clara Winter. A banquet caps Monday, with a Tuesday memorial service for deceased members.
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Macon
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Wesleyan College
C. B. McCook
Lizella
Glenn Sumner
Cairo
Mark Smith
Bibb County
W. A. Pattillo
Bibb County Carriers’ Organization and Auxiliary
Willard Manning
Ponce de Leon
Fla
Clara Winter
Winterville
Ladies’ Auxiliary
C. C. Garner
Atlanta
Jimmie Greene
Atlanta Postal Credit Union
M. C. Davis
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
H. Y. Tillman
Valdosta
Three Charges Filed Against Florida Man After Car Mishap
R L Collier a Tampa resident is held in Milledgeville on three counts hit and run driving operating a vehicle while intoxicated and assault with intent to murder. The holiday crash near the Milledgeville fuse plant injured Mrs Bailey of Alabama who was treated and dismissed from Richard Binion Clinic.
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Macon
R. L. Collier
Tampa
Milledgeville
Collier
Baldwin County
Buford Linggold
Bailey
Alabama
Linggold
Safe Fourth Seen With Low Georgia Death Toll
Georgia reports the July Fourth holiday weekend as unusually quiet with few accidents. Six fatalities occurred in the state including a child struck near LaGrange and two Macon area deaths. Police noted minimal injuries and few fireworks incidents as motorists began the trek home.
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Atlanta
Macon
LaGrange
DeKalb County
Fulton
Chicago
Collier Resigns as Columbus Ledger Editor in Fall
Bryan Collier resigns the editorship of The Columbus Ledger and Sunday Ledger-Enquirer effective in late summer or early fall. He cites a desire for independent writing and more time for reading and study, with successor to be named. Collier joined Columbus in 1941 after work at the Courier Journal and Atlanta Journal.
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Columbus
Bryan Collier
Columbus Ledger
Sunday Ledger-Enquirer
Collier
A.H. Chapman Sr
M. R. Ashworth
Ashworth
Mr. Collier
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Georgia
Atlanta Journal
Peacock Qualifies to Challenge Rep Cox in Second District Race
Albany attorney J N Peacock Jr formally qualified to run against incumbent Congressman Eugene E Cox of Camilla in Georgia s Second District Peacock a World War II Navy veteran focused on affordable housing for veterans farmers and low income groups He criticized the House rules committee Cox sits on for blocking a housing bill in the 80th Congress
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Albany
Georgia
J. N. Peacock Jr
Eugene E. Cox
Camilla
Peacock
Cox
J. D. Rogers Jr
Blakely
Second District Executive Committee
House Rules Committee
Music Teacher Sues Doctors Over Hand Injury
Mrs. Myrtle Saunders of Warm Springs Road sues two Columbus physicians, W F Jenkins and B H Jenkins, seeking 50000 in damages for alleged negligent dye injection during X ray kidney work that caused permanent loss of earning capacity and ongoing hand dysfunction. The suit claims the doctors ignored her complaints of pain and that subsequent treatments failed to restore hand use.
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Columbus
W. F. Jenkins
B. H. Jenkins
Myrtle Saunders
Warm Springs Road
Saunders
Georgia gubernatorial race grows with five contenders
Atlanta reports five candidates have qualified to seek the Georgia governorship. Herman Talmadge, last to qualify, intends to appeal to the people after paying his entry fee. Other contenders in the Sept. 8 primary include Gov. M. E. Thompson Hoke O Kelley Rev. Joseph Rabun and Emory Travis.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
Talmadge
State Democratic Party
M. E. Thompson
Hoke O'Kelley
Logansville
Joseph Rabun
Valdosta
Emory
Emory Travis
Riverside
Marion Man Dies in the Philippines
Buena Vista Georgia July 4 Mr and Mrs G C Goodroe of the Brantley community Marion County have been notified of the death of their son James Felton Goodroe a mechanic who was fatally injured in the Philippine Islands where he was a civil service employee He died of a skull fracture from a motor vehicle accident June 20 The body is being shipped home and funeral plans will be announced on arrival.
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Buena Vista
G. C. Goodroe
Brantley
Marion Co
James Felton Goodroe
Philippine Islands
Civil Service
Goodroe
Philippines
Gilchrist Named City Editor in Americus
Ellaville Ga July 3 Jack Gilchrist will become city editor of the Americus Times-Recorder July 5 succeeding Russell who moves to United Press in Atlanta. Gilchrist a Cairo Messenger assistant editor since October is a Schley County High School graduate and Marine veteran who studied at Georgia Southwestern College. The Gilchrists will reside at Oak Dale Farms with their daughter Vicki.
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Ellaville
Jack Gilchrist
Cairo Messenger
Americus Times-Recorder
Gilchrist
Russell
United Press Bureau
Atlanta
Schley County High School
Georgia Southwestern College
Americus
Americ
Democratic Factions Hint Deal on Rights
Progress toward a compromise on a civil rights plank in the 1948 Democratic platform was reported in responsible quarters of both Northern and Southern party wings. President Truman supporters signaled that one or two of the Southern demands might be met.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower declines to join party or seek office
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower stated he could not identify with any political party or participate in partisan contests. The release echoed his earlier views when discussed as a possible Republican nominee. The memo was released by press secretary Robert Harron at a Columbia University press conference.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert Harron
Columia University
Harron
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