Dr. W. H. Faust Dies. Prominent Baptist Leader
Atlanta obituary notes the death of Dr. Wm How ar Faust 64 longtime Baptist leader after a short illness. A Georgia native he served as missionary in western Maryland and pastored churches in Georgia including First Baptist Winder and Gordon Street Baptist Church. He held multiple church and Baptist convention offices and was active in education and civic boards.
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Atlanta
Wm. Howar Faust
Baptist Church
Faust
Maryland
Maryland Mission Board
Deer Park
Loch Lynn
Thyarville
Westernport
Elder Hill
Georgia
First Baptist Church
Winder
Gordon Street Baptist Church
Lexington
John P. Faust
Henrietta Faust
Meson Academy
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Mercer University
Gibson - Mercer Junior College
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Atlanta Evangelical Ministers’ Conference
Church Committee On Cooperation
Atlanta Baptist Association
Atlanta Baptist Sunday School Convention
Better Films Committee
Georgia Baptist Sunday School Convention
Georgia Baptist Hospital Commission
Locust Grove Institute
Farmers’ Union of Georgia
Savannah mayor Thomas Gamble dies at Signal Mountain
Thomas Gamble former Americas Editor and mayor of Savannah Ga died of a coronary thrombosis at a Signal Mountain resort while vacationing He was 77 and in his 11th year leading Savannah city government Gamble was a Richmond Va native and had a long career in journalism and city reporting before his Savannah tenure.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas Gamble
Savannah
Signal Mountain
Alexian Brothers
Alexian Order
Bodies of 6 Paratroopers Recovered After Gulf Drowning
Army report confirms the recovery of the last six of ten paratroopers who drowned during practice jumps near Dog Island in the Gulf of Mexico. The victims, all attached to Ft Benning Paratroop School, had logged over 1000 jumps in training near Carrabelle Florida. None of the men were from the South.
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Ft. Benning
Army
Dog Island
Gulf of Mexico
Five Mile Long Island
Carrabelle
Fla
Butter points are reduced by 8 in ration value
Washington July 14 The OPA ordered a cut of 8 points per pound in butter ration value effective Sunday. Creamery butter falls from 24 to 16 points while farm or country butter stays at 12 points. The agency estimates civilian supplies will rise about 10 million pounds in August, supporting the cut and preserving distribution.
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Washington
OPA
Illegal Uses Blamed For Sugar Shortage In Southeast
James L. Flemister of the Atlanta OPA says illegal sugar flows are fueling a shortage. In three months ending June 30, 1,963,190 pounds of counterfeit sugar coupons were found, and 288 firms in the Southeast were suspended for illegal sugar deals amid a crackdown that also destroyed 491 moonshine stills.
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Atlanta
James L. Flemister
OPA
Flemister
Hitler and Eva Braun Said to Be in Patagonia
Chicago Times correspondent Vincent De Pascal reports in Montevideo that he is virtually certain Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are on a large German estate in Patagonia Argentina. He cites Buenos Aires sources and mentions a submarine arrival and a pledge of sanctuary for Nazi leaders.
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Chicago
Chicago Times
Vincent de Pascal
Montevideo
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Patagonia
the Times
Buenos Aires
de Pascal
Argentina
Patagonian
Hitler
Eva
Basile
Georgetown Liquor Stores Burned Overnight Blame Placed
Georgetown authorities report both of the town's two liquor stores destroyed by fires that broke out within minutes of each other on Saturday. Sheriff O. D. Kaigler notes the blazes occurred near the Chattahoochee River, with proprietors suspecting Alabama bootleggers.
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Georgetown
Alabama
Chattahoochee River
O. D. Kaigler
Ft Valley ships 1585 peach cars in 1945 season
Ft Valley Georgia growers report shipping 1585 cars during the 1945 peach season which closed in mid July. The bumper crop exceeds 1944 by 409 cars per C H Sammons Central of Georgia freight agent. Trucks and canners used large quantities of the crop and kept ceiling prices through the season.
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Ft. Valley
C. H. Sammons
Central of Georgia
Atlanta Man and Wife in Domestic Drama at Jail
A police report outlines a Atlanta couple's arrest for disorderly conduct after a fight that led to a knife incident involving Mrs Gladys Dennard. He posts bond, she is jailed, and detectives seek further charges as police court action looms.
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Atlanta
Robert H. Roberts
Roberts
Gladys Dennard
Mrs. R
Mr. R
CIO Seeks Postwar Jobs Guarantee and Unemployment Aid
Georgia CIO locals demand a government pledge of postwar jobs and a 25 dollar weekly unemployment compensation for 26 weeks. They call for easing the little steel formula a guaranteed annual wage and rapid WPB release of civilian production materials. Regional director C H Gillman says plans for postwar stabilization overlook workers amid tax rebate and parity guarantees for industry and farmer profits after the war.
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Atlanta
Georgia Cio
WPB
CIO
C. H. Gillman
Jolly acquitted in Bartow County embezzlement case
A. C. Jolly, former Bartow County clerk, was acquitted by a Bartow County superior court jury of embezzling 6200 in county funds. The trial featured courtroom applause as the auditing report was largely excluded, with evidence tied to a surety company record. County Commissioner Neal appeared as a state witness.
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Cartersville
A. C. Jolly
Bartow
Bartow County Superior Court
A. V .Neal
Jolly
Respess & Respess
United States Fidelity and Casualty Company
Surety Bondsmen
Tom Rainey
Neal
Exhumation Planned to Probe Clarkesville Death Causes
Permission has been granted to exhale the body of Robert Homer Trotter a Habersham county resident who died Jan 28 at the office of Dr H K Phillips Helen to determine if narcotics use caused his death Dr H D Jones an Atlanta toxicologist will perform the autopsy Norton and Solicitor General F G Kelley will set the exhumation time Trotter s father signed the order Phillips faces abortion and narcotics charges while his wife is charged with practicing medicine without a license Also named are E C Garant the Needle Man of the Mountains and others under bond in the narcotics case
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Clarksville
Robert Homer Trotter
Habersham County
H .K. Phillips
Helen
E. L. Norton
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Trotter
Norton
F. G. Kelley
Gainesville
H. D. Jones
Atlanta
Phillips
H. K. Phillips
E. C. Garant
the Mountains
Liberty
Nelson
Georgia Officer With Honor Division Color Guard
Berlin July 16 armored veterans from the American Second Armored Division served as color guard for President Truman. Commanding officers included Lt. Col. B. S. Irwin of Doeran Georgia, second battalion.
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Berlin
Second Armored Division
Truman
8S. L. Irwin
Doeran
Macon Augusta Bus Destroyed by Fire Near Sparta Georgia
A Macon Augusta bus owned by Southern Stages burned at 10 p.m. Sunday two miles from Sparta on the Warrenton road. The driver said the transmission started the blaze which spread to the gas tank and consumed the bus. All passengers were saved and only a few bags were lost.
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Sparta
Macon
22 Mile Coast Studied as Port Site in Georgia
A three man commission of the State Port Authority surveyed a 22 mile coastline as a prospective port site near Savannah. The panel members Col. B. R. Van Leer of Georgia Tech Judge J. P. Houlihan of Savannah and A. W. Jones of Brunswick will wait for a New York engineering firm survey before making recommendations.
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Savannah
State Port Authority
The
General Assembly
Col
B. R. van Leer
Georgia Tech
J. P. Houlihan
A. W. Jones
Brunswick
New York
23 year old man sentenced to die in Eufaula murder case
In Eufaula Alabama on July 17 a 23 year old Black man was sentenced to die in the electric chair on August 17 for the fatal assault on 17 year old textile worker Ethel Luck. A 12 man jury found Peter Paul Hall guilty after a brief ten minute deliberation. He confessed to holding Luck under water in a stream near Eufaula. Details of the incident were not released at trial.
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Eufaula
Ala
Peter Paul Hall
Ethel Luck
Pembroke Editor Frank Miller Celebrates Birthday at Needmore Farm
Pembroke Georgia observes the 52nd birthday of Frank Cliff Miller editor of the Pembroke Journal. About 250 friends attended a barbecue at Needmore farm, with locals from Glennville to Washington, D C. Miller, known as the hell raisin est editor in Georgia, is tall and talkative and favors doing something even if it's wrong.
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Hell-Raisin
Frank 0. Miller
Pembroke
Frank Cliff Miller
Georgia
Glennville
Washington, D. C
Pembroke Institution
Needmore Farm
Pembroke Journal
Savannah
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