Local visits and weekend gatherings log in Macon area
Mark News H G Thurman and Emily Grace Thurman visit friends in town while Mrs J P Cowart and daughter Claire of Macon arrive. Several families including the Montgomerys Woodalls Pittmans Conants Ingrams Wallers Purvises Morrison Hill Rustin and Davises spend weekends and days visiting, with many staying at relatives homes and traveling to nearby towns.
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H. G. Thurman
Emily Grace Thurman
J. P. Cowart
Claire of
Macon
Americus man earns master of laws at George Washington U
George S. Wicker of Americus was awarded the master of laws degree by George Washington University. The achievement marks a milestone in his legal education and adds to his professional credentials. The ceremony and date are noted in university records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Wicker of
Americus
George Washington University
Home Owners Urged to Exercise Extreme Fire Caution
Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner Zack D. Cravey warns Atlanta residents and business owners to take all possible fire precautions during extremely dry periods. He cites major fires across the region including passes to Passaic New Jersey Stony Point New York Virgilina Virginia Miami Florida Baltimore Maryland Eastman Georgia and Moultrie Georgia.
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Atlanta
Georgia Safety Fire
Zack D. Cravey
Cravey
Passaic
N. J
Stony Point N. Y
Virgilina
Miami
Fla
Baltimore
Georgia
Eastman
Moultrie
Magnet Removes Object From Atlanta Girl's Abdomen
A powerful magnet air mailed from Schenectady New York was used to remove the cover of an automobile door lock from the stomach of three year old Carol Morrison of Atlanta. She swallowed the object about six weeks ago after several diets and relaxing drugs failed to extract it. Magnetic devices then on the market did not attract the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Schenectady
N. Y
Carol Morrison
Fire toll drops in Birmingham amid vigilance appeal
Within ten days Birmingham suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars less in five major fires. Mr Cravey notes that carelessness causes most fires and urges residents to be on guard. He paraphrases a famous saying that all we have to fear is fire itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Cravey
Brain Came Last in Evolution Says Chicago Anthropologist
Sherwood Washburn of the University of Chicago argues brain development occurred about 50 000 years ago while trunk and arms date to 10 000 000 years and leg structure to 1 000 000 years. He cites experiments on rats to link skull growth to genetics rather than long slow evolution. New dating methods suggest Earth's past is less distant and fossil man younger than once thought.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Earth
Sherwood L. Washburn
England
Mascot Saves Residents Then Dies in Fraternity Fire
In Washington D C Terry the fraternity house mascot awakened 30 occupants and helped them escape before suffocating in his master's third floor room. Owner Melvin Chrisman 24 a George Washington University graduate sounded the alarm and woke roommates. The dog is credited with saving lives.
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Washington, D. C
Terry
Melvin Chrisman
George Washington University
Romanian Doctor Flayed for American Drug Use
Vienna report says Bucharest physician Dr Stefan M Radulescu prescribed four thousand glutamic acid tablets and three bottles of aureomycin from the United States for a father and son. Communist officials denounce him as a tool of imperialists and question his professional honor.
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Vienna
Austria
Bucharest
Ministry of Health
Stefan M Radulescu
U.S. Tank Crew Blends Faiths Inside One Hatch
A Pershing tank named United Nations fights in Korea with a diverse crew: Moslem sergeant William C. Koontz, a Jewish gunner James R. Rader, a Catholic loader Andrew Navarro, and Christian crewmates Donald Husted and Thomas Wiley. Koontz, a Navy Cross recipient, notes no religious conflict among them.
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Korea
United Nations
William C. Koontz
Wilcox
Neb
Marine Corps
Koontz
Saipan
James R. Rader
Akron
Andrew Navarro
San Jose
Calif
Donald R. Husted
Springfield
Thomas N Wiley
Sand Springs
Okla
Mecklenburg Farmers Targeted For Wool Quotas
In Berlin report, farmers in the Mecklenburg Soviet zone faced government orders to deliver fixed wool quotas despite lacking sheep. Those without sheep were told to buy quotas, while sheep owners said no surplus wool remained due to clothing needs and lack of a clothing ration.
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Berlin
Germany
Mecklenburg
For Sale and Help Wanted Classified Blotter
Column for sale two or three good home comfort ranges for sale slightly used priced right Army Store Butler Ga Frigidaire Refrigerator six ft size less than two years old in perfect condition If interested see or call phone 14111 6141b Mrs J C Griggs Butler Ga WANTED AT ONCE Man for Rawleigh business Real opportunity for worker Experience preferred but not necessary Write Rawleighs Dept GAE 820 234 Memphis Tenn 6141 Ten rolls 48 in heavy fence wire 20 rods to roll C B Hicks Reynolds Ga
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Army Store
Butler, Ga
J. C. Griggs
Butler
Rawleigh
Memphis
Tenn
C. B. Hicks
Reynolds, Ga
Potato slips and pianos for sale in Georgia notices
Beds full of Porto Rico Potato Slips for sale by Mrs Annie Moore of Junction City Georgia. Three pianos for sale in the neighborhood two spinets and one upright like new with small down payment and easy monthly payments. Write J T Dickson Credit Dept 52 Pryor Street NE Atlanta Ga.
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Porto Rico
Annie Moore
Junction City
J. T. Dickson
Credit Dept
Pryor Street
N. E
Atlanta, Ga
Rooms for Rent and Local Ads Mix in Georgia Classifieds
Classified column offers a four room apartment for rent with private entrance in Butler, Georgia and contact for Mrs. Allen Payne. Additional listings include refrigerator repairs by Wyatt's Refrigerator Service in Ft. Valley, pork slips and sweet potato plant sales in Junction City and Butler, piano sale by Durden Piano Co. in Atlanta, and a notice seeking to buy old coins and stamped envelopes dated before 1900 in Columbus.
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Allen Payne
Butler
P. O
Columbus
Farm equipment sale near Charing Ga by Rogers
For saleBradley 4 hp electric motor and pump jack in good condition. A 100 gallon redwood water tank seven years old. Fuller Johnson farm pump engine. A 2 burner hot plate with oven and toast pan. A Coca Cola four case drink box. Prices from 10 to 100 dollars. Call or see R O Rogers at Charing Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Fuller & Johnson Farm
Rogers
Charing
Man of all answers will retire July 1 at Ga Teachers College
Statesboro Ga June 8 the man who had all the answers is retiring For 20 years when puzzled by questions students and even professors at Georgia Teachers College have come to Robert L Winburn college comptroller for the answer He retires July 1 at 65 to make way for Donald O McDougald the Statesboro graduate of Emory who has been assistant comptroller since January 1850 Jas S Wood Macon attorney denied the governor s charge that the suit attacking the county unit plan is bogus
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Statesboro
Georgia Teachers College
Robert L. Winburn
Winburn
Bob
Donald O. McDougald
Emory
Herman Talmadge
Jas. S. Wood
Macon
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L. R. Pike
Martha Ruth
Shiloh
Mia Joe Ingram
Carol Jane Waller
Robert Waller
Milledgeville
Aya
Jimmy Hill
Thomaston
Marvin Purvis
Douglas Purvis
McDuffie Purvis
E. H. Morrison
C. Hill
Alma Wadsworth
Ft. Valley
R. D. Waller
M.B. Pittman Jr
Cleveland, Ga
Steve Lewis
Charles Rustin
Tom Turner
H. W. Woodall
S. B. Rustin
Neva Brady
Linda Fay Rustin
A. F. Davis
Father
Men’s Sox
Panama
Lanta
Mascot
Fraternity
U.S
Fied
ADV
Wyatt’s Refrigerator Service
Asbury McCants, Butler, R
Sherman Spivey
Durden Piano Co
MAN OF All Answers
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