Georgia News Briefs From Mews Summary Week
Miss Edith Hillman of Macon wins fourth prize in an international essay contest sponsored by Civitan Clubs. Marshallville votes against beer licenses. Sheriff Robert Pyles of Glynn County dies after long illness. R. A. Bedgood of Arabi dies after a year illness. Car crash near Lua Fayette claims Hall Graham life and injures Oliver Leath and Jim Heywood. Georgia Court of Appeals orders medical costs for an employee injury. Numerous local deaths and civic notes across the state.
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Edith Hillman
Macon
Civitan
R. A. Bedgood
Arabi
Lua- Fayette
Hall Graham
Oliver Leath
Jim Hey- Wood
Macon Woman Elected President of South Georgia Methodist Group
Miss Dorothy Tinsley of Macon is elected president of the South Georgia Conference Your People's Division of the Methodist church. Other officers include Kirk Jones of Columbus, Grace Freeman of Americus, and Oscar Powell of Arlington.
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Macon
Dorothy Tinsley
Your People's Division
The
Methodist Church
Kirk Jones
Columbus
Grace Freeman
Americus
Oscar Powell
Arlington
Georgians to England on Rotary Club exchange
Macon June 16. Lee Wood will leave Macon Saturday night for Savannah to join three other Georgia boys for a six weeks trip to England sponsored by Rotary Club of Georgia. Four English boys will visit Georgia to be entertained in return.
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Macon
Lee Wood
Dry
Savannah
Georgia
England
Rotary Clube of
Ww. T. Comer Shot to Death in Auto Near Avondale
Atlanta report: W. T. Comer of the Coca Cola Co. was found dead in a lake area automobile near Avondale Friday afternoon. He was shot through the heart and a 38 calibre Spanish model pistol with one cartridge discharged lay on the car floor.
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Atlanta
W. T. Comer
Coca- Cola Company
Avondale
Two Georgia Men Die in Chair at State Pen
Milledgeville Ga June 14 Two murderers were executed in the state pen the first double electrocution in months Robert Mullinax a Floyd county farmer died for fatally slaying his step son Ne vin Harcock Charlie Beasley a LaGrange resident was put to death for killing a white man The cases were carried out in the death chamber Friday with both men confirmed dead in the electric chair
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Milledgeville, Ga
Milledgeville
Robert Mullinax
Floyd County
Nevin Harcock
Charlie Beasley
Hatley Fire Devastates Town of Hatley Georgia
Cordele Ga June 15 The small town of Hatley ten miles from Cordele was struck by a severe Thursday afternoon blaze destroying several business houses. Firefighters and residents fought the flames from a blacksmith shop to adjoining structures. The Masonic Hall mercantile ground floor residence a grist mill and an unoccupied building were damaged.
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Cordele
Hatley
Masonic Hall
Charles K Stout Veteran Georgia Editor Dies at 80
Charles K Stout aged 80, longtime editor of the Hamilton Journal, died in Hamilton after a lingering illness. A Indiana native, he had lived in Georgia for many years, farming and running the paper. He was to be honored at the Georgia Press Association convention in Carrollton for his decades of service.
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Hamilton
Charles K. Stout
Georgia
Stout
Hamilton Journal
Georgia Press Association
Carrolltor
Indiana
Market Bulletin focuses on farm markets amid NRA codes clash
Atlanta June 18 The Market Bulletin official bulletin of the state department of agriculture prints a front page on farm markets instead of attacking the federal administration. Commissioner Tax Linder briefly references the NRA, noting its unconstitutionality, while inside the paper a claim that the fertilizer trust is busted by the NRA code invalidation is stated.
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Atlanta
Market Bulletin
State Department of Agriculture
U. S. Post Office Department
Federal Administration
Tax Linder
NRA
Fertilizer Trust
Columbus Man Paroled From Penitentiary
Perry L. Borom, former Columbus Bank teller, is paroled by Governor Talmadge after 7 months of a 1 year sentence for embezzlement. Clemency granted at the request of Representatives Wm A Leonard and J R Thompson Jr. Borom embezzled about 1500 dollars at Muscogee County Superior Court in December term.
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Atlanta
Perry L. Borom
Columbus Bank and Trust Company
Talmadge
Wm. A. Leonard
J. R. Thompson, Jr
Borom
Muscogee County
State Penitentiary
Woman Found Dead Forces Suspects To Jail In Franklin Case
In Franklin Georgia on June 15 sheriff C W Bledsoe announced the arrest of C C Wyens and his mother Mrs Mitt Wyens on murder charges in the death of Mrs C C Wyens found shot near the Wyens farmhouse. A material witness, a negro woman, is detained in Heard county jail. Mrs C C Wyens was dead for some time before discovery.
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Franklin
C. C. Wyens
C. W. Bledsoe
Heard County
Wyens
Mitt Wyens
Matt Wyens
Carrollton
Bledsoe
Pneumatic Tires for Farming Imple ments Shift to Rubber
Mr. W. A. Payne, local Goodyear dealer, discusses pneumatic tires for farm implements. He notes thousands of farmers switching from steel wheels to rubber, citing fuel savings of about 25 percent, greater speed and efficiency, and improved operator comfort. The tires, based on the Goodyear airwheel used in airplanes, are expected to transform farming like pneumatic tires did for trucks.
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W. A. Payne
Goodyear Tire
Goodyear
Payne
DIST POSTMASTERS ADJOURN CONVENTION AT SAVANNAH
Savannah June 18 Mrs L Bertie Rushing Glennville postmistress president of the Georgia Branch of the National League of District Postmasters and officers were reelected at the convention closing at the Hotel Savannah Gainesville won next year s convention over Macon and Albany successors named to committees and plans discussed for the national convention in Atlanta with nine Georgia votes expected at the meeting.
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Savannah
L. Bertie Rushing
Glennville
Georgia Brach
National League of District
Gainesville
Strong
Macon
Albany
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Sallie Purvis
Pembroke
Paul L. Miles
Metter
W. B. Bennett
Molena
R. A. Waters
Alpharetta
Rosa Lindsey
Irwinton
J. A. Meeks
Washington
Atlanta
Georgia
Rushing
Miss Milliemitts
Newborn
W. G. Hastings
Piedmont Hotel
Meeks
Two Negroes Killed in Head On Crash Near Macon
Two Negroes died instantly and three others were badly injured when a small sedan carrying them crashed into a Greyhound bus near the south end of Echeconnee bridge about 12 miles west of Macon in Houston County. The accident occurred shortly before midnight Saturday.
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Macon
Greyhound
Echeconnee Bridge
Houston County
Bowdon Alabama area notes and cotton market highlight
A Bowdon overview details postal routes, carriers, and local scenery. It notes Bowdon as a strong cotton market in the Piedmont region with up to 12 000 bales bought in a season and about 9 000 bales stored for government loans. It mentions Louvor n s Corn and Wheat Mill near In Han Creek and Bowdon s location on the Bankhead highway near Carrollton and the Alabama line.
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W. C. Adamson
H. M. Bird
Bowdon
P. C. Morris
J. W Hamil
G. L. Downs
C .D. Teague
Bowden
Wei
Piedmont
Louvorn
In- Han Creek
Bankhead Highway
Carroll County
Carrollton
Alabama Line
Progress by Methodists in Cuthbert Session Opens
The Columbus district conference met in Cuthbert at Andrew College convening June 18 with about 200 delegates. Reports showed gains in professions and credentials, strong finance, high lay leadership, and plans to elect delegates to the Americas annual conference.
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Cuthbert
Lumbus
Andrew College Ov
Joey T. M
Ajou
W. B. Cheshire
J. W
Waverly Hall
Dawson
Butler
Columbus
J. M. Heath
Joe H. McGee
J. D. Norris
J. H. Woodall
E. E. Humber
Dawson, Butler
Cowalley
Child killed by lightning at Plains, Ga.
Walter Linwood Jones, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Linwood Jones, was killed instantly at 8 30 Monday night when lightning struck the Jones residence as the boy turned off an electric light in the bathroom. The bolt followed the electric wires into the home and struck Walter and his two younger brothers Howard and Jack, who were in the bathroom during a severe storm. Howard and Jack were badly shocked but not injured.
Health official to establish three branch malaria labs in Albany
Dr T F Abercombie State Director of Health announces three branch malaria laboratories with four full time technicians in charge. The project proceeds through cooperation with the Dougherty County Board of Health and state department of health.
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T. F. Abercombie
Georgia Board of Health
Conference of
North America
Atlantic City
N. J
Albany
Dougherty County Board of Health
Sy State
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