Supreme Court Again Fails to Rule on Segregation
A compilation of brief excerpts notes the Supreme Court's continued failure to decide on segregation. The item also mentions Postmaster General Summerfield seeking an 80 million dollar yearly salary rise for postal workers and assorted quotes from local columnists. It highlights Georgia’s Mother of the Year, a bridge bond sale, and historical curiosities about aviation, cars, and cultural references.
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Summerfield
Congress
Sea train Lines Wins NY to Savannah Ocean Freight Bid
From Washington comes word that a three year battle to provide an ocean going freight service between New York and Savannah, one of the nation’s oldest active ports, has been won by Sea train Lines Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Savannah
Seatrain Lines, Inc
Mother's Day Tribute Across Time and Ties to Motherhood
The article recalls Miss Jarvis's inspiration for Mother's Day and its rise to a nationwide observance on the second Sunday in May. It argues heartfelt tribute from poetry and personal memory, citing figures from Michelangelo to Lincoln, and reiterates that a mother's influence shapes character and life.
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Miss Jarvis
Michaelangelo
Raleigh
Gibbon
Pitt
Lincoln
Roberta Senior Wins State Safe Driving Roade o
Bobby Joyner a 19 year old senior at Crawford County High School won the 1954 Georgia safe driving rodeo in Milledgeville with 291 points. He led Class B with Marion Culpepper second and Adron Bennett third while Class C was headed by Gwynn Albritton. First place trophies were presented by Carl Vann of Valdosta State.
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Milledgeville
Bobby Joyner
Crawford County High School
Roberta
Bobby
J. C.joyner
Middle Georgia
Marion Culpepper
Thomson
Adron Bennnett
Wacona
Gwynn Albritton
Plains
Sumter County
Ronnie Dye
Wrens
Charles Hise
Chattanooga Valley
Jack Herndon
Richmond Academy
Augusta
Jerry Dickson
Fulton High
Atlanta
Hiram Reynolds
Cedartown
Dewey Hunter
Douglasville
Eugene Collins
Cartersee
Kenny Cooper
Tifton
Carl Vann
Valdosta
Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pine rust fungus guidance from Taylor County forest ranger
County Ranger Austin Guinn outlines fusiform rust, Cronartium Fusiform, on pines. Infected limbs should be cut and burned, while forest stands seek Georgia Forestry Commission help for control. trunk infections threaten death in 3 to 50 years, so many remove trees early and replant with unaffected stock.
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Taylor County
Austin Guinn
Georgia Forestry Commission
Guinn
John Wesley Film Planned for Atlanta Next Tuesday
Methodists of Atlanta will view the color feature John Wesley at Tower Theater next Tuesday with three showings at 3 p m 7 p m and 9 p m. The film covers highlights of the founder of Methodism during his 88 years.
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Atlanta
Methodists of Atlanta
Isee
John Wesley
New York City
Museum of Modern Art
of Methodism
Tower Theater
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
MYF
Rites Held for Ralph Smith Rural Electric Administrator
Ralph W. Smith, 63, field engineer for the REA in Georgia and Florida, died at Lake City VA Hospital. Funeral held in Thomasville. A Towanda New Jersey native and University of Montana graduate, he had lived in the area 15 years and was a deacon at First Presbyterian Church.
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Thomasville
Ralph W. Smith
REA
Georgia
Florida
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lake City
Fla
Towanda
N. J
University of Montana
First Presbyterian Church
Chicago Land Lot Sells For 1.2 Million In Loop
A 53 by 150 foot lot in Chicago’s Loop at State and Madison sold for 1.2 million dollars. Trustees for the estate of Mrs. J O Armour sold the property to Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. Mrs Armour bought it in 1933 for a million dollars.
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Chicago
Loop
State and
Madison Sts
J. O. Armour
Packing House Fame
Connecticut General Life Ins. Co
Armour
Two Men Killed as Truck Hits Moving Train Near Douglas
In an April 29 crash a truck collided with a moving train about a mile from Douglas. The two men in the truck cab died: Hubert McCranie 54 of Eastman and H F Scott 31 of Homerville. Traincrew escaped injury.
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Douglas
Hubert MecCranie
Eastman
H. F. Scott
Homerville
Leland Harvey Paroled After Noted Escapes
Atlanta May 3 The State Pardon and Parole Board paroled convict bank robber Leland Harvey 47 who since 1936 has escaped Georgia authorities seven times. Harvey once known as the bad boy of Tattnall county eight ball squad was paroled by unanimous vote and Mrs Rebecca Garrett parole board member.
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Atlanta
State Pardon and Parole Board
Leland Harvey
Georgia
Harvey
Tattnall County
Rebecca Garrett
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U.S. Supreme Court
Ernest Rogers
Jim Chism
The
Pelham Journal
Well
Tom Spencer
Joneses
State Bridge Building Authority
Love M. Tolbert
Muscogee County
Columbus
Columie Enquirer
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Monday
Columbus Enauirer Sun
W.C. Tucker
Manhattan
Island
Peter Minot
American People’s Encyclopedia
United States
Atlanta Journal
Annie Garrett
Walton County
Monroe
Esquire
Hollywood
McCulloch
McCulloch Motors Corporation
ED Knae
Broadway
P Chain Saw CO
Macon
Roberta High School
County Forest Ranger
Pines
Ralph Smith
Proles Wey
MIT
Natchel
Walker’s Grocery
City of
Butler
Walker Grocery
E. L. Harris
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