Georgia News Roundup Highlights Local High School and Civic Events
Duplicate automobile certificates will cost 50 cents. The Third District Letter Carriers Convention meets in Americus May 31 and the state convention in Atlanta July 26-27. Dentists gather in Atlanta May 16-19 for the Georgia Dental Association diamond jubilee celebration. Georgia Garden Clubs meet at the Biltmore Hotel with Mrs. Thomas M Brumby presiding. Grady County Roberta HS closes term with Dr. Mark Smith delivering the commencement. Spalding HS main plant in Griffin destroyed by fire. Dr. Paul M. Munro re-elected Columbus City schools superintendent, T. C. Kendrick named assistant. Gov Arnall to address Florida legislators. Roscoe D Williams dies in Columbus hospital after auto injuries. Gov Arnall vows Dr Louis Small to trial in New York. William B Stroup sentenced to death for a 1943 assault on a 12 year old in Atlanta. Ft Valley groups organize youth recreation effort. Mary Stewart McMichael dies at 75. funeral in Tazewell. J A Mitchell Macon drug industry leader dies in Columbus. Judge Fort urges respect for authority as five teens plead guilty in Muscogee case. Arlen Darden linked to Macon Market robbery. Darden detained after bus stop. About 215 degrees and diplomas at Georgia State College for Women June 4 with Lt Cmdr M H McAfee as speaker. WAVES director to deliver address. LaGrange minister to give baccalaureate.
Hardwick Girl Held For Questioning In Leland Harvey Case
Eileen Darden 22, a Hardwick native, was arrested at an Augusta bus station for questioning in the Mulberry Street market robbery. She admitted riding with Harvey the night of the crime and is held pending further investigation. no charges yet. Harvey, a mass prison break ringleader, has been recaptured and returned to.Reidsville penitentiary.
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Augusta
Arlen Darden
Leland Harvey
Macon
Miss Darden
Hardwick
Harvey
R. L. Miller
J. C. Walton
C. D. Laverett
Georgia Highway Patrol
Eileen Darden
Mulberry Street
Miller
Darden
Milledgeville
Bibb County
D. C. Black
Reidsville
Luffburrow Named Executive Editor of Macon Telegraph
Macon on May 6 W A Luffburrow, a well known Georgia newspaper man, is named executive editor of the Macon Telegraph and Carriage Walls general manager of the Telegraph and News. A former Atlanta AP staffer, he previously served the Telegraph as state editor and held the same post on the Augusta Herald. He has worked at the Augusta Chronicle, Atlanta Constitution, Savannah Morning News and the Asheville NC Citizen.
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Macon
W. A. Luffburrow
Georgia
Macon Telegraph Carriage Walls
Telegraph
News Announces
Atlanta
Associated Press
Luffburrow
Telegarph
Augusta Herald
Augusta Chronicle
Atlanta Constitution
Savannah Morning News
Asheville
N. C
Citizen
Man Dies Four Days After Prison Release in Atlanta
Atlanta police report H. L. Downs aged 37 died in an Atlanta hospital from bullet wounds. Detectives said the shooting occurred less than four days after his release from Tattnall prison. Doctors did a routine autopsy. reasons not disclosed. Downs had vowed at trial to even the score with witnesses.
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Atlanta
H. L. Downs
C. L. Taylor
W. D. Wallace
Tattnall Prison
Downs
Georgians Chosen for Navy V-12 Plan
Scores of young Georgians will be notified by May 20 of their appointment to the Navy V-12 college training program. Appointments were selected by a Navy Department committee including Dr H W Caldwell president of the University of Georgia and W A Parker of Beck & Gregg Hardware Co. The trainees will undergo two years or more of instruction under Rear Admiral W H Allen.
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Navy
W. H. Allen
Navy Department
H W. Caldwell
University of Georgia
W. A. Parker
Beck & Gregg Hardware Co
Atlanta
W. D. Greulich
Officer Procurement Office
Amendment Publication To Begin First Of June
Georgia will publish 28 proposed constitutional amendments in newspapers statewide starting the first week of June. Gov. Arnall said ads will be shared among papers supporting him, with state costs estimated around 20000 dollars. The 1841 law limits each amendment to one newspaper per congressional district for nine weeks.
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Atlanta
Arnall
Pardon Parole Board Explains New Policies to Reidsville Prisoners
The state pardon and parole board visited Reidsville prison to outline clemency policies and interview eligible convicts. Chairman E. B. Everett and members Mrs. Helen Coxon and Grover Byars planned further visits to convict camps in South Georgia to inform prisoners of parole chances and merit criteria.
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Reidsville
Atlanta
State Pardon and Parole Board
Sun Oil Wins Oil Rights on Colquitt County Lands
A Sun Oil Company lease program secures oil testing rights on hundreds of acres in Colquitt and neighboring counties for 10 years. Landowners receive 5 cents per acre with a potential one eighth royalty if oil is found. A Moultrie attorney handles abstracts and legal work as the plan unfolds, with drilling unlikely before the war ends.
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Moultrie
Sun Oil
Colquitt County
Colquitt
Macon Leader Held On Swindle Charge
Macon civic leader Jas S. Carter is jailed on five forgery and swindling counts. Bond set at 50 000. he has not posted it. Accused of forging Pridgen and Jones names on notes and swindling Pridgen, Dr. Gates, E G Clark, Happ Bros. executives in deals and investments.
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Macon
Jas. S. Carter
Charles Garrett
Guardrow Pridgen
Mutual Investment Company
Carter
Pridgen
Paul Gates
Mercer University At
T. M. Jones
Standard Oil Company
Dr. Gates
E. G. Clark
Happ Bros
Officer admits fear of making speech in Montezuma
Lt. Owen McKenzie, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence McKenzie, told Montezuma Kiwanis Club members he fears giving speeches more than frontline action. Introduced by D. C. Gottman, the program chairman, he spoke after a Junior Woman's Club lunch.
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Montezuma
Africa
Owen McKenzie
Lawrence McKenzie
Montezuma Kiwanis Club
D. C. Gottman
Junior Woman's Club
Taylor County GA Twelve Months' Support Granted Review
Appraisers report on Frances McCants widow of K C McCants requesting twelve months' support for herself and no minor children. Cited to show cause at next regular June term why the application should not be granted. Dated May 3, 1943. J R Lunsford Ordinary Taylor County Georgia.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Frances McCants
K. C. McCants
J. R. Lunsford
Application for Permanent Letters of Administration
Buford Jones has applied for Permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of Mrs. Emily C. King. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the official office within the time allowed by law and show cause why administration should not be granted. The notice is dated May 10, 1943, in Taylor County, Georgia.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Buford Jones
Emily C. King
Perry Man Killed By Hit Run Driver Friday
Perry, May 7. H Johnson, 68, was killed Friday morning when struck by a suspected hit and run driver. Johnson’s body was found on Highway 341 near Clinchfield. Sheriff C C Chapman said the death occurred minutes before discovery as patrols joined in the manhunt for the truck driver. Funeral services were held Saturday at Rocky Creek church in Monroe county with Rev. Heath officiating.
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Perry
Jnc
Arnall to address Florida legislature joint session
Georgia Governor Arnall announced he would speak to a Florida Legislature joint session Wednesday night. He will be accompanied by Senate President Frank Gross and House Speaker Roy Harris. He also plans to address the Governor's Conference opening in Columbus, Ohio, June 21.
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Gov
Arnall
Florida
Florida Capitol
House
Roy Harris
Senate
Gross
Atlanta
Tallahasee
Georgia
General Assembly
Frank Gross
Toccoa
Augusta
Association of County Commissioners
R. G. Clay
Columbus
Ohio
Southern peach yield forecast at record low this year
Agriculture Department projects 9,141,000 bushels from 10 Southern States, the lowest since 1911 and 1932 lows aside from those years. Winter and spring freezes hurt buds in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the Carolinas, with several state outputs shown for 1942 and 1943 in thousands of bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Blast at Alabama coal mine kills ten miners
A gas explosion trapped more than a mile underground at the Placo No. 10 shaft, Alabama By-Products Corp., near Birmingham. Ten miners died Tuesday, twelve escaped, and five were hospitalized with burns. three in serious condition. Officials said a small gas pocket near the shaft bottom was ignited by a spark from a coal cutting machine.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama By-Products Corp
High School Senior Annie Devane Dies in Gasoline Fire
Pavo, Ga. Annie Lee Devane 16 died in a hospital after a gasoline can exploded while she tried to prime a stalled automobile motor. The accident occurred early Saturday, and death followed 12 hours later. She was a Pavo High School senior and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ellis Devane, longtime residents.
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Pavo
Annie Lee Devane
Pavo High School
Ellis Devane
Pajvo
New York Must Wait Claim On Eastman Doctor
New York’s bid to seize Dr Louis Small as a fugitive from an abolition conviction awaits Georgia proceedings on practicing medicine without a license. A habeas hearing was continued to June 8 by City Court Judge A R Ross, with no bail. The judge said no release to New York authorities before the Georgia case in July.
Rentz Girl Drowns When Boat Capsizes
Anntie Bracenell a 14 year old Rentz High School student died by drowning when a picnic boat capsized on Sessions Lake near Dublin. Her schoolmate Carolyn Jones narrowly escaped the same fate in the same incident during an afternoon outing.
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Dublin
Anntie Bracenell
Rentz High School
Carolyn Jones
Sessions Lake
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Americus
Southeast
The
Georgia Dental Association
Garden Clubs of
Biltmore Hotel
Thomas M. Brumby
Crawford County
Roberta
Mark Smith
National Association of Postmasters
C. R. Brumby
Cedartown
Spalding High School
Griffin
Paul M. Munro
Columbus City
Board of Education
T. C. Kendrick
Roscoe D. Williams
R. F. Williams
Seale Road
Louis Small
Eastman
New York
William B. Stroup
Tattnall
Wallace Hardman
Fort Valley High School
Bill Carthers
Study Club
Bill Tom Jones
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Valley
Mary Stewart McMichael
Marion County
E. H. McMichael
Americus Hospital
Tazewell
J. A. Mitchell
Board of Water Commissioners
Mitchell
Mitchell-Williams Drug Co
T. Hicks
Muscogee
Royal Theatre
Georgia State College For Women
M. H. McAfee
WAVES
H. E. Russell
Presbyterian Church
LaGrange
Macon Telegraph
Gov. Arnall
RENTZ
Payne’s Warehouse
Butler, Georgia
Kelloggs
Butler, GA
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