Georgia News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Trials
William B. White, 70, Augusta business leader, dies. Fire damage in Valdosta estimated at 16,000. Georgia Supreme Court upholds three murder sentences and a rape sentence. J. C. Stranger, 65, Fitzgerald city treasurer, dies. J. C. Strange, 66, also cited. State school board to buy textbooks. 312 women to receive degrees from GSC at Milledgeville on June 9. Detained youth in Macon theft case. Georgia Jersey Cattle Club auction in Athens sets top prices. Representative Carl Vinson seeks re election with J. C. Lewis. Various local deaths, fires, and civic notes across Georgia.
Youth to stand trial for father’s slaying in Millen
Millen Georgia May 18 seventeen year old Robert Lewis confessed slayer of Lovett R Lewis was among defendants as Jenkins superior court convened. The youth and his sister Irie age 12 were arrested after the April 6 shootings but the girl was released two days later after his confession.
Woman Hangs Self in Atlanta Basement
Miss Jessie Cook, 60, hanged herself from basement joists in her Atlanta residence today. She left a note requesting her body be given to a medical college. Patrolmen Cody and Cartwright reported she stood on a box and kicked it away. a negro janitor discovered the body.
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Atlanta
Jessie Cook
Medical College
L. D. Cody and
Co. W. Cartwright
Holley Indicted as Trial Opens for Slaying Operator
Louisville Ga Augusta policeman Wade Holley goes on trial in Jefferson County Superior Court charged with the March 28 shooting death of W. L. Beckum, a Louisville filling station operator. Holley was indicted Monday by a Jefferson County grand jury after an argument over auto tire repair.
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Louisville
Wade Holley
Augusta
Superior
W. L. Beckum
Holley
Jefferson County
South Carolina gives $5,000 to Herty Plant
Columbia, Maybank announced the state sent a $5,000 contribution to the Herty Research Laboratory in Savannah. The 1959-60 appropriation authorized the payment, contingent on matching funds from other sources, which have now been received.
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South Carolina
Herty Plant
Columbia
S. C
Maybank
Herty Research Laboratory
Savannah
Justice Grice Qualifies for Re-Election in Georgia
Atlanta May 14 Justice Warren Grice of the Georgia Supreme Court paid his $250 entrance fee and qualified for re election He has no announced opposition though State Revenue Commissioner Grady Head may oppose him Grice was appointed to the high tribunal by Gov FE Rivers succeeding Associate Justice Marcus W Beck who retired.
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Atlanta
Warren Grice
Georgia Supreme Court
Grady Head
Grice
High Tribunal
FE. D. Rivers
Marcus W. Beck
Mother of City Dies in Americus at 72
Americus Ga May 10 in Americus 72 year old Mrs L B Lott called the mother of Americus died two days before Mother's Day. She taught in Johnston South Carolina before moving 31 years ago and served as Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church. She led the Business Women's Circle and was superintendent of the Friendship Baptist Association WM A for 10 years. Survived by two sons J W and S Lott prominent Americus business men and a daughter Mrs P G Moss of Andalusia Alabama.
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L. B Lott
Mother Lott
First Baptist Church
Americus
L. B. Lott
Friendship Baptist Association
J. W. and
S. Lott
P. G. Moss
Andalusia
Ala
Lumpkin Fire Maniac Spreads Fear After Third Blaze
Lumpkin Georgia residents fear a fire maniac is on the loose after three mysterious blazes in four days. A vacant mayor Hobbs residence stored with repair materials burned Sunday night at 8. A storage barn belonging to A. P. Fort and the home of Mrs. Fred Singer were damaged or burned Thursday night. None held insurance.
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Lumpkin
J. M. Hobbs
Peterson Endorses Waterway Measure
Atlanta Representative Hugh Peterson of the First Georgia district urged President Roosevelt to sign the rivers and harbors authorization bill funding Savannah harbor development with 281000 dollars. Peterson, a senior member of the rivers and harbors committee, was quoted via Gladstone Williams in a dispatch to The Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta
Hugh Peterson
Georgia
Roosevelt
Savannah Harbor
Gladstone Williams
Atlanta Constitution
Peerson
Cordele to Move Confederate Statue for Safety
Cordele plans relocate the old Confederate monument from Main Street to a new site to ensure automobile safety. City Manager J. R. Brown led the safety drive. proposed sites include the UDC chapter house lawn or the grounds of the new Memorial club house.
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Cordele
J. R. Brown
UDC
Man-Mountain Dean Announces Run Against Whelchel
Atlanta May 10 Frank Leavitt known as Man-Mountain Dean says he will run for Congress as the Ninth district candidate opposing Frank Whelchel. He spoke from Hollywood where a film project keeps him away but said he will actively oppose Whelchel in the coming campaign though he previously withdrew from a legislative bid two years ago as campaigning heated up.
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Man-Mountain
Dean
Whelchel
Atlanta
Congress
Frank Leavitt
Hollywood
Frank Whelchel
Talbotton Woman Railroad Exec Miss Virginia Persons Dies
Miss Virginia Persons, age 64 and daughter of former Congressman Henry Persons, a rare female railroad executive, died Sunday night in Talbotton Georgia. She served as president of the Talbotton railroad, was vice president of Peoples Bank, and owned extensive farmland. Survived by brother J P Persons of Atlanta and sisters Mrs Euler Smith of Athens and Mrs J H McGehee of Talbotton.
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Talbotton
Virginia Persons
United States
Henry Persons
Persons
Peoples Bank
J. P. Persons
Atlanta
Euler Smith
Athens
J. H. McGehee
Woman Found Shot Dead Near Decatur
Decatur police identified the deceased as 36 year old Mrs. Ethel M. Cheek of Atlanta. She was found shot to death near a parked car in a woods off Henrico Road after a man said she forced him at pistol point to drive to the spot, where she shot him and then killed herself. The man’s name was not released.
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Decatur
DeKalb County
J. T. Dailey
Ethel M. Cheek
Atlanta
Henrico Road
Bids Totaling 1,066,067 For Roads Opened
The state highway board opened bids totaling 1,066,067 on ten road projects. Contracts will be let after rechecking for errors. Chairman W. L. Miller participated for the first time since April 22, alongside Board Members Herman Watson J. L. Patten and federal highway engineer J. T. Marshall.
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Atlanta
State Highway Board
W. L. Miller
Highway Board
Herman Watson
J. L. Patten
J. T. Marshall
Georgia
Shoe dealer fined for contempt after calling ranger a skunk
Augusta second hand shoe dealer Joe Bolgla was fined five dollars and severely reprimanded by Judge Gordon W. Chambers in Richmond city court for calling State Wildlife Ranger Ed Friend a skunk. Bolgla had been on the witness stand while his son Ben faced charges of buying furs without a license when he insulted the ranger and the judge warned that abusive language toward gentlemen would not be tolerated in court.
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Augusta
Joe Bolgla
Gordon W. Chambers
Ed Friend
Richmond
Bolgla
Ben Bolgla
Americus Uphheld In License Right
Americus won a preliminary victory in a legal battle to enforce a license tax against alleged semi wholesale gasoline dealers. Superior Judge W M Harper sustained the city's demurrer and dismissed the bill of equity filed by four gasoline companies. The judge ruled equity courts lack jurisdiction as the case is a criminal procedure and gave the companies until May 20 to answer before returning to recorder's court.
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Americus
W. M. Harper
Bill of Equity
T Ax
Harper
Courts of Equity
Recorders's Court
Drivers licenses renewal deadline set by Sullivan
Atlanta safety director Lon Sullivan said there would be no extension this year for renewing licenses. The renewal period runs from April 15 to June 30 with a strict examination for those failing to renew. About 40,000 licenses already renewed.
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Atlanta—Safety
Lon Sullivan
Sullivan
Talmadge to Speak at Ideal School Commencement
Montezuma Ga May 13 Ex Governor Eugene Talmadge will deliver the commencement address at the Ideal school auditorium Friday evening. The baccalaureate sermon will be May 19 at the school building by Rev Henry Stokes pastor of the Montezuma Baptist church. Commencement activities began Friday with the Senior Class play, an act comedy, expected to draw good attendance.
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Montezuma
Eugene Talmadge
Ideal
Postcard Reaches Ray After Two-Year Bottle Voyage
Macon May 14 a whiskey bottle sealed postcard tossed from a U S transport in the Pacific 700 miles west of Honolulu nearly two years ago reached Major J E Ray now stationed in Macon The card mailed May 5 1940 from Ozette Washington was found 20 miles south of Cape Flattery by R C Price who sent it to Rays care with a postscript asking for a drink in the next bottle
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Macon
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
J. E. Ray
U. S. Army
Philippines
Ray
John Edward Ray
John E. Ray
U. S. Transport Grant
Ozette Wash
R. C. Price
Ozette
Cape Flattrey, Wash
Howell candidacy urged to meet national emergency
The writing endorses Mr. Howell, citing his public and private record as proof he keeps pledges. It argues that all clear-thinking citizens should actively launch his candidacy as a matter of top importance in addressing the current emergency.
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Howell
Public invited to county projects during Achievement Week
No. 2 From Page No. 2 From Page available to any person throughout the county. The public is invited to visit each of these projects during next week and see what the government is doing for the county. One of the initial attractions for Achievement Week will be the dinner given next Monday evening by the P. T. A. at the local WPA lunch room. The public is cordially invited to attend. Tickets will be 25¢ each and are on sale at the Welfare Office. Please get your tickets not later than Sunday tomorrow in order that the P. T. A. may know how many guests to prepare for. In connection with the dinner, an interesting program is being prepared for the entertainment of the guests.
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WPA
Lunday
P.T. A
Sheriff Convicted of Manslaughter in Officer's Death
Macon May 14 A Twigs County sheriff Kitchens was found guilty by a Superior court jury of voluntary manslaughter in the December shooting death of constable B F Wi of Sefersyng county. The jury recommended a sentence of four to six years and Kitchens faces additional charges of assault with intent to murder in the same incident involving Bridges. Judge A M Anderson ordered Kitchens to continue aid pending sentence tomorrow.
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Macon
Kitchens
Superior Court
B. F. Wi
Sefersyng
Bridges
A. M. Anderson Kitchens
Guardianship Dismissal Notice for Parker Case Georgia
A court informs heirs and interested parties in Taylor County Georgia that A J Cotney seeks dismissal of guardianship over Mrs Lois Grace Parker. Interested parties must file any sections or objections by the first Monday in January. If no response is filed, Cotney may be removed from guardianship duties.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Thelmon Jarrell
Watson
Watate
Sion
A. J. Cotney
Lois Grace Parker
Los Parker
Jelse
Legal Sale in Taylor County Georgia By Deed Security
Taylor County Georgia will sell at the courthouse door in Butler on a June Tuesday in 1940 the property of Alexis Ralph Searcy tied to a 1939 deed to secure debt. The sale lists multiple parcels totaling about 270 acres in Taylor and Dolf counties, with described lot numbers and a promissory note of 1000 dollars plus interest. Proceeds apply to the secured debt with attorney CHAS C STONE handling the sale.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Alex Searcy
Ralph
John L. Brown
Tiperior Court
Court House
Tajlt
Butler
Alexis Ralph Searcy
Delff
Taylor
State Gia
Gregate
W. J. Wilson
Dell
Chas, C, Stone
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William B. White
Valdosta
Supreme Court
J. C. Stranger
Fitzgerald
J. C. Strange
Capitol Tursiay
Milledgeville
Columbus
Georgia Jersey Cattle Club
Carl Vinson
J. C. Lewis
Jas
Bb Hull
Walter W. Andrews
Millhaven
Screven County
Tom Johnson
Grady Hospital
J M. Beeler
S. C. Upson
Preston M. Almand
City Court of
Benjamin FE. Harrison
J. F. Troutman
Fort Valley
Tanta Hospital
Frank Troutman
Coca Cola Co
T. J. Hughey
Forsyth
C. D. Rountree
Wrightsville
C S. Claxton
Johnson County
East Point
S. D. Kidd
Nelson Shipp
Columbus Sunday Ledger-Enquirer
Andertonville National Cemetery
J. T. Nix
Chesley Bramley
Atco
Carterville
J. A. Chapman
Hopewell
Schley County
J. C. Chapman
Flilaville
Hopewell Methodist Church
Carolyn Webb
Plains High School
South
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Webb
Harry N. Horton
Eastern Air Lines
EB. V. Rickenbaker
The
Lines
Elbert Sanders
Pembroke
Georgian Teachers College
Statesboro
George-Anne
A. 0. Johnson
Waycross
Eighth District Postmasters and Supervisors Association
A. G. Williams
Jesup
Hoyte. Brown
Third Area of the American Legion
McKenzie Country Club
C. C. Hedges
Health Department
Elmo Hester
Cuthbert
American Legion
Oglethorpe University
Virgil O Bryan
Gulf Life Insurance Co
Smithville
Georgia Peach Growers Exchange
Newell J. Smith
Rufus G. Price
C. Frank McLaughlin
Chattahoochee
Muscogee Red Cross Chapter
Randolph County
Stewart County
Pataula Creek
Sybie Eason
R. J. Eason
O'Keefe
Americas
U. S
Chappell
Waynesboro
Thomson
Kate Rogers
Chattahoochee County
Cusseta
P. C. Brown
Sara 5. Brown
Stephen Pace
Justice Grice
Peterson
Talmadge
Ideal School
W. H. Young, Jr
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