Troopers to Inspect Every Car in Georgia Road Check
Beginning Wednesday Georgia State Patrol under Major Wm Spence will stop and inspect every auto truck and bus on the road. Checks cover horn mirrors wipers headlights taillights brakes steering and exhaust. Drivers failing to pass will receive a ticket for needed repairs prompted by a survey showing 230 deaths in 2113 crashes this year.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Patrol
Wm. Spence
State Department of Public Safety
Spence
Editor Leavy Dies at 75 in Brunswick Home
Clarence Howard Leavy longtime Brunswick News editor and publisher died suddenly at his home aged 75. Born September 20 1870 in Camden County he moved to Brunswick as a child and remained active in local civic life and the newspaper business after a career spanning Atlanta Tampa and the Brunswick News. He was a 32nd degree Mason Shrine Kiwanis Elks and a founder and later president of the Brunswick Young Men’s Club.
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Brunswick
Clarence Howard Leavy
Brunswick News
Camden County
University of Kentucky
Leavy
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
The
Shrine
Kiwanis Club
Elks
Brunswick Young Men’s Club
Dirty politics in Moultrie handbills target Carmichael
In Moultrie on May 11 Jimmie Carmichael faced fake campaign handbills claiming a barbecue and party for colored people. The notices falsely listed Carmichael as organizer and were traced to printers denying authorship and a Baton Rouge union label.
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Moultrie
Jimmie Carmichael
Big Carmichael
Carmichael
Auacent
Moultrie Observer
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Boy and Girl of the Year program expands in Georgia
Georgia communities organize for Boy and Girl of the Year honoring junior citizenship. Scholarships bonds and cash awards funded by civic church and private youth groups. A state gathering planned with Atlanta hosting a May 23 banquet for local high school winners and a June banquet for 300 youths. John Blick Sr. donates 500 and two 500 bonds awarded to Negro winners.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Lon Sullivan
Georgia Citizen Council
Atlanta Hotel Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Woman's Club
John Blick
Blick
Morgan Blake
Citizens Council
Bob Childs Fourth Blaze Victim Dies in Georgia
Ocilla Georgia May 12 funeral services for Bob Childs who died Friday night at Ocilla Hospital from burns in a fire that destroyed his home April 18. He died after suffering burns in the same blaze that killed three of his children Bobbie Jacquelyn and Judy Betty and J T were hospitalized in Decatur Burns.
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Ocilla
Georgia
Bob Childs
Ocilla Hospital
L. N. Hartsfield
Ashley Griffin
Richards
Mr. Childs
Labor Group Denies Endorsement in Governor Race
Atlanta May 9 Charles Gillman head of the CIO PAC in Georgia denied endorsing any gubernatorial candidate. He said Herman Tal madge has asked for an endorsement but the PAC will not endorse now, focusing on voter registration instead. Local representatives will meet to pick the best qualified candidate before urging members to vote.
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Labor Group
Atlanta
Charles Gillman
Cio-Pac
Georgia
Labor Organization
Gillman
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmade
Political Action Committee
CIO
Talmadge
Five Points People Visit and meet at Jarrells and friends
Five Points residents and relatives frequent each other during weekend visits. Ed Pennington and G B Jarrell families gather with relatives in Butler and Thomaston while church activities invite the public. Calvin Jarrell and family travel to Atlanta. Prayer meeting at Antioch Baptist church invites attendance with a study on the 14th chapter of St John.
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Ed Pennington
Butler
G. B. Jarrell
Ethel Carpenter
Thomaston
Helen Jarrell
W. A. Jarrell
Addie Gassett
Columbus
Edgar Gaultney
Wilson Starling
Sue
Henrietta Starling
Phillip Jarrell
Henry Jarrell
Calvin Jarrell
Atlanta
J. H. Stanford
C F. Bennett
Inez Jarrell
Margaret
Antioch Baptist Church
St. John
Carmichael Seeks Georgia Governor Nod With 13 Platform Planks
Moultrie Georgia May 11 James V Carmichael outlined a 13 point platform for his gubernatorial bid promising honesty and decency in state government and no new taxes without voter approval. He called for prioritized rural roads, veteran services, expanded industry and agriculture, full teacher pay, and preservation of the county unit system while affirming adherence to Southern racial traditions. He attacked debt and urged economy and citizen voting on finance proposals, noting veterans’ interest in work and self reliance.
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Moultrie
James Carmichael
Georgia
Marietta
Moultrie High School
Elmer Vickers
Carmichael
William T. Bodenhamer
Norman Junior College
Colquitt County Carmichael Club
Local Social News Highlights From Wesley Area
Mr and Mrs J L Spinks of Meigs visited Mr and Mrs L S Whatley on Sunday. Julian Beeland of Thomaston spent Sunday with the Smith family. Mrs Robert Halstead visited Mrs Wm Maxwell on Tuesday. Pvt Hugh Gilson Jr of Fort Dix NJ and Gloria visited the Gilsons. T M Smith of Manchester visited friends. J W and Paul Bickley of Macon spent the weekend with their parents. Berta and Irene Perkins visited Mrs C C Heath. Asa Spinks of Thomaston visited the Whatleys. J T Amos and Hugh Gilson and family spent Friday in Thomaston. Rev and Mrs J H Stanford were dinner guests of the Petermans. Lonnie Parker has been discharged from the Navy and returned home.
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Hugh Gilson
T. M. Smith
Manchester
J. W
Paul Bickley
Macon
Albert Whatley
Berta
Irene Perkins
C. C. Heath
Asa Spinks
Thomaston
J. T. Amos
Hugh Gilson Jr
Gloria
J. H. Stanford
Frank Peterman
Lonnie Parker
Navy
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Ben W. Fortson Jr
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Fortson
Arnall
John B. Wilson
Aultman’s
Reynolds
Aeaulinan Wholesale
James V. Carmichael
Wesley News
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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