Postmaster General Cuts Georgia Postal Service
Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson announces further cutbacks across Georgia, reducing residential mail delivery to one trip daily and cutting window service hours to curb a mounting postal deficit. The House Post Office Committee backs restoration efforts amid growing complaints.
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Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Postal Service
Letter Carriers Union
Donaldson
House Post Office Committee
Randolph Man Drowns as Car Plunges Into Creek
A Randolph County man, Tom Watson Hooks, 41, a farm building contractor of Route 1 Shellman, drowned after his car plunged off a bridge into a creek at Double Bridges on the Morgan Cuthbert highway. Sheriff T. E. Faircloth said the driver swerved to avoid a dog and was trapped as the vehicle submerged.
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Cuthbert
Randolph County
Calhoun County
T. E. Faircloth
Tom Watson Hooks
Shellman
Morgan
Morgan-Cuthbert
Faircloth
Fatal electio n candidate dies after truck accident
V E Bullington Sr candidate to succeed Morgan County Clerk of Court in a special election died Friday after being thrown from his truck and run over in Madison. Jury convicts Johnny Jones in Columbus murder. execution set for June 30 under mandatory death penalty. Georgia veterans bill may grant service connected disability for pre 1950 nervous disorders. proposal advances in Congress. Dr Silas Johnson notes Wesleyan debt reduced to 24000. prior claim was 451950. Dr Wallace Rogers joins as technical advisor on North Georgia film production starting May 22. Dr J E Sammons to be honored at Vineville church 50th ordination anniversary service led by DeWitt Mathews.
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V. E. Bullington, Sr
Morgan County
Madison
Wallace Rogers
North
Georgia
J. E. Sammons
Vineville Church
Macon
DeWitt Mathews
William K. Barrett
State Department of Veteran’s Service
Johnny Jones
Brown Baby
Columbus
Mary F. Jones
Muscogee
Senator George Denies Rumor of Talmadge Deal
Senator Wal ter F. George declares there is no basis for rumors of a deal with Governor Herman Talmadge to resign before his term ends. The chatter reached Washington and Dublin in the weeks after the primary. George says no such proposal was ever suggested and will serve his full term if re-elected.
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Washington, D. C
Walter F. George
Herman Talmadge
Senate
Flannery Pope
Dublin
Georgia
Washington
Sen. George
Entry Fee Paid With 2 000 Dimes
Bainbridge report notes C D Duke of Attapulgus paid a 200 entry fee to run for Representative from Decatur county. He handed 2 000 Roosevelt dimes to E R Culbreth, clerk of the superior court and treasurer of the Decatur democratic executive committee. Duke, newly elected Mayor of Attapulgus, said he had collected dimes since 1948 with help from friends.
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Bainbridge
C. D. Duke
Attapulgus
Decatur County
E. R. Culbreth
Superior Court
Decatur
Democratic Executive Committee
Duke
Father of Dead Man Is Charged in Murder Case
Warrants issued for Jesse Bloodworth and Ernest Sullivan in the killing of Homer Bloodworth 25 in Ft Valley. Bloodworth identified a bloodstained knife as belonging to Jesse Bloodworth found atop a 20 foot building near the crime scene. Homer Bloodworth died from knife injuries after being found behind a pool hall. investigation continues with local police sheriff and coroner.
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Ft. Valley
Homer Bloodworth
L. A. Chapman
Chapman
Jesse Bloodworth
Marshallville
Ernest Sullivan
Powersville
Sullivan
Bloodworth
Carlton Jones
Burial of Last Union and Confederate Soldiers Urged
A Washington house committee urged that when the last Union soldier and the last Confederate soldier die their bodies be buried in Arlington National Cemetery with fitting and appropriate ceremonies. The recommendation was announced May 10.
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Arlington
Washington
House
Arlington National Cemetery
For Rent 3-Room Apartment with Private Bath
Three room apartment with private bath available for rent. Contact George Hammock in Butler, Georgia, for details.
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George Hammock
Butler
Negro Serves as Jury Foreman in Atlanta
In Fulton superior court a Black juror, H. A. Sayles, acted as foreman of an all white panel that found a Black defendant guilty on two forgery counts and sentenced him to five to seven years in prison.
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Atlanta
Fulton
H. A. Sayles
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