Escaped bandits Turner Scarborough recaptured near Moultrie
Forrest Turner and S. J. Scarborough plus accomplice Fred Stewart were recaptured near Moultrie after a days long chase. The trio had held guards and freed 42 convicts at Hamilton before surrendering with a rolling arsenal in their car. They face transfer to Reidsville prison and likely further charges.
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Forrest Turner
S. J. Scarborough
Georgia
Dallas
Moultrie
State Highway
Hamilton
Fred Stewart
Turner
Atlanta
Scarborough
Steward
Marion Miley
Lexington County Club
Lexington
Stewart
Colquitt County
W. Davis
C. T. Beard
Talmadge
Reidsville
Forrest
Stomach-Harassed Sandit Gets $100 After Plea for Soda
Milledgeville reports a bandit used a soda request for indigestion to lure victims at the Topper Grill. He entered around 3:30 am, flashed a gun, and stole $100 plus a sack of receipts while coins left behind were noted. Three men in the bandit car did not participate.
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Sandit
Milledgeville
Macon
Johnnie Stevens
Stevens
River yields body of boy six at Columbus
Fishermen found the clothes of 6 year old Ralph McGinty Jr on the Chattohoochee river bank Sunday and hours later his body was recovered with a grappling hook. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
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Columbus
Ralph McGinty Jr
Chattahoochee
Girl Killed by Live Wire in First Storm Fatality
Frances Hester 16 of Pavo, student at Norman Park Junior College, was electrocuted when she stepped on a live wire outside the campus building after tripping and falling. The storm that tore through South Georgia cut power in Moultrie and felled 50 to 60 trees.
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Moultrie
Frances Hester
Pavo
Norman Park Junior College
South Georgia
Accused Murderer Slays Self in Jail
Warrenton lawman reports Gay Ray Todd a 30 year old Warren county farmer died at Augusta hospital after slashing his wrists and arms in a jail suicide attempt. Sheriff G I Hogan said Todd was arrested Monday on a murder charge and killed himself when he learned what he had done.
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Warrenton
Gay
Ray Todd
Warren County
Augusta
Sheritf G. I. Hogan
Todd
Two Die and Five Hurt in Valdosta Wreck Near Town
In Valdosta Oct 6 a collision of two autos near here killed Doris S Smith 25 of Bay City daughter of former State Senator J H Swindle Sr and J J Wisen baker of Lake Park. W F McCall of Cayce S C remained unconscious and in critical condition. Injured were Joe Dukes Gordon Southwell George Powell and J E Smith all of Valdosta.
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Valdosta
Here
Doriss. Smith
Bay City
J. H. Swindle Sr
J. J. Wisenbaker
Lake Park
Valdosta Hospital
W. F. McCall
Cayce
S. C
Joe Dukes
Gordon Southwell
George Powell
J. E. Smith
Savannah Man Kills Wife Mistaking Her For Burglar
In Port Wentworth, Mrs. Clarissa Mae Exley was shot dead by her husband J R Exley who said they were awake in the dark due to multiple break-in attempts. The coroner's jury ruled the killing accidental after Exley fired thinking his wife was a burglar.
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Savannah
Clarissa Mae Exley
Port Wentworth
J. L. Elliott
J. R. Exley
Florida puts four inmates to death in electric chair
Raiford Fla Oct 6 four convicted murderers were executed in Florida s electric chair the hooded executioner first assistant engineer wore a sharkskin look. Crews protested his innocence as the chaplain led the Lord s Prayer. Ormond Henderson and McLaren followed in a 55 minute sequence across the four deaths.
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Raiford
Fla
Florida
W. R. Crews
Oly Mae Crews
Jacksonville
Crews
Dan J. Ormond
H. M. Bradley
Marianna
Charles Henderson
Frizzell McLaren
Destroy Stalks To Reduce Boll Weevils County Agent Says
Taylor county cotton growers can sharply reduce the 1942 spring boll weevil crop by cutting the stalks after picking. Killing the plants deprives weevils of food and prompts winter starvation. U S Agriculture entomologists note weevils persist while food is available. Blackwell urges action now to prevent 1942 losses.
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Taylor County
LE. G. Blackwell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Florence
D. C
Tragic School Ride Crash Kills 11 Year Old Jakie Hicks
An automobile carrying eleven year old Jakie Hicks of Commerce to Sunday school wrecked. Hicks died instantly and another child suffered serious injuries.
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Jakie Hicks
Commerce
Sale of G T Whatley lands in Taylor County Georgia
By order of the Ordinary Thelmon Jarrell administrator will sell at public outcry at the Butler courthouse on November 4 1941 between legal hours the whole lot No 128 in the 15th Land District Taylor County Georgia containing 202 1/2 acres more or less for cash to pay debts and distribute assets This 8th day of October 1941 administrator’s name included in notice.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Thelmon Jarrell
G. T. Whatley
Butler
Towit
Taylor
Said
Said County
G. T Whatley
Williams Family Rushes To Riverside Bedside In Critical Condition
The family of C. F. Williams of Montezuraan hurried to his bedside at Riverside sanatorium where he lies in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage on Thursday. His daughter Miss Mary Williams of Atlanta, who was in New York, arrived by plane on Friday.
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C. F. Williams
Riverside
Mary Williams
Atlanta
New York
John A. Mandeville Sr. Dies at Carrollton Home
J A Mandeville Sr president and treasurer of Mandeville Mills died at his Carrollton home. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Carrollton church, with details of the services provided in the notice.
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Carrollton
John A. Mandeville
The
Mandeville Mills
Textile leader Mandeville buried in Carrollton cemetery
Rev. R. O. Flinn Jr. officiated at the funeral for Mandeville, a prominent member and textile operator in the Presbyterian church. He died Sunday at his home. Burial followed at Carrollton cemetery.
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J. A. Mandeville
Willis Fish Market
Butler, Georgia
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