Well-known Florida Spinster Lives With Corpses For 16 Years
Jacksonville Journal reports two elderly sisters have inhabited a pine woods home 20 miles south of Jacksonville for 16 years with the buried bodies of their father, a sister, and a black servant. One sister, Gertrude Anhorn, 74, was placed in a rest home in St. Augustine, while the other, Minnie Anhorn, 68, remains at the isolated plantation guarding the three bodies.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville Journal
Pine Woods
Pinehurst Seminary
Wm. P. Bacheller
Newport
R. I
Racheller
Gertrude Anhorn
St. Augustine
Minnie Anhorn
New Trainees Arrive at Macon by Train
Macon October 12 1057 new trainees arrived by two trains bringing 1057 New York trainees. Eight hundred are assigned for basic infantry training at Camp Wheeler in the 7th Training Battalion and 257 will join their neighbors in the Eighth Battalion.
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Macon
New York
7Th
Camp Wheeler
Lands to be Sold in Taylor County Georgia Estate Of G T Whatley
By order of the Taylor County Ordinary the estate of G T Whatley will sell at public outcry at the courthouse in Butler on November 4 1941 between legal hours. The tract is whole lot No 128 in the 15th Land District containing 202 1 2 acres more or less. Terms cash. The sale is to pay debts and for distribution. The Butler Herald notice includes ownership management and circulation details.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Thelmon Jarrell
G. T. Whatley
Butler
Towit
Taylor
Said
Said County
Butler Herald
C. E. Benns
Butler, Ga
Chas Benns Jr
C. E. Cox
O. BE. Cox
J. R. Lunsford
Moon Over Miami at Dean Theatre this week
Shows at the Dean Theatre present a Tech Color cycle with Moon Over Miami starring Betty Grable and Don Ameche, noted for color photography and a tropical setting. Also shown are Public Debt No 1 with George Murphy Brenda Joyce Elsa Maxwell and others, plus Border Legions with Roy Rogers.
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Sun, & Mon
20Th Century Fox
Rio
Miami
Betty Grable
Carol Landis
Don Ameche
Robert Cummings
Charlotte Greenwood
Jack Haley
Elsa Maxwell
Dean
George Murphy
Brenda Joyce
Rooshian
Micha Auer
Charlie Ruggles
Ralph Bellamy
Maxie Rosenbloom
Postmaster Pattillo Rejoins Macon Office After Recovery
Friends of Macon Postmaster W. A. Pattillo rejoice as he returns to the office after months away recuperating on a farm. He reports the facial paralysis has been overcome and his arm strength returned, noting there was no pain and he awoke from a restful night before learning of the attack’s end.
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Macon
W. A. Pattillo
Frank Dupree Captured After Auto Crash Near Lawrenceville
Frank Dupree a 22 year old South Carolinian on life sentence for the murder of Ed i F Elder Atlanta salesman was recaptured near Lawrenceville after a high speed chase. His car overturned three times and struck a telephone pole injuring him. he had escaped from the DeKalb county work camp with burglar Burt W Reynolds on Sept 22. The Supreme Court today affirmed his conviction on the grounds he fled rather than surrendered within the time limit.
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Atlanta
Frank Dupree
Ed i F. Elder
DeKalb County
Burt W. Reynolds
Lawrenceville
W. P. Grinstead
Dupree
Supreme Court
Coffee County Records One Of Year’s Largest Divorce Lists
Coffee county shows one of the largest lists of divorce cases in the state with 71 couples seeking divorces annulments or alimony at the fall term of court.
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Coffee County
Sorrowed Here By Death Of Dr C A Greer Oglethorpe Mayor
The death of Dr C A Greer 67 mayor of Oglethorpe occurred Thursday night drawing sorrow from Taylor county friends who knew him well He was a Macon county native son practiced medicine in Florida and Guyton before moving to Oglethorpe 41 years ago He served in the Georgia House 1925 27 and Senate 1938 and led Oglethorpe as mayor for 28 years He was active in the Methodist church county physician and life secretary of the Third District Medical Association He is survived by his wife Saleah Simmons of Guyton a brother Judge R L Greer of Oglethorpe a sister Mrs Susie Sutton of Oglethorpe and several nieces and nephews Ministers officiating included Revs A W Quillian S A Doubit John Ziegler W W Whaley and a Rev Shearhouse of Quitman.
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Oglethorpe
House of Representatives
State Senate
Third District Medical Association
Saleah Simmons
Guyton
R. L. Greer
Susie Sutton
Eloise Rice
Athens
T. W. Hollis
Buena Vista
F. G Guerry
Montezuma
Corene Brooks
Albany
Jack Comer
Lake Wales
Fla
Mary Brooks
R. C. Collier Jr
A. W. Quillian
A Doubit
John Ziegler
W. W. Whaley
Shearhouse
Quitman
Fall River Plant Destroyed In Massive Rubber Fire
A huge Massachusetts rubber plant producing defense goods burned, fed by thousands of tons of government-owned crude rubber. The Firestone Rubber Company plant in Fall River was swept by roaring flames, destroying five large buildings and damaging three others. An official loss figure was not available but a local extra pegged damage at about 13 million dollars.
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Fall River
Mass
Firestone Rubber Company
D&Mé
Fall River Tribune-News
Benning Families Secure New Homes in Leesburg
Leesburg Georgia October 13 FSA officials announced options secured on over 2000 acres for families moving from Fort Benning to settle here About 30 families whose land was acquired by the government are expected to settle in Leesburg and begin new homes on the seized plots.
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Leesburg
Ft. Benning
FSA
Two Men Escape Burning Car After Shattering Windshield
In Woodbury Georgia on October 13 Leonard Wallace of Manchester and Buck Taylor of Woodbury escaped a burning overturned vehicle by delivering well placed kicks that shattered the windshield, allowing them to crawl free before flames reached them.
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Woodbury
Leonard Wallace
Manchester
Buck Taylor
Power curtailment to start November 3 in Southeast
Southeastern public service commissioners and power company officials agreed to a Federal Power Commission plan for a curtailment program starting November 3, if rain or pooling does not improve conditions. Nine state commissioners, meeting with FPC Chairman Leland Olds, said water shortage worsens daily and defense industries in the Southeast could suffer without relief.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Public Service
Power Company
Federal Power Commission
Leland Olds
National Defense Industries
Ben T Huiet Seeks Re election Amid Election Interference Charge
Atlanta labor commissioner Ben T Huiet announced he would run again in 1942 for a four year term despite U S Civil Service Commission claims he violated the Hatch Act by soliciting votes for himself during the November 1940 election. He said he would urge every voter to support him.
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Atlanta
Ben T. Huiet
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
Four Die In Two Car Crashes Near Columbus Saturday Night
Two highway wrecks within two miles of the Columbus Macon road late Saturday night and early Sunday morning killed four people and injured five others. Victims included Henry Davis 37 James Davis and Vera Trotter 30 all from nearby towns. Eugene Woods 19 was fatally injured when the car he rode in lost control and crashed near the Kendall Creek bridge. Several hitchhikers and soldiers were treated, with two survivors later at Ft. Benning hospital.
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Columbus
Columbus-Macon
Kendall Creek Bridge
Macon
Henry Lewis Davis
Hogansville
James Davis
LaGrange
Vera Trotter
Thomaston
Dora Brooks
Thomaton
Ft. Benning
Eugene Woods
Co. M
8Th Infantry
Fort Hospital
Eva Woods
Ashburn
Floyd Taylor
Rupert Hamlet
Davis
Harvey Harper
W. F. Jones
82Nd Reconnaissance Battalion
Taylor
Hamlet
Columbus Hospital
Harry Davis
Prominent Talbot County Woman Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Carrie Lou Birdsong Davis 52 of Talbot County died at her Prattsburg home after a brief illness. She is survived by husband Clarence Davis a daughter Mrs Louis Mathew and two grandchildren Edward and Ann Mathews six brothers Ed Birdsong Atlanta Chas Birdsong Birmingham Lam Birdsong Talbot County J C Herbert Birdsong Houston Kan BH B Birdsong Woodland four sisters Mrs H B Kendricks Mrs Frank Greer Mrs Arthur Davis Columbus and Mrs Saraly Todd Murphy N Y Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Corinth Methodist church in Talbot County.
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Talbotton
Charrie Lou Birdsong Davis
Talbot County
Prattsburg
Clarence Davis
Louis
Mathew
Edward
Ann Mathews
Thomaston
Ed Birdsong
Atlanta
Chas
Birdsong
Birmingham
Lam Birdsong
Falbot County
J. C
Herbert Birds
Dan Kleckley Died Thursday in Oglethorpe Prominent Merchant
Dan Kleckley 63 longtime Oglethorpe merchant and town alderman died Thursday at his home after years of ill health. Funeral services were held at the graveside in Oglethorpe Cemetery following his death with burial also at Oglethorpe Cemetery.
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Dan Kleckley
Oglethorpe
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Inter-Les Sed Cair
Tudor
P. Ford
New Times
Tudor Ford
Chevrolet
Oldest Car Company
Taylor County Motor CO
Reynolds, Ga
Florida
General Electric
America
U.S. Army
G-E
U.S
Army
Navy
Signal Corps
General Electric Company
Schenectady, N. Y
Administrator's Sale
Dean Theatre
Rae A
GFA Peanut Association
GFA
McCleskey
Americus, GA
C. A. Greer
Massachusetts
Benning
Carrie Lou Birdsong
W. Gordon Sr
Thomaston, Ga
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