Six Men Arrested In Augusta Meat Embezzlement Case
Six men are held on bond pending federal grand jury action after an FBI inquiry into the disappearance of nearly 5000 pounds of meat dairy and poultry from the Army General Hospital inventory in Augusta. The suspects include A H Mitchell W B Phillips M H Heath J H Bush C W Harter Sr and G W Harter Jr. Bonds set at 2000 each. Some meat was found stored under a counter at the Harter Brothers market.
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Augusta
FBI
Army
Oliver General Hospital
Dr. Brown
Savannah
A. H. Mitchell
W. B. Phillips
M H. Heath
J. H Bush
C. W. Harter Sr
G. W. Harter Jr
Bush
Heath
Mitchell
Phillips
W. C Fleming Brown
Harter Brothers
Ft Valley Baptists to Build Memorial Library in Africa
Ft Valley Baptist church led by Dr. Scott Patterson donates 3000 to establish Lena Duke Jackson Memorial Library near a planned 15 million university in Nigeria. J A Jackson contributed 1000. library aims to supply books and pictures through the Baptist Foreign Mission Board with an annual book subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Valley
Lena Duke Jackson
First Baptist Church
Macon
Nigeria
Patterson
Sears- Roebuck
Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Hoyt Shepherd Freed After Not Guilty Verdict
Phenix City Alabama October 12 Grady Snooks Shepherd in Russell County jail awaiting murder trial while his brother Hoyt Shepherd is acquitted in the slaying of I D Seebern A Circuit Court jury found Hoyt not guilty after three and a half days of testimony Grady is slated for a November special session trial Grady testified that bullets from his gun killed Seebern defense witnesses disputed key prosecution testimony including the star witness Mrs Jeanette Mercer Hoyt did not testify and Grady claimed Seebern attacked him with a knife in Columbus politics before the fatal shooting
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Phenix City
Ala
Grady (Snooks) Shepherd
Russell County
Hoyt Shepherd
I. D. Seebern
Solicitor
A. S. Border
Circuit Court
Grady Shepherd
Columbus
Shepherds
Jeanette Mercer
Leebern
Harold Clarke Named Editor of Army Paper
Harold G Clarke son of Rev J H Clarke of Forsyth is named news editor of the Pacific Stars and Stripes in Tokyo. The position carries master sergeant rank and reflects his rapid rise after basic training at Fort Knox and overseas arrival. He is 19, a Mary Persons High School alumnus and former editor of The Merry Go Round, with early experience at the Monroe Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth
H. G. Clarke
J. H. Clarke
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo
Harold
Fort Knox
Stars and Stripes
Mary Persons High School
Monroe Advertiser
University of Georgia
Talmadge May Leave Hospital In 10 Days
Governor nominee Eugene Talmadge is expected to leave Jacksonville hospital in a week to ten days for a stomach ailment. His son Herman Talmadge said the governor nominee is able to leave now but should rest before returning home near McRae.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Jacksonville
Fla
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
McRae
Former Americus Sculptor E M Viquesney Dies by Suicide
E M Viquesney age 72, creator of The Spirit of the American Doughboy, formerly lived in Americus about 25 years ago and designed monuments for Clark's Monumental Works. He killed himself Oct 4 at his home in Spencer Indiana, reported by AP. He also operated a studio in Atlanta and was well known locally.
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Americus
E. M Viquesney
Lee
Lamar Streets
Spencer
Indiana
Associated Press
Viquesney
Clark
Atlanta
Dr Young to edit Newnan Herald in Georgia
Dr R C S Young professor of philosophy psychology and sociology at the University of Georgia Evening College is named editor of the Newnan Herald. He is a longtime Newnan resident and pastor of four Coweta County churches. The owner E W Thomasson recently purchased the paper from G M MacNabb and the Herald resumes weekly status after being daily for over a year.
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Newnan
R. Cc. S. Young
University of Georgia Evening College
Newnan Herald
Young
Central Baptist Church
Coweta
Macedonia
Raymond
Turion
Sharpsburg
Callaway Mills
Board of Corrections
E. W. Thomasson
G. M. MacNabb
Herald
Negro educator runs for Fulton coroner in race row
Aurelius S. Scott a 45 year old educator with degrees from Ohio State and Kansas University qualified as coroner as A Scott. He accuses white Democrats of pitting Negroes against whites in the November election and refuses to withdraw despite pressure to do so.
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Atlanta
Aurelius S. Scott
Fulton County
A. S. Scott
Ohio State
University of Kansas
Butler Georgia to vote on $30 000 water works bonds
Notice states that on October 22 1946 Butler Georgia voters will decide whether the city may issue 30000 in water works bonds to purchase improve and extend a municipal plant. Bonds dated November 15 1946 mature 1976 with 3 percent interest payable semiannually. Polls open 7 am to 6 pm at Taylor County Court House.
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Butler
Georgia
United States of America
Towi
Taylor County Court House
Lewis Beason
Butler Ice & Storage Company Sold to G C Davis
In Taylor County Georgia the Butler Ice and Storage Company was sold to Mr G C Davis who will operate the business starting today. The undersigned assume payment of all debts incurred up to this date and request continued patronage for Mr Davis. October 15, 1946. Mrs John A Childs, Miss Ida B Childs, Miss Bessie L Childs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Butler Ice & Storage Company
G. C. Davis
Ida Childs
Butler
Davis
John A. Childs
Bessie L. Childs
Land Auction Notice of Mrs. Emily Perry Estate
Administrators announce sale of Lot 78 in the 13th Land District Taylor County Georgia comprising 202.5 acres. The land, estate debts and distribution purpose, will be sold at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in November 1946 for cash to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Court of Ordinary
Emily Perry
G. C. Perry
W. C. Bussey
W. H. Cromer
Emily Perrry
Petition for Divorce in Taylor County Ga 1947
Mrs Vertie Mae Bryan Chapman sues Eugene Chapman in Taylor Superior Court for divorce returnable to the January Term 1947. Defendant not resident of county or state. service by publication ordered. Notice to appear on the first Monday in January 1947 before Judge T Hicks Fort. The clerk is Thelmon Jarrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vertie Mae Bryan Chapman
Eugene Chapman
Taylor Superior Court
T. Hicks Fort
Thelmon Jarrell
Taylor County
Dora W Purvis Seeks Permanent Administration of Weeks Estate
To all whom it may concern Mrs Dora W Purvis has applied for permanent letters of administration on the estate of F M Weeks deceased late of the county. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the clerk’s office within the law's time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness dated October 7 1946. J R Lunsford Ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Dora W. Purvis
F. M. Weeks
Weeks
Dora W. Purvison
Leave to Sell Estate Land in Taylor County Georgia
J B Rodgers and C G Wainwright administrators of Odessa Rodgers deceased apply to the Ordinary for leave to sell estate land to pay debts. Hearing set at the regular November 1946 term of the Taylor County Court of Ordinary on the first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
J. B. Rodgers
C. G. Wainwright
Odessa Rodgers
Court of Ordinary
J. R. Lunsford
Plans Set for Early County Peanut Festival at Blackely
Plans are nearing completion for the second annual peanut festival in Early County to be held on Friday, November 8 at Blackely with community events and local vendors.
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Early County
Blackely
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Africa
Harold Clarke
Army Paper
Self
DR. Young
Fulton
State OF
J.f.cox
J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary
Franklin McCants
Butler, Georgia
Joe Marsh
the Clarion
Mel Bate
Mel
United States Brewers Foundation
Super Speedway
Thomaston, GA
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