Marion Man Held on Robbery Charge in Buena Vista
Otis Barrett of Ft. Perry community Marion County and Rogers, a former Homaston resident, were ordered held without bond on a robbery by force charge. They allegedly held up Sol Smith, a Marion County Black man, at his home taking 110 dollars. Barrett was arrested by Sheriff Henson. Rogers was located by the GBI in Tampa and extradited. Rogers admitted the hold up occurred after the men visited the victim seeking whiskey and money.
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Buena Vista
Otis Bar Ptt
Ft. Perry
Marion County
Buena Vistta
Starling Rogers
Homaston
Sol Smith
Barrett
W. BE
Henson
A. W. Stubbs
Rogers
GBI
Tampa Fla
O'Henson
W. D. White
Justice of the Peace
E. W. Perry
Smith
Schley County Woman Hurt in Motor Crash Near Home
Ellaville Mrs Pearl Guy suffered a broken arm in a traffic accident near the Schley Taylor county line last Saturday. The crash involved a car driven by her son in law Thomas Green and a Premier Dry Cleaners truck driven by James Hall of Americus. Hall pulled from a side road onto the country road directly in the path of Green.
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Ellaville
Pearl Guy
Schley-Taylor
Guy
Thomas Green
James Hall
Americus
Hall
Griffin scoffs at delay in Georgia voting law take effect
Lt Gov Marvin Griffin rejects postponing the new voting law set to take effect January 1 1950. He favors full legislative action in 1950 and proposes a biennial voter registration fee. Griffin also criticizes delaying tax revision and calls for a full airing of bootlegging issues in the upcoming session.
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Bainbridge
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Frank Twitty
George Smith
Herman Talmadge
Muscogee Board of Regents
Griffin
B. E. Thrasher Jr
State
General Assembly
Friendship Baptist Association convenes 91st session at Whitewater Church
The 91st annual session of the Friendship Baptist Association with 31 churches met at Whitewater Church near Oglethorpe over yesterday and today. Rev. Eugene Dailey, pastor of the Ellaville and Butler Baptist churches, delivered the introductory sermon.
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Friendship Baptist Association
Sumter
Whitewater Church
Oglethorpe
Eugene Dailey
Ellaville
Butler
Dan Bullard III Named State News Editor at Macon News
Dan Bullard III, formerly with the Macon Telegraph, has been appointed state news editor for the Macon News. He brings decades of reporting experience and will oversee statewide coverage.
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Dan Bullard III
Macon Telegraph
Macon News
Stage Set For Georgia Citizens Sixth Conference
Georgia Citizens Council announces its sixth annual Citizens Conference to be held October 26 27 and 28 at the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia. Gov Herman Talmadge and other prominent figures will speak on topics from taxation to recreation and youth programs.
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Atlanta
The
Georgia Citizens Council
University of Georgia
Egon Schwelb
United Nations Secretariat
Arthur Morgan
TVA
Gertrude Wilson
University of Pittsburgh
Herman Talmadge
M. A. Glasser
Washington
White House
G. O. Romney
West Virginia University
School of Physical Education
Victor Shaw
National Advisory Committee
R C Peacock Co Demonstrates Spreaders At Farm Event
The R C Peacock Spreader Co announces a one day farm demonstration on November 2 at veteran Jack Abels farm between Manchester and Warm Springs. Three spreaders and trucks will fertilize about 60 acres at 1000 pounds per acre. The Meriwether Veterans Farm Class and Manchester Chamber of Commerce organize the event.
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R. C. Peacock Spreader Co
Jack Abel
Manchester
Warm Springs
Meriwether Veterans Farm
Death of 68-year-old Fay found in Americus car
The body of Thomas J. Fay, 68, was discovered Tuesday slumped in his automobile at Americus. Investigators report death by asphyxiation as the cause.
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Thomas J. Fay
Americus
Sardis M E Church Near Atlanta Marks 137th Year
Sardis M E Church near Atlanta celebrated 137 years of service with a Homecoming Day. Dignitaries Bishop Arthur J. Moore and Dr. J. W. Veatch attended as the congregation honored founders who built the first Sardis log cabin in 1812 and gathered for a church basket dinner after morning services.
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Atlanta
William Henderson
Sardis Methodist Church
Powers Ferry Rd
N.W
Artingtons
Bryants
Morrises
Tomlins
Nomination of Woman For President Urged
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine urged the Republican party to nominate a woman for president or vice president in 1952. She argued a woman candidate could win the White House and would run the government on a strict budget. She also commented on drafting women for the armed services only in wartime.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Republican Party
White House
Husband kills preacher and self in love theft
Columbus deputies report Bruce Rose 41 shot and killed Frank Carson 63 a self styled minister during a telephone conversation with Rose s estranged wife He then loaded a shotgun and killed himself He said he shot Carson because he stole his wife and children
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Columbus
Ohio
Bruce Rose
Frank Carson
Carson
Rose
W. G. Kreder
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Schley County
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Peera Eitt
General Electric Space Maker
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Pontiac
R. C. Peacock Co
Sardis M. E. Church
Union Bag
J. Weddell
School of Forestry
Edgar F. Tatum
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