Missing Bride of Ohio Marine Veteran Believed Alive
Atlanta police suspect Evelyn Cornish of Tulsa is alive after crumpled notes imply possible self harm. Detectives say she was seen near a rooming house and a dry cleaners earlier, while in Cleveland Marine veteran William Globaker identifies her as his wife of six weeks. A torn marriage license and a note reading I am afraid to die but more afraid to live were found at the Atlanta lodging.
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Atlanta
J. E. Helms
W. M. Holland
Evelyn Cornish
Tulsa
Okla
Athens
Cleveland
William F. Globaker
Euclid City
Globaker
Chicago
Friendship Baptists hold 88th annual session at Leslie Church
The Friendship Baptists Association opened its 88th annual two day meeting at Leslie Baptist Church with Vice-Moderator M. F. Reeves presiding for Moderator R. L. Bivins. The association comprises 32 churches and more than 5,000 members.
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Friendship Baptists Association
Leslie Baptist Church
M. F. Reeves
R. L. Bivins
Hitch-Hike Slayer Died In Electric Chair At Tattnall
Walter Hillman Yearwood a 23 year old ex sailor was executed in Tattnall prison electric chair for the hitchhike slaying of an Atlanta salesman H W Williamson. A last minute stay was denied by Governor Arnall despite pleas from Yearwood's lawyer and a Baptist preacher who said Yearwood would testify against a companion. Yearwood had earlier lost appeals to the Georgia Supreme Court and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles on insanity grounds.
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Reidsville
Walter Hillman Yearwood
Tattnall
Atlanta
Arnall
Yearwood
Vane Hawkins
Athens
H. W. Williamson
New York
Georgia Supreme Court
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Probation After Death Theme in Christian Science Lesson
The Lesson Sermon for next Sunday explores probation after death with citations from James and Cor known as the Golden Text. It includes passages from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy noting mortals awaken after sleep and the need for probation and growth.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Shortage of Envelopes Delays Veterans Terminal Pay
Washington reports a delay in distributing 2.7 billion dollars in terminal leave pay to veterans due to a shortage of envelopes. General W. W. Katson, Army chief of finance, said proper sized envelopes are unlikely to be available until next month for mailing the five year Treasury bonds that constitute most payments.
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Washington
W. W. Katson
Army
Treasury
Bowen Named Mayor in Americus City Primary
Fred P. Bowen was announced for the office of mayor after a city primary where veterans backed Bowen and two other aldermen nominees. Bowen won 623 votes, O. C. Johnson 421, Julian Suggs Sr. 135. Four candidates ran for three alderman seats. winners were P. R. Bynum 1,012 votes T. C. Tillman Jr. 871 and George Teaford 787, with C. L. Keefer losing. A straw poll on a city manager form passed 733 to 205. Voter turnout totaled 1,118 of 2,300 registered.
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Fred P. Bowen
Americus
Americas
Bowen
O. C. Johnson
Julian Suggs Sr
Veterans
a_ Citizens Progressive League
P. R. Bynum
T. C. Tillman Jr
George Teaford
C. L. Keefer
Veterans’ Group
Bynum Tillman
Keefer
Montezuma Dentist R H Saunders Dies in Alabama
Dr. R H Saunders 80 of Montezuma Georgia died in Birmingham Alabama after a brief illness. A former lieutenant governor of Kiwanis International Third District and longtime Kiwanis member, he served as steward and Sunday School superintendent at Montezuma First Methodist Church. Survived by widow two daughters a son a brother seven sisters.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. H. Saunders
Montezuma
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Club
First Methodist Church
Ben C. Cliff
Griffin
Henry Fisher
San Francisco
Cal
S. I. Saunders
Coleman
J. L. Carter
Winchester
Tenn
C. Haddock
Americus
E.V. Baughn
Colquitt
Valuable Saddle Horse Strays From Ft Benning After Rider Thrown
Columbus reports a 10 year old chestnut gelding named Peach, valued as a top military mount, disappeared from Ft Benning after throwing its rider Saturday. Despite air and mounted searches, Peach remains missing, last seen eating grass near the post cemetery at 2 am Sunday. The horse bears 5M23 on the neck, stands 14 hands, with a short mane and an English saddle, and authorities stress the seriousness of guarding U S government property.
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Columbus
Ft. Benning
Post
Peach
Fort Benning
U. S
County ordinaries accept ruling on write in eastern circuit
In Atlanta on October 19 Georgia county officials agreed to follow an attorney general's opinion that voters may choose an eastern circuit solicitor by write in. Chatham County has no certified candidates for the office, so none will appear on the ballot. Columbus Alexander of Savannah was nominated, with a resolution to exclude any public official not certifying party candidates.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Secretary of State
Chatham County
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Octagon
Christian Science
Carsonville
Butler
Macon
Taylor County
M. T. Gaultney, JR
Alabama
Cook
BABY
Franklin McCants
Butler, Georgia
Sale
W. C. Casey
Panhandle
America
Idustry
American Iron and Steel Institute
Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y
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