Georgia News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Developments
Five Georgians died in weekend auto accidents. American Education Week set for Nov 6 to 12. Fourth set of twins born to a Black Albany woman. Two killed and 34 injured in Southern Railroad Week in North Carolina. Mercer University and Wesleyan College in Macon enrollments exceed 2,000. Muscogee teachers to receive $100 monthly pay hike. IRS files back tax suit against Georgia Klans association. Milledgeville hospital gains Dr. Tom Hall II as senior assistant physician. Truman nominates Andrew J. Kingery for Cochran postmaster. Macon official A O Brown to become Gainesville city manager. Thomaston Chamber elects Charlie Jenkins as president. Lamar Dodd to be profiled in Life magazine. Legion district fall convention in Dawson. Hogs and a bear at H G Morgan’s zoo near Roberta. Ft. Benning to host 75 top industrialists and officials for a two‑day tour. WRED Atlanta to be Negro‑owned radio enterprise. FFA and Georgia Power offer $1,000 in winter grazing contest. Atlanta banker Wm C. Adamson dies at 52. Columbus expo to feature record exhibits Oct 10–15. Georgia Supreme Court upholds re‑registration law. Gov Talmadge urges home product week Oct 9–15. Memorial marker for Albert Caris at Robins Field. Bobby Brown Memorial Park planned on Elbert county peninsula. World War II naval death memorial for Paul Brown’s son.
Judge Carpenter Acquitted in Atlanta Shooting Case
Judge Robert Carpenter is not guilty of shooting John Lockwood after a Fulton County jury deliberated about an hour. The courtroom erupted in applause as Carpenter and his daughter Barbara embraced. Defense lawyer Ellis Barrett praised the jury while Lockwood and his wife left the courthouse.
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Robert Carpenter
John Lockwood
Superior Court
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Fulton Civil Court
Barbara
Virlyn B. Moore
Carpenters
Bob Carpenter
Fulton County
Lockwood
Lookout Tower Construction Begins Near Rupert
Concrete foundations for a new lookout tower are being poured this week after local bids. The Melton Vault Co. won the contract for the lowest bid. Construction will start on the lower structure when steel arrives, with plans to build the towers in house to save funds. Fire equipment is en route, jeeps with water tanks and plow are at Waycross, delivery soon.
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Rupert
Melton Vault Co
Waycross
Butler
Death of Mrs Geo W Culverhouse Mourned by Friends
Funeral services for Mrs Geo W Culverhouse born Minnie Lee Brown were held at Hart's Mortuary chapel and burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery She died at her cousin Mrs Sarah Walton's residence near Lorain at 9 a m Saturday Dr S L Akers officiated and pallbearers included Creigh Taylor Ed Wadley William Walton Herschel Henderson E G Cabiness and W C Bass She was a Martha Bowman Methodist church member born in Prattsburg Georgia and lived near Lorain most of her life
Georgia Towns Named Eligible for New Post Office Buildings
About 48 Georgia cities and towns could receive new post offices under Rep. Andrews plan allowing the Treasury to sell 50 year bonds at 2 1/2 percent interest. Bonds would be repaid by rents from the Post Office Department and other agencies using the buildings.
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Washington
Georgia
Andrews
D-Ala
Treasury Department
Post Offices Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Federal Works Agency
Alma
Augusta
Austell
Avon
205 Reported Dead in Noronic Fire at Toronto Dock
Crowds gathered in Toronto seeking word of friends and relatives feared among 205 dead or missing after the cruise ship Noronic burned at her dock. Of 681 aboard, 117 bodies were laid out in the former exhibition hall morgue, with only 21 identified and 88 still unaccounted for.
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Georgia list of towns across the state
A lengthy enumeration covers many cities and counties including Blue Ridge Bremen Brookhaven Chamblee Chickamauga Clarksville Claxton Clayton Colquitt Cumming Dahlonega Dallas Donalsonville Douglasville Elberton Ellijay Glenville Hazlehurst Hogansville Jefferson LaGrange Lithonia Marietta Metter Milledgeville Nashville Ocilla Perry Porterdale Reidsville Ringgold Royston St Simons Sea Island Smyrna Spartanburg Tallapoosa Tennille Thomasville Trion Union Point Vienna Villa Rica Warm Springs.
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Sea Island
Smyrna
Sparta
Tallapoosa
Tennille
Thomasville
Trion
Union Point
Vienna
Villa Rica
Warm Springs
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Association of Georgia Klans
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Truman
Senate
Andrew J. Kingery
Cochran
Hezzie McWhorter
A. O. Brown
Bibb County
Gainesville
Charlie Jenkins
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Upson County
Lamar Dodd
University of Georgia
Life Magazine
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Taylor County
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WRED
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First National Bank of Atlanta
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Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
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Supreme Court of Georgia
General Assembly
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Albert Caris
Robins Field
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Elbert County
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Broad Rivers
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G. W. Culverhouse
Canada
Woodmen Society
Woodmen
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Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Omaha, Nebraska
Thomas E. Tante
Butler, Georgia
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