Death of Elizabeth Alderman Stuns Pavo Community
Elizabeth Alderman 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Alderman, died Friday from appendicitis after emergency surgery. Born January 14, 1918, she was a Pavo High School junior admired for Christian character. Funeral at Pavo Baptist Church followed by interment in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Alderman
H. J. Alderman
Barwick
Elizabeth
Pave
Afmii Rer
Ben
Sherman
Pavo Baptist Church
W. J. Chisholm
Lakeland, Gé
H. P. Davis
J. D. Davis
Pavo High School
Messrs
R. L. Braddy
B. O. Wood
D. Q. Dallas
B. C. Reese
Board Of.education
Pittsburgh Steel Workers Plan March on Washington
Plans for a march on Washington by steel workers demanding union recognition were announced today by the head of the rank and file of workers. The march is set to begin tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Thirty Young Women Cucumber Packers Strike in Georgia
About thirty cucumber graders in Reidsville Georgia strike for higher pay. They face threats over replacements after being paid two cents a basket and demand four cents. A New York buyer rejected about 75 percent of the crop, and the workers say they should be paid for rejected stock since they handled it.
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Georgia
Reidsville
New York
Elmore Given Five Years For Robbing Arsenal At Athens
Frank Elmore pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing the United States arsenal at the University of Georgia last year and was sentenced to five years. He is already serving five to ten years on a Laurens county bank robbery conviction, with the federal term to be served if the bank sentence is not completed. Four others were convicted in the arsenal robbery and are serving terms.
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Atkhns
United States
University of Georgia
Frank Elmore
Laurens County
Elmore
Georgian farmer held after killing farm hand and wounding wife
Paul Cowart of Donalsonville Georgia surrendered to Sheriff C E Barefield and was held for a preliminary hearing after a coroner's jury ruled Bud Peters 19 died from Cowart firearm wounds and Mrs Cowart 32 was critically wounded with three bullets. Peters room at the Cowart farm house was the scene.
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Donalsonville
Paul Cowart
Bud Peters
Cowart
C. E. Barefield
Peters
Britain Will Not Pay War Debt Yields to Roosevelt Bar
London reported that Neville Chamberlain stated Great Britain would not make any payment on its war debt to America. He said a token payment would have been made if Roosevelt could guarantee Britain would not be labeled a defaulter.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
House of Commons
Great Britain
America
Roosevelt
Thomas County Masons to Meet in Thomasville
Thomasville hosts the Thomas County Masonic Convention on June 1 with delegates from all county lodges. Rev. J. S. Cook will speak, officers will be elected, and a large audience is expected at 8:30 to 10:45 pm with refreshments to follow. Master Masons in good standing are invited.
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Thomas County
Masons
Thomasville
Thomasvill
J. S. Cook
Thomasville Methodist Church
P. W. Reddick
W. M
E. N. Bond
S. W
T. K. Vann
J. W
C. H. Everett
Sec.Treas
J. F. Singletary
S. D
H. L. Watkins
J. D
C. C. Wurst
A. D. Greene
J. S
J. G. Garrison
S. C. Hjort
D. A. Lastinger
Thomasville Lodge
Parke Davis Dead Football Pioneer and Coach
Easton Pa Parke Davis 62 longtime football pioneer coach and nationally known statistician died at his home His career spanned coaching and statistical work for the sport with national recognition
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Easton
Parke Davis
Youth Forced to Drive Car in Own Kidnapping
Scottsburg Indiana took witness to a startling kidnapping as 13 year old Alan Shields was abducted by a man tied to a trio of Indiana bandits. The suspect forced Shields to drive off in a car, fleeing through the southern region while deputies pursued. A deputy sheriff was hidden and a policeman fell during the pursuit.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Alan Shields
Indiana
Shield
Paralysis Epidemic Threatens Closing Local Schools
In Los Angeles County officials weighed school closures as an epidemic nears, with 38 new cases in the last 24 hours and Ontario schools already shut a week early. The June totals reach 86 for four days, 264 since May 1.
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Los Angeles
Pos
Ontario
Here
Crowds Rally Over Relief Delays at South Carolina Capitol
Nearly 560 people city state capital gathered on the steps in an orderly protest against red taped relief and alleged inefficiency. Spokesmen warned of starvation while targeting the federal emergency relief program and local administration for displacements from the CWA program ahead of a mass meeting at Richland county court house to plan further action for relief employment.
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Columbia
8. C
State Capitol
Emergency Relief Administration
CWA
Richland County Court House
157 Year Old Abbot Buried Alive in India at His Request
Pilgrims in Simla report that a temple abbot near Bareilly, aged 157, asked to be buried alive to end life’s usefulness. He lay in a grave as followers performed rites and covered him with earth, ending more than five decades at the temple.
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India
Simla
Bareilly
Let us do your Job Printing.
Pavo weekly News office advertises job printing services for local patrons offering printing of newspapers, posters, and other documents.
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Pavo
Governor James Rolph Jr. Laid To Rest In San Francisco
Gov. James Rolph Jr. is laid to final rest in San Francisco after private services at his home. A 19 gun salute at the Presidio marks the tribute, with dignitaries at a city hall service and Herbert Hoover among mourners. Thousands braved rain lining sidewalks for the farewell. An elderly woman from Los Angeles recalls the governor as the kindest man she knew.
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San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
California
J. Wilston Ord
Little Episcopal Church of the Holy Innocence
Govenor
Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery
San Francisco Presidio
Herbert Hoover
Rolph
Boise Lavender
State Building
Los Angeles
Card of Thanks for Elizabeth Alderman
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Alderman and Mary Alderman thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and after the death of Elizabeth Alderman. They appreciate flowers and prayers and bless all who offered support.
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Elizabeth Alderman
H. J. Alderman
Mary Alderman
Tennessee Prisoners Surrender After Defying Guards
Three long term prisoners surrendered after two disarmed a guard and the third barricaded himself in the east wing of the Tennessee penitentiary. Identified as Carl Pentecost Lonnie Taylor and J Raines the men resisted for over seven hours before surrendering. Taylor had aided in a prior prison break and received a lengthy sentence for the slaying of a prison trusty.
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Nashville, Tenn
State Penitentiary
Carl Pentecost
Lonnie Taylor
J. Raines
Taylor
Dr William Dorminy Dies at 63
Dr William Dorminy a longtime county official since 1918 died last night after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in Fitzgerald and he was 63 years old.
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William Dorminy
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Tennessee
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