Cairo Public Service Directory Snippet
Local directory fragment lists emergency and city services with short phone numbers for the Fire Department Light Plant Hospital Sheriff's Office Post Office and City Hall. Details are partial and unlabeled.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1938
Page
2
Local directory fragment lists emergency and city services with short phone numbers for the Fire Department Light Plant Hospital Sheriff's Office Post Office and City Hall. Details are partial and unlabeled.
Cairo Georgia June 4 funeral services were held Thursday at Pisgah Church for William Jefferson Knight canlı Cairo resident died Wednesday at his sister Wishie Lawrences home in Whigham He was at Decatur county born January 5 1886 to Hale Knight and his wife He married Vera Jones May 20 1922 and was a member of the Cairo Baptist Church He is survived by his wife three sisters I L Harrell Titusville Florida and two others Tishie Lawrence Whigham Florida and Sarasota Florida with funeral arrangements by Oliver Funeral Home.
One of the world's largest ob boats, the Homestake, is to have a new operating shaft. It remains to be seen how this development will affect existing operations and future plans for the vessel.
The Cairo churches outline a Sunday schedule with 9 a m Sunday School 11 a m Morning worship and a sermon titled Seasons of Solitude Pioneer meeting at 6 45 p m Young People's Vesper 7 30 p m Evening service The Wednesday mid week service is listed with details and the pastor is noted.
Baptist services start Sunday morning and continue for one week with special services each day except Monday. Dr Frederick S. Porter of the First Baptist Church Coburn will be guest preacher. He arrives Monday afternoon and will preach Monday night. Music by an adult choir. Sunday School at 4 5 ton. Teachers and officers seek large attendance. A cordial invitation to Methodist and Presbyterian friends and the public.
Manager Fay N. Bjorge announced that all costs total 2,500,000 dollars to replace the old shaft Ellison in use for years.
Many residents plan travel and visits as summer terms end. Mr and Mrs Fondren Mitchell head to Jacksonville Beach for the weekend. Several relatives and friends, including Miss Louise Pittman and Miss Edith Grace Wildman, prepare trips or attend commencements at Duke University and other eastern points. A baby boy joined the McKinnon family in Cairo, with grandparents listed in Camilla and Boston.
The Senate and House reached a 60 to 10 vote on a stalled budget package with a large gap between chambers. The Senate pushed significant increases for WPA funding, farm payments, slum clearance loans, and rural electrification costs while limiting agency duration to March 1. A joint committee faced pressure to compromise amid earmarking battles and stalled amendments.
Quito reports the Ecuadorian cabinet of army officers resigned after a protest to Peru over a frontier clash that left one Ecuadorian soldier dead and another wounded. General Atberto Parques aims to form a new government, with ministers to stay on until a new cabinet is named. Peru says its forces did not attack Ecuador and reports five Ecuadorian soldiers were arrested for entering Peruvian territory.
Neely said Georgia Florida and West Virginia would benefit because their constitutions prohibit issuing state bonds. The senate killed his amendment without a record vote.
Princeton investigators pursued leads as Rayburn, Braxton’s son in law, and a Redlands youth tied to James B. Cash Sr. were linked to the $10,000 ransom drama. Federal agents joined state police in Indiana chasing sightings of a boy resembling James Bailey Cash Jr. Seminole spokesman Cypress says the boy is not in the Everglades and criticizes white men for moving him little.
Washington reports that farmers, except perhaps winter wheat growers, will not receive the 212 million dollars allotted for farm benefits until next year. Senator Russell noted the funds may not be paid at all depending on whether crop prices reach parity during the first five months of the marketing seasons. The measure aims to raise farmer income to 75 percent of parity, contingent on honoring 1939 acreage allotments under the new program.
State police pulled back road blockades in northwestern Indiana after a nationwide hunt for James B. Cash Jr. abducted five year old son of a Princeton filling station owner. The FBI and other officials traced a report of the boy seen with a "dark complexion" stranger.
Willard Campbell says federal agents used a lie detector on him and others tied to the James Bailey Cash Jr kidnapping. He was released after two days in custody and alleges he could not contact an attorney. Names include John Campbell M F Braxton Pedro Braxton Rayburn and Braxton's son-in-law.
Cuthbert Ga June 4 A motion for a second change of venue in the W I Geer murder case was denied before Judge Charles Worrill. Geer the Colquitt attorney faces execution after a prior reversal by the Georgia Supreme Court and a new trial ruling. He has been jailed in Dougherty county since the killing of his secretary Mrs Charlie Mae Houston January 38 1936.
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