Local Agencies Respond To Fire Department Alarm
In Cairo the Police and Fire Department were dispatched along with the Light Plant and 65 hospital units. The Sheriff's Office 290 Post Office City Hall and Enterprise Distributor 134 303 are listed in the incident record as responding to the event involving Jimmie Strange.
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Fire Department
Sheriff’s Office
Post Office City Hall
Jimmie Strange
Times
Sheriff's Office
State Patrol
Cairo Churches Schedule and Substituted Preacher Notes
The Methodist church led by William McTier lists services at 10:30 a.m. Bible school, 7:32 p.m. worship, Epworth League at 6:45 p.m. Midweek service Wednesday 7:30 p.m. First Baptist, Wilburn Smith pastor announces 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. B T U, 7:30 p.m. worship, with Rev Claude E Stinson of Dublin preaching while Pastor Wilburn S Smith attends the Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore. W. & Smith preach 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays with 9:45 a.m. Sunday School.
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William &. McTier
Schoo
Epworth League
First Baptist Wilburn
Smith
Wilburn S. Smith
Southern Baptist Convention
Baltimore
Claude E. Stinson
Dublin
Cairo Personalities and Summer Visits Highlight Local Scene
Miss Leila Cooksey of Lloyd Florida guests in Cairo with sister Mrs T J Whitfield as area residents plan summer activities. Several locals enroll in G S C W Milledgeville and UNC Chapel Hill programs while others visit relatives in Georgia and nearby states. The column notes travelers including Joe Jones in Washington and Vera Anderson of Troy accompanying Freddie Lou Purcell to Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Leila Cooksey
Lioyd
Fla
T. J. Whitfield
Carolyn Blanton
Valdosta
Evelyn Vanlandingham
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Pearl Belcher
Virginia Reynolds
Augusta Wight
Jane Dorsey
Milledgeville
Jane Spears
Deeran
Mary Spears
Bob Wight
Washington, D. C
J. B. Wight
J. A. Godwin
Carolyn
Newbern
S. C
Godwin
W. A. Gandy
W. H. Dyer
Douglas
Howard Thrower
Inez Drew
Thomasville
Ira Carisle
Joseph M. Jones
W. C. Jones
Freddie Lou Purcell
J .W. Crapps
Atlanta
Vera ‘Anderson
Troy
Ala
John Powell II
Hood
Jackson
Miss
Local Guests Travel and Education Notes
Mrs John Linsey of Griffin is visiting in Vicksburg with her sister Mrs Homer Allen for several weeks. Miss Jeanette Lee travels to Statesboro for summer study at Georgian Teachers College. Rev Wilburn S Smith of First Baptist attends the Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore. G Maynard Smith and Bascom Belcher depart for Indianapolis to attend the International Kiwanis Convention for about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
John Linsey
Griffin
Homer Allen
Jeanette Lee
Statesboro
Georgian Teachers’ College
Wilburn S. Smith
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Baltimore
G. Maynard Smith
Georgia
Bascom Belcher
Indianapolis
Minn
Cairo Masons Host Thomas County Masonic Convention
Cairo Lodge No. 299 hosted a meeting of the Thomas County Masonic Convention with over 100 Masons from Thomas Grady and visitors from Decatur counties. The degree team from Orion Lodge Bainbridge conferred Entered Apprentice degrees as officers were elected for the coming year and a fish fry followed at Davis Park.
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Cairo
Cairo Lodge No
Thomas County
Thomas
Grady
Decatur
Orion Lodge
Bainbridge
R. L. Guy
Masonic Lodge
Davis Park
Italian Consular Officials Under Scrutiny in U S
Secretary Hull disclosed the U S government is probing reports about Italian consular officials in the United States. He said agencies were examining the matter and declined to identify which bodies were conducting the inquiry or comment on its scope. The Italian embassy defended the officials as strictly limited to legal consular duties.
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Washington
Hull
United States
State Department
Ascania Colonna
Church Schedule Highlights for Pastor Mack Anthony
The schedule lists services and meetings led by Pastor Mack Anthony. Sunday includes Church School at 10 00 a m and Morning worship at 11 15 a m with a sermon titled A Fathers Reward. Evening services feature One Road to Happiness at 8 00 p m and a Young Peoples Meeting at 7 30 p m. Additional events include Monday W M Circle at 4 00 p m and Wednesday Midweek Service at 8 00 p m.
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Mack Anthony
St Thomas Episcopal Church Service Details
The church notes a June 16 1940 service at St Thomas Episcopal Church with Rev George W Shirley rector and Mrs Harris Jefferson organist. Schedule includes 8:00 a m Holy Communion 10:00 a m Church School and 11:00 a m Morning Prayer and Sermon.
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George W. Shirley
Harris Jefferson
First Baptist Church Warms Sunday Services Schedule
Miss Evelyn Lewry heads education as 10:00 a.m. Sunday School with M. H. Goodwin supervising. Classes include Baraca led by J. B. Franklin, Young Men’s Bible class by Mrs. Fritz Roberts, Junior Baraca by J. K. Harper. Worship at 11:10 a.m. on "God's Plan of the Ages." Evening union at 7:00 p.m. with "G. T. Zeigler" directing. Evangelistic service at 8:30 p.m. on "Man's Worst Sin."
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First Baptist Church
T. BF
Baptist Training Union
J. B. Franklin
First Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Richard T. Gillespie leads morning worship at 11 00 with Sunday church school at 10 00 overseen by W F MacIntyre. Evening services at 8 00 followed by Young Peoples Vespers at 7 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Gillespie
W. F. MacIntyre
Young Peoples
Church Service Schedule for Bruce B Hall Parish
Bruce B Hall pastor leads Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning Worship at 10 59 a m Senior N Y P 5 at 7 15 p m Evangeliatic Service at 8 00 p m and Mid Week Prayer Service on Wednesday at 8 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Wnazarene
Bruce B. Hall
N. Y
Sunday services and reading room details at local church
Sunday worship begins at 11 a.m. in the church on Dawson and Washington streets with the topic God the Preserver of Man. Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. and a Wednesday evening testimony meeting is at seven. The Reading Room at 11344 South Broad Street Room 4 Frings Block offers Bible and Christian Science literature weekdays from to a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Dawson
Washington Streets
South Broad Street
Frings Block
Primitive Baptist Church services and schedule
J H Chapman pastor leads Bible Days Sundays at 10. Gallery listing shows BL preaching on the third Sunday and Friday night plus the Saturday before. Services Friday 7 30 p m Saturday 11 am Sunday 11 am and 7 30 p m in Ty ga.
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Primitive Baptist Church
J. HW. Chapman
Second Baptist Church Revival Services Announced
Rev I A Bone leads Bible School at 10:00 a m and a sermon The Making of Disciples at 11:00 a m A long service in charge of Mr J H Harris Jr at 8 10 p m followed by Sermon No More Curse at 8 30 p m Revival continues next week with services scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
J. H. Harris, Jr
Meigs Church School Sees Strong Attendance in Revival Week
Meigs Georgia reports joint Church School sessions by Methodist and Baptist congregations at 10:30 a.m. Revival meetings at the Baptist church run this week with Rev. J. G. Garrison leading and Willan F. Parrish directing song services. Crowds attend regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metes
Baptist Church
J. G. Garrison
Willan F. Parrish
Thomasville
Italian liner Conte Bisaramano held in canal zone
Balboa Panama Canal Zone June 15 The liner Conte Bisaramano in refuge since Italy entered the war has been seized by a United States marshal in an admiralty libel suit brought by the Asiatic Petroleum Corporation against the Italian line.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Italy
United States
Asiatic Petroleum Corporation
Subversion Inquiry Faces Broad Scope Mentioned by Secretary
The secretary said examining subversive activities could expand to include the FBI and the Dies Committee, noting such a wide field would cover extensive territory beyond the immediate scope. He avoided confirming investigations of German consulates, citing the breadth of potential inquiries.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dies Committee
Market mixed as war stocks rally with French demand concerns
NY trading showed a tentative recovery in steels and related issues but many shares failed to sustain gains. Gains reached 1 to 3 percent at times with nervous trading early and profit taking later. Foreign war news and fears of a separate peace weighed on sentiment while defense spending buoyed some names. Leading issues included U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Crucial Steel Chrysler Sears Roebuck Dow Chemical Westinghouse Johns Manville Eastman Kodak International Paper & Power preferred Baldwin Locomotive Kennecott American Smelting Consolidated Edison Santa Fe Boeing Douglas United Aircraft Sperry lagged on new order fears from France.
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New York
Traunsfers
Brllish
France
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Crucial Steel
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Dow Chemical
Westinghouse
Johns-Manville
Sastern Kodak
International Paper & Power Preferred
Loft
American Car & Fug
Baldwin Locomotive
Kennecott
American Smelting
Consolidated--Edison-and-Santa Fe
J. Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Sperry
Chicago Butter and Eggs Prices Steady on June 15
Market report from Chicago shows butter at 1,134,667 pounds and eggs at 27,520 cases, both unchanged and steady for the day June 15. No further shifts reported in the price board.
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Chicago
Sugar market paused as New York closes ahead of summer
New York trading suspended through summer while U S government bonds and grains show mixed settles. Cottonseed oil bids drift lower in New York and New Orleans markets. Potatoes and local notes appear with agricultural items and a community meeting wrapping up with songs and special music.
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NEW York Sugar
New York
New Orleans
Markets at a Glance and Currency Movements
Markets summary notes New York stocks firm as steels recover while bonds rise. Italian bonds surge and foreign exchange unsettled with the franc unquoted. Cotton firm with local support, sugar markets closed Saturdays, metals quiet with tight copper, wool tors lower by Wellington commission. Chicago wheat higher, corn lower, cattle steady, hogs steady.
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New York
Stoces
Loual Supe
Commission
Chicago
Cattle Prices Slip in Southeastern Week Trade
Southeastern cattle markets through the early week showed light activity and cheaper tendencies as midweek approached. Most sales involved grassy kinds with common and cutter grades dominating, including yearlings at 3.50 to 6.25 dollars and cows around 3.00 to 4.50 dollars, with occasional higher results for better bred stock.
Chicago Livestock Market Report June 15
Salable hogs 2,800 with good and choice quality. market steady with top around 5.25. Holdovers 600. barrows and gilts 10 to 15 lower. sows steady to 10 off. Cattle 400 with calves 1,090. steers and yearlings steady to 25 lower. medium to good down 25. common kinds 25–40 lower. fed steers mostly 8.50–10.25 with top 11.25 for strictly choice light steers. primes 12.25. 1,351 lb average 11.00. 963 lb yearlings 10.75. heifers 9.85 down 25. cows 20–40 down. bulls weak. vealers strong to 50 higher. grassy steers and cows in crop. cutter cows 6.00 down. canners 4.00–5.00. sausage bulls 7.25 down.
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Chicago Livestock Chicagyu
Giles Lo
Packer Hog Markets Southeast Georgia Area Report
Thomasville Ga June 15 U S Dept of Agric Combined hog receipts at Southeastern Packing Planta across several Georgia locations plus Dothan and Jacksonville totals 1121 head. Trade slow due to local hog scarcity with prices steady to 25 cents lower than last week. Composite soft hog quotations list various weights and classes with cents per pound ranges.
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Southeastern
Thomasville
U. S. Dept. of Agric
Southeastern Packing Planta
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Cotton futures rise across New York and New Orleans markets
New York and New Orleans cotton futures climbed as buyers extended near term positions amid strong textile signals and firmer securities. Trading showed active hedging and limited offerings, with mixed results across contracts and a steady to higher close in New Orleans spot and Memphis cottonseed meal futures.
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New York
Wall Street
Washington
House-Senate
U S Manhattan May Go to Europe for War Refugees
Galway reports the Manhattan is expected to sail to Europe within twelve days to repatriate about 4 000 American citizens who fled Paris. The ship sits in New York with a skeleton crew after docking Monday with over 1 800 war refugees.
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U.S. Manhattan
Europe
Galway
Ireland
U.S
Washington
New York
Manhattan
Paris
United States Lines
Italy
Ex-convict arrested for stolen radio and fan in Oklahoma City
Deputy sheriffs in Oklahoma City arrest a 24 year old ex convict after finding a radio and electric fan in his possession. He admits the items were taken from a truck parked nearby.
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Oklahoma City
Loot Not Proved Property In Traveling Show Scuffle
Deputies could not file charges after a traveling show incident because they could not prove the seized items were anyone's property. The prisoner denied ownership and no reports of theft were filed, leaving authorities unable to establish a theft claim.
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Thomasville Ice & Mfg. Co
Second Baptist
Cairo Masons
Thomas County Group
ST. Thomas Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
Second Baptist Church
I. A. Bone
Meigs
Meigs Church School
Victor Eubank
Allied Stores
Tetarerene Allis
Smelt & Kef
Anaconda Itbeeas
Atch T & Ef
Atul Coast Line
Atl Refining
Atlas Corp
Bendix
Avia Tum
Beth Steel
Ohio
Coca Cola
iCol
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dair
Nat Distillers
Amer Aviat
Packar Paramounts
Penny Penn RR
Pullman
Awae
Reynolds
Seaboard Air
Socony Vac
Stand Brands Ltd
Swift & Co
Texas Corp
U S Steel
Warner Bros At
Wesson Oil Union
Western M
West BL & Whkewe
Woolworth
Moultrie Hog
Moultrie .Ga
U. S. Government Bonds
U.S. G
Levsary
Sas
Mites
Bigs
HOLC
NEW York Cottonseed
U. S. Dept
North Carolina
Alabama
T. S
Jjune
Jersey
Packer Hog Markets
Memphis
Tenn
W. Lewis Wilson Certified Public Accountant
Time Enterprise
Calif
Troy Johnson
N. Broad
Don’s
Good Town
Quincy, Fla
Times-Enterprise
SALX
Valdosta, Ga
Call 400
Friariders
Nieuport
Belgium
Dunkerque
Ostend
U. S
United States Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Isael Young ‘Hoey
Clyde Hoey
Janet
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