Red Cross War Relief Fund Near $2000 in Thomas County
Local notes report the Red Cross war relief fund for Thomas County is close to the $2000 mark toward a planned $5000. Contributions listed include Boston $55, Metcalfe $45, Pavo $17.50, Ochlocknee $27.25, and a special First Baptist collection of $62.247. The Kiroy Club plans a meal-for-fund effort, and many urge remaining residents to contribute promptly.
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Thomas County
National Red Cross Fund
Boston
A. G. Robinson
R. P. Stanaland
J. Gorham Garrison
First Baptist Church of
Thomasville
Red Cross
Fred Scott
Kiroy Boys
Kiroy Club
W. M. U Rally Postponed to June 26
The W. M. U Rally scheduled for June 19 has been postponed to Wednesday June 26. Officials hope a strong delegation will attend on that date.
Prayer service leads Thomasville district official to Methodist church
Rev W M Haywood superintendent of the Thomasville district will conduct a mid week prayer service at the Methodist church Wednesday evening at 7:00 o clock.
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W. M. Haywood
Thomasville
Auburn graduate Lennon heads U.S. Department of Agriculture post
Thomas W. Lennon Jr., Auburn graduate, has accepted a position in Atlanta with the United States Department of Agriculture in the Bureau of Animal Husbandry. He is the son of Mr and Mrs T L Lennon of this city.
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Thomas W. Lennon, Jr
Auburn
Agriculture Dept
Atlanta
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
T. L. Lennon
How Did It Happen by N Y B
A column on war terms and diplomacy cites France Germany and the United States Spain and Japan as involved in postwar settlements and mentions an upcoming Fourth of July tournament at Glen Arven plus a Waycross Bears baseball setback and a Board of Education decision banning cars on athletic fields to protect the facility and players.
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United States
Spain
France
Germany
Petain
Japan
Glen Arven
Board of Education
Miss Fay Sparks Weds Robert Clinkscales in Thomasville
Miss Fay Virginia Sparks of Thomasville wed Robert Marshall Clinkscales of the city on Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Richard T. Gillespie officiated as guests from Thomasville and nearby cities attended. the couple will reside at the Dawes Apartments after June 23.
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Fay Virginia Sparks
Thomasville
George D. Stout
Tallahassee
Fla
Robert Marshall Clinkscales
First Presbyterian Church
Richard T. Gillespie
Mary Harris
Johanna Hill
Floyd McRae
Atlanta
Lawrence Clinkscales
Emmett Barlow
James Haddock
Emmet Mitchell, Jr
Joe Bentley
Florida
Dawes Apartments
East Jackson Street
E. T. Kitchens
Gordon Avenue
Clinkscales
C. B. Clinkscales
The
Pillsbury Flour Company
Union Temperance Service to Be Held Sunday Night
Dr Atticus Webb will speak at a Thom asville Methodist church meeting Sunday night uniting congregations from several churches. Webb, a national temperance figure, led the Anti Saloon League of Texas for twenty years and served on the National Council for Prohibition.
Piney Woods Lodge Plans Regular Meeting Tonight
Piney Woods Lodge No 0% B holds a regular meeting at 8:00 PM in the hall on South Broad Street. All members are urged to attend. A. C. Walden, N. G and Roland Durant, Rec. Secty.
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Piney Woods Lodge
South Broad Street
Criminal cases disposed at City Court in Thomasville
Yesterday at the City Court of Thomasville many criminal cases were disposed of. Bill Colvin was convicted of possessing illegal whiskey and fined 100 dollars and 12 months probation. Emmett Kimbrel pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined five dollars or five days. T W Hewitt pleaded guilty to a liquor violation and was fined 50 dollars and six months probation. J M Hudgings in two cases for the same offense received similar sentences. Harry Rowland pleaded guilty to a liquor violation and was fined 25 dollars and six months probation. Additional cases included A B Tucker found guilty of possession of whiskey illegally. Leonard Green mistrial on drunkenness. Other pleas included speeding with fines of 10 dollars or two days. Roger Sumner and Henry Charles pleaded guilty to operating without a state license and were fined five dollars or five days. E G Coston pleaded guilty to a whiskey charge, fined 100 dollars and 12 months probation. James Barnes also received twelve months on a whiskey charge.
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Thomasville
Bill Colvin
Emmett Kimbrel
T. W. Hewitt
J. M. Hudgings
Harry Rowland
A.B. Tucker
Earle
Leonard Green
T. M. Massey
A. D. Chambless
J. A. Banta
Vester Duckworth
Roger Sumner
Henry Charles
E. G. Coston
James Barnes
Four Carloads of Sailors Transit Through Thomasville
Four cars of U S sailors passed through Thomasville today on the Coast Line regular train bound for Pensacola. The detachment had left Norfolk yesterday and no reason for the transfer or any special training was given.
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Thomasville
Coast Line
Pensacola
Norfolk
All Kiwanis Night Observed By Local Club
The Thom asville Kiwanis Club observed All Kiwanis Night with the International President Knudson message read at the local meeting. A resolution expressing sympathy to Canadian Kiwanis clubs was sent to Kiwanis International and Canada during the gathering at the Federal Court Room, June 18, two o'clock.
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Kiwanis Club
United States
Canada
Bennett O. Knudson
Knudson
Kiwanis
Minneapolis
Minn
F. C. Jones
J. M. Keyton
Federal Court Room
Court House
Walter Hargrave
Jim Keyton
Kiwanis Brothers
Thomasville
Georgia
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Clubs of
French Troops Escape Maginot Line Reach Southern Army
French forces 390000 strong break from the Maginot line and move south in two groups of 300000 and 50000 to rejoin the southern army. Alpine chasseurs guard the Jura. German panzer units threaten the Alsace Lorraine frontier as artillery ceases near Basel. Civilians reopen shutters to feed retreating troops. The main southern army is reported reassembling at the Rhone Saone junction.
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Les Verriers
Switzerland
Maginot Line
Jura
Nancy
Metz
Gosges
Saone
Swiss
Alsace Lorraine
Verdun
Basel
Neuf Brisach
Rhine
Rhine-Rhone Canal
France
Rhone
Thomasville GA Weather Forecast June 18 1940
Forecast for Thomasville and vicinity calls for generally fair conditions tonight with some clearing and Wednesday becoming unsettled. The report notes 8 a.m. conservation data and records the lowest temperature last night, plus monthly highs and lows and precipitation totals for the month and year.
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U. 8 Department OF Agriculture
Thomasville
Tampena
Former Teammate Hits Medwick With Pitch
Brooklyn, June 18. Outfielder Joe Medwick, recently traded from St. Louis to Brooklyn, was knocked unconscious by a pitch from former teammate Bob Bowman. The incident mirrored Peewee Reese’s earlier misfortune in Chicago. Medwick left on a stretcher as Dodgers rushed Bowman before umpires restrained them.
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Brooklyn
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Bowman
Peewee Reese
Dodgers
Chicago
Bowman
Medwick
St. Louis
George R Lilly seeks re election as Solicitor General
Atlanta June 184? Solicitor General George R Lilly of the southern circuit of superior courts qualified today as a candidate to succeed himself in the September 11 democratic state primary The term is four years The southern circuit embraces Brooks Lillys home Thomas Colquitt Lowndes and Echols
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Atlanta
George R. Lilly
Southern Circuit of Superior Courts
Southern Circuit
Brooks
Lilly
Thomas
Colquitt Lowndes
Echols
Petition drives to withdraw honors from Lindbergh
By popular request a petition calling on the government to withdraw honors and commissions conferred on Charley A. Lindbergh is available for signing. Interested parties may sign at the office of Mr T. T. Caldwell on Broad Street.
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Charley A. Lindbergh
T. T. Caldwell
Broad Street
Canadian Force Lands in Iceland
The first contingent of a Canadian expeditionary force has landed in Iceland, announced by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in the House of Commons. A Munich conference report states Hitler and Mussolini agreed on the French armistice request.
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Iceland
Ottawa
W. L. MacKenzie King
House of Commons
London
Munich
Fuehrer
Duce
Shawnee Golf Shot Sends Ball High Into Stand
Owen Panner sunk a remarkable shot from a sand trap at Shawnee golf course. The ball rose improbably and landed about 25 yards away in Jeff Bozarth's coat.
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Shawnee, Okla
Owen Panner
Shawnee
Panner
Jeff Bozarth
Senate votes down Townsend amendment on foreign silver buy
In Washington on June 1b the Senate rejected Senator Townsend's proposal to curb the administration's authority to buy foreign silver. The 45 to 35 vote reversed prior Senate positions. The amendment was attached to a defense tax bill of 1,007,000,000 dollars. previously the Senate had voted to end silver buying, while the House refused to consider the issue due to revenue-origin rules.
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Washington
Senate
Townsend
House
Lost and Found Week Highlights A 40 Year Cuff Link Reunion
A woman in Hamilton found a cuff link button her lost item from 40 years ago while tending a flower bed. Cape Girardeau highway patrol officers had located a woman’s purse a year earlier containing her name and address but missing $75.
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Hamillton
Cape Girardeau
Oklahoma City Students Promote Grade Cohort Through School
A group of Gatewood students in Oklahoma City moved together from 5-A grade to junior high then entered kindergarten as a cohort and stayed together through their school years.
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Oklahoma
Tee Dren
Gatewood
Uust
Kindergar, Gether
Schareers
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