Murder Case Involving Tucker and Cone Grips County
The coroner's jury found murder in the case of Howard Cone who confessed to killing Roy Marion Tucker after a day of home brewed drinks. Cone claims the fight started in the kitchen with blood spattered through the two room house, leaving Tucker dead from a throat wound. Tucker leaves a wife and two children. funeral services were held at Dillon Presbyterian Church. Cone, 24, born in Colquitt County, formerly in the U S Army, said liquor caused the act and awaits Superior Court action. The crime described as brutal and gruesome with extensive blood evidence throughout the home.
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Messrs
C. C. Cocroft
Forrest Knapp
A. M. Singletary
G. B. Godwin
George Swift
Fred
Tucker
Cone
Clone
Cresser
Luther EU
Colquitt County
Howard Cone
Charlie Cone
Spurgeon Shepherd
Thomas County
United States Army
Pavo
Mellon Fish Pond
Navy officials seek end to CIO AFL shipyard strike
In San Francisco Bay area talks today officials hoped for settlement of an 11 shipyard strike by CIO and AFL machinists over pay. Admiral Greenslade said the government may avoid force as both sides discuss actions. The seven week walkout seeks about 1.15 dollars per hour with double overtime. managers offered 1.12 with time and a half.
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Associated Press
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
J. W. Greenslade
American Potash and Chemical Company
Trona
Calif
June Term of City Court Opens in Thomasville
The Thomasville City Court began the second week of its June term with civil matters heard and more set for tomorrow. The Griner versus Alday case concerns a $200 fee for income tax representation and a dispute over a $1300 statement versus a $10,000 government claim. Griner was represented by C. E. Hay with E. P. McCollum for the Aldays. Alday argued the paid amount satisfied the original agreement.
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Thomasville
Guiner
Alday
Griner
Kitchen internes at Tuskeegee taught southern cooking
Tuskegee ALA June 23 The special news service Kitchen internes are selling skilled southern cooking to hotels hospitals and restaurants across 25 states. Edward G Ramsey says more than 100 job offers have come in since March. 19 graduates and 144 students learn kitchen skills at the Institute with interns placed in three month tours in varied kitchens.
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A. F. Mahan
Advance
Tuskeegee
Ala
The
Special News Service
Tuskegee Institute
School of Commercial Dietetics
Edward G. Ramsey
Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
Institute
Ramsey
Tnternes
Ram- Sey
Herring Lassies Turn to War Jobs in Scotland
Glasgow AP reports about 5,000 Scottish herring girls nicknamed herring lassies shifting to war work. The piece notes their mobilization and the impact on fisheries and wartime labor.
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Glasgow
Who
Trainees Leave Here Today for Army Service
Twenty two trainees including ten white and twelve colored youths departed from the Trailways Depot for induction at Ft McPherson Atlanta and Ft Benning Ga. Names listed for both white and colored selectees include Eldon Joiner Edward Anderson Isaac Dickerson James Douberry Lester Brinson Albert Alligood Fentress Wilson Skipper James Griffin Jones Roy Rudd Wilbert Streeter Carl Jenkins Samuel Clark Nash Smith Charles Brown Garmer Metcalf S. R. Thompson Joe Smith Sam Burney Edward Sanford Willie Jackson Andrew Banks.
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Trailways
Georgia Stages Inc
Eldon Leon Joiner, Jr
Woodland Drive
City
Edward Rolf Anderson
RFD
Thomasville
Isaac Haskell Dickerson
Southern Bell T. & T. Co
Lester Bernell Brinson
Ochlocknee
Albert
Alligood
Meigs
Fentress
Wilson
W. Jackson Street
James Austin Griffin
Boston
Thomas Price Jones
Melrose Plantation
Ft. McPherson
Atlanta
Ft. Benning
Wilbert Streeter
Carl Earl Jenkins
W. Calhoun &J
Samuel Lester Clark
Ochlocknée
Nash Smith
Inner Boulevard
Charles Grant Brown
Cedar St
Garmer Metcalf
S. R. Thompson
Joe Smith
Bibb Street
Sam Burney
Edward Sanford
W. Jackson St
Willie Jackson, Jr
Box
Andrew Banks
Bennet Street
Three Accidents On Highways Near Here Saturday Afternoon
Rainy Saturday produced three crashes on nearby highways within an hour. Camp Blanding soldiers were injured in two Monticello road wrecks and two Valdosta girls, including a state senator’s daughter, were involved in a third crash on the Boston road.
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Thomasville
Camp Blanding
Fla
Monticello
Valdosta
Boston
Tootsie Walker
State Patrol
Alabama
Shelby J. Byrd
Bird
Hartford- Alabama
Eli W. Newsome
Byrd
Newsome
Archbold Hospital
Sam F. Burroughs
Nola Price
J .C. Freeman
D. J. Coleman
A. R. Stokes
A .L. Gibson
W. J. Spikes
Britain backs Soviet aid against Germany amid wary optimism
London reports show Britain ready to aid the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany while cautious of Soviet reliability. Churchill pledges full support and a constant bombing campaign as he warns that Russia’s danger mirrors America’s. He notes personal opposition to communism but calls for united action against Hitler.
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London
Britain
Russia
Germany
Red Army
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
United States
East
China
India
Hitler brands Russia as violator in wartime speech
Nazi leader accuses Russia of constant frontier violations in a radio proclamation read by Goebbels. He cites external meddling in Romania and Yugoslavia to justify Germanys declaration of war, noting Italy has allied against Russia while Japan has not yet spoken.
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Fuehrer
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Romania
Yugoslavia
Axis
Italy
Japan
Wartime Labor and Fishing Ports See Change in Britain
Peacetime tours of British fishing ports end as fleets shrink during wartime. Many girls from the Outer Hebrides work loom weaving tweeds for export while others join the Women's Land Army or ship crews. Herring fleets are smaller and some units fly the White Ensign.
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Great Britain
Hebrides Islands
Women's Land Army
The Aleutian Islands Name Origin
The Aleutian Islands derive their name from a Russian word meaning bold rock, reflecting historic naming by Russian explorers.
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Aleutian Islands
Local Social Notes Show Visitors and Recoveries Across Town
Mr Warshaw leaves Sunday afternoon for a short business trip to New York Baltimore and Boston. Dr C K Wallis visits family at Highlands North Carolina. Mrs H D Irby recovering from appendectomy and moving home from Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mrs J S King hosts her mother and sister in Birmingham while the latter trains at Hillsman Hospital. Little Miss Gwendoig Willis visits grandparents near Pavo. Community chatter mentions Carl Brook Frank Brown H P ley Jim Evans Thomasville Hazen Butler St Paul and cottage visits in Highlands. Mr Catleé suffers a stroke. Mr Chastain has long illness with serious condition noted by friends.
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Mr. Warshaw
New York
Baltimore
Boston
J. S .King
Bell Henry
Lakeland, Fla
Sarah Henry
Birmingham
Ala
Hillsman Hospital
Sergeant Captures Tank in Tennessee War Games
Army officers recall Sergeant Wilbur Vandergoot of the Seventh Engineer Battalion tackling a speeding enemy tank bare handed in middle Tennessee. He dropped from a tree onto the tank, reached into the turret, and grabbed the commander by the neck. The tank collided with another as the sergeant and his mates captured both crews.
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Army
Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Wilbur Vandergoot
Seventh Engineer Battalion
Vandergoot
Record of 1930s Heat Wave Across Regions
A brief weather bulletin describes a fierce heat wave sweeping much of the Midwest and East with high temperatures, many cities reporting new daily records, and dangers like prostrations and drownings noted as authorities monitor the widespread heat.
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Wrea
Mississippi
Ohio
New-England
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