Singletary Maxwell Wedding Brings City Brilliance
Miss Lucille Singletary and Mr Roland Maxwell wed last Friday at First Baptist church in a ceremony described as a brilliant social event. Rev T F Callaway officiated with nuptial music by Mrs S W Fleming and Rose Ferguson. The bride wore white Chantilly lace and net with pearls, train length veil, and a bouquet of white peonies and a purple orchid.
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Lucille Singletary
Roland Harry Maxwell
First Baptist Church
T. F. Callaway
S. W. Fleming
Rose Ferguson
Litz
Murray Maxwell
James H. Braswell
Chantilly
Dewey Reeves
Allan D. Scott
Selma
Ala
Tokyo Says Air Raid Damage in Formosa Terrific
Tokyo admitted six months of air raids have demolished most Formosa cities and driven residents to the hills. MacArthur reports weekend raids on the fortress island as Mitchell bombers attacked 1500 junks between Hong Kong and Canton. Over 90 fighters strafed Formosa and 30 Liberators dropped 197 tons on oil plants.
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Manila
Radio
Tokyo
Formosa
Isiana
East China Coast
Fortress
Douglas MacArthur
Hong Kmong
Canton
Hong Kong
Determination in Japan Questioned by War Leader
The piece argues Japan is vulnerable to Allied air raids and questions how long Tokyo can endure. It forecasts using 1,000 B-29s regularly to gauge whether near-total capitulation is possible without destroying every city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ratification of Frisco Pact Seen as Certain
Washington June 25 AP Senate ratification of the United Nations Charter appears likely with 52 senators on record in favor. Some push for rapid action while others urge thorough review, noting a two thirds vote needed. News confirms at least 52 committed with more leaning toward approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
International Peace Preserving Organization
San Francisco
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Associated Press
Scrugham
Dnew
Lucas
D-Ill
United States
Escaped convict from Thomasville facing execution
Albany Georgia June 25 AP Jack Roy Green a negro convicted in Americas and sentenced to die for an attack on a farm woman sawed through one set of bars in the Dougherty county jail and was half way through another when detected Sheriff D Cull Campbell reported Green an escaped convict from Thomasville had been held in jail here for safekeeping Sheriff Campbell said an Albany negro had been arrested and charged with aiding in Green s escape plot The officer said Green salved through two steel bars of a bull pen cell sawed out another bar on a street window and had started work on a second bar in the window Chief deputy Gordon R Stokes discovered the sawed bars last Thursday The officers said a negro ar rested for larceny and later re leased on bond put three hack saws in a loaf of bread and plac ed the bread on a box in the jailyard outside Green s window Green called a negro trusty work ing in the yard and asked him to hand up the roof Green now is in the state pr ison at Reidsville awaiting execu tion Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Jack Roy Green
Americas
Dougherty County
D. Cull Campbell
Green
Thomasville
Campbell
Gordon R. Stokes
Weather Forecast for Thomasville Georgia June 25 1945
Weather report from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Thomasville Georgia predicts clear and partly cloudy skies. Humidity remains moderate with light variable winds this afternoon tonight and Tuesday for Thomasville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S&s. Department OF Agriculculture
Thomasville
Open House at Thomasville Air Base Draws Big Crowd
The Thomasville Air Base hosts an open house with bond sales by a Junior Club committee in the afternoon. Visitors can view planes up close, hear explanations via an address system, and watch wartime formation flights. Colonel Howard and Major Obermeier oversee operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville Air Base
Howard
Obermeier
Axis spearheads faced with elimination in the Americas
Clayton reports that Argentina has none left but cites 25, Chile 22, Haiti 25, Ecuador 19 eliminations. He says elimination means liquidation or seizure by local governments or sale to non Nazi interests and warns about Nazi loot and flight capital as threats to postwar recovery. He notes German firms like Telefunken expanding in neutral countries to support future armament research.
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Clayton
Haiti
Chile
Ecuador
Germany
Cen
Europe
Kilgore
D-W
Maeeuvering
Telefunken
Camilla Ships Cucumbers Demand Stages Through June
About 1,250,000 pounds of cucumbers have been shipped from Camilla Georgia since June 12. R H Willis manager of a loading shed reports 300 acres were planted under a contract with a South Georgia picking plant. Dry weather reduced output but rain early this week revived vines.
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Camilla
R. H. Willis
South Georgia
Sawmill operator seeks help as manpower and liquor shortages bite
Reprint from New Orleans States details Rufus Montgomery of Heavener Oklahoma typing a blunt reply to SWPC aid offers. He laments labor scarcity, explains his mill operates in rugged terrain beyond law reach, and complains that government aid would worsen hardship. He notes beer and liquor draw workers, praises old slogans, and questions war financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Edge
Rufus Montgomery
Nea Heavener
Oklo
Poteau Mountains
Montgomery
SWPC
Pacific
Uncle Sam
United States
Miss Elma Hudson Weds Guy Blevins Taylor in Thomasville
Miss Elma Hudson and Guy Blevins Taylor were married at the home of the bride’s relatives on Neath Crawford Street in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. William M. Davis. The bride wore pale pink silk with eyelet bodice. her attendants included Miss Margret Hudson and Miss Lucile Hudson. Guests from Georgia and Tennessee attended, with reception details featuring fern and rose decor and a wedding cake with a miniature bride and groom. The couple will reside on Barnetts Creek Road after a weeklong honeymoon.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Elma Hudson
Guy Blevins Taylor
John Dixon
Neath
Crawford Street
William M. Davis
Meigs
Herbert Singletary
Lilly Claire Singletary
Lohengren
Rosalind Hancock
Bascom L. Hudson
Rosa Dixon Hudson
Thomas L. Dixon
Elmina Montgomery Dixon
John S. Montgomery
Margaret Hudson
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Lucile Hudson
Thomasville
Thomas Li ‘Hudson
Thomas County
Ochlochnee High School
University ‘of’ Georgia
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Boston High School
Farm Security Bureau
Camilla
Archbold Memorial Hospital
John B. Taylor
Leela Cunnyngham Taylor
Dayton
William B.garrison
Evansville
Finley Taylor
Keother
W. Houston Cunnyngham
Ada Darwin Cunningham
Spring City
Osborn Taylor
Julia Findley Taylor
Findley
Calhoun
Mr. Taylor
University of Tennessee
Lincoln Memorial University
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rhea County
Barnett's Creek Road
Tenn
C. A. Avrnett
Jasper, Fla
Robert Dixon
Clyde West
Moultrie
P. W. Reddick
Mary Love Reddick
Carl Reid Reddick
Pavo
Death of Judge Walter Covington Shocks Georgia County
Obituary from Moultrie recalls Judge Walter Alonzo Covington a revered jurist and civic leader died at home after a heart seizure. Funeral at First Methodist Church featured regional clergy and the Men’s Bible Class escort. Survived by widow Burney Sheffield, daughter Mrs J L Pilcher of Meigs and two sons, with a long record in law and public service.
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South Georgia
Walter Alonzo Covington
Monatrié
J. L. Pilcher
Meigs
Coloquist
First Methodist Church
Moultrie
Webb
Moultrie Methodist Church
Dick Gresham
T. N. Callaway
That City
Methodist Church
Cherokee County
Waleska
Emory University
Arlington
Canton
Ellijay
J. H. Smithwick
Covington
General Assembly of
Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Colouitt County
Judge Covington
Burney Sheffield
Sheffield
Early County
Phillip D. Covington
Charleston
S. C
W. N. Covington
Lakeland
Fla
Dr. Cov
Madame Curie Born as Manya Sklodowska in Poland
The famous scientist Marie Curie was born as Manya Sklodowska in Poland and worked as a governess before pursuing science.
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Madame Curie
Manya Sklodowska
Poland
Birthday Visit From Columbus Man Brightens Local Family
Mr. Frances Turner arrived from Columbus to spend his birthday with his mother Mrs. J L Turner in Archbold. The town learns that Mr Elmer F Heene of Metcalfe is a patient at Archbold Memorial Hospital after a Saturday admission and is resting well with hopes of an early discharge in a few days.
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Frances Turner
Columbus
J. L. Turner
Elmer F. Heene
Metcalfe
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Local Readers Briefs and Family News
Mr and Mrs R L Gay return home after visiting relatives in Jacksonville Florida. Mr and Mrs J H Frohberg announce the arrival of a baby daughter at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Mother and daughter are doing fine and the daughter will be named Julianne. Mrs W B Garrison Sr. and daughter Betty visit Mrs Garrison's father D T Sutherland in Daytona Beach Florida. Accompanying them are Mrs W B Garrison Jr and daughter Blaine.
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R. L. Gay
Jacksonville
Fla
J. H. Frohberg
Archuold Memorial Hospital
Julianne
W. B. Garrison, Sr
Betty
Charter Signing After Conference Plenary Session
The conference steering committee finalized the charter on Saturday with a plenary session at 9 30 p m to approve changes. Signing is set to begin tonight and resume tomorrow morning, expected to take about eight hours. Delegates broadly agree the charter league is a significant improvement over the Dumbarton Oaks plan from two months ago.
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Charter League
Dumbarton Oaks
Masonic Officers Named Sullivan Singletary
R. H. Sullivan is named Worshipful Master and R. L. Singletary is named Secretary in the installation notes for the lodge.
Okra Brings High Prices at Vidalia Truck Farm
Vidalia Georgia June 25 AP Okra from irrigated land tops local truck crops at 10 to 12 dollars per 30 pound hamper. P L Meadows Meadowbrook farm harvests 100 hampers weekly from a 2% acre patch while grocers pay 40 cents per pound. Some say gross income per acre could exceed 2000 dollars though prices may drop as other regions yield more.
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Vidalia Vidalia
P. L. Meadows
Meadowbrook
Mourning for a Good Man Among Friends and Family
Community members express deep sympathy for a man known for devotion to family and friends. The obituary highlights his kindness, helpful nature, and lasting impact on those who knew him in the local area.
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Ington
Japanese Women Soldiers Among 33 Killed at Okinawa
Okinawa June 25 AP reports two fully uniformed Japanese women soldiers with grenades were among 33 Nipponese killed by the Sixth Marine Division on the west coast. They were with men wading and swimming near reefs in a sniping mission when surprised by Marines in armored amphibious tractors commanded by Maj Richard Varga. Army nurses were among the women killed or captured in rear enemy caverns.
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Okinawa
Sixth Marine Division
Richard Varga
Beachhaven
N. J
Baby dies and parents burned in Alabama house fire
In Autaugaville, Alabama, a one year old girl Janis Brooks died after a fire at Aubrey Brooks's farm home. Her mother and another family member suffered critical and severe burns while Lonnie Brooks said a tractor fuel can exploded while starting a kitchen stove. Two older children escaped unharmed.
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Prattville
Ala
Autaugaville
Aubrey Brooks
Janis Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
Montgomery
Aubrey
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