County political races widen as candidates file
A flood of filings signals a broad county race slate. Incumbents by and large seek reelection in Sheriff, Clerk, Tax Collector and Commissioner contests. Key races include Thomasville District commissioner and Pavo Barwick Ways District with new challengers. Voting opens September 17 with runoffs possible September 26 if needed.
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Stewart
Glen Carter
Xu M
Harry A
Calhoun
Robert H. Chastain
O. Stewart Willis
Oes Sowatey
Hosea Vann
Paul Dunn
Thomasville
Dunn
Basin Affairs
Pavo-Barwick-Ways
McMillan of
Pavo
J. W
Jim) Woner
F.C
Ronald) Pope
Barwick
Truman urges use of trained young men for presidency
Former president Harry Truman, in London, called the presidency a killing job and urged training young men for the role. He hosted British Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell and others, recalled meeting Churchill, and criticized far left Italian Nenni for aligning with totalitarians, linking Khrushchev to Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Hugh Gaitskell
British Labor Party
Sir Winston -Churchill
Churchill
Khrushchev
Pietro Nenni
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Weekend highway toll tops at two in Georgia
Georgia recorded two weekend highway deaths as a third crash plus a Navy jet crash near Blakely added to weekend fatalities. Ray Hulsey, 65, of Rockmart, died in Alabama when his car struck a bridge railing on U S 431. William Maroney Jr., 24, of Villa Rica, and James O Kelly, 23, of Duluth, died in separate crashes near Newnan and near Cum ming after their cars left curves. Lt Harold Lake, 26, of Bremerton, Washington, was believed killed in a jet fighter crash near Blakely at a swamp.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Ray Martin Hulsey
Rte
Rockmart
Alabama
Attalla
U.S
Blakely
William Ernest Maroney Jr
Villa Rica
James Lamar O'Kelly
Duluth
Maroney
Newnan
O'Kelly
Cumming
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Harold R. Lake
Bremerton, Wash
American Leaves Shanghai for U S by Air
Charles Sydney Miner, an American businessman who waited in Shanghai over five years for exit clearance, left for the United States from Hong Kong. Miner, who had lived in Shanghai seven years, said he was not jailed or mistreated, but exit permit was withheld after he signed deals with the Communist government to close his firms. The Reds then canceled his permit sought since November 1950.
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Hong Kong
Charles Sydney Miner
Shanghai
Red China
United States
Miner
Shanghai Post and Evening Mercury
C. V. Starr
Reds
Veterans seek prizes at Thomasville events week
Bingo games Tuesday drew many veterans as Elks Club and Eleven O Clock Club sponsored prizes and refreshments at the infirmary. Wednesday hosted a VAVS bridge-canasta party with cake prizes from Funston's Women’s Club. American Legion Auxiliary aided with favors and prizes.
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Elks Club
Thomasville
Elks
George Burton
K. M. Lanter
Cecil Lawhorn
Women's Club of
Funston
Leon Strickland
C. W. Williams
G. H. Smith
Edward Anderson
C.M. Kendall
Loretta Keene
Williams
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Georgia
Bridge
John White
Lee Thomas
Canasta
James
Barden
Thomasville Civic Improve ment and Garden Club Meeting
The Thomasville Civic Improvement and Garden Club met at Mrs. Jess Martin’s home with president Mrs. Armentha Brown presiding. Two new members, Mrs. Doris Hill and Mrs. Eddie M. Cherry, joined as plans advanced for park work on N Broad Street. A committee led by Mrs. Alta McDonald to supply park tables and seats was named, along with a program committee and reporter Mrs. Gertrude Horne.
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Thomasville Civic Improvement and Garden Club
Jess Martin
N. Madison Street
Armentha Brown
Doris Hill
Eddie M. Cherry
N. Broad
Alta McDonald
Gertrude Horne
Martha Rountree
Pebble Hill Plantation
4 H Members Compete at District Eliminations
During June 11 15 Thomas County 4 H youths joined about 200 participants from ten counties at the State 4 H Center Dublin for demonstrations in health safety cooking swine clothing forestry poultry gardening and more Two Thomas County winners led the field Louise Gloster New Union and Howard Cromartie Pebble Hill Both Gladys Hadley and Robert Copeland won trips as district council delegates with Gladys elected district president and Mrs Valentine named woman adviser Mrs Janelle McIver Rackard guest of Mr and Mrs Melver on Third Avenue.
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Thomas County
Dublin
L. B. Valentine
Ruth Ethridge
C. W. McIver
Louise Gloster
New Union
Howard Cromartie
Pebble Hill
Gladys Hadley
Robert Copeland
Gladys
Valentine
Guatemala Declares Alarm After Communist Plot Foiled
The Guatemalan government says it uncovered a Communist plot and imposed a state of alarm and martial law to prevent seditious disorders. President Carlos Castillo Armas' regime issued the order after police dispersed a mass meeting sponsored by the National Civic Committee.
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Guatemala
Ronald Howard Carves His Own Path in Hollywood
Ronald Howard, 38, son of Leslie Howard, arrives in Hollywood for his first visit in 19 years. He notes in England he is accepted on his own merit, while in the United States the memory of his father lingers. Ronald stars as a Southern officer in Django and has built a TV Sherlock Holmes role in Paris with success, contrasting with his father’s W D Gone With the Wind era.
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Hollywood
Ronald Howard
Leslie Howard
England
Leslie
Howard
Ashley Wilkes
Ronald
Heavies
Spain
Sherlock Holmes
Paris
Police Nab Brothers On Burglary Count
Forsyth Georgia police captured two Macon brothers after a short chase that ended when their car overturned on a curve. They admitted breaking into Cobbs Auto Supply in Barnesville and Forsyth Grill, with loot worth several hundred dollars. Names are William Lee Herb and Billy Richard Herb.
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Forsyth
Macon
A. N. Joslyn
Cobbs Auto Supply Co
Barnesville
Forsyth Grill
Joslyn
Willam Lee Herb
Second St
Billy Richard Herb
Third St
Tom Marsh
U.S. 41
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Disabled American Veterans
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