Community event raises funds at infirmary entertainment
Volunteers and attendees gathered for an infirmary benefit with a diverse program. Joseph Jeger and local residents attended, featuring music from the band and vocal numbers, plus sewing and acting services by church and Red Cross volunteers. A Saturday horse race sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary drew veterans and donors, followed by a Catholic Mass service at the chapel.
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Phredat NS
St. “Louis
St reMary'a
Runnin’ Wwila
Henvesen
Lillie A. Gon Yaler
Michael Phelan
Nationel Catholic
Guy King
Amerleen Red Gross
Miller
Ree Ae
Bus Plan Seen For Area
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Jacksonville reviewed Tamiami Trail Tours plan for new bus service between St George Callahan and Jacksonville via a shorter route through Georgia and Florida. Proposals include four daily schedules with routes from Bainbridge Cairo Thomasville Pensacola Tallahassee Columbus Albany Moultrie and using the Jacksonville terminal of Service Coach Lines. The service would carry light express and passenger traffic on a route shortened by about 12 to 15 miles with further reductions possible if new links are built.
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Cairo
South Georgia
Jacksonville
Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tamiami
Copoly
Aeideaoad
Valdosta
Statenville
Fargo
and George
Georgia
Callahan
Fla
St. George
St. Marys River
State Line
Dinsmore
Bainbridge
Thomasville
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Columbus
Albany
Moultriebany
Moultrie
Jackson Ville
Service Coach Lines
Trailways
German POW officer says he never joined Nazis or wished to return
Kurt Rossmeisl, a 62 year old former German army officer, surrendered to the FBI in Cincinnati after 14 years sought. He claims he did not want to go back to Germany and explains his escape from Butner POW camp in 1945. Immigration hearing set. he says he used the alias Frank Ellis in Chicago and worked various jobs before settling in Cincinnati.
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Kurt Rossmeisl
FBI
Rossmeisl
Chicago
Butner
N.C
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Rossme
Rossmets
United States
Ross‘meis
Kurt Rossmeis
Dutch East Indies
Planta
Holland
Mystery Guest Invader Shocks What’s My Line Show
A studio audience intruder walked to Milton Berle on What’s My Line on Sunday night and declared he had made it on Mothers Day. Police later identified him as Cornelius McConnell, 44, a New York City postal worker, sent for psychiatric evaluation.
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New York
Milton Berle
Berle
Cornelius McConel
New York City
Bellevue Hospital
Bennett Cerf
McConnell
Jamanager
Berleitt Aim
Baer
Supreme Court rulings blamed for rising racial crime wave
The piece argues that anti South media exaggerates crimes in the South while similar incidents in other regions are downplayed. It links May 17 1954 desegregation decisions to intensified racial strife and claims the Court sowed discord, urging strict punishment of crime regardless of location.
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South
Supreme Court
Itty
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Rev Davis Dies At Age 91 In Meigs
The Rev William M Davis 91 retired minister died after an extended illness at his Meigs residence. Funeral services set for Tuesday 11 am at Meigs Baptist Church with burial in Meigs Sunset Cemetery. Survivors include wife Bessie Brundage. three daughters and three sons plus siblings and many relatives. Braswell Funeral Home in Pelham is handling arrangements.
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Meics
William—M. Davis
Meigs
Meigs Baptist Church
R. KE. Courtney
Meigs Church
J. G. Garrison
Bessie Brundage
Meda Willis
John Perry
Live Oak
Fla
Emma Davis
Columbia
D. C
Roscoe Davis
Tampa
Ernest Davis
Jacksonville
George
Davis
Tifton
J. D. Atkinson
Mia
D DL. Singletary
HM. Davis
Brooks Rape Trial Postponed in Brooks County Case
Vernon Brooks a 17 year old African American is charged with raping a 28 year old married white woman in Quitman Georgia. The trial was postponed at the state’s request due to incomplete evidence examination by the State Crime Laboratory. The victim identified Brooks as her assailant. earlier she had exonerated Jesse G Graham Jr after a crowd hunt and surrender.
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Quitman
Vernon Brooks
Bob Humphreys
Moultrie
Brooks County Superior Court
R. W. Jones
Brooks
Tornado devastates Stonewall area killing neighbors and damaging homes
Lillian Thompson surveys wreckage near Stonewall Oklahoma after a tornado that struck Frisco Community, killing five neighbors and injuring nine. Her husband was away when the twister hit, and neighbors describe the destruction including a missing Daniels family barn and widespread debris as officials help sift the rubble.
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Stonewall
Okla
Lillian Thompson
Frisco
Ada
Lillian
Brisk Gains in Thomasville Postal Receipts
Postal receipts at the Thomasville Post Office rose in fiscal 1959 and the four week period ending May 1 1959. For 11 accounting periods in fiscal 1959 receipts totaled 181545 versus 146881 in 1958. The four week period from April 4 to May 1 1959 brought in 14870 compared with 11844 in 1958.
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Thomasville
Car Runs Into Ditch on Fletcher Street Injuring Driver
City police report a 52 year old Thomasville man sustained minor injuries when his 1959 car driven by Robert J. Moore of Grant Street ran out of control and crashed into a ditch near 1606 Fletcher Street. Vehicle fenders were damaged in the mishap.
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Thomasville
Robert J. Moore
Grant St
Fletcher At
Shark Scare Triggers San Francisco Beach Closures
San Francisco closed its beaches after a white shark attack left 18 year old Albert Rogier dead. Witness Shirley Ell towed him to shore as the killer shark loomed offshore. Experts note such attacks are rare near shore but not unheard of along the West Coast.
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San Francisco
Albert Rogier
Bhirley Ell
Yeacue
W. Follett
Ichthyo
Californite
Academy of
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Joseph Jeger
W. R. James
Webb
Forrest Knapp
Daniel
Clarence Vann
George Bowman
Leggion
Auriliary 81
8. E. Bacon
Mary Bacon
National Catholic Community Service
Robert Rankin
Danville, Va
Frank Ellis
Arizona
New Mexico
Cincinnati
Uie
Poplarville
Mississippi
Alabama
Mack Parker
Miss
Florida A. & M. University
Patrick Scarbrough
Ivin Beagles
William T. S Brougn
David & Collinsworth
Ollie Stoutamire
Oklahoma
Thompson
W. W. Scarbrough
Thompson’s
L. Tom Daniel
Scarbrough
Burl Griffin
Thompsons
Belk
Hudson
Reed
Wei
Amy Tek Heh
Fletcher St
Farlow’s Refrigeration Service
W. Jackson
Fran
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