Georgia War, Education, and Local News Quiz
Georgia veterans gain help returning to civilian work through a new State Veterans Advisory committee. E K Haines reelected superintendent at Ideal school as a new building progresses after a fire. Georgia Branch National League Postmaster meeting planned in Macon with a banquet. The body of Geo L Stewart found near the Gwinnett DeKalb line. death due to stab wounds. Schley county schools switch to one session to help farm labor. Ernest Camp receives souvenir Tribune edition from American Press Association. Lt Edward Osborn killed in a Morocco plane crash. wife Mrs Wilma Weeks Osborn of Americus, born in Boston TN, notified. R B Russell introduces 65 billion dollar school lunch funding in Agriculture Dept. GA PTA urging continued free lunches.
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Geo. L. Stewart
Atlanta
Gwinnett - DeKalb County
W. H. Hutchins
Gwinnnett County
Stewart
Edward Osborn
U.S. Airforce
Morocco
War Department
Wilma Weeks Osborn
Americus
Boston
Tenn
Osborn
Columbus
Address Of Three Registrants Sought By Local Draft Board
Local draft board seeks information on three colored registrants. Jimmy Bell age 28 J D James age 36 and William Henry Brown Jr age 26 are missing. Mr H K Sealy asks anyone with knowledge of their whereabouts to report to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Sealy
Jimmy (Easter) Bell
J. D. James
William Henry Brown Jr
Lee County Journal Publishes Large Food for Freedom Edition
The Leesburg Georgia paper issues a 32 page tabloid devoted to the Food for Freedom program. Editor J. H. Crouch outlines the county farm plan for the year with boosted feed and food crops to meet government production goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Lee County
Lee County Journal
J. H. Crouch
Soldier Killed in Rocket Blast at Ft Jackson
An accidental explosion of an antitank rocket at Ft. Jackson South Carolina killed one soldier and injured 77 others. The event occurred as personnel examined the projectile which was dropped and exploded on impact. The 912th Artillery Battalion of the 87th Infantry Division is believed involved. Six of the wounded were in serious condition.
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Ft. Jackson
S. C
Army
912Th Artillery
87Th Infantry Division
Selective Draft to Extend to Ages 26 to 29 Next
Major General Lewis B. Hershey outlined a gradual extension of the draft to men aged 26 to 29 after exhausting under 26 calls. He emphasized less strict requirements as ages rise, while urging obedience from workers in war-important jobs and continued deferments for essential farm labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Selective Service
Columbia
Army
Navy
Tydings
160 Bales Of Cotton Burned At Columbus
A Columbus fire damaged about 160 bales of cotton piled in front of the W C Bradley Co. valued at 150 each, with total loss around 17000 and warehouse damage of about 1000. Firemen quickly controlled the blaze. A second call at 3 pm reported a basement fire behind the Racine hotel.
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Columbus
W. C. Bradley Co
C. G. Scarbrough
Scarbrough
Racine
Tire inspection to be discontinued after April 30
Washington April 4 OPA Administrator Chester Bowles announced that periodic inspection of tires on passenger automobiles will end after April 30. He said the move does not brighten the tire outlook but shows the program met its goal to raise tire conservation and care awareness.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Land friendly farming and beef breeding insights
The article urges conserving soil with shallow plow methods to prevent erosion and keep vegetation on fields while improving land for fertilizer. It notes Life Magazine on modern pedigreed cattle breeding using controlled semen and high quality stock. It also reflects Southern pride, warns against South-hating attitudes, and calls grand jurors to enforce criminal laws during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Magazine
South
Georgia political race heats up as new candidate enters
No. 1 Pose One announces candidacy in Georgia amid a crowded field. The 46 year old electrical appliance dealer and farmer from Wilkes and Elbert counties plans an agriculture focused campaign. Former Governor Talmadge withdraws from Senate race citing wartime priorities.
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Georgia
Elbert County
Washington Wilkes County
Bertha Gunter
Wilkes
Washington Public
Talmadge
Senate
U. S. Senate
Georgia candidates run unopposed in state offices
A heated campaign language notes the speaker seeks to aid a government effort and end the war. Unopposed Georgia state office candidates include Chief Justice R C Bell and Justices W H Duckworth J B Wyatt on the Supreme Court, Judges B Gardner D M Parker on the Court of Appeals, and Public Service Commissioner M L McWhorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Bell
W. H. Duckworth
J. B. Wyatt
Georgia Supreme Court
B. ©. Gardner
D. M. Parker
Georgia Court of Appeals
M. L. McWhorter
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. E. Haines
Ideal School
National League
Macon
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Schley County
County Board of Education
Ernest Camp
Walton Tribune
Tribune
American Press Association
New York
Washington Sea
R. B. Russell
Agriculture Department
Congress
Bell Aircraft Corporation
United States Employment Service of War Manpower Commission
Second St
Goolsby
Woodland
Talbot
Meriwether
Taylor
Upson
Woodland, GA
Ily
Devel
Butler, Ga
Happy Host Genial Fancy Santos
D. i
Roy Acuffs
Kelloggs
Sunshine
Cardus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Doyel’s Furniture
Reynolds and Butler
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