Georgia Week in Review Highlights Local Crime and Events
Cordele police arrest nine draft dodgers on charges of ... Miss Louise Edwards becomes president of a party lab in Valdosta. Albany men held on murder charges linked to Dewey Colley death. An Atlantan and others die in Easter weekend wrecks. Georgia newspapers gather for ad association meeting in Macon. SW College freshmen named marshals for events. Georgia PTA convention delegates arrive in Macon. George Kennedy resigns from state welfare post. Augusta National Golf Club to host Gold Hall of Fame inductees. Georgia mill pay boosts from voluntary increases. Schley county marbles tourney set for April 25. Georgia draft to induct 479 Negroes this week. Randolph county forms Farm Bureau unit. Only 95 objections to draft classifications. West Amuchee School launches military and first aid training. Fort Benning wife killed in crash near Greenville. American Cancer Society drive kicks off for new members. Eastern Air Lines to serve Albany in three weeks. 998 bills and 281 resolutions introduced in Georgia legislature. Wesleyan set for first female commencement speaker. Atlanta retail clerks vote to strike for higher wages. Governor expands state hospital annexes and trims budgets. Taxis offer free rides to Easter churchgoers in Atlanta. A truck advertises frozen horse meat in Macon. Gainesville planning a $75,000 community building in City Park.
Students Write and Print Own Books at Georgia Southwestern
Americus reports the journalism class of library science at Georgia Southwestern College assigned each member to write a book as a special project. The works range from 25 to 100 pages and each student served as author publisher printer and makeup artist for his own book.
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Americus
Georgia Southwestern College
Futch and Walden Promoted by State Patrol
Americus reports J L Futch promoted to corporal and named acting sergeant at Americus before transfer to Perry. H L Walden named acting corporal at Americus. W C Adams transferred to Cartersville district but ill and unable to report.
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Futch, Walden
Patrol
Americus
J L. Futch
Perry
State Patrol
H.L Walden
W. C. Adams
Cartersville
Former Alabama Editor Wins Review of Case
The Supreme Court granted J. K. Pierce a review of his 1982 conviction for impersonating a federal officer. Pierce, former editor of the Huntsville Register, received eight years in prison and $3,500 in fines after multiple counts. The Sixth Circuit upheld the conviction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. K. Pierce
Huntsville
Ala
Register
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Schley Youth Studies at Training School
Milaville April 14 Charles Lumpkin son of Schley County sheriff Willie Lumpkin has left to attend a NYU training school. Byron Hill a graduate of State University and Enville citizen fills the vacancy. Hill has supplied at the post office in recent months and is deemed qualified.
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Milaville
Charles Lumpkin
Schley County
Willie Lumpkin
NYU
Byron Hill
State University
Q. C. Hill
Enville
Lumpkin
Hill
Two American Missionaries Jailed in Japan
Brunswick reported two American missionaries remained in a Japanese prison since March as of Easter Sunday. A letter to Mrs. L Harnsberger from Mrs. Otto De Camp described Rev. Dr. Lowe and Rev. Mr. De Camp facing trial in a hostile court, highlighting their detention while Christian observances occurred.
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Brunswick
L. Harnsberger
Harnsberger
Otto de Camp
de Camp
Lowe
Dr Stewart Roberts Dies in Atlanta After Illness
Dr Stewart R Roberts 62 a professor of clinical medicine at Memory University and leading physician in the South died Monday night at his Atlanta home after an illness starting in 1958. He served as president of the American Heart Association and the Southern Medical Association and held roles with the American College of Physicians. Born October 2, 1878 in Oxford Georgia he graduated from Emory and helped organize the Emory Unit Base Hospital No 43 during World War I and commanded the hospital at Fort Jackson.
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Atlanta
Stewart R Roberts
Memory University
South
Roberts
American Heart Association
The
Southern Medical Association
Fulton County Medical Society
Board of Regents
American College of Physicians
Dr. Roberts
Oxford
Emory
Emory Unit Base Hospital No
Three Die in Easter Auto Crashes in Middle Georgia
In Middle Georgia over Easter Sunday three people died in separate crashes. Buck Hodge of Atlanta and Mrs. T. B. Sherwood Sr. plus her granddaughter Shirley Sherwood of Macon were killed in two accidents near Macon. Hodge’s vehicle left the highway four miles north of Lastman and overturned. No other car was involved.
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Macon
Renewal of Drivers Licenses Began in Atlanta
Maj. John Goodwin, commissioner of public safety, said renewal of drivers licenses began Tuesday with bargain rates. Licenses cost $1 for the head of each family or any operator over 21, $500 for each spouse, 25 cents for a dependent minor at a parent’s address, and $2 for truck or bus for hire drivers. Application blanks are at sheriffs offices, police stations, filling stations and state patrol through the state.
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Atlanta
John Goodwin
Comsioner of Public Safety
Sun
Goodwin
Georgia Power to Cut Rates for Co operatives and Municipalities
Georgia Power will reduce rates by about 20 percent for rural electrification cooperatives in Georgia and cut 12 1/2 percent for 41 municipalities. Total annual savings to municipalities reach $125,000. New rate to cooperatives will be slightly under one cent per kilowatt hour, below the national average of 1.09 cents.
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Atlanta
Georgia Power Company
Georgia
Walter McDonald
Public Service Commission
Power Company
McDonald
REA
Public notice of estate administration Rosa Turner Taylor County
All creditors of the estate of Rosa Turner, deceased, are asked to file demands with administrator A. M. Halley and all debts settled promptly. The filing date is March 31, 1941. The Butler Herald lists editors, owners, and management for April 1941. No security holders owning 1 percent or more are identified. Sworn April 14, 1941. J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Rosa Turner
A. M. Halley
Reynolds, Ga
Butler Herald
Butler
C. &. Benns
Butler, Ga
Chas Benns Jr
O. E. Cox
J. R. Lunsford
Grand jury presents sympathy to Hubert Calhoun family
The April 1941 Taylor County Superior Court grand jury resolves to express sorrow and condolences to Hon. Hubert Calhoun and family upon the death of Mrs. L. L. Calhoun. The resolution requests publication in the Butler Herald and a $15 fee, signed by Foreman R. L. Swearingenn and Clerk C. F. Austin. Judge George C. Palmer approves the order.
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L. L. Calhoun
Hubert Calhoun
Superior Court
Taylor County
Georgia
L. L Calhoun
George C. Palmer
Bob Foy
R. O Perkins
G. C. Horton
Butler Herald
R. L. Swearingenn
C F. Austin
S.C. Cc. CG
Georgia bankers meet in Macon for three day convention
Macon April 16 delegates gather for the 50th annual Georgia bankers convention. The program includes 11 entertainment events and three business sessions. Dr. Harold Stonier of the American Bankers Association and BE. W. Lane of Atlantic National Bank Jacksonville speak Thursday. Recreation includes a buffet supper and dance, golf tournament, cocktail parties, and banquets.
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Macon
Georgia
Harold Stonier
American Bankers Association
BE. W. Lane
Atlantic National Bank
Jacksonville
Fla
Dean Smith Named Leader of GEA Section in Augusta
Dean T. EB Smith of Georgia Southwestern College was named chairman of the teacher training section of the Georgia Education Association and president of the Georgia Peabody Club at the state convention in Augusta. Dr. Paul Murray represented the Third District in the social science section. R. T. De Witt chairs physical education and sits on the course of study committee. Next weekend three Georgia Southwestern College faculty members will attend a survey courses meeting in Atlanta.
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Survey Commission
University System of Georgia
L. R. Townson
Eusebia Shuler
Paul Murray
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Schley County High Schools
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Georgiass
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West Amuchee Consolidated School
LaFayette
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Greenville
Women's Field
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Schley
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Stewart Roberts
Easter
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Virginia
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Dean Smith
GEA
Dreizin Dry Goods Store
Butler, Georgia
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John S. Wood
Atlanta, Georgia
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
Childs
Atlas Batteries
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