Georgia News Roundup Reports Local Deaths And Civic Events
Fulton county sheriff John McRoberts Mount dies at 66 after sudden illness. Quitman county tax collector Stonewall Jackson Bryan passes after pneumonia. Lumpkin hosts Flower Show chaired by Mrs. J H Singer. Daughters of the American Revolution elect Mrs Julius Young Talmadge president general in New York. Georgia figures face voting deadlines. governor urges 18 year olds to register by May 8. Various local notices include school posts, bank president deaths, and oil drilling plans in Mitchell and Dentur counties.
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Julius Young Talmadge
Athens, Ga
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
New York
Germans who fled at Augusta caught
Capture in Columbia South Carolina of the last of four German prisoners of war who escaped from Camp Gordon near Augusta last Monday night was announced Sunday by F C Holloman special agent in charge of the Atlanta office of the FBI. Holloman identified the prisoner as Gerd Gutzat 24 with details of his capture not yet received.
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Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
Camp
Debt limit rise urged by Senator George in 1940s Atlanta note
Atlanta dated April 21 reports Senator Walter George of Georgia urging Congress to raise the national debt limit from 200 billion toward 210 billion, noting debt around 190 billion and a 14 billion war loan push that would nearly reach the limit. he also foresees another increase by next March.
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Atlanta
Walter George
Georgia
Congress
George
Supreme Court to Review Civil Liberties Case
Washington April 24 The Supreme Court agreed to review the conviction of Sheriff M C Serens and two other officials for violating civil liberties statutes in the fatal beating of a negro prisoner in Newton Georgia Frank Edward Jones a Newton policeman and Jim Bob Kelley a special deputy were also convicted and sentenced to three years and $1000 fines The Fifth Federal Circuit upheld the convictions The officers seek Supreme Court review over the jurisdiction of a federal district court to try a state officer for assaulting a state prisoner.
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Washington
Supreme Court
M. C. Serens
Newton
Middle Georgia
Hall
Georgia Negro College Receives $24531 for Expansion
The Georgia State College for Negroes in industrial College Ga receives an extra 24531 from the state education department for improving and expanding trade and technical training. Funds will outfits shops in boat building welding marine pipe fitting automobile engineering auto mechanics and more as leaders aim to elevate the school to A 1 agricultural and mechanic status for returning veterans and handicapped students.
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Industrial College
Georgia State College For
State Department of Education
P. E. Babcock
Department
Mayenne
S. V. Sanford
University System
Board of Regents
P. F. Cook
Georgia State College
Benjamin F. Hubert
Cordele Man Heads Cotton Association
Cordele, Ga., official T. E. Fletcher was elected president of the National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association at its New Orleans session. He succeeds R. D. Ernest of Houston, Texas. Delegates discussed manpower and other wartime problems.
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New Orleans
T. E. Fletcher
Cordele
National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association
R. D. Ernest
Houston
Texas
Oglethorpe Major at Command School
Oglethorpe Ga April 25 Major D C Smith Jr advanced to major and assigned to the command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth Kan He is the son of the county tax collector and Mrs D C Smith of Oglethorpe and is among Macon County's highest ranking officers.
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Oglethorpe, Ga
D. C Smith Jr
Command and General Staff School
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Maj. Smith
D. C. Smith
Oglethorpe
Macon County
Checks Mailed for Teacher Salaries Across Counties
State Auditor B E Thrasher announced checks totaling 1 916 679 were mailed to counties to cover teachers salaries. The amount brings the fiscal year total to 15 351 769 in state funds disbursed for teacher pay across counties.
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B.E. Thrasher
Atlanta
Thrasher
Thirteen Year Old Girl Weds Soldier in Georgia
Mrs. Margaret Moore was found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for aiding her 13 year old daughter’s marriage to Pvt H W Wilson 20 in Highland Park and later Georgia. She received a 90 day sentence after a court day scuffle with her husband.
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Detroit
Margaret Moore
Highland Park Municipal Court
G. L. Badder
Dianne
Pvt. Wilson
Gator and Mother Cow Fight Over Calf in Georgia Pasture
In Leesburg, Georgia on a Palmyra farm a seven foot alligator weighing about 125 pounds was killed by Sheriff E. E. Tarpley after it attacked a newborn calf. The mother cow defended her calf as farmhands drove the crowd back with pitchforks and rescued the calf. the alligator resided near Alligator pond fed by James pond, with heavy rains enlarging the waterway.
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Leesburg
Tarpley
Palmyra
E. E. Tarpley
Sheriff Tarpley
Three Hawkinsville Men Get Ratings For Postmastership
Washington rating lists Pat Watson as first, John Etheridge second, and Ivey Austin third for the Hawkinsville postmaster vacancy. Watson formerly assisted the postmaster under R. D. Brown, worked at the internal revenue service, and is now Rush Lumber Co. head bookkeeper. Etheridge teaches vocational classes in Hawkinsville schools, while Austin runs the Western Auto store.
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Hawkinsville
Washington
Civil Service Department
Pat Watson
John Etheridge
Ivey Austin
Watson
R. D. Brown
Internal Revenue Department
Rush Lumber Co
Etheridge
Austin
Western Auto
Rural Libraries Receive New Gov Arnall Education Funds
Georgia governor Arnall announced a new allocation of 100 009 dollars to the State Board of Education for public community and rural libraries. The fiscal year starting July 1 increases total state funding for libraries to 250 000 dollars, the largest in Georgia history. Beverly Wheatcroft, administrator of the state library department, will oversee the new fund.
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State Board of Education
Georgia
Arnald
Beverly Wheatcroft
State School Library Department
Naval Air Station Expansion Approved for Atlanta Facility
Plans to spend 156,790 dollars to expand facilities at the Naval Air Station north of Atlanta were announced in Washington by Congressman Robert Ramspeck. The plan, approved by the Navy, contemplates land acquisition parking areas buildings fencing and roads with details not immediately available.
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Atlanta
Naval Air Station
Washington
Robert Ramspeck
Navy
Alleged Liquor Robber Shot After Peachtree Street Chase
In Atlanta on April 21 police shot a suspected liquor store robber after he seized a moving car on Peachtree street near Fifth. The suspect, described over broadcasts, fled onto the street and was shot in the thigh when he tried to crawl under the St. Mark's Methodist church Sunday school building following a chase with detectives and bystander drivers.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Fifth Street
Peachtree
R. M. Bronlow
Brownlow
St. Mark‘s Methodist Church
Ballots Printed for Armed Services Primary Vote
The order directs all county Democratic executive committees to print ballots immediately so members of the armed services can vote in the July 4 primary. The measure aims to ensure full and free voting access for soldiers sailors marines and other service members.
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Armed Services
Democratic
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John McRoberts Mount
Fulton County
Stonewall Jackson Bryan
Quitman County
Lumpkin
Frank E. Gabrels
Habersham County
Shipbuilders, Inc
Habersham
Arnall
John K. Wilkes
Lyons
Billy Weiss
Marietta
Crawford Long Hospital
Albert Weiss
Brevard, N. C
Weiss
Cobb County Police
Ruby Acree
Joe Brown Phillips
Ora Gaines
Frank
Nathaniel A. Jelks
Planters Bank
H. J. Ayers
Ft. Valley
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
J. J. Glynn
Savannah
Woman's
Columbus
T. P. Coogan Co
Macon
Schley County
Waycross
Mitchell
Dentur County
Hunt Oil
Standard Oil
Wesleyan College
School of Fine Arts
Rivoli
S. L. Akers
R. L. Harvey
Vienna Baptist Church
Fort Valley Baptist Church
M. D. Reed
Arthur §. Boyett
Buena Vista
Macon County Farm Bureau
Montezuma
Marshallville
Ideal
Twiggs County
Red Cross
R. P. Swan
Peach County Red Cross
H. V. Williams
Matson O'Neal
Albany
Decatur County Selective Service Board
Bainbridge
O'Neal
C. B. Cox Jr
Camilla
University of Georgia
Moultrie
H. McDowell
Crisp
Dooley
C. G. Young
O. T. Gower
Young
Geo
Peddy Cuttino
Newnan
John Simon Luggenheim
Lt. Cuttino
D. S. Cuttino
Cutino
Cuttino
State of Georgia
Oxford University
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
St. Cutino
Oxford University Press
Augusta
State of
Negro College
Cordele Man Heads Cotton Association
Lee County
Gov. Arnall
Woodland
Collier Mills
Peeler
Mac
Woodland, GA
Butler, GA
Doyel’s Coffee
Kelloggs
Doyel’s Furniture
Reynolds and Butler
Upton’s
LLC
Atlanta Street
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