Georgia Farmers Urged To Save Peanut Hay
Georgia farmers are urged to conserve peanut hay. The Indian Springs Camp Meeting opens its 10 day session today. Major Hugh Hudson, former Albany athlete, was killed in France on July 16 according to information received by his wife. The indebtedness of the City of Americas has been reduced from 419000 to 162000 since Jan 1 1939.
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Georgia
Indian Springs
Lon Knight
Roberta
Hugh Hudson
Albany
France
City of Americas
H. O. Jones
Road Building Receives Governor Approval in Georgia
Gov Arnall orders the State Treasury to furnish 586,630 to start a state federal highway construction program in Georgia costing nearly three million dollars. The state will contribute a little over one million, with the federal government covering the rest. The 460,000 recovered from Camp Stewart road damage will be used in the program.
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State Treasury
Former Georgia Patrolman Indicted for Arson on Records
J T Bernhardt, a former sergeant in the Georgia state highway patrol, was indicted by a Fulton county grand jury on charges of burning and destroying revenue records from 1943 to 1944 and records of drivers license fees for the same period. Authorities say he allegedly started two fires to burn the books, the last on the night of July 31.
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Atlanta
J. T. Bernhardt
Georgia State Highway Patrol
Fulton County
Thomaston Gunner Raines Killed in Action
Sgt. Thos. D. Raines 20 son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raines was killed February 24 on a Poland mission after earlier being listed as missing. He served as a gunner on a heavy bomber from England since 1942 and was Thomaston High School alumni. He is survived by his parents, a sister Mrs. Dallas Broome and four brothers.
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Thomaston
Thos. D Raines
Robert Raines
Poland
War Department
Raines
England
Air Force
Thomaston High School
Edmund Raines
South Pacific
Bobby Raines
U. S. Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Gene Raines
Bainbridge, Md
Mac Raines
St Louis Peach Festival for Georgia Men in Service
A peach themed event at the St. Louis Service Men's Center on Aug 19 invites Georgia men in uniform stationed nearby. The city will supply bushels of peaches and lemonade while festivities include a Georgia themed streetside setting and a guest book listing attending Georgians under a large Georgia peach tree.
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Atlanta
Georgia
St. Louis
Service Men's Center
Allied Losses Since D-Day Hit 116,148
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied casualties in France from D-Day June 6 to July 20 totaling 116,148 killed wounded or missing. US forces: 11,156 killed 52,710 wounded 6,143 missing. British losses: 5,646 killed 27,666 wounded 6,182 missing.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
United States
New Locker Unit Opened To Public In Adel
Scores of Adel and Cook county residents toured the Cook County Food Preserving plant in Adel on its formal opening day. J. W. Lipsey P. W. Clifton and C. R. Hazen led the display of a plant described as among the largest and most modern in the area. The freezer locker units were begun months ago while the meat curing facility has been in service years. The firm bought the plant from L. L. Duke last fall.
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Adel
Cook County
Cook County Food Preserving Company
J. W. Lipsey
P. W. Clifton
C. R. Hazen
Vocational Agricultural
Lipsey
L. L. Duke
Buena Vista Youth Injured Slipping on Soap
Heridley Ward of Marion County, a University of Georgia student and Buena Vista High School 1943-44 honor graduate, slipped on a bar of soap in the shower at Athens hospital. He struck his head, was unconscious for about 12 hours, and required stitches, but is reported doing as well as could be expected.
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Buena Vista
Heridley Ward
Marion County
University of Georgia
General Hospital
Athens
Ward
Buena Vista High School
Government loans set cotton rate at 21.40 cents in 1944
Washington The War Food Administration announced loans on the 1944 cotton crop will be 21.4 cents a pound for 15 16 inch middling cotton, 92.5 percent of parity. Rate varies by grade, staple, location and warehouse distance with a 3 percent interest, mature July 31 1945, repayable on demand.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Carolinas
Arizona
California
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
CCC
Jones Klose marriage solemnized at Talbotton
Historic Zion Episcopal church in Talbotton hosted the wedding of Rt. Rev. Laurice Klose and Virginia Jones. Rev J L Malone officiated as the first high nuptial mass in the hand hewn church in almost fifty years. Guests from many states attended.
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Talbotton
Zion Episcopal Church
Laurice Klose
Trinity Episcopal
Terrell County Court Postponed To December
Dawson August 6 The June term of the superior court was postponed again at farmers request due to planting delays. Judge C W Worrill moved the dates to December to avoid cotton picking and peanut harvest. Uncontested civil and criminal cases will be heard on the third Monday this month. other cases postponed to December.
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Dawson
Superior Court
C. W. Worrill
Dehydration and Freezing Seen to Ease Farm Delays
The article discusses how heat drying and quick freezing plants will help farmers move perishable crops, reducing panic from spoilage and giving growers price leverage. It notes cooperatives as partial relief and highlights Pace and other representatives joining a committee to trace farm product pricing from seed to dinner table. The aim is to identify costly steps to eliminate them and improve farmer security and dignity.
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Damocles
Pace
Jon Flanagan
Virginia
Clifford Hope
Kansas
Bell Bomber Plant Family Day Draws Tens of Thousands
Atlanta August 7 between 50 000 and 75 000 visitors are expected at the Bell Bomber plant in Marietta August 13 for the first family day. The 9 am to 6 pm tour covers a two mile circuit including tunnels 3 and 4 and a look at the B 29 line and other Bell Aircraft displays. Only blood relatives of workers may attend under Army Air Force rules with special transport arranged from Atlanta and nearby points.
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Atlanta
Bell
Marietta
Bell Aircraft
Ordnance Division
Vermont
Fighter
Buffalo
Niagra Falls
Army Air Force
Cancer Clinic Being Formed in Georgia
Athens and Clarke county raise 8000 to buy radio graphic equipment while Whitfield county contributes 5000 for Dalton clinic gear. Georgia funds support five clinics in Savannah Columbus Macon and Atlanta plus the Free Cancer Home. In total statewide efforts exceed public gifts to support free exams and treatment under county welfare approval.
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Athens
Georgia
M. B. Ritchie
Woman’s Field Army
The
American Society For Control of Cancer
Dalton
Savannah
Columbus
Macon
Atlanta
Women‘s Field Army
Ritchie
Freezer-Locker Plant In Sumter County Set To Open
Sumter bounty freezer locker plant near Americus will be ready for operation about January 1, according to the Sumter County Livestock Association. Construction costs total about 32 000 dollars for a one story brick building 51 1 2 by 70 feet with a boiler room and poultry processing section.
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Americus
Sumter
Sumter County Livestock Association
Con. Aas
County Stockade
Advanced Refrigeration, Inc
Northe Bros
Atlanta
B-32 Sister to Superfortress Under Construction
San Diego August 8 The censorship office announced that a giant stablemate to the B 29 Superfortress is under production at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp in San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
Office of Censorship Today
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
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