Senate approves 18 month service extension for men in
The Senate backed an 18 month extension of active service for draftees militiamen reservists and Army enlisted men with a $10 monthly pay raise after one year of service The vote was 45 to 30 and the measure heads to the House where support favors shorter extensions The bill origins include earlier administration opposition and amendments on pay scales and duration within the same session
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen. Mead
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Sen. Johnson
D-Col
Georgia Keeps Traditional Thanksgiving Date in Columbus
Gov. Talmadge told the Columbus Chamber of Commerce that Georgia will observe Thanksgiving on the traditional last Thursday in November this year. The state had followed Roosevelt’s streamlined date for the prior two years, but Roosevelt announced that starting in 1942 the nation would return to the last Thursday to aid Christmas shopping.
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Columbus
Georgia
Talmadge
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
E. D. Rivers
Roosevelt
Week of Shows at Dean Theatre
Sunday and Monday feature One Night in Lisbon starring Fred McMurray and Madeline Carroll with supporting cast including Ellis Burke and Reginald Denny. Wednesday and Thursday present Free and Easy with Ruth Hussey and Robert Cummings. Friday and Saturday show Lone Wolf Keeps a Date with Warren Williams plus Parson of the Panamint with Charles Ruggles and Ellen Drew.
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Lisbon
Fred McMurray
Atlantic
RAF
Madeline Carroll
London
Clipper
Madeliene Carroll
Ellis Burke
Partricia Morrison
Reginald Denny
Ruth Hussey
Philadelphia
Miss Hussey
Robert Cummings
Judith Anderson
C. Aubrey Smith
Nigel Bruce
Reginald Owen
Warren Williams
Charles Ruggles
Ellen Drew
Taunton Couple Announce Son Born at Montgomery Hospital
Mr and Mrs T W Taunton announce the birth of a son at Montgomery hospital on Thursday July 31. He will be named Lary Woodfin.
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T .W. Taunton
Montgomery Hospital
Lary Woodfin
Prominent Ideal Citizen J Wallace Nelson Dies at 54
J Wallace Nelson, longtime Macon County figure and former State Senator, died Friday at Sontecuma Hospital after a heart attack. Funeral held Saturday at Ideal Methodist Church with large attendance. Survived by wife Alice Lightner, son J W Nelson Jr, daughters Harriet and Mrs W A Bedingfield, sister Dr Sara Nelson, brother Robert Nelson.
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J Wallace Nelson
Ideal Methodist Church
Nelson
J. P. Nelson
Macon County
Sonte- Cuma Hospital
General Assembly
Ideal
The
Ideal School
Macon County Board of Education
Alice Lightner
J. W. Nelson Jr
Harriet Nelson
W.A. Bedingfield
Ideas
Sara Nelson
Oglethorpe
Robert Nelson
Brooklyn N. C
Cotton Stamps Distributed to Taylor County Farmers
Mr E E Payne of Reynolds was the first Taylor County farmer to receive Cotton Stamps and several thousand dollars worth have been distributed. Between August and September from 15000 to 20000 dollars more will be issued to local cotton growers. The stamps may be exchanged only for cotton goods by merchants authorized to accept them.
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E. E. Payne
Reynolds
Taylor County
Hugh. W. Mercer
Mercer
County Nurse Urges Physical Exams Before School
A county nurse urges all school and pre school children to obtain a physical examination before September. She notes the ongoing infantile paralysis epidemic in nearby counties and promotes diphtheria toxoid vaccinations at clinics on Saturdays and during Wednesday and Thursday morning clinics in Reynolds and Butler. Sara Windham, R. N., County Nurse.
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Reynolds
Butler
V. D
Sara Windham
R. N
Truck Wreck on River Bridge Fatal to Negro Man
A Buena Vista man named Kelly was killed instantly about 7:30 PM Tuesday when a heavily loaded Burgin Lumber Co truck crashed into the rear of an Army van on the Flint river bridge 12 miles north of Butler on Highway 3. Otis Mathis, also of Buena Vista, was treated for cuts and bruises. The Army van occupants were not injured.
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Kelly
Buena Vista
Flint River Bridge
Butler
Highway No. 3
Otis Mathis
Roval Hospital
Burgin Lumber Company
Car Wreck Near Here Injures Atlanta Man
Mr. Claud Phillips of Atlanta was treated at Montgomery hospital for injuries from a collision ten miles north of town on Highway No 3. His 1939 Chevrolet crashed with a car driven by Col. W. E. Steed of Butler. Steed and his passengers were lightly injured. Phillips and his passengers were not.
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Claud Phillips
Atlanta
Montgomery Hospital
Col
W. E. Steed
Butler
Phillips
Col. Steed
Mr. Phillips
Talbotton youths confess placing spikes on railroad tracks
Talbot County sheriff J H Ferguson and detective E L Gregory say three 8 year old and one 7 year old white youth placed 40 penny nails in a rail line switch on July 2 injuring railroad worker G E Ashurst who crawled to warn a train. Officers turned the youths over to parents.
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Talbotton
A. B
C. Ry
Talbot County
J. H. Ferguson
L. Gregory
G. E. Ashurst
Ashurst
Ferguson
T. C. Moore
Manchester
Gregory
County Agent Attends Athens Convention
County Agent E. G. Blackwell attended the dedication of the new AAA building in Athens on Tuesday and will remain through Friday for the State Farmers and County Agents' Conference. Two 4 H Club leader boys James Young and Sidney Hobbs joined the conference for leadership training due to their outstanding 4 H work.
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E. G. Blackwell
AAA
Athens
James Young
Sidney Hobbs
Train crash at Reynolds leaves one dead two injured
A Columbus to Macon freight collision on the Central of Georgia line near Reynolds injured two crewmen. Brakeman Algie Payne died en route to a Macon hospital from a crushed skull, fireman Anderson Lovett was listed in fair condition with a possible internal injury. Engineer Bill Parker escaped with minor injuries. The first train sustained no injuries.
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Algie Payne
Macon
Anderson Lovett
Central of Georgia
Reynolds
Lovett
Bill Parker
Columbus
Atlanta Man Injured In Auto Accident Near Butler
Mr. Lucien Willets of Atlanta was treated at the local hospital for head injuries after his 1936 Chevrolet skidded on wet pavement and overturned near Butler Friday afternoon. Troopers Branch and Royal investigated the crash.
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Atlanta
Butler
Lucien Willets
Troopers Branch and
Royal
Revival Services Begin At Wesley Sunday Night
Revival services will begin at Wesley Methodist church next Sunday night and continue through the following week. Rev. C. L. Wall of Pinehurst will assist pastor Rev. F. J. Gilbert in this meeting. Rev. Gilbert also announces he will conduct the regular morning service next Sunday. the evening service will be conducted by Rev. Wall.
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Wesley
Rev. Wall
Wesley Methodist Church
C. L. Wall
Pinehurst
F. J. Gilbert
Gilbert
Wall
Georgia to field largest armed force in state history
Maj. Oren Warren, adjutant of the Georgia state defense corps, said the state would likely have about 6,000 enlisted with 2,500 rifles issued. A requisition for 3,000 more rifles has been placed with the War Department and should be ready for distribution soon.
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Atlanta
Oren Warren
State Defense Corps
Defense Corps
War Department
Warden
Jury List Revisors Busy This Week
The jury revisors are busy this week revising the jury list for Taylor County Superior Court. They are appointed by Judge George C. Palmer and include W E Neisler E T Shealy O J Young I E Locke and J W Windham assisted by Clerk of Court Thelmon Jarrell.
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Taylor County Superior Court
George C. Palmer
W.E Neisler
E. T. Shealy
O. J. Young
I. E. Locke
J. W. Windham
Thelmon Jarrell
Butler Masons Host To Many Visitors Last Thursday
Hon William Penn of Macon was guest speaker at the local Masonic Hall last Thursday evening. Grand Secretary Mr Locklin of Macon and several hundred attendees from Montezuma Ellaville Macon Americus Buena Vista Tazewell Thomaston Columbus Ft. Valley Silvertown heard Penn speak on What Masonry Means linking church school and civic groups to build a better community. A basket dinner followed and four candidates received the Master’s degree enacted by Americus Lodge degree teams.
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William Penn
Macon
Locklin
Montezuma
Ellaville
Americus
Buena Vista
Tazewell
Thomaston
Columbus
Ft. Valley
Silvertown
Penn
Americus Lodge
First 1941 Cotton Bales Ginned in Taylor and Nearby
The Taylor county season opens with Whatley’s gin in Reynolds processing the first bale grown by Charlie Edwards on H. K. Sealy’s farm, weighing 375 pounds and sold for 20 cents a pound with seed netting $35. Peterman and Barrow operations reported early bales, followed by Neisler’s and Cochran’s warehouses ginning their initial bales from Reynolds and Butler farms, weights ranging from 474 to 988 pounds, with varieties and seed sources noted.
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Taylor County
Whatley
Reynolds
Charlie Edwards
H. K. Sealy
N. E. Peterman
William Peter
Five County White Men Selected To Fill Army Quota
The Taylor County Draft Board selected five white men to fill call number sixteen and be inducted next Wednesday, Aug. 20. They are William Turner, Butler. Eugene Walton Hodges Jr., Reynolds. Willie Frank Schofield, Rupert. William Franklin Trawick, Butler. and Milton Lester Lowe, Reynolds. They will leave for Ft. McPherson and then be assigned to permanent posts.
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Taylor County
William Turner
Butler
Eugene Walton Hodges Jr
Reynolds
Willie Frank Schofield
Rupert
William Franklin Trawick
Milton Lester Lowe
Ft. McPherson
Blast in Plane Shop Kills Tech Student at Tech
A pressure tank exploded in the Georgia Tech model airplane shop killing 21 year old J. W. Mc Caleb of Old Hickory and injuring graduate student R. E. Wilson of St. Petersburg Florida. Professors Flocum and Sutton were present but offered no cause.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
J. W. McCaleb
Old Hickory
R. E. Wilson
St. Petersburg Fla
W. C. Flocum
D. W. Sutton
Taylor County Ready for Fall Opening Monday September 1
Taylor County White schools plan to open Monday morning September 1 under Superintendent Austin. Prof T H Chambers named new Butler High School head and assembles faculty, adding two teachers for the coming year across Butler Reynolds and surrounding communities.
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Taylor County Schools
Taylor County
Austin
T. H. Chambers
Butler High School
Chambers
Butler
Leslie
Leslie High School
W. P. Folds
Georgia Industrial
Macon
E. H. Joiner
Reynolds High School
Verna Jarrell
R. H. Comer
Miriam Dreizin
Sara Poole
Archie Barfield
Julia Carter
Howard
Mildred Jones
Sumter City
S. C. Downer
Richland
Lucy Barrett
Mt. Vernon
Doris
Mildred Cauthen
Lizzie Williams
Ricks Carson
Eliabreth Shell
Margaret Phillips
W. M. Hollis
Otis Ogburn
Forest Fire Protection Unit In Taylor County To Undergo Change
Taylor County board votes to discontinue the County Forest Fire Protection Unit effective Sept 1. The unit, run since 1940 by county forest ranger J W Ray under the State Division of Forestry, cost split 60 percent county, 40 percent state and federal. County plans to buy the 40 percent equity and replace with a new protection system for woodland owners.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Board of Commissioners
State Division of Forestry
J. W. Ray
Butler Business Houses Observe Last Thursday Half-Holiday
Butler business houses take a final Thursday half-holiday today marking the end of a local observance. Shops close mid-afternoon as employees enjoy the last of the weekly早lights.
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Dean Theatre
J. W. Nelson
Butler Masons
Butler, Reynolds High Schools
Faucity
Butler Business
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