Congress Sets Date to Reconvene After Vacation
Washington reports Congress will likely reconvene on September 4 to tackle five major postwar items including unemployment compensation up to 25 dollars weekly, disposal of surplus war property, a broad employment bill, continuation of select war agencies, and government reorganization. President Truman and Senate Leader Barkley announced the plan with hearings to begin promptly.
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Congress
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Navy
Office of Censorship
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
War Production Board
Yawn Named Cotton Buyer and Warehouse Manager
E. E. Yawn of Eastman accepts the post of warehouse manager and cotton buyer for the C. H. Neisler Estate in Reynolds, succeeding the late Jake Weaver. A Middle Georgia College graduate, Yawn has run the Eastman Cotton Mill cotton department and served two Dodge County terms in the State House in 1941 and 1943. He plans to move his family to Reynolds once a home is secured.
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E. E. Yawn
Eastman
C. H
House of Representatives
Dodge County
Yawn
Reynolds
MacArthur In Command After Japan Surrenders
General MacArthur takes lead as Japan surrenders ending hostilities. Truman directs prompt cessation of hostilities and sets the surrender in motion while allied forces prepare for peacetime steps and censorship winds down. Emperors, ministers and Allied leaders sign off on surrender terms amid celebrations.
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Truman
White House
MacArthur
War Manpower Commission
Revival Opens At Antioch Next Sunday In Butler
Antioch Baptist Church near Butler begins revival Sunday morning and runs through Friday August 24. Rev J H Stanford will lead both morning teaching from the book Helping Others to Become Christians and evening sermons on topics including The Price of Louis and The Second Coming of Christ. Services at 11 30 a m and 8 30 p m daily. Public invited.
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Antioch Baptist Church
Butler
J. H. Stanford
Roland I. Leavell
Price
Louis
Taylor County
Christ
Death of T. C. Amos at Macon Hospital
T. C. Amos, 80, died Sunday morning in a Macon hospital after about ten days' illness following a fall at his daughter Miss Mary Amos's home in Thomaston. Born November 22, 1864 in Talbot County, he lived in Taylor County most of his life before moving to Thomaston. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wesley Methodist Church with interment in Wesley Cemetery. Surviving are three children T. G. Amos of Decatur Alabama, Mrs. J. R. Sams, and Miss Mary Amos of Thomaston.
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Macon
Amos
White
Miss Mary Amos
Thomaston
Mr. Amos
Talbot County
George Amos
Taylor County
Wesley Methodist Church
C. L. Glenn
Butler Methodist Church
J. H. Stanford
Antioch Baptist Church
Wesley Cemetery
W. J. Willis
J. T. Amos
Woodrow Amos
Jack Sams
T. B. Amos
T. G. Amos
Decatur, Ala
J. R. Sams
Mary Amos
Six Die In Okinawa Surrender Celebration Display
In Okinawa on Friday night a half hour display of rockets ack ack and flares celebrating Japan's surrender left at least six men dead and about 30 injured by falling antiaircraft shell fragments and bullets. The demonstration ended when commanders ordered an air raid alert and radio warnings to cease fire to prevent further loss of life.
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War Labor Board
George W. Taylor
Hiroshima
Russia
Nagasaki
Japan
Tokyo
Adm
William F. Halsey
Hirohito
Truman
White House
Executive Mansion
Okinawa
Revival at Reynolds to feature Rev Roy J Bond
Rev Roy J Bond pastor of Ellaville Methodist church will assist Rev Leon Edwards during revival at Reynolds Methodist church starting Monday and continuing through Sunday August 26. Services two daily at 11 a m and 8 30 p m with special musical program. Bond is a prominent figure in South Georgia Conference and has prior teaching and writing credits.
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Roy J. Bond
Ellaville Methodist Church
Leon Edwards
Reynolds Methodist Church
Bond
Reynolds
Taylor County
South Georgia Conference
Public Schools of
Georgia
Ellaville
First Bale 1945 Cotton From Reynolds Farm Ginned
Mr. J. J. Bryan of Reynolds brought Tay lor county’s first 1945 cotton bale in on Aug 9. Neisler ginnery ginned the 570 pound bale, grade excellent, staple 11 32 inch, bought by Neisler Warehouse. Bryan earns praise for two years running with top farming practices.
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J. J. Bryan
Neisler
Taylor County
Reynolds
Neisler Ginnery
Bryan
Gas and Other Items Exit War Ration List
Washington reports civilians will see fewer wartime controls after victory. Gasoline, kerosene, canned fruits and vegetables go off ration lists. tires and shoes see easing. food rationing continues but meat and fuel oil may end soon. Travel and manpower rules will relax gradually as demobilization proceeds.
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OPA
Military
Congress
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Fiance of Columbus reporter missing after plane crash
Anne Crawford 23, reporter for the Columbus Ledger, left for Ft Myers to visit fiancé Second Lieut. Robert L. Cochran. Cochran took off from Page Field in a P-51 Mustang on a routine flight and has been missing since.
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Anne Crawford
The
Columbus Ledger
Robert L. Cochran
Ft. Myers
Fla
Cochran
Page Field
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