Miss Emily Woodward Reports On English Bombing War Life
Miss Emily Woodward toured England and Scotland for 12 weeks speaking on American English relations. She described robot bombings as scarier than the London blitz and noted Britons remain steadfast, despite shortages in food and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Tucker
Atlanta Journal
Emily Woodward
England
Scotland
Miss Woodward
Georgia Public Forums
University of Georgia
London
Rotary
France
Red Cross
Ministry of Information
U. S. Office of War Information
Dawson Smithville paving promised
Dawson Ga August 12 The unpaved section of the Dawson Smithville highway in Lee county will be completed before the first of the year State Highway Director R G Clay told the Dawson Rotary Club.
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Dawson, Ga
Dawson- Smithville
Lee County
R. G. Clay
Dawson Rotary Club
Escaped Bull Killed After Attacking Child in Columbus
Police and angry citizens used an airplane and vehicles to pursue an escaped bull that mauled 11 year old Charles Heinz near his Columbus home. He was treated at a hospital for lacerations and bruises before officers killed the animal in a field near the Columbus Municipal Golf Course.
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Columbus
Charles Heinz
Charles
Columbus Municipal
Dougherty Woman Has Poems Published
May Dickerman Burdick of Albany enters a new poetry book titled Songs of a Pioneer's Daughter published by Pegasus Studios of Cleveland Ohio. A Kansas pioneer by birth she has lived in Albany for years and writes religious nature and Georgia themed poems.
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Albany
Divorce Suit Filed in Taylor County Georgia
Mrs. Janie Abercromby sues Paul Abercromby for divorce in Taylor Superior Court. Paul Abercromby must appear on the first Monday in October 1944. Witness T Hicks Fort judge. Clerk Thelmon Jarrell announces the action dated August 1, 1944.
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Janie Abercromby
Paul Abercromby
Taylor Superior Court
Superior Court
Taylor County
Georgia
T. Hicks Fort
Thelmon Jarrell
Georgia Dismissal Petition for Eula Daniel Estate
P B Childs administrator of Miss Eula Daniel seeks discharge. Court cites all concerned to show cause why administrator should not be discharged and receive Letters of Dismissal on the first Monday in September 1944. August 7, 1944. J R Lunsford, Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
P. B. Childs
Eula Daniel
J. R. Lunsford
Sealy Seeks Leave to Sell Estate Land 1944
H A Sealy as administrator of J T Willis deceased applied to the Ordinary for leave to sell land of the estate to pay debts and distribute. The hearing is set at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in September 1944.
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Georgia
Taylor County
H. A. Sealy
J. T. Willis
Court of Ordinary
J. R. Lunsford
Ball Appointed To Compile History of Georgia in War
Lamar Q. Ball, appointed by Gov. Arnall to write Georgia’s World War Two history, appeals for Georgians to provide human wartime stories. The book will cover home front and service member activities, be used in schools, and archived by the state. Ball asks for submissions to 38 Capitol Square in Atlanta.
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Lamar Q. Ball
Arnall
Georgia
Mr. Ball
Pearl Harbor
L. Q. Ball
Capitol Square
Atlanta
Harmonized Democrats Planning Victory Dinner in September
Atlanta August 14 The national and state Democratic Party organizations have reconciled and the Georgia Democratic Executive Committee will host a victory dinner in September for the presidential campaign Chairman Leon Duckworth said The move follows Governor Arnall s earlier criticisms of national officials over patronage in Georgia and anti Roosevelt Democrats The Georgia party refused a Jackson Day dinner last winter and declined to support the national leadership As protests waned Republicans and anti Roosevelt Democrats who held high offices in Georgia have been removed since Arnall and Duckworth acted leading to a understood accord at the Chicago Democratic National Convention
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Atlanta
Democratic Party
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
Leon Duckworth
Arnall
National Party
Georgia
Duckworth
Chicago
Americus Farmers Set Cotton and Peanut Wages
Americus Georgia, Aug 8. Farmers set cotton pickers pay at 1.00 per 100 pounds in the Americus area. Shaking and stacking peanuts will be paid 20 cents per stack by hand and 10 cents per stack behind the side delivery rake. The scale was fixed as war prisoner labor may be used. a camp for about 500 prisoners is under construction on the city outskirts.
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Americus
J. K. Luck
Ashburn Agent Killed by Train in Ga. Incident
J M Reynolds 71 local circulation agent for The Atlanta Journal was killed instantly Aug 10 by a southbound passenger train in Ashburn Georgia. He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Ashburn
J. M. Reynolds
Atlanta Journal
Reynolds
Safety Can Help Win War County Farm Agent Says
County Agent E. G. Blackwell urges accident prevention on the home front as a wartime duty. He cites ladders hammers nails firearms fires and hot water as risky and warns of death from saw misuse rusty nails faulty wiring poisons and unsafe toys. He stresses safe behavior and removing hazards while noting risks from animals around children and rabies prevention.
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E. G. Blackwell
Blackwell
Found bifocal glasses near Wilson's pond at scout camp
A pair of men’s bifocal glasses was found by Boy Scouts at a camp near Wilson’s pond north of town. The owner may claim them by calling the Herald office and paying for this advertisement.
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Wilson's Pond
Herald Office
Dog Catcher Called To Catch His Own Dog
Rome Ga. Postman Lewis Barton was attacked while delivering mail on Yarbrough Street by the dog of dog catcher John Henderson. Barton sustained nine gashes and Henderson ended up shooting the dog after police were summoned.
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Rome
Lewis Barton
Yarbrough Street
Seeq
John Henderson
Henderson
Barton
Wanted to Take Over Beech Wood Slab Wood Sawmills
Reliable person sought to operate slab wood business from two sawmills on Beech Wood Farm near Reynolds. Contact W G Wallace Logging Superintendent for details.
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Beechwood Farm
Reynolds
W. G. Wallace
Georgia Taylor County Year's Support Proceeding Notice
The appraisers on Mrs. Berta T. Harris widow of S H Harris deceased petition for a 12 months support. All persons concerned are cited to show cause at the next regular September term of the court why the application should not be granted. This 7th day of August, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Berta T. Harris
S. H. Harris
J. R. Lunsford
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of R S West Estate
Miss Marion E. West and J Harp West have qualified as executors of the will of the late R S West. Creditors are asked to present claims for settlement and debtors to remit payments promptly. Executors’ office address noted for accepting payments and claims as of August 9 1944.
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R. S. West
Marion E. West
J. Harp West
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