Southern States Train One Hundred Thousand For Defense
The Southeast has trained nearly 100 000 additional workers for defense plants over the past year through the cooperative effort of industry and the OPM. J E McDaniel of the Training Within Industry program outlined the in plant method used in Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi. More than 300 plants participated, pairing untrained workers with skilled operators to learn on the job without classrooms, then shifting experienced workers to supervisory roles.
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Atlanta
OPM
J. E. McDaniel
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
McDaniel
Georgia Woman Guest Of President Roosevelt At The White House
A 75 year old Georgia farm woman Mrs. L. R. P. Jordan of Reidsville who is blind in one eye and faces possible total blindness met President Roosevelt at the White House. She spoke of the international situation and pledged her family would fight to save democracy if needed. She traveled with Congressman Peterson of Georgia and had earlier failed to gain an audience.
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Washington
Georgia
Roosevelt
L. R. P. Jordan
Reidsville
Jordan
White House
Union Station
Hyde Park N
Rep. Peterson
Dga
Three Year Cruise Around Cape Horn Planned
In Atlanta on August 17 Thomas Andrew Romeo his wife Lenora and Rhett Bryson a Georgia Tech student plan a three year voyage in a 30 foot pulling sloop starting September 28 from Columbus Georgia They will sail down the Chattahoochee River to the gulf to Miami through the Caribbean and along the east coast of South America luego ending on the west coast of the United States Bryson is familiar with small seafaring craft and Romeo describes himself as boxer poet writer and former navy quartermaster who previously sailed a canoe from New York to Norfolk in 1927.
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Atlanta
Cape Horn
Straits of Magellan
Thomas Andrew Romeo
Lenora
Rhett Bryson
Georgia Tech
Dothan
Ala
Columbus
Chattahoochee River
Gulf
Miami
Caribbean Islands
South America
Romeo
U. S. Navy
New York
Norfolk
Bryson
United States
Calf Finds Twenty One Dollar Bills in Stomach
In Moultrie Georgia Eschel Sears discovers a calf has eaten money and found twenty one dollars inside the calf’s stomach. The animal quickly lapped up the bills representing returns from farm produce before being found. An affidavit was obtained from Court Clerk R J Lewis and the matter resolved by authorities.
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Moultrie
Georgia
Eschel Sears
U. S
Sears
R. J. Lewis
Sam
University of Georgia to Honor John Wade at Graduation
John Wade head of the English department will deliver the baccalaureate address at the University of Georgia summer school graduation exercises Friday night August 22 at 8 o'clock. About 200 persons are expected to receive degrees.
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John Wade
University of Georgia
Dixie Baptists Launch Nationwide Campaign For Soldiers
In July 19 dispatch Atlanta reports 5,000,000 Southern Baptists across 18 states push a rapid evangelism effort to bolster soldier morals at Army camps. Led by the Home Mission Board, survey teams from Georgia and other states assess camps and communities aiming to mirror wartime conversions. Dr. J B Lawrence compares goal to Civil War era spiritual waves.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Birmingham
Home Mission Board of
Mission Board
J. B. Lawrence
Home Mission Board
J. W. Merritt
Georgia Board
Dr. Lawrence
British Baptist Missions
Three Points in Raising Standards for Low Income Farmers
Miss Ellie Etheridge of the Farm Security Administration outlines three aims to raise living standards for Taylor county’s low income farm families. Key goals include boosting farm output and marketing, encouraging home-based living, and guiding stamp-based purchases with cotton fabric studies to improve durability and value.
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Department of Agriculture
Taylor County
Ellie Etheridge
Farm Security Administration
Big Demand Seen for Saleable Pine
Georgia timber faces future money from defense needs experts say merchantable pine will drive growth in domestic and export markets. W L Shaddix of the Southern States Forest Fire Commission notes log buyers in Georgia report farmers with 100 acres earning about two hundred dollars yearly. He stresses forest fires as the major risk to Southern timber.
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Americas
Georgia
W. L. Shaddix
Atlanta
Southern States Forest Fire Commission
Shaddix
South
Endearing caution on railroad crossing signals
A fragmented quote challenges readers not to mock safety warnings at crossings arguing that stop, look and listen guidance serves real danger. The remark emphasizes respect for railroad signal rules and public awareness of oncoming trains.
Farmer Invents Flame Cultivation Device for Cotton
Montgomery July 19 a war era invention uses 2200 degree flames to kill grass between cotton rows without harming the plants. Captain Price McLemore reports a one mule plow version at about 10 dollars per acre and a tractor mounted system heats the ground in fractions of a second. Immediate crop impact shows grass withering after four hours while cotton remains intact.
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Montgomery
Ala
Price McLemore
Gunter Field
McLemore
Many Openings for Young Unmarried Men in Army Aviation
Technical Sergeant Cesil Mayes at the Atlanta recruiting station announces abundant openings in the U S Army Aviation Division with 28 training phases for enlisted men. Schools cover aircraft mechanics, armorer courses, machinists, welders, clerks, radio operators and more. Vacancies exist at Craig Field Selma Kessler Ellington and Barksdale Fields for unmarried men aged 18 to 35 with eighth grade education or better and acceptable physical and mental standards.
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Army
Cesil Mayes
U. S. Army
Atlanta New Post Office
Air Corps
Mayes
Craig Field
Selma
Ala
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Ellington Field
Tex
Barksdale Field
McCain Cannot Make Dummy Out of Me Says Gene
Atlanta Governor Talmadge pressed a case Tuesday that the state board of regents should exclude the governor, arguing only the governor is elected by the people and can’t be made a figurehead. Agnes Scott College President J R McCain urged removing the governor from the board to depoliticize it. McCain accused Talmadge and allies of attacking him and his group as dummies and stooges.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Board of Regents
J. R. McCain
Agnes Scott College
Griffin
McCain
Georgia
Funeral services held for Fenn O Stone in Clayton
Funeral services were held Monday at Clayton, Georgia, for Fenn O Stone, 65, a noted industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of the Stone Baking Company of Atlanta. He died of a heart attack while swimming in Lake Rabun, where his summer home sits at Lakemont.
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Clayton, Ga
Fenn O. Stone
The
Stone Baking Company of
Atlanta
Lake Rabun
Lakemont
County Schools Set September Start in Marion County
County school superintendent H. H. Clements announced all county schools will open September 1 in Marion County marking the first nine month session. Pupils have previously attended eight months.
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H. H. Clements
Marion County
Atlanta Evening Post to Debut October 15
The Savannah Press notes plans for a new afternoon daily in Atlanta named the Atlanta Evening Post. O E Bright of Savannah sits on the advisory board for Press Publishing Co, with M G Perkins as president. The paper will launch around October 15, after initial naming as The Atlanta Graphic.
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Atlanta
Evening Post
Savannah Press Press
O. E. Bright
Savannah
the Press Publishing Co
Atlanta Evening Post
M. G. Perkins
Savannah Evening Press
Atlanta Constitution
T. H. Scott
A. C. Bromberg
M. A. Forst
J. P. Cheeves
A. Q. Dobbs
A. L. R. Bush
J. G. Kenan
Dr. E. A. Bancker
A . Kennedy
J. L. Riley
J. W. Booth
Atlanta Graphic
Eld Roquemore to Attend Western Primitive Baptist Session in Cincinnati
C. J. Roquemore known as Uncle Neal leaves for Cincinnati to participate as a delegate from Mt Ramah Association at the Western Primitive Baptist Association annual session. After adjournment he will proceed to Detroit to visit his son for a few days.
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C. J. Roquemore
Neal
Cincinnati
Detroit
Chicago
Western Primitive Baptist Association
Mt. Ramah
Taylor County
J. S. Roquemore
Price of tobacco averages 20 cents per pound in state
Georgia bright leaf tobacco auction belt sold 19,390,136 pounds for 4,226,186 last week, averaging 20.75 cents per pound. Report notes three markets Douglas Nashville Hazlehurst incomplete, with price dip blamed on rapid curing though quality was reportedly better.
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Atlanta
Georgia Bright Leaf
State Department of Agriculture
Douglas
Nashville
Hazlehurst
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