Governor Talmadge to Seek Re election Next Year
Gov. Talmadge announces plans to run for re election next year in St Simons Island conference with staff. He aims to broaden his record disclosure while avoiding backing any U S Senate candidate, and urges support for shipbuilding contracts to benefit Brunswick.
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Talmadge
Friends Disclose
C. E. Gregory
Sra Island
St. Siemens Island
U. S. Senate
U. S
R. B. Russell
Brunswick
Glynn County
Washington
Yacht Club
Sea Island
St. Simons
State Game and Fish Department
J. D. Gould
Brunswick Board of Trade
Brunswick Shipbuilders
W. A. Taylor
Brunswick Shipbuilding Co
Brunswick Yards
Shows for Week at Dean Theatre
The Dean Theatre offers Men of Boys Town with Father Flanagan cast, Mickey Rooney and a strong Boys Town roster Wednesday and Thursday. Friday and Saturday feature Nancy Kelley in Scotland Yards and Tim McCoy in Frontier Crusader, plus Dr Kildare latest with Lew Ayers Lorane Day and Lionel Barrymore.
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Sun & Men
Boys Town
Father Flanagan
Spencer
Mickey Rooney
Wed
Dr. Kildare
Lew Ayers
Lorane Day
Lionel Barrymore
Forefathers' Prayers Blend With Forest Winds Quote
A reflective line from Mary Baker Eddy on conscience and national character, contrasting modern living with early American reverence and the mingling of prayers with the whispering winds of ancestral forest homes.
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Mary Baker | Eddy
Castellow Named Democratic Executive Committee Appointee
Atlanta August 16 1911 68 members named to the Georgia Democratic executive committee from the state at large by Chairman J B Peters of Manchester to set primary dates fix candidate fees and regulate party affairs Herman Talmadge's son among appointees from districts none. list includes J E Bridges Blakely J O Bridges Colquitt etc across many towns and counties.
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Atlanta
Democratic Executive Committee
J. 8. Peters
Manchester
Gov. Talmadge
Herman
State Committee
Gov Rivers
Almon
Frankling
J Arnold
Griffins
Bouhan
Savannah
O.bridges
Blakely
I W. Bush
Colquitt
Bruce
Bentley
Roberta
Beasley
Glennville
Miss Stuart
Brown
Royston
Howard Clarke
Albany
B. T. Castellow
Cuthbert
Walter Candler
Tom Romerson
McRae
J. B. Cannon Christian
Ringgold
Lucy
T. B. Kelly
Louisville
E.E. Lindsey
Rome
B. D. Murphy
Fayetteville
E. W. Maynard
Macon
Tom Martin
Homer
Phillip Morgan
Guyton
J. H. McCalla
Conyers
Roy McGinty
Chatsworth
Otis Nixon
Covington
H. P. Blair Moultrie
Henry Powell
Hazlehurst
Allan Parnell
Thomson
Thaines
Ellaville man to head Wesley School in Taylor county
David McCorkle of Ellaville has been elected principal of Wesley school in Taylor county for the 1941 42 term opening Sept 1. The school employs three teachers. A Schley county high school graduate and former standout basketball player, he studied at Georgia Southwestern College Americus last June. He is the eldest son of Eld and Mrs Hassell McCorkle of Ellaville.
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Schley County News
David McCorkle
Ellaville
Wesley School
Taylor County
Schley County High School
Georgia Southwestern College
Americus
McCorkle
Eld
Hassell McCorkle
Huey Long Newspaper Auction Set After Suspension
The Louisiana Progress and the American Progress, Huey Longs newspaper, will be sold at auction on September 6 in New Orleans to satisfy creditors. The auction includes the press typesetting machines and other properties from the failed publication.
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Huey Long
New Orleans
Louisiana
The
Louisiana Progress
American Progress
Progress
State Patrol Caps to Receive Georgia Shaped Emblems
Georgia State Patrol troopers will soon wear bright emblems shaped like the state on their caps. The first emblem, silver colored and embossed with Georgia State Patrol and officer number, arrived at headquarters this week. Officers will still wear their official badges on shirts.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Patrol
State of
Georgia
William Flythe takes Augusta publicity post
Augusta Ga Aug 16 veteran newspaperman and former White House correspondent for Universal News Service has returned home to assume charge of publicity for the new cantonment flythe served in Washington for twenty years under Presidents Wilson Harding Coolidge Hoover and Roosevelt he accompanied President Wilson to Paris for the historic peace conference
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Augusta
Wm. Flythe
White House
Universal News Service
Flythe
Washington
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Paris
Georgia Editors Gather At Toccoa For Annual Meet
Georgia newspapermen gather for a three day Georgia Press Association session at Lake Louise Aug 21 through Aug 23. Speakers include Col. I. Fr. Belser and Bruce McCoy with a legal notice forum led by Ellis Arnall and J. C. Seymour. A Saturday barbecue and NYA project tours conclude the event.
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Toccoa
Georgia
Lake Louise
Hoth
Georgia Press Association
Col. I. Fr. Belser
McCoy
R. &. Ledford
Vidalia
I. M. Rimes
Ludowici
Association
J. Roy McGinty
Calhoun Times
Otis Brumby
Cabb County Times
Habersham County
NYA
F. A. Gabrels
C Purcell
Sumter County REA Adds 28 Miles of Rural Lines
In Americus on August 18 the Sumter County REA announced 28 additional miles of rural electric lines, costing about 16300 dollars, are under construction across nine counties in the Americus area. The lines comprise 24 extensions, with Miller Baxter of Indianapolis setting the poles.
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Sumter County
REA
Americus
R. S. Hill
Miller-Baxter Company of
Indianapolis
Mid-Georgia Sailors on Historic Meeting with Churchill
Two Middle Georgia sailors served on the U S S Augusta which carried President Roosevelt to the high sea conference with Winston Churchill. Gunner’s Mate C N Elliott and Carl Blasingame of Haddock joined the Navy three years ago and were aboard the Augusta, as reported locally.
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Atlanta
Middle Georgia
U. S. S. Augusta
President Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
C. N. Elliott
A. W. Elliott Jr
Carl Blasingame
Haddock
Navy
Augusta
Elliott
Macon Youth Dies During Handball at Indian Springs
Ernest C. Moore Jr., 16, an Eagle Scout from Macon, died of a heart seizure while playing handball in a shallow section of Indian Springs swimming pool in Indian Springs Georgia. A state patrol car rushed an inspector from Atlanta, covering 53 miles in 45 minutes, to aid in the futile resuscitation attempt. Moore was the son of a Macon post office clerk and his father has served as president of the Georgia federation of post office clerks.
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Indian Springs
Ernest C. Moore Jr
Macon
State
Atlanta
Georgia Federation of Post Office Clerks
Two Girls and Uncle Drown in River Near Waycross
Waycross, Aug. 14 Divers recovered the body of 18 year old Marion Pearl Ponsell at midnight from the whirlpool in the Sallila river six miles from Waycross. Earlier in the afternoon the bodies of her 9 year old sister Mary Lee and her uncle Frances Ponsell were found. The three drowned when the two girls wandered beyond their depths in the Whirlpool bend and their uncle went to help.
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Waycross
Marion Pearl Ponsell
Salilla River
Mary Lee
Frances Ponsell
Negro Professor Charged In Talbotton Auto Wreck
J R Jones, a Tuskegee Institute faculty member, was arrested by Sheriff Ferguson and Officer McKinnon in Talbotton, Ga., on a wreck charge for allegedly forcing Douglas Johnson off the road on the Talbotton Columbus road. Johnson, whose sister was injured, recovered damages and Johnson declined prosecution after restitution.
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Talbotton
J. R. Jones
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Jas. H. Ferguson
R. A. McKinnon
Douglas Johnson
Ft. Valley
Jones
Johnson
Johnson Leur
Ferguson
Talbotton- Columbus
Box Springs
Sherif Ferguson
Hlockett
Atlanta Auditorium Rebuild Moves Forward This Week
Atlanta officials report the Municipal Auditorium front rebuilt starting Monday with WPA funding of 48,570 dollars for the skeleton stage. Mayor LeCrsw notes ongoing elevated floor work in the main section, expected to finish soon, while the front portion rebuilt after the November 11 1940 fire carries an estimated 263000 dollar cost.
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Atlanta
Municipal Auditorium
LeCrsw
WPA
Burt Welborn
Collins and Glennville Buy Short Line Railroad
Reidsville Georgia August 17 mayor M C Kennedy of Glennville acted for Glenville and Collins in buying the Collins Glennville railroad. The short line in Tattnall County sold for 33000 dollars at local courthouse auction and will operate as a railroad after court confirmation in Douglas on August 2. All rolling stock fixtures and assets are included. The line had ceased operations two weeks earlier.
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Reidsville
M. C. Kennedy
Glennville
Glenville
Collins
Collins Glennville
Tattnall County
Douglas
Kennedy
Funeral services Monday for Mrs J M Murray Ellaville Lady
Ellaville Ga Aug 18 Funeral services for Mrs J M Murray wife of the late J M Murray who died Saturday were held at the Ellaville Baptist church at 11 am She was born March 6 1855 in Concord community of Schley county youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Lightner She married Rev J M Murray Dec 10 1874 and joined Phillippi Baptist church Their golden anniversary was celebrated in 1924 with all ten children present Survivors include Dr James Murray Atlanta T O Murray Bessemer Ala Mrs J T Webb Sumter City S L Murray Atlanta Mrs H L Poole Sylvester G P Murray Atlanta Mrs Irene Gregory Mr Harry Murray and Joe Murray Ellaville twenty one grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers were T O Murray Jr George Murray Jr Thomas Murray J T Webb Jr Murray Poole and Edwin Poole all grandsons
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Ellaville
J. M. Murray
Ellaville Baptist Church
Concord
Schley County
J. W Lightner
Phillippi
Driskell Farmer Dies by Self-Inflicted Shotgun Wound Near Sparta
W D Driskell a farmer and former Sparta schools superintendent died at his home near Sparta Monday from a personal safety related shotgun wound to the head. Sheriff Bernard Butts said he had been in feeble health for years and feared loss of sight from an eye trouble.
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W. D. Driskell
Sparta
Bernard Butts
Death of J. W. Cole Inspires Sorrow in Washington
Washington reports the death of J. W. Cole 63 deputy second assistant postmaster general since 1936. A postal service veteran he traveled nationwide on special assignments before joining Washington in 1936. Born in Sharpsburg Georgia he began mail work in 1898 and rose through railway mail service and inspector roles. Funeral plans place the body in Newnan then Sharpsburg.
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J. W. Cole
Butler
Post Office
Washington
Jas. W. Cole
Postal Service
Doctors Hospital
Cole
United States
Europe
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Department
New Orleans
Atlanta
Railway Mail Service
Florrie
Newnan
Sharpsburg
Bike Sales Rise as Gasoline Shortage Bites Atlanta
Atlanta dealers report a 46 percent surge in bicycle sales this month compared with last year as more adults take to cycling amid a gasoline shortage. Military personnel at Ft Benning are using bikes for mess transport.
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Atlanta
Ft. Benning
Messa Transportation
Ary
Prominent Talbotton Man Stricken Seriously in Talbotton Ga
W K Couch a leading Talbotton resident is in critical condition at Emory University Hospital Atlanta after three months of treatment. Advices say his wife Maud Jordan of Talbotton, a son W H Couch Jr, and a daughter Mrs J C Watts wife of the county school superintendent, remain at his bedside.
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Talbotton
W K. Couch
Emory University Hospital
Couch
Hope
Maud Jordan
W. WH. Couch Jr
J. C. Watts
Ss Bedside
Columbus Youth Fatally Injured in Tank Accident
Camp Polk La Aug 17 Prior First Class J D Robinson of Columbus was fatally injured when a tank overturned near Leesville and caught fire. The gunner died in a nearby Army hospital of internal injuries and leg fractures hours after the accident. The private had one year in the Army and served with Company G 66th Armored Regiment Second Armored Division. His death was the first reported in 3rd Army maneuvers.
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Camp Polk
J. D. Robinson
Columbus
Leesville
Robinson
Army
Pvt
66Th Armored
Macon Girl Donates Blood for Milledgeville Polio Victim
Doris Miller a 15 year old Macon polio survivor volunteered to donate blood to Jimmie Cox 11 son of Dr C G Cox of Milledgeville. The boy struck by infantile paralysis on Saturday drew urgent pleas for blood from recovered donors and Doris promptly offered to help.
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Macon
Middle Georgia
Doris Miller
Jimmie Cox
C. G. Cox
Milledgeville
Cox
Petition for Divorce in Taylor Superior Court 1941
Eva B. Meelinvale files suit for divorce from Reginald Rex Meelinvale Sr in Taylor County Georgia. Service by publication ordered. defendant must appear at October Term 1941 on the first Monday to answer the complaint. Judge George C Palmer presiding. Document dated August 20 1941 and Clerk Thelmon Jarrell.
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Georgia
Taylor County
James
L. F. James
A. S. James
Eva B. McInvale
Reginald
Rex) MeelInvale, Sr
Taylor Superior Court
Eva B. MeelInvale
Rex) McInvale
State of
Rex) McIinvale
George C .Palmer
Thelmon Jarrell
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Dean Theatre
Democratic
Ellaville School
State Patrol
William Flythe
Mid-Georgia Sailors
Uncle
Collins and
Glennville Buy
Short Line Railroad
J. R. Lunsford
Bill Bazemore Butler
Dreizin’s
Butler, Ga
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