Southern States Training One Hundred Thousand For Defense
The Southeast has trained nearly 100000 additional workers for defense plants in Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi through the Training Within Industry program of the OPM. J E McDaniel, district rep, says 300 plants participated in an in training method that places untrained workers beside skilled operators to learn on the job.
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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 loss of sight in the other, met President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss the international crisis. She promised her family would fight to defend democracy, telling the President she has 24 stepchildren, 65 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. She arrived with Congressman Peterson of Georgia after previous attempts to meet him.
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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 Cape Horn Cruise Planned From Columbus
Thomas Andrew Romeo Lenora Romeo and Georgia Tech student Rhett Bryson plan a three year voyage in a 30 foot pulling sloop starting Sept 28 from Columbus Georgia. They will sail down the Chattahoochee river to the gulf then to Miami through the Caribbean and along the east coast of South America to end on the west coast of the United States. The group aims to circumnavigate via Cape Horn and the Straits of Magellan.
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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
Moultrie Georgia tale of Eschel Sears whose calf dined on mutilated U S currency recovered from the animal’s stomach. The calf swallowed twenty one dollars, which Sears retrieved with an affidavit from Court Clerk R J Lewis and U S authority steps in to process the loss.
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Moultrie
Georgia
Eschel Sears
U. S
Sears
R. J. Lewis
Sam
University of Georgia to honor John Wade at summer school graduation
John Wade head of the English department at the University of Georgia will deliver the baccalaureate address at the 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 Large Drive to Aid Soldiers
About 5,000,000 Southern Baptists in 18 states press a wartime evangelism campaign near completion. The plan, approved at Birmingham in May, targets Army camps to curb sin and save soldiers. Leaders surveyed camps and vow a nationwide push akin to the Civil War conversions, with Home Mission Board coordinating with state boards to fund the effort.
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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 to Raise Standards for Low Income Farmers
Miss Ellie Etheridge of the Farm Security Administration outlines three focus areas to raise living standards for Taylor county low income farm families. Increase farm product output and marketing, promote living at home, and guide families in selecting goods with cotton stamps. Cooperative study on cotton fabrics will inform choices for durability, washability, and sunlight resistance.
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Department of Agriculture
Taylor County
Ellie Etheridge
Farm Security Administration
Big Demand Seen for Saleable Pine
W L Shaddix of the Southern States Forest Fire Commission notes pine timber will be a major future money maker due to defense program demand. He cites farmers with 100 acres earning about $200 yearly from logs sent to mills and warns that forest health hinges on preventing fires, which cause about 90 percent of forestry danger.
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Americas
Georgia
W. L. Shaddix
Atlanta
Southern States Forest Fire Commission
Shaddix
South
End of phrase misreads at railroad crossing warning
A quoted line mocks a safety slogan, stating the phrase is not meant for the end user and implies a streetwise dismissal of crossing rules. The remark suggests skepticism about public safety campaigns and rider awareness.
Farmer Invents Flame Cultivation Device for Cotton
Montgomery July 19 wartime crop breakthrough uses a flame thrower to control grass in cotton fields. Captain Price McLemore says devices cost about 10 dollars per acre with fuel oil and compressed air delivering 2,200 degree jets. The system runs with a hand plow or two row tractor setup, killing grass while leaving cotton largely unharmed, though browned after hours.
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Montgomery
Ala
Price McLemore
Gunter Field
McLemore
Many Openings For Young Unmarried Men In Army Aviation
Technical Sergeant Cesil Mayes announces openings for young unmarried men to join the U S Army Aviation Division. Training covers 28 phases including aircraft mechanics armorer and radio operator posts. Vacancies at Craig Field Selma Kessler Ellington and Barksdale fields. Applicants must be 18 to 35 unmarried and meet education and physical 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
Georgia Governor Talmadge Defends Regents Independence
Atlanta Governor Talmadge suggested the state chief executive should not sit on the regents board. J R McCain of Agnes Scott College urged excluding the governor to depoliticize the regents. McCain accused activists of calling him a dummy while Talmadge claimed he could not be made a dummy by rivals.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Board of Regents
J. R. McCain
Agnes Scott College
Griffin
McCain
Georgia
Funeral rites held for Fenn O. Stone founder of Stone Baking Co
Funeral services were held Monday in Clayton Georgia for 65 year old Fenn O Stone a noted industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Stone Baking Company of Atlanta. He died of a heart attack while swimming in Lake Rabun near his Lakemont summer home.
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Clayton, Ga
Fenn O. Stone
The
Stone Baking Company of
Atlanta
Lake Rabun
Lakemont
County schools to open September first in Marion county
H. H. Clements, county school superintendent, announced all county schools would open September first in Marion county, marking the first nine month session in their history. Pupils have previously attended eight months.
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H. H. Clements
Marion County
New Atlanta Evening Post To Debut October 15
Savannah press reports a new afternoon daily planned for Atlanta named the Atlanta Evening Post. M G Perkins is president of the publishing company and O E Bright of Savannah sits on the advisory board with 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 and J W Booth. The paper is set to appear around October 15 after months of planning.
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Savannah Press Press
Atlanta
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
C. J. Roquemore known as Uncle Neal leaves for Cincinnati to attend the Western Primitive Baptist Association as a delegate from Mt Ramah in Taylor County. After the Cincinnati session he will travel to Detroit to visit his son J S Roquemore 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
Atlanta reports that the Georgia bright leaf tobacco auction belt moved 19,390,136 pounds for 4,226,186 dollars last week at an average of 20.75 cents. An earlier week saw 19,464,095 pounds bring 4,435,735 dollars at 22.78 cents. Douglas, Nashville and Hazlehurst markets were incomplete and would be announced later. The drop in average is blamed on too rapid curing, though quality last week was reportedly better.
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Atlanta
Georgia Bright Leaf
State Department of Agriculture
Douglas
Nashville
Hazlehurst
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Gene
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N. L. Halley Reynolds
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J. T. Cochran
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