Macon Youth Heads to New York For Roosevelt Meeting
James Herrington a 19 year old Macon youth who worked at Chapman Springs for the NYA is to meet Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt in New York on Thursday. The event follows his appointment to the NYA advisory committee and his role as vice president of the youth governing council. He will discuss Youths Place in National Defense and Postwar Problems with top leaders. Herrington credits NYA for early job experience and aims in mechanical engineering notes.
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Atlanta
Macon
New York
Franklin Roosevelt
James Herington
WYA
Chapman Springs
United States
NYA
America
Herrington
C. W. Taussig
American Molasses Company
Roosevelt
Taussig
Aubrey Williams
Louise Morley
Christopher Morley
S. B. Weston
First Lady
Mercer
Georgia Tech
Former Southwestern Teachers Move to Higher Colleges
The Americus Americas report notes Georgia Southwestern College alumni and staff securing major roles at other colleges. Ruby Hubbard, R T DeWitt, Morris McKeenan, Harvey Lavely, and Frances Jarrett receive salary hikes and promotions at Troy Teachers College, LSU, Carrollton, Stetson University, and Queen’s College. A Macon youth Dozier Whitehead is found dead at Jacksonville Beach after being listed missing.
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Americas
Georgia Southwestern College
Southwest
Georgia
Southland
Colege
Peyton Jacob
Ruby Lois Hubbard
Anthony Laboratory School
Troy
Ala
Teachers College
R. T. DeWitt
Louisiana State University
Morris McKeenan
West Georgia College
Carrollton
Jacob
Americus
Harvey Lavely
Stetson University
Florida
Frances Jarrett
Queen‘s College
Charlottee
N. C
Georgia South‘western College
Hope For Early Peace Renounced By F D R In Report To Congress
President Roosevelt in a special report to Congress says no immediate peace is possible and warns that halting the war would invite a Nazi invasion of the Americas. He cites talks with Winston Churchill at sea and notes plans for Soviet conferences to aid defense while stressing the dangers of compromising with Nazism.
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Washington
Churchill
Roosevelt
Americas
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Germany
Europe
Asia
American
Unemployed Workers Receive Government Benefits
Taylor county paid $8 788 78 in unemployment benefits to workers by the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in 1940 with 645 checks issued. statewide, 72 020 individuals received benefits totaling $4 449 189. Payments showed an upward trend from January to August and then declined, with December at $246 097.
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Taylor County
Bureau of
Huiet
Georgia governor lauds Reidsville State Penitentiary as national model
Governor Talmadge praised Georgia's penal system after a surprise tour of the Reidsville prison. He called it the largest and best farm he has seen and said the state has a model prison other states should copy. He asserted the entire system is the best in the nation.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
Reidsville
United States
America
Couple Returning From Honeymoon Involved In Wreck
In Americus Georgia on August 26 a couple returning from Florida honeymoon were injured when their car collided with a skidding vehicle. Ed Foster a 59 year old black man was killed nearby after being struck on a highway by Dr. A Primrose of Americus. The Watsons suffered scalp wounds and concussion. The McCollisters were unhurt.
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Americus
Florida
E. B. Watson
Columbus
Parrott
O. E. McCollister
Bridge for Traffic to be Constructed in State Capital
A widened, sturdier overhead-style bridge will be erected on a downtown street in Atlanta to test its impact on busy traffic. W. J. Adams of R. G. LeTourneau Co says a three week residential experiment showed feasibility for congested urban areas. The 30 ton steel span was built as a working model of a mobile bridge to relieve jams. The three weeks of trials ended Saturday.
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Atlanta
W. J. Adams
R. G. LeTourneau Company
LeTourneau Company
Six Years of WPA in This State
WPA services in Georgia over six years include meals for children across 900 schools, road and bridge construction totaling thousands of miles and many culverts, hundreds of public buildings and schools, parks golf courses and stadiums, plus large garment and bedding outputs and extensive canning and drying of food. Over 250000 people were employed.
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WPA
Georgia
Engineer H H Hall buried in Columbus services
Albany reports the funeral for 64 year old H H Hall a Central of Georgia Railroad engineer who died after illness at a local hospital. He served 35 years with the railway and lived in Columbus. A Mason and member of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers, he is survived by his wife and three children.
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Columbus
H H. Hall
Central of Georgia
Hall
The
Central
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers
New Allentown Bank to Open in September with 15000 Capital
Allentown announces a new Four-County bank to begin operations the first week in September. Incorporators include C. R. Faulk, Thomas Lee, A. W. Daughtry, A. T. Land, H. L. Chance, Grady Toney, and Hembree Carroll. The charter fixes capital at 15000 dollars. J. D. Shannon, attorney for the bank, said the structure should be completed at an organization meeting soon.
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Wilkinosa
C. R. Faulk
Thomas Lee
A. W. Daughtry
A. T. Land
H. L. Chance
Grady Toney
Hembree Carroll
J. D. Shannon
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Butler, Georgia
H. H. Hall
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the Palace
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Willis Fish Market
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