Farm Fish Ponds Aid Taylor County Farmers
Soil Conservation Service technicians assist farmers in planning and building farm fish ponds under the AAA program. Taylor County farms dot the landscape with ponds and provide fresh fish for family use. Initial stocking favors bluegill and largemouth bass for steady yields, with mixed species often diminishing fishing quality. Mr. Jarrell’s three acre pond, stocked with bream and bass, shows the program’s practical benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jarrell
Taylor County
Soil Conservation Service
AAA
Jarrell
Middle Western
Ocmulgee’ River
Georgia Peanut Worm Invasion Threatens Major Crop
In Moultrie Georgia growers battle a severe peanut worm outbreak in Col quitt county one of the state’s top producers. Tractor crews operate round the clock using Cryolite and night dusting to save runner and Spanish peanuts as experts note heavier worm pressure and mixed results from chemical controls. If uncontrolled, the worm invasion could wipe out both hay and nut crops with peanuts valued around 160 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie
Colquitt
Georgia Belt
South Georgia
J. R McCorkle
McCorkle
W- W. Hodges
Knitting Company Buys New Property in Talbotton
Foreman Dismukes of Columbus and associates purchased the idle Southern Cotton Oil factory building in Talbotton, initiating remodeling to house the Talbotton Knitting Company. The mills had operated here recently and plan to triple output in the larger space before January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbotton
Southern Cotton Oil Corporation
Dismukes
Columbus
Talbotton Knitting Company
Unemployed Veterans Receive Over One Billion in Benefits
The Veterans Administration reports that July payments under the 52-to program totaled 1,063,920,144 dollars since September 1944, with July disbursements at 135,546,855 dollars. About 4,900,000 veterans have applied for readjustment allowances, and VA notes the unemployment rate among veterans remains higher than that of non veterans though trending down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Ncessary
1911 Locomobile Caravan Reaches Atlanta After 7000 Mile Trip
Harvard students John Bacon and Robert Merriam drove a 1911 Locomobile from Boston to Hollywood and back to Atlanta covering about 7000 miles. The brass clad car drew crowds as it moved through the city with the engine humming and speeds reaching 70 miles an hour on some stretches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANTO
Atlanta
Harvard
John Bacon
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Robert Merriam
Edgewood R. L
Boston
Hollywood
Bacon
Mill Strike Ends at Griffin After Eight Months
In Griffin on August 26 about 800 Crompton-Highland mill workers returned to their jobs, ending an eight month walkout called by the Textile Workers Union of America CIO. Union officials said their demands were not met but cited a National Labor Relations Board order issued Saturday requiring the mills to cease and desist from refusing to bargain collectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Reunion After 26 Years Brings Mother And Daughter Together
Macon, Aug. 24. After 26 years apart a French mother and her Macon daughter will reunite. Mrs. J. P. Cheney, who married an American soldier from Macon during World War I, will travel to Paris to meet her mother in time for the Paris 75th birthday celebration. The same GI who found the mother during the war will escort Mrs. Cheney from Le Havre to Paris. he is now a captain stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
France
J. P. Cheney
Cheney
Paris
le Havre
Mrs. Cheney
Identification of River Death Victim Lon Rackley Named
The body of 73 year old Lon Rackley was recovered from the Chattahoochee river Friday morning. His daughter Mrs. Ethel Franklin identified the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattahoochee River
Lon Rackley
Ethel Franklin
Army Enlistment Offers Various Benefits and Options
The excerpt outlines furlough privileges available through Recruiting Officers and outlines mustering-out pay, retirement pay options after 20 and 30 years, counting previous active service toward retirement, Bill of Rights benefits for those enlisting by October 5, 1946, and choice of service branch and overseas theater on 3-year enlistments.
Pay Raise Details for Overseas Service and Crew Members
The notice outlines additional pay adjustments: 20 percent for service overseas, 50 percent for members of flying or glider crews, and a 5 percent pay increase for each three years of service. The document specifies eligibility and how increases stack.
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Porters Pharmacy
Butler
Thomaston, Ga
E. Gordon Street
Georgia
Knitting Company
Griffin
Regular
Kae Tee
Warriors of Peace
Voice of the Army
Mark Warnew
Army
Harry Wismer
Colee
Eal
P. D
Columbus, Ga
Walker
Lee
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