Regents to Make Final Appeal for University System
Georgia's 16 college system faces possible loss of accreditation as regents plan a final appeal to the Southern Association. Chairman Sandy Beaver and Regents Scott Candler and L W Robert Jr. were chosen to press the case, amid disputes over educator removals and political interference.
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Atlanta
Board of Regents
Georgia
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Sandy Beaver
Scott Candler
Decatur
L. W. Robert Jr
Beaver
Walter Cocking
University of Georgia
Cocking
Eugene Talmadge
College of Education
University of Geojia
Eking
Ency
Widow Loses Timberland As Georgia Forest Fire Rages
In Talbotton Georgia an 85-year-old widow watches a forest fire destroy over 400 acres of timberland and threaten her income. Firefighters work 24 hours as crews report the blaze not yet controlled less than three miles from Talbotton. Victims include Mrs James Willis and neighbors KK L McBryde and Farris Biggs, with possible hunter sparked origin.
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Talbotton
James Willis
KK. L. McBryde
Farris Biggs
Jones Perryman
W. L. Perryman
Altho
Charles Nelson
Mobley Named 1941 Man of the Year for Georgia
Atlanta reports M. D. Mobley state director of vocational education has been selected as 1941 man of the year by Progressive Farmer for distinguished service to agricultural progress. Previous Georgia winners include C. H. Herty J. R. Fath P. W. Chapman and H. P. Stucky for work in vocational education and related fields.
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Atlanta
M. D. Mobley
Georgia
Progressive Farmer
C. H. Herty
J. R. Fath
P. W. Chapman
H. P. Stucky
The
Mobley
Warden Goble Foils Hamilton Camp Prison Break
Montezuma, Nov. 28 Ed Goble warden at Dallas helped avert a break at Hamilton Camp when a prisoner aimed a shotgun at guard J B Wolford. Goble and T K McDonald stopped the threat, rounding up convicts including a leader named Barnes 26.
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Montezuma
Hamilton
Ed Gobel
Dallas
Goble
T. K. McDonald
Hamilton Camp
J. B. Wolford
Wolford
Walford
Barnes
Milledgeville tale on railroads and stubborn towns
In Milledgeville on November 29, Betty Peacock recalls how in 1834 Morgan County welcomed the Georgia railroad from Augusta to Atlanta while Newton County led by Judge Floyd resisted and even warned forcefully. Covington sought the back door, Madison embraced progress, and Milledgeville later faced efforts to reroute the line. The tale asks what the episodes prove.
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Milledgeville
Georgia State College For
Stories
Georgia
Betty Peacock
Morgan County
Georgia Railroad
Augusta
Atlanta
Morgan and
Newton Couties
Madison
Newton
Covington
Judge Floyd
GSCW
Iron Horse
Powers That Be
Heaven
Son of former Crawford sheriff dies in Tampa
Roberta Ga November 26 services set in Tampa Florida for Frank Hancock 36 son of A J Hancock former Crawford county sheriff He died at his Tampa home Survivors include his wife a daughter Sandra his stepmother Mrs L J Hancock Roberta three sisters Denson Langley LaGrange L L Martin Hawaii Hewlett Park Molena and a brother Jack Hancock LaGrange
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Roberta
Tampa
Fla
Frank Hancock
A. J Hancock
Crawford County
Hancock
Robertan
Sandra
L. J. Hancock
Denson Langley
LaGrange
L. L. Martin
Hawaii
Wife awarded $3,000 in accident suit
In Americus on November 29 a Sumter superior court awarded Mrs. Maggie Sue Stevens $3,000 for the death of her husband Morgan Stevens, a rural mail carrier, in a 1940 train truck crash near Zebulon. Plaintiffs sought $60,000 from Southern Railway and others, including engineer J A Owens, fireman R L Mayfield, and truck driver William Faircloth. Jury deliberated 18 hours.
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Americus
Sumter Superior Court
Maggie Sue Stevens
Morgan Stevens
Americcus
Southern Railway
Zebulon
J. A. Owens
R. L. Mayfield
William Faircloth
Stevens
Applicants Must Take Merit Examinations For State Jobs
The Georgia state labor department announced merit examinations for six administrative posts in the bureau of unemployment compensation. Applications must be filed by December 21 with the merit system supervisor. Examinations will occur in Albany Athens Atlanta Augusta Columbus Dublin Macon Rome Savannah and Waycross, date to be announced.
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Atlanta
State Labor Department
Bureau of Unemployemnt
Department
Merit System
State
Albany
Athens
Augusta
Columbus
Dublin
Macon
Rome
Savannah
Waycross
Governor Talmadge Administers Oath To McDonald And Chappell
In Atlanta Gov. Talmadge administered oaths of office to Georgia Public Service Commission Chairman W. R. McDonald and Commissioner Allen Chappell. McDonald was re-elected to a six year term. Chappell defeated Jud P. Wilhoit, whose term expires Dec 1. McDonald enters his third term. Chappell has prior state senate and house service and runs Americas auto business.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
W. R. McDonald
Allen Chappell
Georgia Public Service Commission
McDonald
Chappell
Jud P. Wilhoit
Wilhoit
Commission
State Senate
House of Representatives
Americas
Governor Talmadge denies clemency for six East Point floggers
Governor Eugene Talmadge refused clemency pleas for six men involved in a series of Fulton county floggings tied to East Point Ku Klux Klan activity. Assistant Fulton Solicitor Dan Duke argued against pardons, noting prosecutions and a pattern of terrorism while detailing the 1940 conviction for assault and battery and sentences of one to three years plus fines.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Fulton County
East Point
Ku Klux Klan
Paul
Duke
Talmadge
East Point Klan
Hamp Stevens Named Mayor of Buena Vista
Buena Vista Ga Dec 1 E C Hamp Stevens well known young warehouseman and brother of Mayor I T Stevens was elected to the mayor s office Monday by a vote of 137 His opponent Ww L Holder received 54 ballots T B Wight auto dealer and C W Duncan bank cashier were re elected councilmen without opposition They received 181 and 176 votes respectively.
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Buena Vista
E. C
Hamp) Stevens
I. T. Stevens
Ww. L Holder
T. B. Wight
C. W. Duncan
Death of Major W. A. Patton News Editor and Commentator
Major W. A. Patton, former managing editor of the Rome News Tribune and longtime news commentator for WRGA, died at the Veterans Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday at age 49. Ill health had forced his retirement two years earlier. He also wrote sports for the Columbus Ledger and Enquirer several years ago.
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Wm. A. Patton
The
Rome News Tribune
WRGA
Veterans Hospital
Atlanta
Rome
Major Patton
Columbus, Ga
Ledger and Enquirer
Macon Woman Killed in Shirley Hills Car Crash
Miss Elizabeth Gleason, 26, of Macon formerly of Wrightsville, died in a Macon hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Shirley Hills at noon Tuesday. Three others were hurt. one Camp Wheeler soldier was seriously injured, another minor injuries, and Miss Hazel Davis Caldwell sustained minor injuries. She left the hospital before discharge.
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Macon
Elizabeth Gleason
Wrightsville
Shirley Hills
Camp Wheeler
Hazel Davis Caldwell
Funeral services for Rev H S Jenkins at East Point
Funeral services for Rev. H. S. Jenkins 52 evangelistic choir director and soloist and longtime singing leader at the Indian Springs camp meeting were held Monday afternoon from the First Methodist Church of East Point. He died Sunday at his residence in East Point.
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H. S. Jenkins
Indian Springs
First Methodist Church of
East Point
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