Gov elect Talmadge Opposes 15 Percent Rate Increase
Governor-elect Talmadge said the Georgia Public Service Commission plans a 15 percent rate hike for buses trucks and railroads around Christmas time and he will raise the issue with the General Assembly. He criticized the move as a Christmas present at workers’ expense. Commission members could not be reached for comment.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia Public Service Commission
Georgia
General Assembly
Commission
Talmadice
Beorgian Killed in Atlanta Traffic Crash
On November 30 in the outskirts of Atlanta Jack Witcher 22 of Milstead Ga died in a collision between a car he rode in and a truck Norris Berry of Conyers Ga was injured and taken to Emory hospital in good condition Witcher died at the scene.
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Atlanta
Jack Witcher
Milstead
Norris Berry
Conyers
Witcher
Berry
Emory
Students to edit Milledgeville Daily Times edition
Milledgeville Georgia November 29 journalism class of Georgia State College for Women will edit Tuesday morning Milledgeville Daily Times under W C Capel. Members include Ann Waterston Pan ke Knox Sara Kitchens Frances Bennett Armita Green Maudline Arnau Evelyn Fink.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville Daily Times
W. C. Capel
Ann Waterston
Panke Knox
Sara Kitchens
Frances Bennett
Armita Green
Maudline Arnau
Evelyn Fink
Wally to Visit Miami Dentist
Nassau, Bahamas. The Duke of Windsor arranged for his American-born duchess to travel to Miami for a major dental operation as a private visit. They plan to sail on a Munagro Line steamer around December 10 with a tentative return on December 14 after the treatment for a months-long infection.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
Miami
United States
Wright Bryan to Speak at Junior College Editors Course
Athens Ga November 28 junior college editors to attend a short course December 6 and 7 at the Henry Grady School of Journalism. Sig ma Delta Chi and the Red and Black sponsor the event with Wright Bryan of the Atlanta Journal and Earl Braswell of the Athens Banner Herald as principal speakers. A banquet opens the program followed by a university theatre outing and round table discussions Saturday.
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Athens
Henry Grady
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalism Fraternity
Red and Black
University of Georgia
Wright Bryan
Atalnta Journal
Earl Braswell
Athens Banner Herald
University Theatre
E. C. Crouse
Marietta Gets Big NYA Center
Marietta Georgia is to gain a large NYA center after Washington approval. December startup, prefabricated workshop, and 125 plus workers mark progress. The site sits two miles from Marietta at Roswell Road and the Atlanta Marietta highway junction. The 39 acre survey advances as a quarter of a million dollars funds the project for housing 400 youths in eight dormitories.
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Marietta
NYA
Washington
Roswell Road
Atlanta-Marietta
Schley County Sends No Drafters in December
Ellaville Georgia December report from county clerk Margaret Battle says Schley County will not send any draftees this month. The county quota was a tenth of the state total of 412 men, leaving Schley with zero. Four volunteers two white and two colored will go to camp if fit, and will count toward January’s quota which is not yet known.
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Ellaville
Schley County
Margaret Battle
Schley
Foot soldiers to train at four infantry centers
The army will group draftees into 1,000 man battalions for training at four infantry replacement centers located in Macon Georgia Spartanburg South Carolina Camp Wolters Texas and Nandemion Ranch California. About 88 000 men will be assigned by March 15 1941 with plans for 63 000 at full capacity by year end.
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Washington
Army
Macon
Spartanburg S. C
Camp Wolters
Texas
Nandemienton Ranch
Calif
War Department
Ten Billions in 41 Taxes Talked
President Roosevelt and aides discussed aiming for ten billion dollars in federal revenue for the next fiscal year. No official confirmation yet. If reached, the amount would be the largest peacetime federal tax take and would surpass any prewar peacetime expenditures prior to the defense program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farmers and Merchants Bank to Open in Leslie
Leslie Georgia December 1 The Farmers and Merchants Bank a new institution will open for business January 2 according to director W T Anderson Others on the board include J S Kaylor L E Deavours W W Webb and H W Seymour Stock for the new bank at Leslie is fully subscribed with charter ads showing capital stock 25000 and surplus 5000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has notified directors that the bank has been approved for federal insurance on deposits.
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Leslie
Farmers and Merchants Bank
W. T. Anderson
J. S. Kaylor
L. E Deavours
W. W . Webb
H. W. Seymour
Mr. Anderson
Ideal High School News Officers Named
Ideal Nov 30 announces the newly organized Ideal High School News a weekly paper edited by the senior class with officers G L Windham Jr editor Jack Massey assistant editor Thetis Brooks sports editor Lettice Wood news editor E L Hall editorial editor Marvin Spillers assistant editorial editor Pauline Passmore personal items.
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Ideal
Ideal High School News
G. L. Windham Jr
Jack Massey
Thetis Brooks
Lettice Wood
E. L. Hall
Marvin Spillers
Pauline Passmore
Oglethorpe to Dress Up for Christmas Lights
Oglethorpe residents donate 250 to fund Christmas street lighting. The town, previously lightless, plans to erect decorative lines this week with broad local support and volunteer funding. Local citizens anticipate Yale's 1940 season as a notable highlight.
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Oglethorpe
Pecan Agent Quits Market at Cox's Store Butler
A pecan purchasing agent who has served John M. Cox's Store in Butler each Saturday for several weeks has retired from the market effective immediately.
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John M. Cox
Butler
Notice to Creditors at Cash Market Dudley Harris
All creditors of the Cash Market Dudley Harris proprietor are requested to see me at once as the accounts have been placed in my hands for settlement. GEO W HARRIS Butler Ga.
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Dudley Harris
Geo
W. Harris
Butler, Ga
Moultrie Observer Publishes 72 Page Golden Anniversary Edition
The Moultrie Observer in Georgia released a 72 page special edition marking Moultrie’s 50 years as an incorporated town. The edition features 827 stories chronicling the city’s development since incorporation in 1890 and includes a front page note describing the expansive print run.
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Moultrie
Moultrie Observer
Observer
Colquitt County Court House
Mississippi River
LeTourneau School for Defense Workers Opens in Toccoa
In Toccoa Georgia on November 29 Dr M L Brittain president of Georgia Tech dedicates the new LeTourneau Technical Training Center as part of expansion for defense orders. R G LeTourneau founder and industrialist evangelist outlines project while Columbus Roberts dedicates a $50000 dairy for plant workers and locals. The event closes a week of Lake Louise inter denominational Bible conference hosted by LeTourneau Evangelistic Workers.
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Toccoa
U. S. Defense
M. L. Brittain
Georgia Tech
LeTourneau Technical Training Center
Brittain
R. G. LeTourneau
LeTourneau Company
Georgia
City of Steel
Columbus Roberts
Thames Watermen Under Queen Anne Regime
In the days of Queen Anne there were 19 000 licensed watermen on the tidal reaches of the Thames above London Bridge.
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Thames
London Bridge
Two youths freed in extortion case
Gainesville Ga Nov 30 two youths freed after questioning by the FBI in a reported extortion attempt against Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean Washington society leader and owner of the hard Luck diamond They are Donald Angel 19 Crown City Ind and Everett Wilson 21 Wichita Kan FBI ordered unconditional release Hall County jail officials said.
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Gainesville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Washington Society
Donald Angel
Crown City Ind
Everett Wilson
Wichita
Kan
FBI
Hall County
Man Shot to Death on Game Preserve in Georgia
Washington County Sheriff A. W. Smith reports Hubert Charlie Sheppard, a 48 year old Warthen farmer, was shot on a game preserve near Warthen. J. C. Archer, preserve owner, was hospitalized with a nervous breakdown after saying he shot a man after hearing gunfire and ordering the unseen person to halt.
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Sandersville
Washington County
A. W. Smith
Hubert Charlie Sheppard
Warthen
J. C. Archer
Smith
Archer
Piano for Sale by Durden Piano Company
Upright piano in good condition offered for cash or installments. Post reads contact Durden Piano Company Station C Box 164 Atlanta Georgia for purchase details and terms.
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Durden Piano Company
Atlanta
Georgia
RIDANS Company Offers Kidney and Bladder Relief Remedy
Fragments describe a patent medicine claim for kidney and bladder troubles. It mentions nervous headaches and fatigue, a purported filter for urine stagnation, and an appeal to send $1.00 to The Company in Atlanta, Georgia for full-size boxes with a guarantee.
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Ridans
Mac Ichalda
Banda
Atlanta
Georgia
Atmospheric Layers Misprint Confuses Troposphere
A brief correction notes a misprint in a science item where the troposphere is named as the portion of the atmosphere below the stratosphere. The error concerns terminology for Earth's atmospheric layers.
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Wally
NYA Center
NEW Leslie Bank
Letourneau School For Defense Workers
Responsible Weal Aawre
Gmplot
Salirgaclon
Ince
Ramee
Standard Oil Company
Childs Service Station
THE
Southeastern Pipe Line Company
Atlanta, Georgia
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