Georgia Week in Review: Deaths, Awards, and Local News
R. L. Marshall, 75, Houston county farmer, died at Elko. Roosevelt nominates Judson Cooper as Pelham postmaster. Moody Field named for Army Air Force school at Valdosta. Valdosta patrolman injured by a car driven by Moody Field officer. Masonic temple near Columbus nearing completion. Fund drive launched at Americus for soldiers facilities at Souther Field. Ft. McPherson soldier killed crossing in Atlanta. Georgia Sheriff's meet held in Americus. Tubize Châtillon electrical accident kills one, injures another in Rome. UGA Med School in Augusta reports a $9,966 year surplus. Pilot Billy Bryan dies in Sylvania crash. Wrightsville jeweler Blankenship dies by suicide. Houston County clerk race yields Tom Hunt winner. Midshipmen from Atlanta and Athens to receive commendations at Annapolis. Ancient cypress tree discovered near Allen dale. Webster County charity drive after school bus car crash. Edwina Wood tribute by Columbus school board. Orion Mitchell named to national scholastic football rules committee. Decatur youth arrested for daylight robbery. $5,000 stolen. Capt. Collins Kelly Jr. remembered in Columbus. ties to Ft. Benning and West Point. Bellwood Camp notes Frank Garrard Coon’s story. pardons debated.
Billy Bryan Burned to Death in Plane Crash
Sylvania Ga December 14 Billy Bryan of Brooklet a licensed pilot and instructor died in a two passenger plane crash shortly after takeoff Bryan in his early twenties was killed when the aircraft burned after leaving the ground authorities reported no survivors and an investigation is planned into the cause of the disaster
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Billy Bryan
Brooklet
Sylvania
Bryan
Sylvania, Ga
Mercer University appoints six new trustees
Macon Ga Dec 13 six new members have been received by board of trustees at Mercer University They are F R Martin and W A Bootle of Macon T B Rice from Greensboro A B Lovett and Sannah A B Hawkes of Thomaston and B A Lancaster of LaGrange
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Mercer University
F. R. Martin
W. A. Bootle
T. B. Rice
Greensboro
A. B. Lovett
Savannah
A. B. Hawkes
Thomaston
Canady Loses Bond Plea In Dublin Murder Case
Dublin December 13 Superior Court Judge Ogden Persons refused bond for James Canady a Dublin tavern operator jailed on a murder charge in the slaying of Lloyd Attaway a Dublin automobile salesman whose body was found roadside in Monroe county on November 27 1940.
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Dublin
Superior
Ogden Persons
Forsyth
Bond
James Canady
Lloyd Attaway
Monroe County
Ellaville Re Elects S W Miles Mayor
Ellaville voters re elected all councilmen and named S W Miles mayor without opposition. C T Battle was re elected city clerk. Returning to office were M J Arrington Eugene Dixon M C Hill T H Stevens and Wilson Tondee. The highest vote total was 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville
S. W Miles
C. T. Battle
M. J. Arrington
Eugene Dixon
M. C. Hill
T. H. Stevens
Wilson Tondee
Marriage Won't Aid Army Draft Dodgers
Col. C. Hatcher, assistant state selective service director, advised draft boards that men married after the war began should be inducted into the army regardless of dependents. He said the assumption is that marriage is an attempt to avoid service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cliff Hatcher
Selective Service
Col. Hatcher
Army Casualties In Hawaii From Surprise Attack
The War Department said action in Hawaii caused 168 Army deaths with 233 wounded and 26 missing. Officers and enlisted men accounted for the losses, with civilian fatalities estimated around 50 by the Hawaiian governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawaii
Lecy
Knox
Americus Man Fort Elected Vice President in Washington
Jas H Fort of Americus Georgia secretary to Congressman Pace was chosen vice president of the Congressional Secretaries Club in a Library of Congress meeting. William Hackett of Michigan was named president. Fort, nicknamed squire, is from Americus and previously practiced law in Americus and Leesburg. He holds an LL B from Vanderbilt 1937 and is a member of SAE and Phi Delta Phi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Jas. H. Fort
Americus
Georgia
Stephen Pace
Congressional Secretaries’ Club
Library of Congress
William Hackett
Fred Y. Crawford
Michigan
Fort
Squire
Pace
Sims Garrett
Columbus
Hollis Fort
Americus and
Leesburg
Americus High School
Georgia Southwestern
University of Georgia
Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville
Tenn
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Phi Delta Phi
Dublin Hospital Fire Devastates Largest Facility
A basement boiler room blaze destroyed Claxton hospital in Dublin this morning, the city’s largest facility. All 28 patients were removed to safety as ambulances aided by fire crews secured the scene. Estimated loss set at $75,000 with doors and nearby nurse’s home saved. patients moved to Thompson and Coleman hospitals after evacuation.
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Dublin
Claxton Hospital
Thompson and
Coleman
Otis Sanders
Washington rushes 200 stenographers for defense work
Government agencies in Washington order 200 stenographers from the Georgia State Employment Service. Women ages 18 to 53 are eligible. Jobs last for the duration of the emergency and pay 1140 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Washington
Georgia State Employment Service
Army seeks 20000 aviation cadet applicants monthly
Washington reported the Army recruiting service called for 20,000 applicants per month for aviation cadet training. Recruits should be 20 to 26 years old, with a broader appeal for 150,000 more men aged 18 to 35 for air torps and service branches, plus 5,000 experienced automobile mechanics from non essential industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Recruiting Service
Radio Station Given Patrol Link in Griffin
Citizens of Griffin and Spalding county turned over WSIN, a 500 watt short wave radio station, to the State Highway Patrol. Major John E. Goodwin, Georgia’s public safety commissioner, said the station will strengthen patrol communications especially during this national emergency.
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Griffin
Spalding County
WSIN
State Highway Patrol
John E. Goodwin
Georgia
Public Safety
Georgia Legion Leaders Unite in Macon War Meeting
Delegations from nearly all Legion Posts in Georgia gathered in Macon for a defense meeting. Department Commander Guy Stone urged unity during wartime stress and noted the Legion’s long-standing defense advocacy since World War I. Governor Talmadge echoed the call for no dissension within ranks.
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Legion
Georgia
Macon
Department
Guy Stone
Stone
Gov. Talmadge
Real estate sale of L F James estate Taylor County Ga
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in January 1942 the 6th at the courthouse door Taylor County Georgia before legal hours for cash to satisfy debts. The property includes 40 acres in the southwest corner of Lot 260 and an undivided 1/5 interest in 300 acres comprising all of Lot 262 and part of Lot 251 in Taylor County first district. Described in deed from L F James to Victoria Whatley recorded in Deed Book X folio 223. Sold as estate of L F James deceased under order of the Court of Ordinary dated December 1 1941. Admr A S James.
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Taylor County
Georgia
R. H. James
Victoria James
L. F. James
Victoria Whatley
Court of Ordinary
Said County
Administrator's Sale of Taylor County Lands
Taylor County Georgia lands described as two Lot Nos. 171 and 170 with adjustments totaling about 160 acres in the Fifteenth District. Property sold as the estate of J. R. Fallon late of the county to pay debts under an order of the Court of Ordinary dated December 1, 194. H. A. Sealy, Admr.
Public sale of estate property in Taylor County Georgia
Administrators for the estate of Mrs Corrie H Ew ing DeKalb County Georgia by order of the Court of Ordinary DeKalb will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in January 1942 the 6th day at the courthouse door Taylor County Georgia between legal hours for cash the following described property all that tract or parcel of land being the south half of land lot 200 and all of land lot 201 and 50 acres off the south side of land lot 202 aggregating 353 34 acres more or less in the 15th Land District of Taylor County Ga EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING TRACT WHICH IS NOW UNDER BOND FOR TITLE TO J T PARKER ET AL which tract is described as follows The north half of land lot 201 and fifty acres off the south side of lot 202 in the 15th District Taylor County Ga on which there is a balance due by the grantees This the 10th day of December
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Towit
Butler-Daviston
Howard- Wesley Church Road
D. N. Sealy
C. L. Fallan
J. R. Fallan
Clerk Superior Court
Howard- Wesley
Lillian Sealy Brown
J. R. Fallon
Said
Court of Ordinary
H. A. Sealy
Admr
J. R. Fallaw
Corrie H. Ewing
DeKalb County
J. T. Parker
Walter J. Caldwell
Georgia Loan and Trust Company
Ernest C. Ford
L. C. Sheehan
S. T. George
Legal Notice of Estate Claim for G T Whatley
Georgia Taylor County creditors of the estate of G T Whatley late of Taylor County deceased must render demands to administrator Thelmon Jarrell. All debtors must pay immediately. Dated November 4 1941.
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Georgia
Taylor County
G. T. Whatley
Thelmon Jarrell
Willam Sallette slain at Ludowici court grounds
William H. Sallette, 66, of Ludowici, Ga., was shot by Sheriff W. M. Jones on the Ludowici courthouse grounds. Jones fired in self defense after Sallette allegedly advanced with a shotgun. Sallette’s son Bernice witnessed the shooting. Sallette had been a deputy sheriff in Liberty County and was well connected in the area.
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Ludowici
William H. Sallette
W. M. Jones
Sallette
Bernice Sallette
Liberty County
Civilians urged to fight incendiary bombs with bucket and sand
Atlanta Fire Captain J L Ivey told Saturday that any calm person with a bucket gloves a hoe and dry sand can curb incendiary bombs by scooping molten metal into a bucket and burying it under four inches of sand. He described bombs carried in racks and dropped from planes at 200 mph over a three mile path. He urged building owners to stock incendiary fighting tools.
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Atlanta
J. L. Ivey
Atlanta Fire Department
Ivey
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R. L. Marshall
Houston County
Elko
Roosevelt
Senate
Judson Leland Cooper
Pelham
Army Air Force Stations
R. H. Jenkins
Valdosta
Jack Adams
Moody Field
Souther Field
Co. C. Belch Jr
Hickory
N. C
Ft. McPherson
Georgia Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Rome
Rayon
Tubize Chatillon Corporation
University of Georgia School of Medicine At
Augusta
B. E. Thrasher
W. E. Blankenship
Wrightsville
C. C. Blankenship
Swainsboro
Sevral
H. T. Gilbert
Tom Hunt
Perry
Robert Watson
Hunt
Fane
William P. Willis Jr
J. B. Davis
Athens
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Russell Wilson
Naval Academy
Savannah River
Allendale
S. C
Webster
Edwina Wood
W. C. Tucker
The
Columbus Enquirer
Board of Trustees
Public Schools of
Miss Wood
City Department of Recreation
Clvent
Ting
Orion Mitchell
Abraham Baldwin College
Tifton
M. M. Coppenger
Decatur
Chicago
Hilliard Reagan
Madison Avenue
Colin P. Kelly Jr
Army Air Corps
Philippines
Ft. Benning
West Point
Kelley
Wood Joerg
Robert Joerg
Frank Garrard Coon
Fulton County
Bellwood
Soldier of Fortune
Uncle Sam
Mercer
Canady
S. W. Miles
Congressman Pace
Rush US
ARMY
Georgia Legion Head
Administrator's Sale
James
Walter J. Coldwell
Willam Sallette
South Georgia Ice Company
Atlas Tires
Standard Oil
Atlas
Childs
Butler, Georgia
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