George George speech on British aid praised in Washington
Sen Walter F George of Georgia delivered an off the record speech to National Press Club notables on the administration leave lend bill. Viewers called it the most informative balanced address on foreign policy and a rising string of praise followed from officials planning wider distribution.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Georgia
National Press Club
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Veteran rail worker killed in freight car accident at Seaboard shops
Americus reports W. F. Hart 68 year old Seaboard Airline Railway veteran employee was instantly killed at 7 a m when a freight car struck him while he and Jack Atkins checked a bad order car in the Seaboard shops. The incident involved the switch engine crew led by Conductor W S Oliver and G C Parker. Hart, born July 1872 in Schley county, had worked in Americus since 1900 and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men.
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Americus
Fletcher Hart
Seaboard Airline Railway
Seaboard
Hart
Jack Atkins
W. S. Oliver
G. C. Parker
Brotherhood of
Woodmen of the World
Central Baptist Church
Schley County
Isaac Hart
Mattie C. Hart
Donalsonville Postmaster Charged With Embezzling Funds
U S Commissioner Hansell Watt said Donalsonville postmaster Horace C Cherry has been arrested by postal inspectors and charged with embezzling about eighteen thousand nine hundred eighty six dollars from funds entrusted for postal savings deposits. He pleaded guilty at a commitment hearing and is released on five thousand dollar bond pending U S District court action.
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Donalsonville
Watt
Rudolph Greer
Frank Ellis
Cherry
Robert Cox
Eugene Cox
D-Ga
Friends of Dr Anderson React to Reported Ousting Move
Macon January 27 Friends of Dr Dice R Anderson react to a Sun day Telegraph and News report about a move to replace him as Wesleyan College president The church gathered for a vote of confidence while Bishop W N Ainsworth cautioned media speculation and the trustees prepare a committee report for next Thursday.
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Dr. Anderson
Macon
Dice R. Anderson
Wesleyan College
Anderson
Telegraph and
News
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
South Georgia
8. T. Coleman
Wesleyan
Robert Brown to Edit Georgia's Red and Black
Robert Brown of Elberton will edit the University of Georgia weekly Red and Black for the rest of 1941. He succeeds Stanford Smith who had been editor since the school year began in September. Brown is son of Democratic Rep. Paul Brown of Georgia's 10th District.
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Athens
Robert Brown
Elberton
Paul Brown
Democrat of Georgia
University of Georgia
Brown
Stanford Smith
Macon
Jasper Negro Held in Bibb County Jail
Jasper county resident Sam Rook, 16, is held in Bibb County jail after a reported assault on a white girl. Sheriff F. R. Kell said the girl was knocked down during an attempted robbery, and Rook was brought to the Macon jail to avoid trouble.
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Monticello
Jasper County
F. R. Kell
Sam Rook
Rooks
Bibb County
Macon
Richland Youth Held on $1000 Bond for Forgery
Richland Georgia Thomas Jones alias hubber Britton about 18 was arrested Tuesday and delivered to U S Post Office Inspector LH Stevens of Atlanta charged with intercepting a letter containing a Treasury check for 14 40 made to Leroy Parramore Jr and forging Parramore s signature to cash the check Jones was taken to Columbus for a hearing before U S Commissioner N A Brown and bound over in 1000 bond
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Richland
Thomas Jones
Hubber Britton
U. S. Post Office
LH. Stevens
Atlanta
Train Auto Crash at Dalton Kills Six
A Dalton collision between a car carrying a Dalton family of five plus a sister and a Chicago Miami train left six dead. Victims were Ivan Ledford 27 his wife 24 and their three children ages two to seven and Miss Annie Ledford. The Sunbeam struck the automobile as it crossed the rails in light rain.
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Dalton
Southern Railway
Ivan Ledford
Annie Ledford
Ledfords
Ellijay
J. W. Johnson
Daulton
Johnson
Escaped Cattle Rustler Sought Near Valdosta
Sheriff deputies hunt a possible third man connected to a cattle rustling party that split after a Friday night raid ended with two men killed by a farming posse in Lowndes county. The dead are Eddie Tellie and B. T. Page. E O Rodgers and Claude Rodgers are jailed on warrants. Page’s deathbed statement claimed only he and Tellie participated. Relatives arrange for burial in Cairo after 12 cattle were reported stolen in the first raid.
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Valdosta
Eddie Tellie
B. T. Page
E. O. Rodgers
Lowndes County
Claude Rodgers
Cairo
Lowndes
Dan Wisenbaker
Harry Garbuitt
Page
J. J. Shiver
Tellie
Shiver
Thomasville
L. A. Wisenbaker
Lake Park
Grady County
Talbotton Chemistry Professor Burned In School Lab Explosion
Talbotton Ga Jan 24 C B Nisblack chemistry professor at Talbotton Consolidated High School was seriously burned on his right hand and arm from phosphorus after an explosion in the school laboratory during an experiment. Pupils escaped injury and quick thinking by Nisblack helped prevent further harm.
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Talbotton
C. BE. Niblack
Talbotton Consolidated High School
Nisblack
H. M McGehee
Niblack
Tax in crease debated as Georgia leaders discuss state debts
Atlanta reports excerpts from Governor Talmadge and lawmakers amid calls to suspend his address for a joint session. He outlines indebtedness across departments, a $18 million highway burden, back pay for teachers, and a budget control plan to fund education, welfare, and highways.
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Talmadge
General Assembly
Agricultural Department
Game and Fish Department
Milledgeville State Hospital
Highway Department
State Highway Department
State Hospital
Milledgeville
State Board of Penal Corrections
Education Department
Dalaeses
State official suspension prompts assembly report timeline
A state treasurer or comptroller general may be reported to the general assembly within 30 days after the suspension.
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General Assembly
Floor Mat Promotion at Childs Station in Butler
A local ad invites car owners to enhance comfort and style with floor mats sold by Childs Station in Butler. The promotion emphasizes improving interior appeal and vehicle cleanliness.
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Childs Station
Butler
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