Summary of Week in Georgia Reports Local Deaths and Developments
The week’s-Georgian notes include L Hinesley 29 of Macon dying from a gunshot while hunting, James Thomas Smith 60 of Dublin found drowned in Town Creek, Talbot county jail plans costing 17000 due by May 1, and Dr John D Mell reelected Athens board of education president. Georgia unemployment fund totals 25458805, and shad season opening moved earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Smith
Dublin
John D Mell
Athens
Athens Board of Education
Cotton Bale Covers to Be Manufactured Under 1941 Program
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will produce 2,000,000 cotton bale covers under the 1941 program to promote using cotton coverings instead of jute bagging for cotton.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Talmadge
Washington
Agriculture Department
General Assembly Costs $2,750 a Day
Atlanta officials estimated on Saturday that state assembly sessions cost $2,750 daily. Included are $1,806 for member pay and expenses for 257 lawmakers such as clerical help printing and various attaches.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
Spalding County Begins New Year Free of Debt
Spalding County enters its new fiscal year out of debt with bills paid and funds in the bank. The county commissioners reorganized this week with W. C. Carreker as chairman. They credit the fiscal health to strict economy.
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Spalding County
Griffin
Spading County
W. C .Carreker
Albany Student Found Dead in Car on UGA Campus
Gay Fred Wortman, a 20 year old University of Georgia sophomore from Albany, was found dead in his parked car on campus Friday morning. Coroner Bert L. Beusse reported the inquest found Wortman died from carbon monoxide gas administered by his own hands. Wortman was an Albany native and graduate of Albany High School and Columbia Institute.
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Athens
Fred Wortman
University of Georgia
Bert L. Beusse
Wortman
Albany
Albny High School
Columbia Institute
Army plans major Ft. Benning expansion into Alabama
Senator Hill says the War Department aims to enlarge Ft. Benning Georgia with western boundary reach into Alabama. With Budget Bureau approval the army seeks funds to buy about 54 200 additional acres for training space at the Benning post.
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Washington
War Department
Ft. Benning
Alabama
Senator Hill
D. Ala
Army
Budget Bureau
Benning Post
Ten Thousand Dollars a Day to Feed Benning Troops
Ft. Benning officials report the quartermaster corps spends about 10000 dollars daily to feed troops in training. More than 800000 dollars in supplies are kept on hand to sustain operations at the infantry post.
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Ft. Benning
Quartermaster Corps
Robert Brown to Edit Georgia's Red and Black
Robert Brown of Elberton will edit the University of Georgia publication Red and Black for the rest of 1941. He succeeds Stanford Smith of Macon, who had edited the paper since the start of school last September.
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Athens
Robert Brown
Elberton
Paul Brown
Democrat of
Jasper Negro Held in Bibb County Jail
Monticello January 27 residents were stirred by an assault report as Sam Rook 16, a Negro, was said to have knocked down a white girl while attempting a robbery. Sheriff F R Exell had the youth held in Bibb county jail in Macon to prevent trouble.
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Monticello
Jasper County
F. R. Exell
Sam Rook
Rooks
Bibb County
Macon
Bill Would Fix Court Reporters Salary at 8660
Atlanta January 24 The court reporters pay in the Southwestern Judicial circuit would be fixed at 8660 a year under a bill submitted by representatives from Webster, Sumter, Macon, Lee, Stewart and Schley counties. It was signed by Representatives Cleveland, Ross, John Ferguson, Julian Suggs Sr., Mrs John Guerry C C Ansley, Byron Anglin and J O Smith.
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Atlanta
Southwestern Judicial Circuit
Webster
Sumter
Macon
Lee
Stewart
Schley
Cleveland, Ross
John Ferguson
Julian Suggs Sr
John Guerry
C. C. Ansley
Byron Anglin
J. O Smith
Albany Seeks 150 Bed Hospital in Georgia
Albany Georgia January 27 The 100 member committee for the hospital project elected I H Kalman former mayor as permanent chair. A survey team will study city needs and fund raising. Albany area population around 50 000 has 47 bed hospital. Dr J C Keaton cites need for a 150 bed facility with an estimated cost of 300000.
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Albany
I. H. Kalman
Kalman
J. C Keaton
Contracts Awarded for Aviation Schools
Washington reports eleven additional schools won contracts to train 1,100 new student flyers starting around March 22. Each school will run a ten week course for 100 students, including Embry-Riddle in Arcadia Florida and Graham Aviation in Americus Georgia among others. funding amounts were not disclosed.
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Washington
Army
Embry-Riddle Co
Arcadia
Fla
Graham Aviation Co
Americus
Southern Aviation School
Camden
S. C
Pine Bluff School of Aviation
Pine Bluff
Ark
War Department
Former Ku Klux Klan leader fined in Georgia case
Dr Hiram Evans once Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan received a 15000 dollar fine in U S District Court after pleading guilty to monopolizing asphalt emulsion sales to Georgia. Three co defendants also paid penalties: The Emulsified Asphalt Co 4000 dollars Shell Oil Co 5000 dollars and the American Bitumuls Co 6000 dollars.
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Atlanta
Hiram Evans
Ku Klux Klan
U. S. District Court
Georgia
Evans
Emulsified Asphalt Co
Shell Oil Co
American Bitmuls Co
Hawkinsville Gets New Canning Plant
Hawkinsville Ga Jan 25 with completion of the new vocational agricultural building the new canning machinery has been installed and is now ready for use A C Dorming vocational agricultural teacher announced the plant will be open two days in January and two days in February for canning beef Those who use the plant will furnish their own cans and pay one cent per can for use of the plant Boys and girls of the NYA will assist in the canning The plant will be open to everyone in Pulaski county
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Hawkinsville
Vocational Agricultural
A. C Dorming
NYA
Pulaski Conty
Richland Youth Bound Over In Forgery Case
Richland, Gay Thomas Jones alias Eubber Britton, about 18, was arrested in Richland Tuesday and turned over to U. S. Post Office Inspector I. H. Stevens of Atlanta. He faced charges of intercepting a letter with a $14.40 U S Treasury check to Leroy Parramore Jr and forging Parramore's signature to cash it. At Columbus hearing before U S Commissioner N A Brown, he was bound over on a $1,000 bond.
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Richland
Gay
Thomas Jones
Eubber Britton
U. S. Post Office
I. H. Stevens
Atlanta
US. Treasury
Leroy Parramore Jr
Parramore
Jones
Columbus
Stevens
U. S
N. A.brown
Dorsey Solomon Dies After Mile Crawling to Hospital
In Milledgeville on January 27 a 70 year old Black man with a compound leg fracture crawled and dragged himself over a mile to a hospital after being struck by an unidentified hit and run driver. He lay on the highway almost 12 hours, leaving the imprint of his fractured leg in the earth before he died.
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Milledgeville
Dorsey Solomon
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L. Hinesley
Talbot County
Talbotton
Senate
Hilda
Stokely
Crawford
W. T. Standard
Rochelle
W . Humphreys
Sycamore
Ben T. Huiet
Camp Wheeler
Statesboro
Holland
Thomas Gamble
Savannah
Ralph Stockton
Louisville
South Africa
South Carolina
Windsor Hotel
Clarence Thompson
Fulton Superior Court
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Jefferson Carter
Portsmouth
Suffolk Highway
Norfolk
Jesse Parker
Ft Valley
Oglethorpe
Vidalia
Jackson
J. R. Berry
Chattanooga
Miami
Dermot Shemwell & Sons
Roy G. Vinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Georgia
Washington, D. C
Woman's Patriotic Conference
Mayflower Hotel
L. C. Blackburn
Army Air Corps
Lt. Cooper
Maxwell Field
Robert Smith
Tifton
Coffee County
Douglas
Charlie Crosby
Crosby
Summerville
Berryton
D. L. Rainey
Ellaville
State Wildlife Divisions
le Tourneau Company
Stephen County
R. G. le Tourneau
Toccoa
Sen
H. B Edwards
Valdosta
Floyd Woodward
Banco
Fulton — Superior Court
Woodward
Gainesville
Joe Lipps
State Patrol
Houston Street
Price Reed
Lipps
Maj. Reed
Hugh Peterson
State of
Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge
KK. L. Reagan
McDonough
Mira Arnall
Reagan
House of Representatives
Feston F. Fagan
Peach County
Mr. Fagan
Butler
Benning
Bill
KKK
U.S
Jinjured Negro
Willis Fish Market
Butler Market
Hoke Windham
Reynolds Market
Thomaston
Bethel St
Virginia
Florida
New Jersey
Baby
White Leghorns
New Hampshire
Parmenter
ER. F. Parr
Reynolds, Ga
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Uncle Sam
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