Georgia tobacco market opening targeted for July 27
The week in Georgia reports the tentative opening date of the tobacco market as July 27. Other items include deaths, military enrollment, license deadlines, state politics, and local contracts. Mrs Hattie Knight, 86, dies after a hip injury in Roberta. Fifty four women join the U S Marine Corps as the service opens to female enlistment. Driver license and motor vehicle stamp purchases face midnight deadlines with no extensions. Governor Arnall’s speech appears in the Congressional Record. Watermelons valued at an estimated 320000 shipped from South Georgia. A 97000 contract is awarded to Robinson Brothers Contractors for Brunswick hospital addition and nurses' home. Mrs E Y Wright Jr and her son fly to Miami to join Lt Wright. Mary Rasberry wins Macon County 4 H Style Revue and heads to Milledgeville. Wadley endures torrential rain and flooding. Clay Taylor resigns as Columbus city clerk and marshal to pursue business. John Swisher & Son to open a Valdosta cigar plant employing 250 to 300 workers. Cleo Highsmith earns commission as second lieutenant at Ft Knox. Governor Arnall lists 28 constitutional amendments for August ballot. Federal Works Agency funds nurseries in Valdosta and Cedartown. Williams Construction Co awarded Muscogee tent camp contract under $45000. Savannah pays off 172500 bonds, refinancing later. Albany Bay Council wins FFA public speaking contest. Bainbridge war housing project approved for 100 units at 169933, to be completed in 60 days.
Melons Set New All-Time Market High In Allendale Sale
A car load of watermelons averaging 32 pounds each, shipped from Allendale by Ru ben Oliver of Sylvania Georgia, sold for 51 000 to a Baltimore buyer, marking a new market high.
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Allendale
S. C
Sylvania
Bandits Rob Bank in Haralson Georgia
Bandits held up the Red Wine Bank in Haralson near noon on Wednesday. Cash estimated under $1000 was taken. The cashier, Mrs Doris Rowe, was alone when two men, one red headed and chunky the other tall and dark, entered and threatened her with a pistol.
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Haralson
Redwine
Doris Rowe
Ex Catholic teacher dies in Washington Georgia
Washington Ga June 27 Sister Mary Raphael Mulroy formerly taught in Catholic schools in Atlanta and Augusta Ga died Saturday. She had taught at St Josephs Home in Washington the past five years. Funeral services at the Catholic Chapel.
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Washington, Ga
Mary Raphael Mulroy
Atlanta
Augusta
St. Joseph's
Washington
Sisterhood
St. Joseph‘s Academy For
Father Held For Death Of Wife And Four Children In Quarry
Richmond authorities arrested Walter P. Harrison a 31 year old bus driver and father of five on a murder charge for drowning his wife and four children when the car rolled into Waterfield quarry south of Richmond. The incident left his daughter Sylvia 7 and the other victims identified as Walter 10 James 5 Robert Franklin 15 months and William Edward 6.
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Richmond
Walter P. Harrison
Waterfield Quarry
Harrison
Sylvia
Walter
James
Robert Franklin
William Edward
Donated 1812 Book Returns to Augusta Library
Miss Bessie Gilchrist, chief librarian of the Augusta Young Men's Library, reports the overdue book Mistakes in Religion Exposed by Rev. H. Venn, published 1810, returned from Milwaukee to Augusta social library. The volume bore the note that it belonged to Augusta Social Library and must be returned on the first Mondays in January April July and October at two o'clock PM.
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Augusta
Bessie Gilchrist
Young Men‘s Library
Milwaukee, Wis
Augusta Social Library
H. Venn
New York
Maine
Ex-Governor J M Davis dies at 72 in Kansas
J M Davis former Kansas governor who was acquitted in 1925 on bribe for pardon charges died Sunday at 72. A farmer and Democratic activist, he retired over health issues after a year in Fort Scott General Hospital. Davis, from Bronson, rose to office in 1922 amid postwar financial strains and was twice acquitted in related cases.
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Ft. Scott
Kan
J. M. Davis
Kansas
Davis
Fort Scott
Bronson
Kas
F. W. Pullman
Col. L. H. Rodieck Takes Command at Spence Field
Col. L. H. Rodieck, last year on Gen. Marshall's staff, assumes command of Spence Field advanced Army flying school in Moultrie Ga. He led the South Pacific section of the War Department General Staff Opera tion Division and met with MacArthur Halsey Harmon. Lt. Col. W. V. Brown returns to duties as assistant commandant.
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Papaua
New Guinea
W. V. Brown
Savannah to Pay Las Trail Bonds
Savannah Georgia will pay off remaining bonds on the Savannah Albany and Gulf Rail road debt next Thursday. The city endorsed 300000 worth of bonds 84 years ago and was held liable by the U S Supreme Court 60 years ago, with the city issuing new securities thereafter.
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Savannah
Savannah, Albany & Gulf Railroad
U. S. Supreme Court
Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad
Five Killed in Army Plane Crash Near Augusta
An Army airplane crashed ten miles north of Augusta Georgia killing all five occupants. An ambulance driver died in a separate vehicle crash while responding to the scene. The plane’s home base and victims’ identities would be released after kin notification.
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Augusta. Ga
Augusta
Georgia to Have No Holiday for Fourth
Governor Arnall announced that Georgia state employees will work on July 3 and July 5 with July 4 treated as a normal day even if the holiday falls on a Sunday. He said there is no time for extra holidays amid wartime.
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Atlanta
Arnall
Georgia
War Prisoners Suffer Shock in Georgia Farm Incident
Three Italian prisoners of war from Camp Wheeler Macon were shocked by lightning while working on A G B Hogan's farm near Dexter Laurens County on Friday afternoon. They were treated at Dublin hospital then moved to camp hospital. Injuries not considered serious and names were not disclosed. The trio were laborers on the Hogan plantation.
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Dublin
Divorces Mount With Marriages In Fulton County
Atlanta report shows 884 complete divorces issued since January in Fulton County court of domestic relations. This compares with 662 the prior year and 758 in 1941. Marriage licenses total 3,187 through Saturday as of June, signaling growth in marriages alongside rising divorces.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Court of Domestic Relations
J. H. Busr
Cupid
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