Week in Georgia News Highlights 1946
A wide snapshot of Georgia life with notes on a 20 percent meat price hike, Macon building code rent controls, July hearings on anti KKK measures, and a poultry feed shortage. Other items cover banking leadership in Atlanta, a farmers market project, obituaries, train crash injuries in Atlanta, and local political campaigns and developments across multiple towns.
Pilot Killed Dusting Peanuts Near Blakely Georgia
Edward Leonard a World War II naval veteran died from injuries in an early Monday airplane crash while dusting peanuts on the O H King farm six miles from Blakely. The plane failed to come out of a low turn and Leonard suffered severe burns. His home is listed as Gainesville Texas.
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Blakely
Edward Leonard
O. H. King
Leonard
Gainesville
Texas
Candidate for Representative in Georgia
L R Dean of Unadilla writes to Taylor County voters outlining aims for a 52 day General Assembly term He criticizes excess legislation and promises to direct tax money to roads bridges schools and public buildings He recalls chairing a bank liquidating commission and includes a letter from Unadilla bank officials praising his handling of the Bank of Unadilla affair and urging support for his candidacy.
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Taylor County
L. R. Dean
Bank of
Unadilla
General Assembly
Georgia
Atlanta
State Banking Department
L. R. Dean Butler
Dean
Altho
Bridegroom 84 and Bride 23 Start Honeymoon in Coral Gables
John 8. Smith, a retired builder aged 84, wed a 23 year old bride in Coral Gables. They plan to pose for newsreel photographers at their Miami Beach home before driving to Craige Health Springs, Virginia, for their honeymoon.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John
Mayor Bowden and family lead Macon health testing drive
Macon officials launch an $81,000 health movement to screen 100000 people for syphilis and chest X rays for tuberculosis. Mayor Charles Bowden and his family are the first volunteers. tests will run 45 days with cooperation from all health officials.
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Macon
Charles L. Bowden
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