Reorganization Plans By Central of Ga Ry Approved
A U S district court in Savannah approved the Central of Georgia Railway reorganization plan after over a year of litigation. Judge F M Scarlett overruled objections and found the plan provides fair treatment to creditors with $32 114 924 in common stock and 18 794 022 in preferred stock. The railroad proceeds with expansion including luxury streamliners and the Nancy Hanks on display in Atlanta. Opponents included Alleghany Corp owner Robert Young and other interests holding senior securities.
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Savannah
Central of Georgia Railway
U. S. District Court
F. M. Scarlett
Georgia
Nancy Hanks
Atlanta
M. P. Callaway
Robert Young
Alleghancy Corporation
Central
Moon Succeeds Tyler as Journal City Editor
Harold Tyler resigns as Atlanta Journal city editor and Fred D. Moon is named successor. Moon returns to the role after previously serving as city editor and most recently as amusement and radio editor. Tyler leaves to take an executive post at the Tampa Tribune. he hails from Tampa.
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Moon
Tyler
Journal City
Atlanta
Harold Tyler
Atlanta Journal Monday
Fred D. Moon
The
Tampa Tribune
Tampa
21 Puerto Ricans Die in Florida Airplane Crash
Melbourne Florida July 13 Twenty one persons were killed and 13 injured when a Burke Air Lines twin engined DC-3 charter crashed on a knoll in swampland six miles from Melbourne. Among the dead were pilot Captain Henry Hein of Houston and co pilot Roderick McKinna and McKinna’s wife. Survivors described passengers screaming and babies torn from sleeping mothers arms. The plane was licensed for 25 passengers and a crew of three.
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Melbourne
Fla
Jose Rodriguez
Ellen Acavedo
Brevard Hospital
Henry Hein
Houston
Tex
Roderick P. McKinna
McKinna
Frank Gonzalez
Frank
Brownley Funeral Home
Burke Air Lines
A. J. Burke
Miami
Eastone Company Incorporated Wins Charter in Taylor County
In 1947 the Superior Court of Taylor County granted the charter for Eastone Company Incorporated to W B Strickland C M Williams and T R Hodgson. The firm will operate in Howard Georgia with offices possibly elsewhere and initial capital of 10000 dollars, stock split into Class A non voting and Class B voting shares.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Superior Court
Said County
W. B. Strickland
T. R. Hodgson
C. M. Williams
Eastone Company
Howard
Howard, Ga
Knoxville, Tenn
Chambers
Columbus
Eastone Company, Incorporated
Kastone Company, Incorporated
Clerk of Superior Court
T. Hicks Fort
JS. GC C CC
I. Thelmon Jarrell
The
Eastone,Company, Incorporated
Thelmon Jarrell
Dixie Solons Seek Three Million for Chattahoochee Project
Georgia and Florida legislators urged a Senate subcommittee to provide 3 million dollars to begin a multi river dam project linking the Apalachicola Chattahoochee and Flint rivers. The total cost is projected at 70 million with aims including flood control power navigation and water supply for Atlanta.
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Washington
Georgia
Florida
Senate Appropriations
United States
Apalachicola, Chattahoochee
Flint Rivers
Junction City
Fla
Claude Pepper
Dem
Chattahoochee Valley
TVA
Walter George
Gad
Steve Pace
Dem.Ga
Pace
New Orleans
Atlanta
Widowed stewardess dies with fourth pilot husband
Miami July 15 25 year old Mrs Joyce MacKinnon who married three pilots all killed in air crashes died with her fourth husband Roderick MacKinnon when a DC-3 crashed into a Florida swamp Sunday. Twenty one people died in the disaster as a group of Puerto Ricans traveling to San Juan were aboard.
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Miami
Joyce MacKinnon
Florida
Granette
Roderick MacKinnon
Sam Juan
Adams seeks permanent administration in Nettie Adams estate
Georgia Taylor County notices a request for Permanent Letters of Administration on the Nettie S. Adams estate. J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary, requires creditors and next of kin to appear and show cause within legal time. The 7th day of July 947 marks the filing.
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Georgia
Taylor County
John B. Adams
Nettie S. Adams
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J. M. MecFerin, Jr. and
G.R. Edmond
Dixie Metal Building & Supply CO
Macon
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Stan-Steel Division
Dixie Metal Building
Fifth Street
Macon, Georgia
Central of Ga. Ry
Chevrolet
America
Taylor County Motor Co
Reynolds, Georgia
Charter
Secretary of State For
J. R. Lunsford
Butler, Ga
Dixie Solons
Chattahoochee River
J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary
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