Georgia News Summary Highlights 1939 Developments
The second session of the Hungary Summer School runs to August 26. A lightning fire at Newington near Sylvania destroyed a cotton warehouse and 100 bales. Georgia reports 6 deaths in week end accidents and flat cotton acreage at 2,061,000 acres. Sumter County tax base rises. Horace Bugg reassigned to Newnan. Herty Foundation funds secured for one year. Georgia leads peanut production with 746,000 acres. 1939 figures up 55,000 from last year. Various local notes include a new all girl band in LaGrange, 200000 U S Highway strip maps contract, and 4000–5000 expected homecoming attendees at the Southern Industrial Orphan Home. Unemployment relief totals reach 1.6 million distributed and 42,000 placed. Deaths include Mrs. Samuel Nesbit Evans and Miss Laura McCluney. a coroner probes a Waycross shooting. A new tobacco warehouse opens in Jesup. LaGrange tests a 9-foot by 226-foot rug. Georgia tax collections drop year over year. Governor Rivers reports no kidney relapse. West End News debuts in Atlanta. Yarbrough acquitted in Edison slaying case. President Roosevelt to Warm Springs will use dial telephones via the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation switchboard at the Little White House.
Calhoun Names J M Byrd Acting Postmaster
Calhoun Georgia July 15 J M Byrd a longtime grocer and real estate agent has been named acting postmaster of Calhoun to serve through July 28 1942 He was recommended by Congressman Malcolm Tarver and succeeds the late B Y Dicey who had held the post since 1934 Rites for Mr Dickey were held Saturday from a funeral home.
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Calhoun
J. M. Byrd
Malcolm Tarver
B. Y. Dicey
Dickey
Augusta safety car collision injures girl
In Augusta on July 14 during a safety campaign, Officer Raley Jones’s white safety car struck Neville Cumming, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J B Cumming, who stepped from behind a parked truck into the car. Mr. Cumming is the immediate past president of the Georgian Bar Association.
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Augusta
Raley Jones
Neville Cumming
J. B. Cumming
Cumming
Georgian Bar Association
Tarver to Edit New Weekly Newspaper in Lyons
Vidalia reports Toombs County will gain a new weekly paper the Toombs County Democrat printing its first issue July 20 in Lyons. Publisher Jack Tarver, formerly managing editor of the Vidalia Advance, leads the venture after journalism studies at Mercer and prior work at the Macon Telegraph.
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Atlanta
West End
Adair Park
Sylvan Hills
Cupid View
Oakland City
Cascades Heights
Ben Hill
Adamsville
Jenkins
Vidalia
Toombs County
Georgia Field
Jack Tarver
Tarver
Vidalia Advance
Democrat
Lyons
Lyons Progress
B. H. McLarty
R. E. Ledford
Dublin
Mercer
Macon Telegraph
Post Office Test Ratings Released in Dawson
Dawson Ga July 146 Six of the 17 applicants for postmaster here have received their ratings in order named Mrs A H Thomas incumbent J 5 King J W Cannon H A Petty R ID Smith and J H Collier Appointment is expected soon Examinations were held Saturday Jan 14 marking the first time in Dawson competitive examinations were used to name a postmaster The Dawson post office pays the postmaster an annual salary of 2 A0
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Dawson
A H. Thomas
King
J. W. Cannon
H. A. Petty
R ID Smith
J. H. Collier
Trial reset for A A Smith in Harris County whiskey case
Columbus July 16 on counsel request for A A Smith naval aide to Gov Rivers the trial of Smith and three others charged with possessing and selling whiskey at the Pina Mountain tavern in Harris county was reset to July 27 by Superior Court Judge F McLaughlin Tom Jones cashier Grady Talley Roy Stewart were among those arrested July 9 Smith was tavern manager and lessee
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Columbus
A. A. Smith
E. D. Rivers
Smith
Pina Mountain
Harris County
Superior Court
F. McLaughlin
Hubert Calhoun
Harris Superior Court
Hamilton
Tom Jones
Grady Talley
Roy Stewart
Rural Urban Heads Elected in Talbot County
J A Smith announced the Talbot county Rural Urban conference presidency. Officers named include Mrs C B Heath vice president Mrs Brooks Culpepper secretary R H McRae corresponding secretary T H Ferguson treasurer and Miss Frances Calaway publicity chairman. Directors are Mrs H L Trussell Miss Mattie Butler S B Butler and S C Ingram. A health program was held with McRae in charge and state officials spoke. The next meeting is Aug 1 with a marketing program.
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Talbotton
J. A. Smith
Talbot County
Smith
C. B. Heath
Brooks Culpepper
R. H. McRae
T. H. Ferguson
Frances Calaway
H. L. Trussell
Mattie Butler
S. B. Butler
S.C. Ingram
Robin Wood
C. S. Lunsford
State Department of Health
License Deadline Moved Up Ten Days
Georgia motorists receive a ten day grace period to apply for renewals as Public Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan sets July 20 to July 81 as acceptance window without exam. Law enforcement checks start after these applications are cleared. Original deadline was June 30 with about 220000 motorists未 applying.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Public Safety
Lon Sullivan
Department
Tredught
Sullivan
Savannah Slayers 30-Day Respite Held In Abeyance
Governor Rivers delayed Marion Hunters clemency and a 30 day respite while a Friday hearing weighs lethal sentence. Hunter, convicted of killing four white family members in Savannah robberies, faces execution at Tattnall prison between 10 am and 2 pm. A. S. Cann opposed clemency. A. T. Walton sought more time for appeals.
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Atlanta
Reidsville
A. T. Walton
Society For the Advancement of Colored People
State Prison and Parole Commission
Hunter
Social Security Paid June Old-Age Benefits Totals
The Social Security Board reports June old age benefits totaling 1 517 886 with 18 286 claims averaging 83.24 dollars. Since inception 381 676 claims have been certified totaling 20 230 581 dollars. State totals include North Carolina 857 claims 18 621 dollars average 52 16 totals 7 236 dollars 242 226 50. Alabama 298 claims 15 939 dollars average 54 40 totals 5 726 dollars 198 091. Florida 274 claims 15 620 dollars average 57 01 totals 3 640 dollars 147 177. Georgia 297 claims 16 916 dollars average 56 96 totals 5 944 dollars 22 24. South Carolina 198 claims 8 050 dollars average 40 66 totals 3 802 dollars 114 128.
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Washington
Social Security Board
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Georgia Slavery Past Goes to Broadway Musical
Atlanta reports that Georgia slavery era tale Aeneas Africanus will be adapted into a New York musical by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson for next season. Bill Robinson hinted as the title role, charting the loyal slave’s journey from a Georgia plantation to a distant reunion with his former master.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Broadway
Aeneas Africanus
Harry Stillwell Edwards
New York
Kurt Weill
Maxwell Anderson
Bill
Deep South
Ambassadors to a World of Tomorrow Reflect on Civic Mission
Wilma Gill recalls a youth delegation journey through Baltimore Annapolis Washington DC and Mt Vernon visiting the White House Capitol Supreme Court and the Unknown Soldier's Tomb. The narrative celebrates science industry and a hopeful future as they return home inspired to contribute to civilization.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Supreme Court
Fairfax Hotel
Mt. Vernon
George Washington
Day of June Eleven to New York World’s Fair Adventure
A narrator recalls the anticipation of leaving for the World’s Fair in New York on June 11 with a group of thirty eight. The morning starts early at 4 15 as they depart by car stopping to pick up Alicenel and others in Macon while Alicenel explains the green box holds canned goods.
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New York
Daddy
Alicenel
Macon
Georgia seniors travel diary through New York City trip
A group from Macon chronicles a long train journey to New York with guides Mr. Butler Mr. Folds and Mr. Byrom. They tour Radio City Rockefeller Center and Times Square, visit Harlem Chinatown and Annapolis, tour the U S Naval Academy, see the World of Tomorrow perisphere, and return to warm welcomes from family. Billie Harris joins the party en route.
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Macon
Mr. Butler
Folds
New York
Billie Harris
Roberta
Billie
Alanta
Alienel
Washington
Wilman
Georgia
Park Central
Frank
Mr. Byrom
Radio City
Hudson River
Rockefeller Center
Manhattan
Mills Island
Chinatown
Harlem
Croadway
Savoy
Edwards
Cocoanut Grove
Larry Clinton
Trylon
Chrysler Motors
General Motors
Billy Rose
Baltimore
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
John. Paul Jones
Capitol
White House
Washigton
Macon Terminal
New York City
Terminal Station
Park Central Hotel
Times Square
Manhattan Island
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
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Hell Gate
Firestone
Torch
Lucky Strike
Hall of Music
Hall of Metals
Edison
Senate
House of Representatives
Congressional Library
Lincoln Memorial
Mt. Vernon
Arlington Cemetery
Francis Oxford
Walter Byrom
Dorothy Bazemore Recaps World’s Fair Trip Across Georgia
Dorothy Bazemore writes about travel through Atlanta and Macon on a trip to the New York World’s Fair. She recalls meeting Butler and expresses delight, saying the journey was marvelous and that many wish everyone could see the fair.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Mr Byrom
Macon
Butler
New York
Dorothy Bazemore
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Sylvania
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L. D. Slappey
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T. G. Dickerson
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The
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Shep Bruno
Ernest Aultman
Walton Moore
Albany
Howell Cobb
Laura McCluney
J. F. McCluney
Hardwick Baptist Church
Milledgeville
LaGrange
Vannie Sanders
Southwest
Christie Summers
Valdosta
United States
4L Highway Association
U. S. Highway No. 41
ZC. O'Farrell
Southern Industrial Orphan Home
South
Middle Georgia
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association
Savannah
J. Mobley
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Samuel Nesbit Evans
C. L. Caster
Waycross
H. J. Sweat
Edgar Shipp Jr
Americas Processing
Preston S. Arkwright, Jr
Georgia Power Co
M. H. Allen
U. S Ecrucees
Internal Revenue
Bobby Collins
H. R. Collins
Worthville
Jackson Lake
Crawford Long Hospital
Lakeland
Yaxley
E. E. Miles
Jesup Highway
Harry S. Yarbrough
T. S. Geeslin
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