Fens Camp to Be Held at Ft. McPherson Atlanta
Military camp for Georgia and Mississippi youths to proceed July 29 at Ft. McPherson Atlanta after Ft McClellan Ala is ruled out due to infantile paralysis concerns. Eligible boys 17 to 24 may apply, with physicals and vaccines required. Camp runs July 29 to August 27 with training, athletics, dances, and character building supervised by staff and hostesses.
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Cittans
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Alabama
Mead
Ft. McPherson
Atlanta
Ois
Pt. McPherson
Georgia Girl Beaten and Thrown in Well
Mount Vernon Georgia July 20 a Montgomery county posse hunted a negro who attacked a 11 year old white girl late Sunday night and threw her in an unused well. Mrs L J Burch wife of the Montgomery county sheriff said the victim was badly beaten about the head and seriously wounded. After being thrown in the well the girl was pelted with bricks. She climbed out and went to a neighbor's house while deputies with dogs pursued the suspect near the Oconee River. The girl identified the assailant as the attacker.
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Mount Vernon
Montgomery County
Burch
Severe Storm Wrecks Auto Crash Injuries Reported
The article lists injuries from a storm wreck involving Mathews 41 Gassett 31 and others including Shelburns wife of the Mercer registrar and schoolboy Howad Clanton 13. Damages include torn lines uprooted trees and broken windows with flood depths reaching 14 feet. Police rescued several marooned atop a garage as G. W. Griffin of the Macon News calls it the worst storm he has seen.
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J. C. Shelburns
Mercer University
Howad Clanton
Grady Mathews
Griffin
B.T. Gassett
Laura Jackson
Lena Ulover
Sallie Banks
Mathews
Gassett
G. W. Griffin
Macon News
Relief Proposals Tied to Drought Hit Georgia Counties
Senator Russell urged rapid transfer of drought relief jobs from OCC quotas to the Fourth Corps Area, seeking 1500 positions from Georgia’s worst distressed counties. The plan expands acreages for food and feed crops to restore normal production, allowing excess only to counter drought losses with full compliance to regulations. Counties listed include Baldwin, Banks, Clarke, Cobb, Fulton, Muscogee, Newton, and others across the state.
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WPA
Rossel
War Dern
Koehner
New England
Baldwin
Banks
Arrow
Clarke
Columbia
Elbert
Franklin
Greene
Gwinnett
Hart
Rickson
Jasper
Jones
Lincoln Madison
Newton
Oglethorpe
Putnam
Rochdale
Stephens
Taliaferro
Wilkes
Carroll
Cobb
Floyd
Hall
Haralson
Paulding
Polk
DeKalh
Fulton
Burts
Clayton
Coweta
Fayette
Harris
Heard
Henry
Lamar
Meriwether
Monroe
Muscogee Pike
Spalding
Talbot
Troup
Upson
Bibb
Chattahoochee
Crawford
Macon
Marion
Stewart
Taylor
Webster
Clay
Quitman
Russell
East
Ramsey Named GEA Secretary in Atlanta
Fulton county educator Ralph L. Ramsey, serving in the state legislature and as principal of Fulton High School, was elected executive secretary of the Georgia Education Association for a three year term. The headquarters stay at Macon. Ramsey succeeds Kyle T. Alfriend. He has led Fulton High for six years and previously was county school supervisor.
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Atlanta
Ralph L. Ramsey
Fulton County
Fulton High School
Georgia Ed Ucation Association
Kyle T. Alfriend
Macon
J. Harold Saxon
Quitman
GRA
Ramsey
Georgia gets $4 million rural electrification push
The company’s $4 million three year program aims to boost Georgia by creating jobs and new buying power. It projects $1.25 million in new wiring, $1.25 million to Georgia dealers for appliances, plus extensive plumbing and sanitary supply needs as running water reaches rural homes. Service will expand from 2,258 miles to about 9,000 miles serving 45,000 rural consumers, raising potential users from 120,000 to roughly 180,000 people.
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Georgia Power Company
Georgia
Butler and nearby pine lands spark town's growth
The account describes Butler as a rapidly changing town driven by pine lands from Musella southward. It notes a major fire risk management effort led by Mr Garrett, the economic influence of J.8. Green of Butler Naval Stores spending up to ten thousand dollars monthly, and a long backstory of Native American conflicts and a rescue tale of Gabriel Dunlap seeking Nora, culminating in their marriage.
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Butler
Reynolds
Metropolie
Pines
Mr Garrett
Pi Prun
Musella
Bibb County
Garrett
J. 8. Green
Butler Naval Stores Company
Marietta Man Dies in Head-On Crash Near Marietta
A head-on collision near Marietta Georgia on the Atlanta road two miles south of town killed Grady Free and injured two others in a passenger car. Ernest Gifford and Mrs Alvin Brown, both of Marietta, were hospitalized with injuries. Ralph LaFara of Indianapolis, driver of the peach truck, was uninjured. Funeral services for Free are set for Monday at 4 p.m.
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Marietta
Here
Grady Free
Ernest Gifford
Mra
Alvin Brown
Ralph LaFara
Indianapolis
Ind
Atlanta
Gainesville Storm Story Recounted In Book
Atlan July 17 A graphic story of the Gainesville tornado in the book Any Laid Waste appears in Atlanta news. W Brice lifelong Gainesville resident and newspaperman wrote it after witnessing the disaster. He telephoned the first news, lived amid wreckage, and aided in mercy work. The book includes 102 illustrations and 68 photographs of storm victims. Citizens subscribed for the first editions, with more ready for distribution.
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Atlan
Nesville
Atlanta Poucy
W. Brice
Gainesville
Brice
Georgia
Atlanta
Mercy
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GEA
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Athens
T. A. Kennedy
Manassas
T. G. Waters
Tueson
Chas
C. Wall
Ellaville
W. H. Cannon
Georgia Homes
Barto
Indian Springs
America
Gabriel Dunlap
Nora
B Be
Dunlap
Towaliga Creek
Watson
Dunlmp
Pkler
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