Georgia State News and Local Notices Ring in 1951
The Butler Herald reports on state figures including 20 new tax clerks for cross checking returns, a Georgia college payroll appointment, and a University president reshuffle. Also noted are a Democratic nominee, Sen Brien McMahon death, auto ownership stats, and a child safety proclamation urging statewide traffic injury prevention.
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Charles Redwine
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Governor's Coordinating Committee On Highway Safety
The
Georgia Citizens Council
Local Safety Councils
Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Widow of Dudley Hughes Honored by Future Homemakers
Mrs. Dudley Hughes of Danville widow of Congressman Dudley Hughes who helped inaugurate vocational education was made an honorary member of the National Future Homemakers of America at the National Delegates Conference closing in Green Lake Wisconsin.
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Taylor County
D. M. Hughes
Danville
Georgia
Dudley Hughes
Smith-Hughes
National Future Homemakers of America
Green Lake
Wisc
Stevenson Speech Frames Democratic Banner at Chicago Convention
W C Tucker recounts Gov Adlai Stevenson’s opening day address at the Illinois gathering. He quotes Stevenson on openness of the prairies and the Midwest, seeking no barriers or conformity and urging free and fair contest across the East, West, North, and South.
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
W. C. Tucker
Columbus
Stevenson
Middle West
Democrats Aim to Tie Hoover to Everywhere He Goes
The Massachusetts Governor’s keynote outlines a Democratic campaign theme for the fall. Democrats plan to run against Hoover while highlighting New Deal prosperity and critique Republican claims with a trill of anti-Communist and anti-poverty references.
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Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
Denver
Gen. Eisenhower
Gov. Dever
Definition of a Boy From a Dawson News item
A Dawson News reader notes a teenage boy is defined by growing out of diapers and long clothes and getting dirty. The piece praises a boy's varied abilities from swimming to running and climbing while humorously listing animal comparisons and expressions about behavior.
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Dawson News
Cabbage tips and political notes echo in regional presses
A Walton Tribune reader shares a cabbage cooking fix to deter flies by dropping a medium onion into the pot. Roy V. Harris dismisses both candidates and platform while a Georgia nursing group announces its Abbie Roberts Weaver award. Lee E Kelly cites Roosevelt’s role in popularizing terms like economic royalists and greedy capitalists for political gain.
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Walton Tribune
Georgia
Abbie Roberts Weaver
Georgia State Organization For Public Health Nursing
Flora P. Ray
Fannin County
Ruby Rae Edwards
Lanier County
Lee E.kelly
Thomasville Press
Roosevelt
What Farmers Do When It Rains
Farmers stay active even in wet weather. They shop in town for feed and fertilizer, consult the county agent and Production Marketing official, inspect or repair farm machinery, and discuss politics at the corner store. Cattle growers welcome the wet forecast as pastures and stock improve.
Mystery Writers Named in International Top Ten Poll
An international poll of authors critics publishers and readers names the worlds top mystery writers. The list led by L E Spivak includes Margery Allingham John Dickson Carr Raymond Chandler Agatha Christie Erle Stanley Gardner Ngaio Marsh Elery Queen Roberts Rinehart Georges Simenon and Rex Stout. The selections cover living active detective fiction writers from several countries.
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L. E. Spivak
Mercury Publications, Inc
France
New Zealand
Margery Allingham
John Dickson Carr
Raymond Chandler
Agatha Christie
Erle Stanley Gardner
Nagaio Marsh
Elery Queen
Roberts Rinehart
Georges Simenon
Rex Stout
Inj Ellery Queen
Mystery Magazine
Mr. Spivak
Steel production rush gains pace after strike settlement
Plans move rapidly to resume steel output a week after settlement, as the lack of steel had threatened to cripple business. Authorities say production is accelerating to meet demand and stabilize markets.
Dem Victory Credit Rules Lifted for GI Car Loans
Atlanta July 21 The Wa its week removed all credit limits on GI automobile loans from private lenders. Private lenders may now issue loans with longer terms but not exceeding the economic life of the car. No down payment was required before or now, and loans must show the car is essential to the veteran's business or job. Barrett urged interested persons to visit state veterans service offices.
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Democratic Party
The
Columbus Enquirer
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Atlanta
Wm. K. Barrett
State Department of Veterans Service
Barrett
Beloved Meriwether Vindicator Couple Mark 58th Anniversary
Judge H. H. Revill and Mrs. Revill were longtime figures at the Meriwether Vindicator in Greenville. They celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on July 2, while the Judge observed his first birthday two days later on July 4.
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Meriwether Vindicator
Greenville
Judge
H. H. Revill
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Butler Herald
Butler
Has. Benns Jr
E. Cox
Mgr
Taylor CO
Leo Aikman
Edna Daniel
Quitman
Guy H. Wells
Georgia State College For Women
Herbert A. Meyer
John Borden
Adli Stevenson
Sen
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Christ
South Georgia
Mert Sturby
Hoover
Roy V. Harris
Augusta Way
Sandersville Progress
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
General Electric
General Electric Disposall
Doyel
Butler, Ga
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