News Summary of the Week in Georgia
A special express trainload of tomato plants left Cairo for New York state. Georgia led the South in War Bond sales and students aided the May War Bond drive raising 6.48 million dollars. Georgia counties contributed 34,227 volumes to the Victory Book Campaign for armed forces reading matter. Fulton county coroner earned law degree with top honors. Georgia industry won War Department production awards. College students from the University System of Georgia entered military service, reducing graduates.
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Cairo
New York State
Omega
Waycross
Beverly Wheatcroft
State Library Commission
Georgia
Fulton County
United States
Woodrow Wilson College of Law
Paul Donehoo
University System of
State Board of Regents
Moultrie Native Dies in North Africa Action
Pfc. Cecil Rentz 27, a Moultrie High School graduate, was killed in action on the Tunisian front. The War Department notified his mother, Lizzie Rentz of Moultrie, that he died April 23 from wounds received in action.
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Moultrie, Ga
Cecil Rentz
Moultrie High School
North Africa
War Department
Lizzie Rentz
Moultrie
Colquitt County Farmer Dies in Kerosene Fire
A. L. Gage a 66 year old Colquitt county farmer died from burns after attempting to kindle a slow burning fire with kerosene in his kitchen. The kerosene can exploded and set his clothes ablaze as the house burned to the ground. a daughter who lived with him carried him out and helped extinguish the flames.
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Moultrie
A. L. Gage
Colquitt County
Benning Troops The Long March
Ft. Benning Ga June 1 A contingent of 176th Infantry will march from Atlanta to Ft Benning under forced march conditions to test 40 miles a day. The unit aims to reach Ft Benning by Saturday with noon meals and bivouacs planned along the route.
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Ft. Benning
Atlanta
Dublin Soldier Dies in Japanese Prison Camp
Dublin resident Mrs. Alice W. Grier learns her son Sergeant Joe Grier died in a Japanese prison camp on May 11 after being listed MIA when the Philippines fell. Grier enlisted three years ago in the Army. his aunt Miss Anne Williamson and uncle Paul Williamson are referenced in Savannah and Dublin.
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Dublin
Alice W. Grier
Joe Grier
Grier
Philippines
Anne Williamson
Paul Williamson
Merchant Marines
Savannah
Albany Flyer Aids in Blast on St Nazaire
A U S bomber base in England reports air crews from Georgia and Alabama took part in a Saturday raid on the Nazi U-boat base at St Nazaire. First Lt. M. N. Lynch of Albany Georgia was in the Fortress Gremlin Castle crew targeting the locks. Sgt. M. T. Armstrong of Birmingham Alabama also aboard.
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U. S
England
Georgia
Alabama
St. Nazaire
M. N. Lynch
Albany Ga
Gremlin Castle
M. T. Armstrong
Birmingham
Ala
Board Delays Coastal Fisheries Director Choice
Georgia Game and Fish Commission spends hours reviewing applications for coastal fisheries director but makes no decision. Charles N. Elliott says finalists narrowed to two or three men, names undisclosed, with a week to ten days expected for further inquiry.
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Atlanta
State Game and Fish Commission
Chas. N. Elliott
Coastal Affairs and Personnel Committee
Georgia employers will save money on unemployment taxes
Commissioner Huiet announced that Georgia employers will save about 4 million dollars in unemployment contributions under the state unemployment compensation law in its second year of operation. Huiet's tabulation shows 3,904 employers about 45 percent qualify for reduced rates based on employment experience, with standard rates from 2.7 percent down to 1 percent. more than 1,000 employers qualified for the minimum.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Commissioner of Labor
Huiet
Rationing of Shells Proposal in Outdoor Georgia
May 31 Atlanta report outlines a proposed state rationing plan for shells to equalize supply among sportsmen and maintain a balance of nature. It notes a black market exists and suggests government action to declare on hand quantities and redistribute surplus. Hunting is described as food and recreation for war workers.
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Atlanta
Outdoor
Georgia
State Game and Fish Commission
Military Pay Exemption Set At 1500 By Committee
Washington May 29 The house and senate conference on pay as you go taxation settled on a flat 1500 personal exemption from gross income for all military and naval personnel without regard to rank or family status. The provision applies to taxable years after December 31 1942 and differs from the house plan which capped active war service pay exemption at 3500 dollars. A separate note: Rep White of Idaho boasted of reprinting a 1893 speech by the late Senator Cockrell at great cost as part of fiscal policy education.
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Washington
House and
Senate
House
Rep. White
D-Ida
Probe Launched to Find Cause of Poisoning
Toccoa Georgia May 31 Camp Toc coa authorities launched a probe into the cause of food poisoning that sent 98 parachutists in search of medical aid Sunday. Camp public relations officer said none of the men were in serious condition and that all cases were mild.
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Toccoa
Camp Toccoa
Gator Pulled From Mud Near Schley County
An alligator about 10 to 12 feet long was dragged from mud in a branch head near Stewart's Corner in Schley County last week by Clyde Lawhorn and Lester McMickle. The reptile fought fiercely during capture near the Lawhorn home.
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Ellaville
Stewart's Corner
Schley County
Clyde Lawhorn
Lester McMickle
Lawhorn
Ochlochneee Flyer Reported Missing
Lt. David Wurst longassociated with Ochloch nee and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wurst of Thomasville has been reported missing in action as of May 17 by the War Department. He earned his wings August 5, 1942, married Alice Thompson of Thomaston the same month, and went overseas in February after McDill Field training in Tampa.
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Thomasville
David Wurst
Ochlochnee
W. H. Wurst
War Department
Wurst
Holland
Alice Thompson
Thomaston
McDill Field
Tampa
Sailor With Two Five Hundred Dollar Bills
New York May 31 A merchant seaman named George Izabi returned from the sea with 1 000 in cash and could not buy food. He showed Lt Frederick Wendel two 500 bills and said he had searched restaurants and delicatessens for change but none would accept the bills. He borrowed 2 from a police officer to eat.
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New York
George Izabi
Izabi
Frederick Wendel
Racial Minorities Shown Advantages Urged To Explore
Ft Valley Ga May 30 Forrester B Walker director of the Atlanta school of social work told 27 graduating seniors at Ft Valley State Teachers College for Negroes that racial minorities have advantages as well as disadvantages and urged them to explore the advantages. Dr H M Bond president announced gifts from the General Education Board totaling 21000 with 3700 for biological equipment.
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Ft. Valley
Forrester B. Walker
Atlanta School of Social Work
Ft. Valley State Teachers College
Mobile Register Offers 1000 Dollar Reward To End Rumors
The Mobile Register on May 30 offered a 1000 dollar reward for proof that any person was killed in the racial conflict at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Pinto Island plant last Tuesday. The paper said rumors of death were unfounded after staff investigations and urged an end to sensational rumors during wartime.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Register
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Pinto Island
Victory Garden Reveals Lost Ring From 1919
Chicago on May 30 Mrs James Cross reports her Victory garden yielded a gold wedding ring she had lost while hanging out the wash in 1919. She found the ring while digging lettuce roots Saturday, ending a decades long mystery.
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Chicago
James Cross
Victory Garden
Benning Negro Soldier to Die in Electric Chair
Edmond Reed a former negro soldier was re sentenced to die in the electric chair at Reidsville prison on Friday June 18 by Judge A M Anderson. The Georgia supreme court recently affirmed Reed’s conviction for murdering Police Officer J G Favors after an incident at the bus station and a military policeman was wounded. The shooting followed questioning Reed for absence without leave from Ft Benning.
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Macon
Edmond Reed
Reidsville Star
A. M. Anderson
Bible Superior Court
Georgia Supreme Court
Reed
J. G. Favors
Ft. Benning
Naval Radio Operator Faces Private Hearing in Savannah
John R. Horton a 52 year old Oklahoma City radio operator was charged with espionage act violation and given a private hearing before U S Commissioner G S Gill in Savannah. FBI agents Coast Guard and naval officers attended the proceeding following his arrest on a hotel visit. Horton aboard the S S James Longstreet recently docked in Savannah allegedly possessed highly confidential convoy schedule data and a secret naval code. He reportedly admitted taking the material but said it was for personal reasons.
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Savannah
John R. Horton
Oklahoma City
U. S
G. S. Car Gill
Coast Guard
U. S. Marshal
Horton
FBI
J. R. Ruggles
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Georgia Governor launches drive over rising grade crossing deaths
Gov Ellis Arnall announced a statewide campaign to cut automobile train collisions after Georgia grade crossing deaths rose from 33 in 1939 to 52 in 1942. C A Williams will lead the effort with civic groups and state agencies aiding, as 4 year totals show 175 lives lost and early 1943 data suggest continued rise.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
C. A. Williams
Public Safety Department
Henry Ford Reassumes Ford Motor Company Presidency
Henry Ford, nearing age 80, returns as president after a 24 year lapse, following the death of his son Edsel. He adds to the board and appoints Sorensen, Craig, Moekler, and Schluchter to key posts while expanding the directorate with Mrs. Edsel Ford and others. The company, now valued around three quarters of a billion dollars, dates its founding to June 16, 1903.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Edsel
Chas. E. Sorensen
B. J. Craig
H. L. Moekler
Ford
Henry Ford II
Benson Ford
Sorensen
Edsel Ford
H. H. Bennett M. L. Bricker
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Georga
Pearl Short
Marion County Draft Board
Madge Clements
Mark Smith
Bibb County
Schley County High School
Crisp County
T. E. Bolin
Drayton
Bolin
Wm. Walters
Americus
Americus Junior Chamber of Commerce
Billy Ferguson
Radher Stewart
Sam Allen
P. B. Adair
Callaway Mills
Hillside
LaGrange, Ga
Nunnally McCrea Co Inc
West Point Manufacturing Co
Dixie Cotton Mills
LaGrange
University of Georgia
Mary Anderson
Betty Sue Booth
East Pint
David Bowers
Moreland
Anne Findley
Athens
Martha Sullivan
Fitzgerald Cotton Mills
Scottish Rite Hospital For
Lucy Fox Dickey
John R. Dickey
Fulton
Dickey
W. M. Womack
The
Revenue Department
Moultrie Man
Norrth Africa
Coquitt
Benning
Albany
Schley
Sailor
Naval
Butler, GA
Kelloggs
Maxwell House
Luzianne Coffee
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