Third District Rural Letter Carriers Entertained at Pine Mountain Valley
Mr W R Wood of Dawson recaps the Third District Rural Letter Carriers meeting held May 30 at Pine Mountain Valley with hosts from Harris Muscogee Chattahoochee Stewart and Marion counties. Judge Geo C Palmer warned of wartime dangers while praising Rural Free Delivery as a vital national service. R L C A elected R A Long president J L Andrews vice president and R M Turner secretary treasurer Auxiliary officers re-elected L W Lowrey president Jewell M Levi vice president and C S Sawyer secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Wood
Dawson
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Taylor County
Rural Letter Carriers‘ Association
Harris
Muscogee
Chattahoochee
Stewart and Marion Caunas
Pine Mountain Valley
G. A. Wilson
B. M. Kotchersid
Tap) Bennett
N. J. Thompson
J. E. Storey
Shiloh
W. R. Woods
Ruth Chappelear
Marjorie Treadwell
Earline Baldwin
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Ben Vig
Geo. C. Palmer
Columbus
Hitler
Stalin
Europe
United States
Palmer
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and Auxiliary
L. W. Lowrey
Jewell M. Levie
C. S. Sawyer
Flowery Branch Plans Annual Homecoming
Flowery Branch Ga June 11 Local churches sponsor their annual Homecoming Day next Sunday with a joint Sunday school class and all day singing. Mr F C Garrard Georgia Baptist Orphans Home superintendent will teach the class. Lunch serves at school grounds. Local officers are F N Carlisle president M P Crow and Joe Hudlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flowery Branch
F. C. Garrard
Georgia Baptist Orphans’ Home
F. N. Carlisle
M. P. Crow
Joe Hudlow
Gainer Killed When Car Hits Truck in Fort Valley
Fort Valley June 8 V G Gainer 30 a pipeline company employee from Griffin was killed in a car wreck on the Atlanta road early Saturday. Driving a coupe he struck a northbound truck driven by M D Carmichael an attorney from West Palm Beach Fla who was transporting horses to Tennessee Carmichael was uninjured.
Methodist Youths To Hold Week's Session At Wesleyan College
Wesleyan College in Macon hosts the Methodist youths for a week long session from June 1 to 22 with 200 YWCA girls arriving June 1 and 300 plus Young People’s Assembly members expected. Jay Cumba of Emory University presides as president and Rev G E Clary serves as assembly dean with Lucy Quinn Eubanks as dean of women and Rev E M Peavy as dean of men. Yu Chen Liu from China attends as guest to share youth work experiences as the program covers Old Testament to world peace and youth church work under noted pastors and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Wesleyan
Wesleyanies
YWCA
South Georgia Young People's Assembly
The
Methodist Church
Jay Cumba
Emory University
G. E. Clary
South Georgia Board of Education
Assembly
Lucy Quinn Eubanks
E. M. Peavy
Vidalia
Aileen Moon
General Board of Education
Nashville
Tenn
Leonard Cochran
Asbury Methodist Church
Savannah
Abit Nix Challenges Eugene Talmadge in Governor Race
Atlanta June 6 Abit Nix publicly challenged ex governor Eugene Talmadge to enter the gubernatorial race to settle the dispute once and for all. Talmadge accused Roy Harris and E D Rivers allies of backing Nix to push a sales tax and other taxes while Nix called Talmadge a back number and vowed to expose his administration.
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Abit Nix
Eugene Talmadge
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Roy Harris
Pelham
Talmadge
Harris
Id Rivers
Athens
Nix
Gene Talmadge
Electric storm strikes three Montezuma homes
A Montezuma thunderstorm struck three residences late Sunday, hitting the homes of Mrs Oscar McKenzie, Mr and Mrs L W McKenzie, and Mr and Mrs Charlie Mathis. The Mathis house caught fire, requiring the fire department. in the others, windows shattered and roof holes appeared. Keith Mathis lay on a bed nearby but survived unharmed.
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Montezuma
Oscar McKenzie
L. W. McKenzie
Charlie Mathis
Mathis
Keith Mathis
College Boys Swarm Fort Benning for ROTC Training
Columbus dispatch reports hundreds of college students arriving at Fort Benning to join the ROTC. Trainees from LSU, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of Florida, University of Alabama, and University of Tennessee will receive commissions next year. Fort Benning asks for 250 furnished homes to house officers families by June 14 for the new Fourth Division.
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Columbus
Ft. Benning
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Fourth Corps
Officers' Reserve Corps
Co. S. R. Hopkins
Louisiana State University
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
University of Florida
Alabama Poltechnic Institute
University of Alabama
University of Tennessee
Fort Benning
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Stella Akin Urged to Run for Georgia Governor
Savannah May 29 A group of Georgia citizens in Washington urged Miss Stella Akin a Savannah native and special assistant to the U S Attorney General to enter Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial primary She said she appreciated the push but had no comment yet and was believed to be considering the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Georgia
Washington
Stella Akin
U. S
Turkey Readies War Entry After Italy Invasion
Istanbul June 10 Turkish cabinet weighs war or peace as Italy joins Britain and France in conflict. Government prepares to declare a wartime alert and mobilize, with partial mobilization possible tomorrow. President Inonu Premier Saydam and Foreign Minister Saragoglio met Allied ambassadors. military leaves canceled. Inonu returned from fortifications.
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Istabul
Turkey
Italy
Britain
France
Inonu
Saydam
Saragoglu
Mussolini
Istanbul
Georgia Drivers Face Strict License Tests After Deadline
Atlanta report says thousands of Georgia drivers will endure rigid examinations after the June 30 deadline as renewals rushes swell the Public Safety Department. Only a few hundred renewals occur without tests, with over the counter service at the Capitol window and 959 Confederate Ave. Maj. Sullivan warns there will be no extension and mailing address issues leave nearly 3,000 licenses unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Public Safety Department
Lon Sullivan
Capitol
Confederate Ave
Maj. Sullivan
Musgrove Named New Georgia Comptroller General
Musgrove, 20, longtime executive secretary to Gov. Rivers, was named Georgia comptroller general to fill the vacancy after the death of Wm. B. Harrison. He takes oath and begins duties, with term to January 1 and job pay of 6200 annually. Griffin to replace him as executive secretary.
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Musgrove
Comptroller- General of
Georgia
Atlanta
Downing Musgrove
EB. D. Rivers
Wm. B. Harrison
No Funds Available For New Welfare Applications
The Taylor County Department of Public Welfare states no funds exist to process new applications for Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children. No new cases have been added since April 1939 when nine active cases were suspended. 72 have been reinstated or otherwise disposed of. As funds become available, about one new case per month may be processed, likely not before 1941 when the General Assembly may provide for those in the awaiting file. Every application will receive a thorough investigation and board review once funds permit.
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General Assembly
George and Russell Endorse War Supply Sales
Washington June 8. George and Russell advocate selling surplus airplanes and munitions to the Allies arguing legality and government authority. They say the act allows exchanges with manufacturers and that administration plans should be upheld in Congress despite potential challenges.
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R. A. Long
J. L. Andrews
R. M. Turner
Flowery
V. G. Gainer
Wesleyan College
South
R. O. T. C. Work
Taylor County Department of Public Welfare
George & Russell Indorse
Sey
W F. George
America
Sen
George
Jackson
United State
Russell
Rigi Dairy
Buye
N. L. Halley Reynolds
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