Third District Rural Letter Carriers Are Entertained
Mr W R Wood of Dawson reviews a Third District Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting held May 30 at Pine Mountain Valley. Harris Muscogee Chattahoochee Stewart and Marion hosts. Judge Geo C Palmer warns of war era perils and extols rural free delivery as vital. R L C A elects officers and holds memorial service.
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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
Dawson
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
Flowery Branch Plans Annual Home-Coming
Flowery Branch Ga June 11 Local churches sponsor their annual Home coming Day next Sunday with a joint Sunday school class and all day singing. F C Garrard Sunday school superintendent at the Georgia Baptist Orphans Home will teach the joint class. Lunch will be served at the school grounds. Local officers are F N Carlisle president M P Crow and Joe Hudlow.
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Flowery Branch
F. C. Garrard
Georgia Baptist Orphans’ Home
F. N. Carlisle
M. P. Crow
Joe Hudlow
Gainer Dies In Auto Crash Near Fort Valley
Fort Valley June 8 V G Gainer 30 a pipeline company employee from Griffin was killed when his coupe struck a northbound truck on the Atlanta road early Saturday. The truck, driven by M D Carmichael an attorney from West Palm Beach Fla en route with horses to Tennessee, was not injured.
Methodist Youths To Hold Week's Session At Wesleyan College
Wesleyan College hosts the Methodist Youth assembly from June 17 to 22 with about 300 participants. Jay Cumba of Emory University leads as president, with Rev G E Clary and Rev Leonard Cochran among the leaders. Miss Lucy Quinn Eubanks and Miss Aileen Moon serve as deans and Miss Yu Chen Liu from China joins as a featured attendee.
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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 For Governor Race
Abit Nix challenges Eugene Talmadge to enter the Georgia governor race as Talmadge accuses Nix of backing a sales tax and other taxes. Talmadge, speaking at Pelham, says Harris and Rivers back Nix to advance their program, while Nix in Athens calls Talmadge a back number and vows to expose his admin record.
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Abit Nix
Eugene Talmadge
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Roy Harris
Pelham
Talmadge
Harris
Id Rivers
Athens
Nix
Gene Talmadge
Lightning Strikes Three Homes in Montezuma Area
A Montezuma thunderstorm struck three residences late Sunday. Homes of Mrs. Oscar McKenzie Mr. and Mrs L W McKenzie and Mr. and Mrs Charlie Mathis were hit. The Mathis house caught fire and the fire department extinguished it. Windows shattered and roofs burned in the other two homes. Keith Mathis slept unharmed in his room.
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Montezuma
Oscar McKenzie
L. W. McKenzie
Charlie Mathis
Mathis
Keith Mathis
College Boys Swarm Fort Benning for ROTC Duty
Fort Benning welcomes hundreds of college ROTC trainees arriving from the Fourth Corps Area. Trainees, housed six to a tent, undergo rigid physicals as they prepare for commissions next year. Notable universities include LSU, Alabama Poly, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee. The chamber of commerce seeks 250 furnished homes for officers and sergeants’ families arriving for the newly created 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 Seek Georgia Governor Race
A Savannah group and Georgia citizens in Washington urged Miss Stella Akin, a Savannah native and special assistant to the U S Attorney General, to run in Georgia's Democratic primary. She expressed appreciation but offered no comment, and was believed to be weighing the request seriously.
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Savannah
Georgia
Washington
Stella Akin
U. S
Turkey Ready To Enter War On Allies Side
Istanbul June 10 Turkish cabinet weighs war or peace after Italy joined Britain and France. Government plans alert mobilization and mutual assistance with Allies while potential partial mobilization is considered. President Inonu Premier Saydam and Foreign Minister Saragoglu briefed Allied ambassadors as Mussolini spoke.
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Istabul
Turkey
Italy
Britain
France
Inonu
Saydam
Saragoglu
Mussolini
Istanbul
Georgia Drivers Face Driving Tests After Deadline
Atlanta reports thousands of Georgia drivers will need rigid driving examinations after the June 30 deadline due to late renewals. Only a few hundred renewals occurred before the deadline, causing a last minute rush to overwhelm the Public Safety Department. Maj Lon Sullivan warns there will be no extension this year and notes over the counter options at Capitol and 959 Confederate Ave. address accuracy is urged for mail renewals, with nearly 3,000 new licenses unclaimed due to missing mailing addresses.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Public Safety Department
Lon Sullivan
Capitol
Confederate Ave
Maj. Sullivan
Musgrove Named Georgia Comptroller General at 20
Musgrove, 20, long time executive secretary to Gov. Rivers, was appointed state comptroller general to fill the vacancy caused by Wm. Harrison’s death. He takes oath and assumes duties Friday. Griffin succeeds Musgrove as secretary. Parker to seek the post. term runs until January 1. Salary $6,200 annually. Musgrove among the youngest state officers.
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Atlanta
Downing Musgrove
EB. D. Rivers
Wm. B. Harrison
No Funds Available To Pay New Welfare Applications
Taylor County Department of Public Welfare reports no funds to open new Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to Dependent Children cases. Since April 1939 nine active cases were suspended, 81 of 90 reinstated or disposed of, leaving 18 awaiting review. New cases unlikely before 1941 when funding may expand. every applicant will be thoroughly investigated and considered when funds permit.
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General Assembly
George and Russell Indorse War Supply Sales
Washington reports Senators George and Russell endorse selling surplus war supplies to Allies. They defend legality and say the act allows direct sale or exchange with manufacturers, despite wartime debates. They argue administration policy will be sustained in Congress regardless of challenges.
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George & Russell Indorse
Sen
George
Jackson
United State
Russell
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W. R. Wood
Atlanta Journal
Taylor County
R. A. Long
J. L. Andrews
R. M. Turner
L. W. Lowrey
Jewell M. Levie
C. S. Sawyer
Flowery
V. G. Gainer
Wesleyan College
South
R. O. T. C. Work
Musgrove
Comptroller- General of
Taylor County Department of Public Welfare
Sey
W F. George
America
Rigi Dairy
Buye
N. L. Halley Reynolds
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