Notice of Election of Supervisors for Soil District
State Soil Conservation Committee announces the June 28 1941 election for three supervisors of the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District. Voting places in Bibb Crawford Doo ly Houston Macon Peach Pulaski Taylor Wilcox counties exclude Macon city. Frank C. Ward executive secretary.
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Middle Western
Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District
Middle Ocmulgee River
State of Georgia
Court House
Macon
Knoxville
Vienna
Perry
Oglethorpe
Fort Valley
Hawkinsville
Butler
Abbeville
Western
Ocmulgee River
Year s Support For Widow In Taylor County
Georgia Taylor County appraisers on application by Minnie M McInvale widow of C D McInvale seek twelve months support for herself and two minor children. All interested cited to show cause at July term why the application should not be granted. Dated May 27, 1941. J R Lunsford Ordinary Taylor County Ga.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Minnie M. McInvale
C. D. McInvale
J. R. Lunsford
Guardianship Citation For Martha Peterman Young
To All Whom It May Concern Mrs Martha Peterman Young has applied for guardianship. The court directs notice and invites objections or claims within the legally prescribed period. Guardianship action proceeds under applicable state laws and court rules.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Martha Peterman Young
Boast Fails as Big John Fatally Shot in Talbotton
In Talbotton Georgia on Saturday June 16 Big John Williams a large local man died from a back wound after a bullet fired by William Maxwell Centerville allegedly struck him. The incident followed Williams boast that he could outrun any bullet and dodge any weapon. Medical aid arrived too late.
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Big John
Bullet
Talbot
Talbotton
Big John” Williams
Wm. Maxwell
Centerville
Savannah Mayor Adopts English Child During War
Savannah Mayor Thomas Gamble adopts Jean Russell, a one and a half year old English girl whose father died in an air raid over London. Gamble will send her maintenance through Save the Children Fund and will keep in touch with Jean’s mother about her welfare during the war.
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Savannah
London
Thomas Gamble
Jean Russell
England
Gamble
Save the Children
Fire Destroys Veneer Mill in Riceboro
Fire of unknown origin late Sunday morning totally destroyed the Rathborne Hair and Ridgway veneer mill in Riceboro with damage estimated at 150000. Up to 50000 board feet of lumber and two partially loaded railroad cars were burned as crews battled the blaze with limited equipment and water.
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Riceboro
Rathborne, Hair and Ridgway Co
Notice of Hearing for Sam Peterman Estate
Notice is given that the application regarding the person and property of Sam Peterman, an imbecile and child of Mrs Susie Peterman, deceased, will be heard at the attorney’s office at 10 o clock AM on the first Monday in July. Dated May 24 1941.
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Sam Peterman
Susie Peterman
J. R. Lunsford
Taylor County
Hero of Robin Moor Rescue Is Brother of Macon Woman
Melvin Mundy, hailed for rescuing passengers and crew from the torpedoed Robin Moor, is identified as the brother of Mrs. A. L. Hedgepath of Macon. She notes his calm during the brush with German sub officers and while steering the lifeboat through perilous seas. Mrs. Hedgepath hopes the sinking does not provoke war between the United States and Germany.
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Macon
Melvin Mundy
A. L. Hedgepath
Hedgepath
United States
Germany
Nominations for Attorney General and Supreme Court Chief Named
Washington June 13 Solicitor General Francis Biddle was thought to be Roosevelt's pick for attorney general to succeed R H Jackson who has been nominated to the Supreme Court. Senate action on both Jackson and Stone likely to speed approvals with little opposition. Stone will become chief justice replacing Hughes who retires July 1. Byrnes nomination to the Supreme Court was confirmed within ten minutes. Van Nuys indicated no opposition expected to either nomination.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Roosevelt
R. H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Senate
Jackson
Harlan Fiske Stone
Stone
Chas. E. Hughes
J. F. Byrnes
Frederick van Nuys
D Ind
Senate Judiciary
Pat McCaran
D. Nev
C. A. Hatch
D N. M
14 Year-Old Royston Girl Kills Mother with Rifle
Pauline Hill, 14, confessed to fatally shooting her mother Madison County Sheriff said. Mrs. Frank Hill died at a Royston hospital after being shot in the back at their Madison County home. Pauline, oldest of four, will be tried at the September Madison court session. She was held in Madison jail after the Monday incident.
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Royston
Pauline Hill
Madison County
John Beard
Frank Hill
Franklin County
Beard
Pauline
Madison Court
Madison Jail
U. S. Seizes Six Danish Ships Under New Legislation
The maritime commission announced it will seize six Danish vessels held in protective custody. Notices will be posted at 9 a.m. on the ships in New York, Boston, and Portland, marking them as now government property under a two week old act providing just compensation to owners. The six ships include Nora, Marna, Jenna in New York. Rita Maersk, Herta Maersk in Boston. and Jutta in Portland.
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Washington
Martime
United States
New York
Boston
Portland
Congress
Nora
Marna
Jenna
Rita Maersk
Herta Maersk
Jutta
Power Curtailment Must Work NOW
A wartime era appeal urges immediate nationwide electricity cuts to meet National Defense needs amid a severe drought. The message cites Lake Burton and storage deficits, demanding a one third reduction from all users except National Defense and essential services, with no exceptions.
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Lake Burton
Georgia Power rate cuts approved by Public Service Commission
The Georgia Public Service Commission announced rate reductions for three classes of electric customers served by Georgia Power and Light in South Georgia. Commercial customers will save about 15,000 annually, municipalities including Quitman Cairo and Adel will save 5,250 per year, and REA cooperatives will see about 17 percent lower wholesale energy costs. Changes take effect July 1, with retroactive June 1 for REA co ops Slash Pine Three Notch and Okefenokee Electric Membership Corporations. Major cities affected include Valdosta Waycross Bainbridge Donalsonville Jesup Folkston Blackshear Pearson Lakeland and Homerville.
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Atlanta
Georgia Power and Light Company
South Georgia
Georgia Public Service Commission
Quitman
Cairo
Adel
W. R. McDonald
REA
Georgia Power and Light Co
Valdosta
Waycross
Bainbridge
Donelsonville
Jesup
Folkston
Blackshear
Pearson
Lakeland
Homerville
Slash Pine Electric
Three Notch Electric
Okefenokee Electric
C M Methvin Eastman editor dies noted Dodge leader
Eastman June 11 funeral services were held for C M Methvin 65 longtime editor and publisher of the Times Journal who died at his home after a long illness Methvin born near Irwinton served in the state legislature and chaired the Eastman board of education He led Georgia press circles as a former association president and was honored for community service He is survived by his wife a daughter and two sons.
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Eastman
C M. Methvin
The
Times-Journal
Jas. F. Jackson
Methodist Church
Wilkinson County
Methvin
Irwinton
W. G. K. Methvin
Julia Chamber Methvin
Eastman Board of Education
E. T. Methvin
Mr. Methvin
Georgia Press Association
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Eastman Masonic Lodge
Georgia Poor & Light rate cuts announced by PSC
The Georgia Public Service Commission announced rate reductions affecting three classes of electric customers of the Georgia Poor & Light Company in South Georgia. The new schedules, effective July 1, will save commercial customers about 15000 dollars yearly and reduce municipal charges by 5200 dollars annually for Quitman Cairo and Adel, per commission chairman W R McDonald.
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Georgia Poor & Light Company
South Georgia
Georgia Public Service Commission
Quitman
Cairo
Adel
W. R. McDonald Commission
Lightning Strikes Farm Home Injuring Sumter Family
A June 13 lightning bolt struck a farm home on the Americus Smithville highway near Americus, injuring 12 year old Jimmie Ross Haynes and burning her sister Helen and grandparents. Jimmie suffered burns on hands and arms and scorched hair. Helen burned on a leg. Jim Haynes burned fingers and chest. the mother was knocked down but unharmed. The bolt traveled through a screen door, burned holes in the screen and woodwork, then jumped to an iron rod and water pipe before grounding. The family is residing with grandparents. their mother died in a house fire two years earlier.
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Americus
Americus-Smithville
Jimmie Ross Haynes
Helen Haynes
Jimmie Rose
Jim Haynes
Rose Haynes
Hooks Mill
Gov Talmadge Proclaims Ratification of 69 of 70 Amendments
Atlanta dates July 14 Gov Talmadge proclaimed 69 of 70 constitutional amendments ratified by Georgians on June 3 The 70th proposal to set annual sessions for the Georgia Assembly was not proclaimed after a narrow defeat The attorney general later stated amendments become law upon ratification and that the effective date for an amendment expanding justice court jurisdiction to 300 dollars remains unsettled
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Rey
Stone Wilson
Georgia Assembly
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Justice of the Peace
Religious Education Session Set at Bessie Tift College
The seventh annual School of Religious Education will run June 22 to 27 at Bessie Tift College Forsyth. Sponsored by the Georgia Baptist convention Sunday school department the event features Dr. T. W. Tippett as state secretary and a program for pastors and Sunday school workers. Speakers include Dr. Paul Caudill Dr. W. W. Hamilton Dr. Hershey Davis Dr. G. S. Dobbins Dr. T. L. Holcomb Dr. J. D. Crain Dr. E. B. Crain Dr. F. A. Fuller and Dr. W. E. Howard among others.
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New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
W. Hershey Davis
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
G. S. Dobbins
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville Ky
T. L. Holcomb
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Tenn
J. D. Crain
Greenville
S. C
E. B. Crain
F. A. Fuller
Georgia Baptist Convention
Atlanta
W.E. Howard
LaGrange
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Supervisors
Robin Moor
U. S
Southeast
Arkwright
Georgia Power Company
Public Service
C. M. Methvin
Dodge County
Bill Bazemore Butler
Sumter County
Gov. Talmadge
Bessie Tift
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