Commerce Post Office to be advanced to first class
The Commerce Post Office is to be advanced to first class July 1. Crippled by incidents and local events, this notice sits among reports from Georgia communities including deaths, festivals, openings and highway bids across the state.
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Commerce Post Office
Jekyll Island Bridge
State Highway Department
Draft rejections exceed half of men called in Third Army
Atlanta reports Army sources say more than 50 percent of men drafted by the Third Army were rejected. Selec tive Service Director L. B. Hershey notes about 45 percent overall declined in four years, with state rates led by South Carolina at 68.2 percent and Arkansas at 58.4 percent. Georgia ranked sixth at 48.3 percent.
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Atlanta
Third Army
Selective Service
L. B. Hershey
Gen. Hershey
South Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Sandersville Lad Born on Friday the 13th Grandfather of Baby
Sandersville June 13 Powell Lang celebrates a Friday the 13th birthday. His daughter Martha Lang married June 13 three years ago to W F Wiggins of Sandersville. The baby is Martha LaVerte Wiggins, born Friday the 13th to the Wiggi n family.
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Sandersville
Powell Lang
Lang
Martha Lang
W. F. Wiggins
$40,000 suit filed in Macon libel case against magazine
Macon Georgia June 18 a $40 000 damage suit charging libel through murder accusations was filed in City Court against Dell Publishing Company Inc of New Jersey for allegedly labeling Elmer Price as a murder plotter to collect life insurance The same day a $17 500 damage suit for injuries from an auto accident was filed by Mrs James H Powell against H P Roland
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New York City
Venice
Calif
Alabama
Pres. Truman
Belmont Park
N. Y
Washington
U. S. House
Macon
Elmer Price
Dell Publishing Company, Inc
New Jersey
Price
Front Page Detective
James H. Powell
H. P. Roland
Crawford Countians Form Polio Group With Easler as President
A Crawford county chapter of the National Polio Foundation is organized at Roberta with officers: Millard L. Easler chairman R L Sheets vice chairman Mrs W T Jones secretary and Mrs Billy Harris treasurer.
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Crawford Countians
Polio Group
Easler
Crawford County Association of the National Polio Foundation
Roberta
Millard L. Easler
R. L. Sheets
W. T. Jones
Billy Harris
Atlanta Postmaster Lon Livingston to retire at 70
The Atlanta postmaster Hon. Lon Livingston marks his 70th birthday Monday and will leave his desk on July 1. The retirement plan draws regret from Atlanta office staff and Georgia friends as Clyde Fleming steps in temporarily until a regular appointment is made.
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Crisp County
Atlanta
Lon Livingston
Livingston
Georgia
Clyde Fleming
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