Retired Newspaper Man Powell Seen as Georgia's Wakeup Call
Indian Springs Ga February 26 Willis Berlin Powell a 75 year old former newspaper man and chamber of commerce organizer criticizes Georgia for complacency and lack of enterprise. He cites his Florida work building a Tampa board of trade and Sarasota and Lake County chambers and urges Georgia to fund a paid state chamber and aggressive advertising to attract new industry and talent. He contrasts Florida’s $1 million World’s Fair effort with Georgia’s $25 thousand and calls for more welcoming towns and fuller civic leadership.
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Indian Springs
The
Herald
Lexington
Jesse James
Frank
James
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
New York
Florida
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Powell
Ohio
South
Tampa Board of Trade
Lake County
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta
Talmadge
Farmer of Pulaski killed in accident
Hawkinsville Ga Feb 29 J J Minter 41 a farmer was killed near his home in the Midway district Pulaski county when he fell from his truck striking his head on the paved highway a fractured skull caused death in less than an hour
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Hawkinsville
J. J. Minter
Midway
Pulaski County
Minter
Beasley Named State Superintendent of Banks by Gov Arnall
J C Beasley of Glennville is appointed to the Georgia state banking post for a four year term by Gov Arnall. Beasley had previous stints under Govs Talmadge, with confirmation pending by the state senate.
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J. C. Beasley
State Superintendent of Banks
Gov
Arnall
Atlanta
John C. Beasley
Glennville
Talmadge
Altho Beasley
Georgia
Beasley
Attorney General
State Senate
Senate
General Assembly
Rosin Fire in Valdosta Destroys 4000 to 5000 Drums
A blaze in Valdosta Georgia destroyed between four thousand and five thousand drums of rosin and strove for four hours at Turpentine and Rosin Factors Inc. A hundred soldiers and two Moody Air Field fire trucks helped save about 200000 barrels. The Commodity Credit Corporation owned much of the gum and no insurance covered it.
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Valdosta
Moody Air Field
Factors, Inc
Lundie Smith Jr
American Turpentine Farmers’ Association
H. F. Muenter
Commodity Credit Corporation
Open safety pin removed from child’s lung in Macon
In Macon Georgia on February 28 a physician extracted an open safety pin from the left lung of six year old Philip McDaniel. The pin had been lodged for at least six months and the boy had missed nearly three months of school with bronchitis. Father R O McDaniel said the child is doing nicely after X ray confirmed the pin.
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Macon
Philip McDaniel
Macon Hospital
R. O. McDaniel
False report of quintuplets spreads in North Georgia
A rumor claimed quintuplets were born near Sand Mountain in Trenton Georgia. J G Gray, a local telephone operator, found only one child had been born after checking the tip. The report had circulated among many local residents before being verified as false.
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Trenton
North Georgia
J. G. Gray
Lonely Sand Mountain
Glass firm to build big plant at Griffin
Griffin Georgia February 28 A new unit of the Knox Glass Company will be erected at Griffin as part of postwar expansions President R R Underwood says The plant would produce over 2 000 000 dollars worth of containers annually in the first unit with about 50000 dollars in monthly payroll A second unit will follow as demand justifies
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Griffin
Knox Glass Company
R. R. Underwood
Underwood
Griffin Chamber of Commerce
Macon Woman Wins First Prize in National Hairdressing Contest
Macon hair stylist Mrs Emma Lovejoy Bailey won the top prize in the Venida national hairdressing contest against more than 600 competitors. She traveled with her model Ann Giddings to Atlanta and then New York for the award presentation at the Hotel Pennsylvania roof garden. Bailey’s military style coif fits regulations with a two and a half inch length and a widow's peak part, easily groomed with a touch of lacquer. Bailey owns Lovejoy Beauty Salon in the Massee Apartment Macon.
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Macon
Emma Lovejoy Bailey
Bailey
Ann Giddings
Mercer University
Atlanta
New York
Pennsylvania
Lovejoy Beauty Salon
Massee
State Republicans to Meet in Macon
Macon Ga Feb 29 Mayor R G Foster of Wadley may run for Georgia Republican chairman as Georgia Republicans plan to meet in Macon May 18 to name delegates to the national convention and select a state ticket for November elections
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Macon
R. G. Foster
Wadley
Georgia
Two Children Die After Tractor Fuel Explosion Near Tifton
In Tifton Georgia on February 29 six year old John Wesley and two year old Augustine sons of Gus Rockmore died in a local hospital hours after a tank of tractor fuel exploded in their home. Their clothes burned off and the bodies badly burned though the house itself did not burn.
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Tifton
John
Wesley
Augustine
Gus Rockmore
Tifton Hospital
Third of U.S. Families Surpass $3000 Income
A Commerce Department report shows 33 percent of American families now earn over $3000 yearly, up from 10 percent in the 1925–1940 period. It also notes last year’s per capita income was about 1050 dollars, more than double the 1935–39 average of 520 dollars.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Four Bridges On Route 30 Near Cordele to Open Soon
Macon Ga February 29 four new bridges on State Route 30 between Cordele and Rochelle will open to traffic soon after a year of unused status due to lack of approaches. George McDonald Mentengi of the State Highway Department said Nichols Contracting Company of Atlanta, which was awarded the contract for building the approaches, should finish the job shortly.
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Macon
Cordele
Rochelle
Nichols Contracting Company
Atlanta
Brading
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U.S
George
Neer
McDonald Mentengi
William Sharp
E.R Stettinius
Lend Lease
Gyi
Central of Georgia Railway
R. R. Cummins
Central
University of Alabama
Rodman
Cummins
W. M. Aspinwall
C. L. Dickert
H. F. Sharpley
W. E. Dillard
Columbus
S. G. Roney
M. J. Parr
Savannah
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