Georgia News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Local Events
Carl Halstead of Schley county dies at Prather clinic. Peach orchards in central Georgia bloom as Adel plant doubles in size. A false quintuplets rumor shakes Trenton. County officials face indictments in Griffin and Macon. National editors tour Fort Benning with Under Secretary Patterson. Garden clubs from 48 states plan to meet in Atlanta.
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Carl Halstead
Schley County
Prather Clinic
Americus
Atlanta
National Council of Garden Clubs
Garden Club of Georgia
Biltmore Hotel
Lower ration points for country butter
Washington February 28. The OPA announced that lower ration point values will be authorized in areas where country butter moves slowly and risks waste. In some regions, especially the South, demand for farm butter is small compared with supply, though country butter requires four fewer ration points per pound than creamery butter.
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Washington
OPA
South
False report on quintuplets in North Georgia
A快速 rumor claimed quintuplets were born in Trenton area but a Georgia check showed only one child born at a remote Sand Mountain farm. J G Gray, a local telephone operator, confirmed the rumor spread locally before verification.
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Trenton
North Georgia
J. G. Gray
Lonely Sand Mountain
Negro under $2000 bond for slashing throat
In Columbus on February 29 four state cases had preliminary hearings in Recorder's Court. Frank Lewis a 32 year old Black man was bound over to Superior Court under a $2000 bond for assault with intent to murder after allegedly slashing the throat of Hoke Smith a white man on January 28. Smith received about 50 stitches for the neck wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Recorder's Court
Frank Lewis
Lewis
Hoke Smith
Smith
Canada Lifts Meat Rationing
Ottawa announces temporary suspension of meat rationing effective at midnight. Meat less Tuesdays and all meat rationing are discontinued while heavy livestock marketing and shipping shortages limit exports to Allied nations. No coupons required for meat or canned salmon after midnight Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Douglas Abbott
Jas. L. Ilsley
House
Dominion
Griffin Police Chief Indicted For Grifin Case in Forsyth
Monroe county grand jury indicted Griffin police chief Stanley Harper on charges of cheating and swindling connected to a Forsyth burglary at the home of J T English an automobile dealer. He allegedly claimed a confession from a supposed suspect for a $500 reward and received $200. The burglary involved jewelry money and other items valued around 6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County Grand Jury
Superior Court
Stanley Harper
Griffin
Forsyth
Monroe County
J.T. English
Harper
English
R. C. Goolsby Sr
F. B. Willingham
Rosin Fire at Valdosta Destroys 4000 to 5000 Drums
A large fire at Turpentine and Rosin Factors in Valdosta Georgia destroyed 4000 to 5000 drums valued at 125000. About 200000 barrels of rosin were saved with help from 100 soldiers and two Moody Air Field fire trucks. A grass fire in the area is blamed and much of the gum belonged to the Commodity Credit Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Moody Air Field
Turpentine and
Rosin Factors, Inc
Lundie Smith Jr
American Turpentine Farmers Association
Leap Year Babies Born at Columbus and Ft Benning
Seven Leap Year babies were born Tuesday in Columbus and at Fort Benning. Three males and four females mark Feb 29 as their significant date, promising rarer but more celebrated birthdays than most people.
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Columbus
Benning
Ft. Benning
Veterans Preference Plan for U.S. Jobs Favored
President Roosevelt proposed a government policy giving ex service men preference in federal hiring and asked Congress to empower the president to designate jobs for veterans during wartime and five years after. The plan would add war service points to veterans’ qualifications where non veterans compete, and was sent in letters to Civil Service officials and agency heads.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Furthrmore
Congress
H. B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Ramspeck
Fort Benning trains 83 959 since Pearl Harbor
Ft Benning Ga the world’s largest infantry training center reports it has trained 83 959 officers and enlisted men since December 7 1941 Maj Gen C H Bonesteel announced during a visit by R P Patterson undersecretary of war and 27 editors and publishers. The group observed paratrooper jump exercises and toured the infantry school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Benning
Pearl Harbor
C. H. Bonesteel
R. P. Patterson
Benning
Cincinnati
New York
Washington
Capture Of 3 Thugs Ends Reign Of Terror In Mississippi
Three young robbers who looted across Mississippi surrendered under guard in Jackson after a 36 hour crime spree that included kidnapping a 16-year-old girl, shooting her father, and stealing cars. The ring leaders Ralph Ward Lawrence Motari and Roy Drake had escaped a prior San Quentin sentence before terrorizing towns from Greenwood to Cleveland. Ward surrendered near Tchula after wrecking a stolen car, while Motari and Drake were captured in Greenwood. The trio face multiple charges in Hinds County jail.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Hinds County
Ralph Ward
Grand Forks
N. C
Tchula
Ward
Lawrence Motari
Red Hawk
Mont
Roy Drake
Oklahoma City
Greenwood
Beverly Hills
Calif
San Quentin
Thy
Robert E. Lee
Oline McKnight
Cleveland, Miss
Bully's Knight Denied Bond by Judge
Dublin Ga February 27 Bond for John H Bully Knight Macon bus driver sentenced to life in prison for slaying Jno Beatty Dublin oil mill worker at the January term of Laurens Superior Court who appealed for a new trial was denied by Judge R E Camp on Thursday after a trial jury found him guilty and recommended mercy Bail was requested pending the motion for a new trial.
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Dublin
John H
Bully” Knight
Macon
Jno
Beatty
Laurens Superior Court
R. E. Camp
Worth County School Teacher Reaches Fifty Years of Service
Sylvester Georgia February 26 Miss Alice Tipton marks her 50th year in Worth county schools as she is honored at a high school dinner. Superintendent O W Bellamy serves as toastmaster and Mayor P M Lancaster lauds her lifelong dedication to students.
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Sylvester
Alice Tipton
Worth County
P. M. Lancaster
Tipton
Alice
Five Acre Corn Contest Starts At Ellaville
Ellaville Georgia February 28 The Ellaville Lions Club sponsors a county wide five acre corn contest led by Schley county farm agent J D Davis. Seven communities compete for prizes including three bulls and three boars with no seed or cultivation restrictions. Entry must be signed by May 15 and harvested corn will determine the winner.
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Ellaville
J. D. Davis
Schley County
Ellaville Lions Club
Two Children Die In Baxley Orphanage Fire
Baxley Georgia February 28 two children perished and 27 others escaped when a blaze destroyed a dormitory at the Southern Industrial Orphans home near Baxley. Coroner says flames spread quickly. two boys named Bobbie Walls and Leroy Smiley among the dead.
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Baxley
Southern Industrial Orphans
Fred Strickland
Bobbie Walls
Ql Shellman
Leroy Smiley
Brunswick
C. M. Campbell
Strickland
Forestry
State Forestry Department
Glass firm to build big plant at Griffin
Griffin Ga Feb 28 Knox Glass Company will erect a new unit at Griffin as part of postwar expansions announced by President R R Underwood.
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Griffin
Griffin, Ga
Knox Glass Company
R. R. Underwood
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Congressman Vinson
Milledgeville
Georgia Military College
Wm. A. Sunday
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Waycross Friday
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F. R. Brinson
Swainsboro
Jac. H. Couch
Albany Journal
Thronateeska
Daughters of the American Revolution
Berry Schools
Wm. J. Bird
Berea College
Mt. Berry
Rome
Camilla
Hamilton
Sparta
Ryburn Clay
Jasper
Cadwell
Randolph County
3. L. Irwin
Cuthbert City
J. F. Lee
H. L. Ragan
Dade County
Peach
Houston
Bleckley Bible
Taylor, Jones and Macon Counties
Middle Georgia
Adel Canning and Pickling Co
Detroit Corporation
Ernest Daughtry
Canton
Gober Station
M. F. Henderson
Henderson
Robert P. Patterson
J. P. Hogg
Buena Vista
Marion County Soil Conservation and Improvement Association
Arthur S. Boyett
W. B. Mosley
James G. Lowe
Roy G. Foster
Wadley
Mac
Adel
Adel News
Waldo DeLoach
Moultrie
Moultrie National Bank
J. S. Wilkes
D. F. Burton
F. W. Mitchell
J. V. Smith
C. F. Sweigart
J. W. Lipsey
Adel Banking Company
Wm. C. Siegrer
Mercer University
W. C. Siegert
Spright Dowell
Mercer
S. A. Scruggs
Lauderdale
University of Alabama
Emory University
Chicago
Clark Davis
U. S
Fort Benning
State of
Butler, Ga
Doyel
Cardus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Epsom
Iles
Roy Acuffs
Reynolds and Butler
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