Macon Site Chosen for New Army Flying School
The War Department announced a 2 094 000 dollar contract package to three Atlanta firms for a large Army flying school near Macon. The 1 000 acre site eight miles from Macon will have two 5 000 foot runways and house up to 3 000 personnel, with completion targeted by June 7. Architects are J B McCrary Engineering. contractors McDougald Griffin and Nonnemaker Clayon Construction. Abandonment of delays via condemnation allowed immediate construction.
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Atlanta
Macon
War Department
Perry Highway
U. S Engineers
McDougald Construction Co
Griffin Construction Co
Nonnemaker-Clay On Construction Co
J. B McCrary Engineering Corporation
State Pays Teachers All Back Salary
The Georgia Legislature and Gov. Talmadge funded 20 000 teachers for 1998 89 salaries and debt relief. Final payment of 3 921 548 followed February 1 5 loan backed by 3 000 900. Administration gains accelerate calendar control as session heads to adjournment Sunday.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
Rivera
Highway Department
Capt Rickenbacker In Critical Condition After Crash
Atlanta March 8 Capt Eddie Rickenbacker the famed aviator injured in the Eastern Airlines sleeper plane crash near Morrow has been placed in an oxygen tent and given a blood transfusion as doctors report his condition extremely critical. Attending physicians warn that his survival hinges on controlling shock and cerebral stimulation. Civil Aeronautics Board chair Marlee Branch said open hearings into the crash would likely begin in Atlanta Thursday with seven dead and nine injured.
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Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Line
Morrow
Rickenbacker
Marlee Branch
Civil Aeronautics Board
Whitington
Eastern Airlines
Two Hazlehurst Teachers Die in Auto Truck Crash
Hazlehurst, Feb 28. Miss Caro line Robinson of Oglethorpe and Miss Kathleen Campbell of Valdosta were killed when an auto party from Hazlehurst High School crashed with a truck six miles north of town en route to a basketball game. Miss Robinson English teacher and librarian died at the scene. funeral held at Mt Zion Lutheran. Surviving include two sisters and one brother. Also killed or injured were Miss Mary L Turner and others.
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Hazlehurst
Caroline Robinson
Oglethorpe
Kathleen Campbell
Valdosta
Here
Macon
Me.Rae
Robinson
A. B. Robinson
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
Hazlehurst School
Emily Robinson
Alva Wooten
L S. Mixon
Two Salesmen Found Dead In Columbus Rooming House
In Columbus on Thirteenth Street two elderly shoe salesmen were found dead in a rented room. Officials say suffocation caused by the gas heater running at full blast with windows closed. The victims are J. C. Probasco age 63 of Geogia Avenue S. W. Atlanta and W. H. Underwood said to be from Atlanta. Underwood was seated before the heater. Probasco lounged on a bed corner slumped on his elbow.
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Columbus
Thirteenth Street
J. C. Probasco
Georgia Ave
S. W
Atlanta
W. H. Underwood
Underwood
Probasco
Third District Winners Announced In Ga Edu Essay Contest
Miss Meriamme Rhodes of Perry High School won the grand prize a two year all expense scholarship to a Georgia college of choice. Joyce Boyett of Bible City School Columbus won fifty dollar prize with a teacher prize. Valeria Virginia Brown Ft Valley School and Sue Comer Americas Junior High earned similar honors. Sixty third district students were named honorable mention.
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Georgia
Meriamme Rhodes
Perry High School
U. S
Joyce Boyett
Bible City School
Columbus
Valeria Virginia Brown
Ft. Valley
Junior Literary Guild
Sue Comer
the Americas
Flower Shows of Georgia Win National Honors
Athens February 8 Two Georgia displays the Thomasville Rose Show and the Tulip Show of the Tulip Study Club of Atlanta earned high honors in the Meritorious Flower Showers of 1940. Hubert B Owens of the University of Georgia noted Georgia towns should center on a big annual show to attract tourists and gain national recognition.
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Athens
Georgia
Thomasville
Tulip Study Club of
Atlanta
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Hubert B. Owens
Department of
University of Georgia
Owens
Augusta
Tia’ Club
Drud Hills
Bibb County
Macon
Garden Club of Georgia
Perry
Gray
St. Valley
Forsyth
Hawkinsville
Garden Club
Rome
Savannah
Jesus as a stumbling block and the road to glory
The piece argues that Gods invitation through Jesus Christ is clear and rejects worldliness. It urges self examination to avoid Jesus becoming a stumbling block, notes discipline and ease temptations, and recalls the turning points in Jesus life when opponents failed to trap him, leading to his eventual passion at Calvary.
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God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Lord
Cal- Lary
House Passes Peacan Bill Authorizing Peanut Quotas
The House passed a bill to set marketing quotas for edible peanuts with penalties for overproduction and no penalties for oil diverted nuts. Rep Pace said the measure, backed by growers, aims to curb expansion that could endanger subsidy plans for peanut oil diversification.
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House
Congressman Pace
Washington
Senate
Anderson
R. Minn
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rep
Beckworth
D-Tex
Pace
D-Ga
Agriculture Department
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Bascom S Deaver
U.S
Miles
Atlanta, Georgia
UTS
Pourra
UT Anh
Taylor County Motor Company
Reynolds, Georgia
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