Fitzgerald Boy Wins Trip to Washington
Fitzgerald April 26 Clovis Faircloth son of Mrs Bennie Robitzsch was chosen to represent Ben Hill county in Washington on May 3. More than 500 schoolboy patrolmen will visit the capital city. Faircloth was the final winner among three county school patrol finalists. The trip is funded by Mrs J L Perry and the Fitzgerald Rotary club.
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Fitzgerald
Clovis Faircloth
Bennie Robitzsch
Ben Hill County
Washington
Faircloth
Washinton
J. L. Perry
Fitzgerald Rotary Club
Soldier’s Body Recovered From Alabama River
Montgomery April 28 The body of Eugene Waites private at Maxwell Field who drowned while swimming in the Alabama River last Sunday was recovered Saturday by a searching party six miles downstream from his disappearance. The search for Pvt R P Williamson who drowned Thursday during a search for Waites continued. Walton’s body was sent to his parents home in Monroe Georgia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Eugene Waites
Maxwell Wield
Alabama
Waites
Pvt. R. P. Williamson
Walton
Monroe Ga
Ferris Wheel Stops Human Cannonball
In Lindale Georgia on April 28 a survival performer hurled from a cannon failed to clear a net and crashed into the ferris wheel frame. Alfred Kuenchenburg age 19 clung to wires but fell to the ground. He was taken to a hospital with severe lacerations and faces possible complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindale
Alfred Kuenchenburg
Bibb Grand Jury Calls for Maximum Sentences
Bibb County’s April grand jury plans a crime crackdown urging maximum penalties and full execution of punishment by pardon officials. They cited 25 violent deaths in Bibb since January 1, more than half of 1940’s total, and called on courts and police to discuss the issue.
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Macon
Bibb County
Bibb
Minister killed by flamingo train in Experiment Georgia
Griffin Ga April 26 Rev Cc B McKenzie pastor of Kincaid Memorial Methodist church died instantly when his car collided with a northbound Flamingo passenger train at a railway crossing in Experiment He about 40 years old came to Kincaid Church last fall from Jenkinsburg prior to that he was pastor at Cleveland Ga
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin, Ga
Cc. B. McKenzie
Kincaid Memorial Methodist Church
Experiment
Kincaid
Jenkinsburg
Cleveland, Ga
Fort Benning to Host 19th Annual Spring Horse Show
Fort Benning will stage its 19th annual spring horse show on May 3 and 4 with over 300 entries expected. Lt. Col. T W Herren says entries close at noon on April 28, and rules restrict participation to amateurs or those connected with Fort Benning or their house guests.
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Ft. Benning
T. W. Herren
Infantry
Col. Herren
Rainey Reappointed to Lead Prison and Parole Board
Dawson publisher Clem F. Rainey is reappointed as chairman of the state prison and parole commission for 1941. He has chaired since March 30, 1939 after succeeding his father Judge E. L. Rainey, with annual designation by the governor under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Clem F. Rainey
Dawson News
State Prison and Parole Commission
Rainey
E. L. Rainey
Knife Blade Found in Man Head During X Ray
At Ft Benning a routine exam of a prospective trainee revealed a knife blade lodged in the man's brain. He said he was struck in a fight two years earlier and bleeding wounds healed quickly. Doctors warned removal could be fatal.
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Ft. Benning
Gov Talmadge Pledges Milk Price Increase Plan
Georgia Governor Talmadge said he would seek to raise the price paid to dairy farmers to boost milk production. He retained Charles G. Duncan as director of the State Milk Control Board and named W. C. Benton and A. A. Dunham Sr. to join the board, replacing Stockwell and Price as terms expired. About 100 dairymen attended the meeting.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
Charles G. Duncan
State Milk Control Board
E. D. Rivers
W. Cc. Benton
Mansfield
Charles Stockwell
A. A. Dunham Sr
Eatonton
Oscar Price
Fourteen Nations Bow Under Nazi Domination 1938 41
A concise historical record notes Austria’s absorption in 1938 and the 1939 partition of Czecho Slovakia. It lists Poland Denmark Norway the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg France Hungary Romania Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Greece with dates of fights occupations and axis alignment through 1941.
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Greece
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Hungary
Axis
Romania
Vienna
Transylvania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Athens
Blakely Youths Die In Weekend Bicycle Crash
Two Blakely youths were killed when struck by a car four miles southeast of the Colquitt highway. Victims were Joe Brown 20 and Ferris Hester 12. The car wrecked, injuring its three occupants including Mrs Eddie King of Atlanta and Mrs Annie Bates Leach of Stuart Florida who were hospitalized. The chauffeur sustained bruises and shock.
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Blakely
Joe Brown
Ferris Hester
Colquitt Highway
Eddie King
Atlanta
Annie Bates Leach
Stuart
Fla
King
Gilbert Memorial Plans Completed
Architectural plans for the University of Georgia infirmary are completed after a month delay due to engineer shortages. The campus hospital will be modern and up to date and will be a memorial to Francis Gilbert, son of Judge S. P. Gilbert of Columbus who donated funds.
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Athens
University of Georgia Infirmary
R. E. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Francis Gilbert
S. P. Gilbert
Columbus
Rigid exams save lives in Army Air Corps officer says
Americus April 26 Capt Walter Gurr commandant at Graham Aviation school told Kiwanis Club that rigid examinations wash out unqualified pilots. He said washing out trainees is costly but safer than wrecking equipment and risking lives. He noted German flying schools have 12 times higher casualties.
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Americus
U. S. Army Air Corps
Walter Gurr
Graham Aviation School
Kiwanis Club
Gurr
START PLANTING GARDENS NOW
Athens Georgia residents and farmers are urged by R L Keener to plant gardens this summer. He says home gardens yield about 34 dollars annually while 3100 dollars are needed for a farm family, warning of shortages due to Army camps and advising larger plots and planning.
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Athens
Georgia
State College of Agriculture
R. L. Keener
Lamar Jury OKays Secret Ballot Law for County
Barnesville report says Lamar county grand jury urged adoption of the secret ballot in all elections. N. I. Tyus of Milner was recommended for another four year term on the county board of education and A. H. Chappell, N. P. and ex-officio justice of peace, for another four year term.
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Barnesville
Lamar County
N. I. Tyus
Milner
Couty Board of Education
A. H. Chappell
N. P
Justice of Peace
Women Voters Urge Probe Of Prison Camp Conditions
Mrs. J. C. Blailock of the Georgia League of Women Voters asks Governor Talmadge for a comprehensive, publicly trusted investigation into three prisoners at a Dallas Ga camp who allegedly fractured their legs while at work. She seeks a report on a prior Rivers administration inquiry prompted by a prisoner’s death after transfer to Atlanta hospital and reports of self injurious breaks.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
J. C. Blailock
Georgia League of Women Voters
Dallas
Blalock
Talmadge
Benning Review To Fraduate 5800 Selectees At May 3 Ceremony
Ft. Benning Ga April 26 the largest group of selective service trainees in the 4th Division will be formally graduated from eight weeks of basic training in a dismounted review at 8 30 a m May 3. The 5800 selectees from New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania will pass in review before Maj General Fre) receiving the review with General Fredendall and will be regimented under Major Burns Beall. Lieut Colonel H B Roberts will command the troops as General Fredendals inspects by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Benning
U. S. Army
New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania
R. F
Fredendall
Burns Beall
H. B. Roberts
8Th Infantry Regiment
Fredendals
Government issues new Defense Savings Bonds and Postal Stamps
The Treasury introduces two new Defense Savings Bonds sold through banks and mail for larger investors. A Postal Savings Stamp series offers 10c to $5 options with a free pocket album for any stamp purchase over 10c. Albums feature a U S battleship and Minute Man on back, with America on Guard inscription. Secretary Morgenthau urges saving to aid national defense.
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Treasury Department
Defense
Washington, D. C
Post Office
U. S
D. C. French
America
Morgenthau
Sven
Estate of Rosa Turner notice to creditors
All creditors of the estate of Rosa Turner late of Taylor County Georgia deceased are requested to render in their demands to the undersigned and all persons indebted to said estate must make immediate payment This 81st day of March 1941 A M Halley Administrator Reynolds Ga
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Georgia
Taylor County
Rosa Turner
A. M. Halley
Reynolds
Alabama Man Confesses Killing Wife and Five Children
Esker Washington Gibson 32 signs a confession admitting he beat his wife Oletha 32 unconscious with a chair poured kerosene on five sleeping children and set their Mobile County house ablaze last Thursday night. He faces murder charges as a grand jury is urged to act.
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Mobile
Ala
Esker Washington Gibson
Oletha
Gibson
Bart B. Chamberlain
Bachelor Defined as One With No Companion for Troubles
A bachelor is described as a man who has no one to share with him the troubles he does not have. The remark frames bachelor life as solitude without shared burdens.
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Military Police
Battallion
State Defense Corps
J. A. Smart
Lois Patterson Griffin
Boston
W. N. Ainsworth
Buena Vista High School
Eastman Cotton
Crisp County
American Legion Auxiliary
Third District Department of Georgia
Cordelo
Crisp County Power Commission
Flint River
Jack Mathews
Jacksonville, Fla
Tom Whiting
Camilla Ga
Emory University
Lucas Family
Tom Bogart
Paul Yaple
Georgia State College For Women
Fulton and
Cobb County Police
Mondey
Wall Dickerson
Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee, Ga
Fulton County
Waycross
Valene Bennett
Satilla
Paul M. Conaway
Frank P. Freeman
Talbotton
Talbot County Teachers Assocation
Woodland School
Mildred Childs
Council
Spire
WPA
Milan
M. H. Roland
Telfair
J. B. Walker
Edgar Mason
Roberta
C. B. H. Moncrief
M. E. Jennings
R. F. Cripps
Albany
W. B. Erdmans Publishing Co
Southern Railway System
Georgia Public Service
S. Lancaster
Gray
Jones County
Irish Horse Traders Clan
Ireland
Jake Garvin
J. W. Gravin
Cordele
Dixie Flyer
Sheppard Crossing
Barbour
Co. F. 20Th Engineers
Howard
Bessie Diamond
Davison-Paxon Company
Monroe
Atlanta- Monroe
E. S. Gordon
Georgia Court of Appeals
L. C. Pruitt
J. G. Glover
Convict Forces
E. Marvin Underwood
Glover
Rayford Lee Weinstein
Fairmont
N. C
Savannah
Madison
Winstein
Hilda Harris
Douglas
Solider
Bibb Grand Jury
Flamingo
Fort Benning
Man
Gov. Talmadge
Blakely Bike
Gilbert
Army Air Corps
LAMAR
Natchel
UT Mae Et
Nath ET
Natural
Benning Review
Palk
Grace
Dreizin Dry
Butler, GA
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