Common Lene Garden Life in Reynolds Brims With Harvest Cheer
Reynolds residents embrace abundant backyard plots tied to family farming and local barter. Gene Joiner runs the high school while Therese oversees a 325 acre farm as gardens yield strawberries peas onions lettuce and radishes. Neighbors share crops to freezer lockers and canning, with many plots producing peaches pears pecans and tomatoes for family tables.
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Reynolds
Gene
Therese
Q. C. English
House of Representatives
Washington State
Improvement Club
Melissa Ogburn
H. K. Sealy
Selective Service Board
B. E. Flowers
Lois Newsome Sams
Frank H. Sams
Germany
Army Medical Corps
Frank Jr
Clinton
Josh Newsome
E. A. Hollis
Bob Swearingen
Earl
Germany Demands Hitler Body to End Allied Doubts
London May 1 The Allies will demand Hitler’s body after German surrender to settle doubts raised by a German radio report of his death. Officials note unclear implications for German morale while considering Himmler’s role and Doenitz as Hitler’s successor. Churchill and American officials were informed of the Hamburg broadcast.
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London
Hitler
Germany
Foreign Office
Heinrich Himmler
Karl Doenitz
Himmler
Doenitz
Churchill
Hamburg
One-Eyed Calf Born on Owensboro Farm
A three-teat cow on Bill Hawkins’s Owensboro farm gave birth to a one-eyed calf with no visible eye. Hawkins says there is no sign of a peeper where the eye should be.
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Rochelle
Bill Hawkins
Owensboro
Georgia railroader dies in engine during stop
Griffin Georgia April 30 W Tom Brooks of Cedartown Central of Georgia railroad engineer died suddenly Saturday at the end of his engine just before the scheduled departure of a train for Chattanooga.
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Griffin, Ga
W. Tom Brooks
Cedartown
Central of Georgia Railroad
Chattanooga
Mail Carrier Roy Carroll Retires After 30 Years
Abbeville Georgia April 30 Roy Carroll 61 retires after more than 30 years as mail carrier on Route 1 Abbeville His successor A J Dix will take over the route Carroll plans a vacation in the North Georgia mountains leaving a lengthy service record behind
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Abbeville
Roy Carroll
Carroll
North Georgia Mountains
A. J. Dix
Wilcox Boys Train Mules For Field Work
Rochelle April 28 two Wilcox county farm boys train mules to pull a peanut weeder. The animals work with minimal guidance as the boys cue them from field ends to begin the return trip, reducing labor in farming tasks.
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Rochelle
Wilcox County
Death by own action pilot hurtles down on mercy ship
The hospital ship USS Comfort was attacked 50 miles south of Okinawa by a Japanese plane. The ship, under full hospital procedures, suffered 29 killed and 33 wounded as it proceeded toward port under its own power. An Australian hospital ship was attacked earlier with heavier losses.
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Guam
Comfort
Okinawa
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinaw
America
Pacific
Southwest
Reynolds Laughs At Magazine Life Gag In Garden
In Reynolds residents mock magazine tips on discovering the good life, saying they already enjoy it in their own gardens and daily routines. The piece portrays simple, contented living as the real secret to happiness.
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Reynolds
Georgia's New Constitution Voted August 7 in Georgia
The 1945 Georgia constitutional amendments include 50 changes. Key items: no poll tax or literacy test, no grandfather clause, public notice of local legislation required, zoning allowed, eminent domain protections, new state officers and boards, a full Supreme Court bench, and voter referendum for constitutional changes. The August election will decide these reforms.
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Georgia
General Assembly
Arnall
the Assembly
Public Service Commissioners
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Corrections
Department of Veterans Service
Supreme Court
Assembly
Court of Appeals
Court of Ordinary
Georgia Constitution Reforms Expand Debt and Local Authority
Provisions authorize emergency bonded debt up to 3 percent repayable in five years, allow temporary cash flow loans, permit revenue bonds for utilities, and extend budget controls. They mandate home rule, set 54 senate districts, create merit-based employment and retirement systems, merge government units, and broaden local jurisdiction including waterworks and small-claims justice.
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Georgia
County Board of Education
Assembly
Secretary of State
General Assembly
Justices of the Peace
Mussolini and Clara Petacci buried in unmarked graves
In Milan on May 1 Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were secretly buried in unmarked graves at the Potters field of Maggiore cemetery. Achille Starace was buried nearby after his execution. Vertova, the cemetery director, said Mussolini's brain had been removed for criminology tests and undertakers repaired damage from mob violence.
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Milan
Benito Mussolini
Clara Petacci
Maggiore
Fascist Party
Achille Starace
Vittorio Vertova
Mussolini
Reverend Ashley Pickern Jr Resigns from Griffin Church
Rev. Ashley Pickern Jr resigns as pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Griffin effective Sunday May 27 after serving since October 1943. He has accepted a call to the First Baptist Church in Perry Florida.
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Ashley Pickern Jr
Second Baptist Church
Griffin
First Baptist Church
Perry
Fla
Constitutional amendments propose reform in local government and pay
The proposal covers sewerage sanitation and fire protection to reduce local amendments. It states a local amendment must be ratified by affected people and the state. It adds a lieutenant governor and sets assembly pay at 15 dollars daily, governor at 12500 annually, appellate judges at 8000 and superior court judges at 6000, clarifies tidewater land title and harmonizes prior local amendments.
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Tidewater
Negro Digging Well Survives 14 Hours Trapped
Alonzo Stewart a 34 year old well digger in Monticello Georgia spent 14 hours trapped as a cave in collapsed the well wall he stood in a water filled pocket. Rescue efforts led by Jasper county Sheriff F R Ezell involved convict labor and an ambulance was summoned though Stewart declined hospital care saying he was not hurt though hungry and cold.
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Monticello
Alonzo Stewart
Stewart
F. R. Ezell
Jasper County
Ezell
Macon
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