Social Security Rights for Armed Forces Lose Value in Service
A Social Security Board official warns that retirement and survivors benefits shrink with time served in the armed forces, risking loss of coverage for families. Example shows a 26 year old with wife and three children would receive $63 monthly if he died in early 1942, then decreasing in subsequent years. Officials note pending amendments may not reassure inductees awaiting action.
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United States
Secur C
Pope
Social Security Board
Armed Service
J Sam Johnson Dies Near Thomaston Ga
Thomaston Ga April 28 J Sam Johnson 72 prominent farmer and county AAA board member died at his home near here Thursday He was a member of the Methodist church.
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Thomaston
J. Sam Johnson
County Aaa Board
Here
Methodist Church
Georgia Aviation Plan Urges State Wide Postwar Program
Georgia aeronautical board urges rapid postwar aviation expansion across counties. In a letter to Gov. Ellis Arnall chairman Cody Laird calls for coordinating with the highway department, contacting War and Navy Departments on field disposal, compiling field lists from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and hiring an airport engineer. The board also proposes lower taxes and fees to attract airlines and more flight activity.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Aeronautical Board
Ellis Arnall
Cody Laird
State Highway Commission
War and Navy Departments
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Georga
Editor William M. Pryse of Albany Herald Dies at 67
William M. Pryse 67 longtime Albany Herald editor died after emergency appendectomy. native Wisconsin. rose from machinist to city editor and managing editor before becoming associate editor and chief editorial writer. survived by wife four sons and a granddaughter. active Masonic worker and Presbyterian elder.
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Albany
Wm. M. Pryse
Albany Herald
Pryse
The
Herald
Wisconsin
South
Knoxville
Tenn
Wm. G. Pryse
Atlanta
K. P. Pryse
Wilkes-Barre
P. P. Pryse
H. P. Price
Associated Press
First Presbyterian Church
Fort Valley Church Weighs Reorganization Effort
A movement in Fort Valley Georgia seeks to reorganize the old Congregational church founded in 1884 by Rev Bassett. Rev Crawford Moncrief of Society Hill Friendship church will lead a revival to spark interest in revival and restoration of the historic building at Miller and Persons streets.
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Ft. Valley
Fort Valley
Old Congregational Church
Bassett
Noble
Ralph Basset
Miller and
Persons Streets
Crawford Moncrief
Society Hill Friendship Church
Crawford County
Postal Clerk Causes $120000 Army Payroll Loss
In Marysville California a postal clerk tossed $120000 in Army payroll money from a train window. One hundred soldiers guarded the train while the money was recovered. After a search $3000 remained missing.
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Marysville
Cal
Peach Harvest Labor Plan Brings Jamaican and Bahama Workers
The War Food Administration will import 12000 to 16000 workers from Jamaica and the Bahamas for harvests in Georgia. A boatload of 800 arrives in Hartford for area farm work, and 400 Bahamans now in Florida will join Georgia peaches in Manchester Meriwether on June 5. This marks a first since using war prisoners last year.
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Atlanta
War Food Administration
Bahama Islands
Hartford
Georgia
Two executed felons at Georgia State Prison
In Reidsville Georgia on Friday April 29 Oscar Reed 26 and Robert Walker 26 were electrocuted for assaults on white women. Reed received the death penalty for attacking an elderly white woman in Dodge county. Walker, charged with attacking an elderly crippled white woman near Gray Jones County, faced the same fate.
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Reidsville
Oscar Reed
Robert Walker
Bibb County
State Penitentiary
Reed
Dodge County
Walker
Gray
Jones County
All Leaves Cancelled at Moody Field
Valdosta May 1 Col H F Muenter commanding officer announced all leaves of absence and furloughs for officers and enlisted men are cancelled for May. Despite reduced strength the post workload remains. emergency leaves are unaffected and three day passes may be granted at commanders' discretion.
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Valdosta
H. F. Muenter
Muenter
Florida Girl Sped To Atlanta For Apple Seed Removal
Ten year old Maryland Johnson of Tallahassee Florida was rushed to Ponce de Leon eye and ear infirmary in Atlanta for removal of an apple seed lodged in her lung. Her father C D Johnson a Tallahassee city firefighter and her mother accompanied her after a brother slapped her on the back during the apple incident. An X ray at the family physician's office prompted transfer as doctors prepared for the operation.
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Atlanta
Maryland Johnson
Tallahassee
Fla
Ponce de Leon
Maryland
C. D. Johnson
Johnson
Bibb County Peach Crop Surges Amid Heavy Rains
In Georgia the agricultural outlook shows widespread crop damage from constant rain. Bibb county reports a rare bright spot as peach trees brim with fruit and 51 Lanier High School boys volunteer to remove surplus peaches.
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Georgia
Bibb County
Lanier High School
Bleckley Man Kills Wife and Himself Near Cochran
Glover Bozeman shot and killed his wife then killed himself on a Bleckley county country road. The bodies were found by his 15 year old son. The couple had been married about a year and the wife had three grown children from previous marriages. The incident occurred on the Cochran to Macon road.
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Cochran
Macon
Long Lost Daughter Reunited With Georgia Parents
Mr and Mrs William Boatman of Trion finally found their daughter after a 26 year search. The daughter, adopted during her mother’s illness, was raised in Atlanta by her adoptive parents Mr and Mrs C T Cochran and visited her biological parents in Columbus at Mrs T W Storey’s home.
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William Boatman
Trion
T. W. Storey
Columbus
Atlanta
C. T. Cochran
Columbus Landlord Bond Posted On OPA Charge
Mrs. R. N. Jussaume of Columbus posted a $1,000 bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner N A Brown on an OPA rent control violation. Case set for Sept 4. OPA Investigator H R Sharp charged her with collecting $324 above maximum rentals.
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Columbus
R. N. Jussaume
U.S
N. A. Brown
OPA
H. R. Sharp
Atlanta
Sussaume
Ranger's Auto Burned Threats Linked to Shad Poaching
Wildlife Ranger H L Dyer of Jesup reported his vehicle was burned on the Altamaha River by fishermen reportedly taking shad out of season. The incident, tied to Dyer’s hard line patrols in Georgia, follows earlier conflicts including a river tossing and later arrests and convictions of the suspects.
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Atlanta
Game and Fish Commission
H. L. Dyer
Jesup
Dyer
Corregidor
Altamaha
Charles Elliott
Georgia
Darien
Elliott
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Arnall
Georgia Aid Aviation
William M. Pryes
Fort Valley Church
Jamaica
State Prison
Moody Field
Florida
Bleckley
Vhla
War Production Board
Hitler
Hirohito
Nature
Chile
Ranger
D.w.brantley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central of
H. L. Fulton, Jr
Office Bay
M. B. Nichols
T. J. Peterson
E. F. Bider
D. W. Brantley
Central of Georgia Accounting Department
Central
America
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