Georgia News Roundup From WEWS Week Summary
Mrs. J C Owen of Griffin was elected president of the Georgia Congress of P T A succeeding Mrs R A Long. A fire at East Point plant of International Minerals and Chemical Co. killed six and left a seventh critically injured. A head on collision near Carrollton killed six and injured seven. Robert Speer a former Atlanta pharmacist died in Macon after a long illness. J H Faulconer of North Augusta S C found dead in Savannah river. missing since April 27. Formal plans for Methodist Student Conference to be held in October at likely Emory University following regional college meetings. Funeral services for Mrs J M Murrah Columbus widow of a former mayor and legislator. A committee to coordinate Georgia health and education work in schools authorized. Cobb sheriff J F Hicks died in Crawford Long hospital aged 56. Grady Carpenter fined 10000 and two years in prison for violating OPA regulations. Peach harvest may begin early with good crops in central Georgia. L W Roberts Sr celebrated 85th birthday. Tuesday ill with mumps at home. Wildlife Ranger H L Dyer threatened life and car burned after fishing violation. Cohen and Dykes fined 1000 each in U S District Court. Planters Bank Hawkinsville elected W N Pate president. Elder and Foy Hotels at Indian Springs opening May 1–6 for 1944 season. Army bomber crash at Macon’s Herbert Smart Airport killed six and injured three. plane overshot field.
Uniform Pay for Merit System State Employes
A uniform pay scale for all state employes under the merit system takes effect May 1. The state merit system board adopted the plan to equalize salaries for workers in health welfare and labor departments. About two thousand employees in the state and county system will be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boar
Health Welfare
Thouerna
Seven Airmen Killed As B-24 Crashes Near Macon
A B-24 bomber attached to Chatham Field crashed near Camp Wheeler and Herbert Smart Airport on Monday killing seven airmen and injuring two others. An official board will investigate. The dead were 2nd Lt Mohler Shellenberger York PA 2nd Lt R S Patterson Barre VI 2nd Lt J L Maloney Watertown MA 2nd Lt J A Shaw Forest Hills LI Cpl J Santisteven Lake County CA Pfc A E Satterwhite Richmond VA Pfc J H Rooney Weekhauken NJ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Chatham Field
Camp Wheeler
Herbert Smart
St.ove
E. C. Muchmore
Smartfield
Smart Field
Smart Airport
Mohler Shellenberger
York
R. S. Patterson
Barre
J. L. Maloney
Watertown
Mass
J. A. Shaw
Forest Hills
L. I
J. Santisteven
Lake County
Calif
A. E. Satterwhite
Richmond
J. H. Rooney
Weekhauken
N. J
Two U S Soldiers To Hang In England
In London on April 29 an army court martial sentenced two American privates, both black, to be hanged for the April 4 assault of an 18 year old English girl near their base in England. The defendants are Pvt. W W Smith of Birmingham Alabama and Eliya Brinson of Tallahassee Florida. The men pleaded not guilty and an execution date awaits appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
W. W. Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Eliya Brinson
Tallahassee
Fla
Alabama Man Dies After Dynamite Explosion in Cave
Jim Blevins aged 39 of Deerhead Cove near the Alabama Georgia line was killed when 97 sticks of dynamite exploded in a cave near his home in Fort Payne area. A note found by Sheriff E W Stewart instructed his wife to leave the body undisturbed and seal the cave. authorities say the instruction was followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Payne
Ala
Jim Blevins
Deerhead Cove
Alabama- Georgia Line
E. W. Stewart
Fort Payne
Blevins
Two Men Fined $1 000 In Slaughter Case In Macon
James Dykes and Isaac Cohen were fined $1 000 each in U S District Court on charges of violating War Food Administration slaughtering regulations. Dykes, Cochran abattoir operator, pleaded no contest to 12 counts while Cohen, Macon merchant, pleaded guilty to 29 counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Cohen
Macon
James Dykes
Cochran
WFA
Judge B
Deaver
U. S
War Food Administration
Cohen
U.S
John Cowart
Cowart
Bulloch Wife Freed in Husband's Death
Statesboro Georgia April 28 Mrs Maxine Daughtry mother of three children was acquitted of a murder charge in the death of her husband J B Daughtry in Bulloch Superior Court The defense contended self defense as the jury of 12 deliberated about 40 minutes delivering the verdict in the upper part of the county home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesboro
Maxine Daughtry
J. B. Daughtry
Bulloch Superior Court
Columbus to Host First Georgia Student Art Exhibition
Athens April 30 817 entries from 61 schools and colleges will be displayed through May 13 at the University of Georgia fine art gallery. Participants include Albany Atlanta Athens Augusta Baconton Blackshear Columbus Clayton Dexter Douglas Griffin Hazelton LaGrange Macon Marietta Milledgeville McRae Royston Savannah Surrency Winter and Winterville. Judges are Verne Bradley Howard Komas and John Charlot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
University of Georgia
Albany
Atlanta
Augusta
Baconton
Blackshea
Columbus
Clayton
Dexter
Douglas
Griffin
Hazelton
LaGrange
Macon
Marietta
Milledgeville McRae
Royston
Savannah
Surrency
Winter
Winterville
Verne Bradley
Birmingham
Howard Komas
Agnes Scott College
John Charlot
Noted Georgian H. M. Stanley Dies at Decatur Home
Hon. H. M. Stanley 77 longtime Georgia labor and press official dies April 25 at his Decatur residence. Born in Dublin he rose from printer to editor and state inspector, led Georgia Press Association, served as commissioner of commerce and labor, head of labor department, WWI federal director for Georgia employment service, and held roles in fishing clubs and Knights of Pythias. Survived by wife Ethel Inez Stubbs, four children, a brother and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
H. M. Stanley
Georgia Press Association
Dublin
Capt
R. A
Martha L. Stanley
Stanley
Dublin Gazette
Dublin Courier
Dispatch
Dublin Courier-Dispatch
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Commerce and Labor
Labor and Industrial Relations Department
Georgia
U. S. Employment Service
International Accident Boards
Ethel Inez Stubbs
Knights of Pythias
First Methodist Church of
Crisp County Clock Strikes Again in Cordele
Cordele residents heard the town clock reappear after repairs at the Crisp County courthouse dome. The clock was electrified replacing heavy weights, powered by the county hydro plant on the Flint River. The clock face was refreshed providing a bright, visible display and hourly strikes return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Crisp County Commissioners
Grisp
Flint River
Rose Care and Pest Control for Gardeners
No. 1 Page One advises regular attention to roses in the vicinity. It details black spot caused by irregular leaf spots, canker on stems, and various insects. Control methods include sulfur lead arsenate dusting, lime sulfur spray, pruning, and contact sprays like nicotine sulfate pyrethrum rotenone.
498 Americans Lost As Ship Is Sunk In Mediterranean
Washington reports the loss of 498 military personnel in the sinking of an American transport in the Mediterranean by enemy action. The cause and date are undisclosed, with next of kin notified and no survivors mentioned. The note places the event as the war’s third major transport loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mediterranean
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coolidge
South Pacific
Seven Women Guilty in Mann Act Case Conviction
Washington reports seven women linked to the Swank Hopkins Institute were convicted of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act. A federal jury deliberated about one hour and twenty minutes. No sentencing date set. potential penalties range from four months to two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Swank Hopkins Institute
Million Dollar Call House
Institute
Acute Shortage Of Methodist Preachers Seen In Kansas
Kansas City May 2 A Garrett Institute study warned that Methodists risk an acute preacher shortage within ten years. The report by M H Leiffer notes ministers fail to pace population growth. about 30 percent are 53 to 62, with 6 331 preachers expected to die or retire by age 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City
Methodist Church
General Conference
M. H. Leiffer
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ill
Leiffer
Farm mule for gale at reasonable price in Butler Ga
Good farm mule in good condition ready for work anywhere. See or write Ernest Davis Butler Georgia for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
Ernest Davis
Butler, Ga
For Sale Fifty Acre Farm Near Town Georgia
Fifty acre farm on a paved highway well improved peach or chard near town. Write if you mean business. A. B. Wood Griffin Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WOOD
Griffin, Ga
Potatoes and Tomato Plants For Sale In Butler Georgia
Several thousand certified pure red skin P. A. Potato Plants and marglobe plus new stone Tomato Plants are ready for delivery. Interested buyers should contact P. A. Jenkins in Butler Georgia by call or mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A
P. A. Jenkins
Butler, Ga
Also Mentioned on This Page
WEWS
J. C. Owen
Georgia Congress of
R. A. Long
East Point
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
Carrollton
Robert Speer
Guyton
Miami
J. H. Faulconer
North Augusta
S. C
Savannah River
Faulconer
Oxford
Salem Camp Ground
Emory University
J. M. Murrah
St. Luke Methodist Church
State Department of Health and Education
J. F. Hicks
Cobb County
Crawford Long Hospital
Grady Carpenter
A. B. Lovett
OPA
Carpenter
L.W. Roberts Sr
National Democratic Committee
L. W. Roberts Jr
H L. Dyer
Corregidor Fortress
C. E. Elliott
The
Planters Bank
Hawkinsville
W. N. Pate
N. A. Jelks
Pate
Elder Hotel
Indian Springs
Elder
Bulloch
J. C. Peteet
H. M. Jr
Lytton
J. S. Adams
W. R. Haynes
W. L. Stanley
Jack Peteet Jr
Crisp County
C. M. Babb
Butler
OFR Sale
T. L. Fountain
Porto Rico
Pho
R. E. McCants
Hereford
Texas
Alabama
Super Domino
Jim Blanton
Columbus, Ga
Tom McCord
Nolan Huddleston
Montgomery, Ala
Doyel’s Furniture
Kelloggs
Santos
Upton’s
A. J
LLC
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