Armed Forces Service Threatens Social Security Benefits
Social Security Board warns that men in military service may lose or see reduced retirement and survivors benefits as absence from civilian jobs rises. Example shows a 26 year old in 1942 would have $63 monthly for wife and three children if he died early, dropping to $47.24 by 1947 after five years in service.
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United States
Secur C
Pope
Social Security Board
Armed Service
J Sam Johnson Dies Near Thomaston
Thomaston Ga April 28 J Sam Johnson 72 prominent farmer AAA board member died at his residence 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 Aeronautical Board Urges Postwar Aviation Plan
The Georgia aeronautical board urges immediate expansion of aviation facilities in every county, a conference of Southern governors on uniform airplane taxes, and a state wide postwar aviation program. It calls for contacting War and Navy Depts on field disposal, obtaining field lists from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and hiring an airport engineer. It also favors lower taxes and fees to attract more airline traffic.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Aeronautical Board
Ellis Arnall
Cody Laird
State Highway Commission
War and Navy Departments
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Georga
Albany Herald editor William M. Pryse dies at 67
William M. Pryse, 67, associate editor of the Albany Herald, died after an emergency appendectomy. A Wisconsin native, he rose from machinist in the composing room to city editor and managing editor, later serving as associate editor and chief editorial writer for four decades in Albany Georgia. He is survived by his wife and four sons.
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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 Eyes Reorganization in Georgia
A movement in Fort Valley to reorganize the old Congregational church, organized in 1884 by Rev. Bassett, aims to revive activity after being listed as inactive in 1930. Rev. Crawford Moncrief will lead a revival at the Miller and Persons streets building to spur interest.
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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 Tosses $120000 Army Payroll From Train
A Marysville California postal clerk dropped $120,000 in Army payroll money from a train window. One hundred soldiers acted as guards during the transfer and after a search $3,000 remained missing.
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Marysville
Cal
Peach Drop Georgia to Import Foreign Labor for Harvests
The War Food Administration plans to import 12 000 to 16 000 workers from Jamaica and the Bahamas for harvest duties in Georgia. A boatload of 800 has already gone to Hartford Connecticut for farm work, and 400 Bahamans in Florida are slated to arrive June 5 to aid peach picking in Manchester, Meriwether County. This marks Georgia’s first use of foreign labor since last year’s war prisoners program.
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Atlanta
War Food Administration
Bahama Islands
Hartford
Georgia
Two Electrocutions at State Prison Reported
In Reidsville Georgia on April 29 two men, Oscar Reed and Robert Walker, both 26 and convicted in Bibb county on venue changes, were electrocuted at the state penitentiary. Reed received the death penalty for assaulting an elderly white woman in Dodge county. Walker faced execution for attacking an elderly crippled white woman near Gray in Jones county.
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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 May
Valdosta May 1 Col H F Muenter commanding officer announces all leaves of absence and furloughs are canceled for May for officers and enlisted men. The post will have lower personnel but workloads stay the same as reorganization proceeds. Emergency leaves and furloughs are exempt. three day passes may be granted at command discretion.
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Valdosta
H. F. Muenter
Muenter
Ten year old girl rushed to Atlanta for seed removal
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 after a brother slapped her back during a meal. The child was driven by her father City Fireman C D Johnson and accompanied by her mother.
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Atlanta
Maryland Johnson
Tallahassee
Fla
Ponce de Leon
Maryland
C. D. Johnson
Johnson
Bibb County Peach Crop Offers Bright Spot In Georgia
Heavy rains hurt Georgia crops and delayed planting but Bibb county reports a rare boon as peach trees bear heavy fruit and surplus peaches are picked. Fifty one Lanier High School boys volunteered to assist with the harvest efforts.
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Georgia
Bibb County
Lanier High School
Bleckley Man Kills Wife and Himself Near Cochran
In Bleckley County Georgia Glover Bozeman killed his wife then shot himself on a country road near their home. The double tragedy was discovered by Bozeman's 15 year old son who said his father and stepmother had been fussing. The couple had been married about a year and the woman left three grown children from prior marriages. The incident occurred along the Cochran to Macon highway.
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Cochran
Macon
Long-Lost Daughter Found After 26-Year Search
Mr and Mrs William Boatman of Trion have found their daughter after a 26 year search. The daughter now aged in her twenties was adopted during her mother's illness and grew up in Atlanta with C T Cochran and Mrs Storey in Columbus.
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William Boatman
Trion
T. W. Storey
Columbus
Atlanta
C. T. Cochran
Columbus land lord faces OPA rent charge briefing
Mrs. R. N. Jussaume of Columbus posted a $1,000 bond after arraignment before U.S. Commissioner N. A. Brown on an OPA charge of violating rent control regulations. The case was set for September 4. An information by OPA Investigator H. R. Sharp charged collecting $324 above maximum rents on property.
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Columbus
R. N. Jussaume
U.S
N. A. Brown
OPA
H. R. Sharp
Atlanta
Sussaume
Ranger’s Auto Burned Threats Reported to Georgia Game Board
Wildlife Ranger H L Dyer of Jesup reported his auto was burned on the Altamaha river by shad poachers. He said fishermen left a note threatening the ranger next. Director Charles Elliott tied the incident to strict patrols in Georgia’s hard line against game law violators.
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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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War Production Board
Hitler
Hirohito
Nature
Chile
Ranger
D.w.brantley
Interstate Commerce Commission
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H. L. Fulton, Jr
Office Bay
M. B. Nichols
T. J. Peterson
E. F. Bider
D. W. Brantley
Central of Georgia Accounting Department
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