Week in Georgia News Highlights Fire Losses and Labor Movements
Atlanta workers return to bakeries after a walkout. A fatal Milledgeville bakery fire claims manager J R Hardigree. A fire at Vienna destroys the A D Thompson warehouse with 594 bales of cotton. A ring alleged to run a 10000 a year shop lifting racket is uncovered in Atlanta. Randall Evans, ex speaker, joins the Army at Ft McPherson. Dr H P Neal receives the Technician's Loving Cup Award for dental health improvements in McDuffie County. State official Linder plans Washington trip to protest furniture exchanges on agriculture. Rail disruption near Union City ends after 24 hours. Vienna High opens a single session for farming help.
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H. P. Neal
Thomson
McDuffie County
Georgia Dental Association
Ferry Operator Mitt Bridges Drowns in Oconee River
Mitt Bridges, Bells ferry operator for 41 years, is found drowned in the Oconee River near Uvalda Georgia. An inquest returned a drowning verdict. Bridges, 78, was last seen in a crossing boat Saturday. Hat and boat were recovered before the body was found.
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Uvalda
Mitt Bridges
Bells
Oconee
T. G. Peterson
Mt. Vernon
Bridges
Greenville High Students Win State Honors at Macon Meet
Greenville Ga May 8 Greenville High School won several state honors at the Macon state meet last week. Martha Tigner took first in voice Frances Ann Allen won in state tennis and the quartet placed second. Professors Cutts Edmonds accompanied the students along with Miss Regina Pinkston and others.
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Greenville
Greenville High School
Macon
Martha Tigner
Frances Ann Allen
H. C. Cutts
J. E. Edmonds
Regina Pinkston
Man Burns to Death in Milledgeville Fire
Milledgeville Georgia May 8 J R Hardigree manager of Benson's Bakery burned to death when a two story apartment house burned in the early hours Firemen found his body in a back bedroom on the second floor The victim's wife was visiting in Athens at the time of the fire.
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Benson
Milledgeville
J. R. Hardigree
Milledgeville, Ga
Benson‘s Bakery
Miss Moina Michael Dies at Athens Poppy Lady of WWI
Athens Georgia May 10 Moina Belle Michael famed as the Poppy Lady who started the Flanders Field memorial poppy died at Athens General Hospital aged 74 She had spent years making tens of thousands of paper poppies for veterans and finished 300 for the upcoming Naval Academy anchor to be launched Memorial Day two weeks before her death.
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Athens
Georgia
Moina Belle Michael
Athens General Hospital
Naval Academy, Annapolis
Georgia Announces New War Bond Drive Opening June 12
Georgia sets a state quota of 144 million dollars for a war bond drive opening June 12 and closing July 8. Individual and corporate targets are 35 million and 69 million respectively, with 40 million for major buyers and 69 million for business concerns. past drives totaled nearly 495 million in purchases.
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Georgia
Atlanta
C. A. Stair
War Finance Committee
Draft board members to visit Ft. McPherson
Washington county draft board plans a May 27 field visit to the Ft. McPherson induction scene. Clerk J. E. Daniel said the tour aims to see firsthand how draftees are processed for induction.
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Draft Board
FT. Mcpherson
Sandersville
Washington County Draft Board
J. E. Daniel
Extra Big Mica Block Found at Yatesville
A 60 pound block of mica crystal was removed from the Stevens rock mine at Yatesville Georgia on Saturday setting a regional record. Miners say it is the biggest single piece recovered here and valued at about 350 dollars. The lump could supply insulation for half the electric and radio installations on a Flying Fortress.
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Yatesville
Stevens Rock
la Flying Fortress
School Prophecy Comes True for Terrell Countian
Dawson Ga May A high school prophecy made 13 years ago comes true with the reported disappearance of Hugh Sullivan of Terrell County in the Southwest Pacific. Sullivan, from Graves High School class of 1931, was foretold as the sailor who would sail away. He enlisted in the Navy about two years ago and has not been heard from.
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Dawson
Hugh Sullivan
Terrell County
Sullivan
Southwest Pacific
Graves High School
Hugh
Mother of Boy Husband Seeks Annulment in Yuma Marriage
Los Angeles May 7 Mrs Mildred Wisecarver mother of a 14 year old boy announced she would seek an annulment of her son's marriage to 21 year old Elaine Manfredi the mother of two. The couple married last week at Yuma Arizona and both claimed to be 21.
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Los Angeles
Mildred Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Ellisworth Wisecarver
Elaine Manfredi
Yuma
Ariz
Wedding Anniversary Flowers Placed At Double Funeral
Flowers ordered by Capt. R. C. Stoltzmann for a wedding anniversary were placed beside the bier of him and his wife. Stoltzmann an Army Air Forces instructor at Turner Field Albany was found shot to death with his wife dead beside him. A coroner's jury ruled the wife killed Stoltzmann then took her own life. Police could not determine the marriage duration or motive for the double homicide.
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Albany
R. C. Stoltzmann
Army
Stoltzmann
Army Air Forces
Turner Field
Georgia Woman Drowns at Flagler Beach during Visit
Daytona Beach Fla May 9 A Coast Guard report identifies the drowned visitor as Miss Ernes tine Rogers about 20 of Meigs Georgia who arrived for a vacation at Flagler Beach twenty miles north of Daytona Two other women with her were pulled ashore unconscious but revived They were named as Mrs Frances Collins and Miss Ruby Dowdy both from Meigs Georgia.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Coast
Ernestine Rogers
Meigs Ga
Flagler Beach
Daytona
Roger
Coast Guard
Frances Collins
Sanford
Ruby Dowdy
Meigs
Sanford seeks permanent nursing school at University of Georgia
Chancellor Sanford of the University system asked the State Board of Regents to permanently establish a nursing school at the University of Georgia in Athens. He noted the temporary Atlanta program with 180 students has been successful and reported the plan will be reviewed at the board's next meeting, with the August session in Milledgeville alongside the state 4-H Clubs event.
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Sanford
University System
State Board of Regents
University of Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Man Confesses 1905 Slaying After 39 Years
A 73 year old man, A J Pritchard, walked into the Sheriff’s office in St Henes Oregon to confess to the 1905 murder of crippled schoolteacher W O Smith 28 in Holdt Virginia a mattock was used in the killing Sheriff M R Calhoun said Saturday Pritchard said the crime had preyed on his mind for years.
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Calhoun
Americus Woman Nominated for National Legion Auxiliary President
Americus May 8 Mrs P I Dixon president of the local American Legion Auxiliary is a candidate for president of the national organization. Her bid is backed by supporters nationwide and she was runner up in last year’s national election. Also Americus resident Herbert Moon seeks senior vice commander in the Georgia State convention to be held in August.
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Americus
P. I. Dixon
American Legion
Herbert Moon
Georgia
Augusta
Moon
Georgia Legion
John D. Mathis
Cross Scout Salvage Drive Nets Scrap and Service Hours
No 1 Page One Cross has organized salvage efforts collecting 15 tons of scrap iron 50 pounds of brass a ton of rubber 150 pounds of aluminum and a ton of waste paper Proceeds fund pup tents LeRoy Gee 14 wears a service badge for 500 hours of public service The troop won 10 at Taylor County Fair and has held church services at Butler Methodist and Baptist churches Elmo Wright leads Bob Whites with Ward Edwards as assistant Ed win Allen leads the Whippoorwills with LeRoy Gee assisting
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Butler
Elmo Wright
Bob Whites
Ward Edwards
Whippoorwills
Edwin Allen
LeRoy Gee
Smithville Youth Drowns at McMath's Mill Near Americus
Americus May 8 Pink Smith Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Smith of Smithville drowned Monday afternoon at McMath's Mill near Americus. A poor swimmer, he dived into the water and was swept to the dam gates. Efforts with an iron lung failed. He was at a school picnic. Survived by parents and four sisters and one brother, all of Smithville.
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Americus
Forest Gosa
Juanita
Elnora Annie
Ruth
Jack Smith
Smithville
147 429 Georgians in Armed Services
Walter F. George said the War Department reported 147,429 Georgians in the army by Oct 30 1943. The total includes 160000 men and 1429 women. 1978 Georgia women entered the army between Nov 1 1940 and Dec 31 1943. During this period 23307 men and 654 women were discharged.
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Washington
Walter F.george
War Department
Georgia
Sen. George
Junior To Get Bobwhite Eggs
Atlanta ga may 9 release of bobwhite quail eggs to 4 H clubs throughout the state will begin within the next few days says director charlie elliott of the game and fish commission the commission hopes to distribute 12000 eggs to clubs participating in the statewide educational conservation program most of the eggs will be incubated under bantam hens
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Atlanta
Charlie Elliott
Game and Fish Commission
Elliott
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Mary Ann Greene In Gray
Gray Ga May 4 funeral services for Mrs Mary Ann Greene long time resident and former publisher of the Jones County News will be held at Hill view cemetery at 2 p m Rev Ellis Sammons officiating Mrs Greene who died Wednesday night was 83 and had lived in Gray since moving with her husband the late M C Greene founder of the Jones County News She was named Queen of Gray at age 80 and is survived by her children W H Mulligan Gray G C Smith Macon R A Stewart Gray and Misses Etta and Vera Greene plus T C Greene Gray ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Hope Slim for Upholding 44 Sugar Allotments
Washington May 8 1944 only a slim chance seen for ending sugar rationing or boosting 1944 allotments. The War Food Administration reported April 1 sugar stocks at 1,256,366 tons, 30 percent below a year earlier and the lowest for this date in many years.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Senate Extends Lend-Lease Program For One Year
Washington May 8 The Senate approved extending the $22.5 billion Lend-Lease program for another year by a 63 to 1 vote with Senator Langer the sole dissenter. The House had already passed the measure and sent it back for a Senate amendment clash. A Vandenberg amendment would bar the President from certain postwar commitments without Senate treaty ratification. Congress may later consider a separate bill adding about $3.5 billion for lend-lease, bringing total to roughly $28 billion.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Britain
Sen.Langer
North Dakotta
House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
U. S
Congress
Albino Dove Seen by Ranger Near Hamilton Georgia
Wildlife Ranger H. H. Barnes reported an albino dove in a Harris County field. He noted albinism is very rare among game birds and approached the bird to within 50 feet.
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Hamilton
H. H. Barnes
Harris County
Barnes
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Poppy Lady
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