Georgia's New Constitution Grains at Blakely on August 7
A Macon Telegraph summary notes Georgia's 1945 constitutional changes include eliminating poll taxes and literacy tests, adding elected officials as constitutional officers, creating a corrections board and veterans service board, and allowing local zoning and contracts. A Kolomoki mounds survey near Blakely by Dr. Frank Setzler highlights plans for a park, museum tearoom, golf course, lake, and pool.
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Georgia
General Assembly
Arnall
Assembly
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Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Court of Ordinary
Blakely
Smithsonian Institution
Frank Setzler
Institution
Department of Anthropology
State of Georgia
Setzler
America
County Chamber of Commerce
State Parks Commission
Plains
War and Peace Babies at Americus
Americus birth notes report the first child of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Davis, Americus, born Sept. 4, 1939 the day England and France declared war on Germany. Shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, as President Truman announced Germany's unconditional surrender, their daughter Mary Francis Davis was born.
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Americus
May
Ethel Patricia Davis
G. W. Davis
England
France
Germany
Truman
Mary Francis Davis
Georgia Constitution Amendments Summary
A historical list outlines proposed constitutional provisions including debt controls, and cash basis rules for governments, revenue bonds for utilities, continued budgets and local amendments, merit and retirement systems, home rule mandates, redistricting, district courts, and expanded court salaries. It also covers local amendment ratification, lieutenant governor creation, and salary changes for officials and land titles near tidewater.
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Georgia
County Board of Education
Assembly
Secretary of State
General Assembly
Justices of the Peace
Tidewater
50 Per Cent Tire Rationing Increase Promised This Month
Washington reports a 50 percent rise in civilian passenger tire rations for May, with 500000 more tires released by WPB and OPA, bringing total to 1500000. Officials hint at a similar June increase, while noting a backlog from essential users. The move accompanies limited relief on alarm clocks and galvanized ware, and a continued controlled materials plan for steel copper and aluminum. After July 1 civilians will gain access to metals without priority, subject to mill supplies after urgent war needs. The WPB signals a shift to raising ceilings rather than scrapping the civilian production freeze.
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Washington
WPB
OPA
Vinson
Potato Plants for Sale Porto Rico Sweet Potatoes
Inspected Porto Rico Sweet Potato plants offered for sale by R. E. McCants of Butler Gas R. Prices described as reasonable.
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Porto Rico
R. E. McCants
Butler, Gas R
State Constitution Copies Offered to Vets
Atlanta May 15 Printed copies of the new state constitution are available for servicemen and local groups to discuss the basic law. Clerk P T Mc Cutchen Jr Georgia House said copies will be mailed to Georgia servicemen overseas as long as they last upon relatives requests. More than 3 000 copies have been sent to individuals associations and various officials and bodies across Georgia.
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Atlanta
P. T. McCutchen Jr
Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia
General Assembly
WPB Sets New Civilian Output Rule For War Time
The War Production Board limits civilian goods to October 44 levels and tightens metal use. The plan prevents increases in civilian products except where metal use does not exceed the wartime cap. Tire output rises with a 2 million monthly increase in civilian casings to 5.2 million. tires released as schedules climb.
Congressmen Call Harsh Penalties After German Tour
A 12 member U S delegation reviewing German concentration camps and battle ruins urged severe penalties for Reich leaders and Gestapo. Representative Ed Izac urged stripping German assets and distributing them to displaced victims, warning the Nazi system aimed to exterminate enemies of Nazism.
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Washington
Germany
Wwight Eisenhower
Henry Stimson
George Marshall
U. S. Army
Alben W. Berkley
Dky
Izac
Jas. W. Mott
Oregon
England
America
Dr. Paul Munro Fittingly Honored by Wynnton Officials
Columbus Georgia May 12 Dr Paul Munro City School Superintendent was honored at a Wynnton Methodist church dinner by the board of stewards board of education and church school workers He will leave June 1 for Lynchburg Virginia to become superintendent of schools The gathering noted his seven years on the church stewards board and five years as church school superintendent Sixty guests presented him a three piece sterling silver buffet set Toast master was W C Mitchell Speakers included Rev Lytle Jones Rev Mack Anthony Rev A W Reese A W Voight W A Ford Helen Haynes Mrs Helen D Calhoun and C O Livingston Dinner prepared and served by the Fidelis Class chaired by Mrs J B King
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Columbus
Paul Munro
Board of Stewards
Board of Education
Wynnton
Methodist Church
Munro
W. C. Mitchell
Lytle Jones
Mack Anthony
A. W. Reese
A. W. Voight
W. A. Ford
Helen Haynes
Helen D. Calhoun
C. O. Livingston
J. B. King
Postwar Germany Faces Humiliation and Rebuilding
Representative Dewey Short and Mr. Mott criticize German youth behavior after the war, urging a painful reckoning. They call for severe punishment for Gestapo and Storm Troopers and say Germany must rebuild its mental foundations, while Allied authorities should allow some suffering.
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Germany
Gestapo
Dewey Short
Missouri
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