Georgia News Highlights Week of Tragedy and Policy Shifts
W E Duke 53 assistant train master in Atlanta dies after three weeks illness. Gov Arnall to attend barbecue in Milledgeville and inspect state hospital. Arnall urges I Am an American Day May 21 and National Maritime Day May 22. Claude Nix 59 Central of Georgia Railway trainmaster dies after 37 years service. Dr J D Applewhite Macon health officer resigns effective July 15. Armed robbery at Atlanta Paramount steals 1800 dollars. George H King Coastal Plain Experiment Station buys 1200 acres near Alapaha. Savannah Beach drowning rescue incident linked to an undercurrent. Macon County court hears two negro women guilty of still operation with probation. Lt R F DeLamar III Hawkinsville awarded Bronze Star for Bougainville action. Funeral held for W C Curry publisher of Glennville Sentinel. Leona Todd bonded $1000 in death investigation of child. Cedartown driver hits front yard, kills Mrs Billa Stewart. Mountain Rose peaches shipment to New York from Macon County. State prisoners will wear no stripes starting June 1. Ernes tine Rogers drowns at Flagler Beach. John M Carlisle acquitted in murder tied to Lt D Thompson shooting at Ft Benning. Pat Richards Journal editor found dead in car. heart attack suspected.
More Than Two Hundred Thousand Casualties Are Announced
Washington May 11 American war casualties surpassed 200000 this week with 3613 new names bringing the total to 201454 since the war began. Army losses include 64321 wounded 3700099 recovered and returned to duty 33715 missing 31343 prisoners of war 31343 and Navy totals show 12070 wounded 842 missing 4934 prisoners of war 4453.
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U. S
Washington
Navy
Governor urges income tax exemption for teachers
Gov Arnall asked the State Board of Education to seek tax relief for public school teachers from both state and federal income taxes. He told the Atlanta meeting that many teachers face higher living costs and modest salaries, urging legislative action locally and nationally.
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Gov
Arnall
State Board of Education
Atlanta
Georgia Legislature
National Congress
Florida author opens institute at U of GA
Athens May 16 Dr Kathryn Hanna Florida author historian and Latin American affairs specialist gave the opening address at the University of Georgia Institute of Inter American Affairs. The talk titled Problems in Democracy South of the Border covered Western Hemisphere relations and she led a round table on The Future Development of the Western Hemispheric Relations.
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Athens
Kathryn A. Hanna
Florida
University of Georgia Institute of Inter-American Affairs
inter-American Affairs
Washington
War Secretary Stimson orders no public release of service member ballot lists
Secretary of War Stimson informs Secretary Wilson that printing the names of service members applying for ballots could endanger armed forces. Wilson has notified Georgia election officials to refrain from compiling or publishing such voter lists. Stimson stresses protecting dispositions of the armed forces from disclosure.
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Stimson
John B. Wilson
Secretary of State War Ballot Commission
Wilson
Georgia
Liberty ship to be named for Poppy Lady Moina Michael
Bainbridge Ga May 15 Adopt a resolution urging authorities to name a Liberty ship the Poppy Lady Moina Michael of Athens after her death last week. The American Legion second district convention elected officers and delegates to the national gathering with Ray Yates Bainbridge commander and Jim Bramblett Camilla vice commander among leaders. Delegates include L K Bloomer Albany Post 30 and Yates. District auxiliary director named Mrs B W Harrell Bainbridge. Georgia department commander Clarke Luke Ocilla attended.
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Bainbridge
Moina Michael
Athens
The
American Legion
Legion
Ray Yates
Jim Bramblett
Camilla
John Algonas
Howard Shaw
Cairo
L. K. Bloomer
Albany
Yates
B. W. Harrell
Georgia Department
Clarke Luke
Ocilla
First woman elected class president at Georgia
Marion Norris of Atlanta becomes the first woman student to win a sophomore class presidency at the University of Georgia in Athens, defeating five candidates. She is a journalism student and active in Alpha Omicron Pi, Women’s Athletic Association, Rifle Club, and on the Red and Black staff. A guard of honor stood at the bier of Moina Michael who died in Athens May 10 at age 74 after completing 300 poppies for the Poppy Anchor to be launched May 30 at Annapolis in memory of disabled World War I veterans.
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Marion Norris
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Athens
Miss Norris
Alpha Omicron Pi
Women‘s Athletic Association
Rifle Club
Red and Black
Moina Michael
America
Michael
Annapolis
Georgia Teachers to Receive Extra Month’s Pay
Georgia school teachers will get one extra month’s pay at the end of the 1944-45 school year if they complete the year in the same system. The State Board of Education, at Gov. Arnall’s suggestion, set aside just over 1.5 million dollars for the bonus, to be paid in a lump sum upon year’s completion without additional service. The board also deferred trade school plans for Clarksville Milledgeville and Camilla to study funds and methods and approved a 1944-45 faculty for the Macon Academy for the Blind.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Board of Education
Arnall
Clarksville
Milledgeville
Camilla
Academy For the Blind
Macon
John Herndon
Columlumbus
Fitzgerald
Thomasville
House to Hold Saturday Sessions Next Week
The House will hold Saturday sessions beginning next week to finish pending major legislation before a June recess for national party conventions. Democratic Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts says members will take a day off to reflect on the remaining spring Saturdays indoors.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Roosevelt Announces $4.8 Billion Cut in War Spending
President Roosevelt disclosed a Budget Bureau summary showing the fiscal year war program spending trimmed to 85.7 billion dollars from 90.5 billion, a reduction attributed largely to fewer than expected operational losses. The revised total excludes 3.5 billion dollars for lend-lease loans, for which no preliminary estimate was available.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Blind man heads state bureau for industrial replacement
Atlanta May 15 the state department of vocational rehabilitation has hired Harry Delaney a blind Atlanta piano tuner to lead its bureau for industrial replacement for the blind Delaney a University of Georgia graduate has tuned pianos for about 15 years and runs a piano business He will attend a federal training program in Baltimore before taking his duties
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Atlanta
State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Harry Delaney
University of Georgia
Delaney
Paul Barrett
Baltimore
Notable Macon County Women in Public Life and Work
The article highlights women active in farming insurance retail and public service across Macon County and Albany. It names Mrs. Alf Clay in war work Wellston, Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. McRae as successful farmers, Mrs. Bailey managing a tourist home and shops, and teachers directing the Albany school art and music programs. It also notes women leaders such as Mrs. Coogie Montezuma welfare agent, Mrs. Robinson Montezuma city clerk, and Mrs. Hays Georgia historian and state official, plus Mrs. Guerry in the state House.
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Alf Clay
Wellston
Down
Camilla
R. T. Cochran
J. P. McRae
Phil E. Bailey
Albany
W. M. Vann Cise
H. H. Perry
Steve Farrell
H. R. Johnson
Macon County
Oliver Coogie
Oglethorpe
John H. Robinson
Montezuma
J. E. Hays
Atlanta
Georgia Department of Archives and History
John B. Guerry
House of Representatives
Vidalia Man James W. Wilson Turns 119 in Georgia
James W. Wilson of Vidalia Georgia celebrated his 119th birthday after census records named him oldest in the United States. Born May 15 1825 in Jefferson County he once worked as a plantation hand and now relies on routine chores. He lives with his son Charles and daughter in law and hosts a large gathering of friends and neighbors.
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Vidalia
James W. Wilson
Census Department
United States
Wilson
Jefferson County
Pleas Walden
Ernest Taylor
Toombs
Taylor
Charleston
Ku Klux Klan
Charles
Forsyth Frigate Forsyth to be Launched May 20
The U S S Forsyth a 303 foot frigate named for Forsyth Georgia will be launched at Cleveland Ohio May 20 The Middle Georgia delegation led by sponsor Mary Frances Persons will attend along with Georgia figures such as Mrs Agnes Cochran Bramblett Judge Ogden Persons Mayor Ashley Phinazee Oscar Chapman Holmes Zelner Paul Wilson and John Twaent from Forsyth
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Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. S. Forsyth
Forsyth
American Shipbuilding Company
Middle Georgia
Mary Frances Persons
Agnes Cochran Bramblett
Georgia
Miss Persons
Ogden Persons
Ashley Phinazee
Oscar Chapman
Holmes Zellner
Paul Wilson
John Twaent
Lions Club
Hillbilly Jamboree Comes to Butler for May 20 Show
Popular bluebird recording artist Pete Pyle and Mississippi Valley Boys headline a two hour Hillbilly Jamboree in a large uptown water proof tent theater in Butler. Other Grand Ole Opry stars and radio names join the lineup, with doors opening at 7 pm and show starting at 8 15 pm.
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Blue Bird
Grand Ole Opry
WSM
Nashville
Tenn
Pete Pyle
Mississippi Valley Boys and Girls
Butler
Chuck
Cousin Wilbur
Mharmless Herman
South
Miss Miriam Horn
Jack Crews
Slim Smith
Reba ‘Hart
Jack Jackson
Bonnie Mack
Cal West
Pappy Herbert
Clem
Maggie
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W. E. Duke
Ellis Arnall
State’ Hospital
Gov. Arnall
Claude Nix
Central of Georgia Railway
J. D. Applewhite
Macon-Bibb
City-County Health Board
Paramount Theatre
George H. King
Coastal Plain
Tifton
Alapaha
Savannah
R. F. DeLamar III
Hawkinsville
Piva Forks
Bougainville
W. C. Curry
Glennville
Leona Todd
Pierce County
Henry Todd
Cedartown
Billa Stewart
W. T. Golden
New York
Rumph and Clark Peerless
Marshallville
J. B. Easterlin Jr
Miss
Ernestine Rogers
Meigs
Flagler Beach
Miss Rodgers
John M. Carlisle
Columbus Refrigerator
D. ©. Thompson
Des Moines
Iowa
Ft. Benning
Pat Richards
Atlanta Journal
Macon News
the Journal
Richards
U. OF GA
Doyel
Butler, Georgia
Doyel’s Coffee
Eagle Brand
Upton’ S
Sunshine Graham Crackers
Kelloggs
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