Agriculture Committee Backs 25 Cent Cotton Price Floor Bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 8 to 2 to back legislation by Senator Thomas to bar government cotton sales below 23 1 2 cents until prices reach 25 cents. Texas Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonald argued the aim is to raise farmer returns. opposition cited targeting a single commodity. The Pace bill on labor costs in parity remains before the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Thomas
D.okla
Gillett
D.-Ia
Willis
R-Ind
J. E. McDonald
Texas
Senate
Tornadoes Lash Fort Riley Kansas Wounding Soldiers
A series of tornadoes in the Kaw river valley damaged Fort Riley and nearby towns. About 200 soldiers were injured with 28 needing hospital care, no deaths reported, and Fort Riley losses near $200000. Raw River communities including Alma Rossville Belvue Willard suffered outages as barracks mess halls and stables were destroyed. Reconstruction began promptly.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Kaw River Valley
Cavalry Replacement Training Center
Ft. Riley
Alma
Rossville
Belvue Willard
Manhattan
Columbus Motorcycle Officer Fatally Shot in Accident
Columbus patrolman W. J. Reid, 30, died after a 22 caliber rifle fired accidentally while he practiced with the weapon near Flatrick. Reid, on duty about 20 months, was taken to a city hospital and died hours later. He was born in Columbus and survived by his wife, sister, brother in law, and infant.
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Columbus
W. J. Reid
Reid
Flatrick
Reed
Ernest Reed
Annie Tharpe
Woman Finds Mouse in Purse at Macon Grocery Store
In Macon Georgia on May 17 a shopper opened her purse in a grocery store and fainted as a mouse tumbled out along with the usual contents. Other shoppers stared while she shook the purse upside down in shock.
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Macon
War Ration Book 3 Plans Ready Soon
Atlanta regional OPA officials say hold applications for war ration book 3 until June 1. Application blanks will be distributed by the post office starting Thursday this week and left at every address box by carriers. Persons with no permanent address may obtain blanks at post office.
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Atlanta
OPA
Post Office Department
del Ty
Youngest Bride Revealed In Alabama Record
A 29 year old mother, Nora L. St. John, claims she wed at age nine in Enterprise Alabama after her first husband promised gifts. Her son Pvt. James Curtis Simmons, 18, is in the Army at San Diego. She also has a 14 year old daughter and says she was later married to a Brenham Texas man on July 19, 1941.
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Houston
Tex
Nora L. St. John
Enterprise
Ala
Pvt
James Curtis Simmons
San Diego
Cal
Doris Bell Simmons
Jas. M. Simmons
Brenham
Texas
Two Men Convicted Of Mail Fraud In Savannah
A Savannah district court jury convicted Dr Witt T Simpson and E W Brandon Jr on all 12 counts of mail fraud and violations of the Federal Securities Act linked to Standard System Investment Corp. The government says investors lost over 500000. Judge E B Deaver will sentence Simpson Brandon and A P Ricks on May 18.
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Savannah
Witt T. Simpson
E. W. Brandon Jr
Standard System Investment Corp
E. B. Deaver
Simpson
Brandon
A. P. Ricks
Tragedy as kerosene heater explodes injuring family
A kerosene heater explosion fatally burned Anna Walters a negra and her two children Freddy 6 and Delo 5 in their home authorities said. Investigators are examining the accident details.
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Americas
Anna Walters
Negra
Freddy
Delo
Weer
Would Extend First Class Postal Rates in Two-Year Window
Washington senators introduce S J Res 58 to renew the temporary increase in first class postal rates for two more years through July 1945. Postmaster general aide notes the move maintains the 1932 ounce rate renewed every two years since. Representative Pace also proposes CCC bill HR22699 to extend note maturities on 1941 and 1942 cotton crops.
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Washington
Sen. George
D.ga
S. W. Purdum
Rep. Pace
D-Ga
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Christmas Package Travels from Boston to Africa to Ft Benning
A gaily-wrapped Christmas package mailed in November 1942 by a first sergeant in Africa finally arrived at Ft. Benning Officer Candidate School. The sweets and cigarettes had traveled from Boston to Africa and back before reaching its recipient on May 10.
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Ft. Benning
Benning
Boston
Africa
Rabies Infected Dogs Bite Moultrie Residents
Moultrie reports more than twenty people bitten in recent days by dogs diagnosed as rabies or suspected mad dogs. Nine people, including children, are under treatment and 11 have completed anti rabies courses. The latest victim is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs L G West who was bitten on the cheek and arm. Police warn owners to confine unvaccinated dogs or face killing.
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Moultrie
County Health Department
L. G. West
Bob Hope to Broadcast from Milledgeville with Cast
Bob Hope and his radio cast Frances Langford Skinnay Ennis Vera Vague and Jerry Colonna will appear at the U S Naval training school in Milledgeville on Tuesday night. They will broadcast the NBC program from Russell auditorium at Georgia State College for Women for WAVES personnel and GSCW students only. The group is due by plane Tuesday afternoon and will fly back to Atlanta after the show, marking Milledgeville’s first coast-to-coast radio hookup.
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Milledgeville
Bob Hope
Frances Langford
Skinnay Ennis
Vera Vague
Jerry Colonna
U. S. Naval Training School
NBC
Russell Auditorium
Georgia State College For Women
Naval School
GSCW
Daniel Stubbs
Hope
Georgia fugitive recaptured in Chicago after Tattnall escape
Maj. C A Williams of the Georgia State Patrol announced the capture in Chicago of George Mika alias Stanley Kozielec, one of 25 convicts who escaped from Tattnall prison. Mika, serving 10 to 15 years for armed robbery in Monroe county, brings recaptured numbers to 24 with Johnny Blake still at large. Forest Turner D C Plack and Leland Harvey led the breakout and have also been recaptured. Black was arrested near Morrow, Ga.
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Atlanta
Maj
C. A. Williams
Georgia State Patrol
Chicago
George Mika
Stanley Kozielec
Georgia
Tattnall
Reidsville
Mika
Johnny Blake
Robert Propckowic
Liberty Williams
Monroe County
Forest Turner
D. C. Plack
Leland Harvey
Black
Morrow
Harvey's Girl Given 4 Year Prison Term in Macon
Eileen Darden the girlfriend of Leland Harvey pleaded guilty to robbery in Macon on her 23rd birthday. Judge A M Anderson sentenced her to four years at Tattnall Prison where Harvey is confined. She waived indictment and trial and showed no remorse, saying she would do it again. She described meeting Harvey as a child and fell in love while he was jailed.
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Macon
Eileen Darden
Leland Harvey
Georgia
A. M. Anderson
Tattnall
Harvey
Old State Prison
Milledgeville
Bibb County
Gaines Woman to Serve Prison Term for Bigamy
Phenix Arizona May 16 Ruby Elizabeth Gaines 19 will serve one to two years in the State prison. She pleaded guilty to bigamy charges Friday admitting she had three husbands a sailor and two soldiers.
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Phenix
Ariz
Ruby Elizabeth Gaines
Auditor Seeks Prompt Payment or Forgiveness of Old State Bills
May 18 Atlanta reports State Auditor B. E. Thrasher Jr asks lawmakers to present or wipe unpaid state bills. The 15 to 35 year old debts include Milledgeville city charges from 1927 totaling 12 900 with 5 914.37 interest accumulated over 16 years at six percent.
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Atlanta
B. E. Thrasher, Jr
Milledgeville
Husband Kills Wife In Domestic Shooting After Argument
Chicago police report Christ Chamis confessed to shooting his wife Grace after a quarrel over other men. He told officers he shot her because she wouldn't keep quiet. Chamis, 25, surrendered to police and was questioned by Assistant State's Attorney Edmund Grant.
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Chicago
Christ Chamis
Grace
Chamis
Edmund Grant
George Washington
Grandma Hoskins
New York Public Library
William Penn
James Madison
Union
F B I arrests 638 draft dodgers in twenty cities
Washington reports a nationwide crackdown with 638 arrests in 20 cities led by Director J Edgar Hoover. The largest haul was in New York with 144 detainees. Most charges involve failure to report for examination or to update address, with 86,543 men located and made available to the armed forces and 4,002 willful violators convicted.
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Washington
Dierctor
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
New York City
San Francisco
Detroit
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Birmingham
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Chicago
Boston
Newark
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N. C
Jackson
Miss
Houston
Texas
Seattle
Cleveland
Miami
Hoover
F.B.I
FBI
Selective Service Act
Dr. Charles Rainey Dies. Mitchell County Health Chief
Charles Rainey longtime Mitchell County health commissioner since 1921 died at his Camilla home. A native of Ellaville he studied at Mercer and Emory medical schools. He is survived by wife Lelan Mae Jones three daughters Ann Janet and a son Brit Rainey with the AEF in England a sister and four brothers.
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Camilla
C. O. Rainey
Mitchell County
Ellaville
Mercer University
Emory University School of Medicine
Lelan Mae Jones
College Park
Ann Rainey
Americus
Janet Rainey Baxley
M. O'Neal Rainey
Brit Rainey
AEF
England
Henry Wiggins
B. T. Rainey
Buena Vista
T. B. Rainey
W. M. Rainey
Decatur
Thompson Rainey
Fouston
Texas
Contract for Liberty County frame building awarded
The War Department announced a contract worth between 100000 and 500000 dollars to Ed. 5. Moore & Sons of St. Petersburg Florida for a temporary frame building in Liberty County Georgia. The Savannah district engineer will supervise the project.
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Washington
War Department
Moore & Sons
St. Petersburg
Fla
Liberty County
Savannah
Milady Insignias Spark Conflict Over Army Pins
Women wearing military insignia not issued to them face a federal offense with fines or jail time. Officials warn such insignias create wartime shortages and distort the true status of women in service, noting only members assigned to service may wear official pins.
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Army
Milady
Injunction Filed In Valdosta Over Electric System
Valdosta Ga May 18 R L Stump a Valdosta taxpayer filed a friendly injunction challenging the citys authority to issue revenue certificates to buy an electric distribution system The suit tests 1937 legislation allowing municipalities to issue such certificates except for electric distribution systems The case follows a council resolution authorizing up to 1 million dollars in certificates for purchasing the Valdosta electric system The REA has proposed taking over the Georgia Power and Electric property and having Valdosta Waycross and Bainbridge buy the three cities distribution systems with REA operating the rest of the property
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Valdosta
R. L. Stump
REA
Georgia Power and Electric Company
Waycross
Bainbridge
County Agents to Aid Georgia Farmers in Labor War Effort
Georgia Agricultural Extension Service designated by the U S Department of Agriculture to help farmers obtain labor for war crops. State Director W S Brown says local agents will aid in using current labor and equipment efficiently and in attracting new workers. Taylor County plans to organize volunteer city workers to assist on farms during peak seasons.
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Georgia Agricultural Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia
W. S. Brown
State Extension Service
Brown
Taylor County
G. Blackwell
Women gunners on Nazi planes told by American soldiers
Phoenixville Pa May 15 A story of girl gunners in Nazi bombers is told by American soldiers wounded in Tunisia. One gunner near Sgt V R Woodard a Seymour Ind soldier was “a very pretty blonde.” His account is supported by several hundred soldiers arriving daily at Valley Forge general hospital recently wounded.
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Phoenixville
Tunisia
V. R. Woodard
Seymour
Ind
New
Valley Forge General Hospital
Dentist Dr. Darby Recites Speech After Shocking News
Atlanta May 16 Dr L H Darby Vidalia dentist and longtime state board member read a message revealing his son Lt R H Darby navy aviation instructor had died in a plane crash at Olanthe Kansas He continued his address as secretary of the Twelfth District Dental Society before requesting permission to leave the hall Members offered a moment of silent prayer for the aviator.
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Atlanta
L. H. Darby
Vidalia
State Board of Dental Examiners
Georgia Dental Association
Twelfth District Dental Society
Soil Conservation Service Busy On Farm Plans
The Soil Conservation Service resumes farm planning focusing on pasture improvement terracing contour cultivation and kudzu. Since April 1 plans have been written for farms including J B Locke M R Williamson Robert Kendrick Beechwood Farm Ida White Howard Mott Zack Posey John Mangham B E Cox H B Parks A B Shehee. The projects cover 267 idle acres with 119 under kudzu 21 under pine and 379 acres terraced, all pushing a rotation to boost production for the war effort.
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J. W. DuPree
Soil Conservation Service
Messrs
J. B. Locke
M. R. Williamson
Robert Kendrick
Beechwood Farm
Ida White
Howard Mott
Zack Posey
John Mangham
B. E. Cox
H. B. Parks
A. B. Shehee
Americus Youth Drowns In Muckalee Creek
Joseph McGrady a 16 year old high school student drowned in Muckalee Creek near Americus on Wednesday. Firemen recovered the body.
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Americus
Joseph McGrady
Muckalee Creek
Here
Americus Major Awarded Silver Star
Maj G V Kenmore of Americus Georgia a former Auburn football star has won the Silver Star for gallantry in the Tunisian campaign. The War Department citation was received by his parents Mr and Mrs W T Kenmore. His wife is a lieutenant in the U S Army and head director at the regional hospital in Coral Gables Florida.
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Americus, Ga
G.V. Kenmore
Americus
Auburn
War Department
W. T. Kenmore
Maj. Kenmore
U. S. Army
Coral Gables
Fla
Camilla Sergeant Awarded Decoration
The War Department announced decorations for 32 Army Air Forces officers and enlisted men in the Hawaiian department for extraordinary aerial achievements over enemy territory in January. Tech. Sgt. N. K. Bullard of Camilla Georgia received the oak leaf cluster to his Air Medal.
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Atlanta
War Department
Army Air Forces
Hawaiian Department
N. K. Bullard
Camilla
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Ill
Miss Gaines
Charles Rainey
Mitchell County Health Comm'r
Liberty
Americus Major
Stine Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Ly Joe Marsh
Adams
Penn
America
Brewing Industry Foundation
John Stevens Wood
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