Georgia News Roundup Highlights Losses and Advances
Georgia reports a top court clerk seriously ill in Macon and a widespread dentist shortage with thirty counties lacking practitioners. Deaths include Dr. John Cox Wall and farmer Emmett Tyler. A fire at Tattnall Hotel Glennville destroyed furnishings. Local epidemics fear whooping cough after varicella. Government actions name R. W. Harrison as parks director. a police case in Bleckley County leads to a rape and robbery charge.Dental association marks 75th anniversary as Gov Arnall expands appointees.
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John Cox Wall
Eastman
Tattnall
Glennville
Georgia Board of Dental Examiners
Talmadge
Arnall
R. E. L. Pattillo
Moultrie
Georgia Dental Association
Patillo
Atlanta
Paul Gates
Macon
Gates
Eighteen Ft Benning Soldiers Die In North Carolina Plane Crash
Lt. R. E. Tukey reports 18 Army personnel including officers and enlisted men were killed when a transport plane based at Lawson Field Ft. Benning crashed near Newland N C during a routine training flight. Names unavailable as next of kin not notified. 17 bodies recovered with one remained missing at Morganton NC.
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Army
Newland
N. C
Lawson Field
Ft. Benning
Wheer
R. E. Tukey
N.C
Tukey
Laurinburg-Maxton
Army Air Base
Tukely
J. E. Albert
Morganton
R. C. Chapman
Same Sugar Ration Announced Next Period
Washington reports the sugar ration remains unchanged for the next period starting June 1. Sugar stamp No. 13 in Book 1 becomes valid June 1 and covers five pounds through August 15, keeping the 5 pound monthly allotment for two and a half months. Stamp No. 2 ends May 31.
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Washington
OPA
Mullis New Trial Plea Overruled in Laurens Case
Dublin May 15 The motion for a new trial for Blanton Mullis charged with the slaying of Cadwell's Police Chief J E Fennell was overruled by Judge R E Camp of Laurens Superior Court. Mullins sentenced for life at the January term for stabbing a police officer during arrest on October 31, 1942. Defense attorneys L F Watson and Judge E L Stephens say they will appeal to the supreme court.
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Dublin
Blanton Mullis
Cadwell
J. E. Fennell
R. E. Camp
Laurens Superior Court
Mullins
L. F. Watson
E. L. Stephens
Supreme Court
Plane Crash Kills Waycross Officer Lt Heasley
Waycross Lt. R P Heasley of the Waycross Army Airport died when the training plane he piloted crashed near Waycross. The aircraft was demolished in the incident. Heasley, from Turtle Creek Pennsylvania, earned his wings at Spencer Field in Moultrie Georgia in March this year.
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Emmett Tyler
Marion County
Churches of
Columbus
St. Luke Church
Waycross
R. P. Heasley
Waycross Army Airport
Heasley
Turtle Creek
Ars Heasley
Spencer Field
Moultrie
Georgia fugitive refuses extradition in Dallas arrest
Dale Tyler a 27 year old Georgia fugitive was arrested in Dallas while washing clothes and refused extradition saying he would rather do anything than return to the Georgia chain gang. Detectives quoted Tyler recounting his escape from LaGrange where bloodhounds were released into a river before he fled to Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Will Fritz
Dale Tyler
Georgia
Tyler
Times Herald
J. T. Luther
Leon Nash
LaGrange
Palmer Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair May 28
In Tifton Georgia Joel L Palmer was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Reidsville State Prison on May 28 for the slaying of Tifton Police Chief Joe Henderson and wounding Officer Mercer Denby after a street gun battle last June. The conviction and sentence were upheld by the Georgia Supreme Court and the judge in Tift Superior Court pronounced the sentence. Palmer’s attorneys have appealed to the State Prison and Parole Board.
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Tifton
Joel L. Palmer
Reidsville State Prison
Joe Henderson
Mercer Denby
Palmer
Tift
State Supreme Court
R. Eve
Tift Superior Court
State Prison and Parole Board
Naval Store Operators Protest Bill In Congress
Valdosta Ga May 16 naval store producers protest a congressional bill capping government conservation payments at 500 per producer per year regardless of faces produced. The American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative cites labor costs and ongoing national advertising campaigns to boost pure gum turpentine use.
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Valdosta
Congress
American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative
Letter from Rose Scott to Mrs Whittington in Australia
Rose Scott writes from Australia recounting visits with Syd and Charlie, Christmas tea, and late night chats. She notes a wet season and safety during the war, Bing Crosby’s White Christmas sung as wet Christmas, and hopes for a New Year greeting. She mentions Syd’s residence at a historic governor's home and asks for a reply.
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Syd
Whittington
Charlie
Australia
Bing Crosby
United States Reports Losses in 17 Months of War
The armed forces have lost over 80 000 men in battle casualties in 17 months of war with an anticipated 5 000 more. Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties total 23 955, with 7 128 killed and 12 054 missing. Army totals through May 7 show 56 942 casualties. 6 076 killed and 14 244 prisoners.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
North Africa
Philippines
Italy
Germany
Deserted soldier captured after gunfight with Schley sheriff
Reuben Birdsong, a missing Army deserter en route to Texas, exchanged shots with Schley County Sheriff W. L. Lumpkin near Ellaville and was captured in swamp land after attempting to rob a colored home in Macon County. The incident followed Birdsong entering Lynn Wilson's home on the W. C. McDonald farm near the Schley line.
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Camp Wheeler
Macon County
Ellaville
W. L. Lumpkin
Schley County
Reuben Birdsong
Texas
Lumpkin
Lynn Wilson
W. C. McDonald
OPA Chief Warns East Coast Motorists To Save More Gasoline
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes and OPA Chief Prentiss Brown warned East Coast motorists to conserve fuel or face drastic steps. They cited gas use above the 356 000 barrel per day civilian allotment risking depleted reserves and possible demand reductions to protect war needs.
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OPA
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Ickes
Arnall Names New Social Security Board Members
Gov. Ellis Arnall announced the appointment of a new Social Security Board to administer the public welfare department and state elect m sy institutions. Dr. Richard Binion of Milledgeville becomes sixth district representative, with Mrs. Annette Saurez of Cuthbert named for the third district. terms run concurrent with Arnall.
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Atlanta
Social Security Board
Public Welfare Department
Arnall
Public Welfare Board
Richard Binion
Milledgeville
Old Board
Talmadge
Annette Saurez
Cuthbert
First State Board of Control
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T. S. Hunt
Perry
Houston County
Fileen Darden
Leland Harvey
Robert L. Wilson
Forsyth
Courtland Army Air Field
Corinth
Miss
Montezuma
Savannah
Ellis Arnall
R. W. Harrison
Charlton County Herald
Folkston
R. F. Burch
Willie Hubbard
Bleckley County
R.E. Bankston
Roberta
Roberta Methodist Church
Bankston
Arnal
Arthur Lucas
Lucas and Jenkins
N. Carolina
Mullis
CHAIN
Rose Scott
Negro
The
Ellaville Sun
Payne’s Warehouse
Butler, Georgia
Doyel
Butler, GA
Butler P.T. A
Butler High School
Maxwell House
Kelloggs
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