Georgia News Roundup Preserves Stateside Happenings
A broad Georgia roundup reports storms in the South and Alabama, DDT spraying plans in Americus Sumter, and Leslie canning plant hours. It notes Henry Armstrong Cork’s Macon plant groundbreaking, federal cases, and the Hearst donation to Oglethorpe University.
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Americus
Sumter County
Leslie
Atlanta
Hearst Foundation
William R. Hearst
Oglethorpe University
$100000 LaGrange Fire Destroys Bakery and Four Businesses
A Sunday early morning fire in LaGrange Georgia destroyed the city’s only bakery along with three other shops after starting in the bakery. Officials estimate total losses around 100000 with the bakery at about 50000 and the shoe shop over 16000. two adjacent buildings including a novelty store and a clothing shop were also wrecked.
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LaGrange
Vernon Street
LaGrange Baking Company
Boston
Bull Street
Chapman’s
Solomon Clothing
Mail service to continue despite railroad strike plan
Washington officials stated first class mails would go through by trains or no trains, while a planned use of Army planes trucks and private aircraft awaited OSC approval to prevent major disruption. Second class mail could face delays and the industry would rely on trucks for short hauls and 20 000 additional vehicles if needed.
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Washington
High Post Office Department
Office of Defense Transportation
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mothers and children drown when car sinks in Tugelo River
Four people die in a Sunday accident seven miles north of Toccoa on the Yona Dam road. Mrs Kermit Jenkins and her 18 month old son, and Mrs Levis Mealor with her two year old daughter Brenda Lee Mealor perished when the car driven by Mealor plunged from the road into the Tugelo river. Husbands survived in shock.
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Toccoa
Yona Dam
Tugelo River
State Highway Patrol
Kermit Jenkins
Jerry Lee
Levis Mealor
Brenda Lee Mealor
Jenkins
Mealor
H. C. Langston
Primary changes and resignations discussed at Columbus meeting
Chairman W. H. Young Jr. led a Columbus session voting to keep the county unit plan. Sims Garrett Jr. resigned as secretary. R. T. Ragan of Eastman was elected to replace him. The May 25 noon deadline for July 17 primary qualification was set, with the chairman handling candidate qualifications if the secretary is absent. Guests included Tom Camp of Atlanta and M. R. Ashworth, Ledger-Enquirer publisher.
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America
W. H. Young Jr
Columbus
Sims Garrett Jr
R. T. Ragan
Eastman
Young
Tom Camp
Atlanta
M. R. Ashworth
Ledger-Enquirer
Wind and rainstorm Wreck Crops Across Several Georgia Towns
A Monday storm in Adel Quitman Hahira Homer ville and surrounding areas caused extensive property damage and heavy crop losses across the Valdosta region. Local reports cite damaged buildings downed trees and sheeted soil erosion as residents assess the impact.
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Valdosta
Adel
Quitman
Homerville
Hahira
$108 000 Suit Filed by OPA Against Mill
An administrator’s treble damage suit for 108000 dollars was filed in U S District Court against Riverside Mills of Augusta for alleged viol ations of OPA price regulations in selling cotton machine waste. The Riverside facility is described as a major world supplier. The case is set for the November term. the suit marks one of the largest in the south.
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OPA
Mill
Augusta
U. S. District Court
Riverside Mills
James M. Roberts
Atlanta
South
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FBI
Clyde Miles
Canton
Cherokee County
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Devereaux
Cleveland
Robert G. Burton
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Fulton County
Macon
Armstrong Cork Company
Fireamen
International Association of Fire Fighters
Griffin—Griffin Highchool
Pierce Chapel Methodist
Pierce Chapel Road
M. L. _ Brittain
Georgia Tech
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Detroit
General Motors Educational Foundation
Dawsonville
Jack Cantrell
Alice Christian Watkins
Marietta Street
Moultrie
C. B. Hammond
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Middle West
Swainsboro
Prince H. Preston Jr
Hugh Peterson
Peterson
Lonnie Murphy
Frank O. Miller
Pembroke Journal
Needmore Farms
Miller
Thomasville
Hollywood
H. K. Devereaux
Monticello Road
Glen Arven County Club
Marion C. Bailey
Adamsville
Treasury Department
Warm Springs
Little White House
Ellis Arnall
Roosevelt
South Georgia
Chemi
Eal
National League of District
Butler
Agnes Mitchell
Dearing
W. N. Howell
Oxford
Mellie Pitts
Sec
Treas
Newborn
Tugelo
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Macon, Ga
Doye
Nave
Epsom
Lydia E. Pinkham
Putname
Miles Nervene
Woodburys
Johnson’s
Woodbury
St. Joseph
K.R.D
Doyer’s
D.T. Powder
D.T
Retonga Foley
West Coast
Trout
Doyer’s Furniture Store
General Electric Appliances
Bendix
General Electric
Stewart-Warner Radios
Hubbard Lawn
Eveready
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