Georgia News Roundup Features Local Officials and Obituaries
The week’s Georgia items include the death of Parrott postmaster Harry E. Cook at 64, elections in Greene County to fill a clerk term, Emory University grads in a wartime class, Bond Almand named Atlanta associate city attorney, and Georgia Odd Fellows opening their 100th annual session with the Rebekahs. Also noted are deaths of Henry B. Mashburn and Rev. J. P. Swann, a contract for recreational facilities in Savannah for negro servicemen, Tift County farming gains from shipping plants north, a Pinehurst mayoral special election, heavy Columbus rainfall, drownings in Johnson County, resignations in Macon and Lumpkin, church unions in Macon, coffee stamp updates, Pvt. Dewey E. Corbett killed in action, and appeals court upholding a gas bomb indictment in Statesboro.
Tomato plants distributed to Emanuel county 4-H members
More than one million tomato plants were distributed last week to 1 800 Emanuel county 4-H Club members. They planted 50 pounds of seed in the 4-H nursery and will receive the plants free.
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Emanuel County
4-H Club
L. R. Newberry
Blind fireman builds large Victory Garden in Savannah
Jas D Drexler, a former fireman who went blind eight years ago while fighting a blaze, has developed a sizable Victory Garden in Savannah producing a notable quantity of vegetables for use and sale.
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Savannah
Jas. D. Drexler
John A. King Takes Post in Atlanta
John A. King formerly deputy collector of internal revenue in Columbus has begun duties as assistant collector of the Social Security Board in Atlanta. Columbus internal revenue changes will be announced in June per local officers.
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Columbus
John A. King
Internal Revenue
Social Security Board
Atlanta
Columbus Internal Revenue
Peach County Farm Bureau Thanks Congressman Pace
The Peach County Farm Bureau adopted a resolution praising Congressman Steve Pace of Georgia's 3rd district for helping establish a government wheat purchase price during 1942 and 1943. The note commends his resourcefulness and loyalty in securing a fair deal for the district and the southeast under the national wheat program.
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Ft. Valley
Peach County Farm Bureau
Steve Pace
Georgia
Pace
Southeast
Columbus airman killed in action
Lt. Douglas Venable twenty one year old son of Dr and Mrs D R Venable was killed in action during an air raid on May 15 His parents learned of the loss two days after he had been cited for patriotism in a raid on an aircraft factory at Meaults in Northern France He is survived by his parents his wife Constance Appleby formerly of Wichita Falls Texas and two unnamed relatives
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Columbus
Douglas Venable
D. R. Venable
Meaults
France
Venable
Constance Appleby
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ellaville P T A Wins Prize for Scrapbook
Ellaville Georgia May 25 Ellaville Parent Teacher Association won first prize in the statewide program scrapbook contest for the 1942 43 term announced by P T A president Mrs C B Strange Contributing to the scrapbook were Miss Elizabeth Collins Miss Geraldine Knighton Miss Flonce Gouirk and Mrs John Lindsay Officers for the 1943 44 term were installed in a ceremony led by Mrs C C Williamson Mrs Strange was named president Mrs M C Hill was re elected first vice president Miss Pauline Bowen continues as secretary and Miss Murthel Bryan serves as treasurer
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Ellaville
Ellaville Parent Teacher Association
C. B. Strange
P. T. A. Prescent
Elizabeth Collins
Geraldine Knighton
Flonce Gouirk
John Lindsay
C. C. Williamson
Strange
M. C. Hill
Pauline Bowen
Murthel Bryan
U S Hopes To Exchange Prisoners With The Japs
The state department expressed hope that 1,500 Americans held in Japan could be exchanged for 1,500 Japanese civilians in the United States. This would be the second wartime exchange after a 1,500 prisoner swap last summer. Japanese rejection blocked broader talks for three successive 1,500 exchanges.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
United States
Savannah Woman Shot by Police at Filling Station
In Hinesville Georgia on May 24 a coroner’s jury investigated the death of Leila Stuart wife of a Savannah electrician. Sheriff Paul Sikes said station operator A C Bryant fired after Mrs Stuart drew a pistol from her purse and threatened him. A pistol lay beneath her body.
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Hinesville
Paul H. Sikes
Leila Stuart
Savannah
Midway
Sikes
A. C. Bryant
Smith Sees Georgia Schools Surpassing May Bond Quota
Georgia schools will exceed the $8,400,000 May bond sales quota, says Dr. M. A. Smith state chairman. By May 15 more than $6,000,000 in war stamps and bonds were sold, with hundreds of schools to have their names painted on jeeps overseas for selling $1,200 in stamps and bonds.
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Macon
Georgia
M. A. Smith
Smith
Bibb County
Armed Services
Standridge Promoted to Corporal In California Transfer
Pvt Robert E Standridge has moved from Murco to Glendale California and earned a promotion to Corporal He is the son of Mr and Mrs W F Standridge of this city A letter from 1st Sgt Carl E Chapman formerly of Rupert now at Blackland Army Air Field Texas dated May 18 1943 expresses gratitude for The Herald and notes completing education after enlisting at 16 with six subjects including high school math
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Herald
Pvt
Robert E. Standridge
Murco
Calif
Glendale
Mr. Standridge
W. F. Standridge
Carl E. Chapman
Rupert
Waco
Texas
Blackland Army Air Feld
Maco
Butler Herald
Butler High School
Cross Roads
Air Corps
Thoughts of a Marine Poem From War Front
A heartfelt wartime verse by Cpl. Millard S. Amos reflecting hot days and cool nights. It recalls memories of loved ones and letters from a dream girl while bombs fall. The speaker hopes to return home yet acknowledges some may not.
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Cpl
Millard S. Amos
Mom
Dad
Altho
Bibb County to Launch Back Tax Collection Drive
Bibb County will aggressively pursue more than 200000 dollars in back taxes after consolidating tax fiefs. Tax commissioner Dan Dunnody said 26000 fiefs existed at year start, 2000 paid since, with 245000 dollars due. Each fief spans multiple years and is tracked as a separate account.
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Macon
Bibb County
Dan Dunnody
Fifa
Graduates Include Minister Soldier and Married Couple
Griffin Spalding High School will graduate 104 students in a ceremony at the First Baptist church. The class includes a husband and wife, three members already in the armed services, and two ordained ministers. The school building was destroyed by fire two weeks earlier.
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Griffin—Spalding High
Armed Service
First Baptist Church
Miss Hicks Accepts State Baptist Post as Young People's Leader
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hicks, Albany public schools teacher, accepts Georgia State Baptist Board post as State Young People's leader in Training Union. She will lead a forum at the State Baptist Training Union Assembly at Bessie Tift College Forsyth June 7 11. Headquarters at 22 Marietta Street Building Atlanta.
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Albany
Mary Elizabeth Hicks
Albany Public Schools
Georgia State Baptist Board
Training Union Department
State Baptist Training Union Assembly
Bessie Tift College
Forsyth
Marietta Street Bldg
Atlanta
Talmadge Buys Cochran Journal From Hammack
E B Talmadge buys the Cochran Journal from Mrs R E Hammack. Talmadge, former Florida newspaperman with the justice department immigration bureau, will run the paper with Roy B Rhodenhiser Jr., a Macon attorney and DOJ staffer likely to leave government service. The Hammack family operated the paper for 16 years.
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Cochran
Cochran Journal
E.B. Talmadge
Florida
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Department of Justice
Pittsburgh
R. E. Hammack
Talmadge
Roy B. Rhodenhiser Jr
Macon
Rhodenhiser
R.B. Rhodenhiser
Frm
T. L. Bailey
John Mullis
Roy McRea
Jane
Susan
Carrier Plane Crash Kills Fort Valley Man in Georgia
Cpl. Arthur L. Johnson 22 of Brookley Field was among three killed when a commercial carrier plane crash near Robins Field occurred Friday. The aircraft on a routine Army contract flight burned after impact. Captain S B Antonio and First Officer W E Rockstroh led the civilian crew, with no survivors.
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Macon
Arthur L. Johnson
Brookley Field
J. C. Johnson
Rte 3
Fort Valley
Robins Field
D. H. Johnson
Ft. Valley
Warner’ Robins Army Air Depot
Army
Mobile
Ala
S. B. Antonio
W. E. Rockstroh
Washington, D. C
Next Coffee Ration Will Be Largest Yet
Washington reports the upcoming coffee ration will reach a record one pound per month for May 31 to June 30. Stamp 24 becomes valid May 31 for one pound through June 30, while Stamp 23 covers a pound through May 31. OPA notes sugar port receipts outpace estimates, enabling expanded Louisiana refiners’ service to deficit areas and Bristol regions to lower sugar costs in New York and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
P. M. Brown
United States
OPA
Gulf Ports
Louisiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Bristol
Governments Help Pay Cost of State Guard
Governor Arnall’s plan to have federal municipal and utility partners cover defense costs raises Georgia revenue to near funding the state guard. Atlanta pays 1548 dollars monthly for guard protection at key sites, Savannah Power and Light 810 dollars, and other cities contribute smaller sums. Arnall also signed a lease ensuring the federal government pays Georgia 200 dollars monthly rent for the Confederate Soldiers’ Home used by the state selective service HQ.
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Atlanta
Arnall
Georgia
Savannah Power and Light Co
Confederate Soldiers
Selective ‘Service
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Harry E. Cook
Parrott
Veteran's Hospital
Wm. B. Caldwell
Greene County Superior Court
E. J. Stanley
Emory University
Bond Almand
Frank Hooper Jr
State Supreme Court
Georgia Odd Fellows
The
Rebekahs
J. C. King
Schley County
C. C. Wall
O. T. King
Mrs. King
Henryb. Mashburn
J. P. Swann
House of Representatives
Grady County
O. 1. Ray
Public Works Agency
Tift County
Pinehurst
P. G. Tucker
Jas. L. Woods
Johnson County
G. C. Jackson
W. A. Beddingfield
Macon County
Ideal School
Lumpkin
Upson
Lamar
Monroe
Bibb Counties
Echoconnee Union Association of the Primitive Baptist Church
Dewey E. Orbett
Emily Corbett
Adel
Middle East
War Department
Corbett
U. S
Georgia Court of Appeals
R. F. Wood
Statesboro
J. E. D. Ship
Georgia Southwestern College
Edgar Shipp Jr
H. V. Davis
Southwestern
T. Heard Buckeley
Ambrose Daniel
T. Hicks Fort
Reidsville
Perry
Montezuma
J. B. Easterlin Jr
Easterlin
Points
North
Peach Farm Bureau
Stephen Pace
Ellaville P. T. A
Bato
Poe Tle
OUR
Miss Hicks
State Baptist Joe
E. B. Talmadge
Doyel
Butler, GA
Kelloggs
Maxwell House
Luzianne
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