Funding Bonds for Jeff Davis County Amendment
Georgia proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Jeff Davis County to issue Funding Bonds to retire existing warrant indebtedness. If ratified the county must operate on a cash basis, pay bills by checks, and budget expenditures except for schools and courts. The measure outlines issuance, validation, tax support, and safeguards with a two stage process and voter ratification.
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Georgia
Jeff Davis County
State of Georgia
Executive Department
General Assembly
Jeff Davis
Este
Death Claims Mr. Carl Bateman Prominent Houston County Citizen
Mr Carl F Bateman a leading Byron farmer merchant died Saturday in a Macon hospital after a heart attack ten days earlier He would have been 56 on September 6 Surviving are his wife former Miss Lucy Kemp a son William Carl Bateman a half sister Mrs O R Rigsby two half sisters Mrs Charles Bryant an uncle J T Miller and numerous cousins including Mrs J W Garrison and E Bateman from Wellston
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Butler
Carl F. Bateman
Macon
Bateman
Byron
Jasper
Annie Miller Bateman
Houston County
Charlie Mulkey Kemp
Dalton High Students Die In Highway Crash
Dalton Georgia May 24 three Dalton High School students were killed when their car left the highway and struck a tree. The dead include Billie Cooper a junior and Martha Sue Bartenfield a junior. John Stocks Jr. a soon to be graduate and son of the assistant fire chief.
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Dalton
Dalton High School
Billie Cooper
Ed Cooper
Martha Sue Bartenfield
William Bartenfield
John Stocks Jr
Macon Soldier Believed Dead After River Find
The body of Pvt. Wm. D Arnett of Macon was found in the Chattoochee river on Fort Benning reserve, with tentative identification by his unit. Enlisted Sept 1 1940, 19, he belonged to Co A 87th Engineers and had been lingering missing since last Thursday night during river crossing.
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Macon
Wm. D Arnett
Lena Arnett
Chattahochee
Ft. Benning
Arnett
Arnett Co. A
Co. A, 87Th Engineers
Fort Jenning
Alabama
Georgia Bank
Georgia Proposes Amendment on Funding Bonds and Ballot Action
The document details proposed changes to Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1 of the Georgia Constitution, authorizing county funding bonds and cash basis operations. It explains ballot wording for and against ratification, calls for gubernatorial proclamation if approved, and repeals conflicting laws. Governing figures Randall Evans Jr, Joe Boone, Charles Redwine, Lindley Camp, Eugene Talmadge, and John B. Wilson are named with the June 3, 1941 election date.
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Jeff Davis County
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Randall Evans, JR
House
Joe Boone
Charles D. Redwine
Senate
Lindley W. Camp
Andrew College Confers First Male Graduation
Cuthbert May 27 a boy Floyd Love of Cuthbert graduated from Andrew College with a literary diploma the first male graduate in the school's history. The college now reports it is out of debt for the first time, with Dr S C Cliff reelected as president after the milestone.
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Cuthbert
Andrew College
Floyd Love
5. C. Cliff
Georgia Pilot Killed in Training Flight Crash
Virgil Stewart a 24 year old student and Ralph Parson a 19 year old instructor were killed when a training plane crashed two miles east of Anniston Alabama. Parson recently moved from Lula Georgia to join the Southeastern Air Service staff under a government contract. Stewart was employed at the Monsanto Chemical Company plant and his wife witnessed the crash after having just flown in for a lesson.
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Anniston
Ala
Virgil Stewart
Ralph Parson
Parson
Lula
Southeastern Air Service
Stewart
Monsanto Chemical Company
Les Son
Georgia Gets Two Defense Contracts
The War Department announced two Georgia contracts on May 26. Hogansville plant of United States Rubber Company received 837 500 dollars for cotton duck for the Chemical Warfare Service. Schley Gordy of Columbus secured 58 800 dollars to build a dam on Upatoi Creek at Fort Benning to increase water supply for the post.
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Atlanta
Chemical Warfare Service
Hogansville
United States Rubber Company
War Department
Southern
Defense
Schley Gordy
Columbus
Upatoi Creek
Fort Benning
U S Defense Costs Hit Record Eight Record Peace Time Total
Washington May 27 Federal expenditures for the current fiscal year crossed 11,000,008,000 to exceed any previous peace time year. Defense costs now averaging 28,000,000 a day pushed the total to a new record with five weeks remaining in the year.
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Washington
2 Year Old Lifer Offered Haven in Boys Town
Waynesboro Georgia born Robert Lee Messex, aged 12, has been sentenced to life for his father’s murder and received an offer to stay at Nebraska's Boys Town from Father EB Flanagan, founder of the institution, per Burke County Attorney Preston B. Lewis.
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Waynesboro
Robert Lee Messex
Nebraska
Burke County
Preston B. Lewis
EB. J. Flanagan
O Boys’ Town
Eight Georgia Post Offices Advance In Bank Rating
Eight Georgia post offices move from fourth class to third class effective July 1. The offices are Aragon Cusseta Dudley Haddock Kingston Lake Park Point Peter and Preston, each meeting the $1,500 annual business minimum. Postmasters will receive at least $1,100 yearly instead of receipts-based pay.
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Washington
Georgia
Aragon
Cusseta
Dudley
Haddock
Kingston
Lake Park
Point Peter
Preston
Drying Kiln Blaze Destroys $5,000 in Property
Fire destroyed the drying kiln of the T. M. Matthews Lumber Co on Tuesday with damage to plant and stocks estimated at about $5,000, partially insured. Roberta fire department prevented spread to main plant and larger stocks valued at $25,000. Rebuilding will start at once. cause not assigned.
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Roberta
T. M. Matthews Lumber Co
Nine Georgians Die Violently in Week Reports
Week’s tally lists nine Georgians killed including six in traffic crashes, two shootings, and one plane crash. Names include Fred Brown of Rome Ralph Parsons of Lula E B Truitt Gloria Dixon Savannah Jack Turnipseed Atlanta Gordon Lewis Claxton Billie Cooper Martha Lattenfield John Stocks Jr Dalton. A gunfire exchange wounded a state trooper during a traffic stop.
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Atlanta
Fred Brown
Rome
Ralph Parsons
Lula
E. B. Truitt
Gloria Dixon
Savannah
Jack Turnipseed
Atlant Western Union Mesenger
Gordon Lewis
Claxton
Billie Cooper
Martha Lattenfield
John Stocks Jr
Dalton
Brown
Paul Smith
Frank Russell
Market Manager Fired by Talmadge in Atlanta
Gov Gene Talmadge dismissed Dan Hart manager of the Atlanta State Farmers Market after a stormy session to resolve a dispute with Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder. Hart, a Linder appointee, was accused of payroll status, leading a buyers' association and running a market store.
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Atlanta
Gene Talmadge
Dan Hart
Tom Linder
Talmade
Linder
Talmadge
Hart
Produce Buyers’ Association
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Carl Bateman
John B. Wilson
Secretary
U. S. Defense
BOYS
Dover Butler
Maxwell House
Graham
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