Early Mountain Peach Shipments Boost Georgia Market Prices
Early Mountain Rose peaches bring good prices in Middle Georgia as shipments begin. H. Bateman reports multiple truckloads sent,Loading cars headed to Avondale and Ft Valley. Frank Gill, a New York Tribune contributor, notes strong year prospects. Gentile Bros. reps from Orlando expected. Pruit Growers Express opens Macon office to handle diversions through Central of Georgia Railway. Georgia Peach Growers Association plans a national ad campaign by mid June.
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New York
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Association of Georgia Peachowers
German Tech Student Hangs Himself Because Unhappy
Atlanta reports 19 year old John F Corser, a German Jewish refugee and electrical engineering student at Georgia Tech, was found hanged near a fraternity house. Police said a pocket note cited unhappiness and lack of hope. A second note asked friends to remember him as a smiling boy from Vienna.
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Atlanta
John F. Corser
Vienna
Corser
Georgia School of Technology
Austria
Hitler
Germany
Habersham College
Clarkesville
Benning Will Get Another Division
Army headquarters announced the fourth corps area will expand the fourth division to about 8000 men with HQ at Fort Benning. The 22nd Infantry now at St. McClellan and Fort McPherson will remain at the former site. The 8th Infantry will move from Fort Moultrie and Fort Screven to Fort Benning.
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Atlanta
Fourth Corps
Ft. Benning
St. McClellan
Ala
Ft. McPherson
Eighth Infantry
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Ft. Screven
Ft, Benning
Rivers Names Gardner to Georgia Court of Appeals
Gov. Rivers named Bernard C. Gardner of the Albany circuit to succeed the late Judge John B. Guerry on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Howell Cobb was appointed to succeed Gardner on the Superior Court bench. Gardner, 58, will run in the Sept. 11 primary. Cobb will qualify for the higher court in September. Guerry died from automobile crash injuries in Virginia en route to Washington, accompanied by his wife. Gardner is a Macon County native and UGA law graduate with a career in Thomasville, Quitman, Albany, and Camilla.
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Rivers
Bernard Clay Gardner
Albany
John B. Guerry
State Court of Appeals
Howell Cobb
Gardner
Cobb
Guerry
Virginia
Washington
Macon County
University of Georgia Law School
Thomasville
Quitman
Camilla
Albany population rises to 19056 on preliminary count
Albany Georgia reports a preliminary population of 19056, up 4549 from 1980 and a 31.85 percent gain. Area manager Turner Smith announced the figures noting no city limit expansion in 20 years and a population increase of about 65 percent since then.
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Albany
Turner Smith
Newlywed Couple Carries Bus Load On Wedding Trip
Savannah honeymooning Lamar Ammons and Mrs Ammons chaperoned by Rev J N Shell and his wife plus 20 Stewart County High School graduates. Ammons, a school bus driver, planned to transport the graduating class to Savannah beach after his wedding. Mrs Ammons formerly Elizabeth Pope of Omaha, daughter of Mrs R J Pope and the late Mr Pope.
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Savannah
Lamar Ammons
Stewart County
Ammons
Stewart County High School
Savannah Beach
J. N. Shell
Lumpkin First Methodist Shurch
Elizabeth Pope
Omaha
R. J. Pope
Mr. Pope
GA Man Again Going Up Success Ladder
Jas S Pope, former Atlanta newspaperman, named managing editor of the Louisville Courier Journal. After 14 years with the Atlanta Journal he joined Louisville staff, rose from reporter to editor, and now leads the paper at age 39. Pope is a Zebulon native who lived long in Gainesville and is regarded as a leading Southern journalist.
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Atlanta
Jas. S. Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal
Atlanta Journal
Zebulon
Gainesville
Crimson clover seed yields per acre stated
With good stands 400 to 800 pounds of chaff seed or 200 to 350 pounds of clean seed can be produced per acre from crimson clover.
Methodist To Hold Savannah Meeting On November 7
The South Georgia Methodist Conference will meet November 7 at Wesley Monumental Church in Savannah marking the first GA conference head by Bishop Arthur J Moore. The session will address pastor assignments and possible summer meeting shifts.
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Atlanta
South Georgia
Savannah
Arthur J Moore
Two Georgia
North Georgia
Sumer
Wesley Monumental Church
Moore
Georgia
Argyvear Waycross
Macon
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church
Jas. A. Smith
Methodist Children's Home
General Hospital and Homes Board
Southeastern Jurisdiction Conference
Asheville
Tarver Resigns To Become Macon Evening News Associate Editor
Lyons Georgia May 25 Jack Tarver resigns as editor of the Toombs County Democrat to join the Macon Evening News as associate editor. The Democrat stockholders named a new editor Saturday night. Tarver authored a widely discussed article on Gone With the Wind and has ties to Macon through marriage.
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Lyons
Jack Tarver
Toombs County Democrat
Macon Evening News
The
Democrat
Tarver
Macon
Central of Georgia flagman found dead at Macon terminal
Frank Dorsey a 66 year old flagman for the Central of Georgia Railway was found dead beside the center tracks at Macon Terminal station early this morning. Police launched a probe into whether a train strike caused the death after a Columbus train moved to uncouple from a baggage car. Dorsey had reported for a regular 2 20 a m Savannah run and was found face down beneath the coupling.
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Macon
Frank Dorsey
Savannah
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Terminal Station
Dorsey
A. L. Booth
Central
Columbus
Meriwether Singers Set All Day Singing Event
Manchester Ga May 28 The Meriwether singers will hold an all day singing at the Community building in Manchester on the first Sunday in June. The Hartford quartet of McDonough the Showalter quartet of Dalton and a quartet from Macon will sing. All singers are cordially invited to attend.
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Manchester
Meriwether Singers
Hartford
McDonough
Showalter
Dalton
Macon
Preserve National Unity Reserve Officers Urged at Graduation
General Asa L. Singleton addressed 400 National Guard and Reserve Officers graduates in Columbus. He urged returning to communities to defend national unity amid stress, stressing unity as essential as armed forces and urging confidence in government and industry leaders. He warned against psychological terror in Europe and stressed the human element and spirit as key in battle.
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Columbus
National Guard
Asa L. Singleton
Infantry
Singleton
Europe
Miller Declines Run for Georgia Governor
W L Miller chairman of the state highway board announced he would not be a candidate for governor. He said he aimed to carry on a business program in the highway department and preferred to oversee merit based tax fund administration rather than seek statewide office.
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Atlanta
W. L. Miller
State Highway Board
Road Board
Miller
State Supreme Court
Two youths saved as man fatally burned in residence
Policeman Dave Harris rescued two sleeping boys, aged 5 and 8, from a burning house in Atlanta on a Sunday morning. A post rescue explosion sent flames higher. Grover C. Hall, a news vendor, died inside the residence.
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Atlanta
Dave Harris
Wallace
Harris
Fleming
Grover C. Hall
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