Timber and Soil Care Emphasized by Georgia Foresters
In Taylor County a Farm Forester stresses timber stumpage demand from defense work, advises landowners to treat timber as a crop, set minimum cutting diameters of 12 to 14 inches, and keep younger trees to maximize future growth and value. He urges contracts with sawmills and offers local guidance through the State Forestry Division and the cooperative farm forestry project.
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Taylor County
State Forestry Division
L. C. Hart
Macon
Cooperative Farm Forestry Project
County Protection Unit Promotes Timber Fire Safety
County leaders urge landowners to back a county-wide fire protection effort with volunteer help. Advice stresses rapid neighborly action to suppress fires before they threaten neighboring lands, likening forest firefighting to waging war. Georgia forest fire law requires immediate control of any uncontrolled fire on forested or brush lands with costs recoverable from responsible parties.
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Georgia
Foresters Empowered to Enforce Fire Laws and Wardens Appointed
The responsible party or corporation must notify adjoining landowners at least one day before burning to control fires. The Director of Forestry may appoint fire wardens and crews who may enter land to prevent and suppress fires and enforce state forest fire laws.
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Corporation
Director of Forestry
Small Grain Favored as Rotation Crop in Three Year Plan
Farmers should plant small grain as the foundation in a three year rotation with jespedeza and cotton or corn. The grain is sown in fall, with jespedeza seeded next spring to add nitrogen and a summer cover. Over years, soil health improves, erosion lowers, and returns rise despite an unremarkable first year.
State Patrol Costs Rise in Fiscal Year Report
Atlanta report shows the State Department of Public Safety spent 658951 to operate through June 30. The State Patrol accounted for 480297 with 84 cars averaging 1.65 cents per mile and 3,890,798 patrol miles. Uniformed patrol personnel grew from 112 to 163.
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Atlanta
State Department of Public Safety
Arnold
Bureau of Crimial Investigation
Drivers‘ License Bureau
University of Georgia owns 133 structures counted
Athens Ga Oct 6 answering a long standing question about campus buildings. The University of Georgia lists 133 buildings in its insurance schedule including Franklin campus 43 buildings College of Agriculture 70 and Co-ordinate College 18. The total likely exceeds 207 when small buildings are counted under one heading.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Franklin
College of Agriculture
Marshallville School Publishes First Monthly Paper
Marshallville Oct. 6 the Marshallville school unveils the Red and Gold, a monthly paper under E. W. Oliver, with editorials and features. Local merchants support ads, Montezuma Citizen-Georgian assists, staff still forming, spelling champ Foy Smith to contest in Oglethorpe, others include Frances Vinings and Samuel Wortham.
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Marshallville
E. W. Oliver
Red and Gold
Oliver
Montezuma Citizen-Georgian
Foy Smith
Oglethorpe
Frances Vinings
Samuel Wortham
Rob Baldwin
Macon County
Atlanta
Macon
Montezuma
Macon to Host Large Army Replacement Camp and Plant
The War Department announced a $5,775,000 project to build a replacement training camp for 16,500 conscripts at Macon on the old Camp Wheeler site. The facility will shelter about 18,900 people, train infantrymen for 18 weeks, and include utilities and hospitals. A separate million-dollar fuse loading plant will also be located near Macon, providing 400–500 jobs. An Ft. Bragg center for field artillery and a reception site at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, were also announced.
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Washingon
D. C
Macon
War Department
Navy Department
Middle Georgia
Navy Enterprise
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Bibb County
National Guard
South
Congress
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Ft. McPherson
Atlanta
Labor Department predicts millions gain from rearmament effort
Washington: The labor department estimated five to six million people would find jobs from the national rearmament drive. Secretary Perkins said defense orders would create at least three and possibly four million jobs next year, with higher purchasing power boosting other industries by about two million.
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Washington
Labor Department
Perkins
Defense
Judge Gilbert gifts to University of Georgia infirmary
Athens reports ex Supreme Court Justice Price Gilbert donated about 100000 in Coca Cola stock for a new infirmary at the University of Georgia. The gesture, announced at the board of regents meeting, accompanies modest gifts from the Dupree Barrett loan fund for the forestry school.
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Athens
State Supreme Court
Price Gilbert
University of Georgia
S. V. Sanford
Universy System of Georgia
Board of Regents
University System of Georgia
Augusta
Georgia
United States
Gilbert
Regents
Dupree Barrett Loan Fund
School of Forestry
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Mr. Posey
Department of Agriculture
Tayty Peach Valley Eye Farm
Tnis
National Defense
N.G. Wallace
Farm Forester
J. W. Ray
Ranger
University
Marshallville School
United States Army Training Camp
Judge Price Gilbert
Ga. University
Emerson
Hotel Lanier
Macon, Georgia
E. H. Bazemore
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Maxwell House Coffee
Bailey's Supreme Coffee
Luzsanne Coffee
Bliss Coffee
Libby
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