Farm Bureau forms Schley County chapter report
County Agent J D Davis announced Tuesday the organization of a Farm Bureau chapter for Schley County. Parity payments for the 1940 program totaled 205,834,629 dollars. Gov. Talmadge approved a budget boosting old age pensions by 246,000 dollars for the present quarter. Major regional notes include a Middle Georgia Colored Fair at Macon, Foundation Day at Shorter College on Oct 20, and name change of Georgia Police News to Police Journal.
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J. D. Davis
Farm Bureau
Schley County
Macon
The
Georgia Police News
Police Journal
Jack Paschal
Husband held in poison case gets life term
Moultrie Oct 15 A Colquitt county jury found C C Cadwell a 57 year old farmer guilty of murder in the poison death of his 23 year old fourth wife and recommended mercy Judge W E Thomas sentenced Cadwell to life imprisonment Cadwell admitted buying strychnine in Valdosta on June 19 the day of his wife's death but said it was for roach poison and that his wife had threatened to kill herself the defense offered no further testimony The state argued Cadwell poisoned her to profit from life insurance policies he held on her
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Cadwell
Collins lauds Gene for paying teachers
Waycross October 18 Governor Talmadge merits sincere gratitude of every Georgian said Dr M D Collins state superintendent of education in an address at the Southeast Georgia Fairgrounds He added for the first time in Georgia history teachers are paid promptly and past due salaries totaling more than 3 000 000 have been paid back He credited the governor for this outstanding accomplishment
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Waycross
Talmadge
Georgia
M. D. Collins
Southeast Georgia Fairgrounds
Twelfth Infantry Ordered to Benning
Washington reports the 12th Infantry Regiment known as Washington's Own has been ordered from Fort Dix New Jersey to Fort Benning Georgia in a permanent change of station. The unit will join the 5th Motorized Division as the 29th Infantry moves to Fort Benning for school troops. The 12th was stationed at Arlington Cantonment Virginia prior to its June transfer to Fort Dix.
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Washington
12Th Infantry
Washington's Own
Fort. Dix
N. J
Ft. Benning
War Department
5Th Motorized Division
Arlington Cantonment
Ft. Dix
Red Cross Roll Call Mapped in Schley County
Ellaville October 20 County Agent J D Davis named senior roll call chairman for Schley Red Cross drive launching Armistice Day with a 300 member goal Mrs M J Arrington named junior chairman Postmaster J H Hart chairs the local chapter Raymond Duncan directs publicity Hart says committees will be formed soon and the goal is to offer every Schley county resident a chance to join.
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Ellaville
J. D. Davis
Schley County
Red Cross
M. J. Arrington
J. H. Hart
Raymond Duncan
Hart
Americus Honors Will Rogers and Wiley Post with Street Names
In Americus on October 18, two new streets will be named to honor humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post. Raymond McNeill of Americus Construction Co. opens a new sub division naming Angus Drive for his father and grandfather while Rog ers Street and Post Street memorialize the famed men.
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Americus
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Raymond McNeill
Americus Construction Co
Angus Drive
G. A. McNeill
Angus McNeil
Rogers Street
Post Street
McNeil
Thomaston Woman Sails for Philippine Islands as Army Nurse
Grace Hallman daughter of Mrs G C Hallman and sister of Huck Hallman sails from San Francisco on October 4 to serve two years as a second lieutenant nurse in the army in the Philippines. Commissioned upon enlistment she previously served at Fort Benning until August 24 1941 before transfer.
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Thomaston
Grace Hallman
G. C. Hallman
Huck Hallman
San Francisco
Phillipine Islands
Ft. Benning
Phillipines
Veteran Confederate veteran flies to Dallas at 95
Robert P. Scott, 95, who rode home from the Civil War on horseback, flew Delta to his Dallas home for the first time. Elected honorary commander-in-chief of all Confederate veterans, he walked unaided to the plane as stewardess Juanita Porter saluted. He turned and yelled the Rebel yell, startling 20 passengers.
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Atlanta
Robert P. Scott
Delta Air Lines
Dallas
Texas
Confederate Veterans
Retunion
Sons of the Grey
Juanita Porter
Birmingham
Ala
Airlines to Stop Night Flights Over Maneuvers
Atlanta reports that at the army request commercial airlines will suspend night flights over the Carolina area until maneuvers end. Eastern Air Lines officials said travel from Atlanta through Richmond to Washington will use an alternate route via Knoxville Bristol Roanoke Lynchburg and Richmond. A prior Louisiana maneuvers restriction aimed to lessen accident risks in dense airspace.
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Atlanta
Army
Carolina Lina Detecate
Eastern Air Lines
Richmond
Washington
Knoxville
Bristol
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Prom Page 1: Community Musings and Local Notes
A human interest compendium from a small town column includes a mix of anecdotes and letters. A reader worries about etiquette, a farm family shares crop and cooking notes, two girls discuss family ties, praise for WPA school lunches, and a Fire Department incident involving a soldier taunting a city truck. The piece ends with a training-related jail incident on a train.
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New York
Atlanta
Air Mail
Tom
Sue
Parent-Teacher Association
WPA
Butler
Community Barbecue Celebrates Shared Faith and Fellowship
A noon gathering assembled in front of the house under water oaks for a mammoth barbecue with all trimmings following a service led by Rev. F J Gilbert of Butler Methodist. The Cooper family and many neighbors from Mauk Thomaston Rupert Savannah and nearby towns joined in singing and thanks to those who aided in organizing and serving.
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Bessie Cooper
R L. Swearingen
Rupert
C C
Cooper Mamie
Linder Kilcrease
C E Harvey
JP. Harvey
Tom Giles
M T. Turner
Malcolm Kilcrease
J. T Cochran
Robert Cochran
Joe
A. F Harvey
H. C Callahan
Martha Jane Elliston
Ben Giles
J P Harvey
R. P Allman
Arad Locke
Freddie Cooper
J. N. Cooper
Solon Callahan
Hall
Mary Joe
Jimmie Harvey
Savannah
G. T. Rowe
Barbara Anne
J J. Cason
George Hammock
Thomaston
Morris Harvey
J M. Cooper
Marining
S. C
D. N. Branch
O D Douglas
G S. P
Divine
F. J . Gilbert
Butler Methodist Church
Gilbert
Rupert Methodist Church
Cooper
J. T. Cochran
M. T. Turner
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Ft.‘alley
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Atlanta Journal
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Augusta Herald
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