Georgia Draft Quota Set At 12 792 Men
Georgia will provide about 6 489 draftees for the army from November 18 to March 1 under tentative quotas laid out by the War Department. White draftees number 1 286 and Negro draftees 2 163 in Georgia with total state quota around 412 792 for the nationwide 800 000. Local draft boards will select via national lottery and quotas may adjust after questionnaires. Ft Benning shifts to woolen uniforms as winter schedule begins.
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Atlanta
Georgia
War Department
Selective Service
Columbus Man Pardoned by Governor Monday
Governor Riv ers granted a full pardon to James Morgan of Columbus for a theft conviction later found not to have occurred. The 12 month sentence from the July 1940 Columbus City Court term was overturned after the Tom Huston Peanut Co. reported the merchandise was never stolen.
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Atlanta
FE. D. Rivers
Columbus
Lira James Morgan
Columbus City
State Prison and Parole Board
Morgan
Tom Huston Peanut Co
Man Suffocated in Edison Jail
Edison Ga Oct 21 The victim of a jail fire here was buried after a funeral service at Vilulah Baptist Church. Herbert Brown 23 was suffocated after setting fire to a blanket in the Edison city jail. Acting Chief of Police Joe Smith said Brown was arrested at a football game on a drinking and disorderly conduct charge and jailed in the four cell jail.
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Edison
Vilulah
Herbert Brown
Edison City
Joe Smith
K. E. Jernigan
Brown
Charles Dews Jr
Chief Smith
Former Taylor School Teacher E J Summerour Resigns Post
Bartow County educator E J Summerour pleads guilty to forging narcotic prescriptions in federal court. He receives three years on probation with treatment at the Public Health Service hospital in Lexington Kentucky and announces resignation from the Georgia General Assembly to begin his cure and likely farewell from Bartow County.
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E J
Zeke) Sommerour
Rupert
Cartersville
Robert Russell
Atlanta
Russell
Summerour
Public Service Hospital
Lexington
Bartow County
Gov. Rivers
Marietta
Canton
Fairmount Chatsworth
Rome
Lexington Hospital
L. S
United States
Public Health Service Hospital
Georgia
General Assembly of Georgia
Milton Fleetwood
Tribune-News
Child Killed in Auto Wreck Near Americus
Edna Brock nine year old Putnam county girl died when the car left the highway five miles north of Americus on the Americus Ellaville road. Parents Newton Brock and two sisters and brother were injured. Pearl Brock and Edna taken to hospital. Pearl in serious condition. Brock blamed a dog on the front seat for the crash. No other car involved.
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Americus
Edna Brock
Putnam County
Ellaville
Newton Brock
W. C. Adams
State Patrol
Brock
Brock Pearl
Edna
Pearl
Alleged Train Robber Released in Albany After 15 Years
Lous Henery Clouette alias L Henry, jailed in Albany after Oklahoma linked train robbery case, is freed following a Sapulpa order. Officials say he served 15 years then disappeared from Oklahoma awaiting sentence. he will keep his railroad job and taxi business stake.
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Albany
Albany Ga
Lous Henery Clouette
L. Henry
Oklahoma
O. F. Tarver
Dougherty County
Sapulpa
Okla
Henry
Albany Police Department
Sheriff
Office of
Georgia
E. D. Rivers
W. J. Collins
Two Candidates in Race for Schley County Post
Ellaville Ga October 21 Two candidates are in the race for tax collector of Schley county now. They are S A Maning and John R Wall. Mr Wall has been acting tax collector E H Morrison.
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Ellaville, Ga
Schley County
S$. A. Maning
John R. Wall
McPherson to Get Draftees to Train
Washington reports Ft McPherson Georgia will be among 29 reception centers at army posts where selective service recruits begin their training tests. The army announced the move today outlining the first real test of army life for draftees at these centers.
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Washington
Army
Ft. McPherson
Red Clay Hills of Bartow County Honor Letter
An emotional farewell letter from E. J. Summerour expresses deep gratitude for the friendships and honors received in Bartow County. He pledges pride in the people and place, admits failing them, and asks for blessings and prayers for him and his family as he contemplates starting anew.
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Bartow County
E. J. Summerour
Eight Die in Georgia Highway Crashes This Week
The Associated Press reports at least eight deaths from Georgia accidents Sunday across Fulton, Gwinnett, and surrounding counties. Victims include Crawford Green Sr and two children near College Park, J R Hardman in Atlanta, William Gibson, Fonzo Helton, Richard Young, and Edna Brock.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Roosevelt Highway
College Park
Fulton County
Crawford Green, Sr
Crawford Green Jr
Joyce Green
Green
Atlanta
J. R. Hardman
Newton Brock
Putnam County
Americus
U.S. Route 19
In Memory of Jack McCrary
A family notice dated October 9 honors the death of Jack McCrary. The obituary expresses grief and faith, recalling his memory and the sorrow of parting, and closes with a cousin’s tribute.
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Jack McCrary
Explosion wrecks Maxwell field post exchange. civilian dead
A civilian was killed and about a dozen injured when an explosion damaged the Maxwell Field post exchange at the southeast air corps center several days ago.
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Post Exchange
Maxwell Field
Southeast Air Corps Center
Watch Sent to Americus for Repair from Puerto Rico
An Americus jeweler received a wrist watch from Puerto Rico to be repaired and returned. Mrs. Hudson Fenner formerly Miss Janie Murray of Americus sent the watch air mail, registered to R. S. Broadhurst. Broadhurst said round trip plus repair time would be about two weeks.
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Americus
Puerto Rico
Hudson Fenner
Janie Murray
R. S.broadhurst
Puerto
Atlanta Man Brought Back in Connection With 20 Year Woodward Case
An Atlanta resident traveled to Fulton County to greet the return of a man linked to a 20 year Woodward case. Deputy Mary Sowell led the arrest in Monrovia California and later escorted the suspect through Atlanta. A sister and brother from Atlanta were on hand as photographers captured the moment.
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Atlanta
Pogg
Sunda
Tady
U. S
Mary Sowell
Fulton County
Monrovia
Cal
Yea Woodward
Woodward
Shay
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Benning
Ft. Benning
Marion Superior Court
Buena Vista
Geo. C. Palmer
Taylor
E. J
Zek) Summerour
Schley County Post
Old Charg
Taylor Co
Hughes Motors CO. Ind
Spring Street
N. W
Jackson
Tom Hughes
Atlanta, GA
Atlas
Standard Oil Company
Childs Service Station
Butler, Georgia
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