Georgia News Summary Highlights Local Deaths and Plans
A week in Georgia reports J ulia Watson Cliatt 73 died in Washington GA. two year old Louis Rayburn drowned near Columbus. Plans for Atlanta 1941 Southeast World’s Fair announced. grading bids for Valdosta Twin Engine Air School project exceed 1 million. Peanut crop expected to earn farmers 3-4 million, Georgia. Funeral for Harmon 14 buried in Colquitt Co. Wells and bank upgrades listed. Wellston depot grading begins near Macon. Shriners to convene in Atlanta Sept 2-13. Georgia Ras in Products Co. death of Maj. B S Brown noted. Delinquent draft registrants face federal action. county homemaking courses expand in Schley Co. Grady School scholarships awarded to Miss Joy Barnett and Joe Wilder. Lizella town name origin shared. Atlanta slaying case involving Alex Reeves. moonshine drive reduces illicit sources in Augusta area. Georgia 18th selective service call targets Oct 1-20. public service commissioners gathering abroad. Suits totaling 110,000 filed in Americus. Ft Valley hosts British cadets. Price Mixon body found in Flint River. Daisy Dugger's multiple suicide attempts lead to custody. Richland post office vacancy eyed Sept 12. E C Daley injured in crash returns home. State education surplus noted. Central of Georgia Railroad promotes W Stewart. Lightning kills Claudine Hall near Nuberg.
Georgia October draft calls for 1,826 white men and 72 negroes
Atlanta reports Georgia's 18th selective service call for 1,826 white men and 72 negroes to report between October 1 and 20. Col. James Skelton Jr. at state headquarters announced the state has already furnished 14,477 selectees.
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Georgia
James Skelton
Atlanta
James Skelton Jr
State
Albany Youth Dies in Gasoline Fire
Funeral services were held for Harmon Norman 14 at Hopewell Church Colquitt County after he died from burns suffered while pouring gasoline into a car carburetor when the fuel ignited.
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Hopewell Church
Colquitt County
Harmon
Albany
Hopewe Ehurch
Harmon Norman
Roberta Hosts Large Homing Pigeon Release
On September 2 in Roberta, 875 homer pigeons were released by 20 members of the Atlanta Pigeon Club. The racing birds were mostly making their first flights and sponsors suggested the birds may be trained for Army flights.
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Roberta
Homer
Atlanta Pigeon Club
GA State Patrol Leader Ousted in Public Safety Shakeup
Atlanta Aug 28 State Commissioner of Public Safety John E Goodwin confirms Roger Jacobs head of the drivers license bureau has been dismissed. He will be replaced by Audrey Wood of McRae as part of the Talmadge administration economy program.
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Atlanta
Georgia Reverses Tag Practices With Front And Rear Marks
Atlanta Aug 27 Georgia's Red White and Blue 1942 car tags will bear front or rear embossed marks to prevent splitting pairs and using one plate on separate cars. Gov Talmadge estimates the state loses about 20000 dollars yearly from split tag sets.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Talmadge
Mrs G F Hunnicutt Claimed By Death
Mrs George F Hunnicutt of Atlanta died after a long illness at her residence. She was the widow of a Southern Cultivator editor and a member of a pioneer Georgia family. Surviving are a daughter Mrs P O Lloyd two sons W Littleton Hunnicutt and J B Hunnicutt of St Valley a sister Miss Lillian Middlemas and a brother P Middlemas of Asheville NC.
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Atlanta
George F. Hunnicutt
Southern Cultivator
Georgia
P. O. Lloyd
W. Littleton Hunnicutt
J. B. Hunniicutt
St. Valley
Lillian Middlemas
P. Middlemas
Asheville
N. C
Admiral Hayne Ellis of Macon Retires From Navy
Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis formerly of Macon Georgia and commander of the Atlantic Fleet ends a distinguished Navy career. Concurrently Rear Admiral J K Taussig who led the Peking Relief Expedition and commanded destroyers in World War I also retires from active service.
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Washington
Hayne Ellis
Macon
J. K. Taussig
Peking
Stewart Gelders Named to 50 GPTs Board in Georgia Press
Atlanta appointment of Roy Emmett of the Cedartown Standard and Stewart Gelders of the Fitzgerald Leader to the Georgia Press Association board of managers was announced Saturday by President Otis Brumby. Wright Bryan of the Atlanta Journal was named chairman of the Press Institute Committee. The institute arranges the annual Georgia Press Institute usually held in February at the University of Georgia in Athens.
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Atlanta
Roy Emmett
Cedartown Standard
Stewart Gelders
The
Fitzgerald Leader
Georgia Press Association
Otis Brumby
Wright Bryan
Atlanta Journal
Press Institute Committee
Georgia Press Institute
University of Georgia
Athens
Perry Voters Validate $30,000 Bond Issue
Perry residents approved a $30,000 bond issue for sewerage and water system expansion with 149 yes votes and one no vote. The issue, already sold at a premium, now hinges on federal aid. Expansion aims to meet future demand from the nearby Army Air Corps depot at Wellston.
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Perry
Army Air Corps
Wellston
One Missing Flier Rescued From Mobile River
Alan Weary and suffering from exposure, one of two Maxwell Field fliers missing since Saturday morning was found clinging to a log in the Mobile River. Identified as Aviation Cadet M Duval Holt of Lynchburg Virginia, he was rescued by the crew of the tug Three Brothers under Captain Lee Simms. Holt said he did not know what happened to the other missing flier, Albert Horsfall of Exeter New York. Both men piloted different planes.
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Mobile
Alan Weary
Maxwell Field
M. Duval Holt
Lynchburg
Three Brothers
Lee Simms
Holt
Albert Horsfall
Exeter
N. Y
Buena Vista Minister And Wife Depart For Foreign Field
Rev and Mrs S A Bagby of Buena Vista depart this month for Brazil to begin missionary work with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. They sail from Orleans on Sept 13 aboard the Del Norte and will first visit his parents in St Paulo before continuing to Brazil. The Bagbys have strong local ties in Georgia with many friends wishing them success.
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Columbus
S .A. Bagby
Buena Vista
Brazil
T. C. Bagby
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Mr. Bagby
W. B. Bagby
Southern Baptist
Bagby
Baptist Church
Georgia
93‑year‑old farmer attends 70 straight revivals
Rochelle August 26 Harry Faircloth a Wilcox County farmer has attended 70 consecutive yearly revival meetings at the Union Baptist Church near his home He is 93 years old and marks the milestone with steady church attendance and devotion.
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Rochelle
Harry Faircloth
Wilcox County
Union Baptist Church
Dublin to Ship 2000 Bales of Cotton to Britain
Dublin warehouseman C. E. Carroll announced that about 2,000 bales of government loaned cotton will depart for the British Isles soon. The cotton, some dating to 1934, will move from Dublin to Savannah with warehouses urged to prioritize this shipment over other movements.
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Dublin
British Isles
C. E. Carroll
Pace Decries Global Threat and Peanut Price Plan
Congressman Pace advocates a peanut program guaranteeing an absolute bottom price of $60 per ton while urging increased production of hogs cattle and chickens. He contrasts Nazism and Freedom urging support for Roosevelt and criticizing Republicans. About two hundred farmers and business leaders from Sumter Schley and Webster counties attended the meeting sponsored by the Sumter County Farm Bureau with S E Statham presenting Pace.
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Mr. Pace
Pace
Roosevelt
Sumter
Schley
Webster Counies
Sumter County
Triple A
J. C. Pace
Taylor County Georgia August 5 1941 County Commission Minutes
Taylor County Georgia Board of Commissioners met August 5 1941 with all members present. J R Cooper elected permanent chairman and L P Anthony clerk. Minutes read approved. Warrants issued Nos 6333 6382 totaling numerous payments for camp hay supplies salary and services. State gas tax funds and a $7500 loan from S Garrett recorded.
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Commissioners of Roads
Taylor County
Georgia
J. R. Cooper
W. M. Brown
R. L. Swearingen
L. P. Anthony
Board of Commissioners
State High Way Board of Georgia
S. Garrett, Charing
S. Garrett
Charing
State of Georgia
Power Co
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Thos. E. Watson
Washington, Ga
Louis Rayburn
Gene Rayburn
Mike Benton
Southeastern Fair Association
Valdosta
J. W. Thompson
Macon County
Worth County
Sylvester
Broadcast Committee of
State Board of Regents
Lucas & Jenkins, Inc
WGST
Willoughby Bankston Sims
Elberton
Luther Martin
Gainesville
J. H. Paraham
Heard County
State Board of Barber and Hair Dresser Examiners
E. B. Horton
Rome
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Southeastern
Southeastern Shrine Association
Maj. B. S. Brown
Georgia Rasin Products Co
Savannah
W. W. Watkins
W.A. Candler Church
North Georgia Methodist Conference
Schley County
Supt
E. M. Palmer
Ellaville Consolidated School
Joy Barnett
Joe Wilder
Royston
Grady School of Journalism
Georgia Scholastic Press Association
Allen A. Ponder
Jas- A. Eubanks
Ella
Lizzie
Lizella
Alex Reeves
al Messier
Reeves
Lookout Mountain
Augusta
Allen Chappell
Georgia Public Service Commission
St. Paul
Minn
Public Service Commissioners
Railroad Commissioners
Americus
Reeves Brothers
Easley
S. C
Americus Friendship
Royal Air Force
Ft. Valley
Fort Valley
Price Mixon
Cordele
Flint
Daisy Dugger
Jas. C. Champion
M. V. Tomlinson
Pine Lawn Turpentine
U.S
Richland
E. C. Daley
Webster County
Americus Hospital
State Department of Education
B. E. Thrasher
W. E. Stewart
Central of Georgia Railroad
Mr. Stewart
Central
Lloyd Seay
Lakewood Park
Robert, Seay
Grover Anderson
Farmer
Dahlonega
Lumpkin County
Woodrow
Claudine Hall
M. T. Hall
Gordon Thompson
Nuberg
E. W. Harper
Claudine
Thompson
Nellie
State Patrol
G. F. Hunnicutt
iBuena Vista
Britain
Ga. Power Co
C. H. Neisler
J. B. Amerson
Tessie Callahan
Vital Statistics
C. D. Lucas
R. O. Perkins
One Day Service Superior Court
J. R. Lunsford
C. E. Benns
C.O.D
G. C. Smith
J. J. Carpenter
Library
City of
Reynolds
Cash Gro. Co
Thattip Sedeerte
Glover Gro. Co
R. E. Aultman
E.H. Bazemore
E. H. Bazemore
Willis Fish Market
J. M. Bone
Milledgeville
J. R. Hancock
N. E. Garrett
Emmett Dougherty
Lula Wall
Mittie Shehee
E. G. Blackwell
Thelmon Jarrell
C. of Ga. R. R. Co
Citizens State Bank
W. S. Payne
Zebulon
AAA
Payne's
Butler, Georgia
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