Georgia Week in Review Highlights Local News
A roundup of Georgia events and incidents includes deaths, appointments, and honors. Rev J P Pickern takes Zebulon Baptist pastorate. Gordon Military College opens. Georgia State College for Women enrollment near 1450. a federal grand jury indicts Theo Stivers Milling Co. for mail fraud. several Georgians enlist in the Navy and Army. postmasters confirmed in McDonough and Havansville. civil aviation training begins at Georgia Military College. various local incidents across counties. Confederate Veterans reunion planned in Milledgeville. weathered by public welfare director honored. widespread school and highway funding news. multiple accidents and community events noted across towns.
Miss Rossie Andrews Joins Guilford College as Music Teacher
Miss Rossie Andrews a longtime American music and expression teacher accepts a post at Guilford College Greensboro N C as piano organ and theory instructor. She has 14 years teaching experience directed the First Methodist Church choir Americus Georgia and served as pianist for Kiwanis and Rotary clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossie Andrews
Guilford College
Greensboro
N.C
Miss Andrews
First Methodist Church
Americus
Georgia
Kiwanis
Rotary
CCC Enrollees To Be Subject To Draft Act
Atlanta in September 1935 CCC enrollees are told to face the draft act like other youths of their age. J J McEntee director of CCC activities says enrollees have no greater chance of being drafted than a private employee. The CCC oversees about 300000 enrollees in 1500 camps nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. J. McEntee
United States
Col E R King of Ft Gaines dies at 69
Eufaula Ala Sept 4 Col E R King 69 longtime Georgia legislator of Ft Gaines Ga died at a local hospital in Eufaula today funeral services set for Ft Gaines Thursday afternoon Surviving are his widow one daughter Mrs Robert Fowler Ft Gaines three sons Louis King Arizona Ensign George King Norfolk Va and Byron King New Orleans
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Eufaula
Ala
Col
FE. R. King
Georgia
Ft. Gaines
Robert Fowler
Louis King
Arizona
George King
Norfolk Va
Byron King
New Orleans
Georgian Invents New Type Motor
Hapeville Georgia September 5 R C Toward a Delta Air Lines mechanic today said he had invented an aircraft engine with potential to run on liquid oxygen and sold it to a New York manufacturer for 28000 The diesel influenced design is said to reach 600 horsepower at 1600 rpm and weighs only one and a half pounds per horsepower Edward Yates of Long Island who bought the invention plans experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hapeville
R. C. Toward
Delta Air Lines
New York
Toward
Edward Yates
Long Island
Americus Man’s Car Stolen on Carolina Trip Recovered
Americus Georgia September 7 W P White planned to go to Charlotte North Carolina to recover his automobile stolen during a vacation trip to the Carolinas. The Chevrolet coupe disappeared in Anderson South Carolina after leaving it near a restaurant with luggage aboard. Police were alerted and the couple returned to Americus. They later learned the car was found abandoned in Charlotte. It was not stated whether the luggage was recovered or if arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
W. P. White
Charlotte
N. C
New Lime Quarry to Open in Screven County Area
Henry A Moses and P W Stokes of Florence South Carolina have leased a 10 acre tract in Screven County Georgia to start a lime for agricultural use operation on October 16. The Beaver Dam Creek site six miles from Sylvania lies on property leased for 10 years from H T Reddick. Initial work will clear land and build an eight thousand dollar facility within days. The Screven County Lime Co will run the quarry.
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Sylvania
Florence
S. C
Henry A. Moses
P. W. Stokes
Screven County
Beaver Dam Creek
H. T. Reddick
Moses
Screven County Lime Co
Carpenter John Keel Found Dead In Parked Car
In Valdosta on September 10, John S Keel a well known carpenter was found dead in a car parked near the Withlacoochee river by Police Sergeant Homer Passmore. A tube from the exhaust protruding through a rear window led the officer to believe suicide by carbon monoxide. An inquest was planned. Keel had disappeared from his home Saturday morning and mortician John Sineath said the body indicated death since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
John S Keel
Withahoochee River
Homer Passmore
Keel
John Sineath
Valdosta Mortician
Florida Population Gains 27 Percent in 1940 Census
Preliminary census figures show Florida's population rising 27.9 percent from 1,468,211 in 1930 to 1,877,791 in 1940. North Carolina up 12.4 percent, Virginia 10 percent. Gulf county leads Florida gains at 117.7 percent. Arlington County in Virginia shows 112.38 percent growth. Almanace County in North Carolina up 35.9 percent.
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Washington
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Gulf County
Bureau
Arlington County
Almanace County
Georgia escape artist Jack Gamble seized in Texas
Atlanta dispatch reports Jack Gamble, a notorious Georgia convict and escape artist, captured in Tyler, Texas. Gamble escaped three months ago from a Lakeland prison camp and was serving a long robbery sentence. he is linked to fellow escape artist Forest Turner now at Georgia’s Dallas camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
State Patrol
Jack Gamble
Georgia
Tyler
Tex
Gamble
Lakeland
Forest Turner
Little Alcatraz
Dallas
Savannah man dies in gun scuffle over weapon
Savannah reports a Ben Bow man fatally shot himself in a scuffle for a gun after an alleged attempt to shoot James Edwards and two others. Detective Sergeant E A Fitzgerald said Dowman died Friday night and that Edwards will likely face a police court hearing next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Ben Bowman
James Edwards
E. A. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Dowman
Edwards
Youth falls sixty feet at Minnehata Falls injures minor
Clarksville Georgia September 8 James Hurst University of Georgia freshman football prospect slipped while walking barefoot along the edge of Minnehata Falls and plunged about sixty feet into the upper lake area. He suffered a sprained ankle two broken fingers and cuts but remained conscious and was treated at a local physician’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
James Hurst
University of Georgia
Minnehata Falls
Lake Rabin
Hurst
D. H. Gashson
Airline service between Augusta and Savannah proposed
Washington reports that Delta Air Corporation’s plan for a new Augusta to Savannah link, tied to its Atlanta route, was recommended by civil aeronautics examiners F. W. Brown and T. L. Wrenn. Dixie Airlines, Inc. seeks authorization to establish a Pittsburgh to Augusta segment, while Pennsylvania Central’s Atlanta-Savannah extension faced adverse report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Delta Air Corporation
Augusta
Savannah
Civil Aeronautics Examiners
Delta
Atlanta
Charleston
Savannah-Brunswick
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Atlanta-Savannah
F. W. Brown
T. L. Wrenn
Dixie Airlines, Inc
Pittsburgh
Flint River Farms Negro settlement project attracts wide notice
Montezuma Georgia The Flint River Farms Negro resettlement project begun four years ago in the Montezuma district is a model farm spanning about 11 000 acres with 106 families. Major crops include 1391 acres of cotton and oats wheat peanuts and corn. Families own cattle hogs and chickens and grow vegetables for winter canning. Modern houses REA power and radio service. NYA aids 10 boys and 60 girls in workshops and looms under Minnie Head and Lewis Kendrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Georgia
Amos Ward
REA
Bermuda
NYA
Minnie Head
Lewis Kendrick
Georgia's Leaf Price Higher in 1940 Tobacco Report
Final consolidated reports from the Georgia department of agriculture show 1940 tobacco sales at 79,246,276 pounds for 12,360,573 dollars. Average price per pound was 16.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Restitution Pay Goes to Workers
About 4,600 workers in Georgia and Florida have received 273,819.20 in restitution payments for back salaries and overtime. Dr. Jas. G. Johnson, regional wage and hour director, said today. Restitutions collected up to Dec. 31, 1989, amounted to 45,580.83 in the two states and since that time they totaled 23,238, the announcement said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Florida
Jas. G. Johnson
Burns Fatal to Fort Benning Private
Private William Gill 24, of the 68th Armored Regiment, died at Fort Benning hospital from burns suffered Aug. 30 in the tank bark. He enlisted at Auburn Mississippi on July 29. Survivors include his father C Gill of Auburn Miss.
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Fort Benning
Columbus
Army Post
William Gill
68Th Armored
Ft. Benning
Auburn, Miss
C Gill
Auburn Miss
State Meeting of Negro Lodge Held in Americus
In Americus Georgia more than 800 colored delegates are expected for the Grand Lodge of Independent Fraternal Union initial convention at Friendship Baptist Church. The event runs Tuesday through Thursday with A. L. Mitchner of Cuthbert as most worthy commander and Mayor T. L. Bell delivering the opening welcome Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Grand Lodge of Independent Fraternal Union
Friendship Baptist Church
Mitchner
Cuthbert
Grand Lodge
T. L. Bell
New Cotton Classing System Aids Georgia Farmers
County Agent W F Benbeck outlines four benefits of the new cotton classing method for Georgia producers under the 1940 loan program. He cites uniformity, reduced reclassification needs, lower costs at 15 cents per bale plus 25 cents elsewhere, and high reliability by the Cotton Examiner Board under the Agricultural Marketing Service.
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W. F. Ben Weck
Met
A Marketing Service
Agriculture
Bembry
Watts Board of Cotton Examiner
Eo Board of Cotton Examiner
Poultry a Billion Dollar Industry Wins Best Picture
A public showing at the Poultry Congress in Cleveland featured a U S Department of Agriculture picture titled Poultry a Billion Dollar Industry. The film, praised as a powerful view of agricultural work, was named best in its class in wide competition last summer.
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Southern
FFA
South
Poultry Congress
Cleveland
U. S. Dept. of Agric
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J. P. Pickern
Stockbridge
Zebulon Baptist Church
Miles Herbert Varn Sr
Louisville
Arin Robinson
Sumter
Ellaville
Mllville
Gordon Military College
Barnesville
J. E. Gillebeau
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Theo Stivers (Flour) Milling Co
Rome
United States Navy
U. S. Army
McDill Field
Tampa
Charlie Goodman
Adgateville
Macon
U. S. Senate
Dorothy Latimer Trimtle
Havansville
Wilmer W. Turner. McDonough
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Georgia Military College
John M. Purdom
A. C. L. Railroad
Blackshear
A. L. Mauro
Somewhere Sing
Pennsylvania
Darien
W. T. Lipham
Adel
Jeffie Smith
Nthan Corbett
Arthur Montgomery
Coca Cola Wettling Company
James Moore
J. A. Moore
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ft. Oglethorpe
Sixth Cavalry
Frank Hopkins
Marietta
Emanuel Miller
Douglas York
Cobb County
DeKalb Fulton
Decatur
Crawford
Roberta
Governor's Mansion
BRT
Brown
Forsyth County
Cumming
Swainsboro
B. H. Kenny
Jackson County
Bulloch County
H. Smith
Statesboro
M. G. Dixon
WPA
Baxley
Revenue Department of Georgia
H. L. Padgett
Appling County
Ernest Clark
Dexter
Dublin
National Guardsmen
B. B. Maples
Washington County
Joseph M. Branch
State Department of Public Welfare
Brook‘s Spring
Sandersville
Board of Education
Albany
Public Roads Administration
John W. Bnnett Sr
Board of Regents
Waycross
Bennett
Old Brunswick
E. D. Shugart
Stanton
Fred Nelton
St. Marks
Fla
C. B. Burrough Jr
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Willard M. Commander
Philadelphia
Karnesville
Millsap College
Jackson
Miss
Tulane University
Wm. H. Barrett
United States Court House
Barrett
Jefferson
Roy LeCraw
Seine
Atliota
Rivers
Army Fourth Corps
LeCraw
National Guard
Army
National Defense
CCC
Col. E. R. King
Carolina
Carpenter
Texas
Flint River Farms
Negro Lodge
Taylor County
Taylor
Jarrell
W. M
Cou
W. M. Win
River Power Company
F. C
Flint River Power Company
Federal Land Bank
Thelmon Jarrul
W. M. Goodwin
H. H. Newsome
H. M. Neisler
Jting
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