Georgia News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Defense Moves
Prominent Ft Valley figure Benjamin T. Marshall dies at home. Macon civic leader Walter D Lamar, 78, dies of heart ailment. Union Dry Goods Co. workers pledge to buy defense bonds with a bonus bond return. North Georgia College opens 1941-42 Sept 22. Several stories on deaths, school openings, and local defense efforts across the state.
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Benjamin T. Marshall
Ft. Valley
Walter Douglas Lamar
Macon
Union Dry Goods Co
Defense Saving
North Georgia College
Talmadge Proclaims Defense Savings Stamp Week
Gov. Talmadge Friday proclaimed next week as Retailers for Defense Week to urge Georgians to cooperate in an intensive effort to sell defense savings stamps. The move aligns with a nationwide push by retailers at the request of the U S Treasury Department.
Dream of agents nearly achieved at Camp Wheeler
Camp Wheeler Ga September 13 Ed Dozier and J M Selzer Macon agents guided the sale of a national service life insurance policy reaching 985000 toward the dream of a million. The underwriters will not receive a commission for their volunteer service.
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Camp Wheeler
Ed Dozier
J. M. Selzer
Macon
Georgia Army Contracts Hit 50 Million Mark
Atlanta war department contracts granted in Georgia from late January through early September totaled over 50 million dollars. W. C. Cram Jr., district manager of the contract distribution division of OPM, said the eight month expenditure is four times the cash value of the 1939 Georgia tobacco crop.
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Atlanta
War Department
Georgia
W. C Cram Jr
OPM
Georgia farm output exceeds U.S. average
Georgia's value of crops and livestock produced for home use averaged 274 dollars per farm last year, higher than the national average of 205 dollars. The extension service cited that Georgia farms use more home-produced crops and livestock, raising per-farm value by about 69 dollars versus the U.S. average.
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Athens
Georgia
United States
Agricultural Extension Service
New Rockdale Community Center Dedicated in Conyers
Conyers Georgia September 14 officials dedicate the $12900 Rockdale County Community Center built with help from the National Youth Administration and the American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion. Boys trained on the project are now securing good jobs.
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Conyers
Rockdale County
National Youth Administration
American Legion Auxiliary
Sons of the Legion
Ten Lose Positions At State Hospital
Milledgeville September 13 Dismissal of ten employees at the state hospital here this week was reported today. Named among the dismissed are D. H. Hollis superintendent of the white male department W. A. Hemphill assistant in the department I. L. Fuller night building superintendent M. B. Bonner superintendent of the negro department and Arthur Farrell warehouse chief.
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Milledgeville
State Hospital
D. H. Hollis
W. A. Hemphill
I. L. Fuller
M. B. Bonner
Arthur Farrell
REA Allots Funds for South Carolina Transmission Network
Washington reports a 750000 allotment for building a transmission network to supply power from the Santee Cooper development to 16 rural electric cooperatives in South Carolina. The cooperative, headquartered in Charleston County, is unnamed. Colquitt County Rural Electric Co. in Moultrie Georgia receives 75000.
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Washington
Santee Cooper Development
South Carolina
REA
Charleston County
Colquitt County Rural Electric Co
Moultrie Ga
Georgia reports 3900 drivers without licenses due to wrong addresses
Maj. J. E. Goodwin, commissioner of public safety, said more than 3 900 Georgians lack valid licenses because addresses are incorrect. He warned that road checks by the State Patrol will start soon and unlicensed drivers face prosecution. Those awaiting licenses should write the Department of Public Safety in Atlanta.
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Maj
J. E. Goodwin
Commissioner of Public Safety
Major Goodwin
State Patrol
Department of Public Safety
P. O. Box
Atlanta
Maj. Goodwin
Army Answers Mess Call at the Southeast World’s Fair
At the Southeastern World’s Fair in Atlanta opening September 26, the National Defense Exhibit will show a real army kitchen where top cooks prepare the soldiers meals. Visitors will learn what foods Army men prefer and what camp meals consist of, with demonstrations of the actual food served at training camps.
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Atlanta
Defense Bond Group Named at Oglethorpe
Oglethorpe Sept 15 Mrs Sarah Scoville postmaster of Oglethorpe and temporary chairman of the defense savings committee of Marcon county has announced the following county committee members Dr T M Adams chairman J F Williams co chairman J S Croxton C C Haslam Mrs Jere Moore Judge F Neal W T Jolly C Collier W E Craig Mrs R C Collier G S Gardner John McKenzie J F Felker W F Bembry J C Cox Sam Grice Miss Cornelia Daniels T L Coogle and Ed M McKenzie.
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Oglethorpe
Sarah Scoville
Defense Savings Committee
Marcon County
T. M. Adams
J. F. Williams
J. S. Croxton
C. C. Haslam
Jere Moore Judge
F. Neal
W. T. Jolly
C. Collier
W E. Craig
R. C Collier
G S Gardner
John McKenzie
J. F. Felker
W. F Bembry
J. Cc. Cox
Sam Grice
Cornelia Daniels
T L. Coogle
Ed M. McKenzie
Auto output cut near half for December
Washington September 15 The Office of Production Management announced that December production of passenger automobiles will be cut by 48.4 percent from last December to conserve essential materials for defense. Manufacturers may produce only 204000 plus cars in December compared with 497000 the year before at a meeting with Leon Henderson director of the civilian supply division and the Automotive Defense Industry Advisory Committee.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Leon Henderson
OPM
Automotive Defense Industry Advisory Committee
Georgia Labor Board Backs Roosevelt Speech Support
The executive board of the Georgia Federation of Labor adopted a resolution giving wholehearted approval to President Roosevelt's Thursday night speech. President D. L. Johnson presented it urging all organized labor in Georgia to sacrifice more than ever and to aid the president, pledging anything to maintain the American way of life.
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Augusta
Georgia Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Federation
D. L. Johnson
Organized Labor
Georgia
Divorced Registrants Face Draft Action Over Alimony
Draft officials plan to place divorced men who fail to pay alimony into military service. Clerk W. H. Roberts has compiled a list of divorces since registration began, identifying those claiming exemptions as dependents. Orders will be issued after draft officials compare the clerk’s list with their records.
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Selective Service
Draft Board
W. H. Roberts
Superior Court
Youth Indicted in Fort Gaines Slaying of Elderly Officer
Henry E. L. Little, a youth, was indicted by the Clay County grand jury on murder charges in the July slaying of Night Patrolman J. A. Sanderlin in Fort Gaines. State patrolmen say Little was arrested and reportedly admitted an altercation over a local woman and entering two local mercantile stores after the fatal bludgeoning of the elderly officer.
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Ft. Gaines
Henry E. L. Little
J. A. Sanderlin
Clay County
Little
Atlanta
Sanderlin
Margaret Mitchell Receives Gift After Ship Christening
Atlanta reports Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With the Wind received a gift after christening the cruiser USS Atlanta in Kerney New Jersey. The builders presented a dozen china dessert plates and a dozen after dinner coffee cups decorated with a peach colored band and a Georgia peach motif.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Kerney
N. J
Georgia Marts Net Five Million In Five Years
Georgia farm families have earned about 5 million dollars from miscellaneous marketing projects since 1932, with 1938 near 715 thousand and 1940 about half a million. Albany Curb Market averaged over 1,000 dollars monthly last year, and July sales exceeded 1,800 dollars. Camilla Curb Market has generated over 16,000 dollars since spring 1937.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Agricultural Extension Service
Albany
Camilla
Extension Service
Army Plans Rapid Repair of Vehicles
Brig. Gen. Jas. L. Frink will present details of a rapid repair and maintenance program for army motor vehicles to quartermaster and motor officers in Atlanta. Officers from area posts will meet with Frink and Lt. Col. C. W. Richmond for discussions on the plan.
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Atlanta
Jas. L. Fink
Fourth Corps
Frink
C. W. Richmond
Girl Is Killed On Wedding Day
Columbus Georgia report states 18 year old Miss Juanita Blackwell of Andalusia Alabama planned to be married Saturday night she died in a automobile accident that occurred when a car carrying Miss Susie Houston Columbus and M H Brantley struck a telegraph pole and overturned Brantley and Miss Houston were injured
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Columbus
Juanita Blackwell
Andalusia
Ala
Susie Houston
M. H. Brantley
Brantley
Miss Houston
Father Burns Self To Save Family From Roof Blaze
Atlanta report says George McDaniel shielded flames with his body to protect his wife and three young daughters on a burning rooming house roof. The father and his wife, mother of a 6 year old, were hospitalized with serious injuries after the rescue by firemen who caught the children as they were tossed to safety.
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Atlanta
Charles Bishop
George McDaniel
McDaniel
Jena
American Youth Parade at Southeast World’s Fair in Atlanta
Atlanta to host a grand float parade as part of the 1941 Southeast World’s Fair Jubilee. Over 100000 expected to witness a thousand youths reaching voting age proclaim citizenship on Sept 27 at noon and 2 15 review. Fair runs Sept 26 to Oct 5.
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Atlanta
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Mary Louise Rutland
C. R. Rutland Jr
Lenox
Tifton Hospital
Tifton
Valdosta
Army Air Base
John Howard Robinson III
J. F Adams
Macon County Clinic
Montezuma
Spartanburg, D. C
Geo. L. Merritt Jr
Cumming, Ga
Gunter Field
Montgomery
Air Corps
Welfare Association of
West Point
Sumter County
Teachers’ Association
Gerald Wiggins
Concord
Don Staples
Mary Lou Bowen
R N. Paff
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
Geo. C. Palmer
R. C. Perkins
Hubert Calhoun
Cusseta
Chattahoochee County
Norfolk
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Henry C Brooks
J. Lawrence Hunt
Macon County
AAA
R. S. Greene
Schley Conty
Ellaville
LaCrosse
Southland
Southern Garment Manufacturing Association
Brunswick
Glynn
J. R. McLucas
Sinclair Refining Co
Industrial Life and Health Building
Souther Field
Graham Aviation School
Americus
RAF
Dublin
Laurens County Commission
Lamar Thigpen
Rockledge
Stewart
Webster Counties
Ft. McPherson
Ft. Benning
Bessie B. Browning
England
Fitzgerald
J. W. Gardner
Muscogee County
CAA
Gus Leazar
William Long
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tarleton Collier
FSA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Road
Jock Cutler
Recreation Service Center
Canadian Mounted Police
Putnam County
L. Paschal
Paschal
Fred Mosley
Katie Walker
Moseley
Eatonton
Thomasville
Talmadge
Georgia Army
Colquitt Rea
ARMY
S. E. World's Fair
Bond Grouup
Georgia Marts
Ose Stu
Tlanta
QTE
Tess
Alara
Willis Fish Market
Butler, Georgia
Childs
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