Trust Lessons From Georgia Governor's Aide
Grace Cannington, private secretary to Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall, says you cannot trust many people after four years in the governor’s office. She recalls her early optimism and notes the two faced nature of politics, while praising Arnall and explaining plans for her own future. The piece references her interactions with White House letters to FDR and notes Arnall’s post as attorney general and plans to reopen a law office in Atlanta.
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Ellis Arnall
Grace Cannington
Georgia
Miss Cannington
Mr. Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Arnall
James Carmichael
China
Chiang Kaishek
White House
Roosevelt
Two Die and One Hurt in Macon Area Crashes
Three crashes near Macon Sunday left two people dead Harriet Kitchens of Macon and Dr. J H Clark of Connersville Indiana. Mrs Sophronia Meadows of Atlanta was seriously injured and her daughter Miss Mary Meadows escaped with minor injuries. James Kitchens husband of Harriet faced DUI and manslaughter charges and bonded out.
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Macon
Harriet Kitchens
J. H. Clark
Conersville
Ind
Sophronia Meadows
Atlanta
James H. Kitchens
Bibb County
Bibb
Kitchens
Clark
Forsyth
Meadows
Jeffersonville
Mary Meadows
Macon to Host Garden Lovers School With National Experts
Macon Georgia hosts a two session school for 200 to 300 flower growers and fanciers from October 3 to 8. The Federated Garden Clubs of Macon sponsor with national experts Dew Dorothy Biddle Maud Jacobs as principal teachers at Hotel Dempsey.
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Macon
Federated Garden Clubs of
John Newell
Hotel Dempsey
Dorothy Biddle
Pleasantville
N. Y
National Flower Growing
Maud Jacobs
Chicago
South Carrollton
Macon Federation
Capitol fetes Georgia's new congressmen
Georgia’s three freshman representatives Henderson Lanham Don Wheeler and Prince Preston visited Washington for a luncheon with Robert Hannegan and a planned audience with President Truman after their July primary nomination. They join about 30 to 40 Democrats hosted by Hannegan and the national committee.
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Washington
Georgia
Henderson
Lanham
Don Wheeler
Prince Preston
Robert Hannegan
National Democratic Committee
White House
Truman
Hannegan
National Committee
Methodists Gain in South Georgia Conference
Rev. W. A. Kelley reports Methodism gains in the South Georgia Conference with 6,730 new members this year and 800,000 nationwide. He forecasts reaching one million new members by October 6 as part of the Year of Evangelism, noting 4,900 new members last year for comparison.
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Moultrie
W. A. Kelley
South Georgia Methodist Conference
South Georgia Conference
Kelley
Methodist Church
Dawn of brighter day ahead for teachers
Washington reports predicted reforms may follow a teacher shortage. Dr. Francis Brown says two outcomes are possible: higher pay for teachers, averaging around 1900 dollars a year, and greater freedom for teachers as communities replace double standards in behavior inside and outside the classroom.
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Washington
Francis Brown
President's Commission On Higher Education
Brown
Georgia judge fines himself for court date mix up
Dalton Ga September 23 Cherokee Circuit Judge J M C Townsend fined himself 66 for confusing court dates. He imposed the self penalty at Ringgold accusing himself of causing Toaosa County Grand Jury to convene on the day set for hearings in Calhoun Gordon County. The Supreme Court was asked to rule on the county unit system after Eugene Talmadge won the Democratic nomination for Governor.
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Dalton
Georgia
J. M C. Townsend
Ringgold
Catoosa County
Calhoun
Gordon County
Supreme Court
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia CIC condemns Milledgeville Hospital operations
Delegates at the seventh annual Georgia State Industrial Council convention in Macon denounced Milledgeville State Hospital conditions as foul and current. They urged immediate wires to President Truman and lawmakers to probe meat shortages and implement corrective action.
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Macon
Georgia State Industrial Council
CIC
Milledgeville
CIO
Truman
Senate
House
OPA
Georgia Workers Educational Service
Atlanta News Digest
State Industrial Council
A. J. Hartley
Pace proposes Americus veterans hospital named for senator’s son
Rep. Steve Pace urged Congress to name the Americus veterans hospital “The Marcus George Veteran's Memorial Hospital” in honor of Georgia senator George Pace's son, a Navy pilot killed in 1943 off New York. He told the Kiwanis Club the name honors a fearless fighter and comrades in arms.
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Americus
Steve Pace
Veterans Hospital
Marcus George
Georgia
George
Atlantic
New York
Pace
Kiwanis Club
Macon Twins Thrive Thanks to Navy Fliers
Twin sisters Carolyn and Marilyn Miller of Macon, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miller, are reported doing fine in a Macon hospital. A hospital emergency call for two incubators prompted two aviators from the Atlanta Naval Air Base to provide transport from Atlanta Health Service, aiding the twins’ care.
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Macon
Navy
Carolyn
Marilyn Miller
L. C. Miller
Georgia Health Service
Atlanta
Atlanta Naval Air Base
Veterans Return Home Find Noted Stability in Town
Returning veterans ease into civilian life in our town with steady jobs, marry local girls, start families, and renew old friendships. The group appears sturdier and more settled than feared during the war, continuing the town’s familiar routines.
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INS
Capitol
Methodists
South Georgia
Americus Hospital
Adoen
Joe Marshy
Seward’s Creek
United States
Brewers Moundatio
Peachtree Road
Atlanta, Ga
Einz
Prince Charming
Tar
Georgia Field
Amours
Lord Calvert
Heinz
Kenny
Teensboro
Prince Albert
Grimes Golden Lighthouse
Bazemore
Butler, Georgia
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