Ten newspapermen added to state payroll under Talmadge
The Atlanta Journal reports Gov. Herman Talmadge appointed twelve newspapermen and former editors to state posts since November. The group includes editors from The Abbeville News and The Greensboro Herald Journal and a former Dodge County Advertiser editor, among others. They hold various salaried and non salaried roles, earning from 50 to 500 dollars monthly, with tensions over the appointments.
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Talmadge
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Atlanta Journal
Eh the Journal
The
Journal
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Asne
Illinois
Atlanta Daily
J. R
Country) Ham
Abbeville
Carey Williams
Greensboro Herald-Journal
Board of Regents
Williams
Lawton W. Griffin
Dodge County Advertiser
State Board of Workmen's Compensation
Griffin
Theron Jennings
Tri-County News
Americus
Jennings
Walter O. Brooks
McRae
the Statesman
Brooks
Statesman
John Crouch
Albany Journal
State Department of Veterans Service
Morgan Cann't Rescue Mrs W A Heims
Mrs Herman Myrick and son Charles stayed with relatives in Huntsville Sunday night. Mrs Ella Pettit and daughter Virgie visited here last week with her daughter and family, Mr and Mrs W G Whisenant and family. W O Lemons is ill. Zelma Seagrave and children called on Augie Whisen and Saturday. Herman Myrick made a business trip to Huntsville Thursday. Several from here attended the Pine Ridge revival this week. Lillie Edwards and children called on her sister. Zelma Seagrave visited last week. Daisy Royster visiting her daughter Gladys Hornbuckle here. Mr and Mrs W G Whisenant called on Ida Culbreath of West Point. Dorothy Black visited Welburn Whisenant Wednesday. Mr and Mrs John Mannings called on Mr and Mrs H B Myrick Sunday. Woodrow Thomason of Birmingham spent Saturday night with her parents here, G H Helms. Chariton County Herald, inspector in the farm gasoline refund division, $200 a month.
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Herman Myrick
Charles
Huntsville
Ella Pettit
Virgie
W. G. Whisenant
Zelma Seagrave
Augie Whisen
Pine Ridge
Lillie Edwards
Daisy Royster
Gladys Hornbuckle
Ida Culbreath
West Point
Dorothy Black
Welburn Whisenant
John Mannings
H. B. Myrick
Woodrow Thomason
Birmingham
G. H. Helms
Wheeler Refuge Crops Yield Despite Unfavorable Weather
Refuge crops harvested at Wheeler during June and July total value 6600 dollars. Yields included 4200 lb vetch 2800 lb rye grass seed 2375 bushels oats 620 bushels wheat and small amounts of crimson and button clover. Italian rye grass yielded well despite conditions. Marsh led with 400 lb per acre from six acres. Sivley averaged 50 bu per acre from 20 acres. Refuge clerk notes yields below 1948 levels.
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Wheeler Refuge
Wheeler
J. S. Marsh
Madison
RFD
W. E. Sivley
Decatur
Flint Creek Island
P. M. Johnson
Cooler Weather Dominates New York Headlines
New York residents hailed a rare relief as cooler temperatures swept the city ending a weeks long heat wave. HAL BOYLE notes residents endured record heat since January with 1,043 degrees above normal, while jokes and city anecdotes showcased the summer struggle from pigeons to telecasts and beachgoers seeking refuge in cooled venues.
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Hades-By-The-Hudson
Weather Bureau
New York
Phoenix
Ariz
Kansas City
ASPCA
Washington, D. C
Congress dithers over four year Marshall plan timing
Washington reports a slow paced session as Congress reopens the Marshall plan debate. Despite Truman's request for 4.2 billion dollars for another year, both houses trimmed totals. The Senate appropriations committee added a surplus crop provision, triggering debate about aid versus farm relief before final approval. The note adds that the United States now leads in clay tile production after 82 years of manufacturing.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Europe
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
House Acted In June On That But Decided Mr. Truman
Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Barkley
United States
Device Catches Hungry Burglar
West Bridgewater Massachusetts August 1 - The case of the hungry burglar was solved today by a detective trick. Police Chief Douglas Eaton rigged an alarm using a string and cardboard under a telephone receiver to trigger a busy signal. An arrest followed of a 16 year old Boston youth found eating a snack at Hillcrest Dairy Restaurant. He will be arraigned in Brockton district court on four counts of breaking and entering.
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West Bridgewater
Mass
Sherlock Holmes
Douglas P. Eaton
Hillcrest Dairy
Rube Goldberg
Arthur Conan Doyle
Boston
Eaton
Brockton
Far Eastern policy arc shapes aid to China debate
The article outlines U S considerations on aiding Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists as part of a broader Far Eastern strategy to halt communism. It discusses a proposed arc of defense from Japan to India, the need to balance nationalist ambitions, and the role of Japan as a strategic base, with possible continued U S material support to nationalist zones in China.
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America
China
Washington State Department
Philip C. Jessup
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Canton
Chiang
Asia
Orient
Japan
India
Philippines
French Indo- China
Siam
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Crashed Car Becomes Flaming Death Trap Near Statham
A 1933 car wreck near Statham Georgia left eight dead, including a mother and her three young children. Officers doubt the driver knew the highway, and the vehicle overturned in a ditch after crashing through an abutment. State troopers were alerted by passing motorists as bodies were identified later by relatives.
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Statham
Delmar Smith
Ollie Anderson
Geneva An
Dodson Put on Recruiting Duty
Blocker H. Dodson, chief quartermaster, currently at the Navy recruiter's school in San Diego, will graduate July 29 1949 and be assigned to Little Rock Arkansas to lead Navy recruiting online or at substations within a few hundred miles. Since enlisting in 1932 at Birmingham, he trained at Hartselle and served aboard many Navy ships, including a destroyer active in Pacific island invasions during World War Two.
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Blocker H. Dodson
U. S. Navy
U. S. Navy Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Little Rock
Arkansas
Dodson
Navy Department
Navy
Birmingham
Biecker
Hartselle
Morgan County
Blocker
Notable residents listed from Win terville and Athens
A fragment mentions derson, 15, Rose Wille Cawart, 11, and Nevada Kettle, 19, all of Win terville, with Pauline Brown, 27, and her children Jerry Lee, 4, Jo Ann, 3, and Pauline, 18 months, all of Athens. Statham lies in North Georgia about 15 miles west of Athens.
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Statham
Georgia
Athens
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Joe Boone
Wilkitson County News
Milledgeville State Hospital
Georgia House
Roy McGinty Jr
Chatsworth Times
Fish and Game Commission
Robert Harrison
Memphis
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W A Hei
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