Colonial Products to Open Chenille Plant in Geneva County
A chenille manufacturing plant named Colonial Products Co Inc is set to begin operations near Geneva around April 1. It will produce finished rugs bath mats bedspreads and tattered drapery for local and external markets. The factory occupying a wood frame insulated building opposite Geneva Gin and Storage Co will start once remaining equipment arrives. Morris will manage with staff trained from other plants and expects 50 workers initially expanding to about 200 locally. The plant will house 5,000 square feet and likely use Colonial as the product brand. Incorporators have not filed papers. principal stockholders are J G Morris D H Morris VI Joe E Johnson and Dim Johnson Jr.
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Colonial Products Co., Inc
Comany
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Geneva Gin and Storage Co
Morris
Ermit Plassa
J. G. Morris
D. H. Morris VI
Joe E. Johnson
Dim Johnson Jr
Motor Company Manager Served With British Air Corps In War
Malone Motor Co. sales manager Charles Whipple discusses his Isle of Man experiences and long overseas service in the RAF and British Air Corps. He recalls Cats without tails on Man, nondeclaration of war ending in 1918, and travels through Scotland Ireland England Wales Belgium Germany Austria. Whipple, native of Blacksburg Virginia, settled in Dothan with wife at 1102 Magnolia Ave. The piece highlights his Southern roots, plans for Dothan’s growth, and shared golf matches with Rev Lawrence Baxter.
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Jack Parsons
Charles Whipple
Malone Motor Co
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British Isles
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Whipple
Germany
RAF
Scotland
Ireland
England
Wales
Frayne
Belgium
Austria
Air Corps
Ford Maator Co
Atlanta
Fink
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Magnolia Avenue
Lathan
Virginia
Blacksburg
Virginia Episcopal School
Randolph-Macon
Episcopal Church of the Nativiy
Detman Rotary Club
South
Soenth
Lawrence Baxter
Thomas Promises Try To Lift Farm Crop Price Curbs
Washington reporter notes Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Elmer Thomas plans to amend the Price Control Act to remove all farm products from OPA control. He cites farmer opposition to continued price controls and mentions a looming farm strike by the American Farmers Vigilante Committee if Congress acts slowly.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Banking Committee
Representatves Teste
Mr. Johnson
Edgar
Ned
Chaiman
American Farmers Vigilante Committee
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Ninety Percent Of Georgia Negro Voters Go To Polls
In Brunswick Georgia the primary saw over ninety percent of Black voters cast ballots for the Democratic nomination. White participation ran around seventy five percent with about four thousand votes total in Glynn County, the largest ever polled. Several county offices were decided or affected.
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Georgia
Brunswick
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Glynn Couly
Nomination in Georgia Democratic primary changes voting rights
The Democratic Executive Committee allowed Negroes to vote in a Georgia primary after a federal court ruling. The district court ruling was upheld by the Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Registration reached 100, 2, 6700, and 400 for Negro voters. In Brunswick district four incumbents on the sewer commission were defeated.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Deneocrace
District’ Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Brunswick
Escaped Felon Nabbed Here Returns to Penns
Law enforcement identified jail escapee J. Hal also known as Leith Myers as the Bonifay Florida inmate who fled a grand larceny case. He was arrested by City police yesterday afternoon and turned over to Florida officers.
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Bonifay
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Eddie Kelly
Hall
Leith Myers
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