Rent Reduction Day for Thousands in Defense Areas
Washington reports rent reduction day in 20 defense areas affecting about 9 million residents. Price Administrator Leon Henderson explains tenants will not pay more than the maximum rent dates, with specific areas set to April 1 1941 or January 1 1941 levels, including Cleveland and Wichita remaining at July 1 1941. Other listed areas span Columbus Georgia to Puget Sound and include cities in Connecticut, New York, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, and California.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Cleveland
Wichita
Kansas
Leon Henderson
Columbus
South Bend
Ind
Burlington
San Diego
Calif
Bridgeport
Congressman's Son Joins Navy After Law Pause
The son of Rep. Paul Brown of Georgia, Bobby Brown, gave up completing his law studies at the University of Georgia to enlist in naval training after Pearl Harbor. He trained on the Prairie State, chose engine work for the submarine service, and studied diesel engines at Penn State. His family and peers know him as R. T. Brown or Chum.
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Sydney Roberts
Washington
Proud Puipas
Paul Brown
D-Ga
Bobby
University of Georgia
Pearl Harbor
United States
Prairie State
Pennsylvania State University
Navy
R. T. Brown
Chum
Rosalyn
Elberton
Repi & Cox
Congress
Brown
Implements of War Commonplace Sights Along Pacific Coast
San Francisco June 1 AP A survey shows gas masks steel helmets and barrage balloons common along the Pacific coast from San Diego to Seattle as wartime precautions. Balloons protect strategic points while aiding anti aircraft gunners and many planes are deterred by cables from balloon barges. Civil defense measures include gas masks for residents and police with San Diego officers on extended shifts.
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San Francisco
Washington
Pacific Coast
Britain
San Diego
Seattle
England
West Coast
Secretary of War
Stimson
James M. Landis
Ten Years Representing Georgia's Tenth District in Washington
A brief note observes a figure who has served ten years as the representative of Georgia's Tenth District in Washington. The passage underscores continuous presence and voting duties across congressional sessions.
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Georgia
Washington
Bell Dixon School Commencement Honors Armed Forces
Bainbridge June 1 One of Decatur counties most patriotic school programs closed Bell Dixon with a fifty yard table of food a patriotic address by Dr M D Collins and a roll of fifty four Bell Dixon alumni in the armed services. The event featured a flag salute silent prayer and a nationward tribute to the boys in uniform.
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J. H. Wells
Myrtie Opal Fewell
Mary McCarty
Sue Patterson Crew
Bell Dixon School
Bainbridge
Thomas Strickland
Fowlstown
Bell Dixon
Armed Forces
Preston Fewell
Norwood Fewell
Oley Fewell
W. R. Hester
Harvey Jones
Edmond Jones
Warren Jones
Floyd Jones
Milford Lambert
Leslie Lambert
Alford Laing
Earl Sanders
Leon Moore
David Gainey
Owen Gainey
Rosco Sanders
Redmund Gainey
Oren Strickland
John Franklin Perry
Leonard Cutchens
Rosco Harvel
Loyd Perkins
Leon Harrison
Lofton Martin
Luther Bryant
Emmerson Weeks
Ridgeway Taylor
Bill Taylor
Carson Perry
Harris Holt
Chesley Bryant
Roy Chason
Jack Weeks
Ray Weeks
Harry Weeks
John Merideth
James Merideth
Posey Barrett
George Barrett
Ralph Register
Clyon Waldrop
Willard Waldrop
French Cloud
Junior Logue
Jack McCrae
Dewey McCrae
James Perry
Join Perry
Baker Loewe
Clinton Kelly
Clifton Kelly
Byron Butler Mizell
M. D. Collins
Wallace J Slappy Jr Commissioned in U S Marine Corps
Bainbridge June 1 Wallace J Slappy Jr of Bainbridge has been commissioned a Second Lieutenant after completing advance flight training at Corpus Christi Navy Air Station He is assigned to duty with the Devil Dogs and is the son of Mrs W D Slappy He attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tilton Ga Slappy enlisted in the U S Naval Reserve on May 33 1941
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Bainbridge
U.S. Marine Corps Air Force
Wallace J. Slappey
Slappey
Navy Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
W. d. Slappey
Abraha Baldwin Agricultural College
Tilton
U. S. Naval Reserve
Bainbridge D A R to Meet With Mrs Gordon Chason
Bainbridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at Mrs Gordon Chason's Shotwell Street home Wednesday afternoon June 3 at four o'clock. All members urged to attend as it will be the last meeting of the year with Mrs H J Maddox as co host.
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Bainbridge
Daughters of the American Revolution
Gordon Chason
Shotwell Street
H. J. Maddox
Bainbridge Personal Notes Highlight Local Travels
Bainbridge column details Mrs. W. A. Dole visiting Atlanta with friends for several days. Corp. Bernard Siegel of Fort Benning, Ga., spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Dora Siegel. Mrs. Jamie Jester departed Saturday for Atlanta to visit her parents for a few days.
Pork Production for May Shows Continued Increase
Chicago reports May pork production rose to the largest on record for the month, with estimates suggesting 5 to 10 percent higher output than April and 10 to 15 percent above May 1941. Other meat classes held near last year’s levels, veal excluded, while hog marketings matched last year but showed a May seasonal rise. Wholesale beef prices eased slightly, lamb prices rose, and pork and veal prices held at OPA ceiling levels.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
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Seaboard “Air Line
Petersburg
Atlanta
New York
National Remedy Co
U. S
Thomasville Ice & Mfg. CO. Ice—Coke
Martha Ann Jester
Ceme
Associated Press
Dixon Phillips
Bataan
Bell- Dixon
Dallas Phillips
Wallace J. Slappy, JR
U. S. Marine Corps
Bainbridge Personals
Fort Benning
Benjamin Adams
Eleanor Wilkes
Meigs
Wilkes
Shenas
Jack Humphrey
Eglin Field
J. B. Martin
Khaqles É Sughroe
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Jonathan Wainwright
Philippines
Wainwright
Masaharu Homans
U. S. War Department
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