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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
6
Civil defense director Maj. Gen. Ernest Vandiver says Georgia will stockpile 1,000,000 paper cups and containers in Atlanta for atomic disaster response. Cups would feed evacuees and supply medicines to rescue workers.
About 400 Future Farmers of America from southeast Georgia attended a district rally at Tybee Beach near Savannah.
Atlanta on June 1 AP reports Recorder Luke Arnold of city court urged Gov. Herman Talmadge to issue a proclamation prohibiting the sale of drivers licenses to anyone under 17 after a request from Police Chief Herbert Jenkins.
A Coast Guard plane and auxiliary boats hunted the Gulf near Panacea Florida for Ross Hoffman a Tallahassee building contractor and Ed Ross a glassmaker who disappeared after a short boat trip. Their 16 foot speedboat was found upright in shallow water offshore. A prior week search for three Macon Georgia anglers yielded one body with two missing.
The U S Bureau of the Census reports the greater Atlanta area population at 668 200, including Fulton Cobb and DeKalb counties The city of Atlanta has 326 962 residents Women outnumber men by about 40 000 in this metro area with census figures released yesterday.
Atlantic Gulf Gas Company of Shreveport Louisiana was denied a permit to build 1730 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines serving 53 communities in Alabama Georgia South Carolina and Northern Florida. The Power Commission rejected the filing saying the firm failed to prove it could perform the proposed services. The company said a redesign would require further study and could not say how long it would take.
In Miami on June 1, a Dade County court recognized Zeke Campbell a one third owner of D. A. Dorsey’s estate valued up to 1 million dollars. Judge Blanton ruled Campbell, once a sharecropper, is Dorsey’s long lost son Ezekial Dorsey, alongside Susie and Rebecca as equal one thirds. The estate includes downtown real estate and about 200,000 dollars in bonds cash and other assets, yielding about 8,000 dollars monthly in rentals.
Norfolk Virginia June 1 AP three Civil War veterans at the United Confederate veterans final reunion were promised a harbor tour aboard the Robert E Lee but will use the State of Pennsylvania instead. The Sons of Confederate Veterans elected a Yankee as president, Judge William Beard chosen after alternates declined. The veterans swapped tales. two of the centenarians appeared reconciled with northern foes while General Bush remained opposed.
Wildlife rangers Beasley and Wiggins discovered a hedge trap in Skullcreek, Jenkins County cutting the creek to trap hundreds of pounds of fish weekly. Rangers destroyed the device and patrols will continue, as penalties loom for violators.
Congress prepares to lay the groundwork for Universal Military Training with a bill outlining a five member commission, deadlines for recommendations, and a phased path to start UMT while preserving potential delays. The measure also shifts draft terms and ages, guiding future manpower policy.
Norfolk veteran William Joshua Bush, 105, accepts the tattered Confederate battle flag from Portsmouth's Mrs. Wade Hampton Brinkley at the final United Confederate Veterans reunion. The flag, kept in Brinkley family since the 1860s, was hidden in a picture frame during Northern occupation.
Settlement of a labor dispute at the Atlantic Company Waycross Georgia plant involves reinstatement of 19 workers and back pay totaling 6499.70. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 474 accused coercion and anti union actions and the labor board ordered bargaining with the union and non intimidation. Specific reinstatement and back pay figures are listed for individual employees.
Georgia faces a pinch in highway expansion as trained engineers flee to defense and private sector jobs. Ed Swain will seek solutions at a national civil service assembly in Chicago. State director Ward Matthews warns of a dire need for engineers, with Augusta district already showing a 30 percent loss.
Cairo notes a dinner honoring the Cairo School Band and director W. T. Verran for 39 first division ratings and accolades. Guest speaker Dr. Harold Bachman of the University of Florida praised bands. Ribbons and medals were awarded. Jancie Maxwell distinguished as outstanding performer.
About 50 to 70 workers have left the state employ and Atlanta district losses run about 18 percent, Matthews reported.
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