Tobacco Pricing Problems Prompt House Subcommittee Hearings
Congressional witnesses from tobacco producing states described overproduction and a quality mismatch. They warned acreage increases raise future cuts and questioned if February stocks could have yielded higher prices, noting possible gains of up to 30 dollars per hundred in flue cured sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reporace R. Sumegay
Dn.c
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp
Malcolm B. Seawell
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association
Georgia Prison Fugitive Caught After Two Years
Macon Georgia officers captured escaped convict Jimmy K Bassett who had been living in a swamp south of the city creating whisky and eluding capture since his 194? escape from a Georgia prison camp. He was shot once during arrest but not seriously wounded. Bassett had been sentenced to life for the fatal shooting of a Macon service ration attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Jimmy Bloodworth
Jimmy K. Bassett
Bibb County
Bloodworth
Bassett
Heat and drought bite Georgia crops as harvests move
In central and southern Georgia high temperatures and dry conditions harmed some crops while aiding harvesting. Corn prospects fell notably for the week ending Tuesday, early south Georgia plantings needed rain, and tobacco harvest gained momentum with irrigation widespread though under 10 percent harvested. Lower leaves showed heat damage. cotton crops were less affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
The
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
South Georgia
VA Domiciliary Hosts Community Recreation Week
Readers report a week of activities at the VA Domiciliary with a large volunteer base. Questley bingo was sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in Moultrie, supported by American Legion and auxiliary groups. Various volunteers conducted bowing, letter writing, counseling, and Red Cross services for patients across multiple days. Friday featured dance performances by Tallahassee schools Tamarigan’s and Gilliam School of Dance with Patsy Gilliam leading students. Other volunteers and organizations, including Salvation Army and First Methodist Church, assisted with chaplain services, refreshments, and mass preparation throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VA. Domiciliery
Questley Bingo
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Moultrie
American Legion Post
Thaseday
C J. Crawford
Bennet Kistler
John Glover
Cheetty Haddock
Mary Jones
G. E. Bowman
Donna
Judy Jones
Jane
Becky Bowman
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxi
American Red Cross
John R. Jackson
W. L. Gray
W. J. Miller
Tallahassee Dancy
Tamarigan
Dancfy Academy
Gilliame School of Dance
Drance Revere
National United Spaish War Veterans Auxilary
Dept. of Ga
Sam Orgel
Albany
Sgt
F. H. Farnsworth
Salvation Army
W. Park Smith
J. L. Pope
First Baptist Church
Thomas County Clergy and Educators Respond to High Court Prayer Ruling
Local educators and ministers call the Supreme Court decision banning state mandated Bible readings and the Lord's Prayer in public schools regrettable. School leaders pledge to stress moral values while awaiting policy guidance from the Board of Education and potential Bible instruction as electives. Clergy urge renewed church and home effort to teach faith and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas County
Supreme Court
City Schools
Charles McDaniel
Board of Education
Supt. McDaniel
C. C. Baker
Thomas County Board of Education
Baker
Ben A. English
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
J. Foster Goolsby
Thomasville High School
Erskine Mills
Central High School
Southern gains control of Central of Georgia Railway
The Southern Railway has acquired about 71 percent of Central of Georgia stock for 22.66 million dollars and will absorb operations at Macon. It abolishes 178 Savannah Central positions effective 2 pm and moves work to Atlanta. Southern promises no Central workers on the takeover day will lose their job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Railway
Central of Georgia Railroad
Southern
The
Central
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Macon
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Spartanburg
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Tobacco
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Congress
Aotes
David N Henderson
D-N.c
Allen A. Lennon
D-Nc
Georgia
Patsy Gilliam
Donna Win Stanley
Geraldine Givens
Ann Miner
Laura Sullenberg
Nita Schlett
Susan Smith
Fredda Kay Lindsey
Regisa Popper
Kathy Pittman
Cynthia Meyer
Kay Kiree
Patricia Maddox
Berg
Rosemary Henderson
Frances
Arlene Carlisle
Caty Cobbler
Joyce
Marsha Colberg
Libby Goodman
Y Peaky Reed
Tommy Wagner
Nenie
Strickland
Charleston
Broad
Pamq
Tom Cogburn
Kathy Reed
Paula Hobbs
Marian Goodman
Dianna Barris
A. L. Bacon
Mary Bacon
Robert Moylend Jr
de Witt
State Board of Education
Louis F. Kennedy
Said
God
Jesus Christ
Church
McCoy Johnson
First Methodist Church
Observation Island
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Department of Defense
U. S. Navy
Thomasville Ice & Mfg. Co
Lee Street
A.P.C. Tablets
Rexall
S. Broad St
Gordon Ave
Chevrolet
TNT
Faulk Chevrolet Company
S. Broad Street
Thomasville, Georgia
Chevy Il Nova
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