1940 - 1949
Delta adopted the slogan "Airline of the South"
Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, became part of Emory University and cornerstone
of the new medical program.
Ten
inches of snow covered Atlanta, largest recorded snow to date
Gone
With The Wind won 8 Oscars, a record which would stand for 16 years.
William B. Hartsfield lost his bid to remain Atlanta's mayor.
Atlanta Airport was declared an air base. Improvements were ordered by the WPA
and the airport was virtually rebuilt.
An
Atlanta park is dedicated to visionary Joel Hurt.
Delta
announced that Atlanta would be the home to its fleet to better serve its two
routes, Atlanta to Cincinnati and Atlanta to Savannah.
The
Civil Aeronautics Authority took over the control tower at Atlanta Airport .
After
a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Atlanta Mayor Roy LeGraw, a Lieutenant
Colonel in the Georgia National Guard, informed the city council he resigned
for active duty as World War II began.
Marietta Army Airfield (AKA Cobb County Airport) is designated by General Order
and the 58th Bombardment Wing of the Army Air Force is formed there. It was the
first B-29 unit established by the Army Air Force .
The
Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site was created by the WPA. It was abolished
in 1950 and the site donated to the state of Georgia.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral train stops in Atlanta to change
engines on the way to Washington, D. C. Thousands turn out to say a final
good-bye to the President.
The
Centers for Disease Control, Communicable Disease Center was organized in
Atlanta.
The
Atlanta Constitution published Martin Luther King's letter to the editor in
which the future civil rights leader called for "basic rights and opportunities"
for blacks.
119
people lost their lives in the worst hotel disaster in the United States when
Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel burned. The hotel had 15 stories, but Atlanta
fire-fighting equipment could not handle any building taller than 8 stories.
Gene
Talmadge died, cirrhosis of liver, beginning Georgia's “three governors”
controversy.
Herman
Talmadge, son of Gene Talmadge and a write-in candidate on the 1946
gubernatorial ballot, claimed the governorship of Georgia. Outgoing governor
Ellis Arnall refused to acknowledge Talmadge's claim to the governorship. Arnall
resigned in favor of Lt. Governor M. E. Thompson, who was eventually made
governor by the Georgia Supreme Court.
The
Central of Georgia Railway’s "Man o' War" made its inaugural run offering rail
service between Atlanta and Columbus.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution moved to a new building at 143
Alabama St..
19
year old Martin Luther King became associate minister at Atlanta’s Ebenezer
Baptist Church on Auburn Ave..
A new
passenger terminal/hanger opened at Atlanta Airport. At the time Atlanta
Airport was ranked 7th in the nation in air line operations..
Bobby
Jones played his last round of golf at the East Lake Country Club.
Margaret Mitchell was struck and killed by a speeding taxi as she and her
husband crossed Peachtree Street at 13th Street. The taxi driver was
drunk.
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