Martial law over highway board ends in Georgia
Atlanta July 29 Governor Talmadge dissolved martial law governing the state highway department and treasurer’s office. 82 privates and two officers withdraw. one guard remains over Mangham’s office until noon. New highway board members Mangham McRae and Wilburn begin work. Wilhoit moves to public service commission. Quo warranto actions against Mangham continue in Haralson and Fulton courts. governor cites need to speed road work and savings from gasoline tax.
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Atlanta
State Highway Department
Talmadge
State Treasurer
J. J. Mangham
Department
Adjutant General Camp
Camp
Watkinsville
Lions Club
Highway Board
Messrs Mangham
McRae
Wilburn
Max McRae
W. E. Wilburn
J. W. Barnett
W. C. Vereen
Jud Wilhoit
Wilhoit
Public Service Commission
Barnett
Haralson
Fulton Superior Court
J. R. Hutcherson
Talapoosa
the Statesman
Mangham
Captain Barnett
Vereen
Washington
Georgia
Highway Department
Miss Janet McDonald Joins Highway Board Secretariat
Miss Janet McDonald of Abbeville, daughter of Judge and Mrs T W L McDonald and Beale descendant, becomes private secretary to Judge Max McRae of the highway board. A member of one of South Georgia’s old families, she is the late W J Bartwell’s kin and a noted Baptist minister’s kin in the region.
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Janet McDonald
T. W. L. McDonald
Abbeville
Max McRae
Highway Board
South Georgia
Beale
W. J. Bart
Southeorgia
Century of Progress Exposition Transport Rates
Special excursion fares offered by Central of Georgia Railway for the Century of Progress Exposition include multiple day limits and reduced round trip Pullman rates. Fares shown include 21.90 for certain routes, 30.65 for 16 days, 22.80 for 18 days, and 40.65 for 80 days with November 15 limit. Communications to Fr. Robinson, General Passenger Agent, Savannah.
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Fr. Robinson
Savannah
Central OF Georgia Railway
Short Crops Sure to Boost Prices, Babson Asserts
By Roger W. Babson. Babson Park Massachusetts July 29 1933 Farmers recover first from depression says crops look poor now yet reduced supplies will lift prices. Wheat harvest seen at 496 million bushels two thirds of 1982 level. oats worst in decades. tobacco up with acreage rise. regional contrasts noted with California Missouri and eastern wheat states faring better.
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Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Mass
United States
California
Missouri
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Pepperton Mills Official Killed in Jackson Crash
Jackson Ga July 30 T M Hadaway Pepperton mills official was killed outright in an automobile collision at Jackson Saturday George Smith Folvilla cotton buyer was fatally injured Will Price of Jackson and a Mr Roberts of Indian Springs plus William Beasley a Jackson Negro said to have driven the second car were injured
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Jackson
T. M. Hadaway
Pepperton Mills
George Smith
Folvilla
William Beasley
Jackson Negro
Will Price
Mr.Roberts
Indian Springs
Atlanta Payroll Hold-Up Steals $2900 In Downtown Theft
Two white men held up two company employees in downtown Atlanta on July 28, grabbing a briefcase carrying a $2900 weekly payroll for Montag Brothers Inc. They forced the pair into a doorway and escaped with the money as R. X. Levy, cashier, and Clyde Swafford, an employee, returned toward the firm’s office.
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Atlanta
Montag Brothers, Inc
R. X. Levy
Clyde Swafford
Crisp first bale sold in Cordele Georgia
Cordele Georgia July 28 The first bale of new cotton for Crisp county was ginned and sold in Cordele. It was grown by C W Southwell, ginned by Greer and Malone, and brought to the Cordele Compress warehouse where it sold at market price. The price was 15 cents per pound with a premium paid by Cockrell and company Pustan and Rapp G H McFadden company Bashinsky Case and Co and the Cordele Compress warehouse. The bale weighed 485 pounds.
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Cordele
Crisp County
C. W. Southwell
Greer
Malone
Cordele Compress
Cockrell and Company
Pustan and Rapp
G. H. McFadden Company
Bashinsky, Case and Co
Georgia Responds to Recovery Plan By Joining Up
Georgia firms across cities and towns move to comply with Roosevelt's industrial recovery program as the blanket code for maximum hours and minimum wages takes effect August 1. Augusta mill workers receive higher pay under the new textile code while Atlanta restores city employee wages. Local chambers pledge cooperation, with merchants and retailers preparing codes and payments.
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Atlanta
Big City
Hamlet
Georgia
Roosevelt
Augusta
Dalton Junior Chamber of Commerce
West Point
Chattahoochee Valley
Columbus Mercantile Association
Augusta Milk Shed
South Carolina
Wallace
Use of NRA Emblem Authorized With Written Statement
Washington says publishers and manufacturers may engrave and reproduce the NRA eagle emblem for clients only after a written statement signed by the client confirming adherence to the President's Agreement. A 1 1 4 inch sticker must accompany the statement, obtainable via the post office. Violators face the same $500 fine or six months imprisonment under the industrial regulation.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Postoffice Deficit Almost Wiped Out Says OConnell
Washington July 27 Ambrose O Connell special assistant to the post master general said the $158 million postoffice deficit was almost wiped out by Farley. He noted Farley inherited a $153 million deficit from the prior administration and reduced it rapidly without impairing mail service.
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Washington
Ambrose O'Connell
O'Connell
James A. Farley
Farley
Federal Postal Service
Albany Editor Joins Georgia Public Works Advisory Board
Atlanta Aug 1 A Washington dispatch reports Henry McIntosh editor of the Albany Herald was named as a fourth member of Georgia public works advisory board. The board originally had three members with protests from Senator Walter F George and Representative Eugene Cox over southern representation. McIntosh was proposed by Senator Geer and Cox supported him. The existing three are Rayburn Clay Atlanta banker Arthur Lucas Atlanta businessman and T J Hamilton Augusta editor.
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Atlanta
The
Constitution
Washington
Caregs
HenryIntosh
Albany Herald
Public Works Advisory Board
Georgia
Walter F. George
Eugene Cox
MclIntosh
Geer
Cox
Rayburn Clay
Arthur Lucas
T. J. Hamilton
Augusta
Examination for Assistant and Junior Messengers Headline
The United States Civil Service Commission will accept applications until Aug. 8, 1933 for the positions of assistant and junior messengers in the Departmental Service, Washington, D. C. Entrance salaries are 1080 dollars and 600 dollars per year respectively, with deductions for economy and retirement.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Low Rate Excursion to Savannah Florida Havana August 12 1933
Central of Georgia Railway offers a low rate excursion August 12 1933 to Savannah Florida and Havana with possible stops at Jacksonville St Augustine Tampa St Petersburg and Miami. Tickets good in coaches or Pullman cars with reduced round trip Pullman rates and baggage checked. Ask ticket agent for more details.
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New York
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Co
City OF Montgomery
Central OF Georgia Railway
Florida
Havana
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Miami
Central OF GA. Railway
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for underweight children
An old advertisement claims thin, listless children suffer from iron deficiency and loss of appetite. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a safe, pleasant remedy that sharpens appetite, improves color, builds strength, and increases resistance to disease in youngsters. It asserts the tonic purifies blood and is sold in stores for immediate benefit.
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Grove
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