National Rural Mail Carriers To Meet In Des Moines
Three weeks before the 30th annual National Rural Letter Carriers Association convention, Des Moines Ia hosts sessions August 22 26 at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Attendees seek 100 percent membership, with Vice President Thomas A Kennedy organizing the drive while the National Recovery Act is praised by President Armstrong and Postmaster General.
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Georgia
Des Moines
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Fort Des Moines
Thomas A. Kennedy
Canassas
Kennedy
W. G. Armstrong
Roosevelt
Martha
Mac
America
Armstrong
National Association
Joseph C. O’mahoney
United States of America
Farley
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Low Rate Excursion to Savannah and Florida
Central of Georgia Railway offers a low rate excursion to Savannah Florida and other Florida destinations on August 12 1933. Included are Jacksonville St Augustine Tampa St Petersburg and Miami with excursion fares to many points. Stopovers allowed baggage checked tickets valid in coaches or Pullman cars reduced round trip Pullman rates ask ticket agent for more information.
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Florida
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Miami
Central OF GA. Railway
Georgia farmers weigh drastic cotton control plans
Georgia leaders at a Atlanta conference proposed 1984 1985 cotton controls including cash rewards for land taken out of cotton and a confiscatory tax on gins above farm quotas. They urged a unified South wide program, two to three more years of strict acreage limits, and marketing options tied to the reduction plan.
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Athens
Georgia
Atlanta
South
Georgia Agricultural Extension Service
Cotton Control Administration
C. A. Cobb
The
Agricultural Administration
G. C. Adams
J. A. Evans
United States
Philip Weltner
University System of Georgia
Department of Agriculture
J. P. Campbell
Agricultural Extension Service
American Cotton Co-operative Association
F.C. RB. Department
Henry A. Wallace
Carroll County
Washington
Southeast
Sunday Sea Outing Offers Savannah Liner and Steamer Trip
One palatial Savannah liner fare set at 350 dollars for rail from Butler to Savannah and return on Saturday. Steamer charge for a 100 mile ocean trip including luncheon quoted at 2.50. Describes a delightful weekend option and prompts readers to ask a ticket agent for more details from Central of Georgia Railway.
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Savannah
Butler
Central OF Georgia Railway
Alphabet of the CCC A to Z from a WWII era camp poem
A humorous CCC verse lists items from A to Z describing camp life and duties. It mocks chores and conditions with playful rhymes about ax blunt clubs chow dawn egg forests grits hammering ice journeying laundry nails yard gear tents tools varnish water dope and Christmas, ending with Seal of the CCC.
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G. Green
C. Cc
The C C C Blues by Whitie Matson
A wartime poem recalling harsh experiences with the Civilian Conservation Corps. The narrator details uncomfortable conditions, rough treatment, stripped uniforms, forced labor, and unpaid payroll practices. It closes with reflections on selfishness and jealousy as social ills.
4-H Club girls to attend three day South Georgia conference
The Home Demonstration Agent will take four 4-H Club girls who have finished high school to Tifton next Monday for a three day conference with other county representatives from South Georgia. A similar group of boys will meet with them. The conference aims to discuss the curriculum of the new college established this year by the Board of Regents.
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Tifton
South Georgia
Board of Regents
Fall Garden Guide for October Planting Timetable
Fall gardening tips emphasize August preparation for a robust October harvest. Plant snap beans, bush butter beans, beets, collards, carrots, English peas late Month, potatoes, tomatoes, and turnips, with specifications on varieties and soil. Use fertile, moist ground and provide fertilization before planting and after growth begins.
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Alaska
Charleston Wakefield
Golden Acre
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Georgia Rl.c
Havana
Oscar Johnson
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Johnson
Goodyear
Goodyear Pathfinder
Alsom Ee
Goodyears
Payne
BLUES
Whitie Matson, Co
Wapinitia
Ore
Hotel Lanier
Macon, Georgia
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