Three Georgia leaders address Amicalola crowd in 1930s rally
Jasper Georgia reports a Saturday gathering where Gene Talmadge R Russell and Ellis Arnall urged support for democracy as they hint at upcoming campaigns. Russell notes possible run for Congress while Talmadge may seek a fourth term Governor and Arnall positions themselves for statewide races. The Amicalola REA project serves 600 members along 70 miles of lines in Cherokee Gilmer Dawson and Lumpkin counties.
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Jasper
Gene Talmadge
Sen
R. Russell
Ellis Iall
Camaigns
Russell
Talmadge
Congress
Arnall
Almadge
Gene
F. Frank Whelchel
Georgia
Cherokee
Gilmer
Dawson d Lumpkin
Attery General
Plane Crash At Albany Kills British Cadet
A British air cadet, one of 291 in training at Albany, was killed when a grounded trainer was struck during takeoff. The other cadet piloting the second plane survived. a Albany mechanic was injured. Funeral set for Saturday at St. Pauls Episcopal church with RAF guard of honor. Captain Brown orders an officers board to investigate.
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Albany
D'Arcy H. Wilson
Wilson
Charles Holley
W. M. Brown
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
A. G. Hill
RAF
Governing Factions Clash Over Race and Unity at Georgia Debate
Governor candidate denounces intermingling at the University of Georgia while Dean Cocking and President Pittman defend co education. Attorney General Arnall lauds Roosevelt and urges a united national front for defense. He asks if Americans will be free or enslaved and democracy or dictatorship. He calls for trusted public government.
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Tem
Walter Cocking
University of Georgia
Marvin Pittman
Georgia Teachers College
Julius Rosenwald
Georgia
Cocking
Pittman
Arnall
Roosevelt
Army Officer Fatally Shot at Fort Benning
Captain Eugene L Brown 32 of the 22nd Infantry was found dead in his Fort Benning quarters with a 38 caliber pistol nearby. A board of officers investigates whether the death was accidental. Brown, son of Major General Lytle Brown, joined the regiment in February from Fort McClellan and was a former West Point boxing captain. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Savannah, Ga. July 27. Two Savannah youths, fliers, were killed.
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Eugene Lewis Brown
Ft. Benning
Brown
Lytle Brown
Franklin, Tenn
Capt. Brown
22Nd Infantry
Ft. McClellan
Louisville
Phillips of Exeter
Millards
Washington
U. S. Military Academy
West
Two Savannah youth fliers die in plane crash
Two Savannah youths die after a light two place monoplane stalls, spins, and crashes into woods a mile south of Savannah airport. Pilot John H. Davis Jr. 23 dies instantly. Col Bernard Mulligan 19 succumbs three hours later at a Savannah hospital. Wreckage buried nose in mucky ground near the airbase. crash crew and county police recover remains.
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Savannah
John H .Davis Jr
Bernard Mulligan
Ramspeck addresses Columbus postal clerks on war stance
Rep. Ramspeck told Columbus postal employes the United States must confront Japan and possibly pull back from the Pacific, warning that Hitler’s Axis continues pressing Japan to enter war. He cited oil sales to Japan, frozen funds, and future moves as Japan, Germany, and Russia evolve.
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Columbus
Japan
Robert Ramspeck
Ralston Hotel
Nippon
Great Britain
Ramspeck
Tokyo
East Indies
Indonesia
United States
Washington
Hitler
Britain
Pacific
Europe
Indo-China
Philippines
Hawaii
Ex-convict charged in Macon safe cracking case
Macon July 29 officers charged Rivers pardon ex convict Bill Carr with a $2000 safe cracking tied to a burglary at Cook's Beer Co. in Macon. $2020.85 stolen, money partly recovered, access gained by prying door with a pinch bar. Carr, released from Reidsville prison last year, had prior Hawkinsville safe robbery sentence.
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Macon
Bibb County
Rivers
Oscar Harris
Walter Waldron
O. R. Stokes
Bill Carr
Cook's Beer Co
Macone
C. Porter
Harris
Carr
Reidsville
Hawkinsville
Talmadge declines to shift Georgia clocks to daylight time
Governor Eugene Talmadge refused to extend daylight saving time across all Georgia or just the eastern region. President Roosevelt urged uniform time to conserve energy for defense, noting the eastern counties would move one hour forward while western Georgia remained on eastern standard time.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Carolinas
Heat Wave Across East Claims Count Climber Deaths
The heat wave spread across the eastern two thirds of the nation with at least 51 heat deaths and 46 drownings reported. Temperatures peaked with Cincinnati at 104.8, while other cities ranged from the 90s to low hundreds. Minnesota led in heat fatalities with 17. Michigan and Wisconsin reported multiple drownings.
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Associated Press
Plains States
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Toledo
Charleston
W. Va
Louisville
Washington
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bismark
N. C
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Mercury
Joan Kilkeary
Iowa
Nebraska
Republican
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New York
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Delaware
South Dakota
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pee Wee Burns dies in Georgia prison after beating
A. T. Jeans known as Pee Wee Burns, ex prize fighter and Atlanta racketeer, died at Tattnall state penitentiary from brain concussion. Officials say he and others sneaked into the infirmary, obtained alcohol, and were beaten. Jeans faced 37 bribery counts from 1937 and was serving a Macon robbery term.
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Reidsville
Atlanta
Tattnall
A. T. Jeans
Pee Wee Burns
R. H. Lawrence
Jeans
Macon
Rural road funds cited for 478 projects in Georgia
Americus Ga July 28 Georgia highway officials report 478 post road projects totaling 1548 miles at a cost of 12801364 are moving toward completion under the WPA program. Nearly 43000 miles of post roads are used by rural carriers versus 12873 miles of regular highways with maintenance funding far below needs.
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Americus
State Highway Department
G. _T. McDonald
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association
McDonald
Robert Ramspeck
Fifth District
Ellis Arnall
Windsor Hotel
Ladies Auxiliary
Talmadge
Rosenwald Fund
Georgia
Board of Regents
Talmade
Graham
America
Peyton Jacob
Georgia Southwestern College
Jacob
Rosenwald Foundation
Higher U. S. Taxes Forecast as House Prepares for Bill
Washington July 28 An authoritative forecast of more and higher taxes including a general sales tax and lower personal income tax exemption was made as the House moves to consider a 3.5 billion tax bill under a procedure aimed at curbing amendments. Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee said a general consumption tax is likely and exemptions may be lowered.
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Washington
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means
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