Many Cities Get Contracts for PWA Jobs
Washington reports about 1,800 contracts sent to municipalities and other public bodies under the Public Works Administration program. PWA has allotted roughly 1,765 non federal projects worth $440,585,029 in three days, with 1,300 new applications totaling about $500,000,000 received in four days. States include North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, and others. New wage scales set unskilled pay from 26 to 40 dollars daily in most regions, with professional pay unchanged.
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Public Works Administration
PWA
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Arkansas
Alabama
George
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Hopkins
Georgia
South
Crolina
Tennesse
Your County Agent Shouldn't Be Blamed He Did His Best
A county agent is doing his best under flawed policy and delayed 1938 farm act. The piece defends the agent against blame for crop payments problems, recounts a North Carolina farmer's death and a Treasury reply, and urges patience and appreciation for the agent’s hard, conscientious work.
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W. F. Bembry
South
Congress
North Carolina
U. S. Treasury Department
Washington
Lands Sought for State Park in Washington Georgia
Officials and civic groups in Washington and Wilkes County seek 1 000 acres near Washington to create a state park around the Kettle Creek area. A portion of the Revolutionary battlefield, about a dozen acres, is owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Washington, Ga
Washington
Wilkes County
Kettle Creek
Wikes County
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Georgia Offers Variety Of Places For People To Go For July Fourth
Georgians face a crowded Fourth as nine state parks bid to be recreation centers from mountain hikes to ocean beaches. Options include Ft Mountain with a stone fort and scenic train, Vogel with Blood Mountain lake and trails, Crawfordville memorial park to Alexander Stephens, Indian Spring with wading pool and trails, Warm Springs lodging and lakes, Little Ocmulgee lake project, Inwinville memorial park for Jefferson Davis, Chehaw trails and picnics, Santo Domingo near Brunswick with early mission history, and Georgia coast sites like St Simons and St Marys. Cities plan fireworks, barbecues, and speeches. Dublin leads with 25 speakers and a motorcycle cop feature.
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Associated Press
North Georgia
Savannah Beach
Sea Island
St. Simons
Ft. Mountain
Georgia
Neel
Frogtown
Little White House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Little Ocmulgee
McRae
Inwinville
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Dublin
Senator George Opens Campaign at Vienna Mon
Atlanta June 26. Senator Walter George returns from Washington to Georgia for a homecoming July 4 in Vienna. He brands his supporters with the slogan Be a George-ian while managing a Dooly county farm mortgage and a habit of smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Richard McRae helps his father in the campaign. Rep Stephen Pace faces no opposition in Georgia's third district and once co owned a radio station.
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Ed Bridges
Atlanta
Walter George
George-ian
Washington
Will Stow
Vienna
George
Dooly County
Congressional
Stephen Pace
Solon
Georgia
Pace
Americus
Senator Russell Returns Home From Washington
Winder Georgia June 28 Senator Richard B Russell Jr returns home after a long session in Washington saying the wage hour bill is the best we could get and deserves a fair trial.
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Winder
Washington
Georgia
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Post Office Employee Charged With Taking $1000 From Letters
Valdosta Georgia June 28 an employee of the post office department is held on charges of stealing about $1000 from letters to D S Bell through a two week period. Clerk J C McLeod admitted rifling 138 letters last Thursday and Friday to obtain money. He was remanded to Mitchell county jail Camilla bond set at $1000 pending federal grand jury. Bell's ladder campaign for his medicine plant has expanded, creating more jobs.
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Valdosta
D. S. Bell
Post Office Department
Bell
Post Office
J. A. Miller
T. W. Overstreet
J. C. McLead
Servce
McLeod
Mitchell County
Camilla
Federal Grand Jury
Rivers Howell and Talmadge Lead Singing in Cumming
In Cumming Georgia on June 27 a crowd of about ten thousand gathered for the June sing. Governor Rivers and Hugh Howell a primary opponent, and former Governor Eugene Talmadge a senatorial candidate, each took a turn leading on stage. Rivers sang Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, Howell chose Amazing Grace, and Talmadge conducted My Faith Looks Up to Thee.
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Cumming
Senate
Rivers
Hugh Howell
Eugene Talmadge
Tigers
Howell
Christian Science Lesson Sermon on God set for Sunday
The Lesson Sermon on God will be read Sunday in all First Church branches. It includes Deuteronomy 6:4-5 and a correlative from Science and Health, noting Spirit Life Truth Love as scriptural names for God and that all substance intelligence wisdom being immortality belong to God.
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Sgod
First Church
Christ
Scientist
Boston
Mass
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Georgia peaches fetch season’s highest price on stronger New York market
Georgia peaches commanded the highest price of the season as prices rose on a firmer New York market Tuesday. Traders noted modest demand and improved bids, with buyers showing willingness to pay premium for select lots.
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Georgia
New York
Public Health Service Allocates 2.4 Million to States
The United States Public Health Service awarded 2.4 million dollars to states on Tuesday for general disease prevention. The move aims to bolster nationwide programs and reduce illness impact across communities.
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United States Public Health Service
Convict Shot Dead During Escape Attempt in Georgia
Jonesboro Ga June 28 a dramatic escape by 17 convicts from Clayton County public works camp ended with guard W H Gilbert shooting and killing Weldon Brooks 21 instantly as the inmates tussled for control of a revolver and a hat mishap halted the breakout. Coroner's jury ruled the shooting justifiable homicide.
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Jonesboro
Weldon Brooks
W. H. Gilbert
Clayton County
Siee
Henry County
Gilbert
J. B. Startsfield
S. A. Hudgins
Charlie Grant
Hudgins
Hartefield
Brooks
Hal Hardegree
Leroy Smith
Bolton
Fulton County
Covington
Tattnall
Bellwood
Convention for Deaf Opens in Macon
Delegates to the Georgia Association of the Deaf gather in Macon at Hotel Dempsey for registration at 7 30 p m with about 800 attendees expected through Sunday A barbecue is planned for Central City Park on Saturday reflecting the convention’s social feature
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Macon
The
Georgia Association of the Deaf
Dempsey
Central City Park
Pace Would Give Wage Act a Fair Trial
Americus Georgia June 23 Representative Stephen Pace urged a fair trial of the national wage hour act before the Americus Rotary Club. He called it an experiment whose results depend on administration and stressed its aim to improve working conditions for American men and women. Pace, unopposed for renomination in the September 14 Democratic primary, voted against the bill in Congress.
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Americus
Stephen Pace
Third District
Americus Rotary Club
Pace
Congress
Georgia study tests house design for farmer comfort
In Athens two University of Georgia researchers study ventilation and insulation by using eight campus houses. Two houses have removable ceilings and walls to test attic height and window placement while six single room structures compare different materials. Early results note cotton seed hulls as a promising insulation, pending further tests.
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Athens
Georgia
Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Georgia
College of Agriculture
J. W. Simons
F. B. Lanham
Social beggars think world owes them a living
Kathleen Norris profiles Anna, a lifelong idler who drifts through ruined homes and failed schemes while relatives and neighbors subsidize her. she chases a rich benefactor, dreams of a government post, and mocks work, showing how many women cling to a sense that luck and kindness will rescue them without labor.
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