Georgia News Snippets Include Peaches, Diplomats, and Fire College
Georgia peaches from Byron set a 20 year early sale record on the New York market. Herman Talmadge son of the governor wins Pan Hellenic council presidency at the University of Georgia. Georgia authorities order new war on crime with armaments including submachine guns and tear gas. Berry Schools at Rome diploma 146 students. An Inventors Congress exhibit features a nest device for laying hens. Charles W. Truitt reelected president of the Southeastern Retail Hardware Association in Atlanta. Georgia farmers receive $19,881,008 in crop program payments through April 1. The three day Georgia Fire College draws Southeast firemen. Harris County police raid 21 stills, destroy 4,600 gallons beer, make five arrests in April.
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Georgia News Service
Georgia
New York
Byron
Herman Talmadge
Pan- Hellenic Council
University of Georgia
Lumpkin Law School
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Talmadge
Charles W. Truitt
Commerce
Southeastern Retail Hardware and Implement Association
Atlanta
Georgia Fire College
Atlanta Fire Department
Harris County
Processing tax offsets tariff for the farmer
G V Cunningham chairman of the state allotment board argues for a processing tax offset to the tariff on cotton. He says cotton growers have sold in open markets but bought in a protected market, harming land fertility and farm income while producers rely on low wages to compete. The plan would tax within the cotton industry to bridge the price gap without taxing exports. He asserts farmers seek parity with manufacturers while factories push protection.
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South
G. V. Cunningham
State
Myr. Cunningham
Valley man returns to entomology post while awaiting trial
D L Varemite, free under 3500 bond, is reinstated as an aide in the federal bureau of entomology and plant quarantine after the slaying of Janie Dixon in Pt. Valley last August. He will be transferred to Washington this week before a third trial in Peace county superior court in early June. Varemite has worked in various agricultural department positions since 1919 and was stationed in Ft. Valley since 1929 before suspension following his arrest in connection with Dixon’s death.
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D. L. Varemite
Janie Dixon
Pt. Valley
Federal Bureau of Entomology and
Varmette
Washington
Peace County
Agricultural Department
Dixon
Bureau of Plant Industries
Bureau of Entomology
Ft. Valley
Couple Shot Dead in Atlanta Rooming House
In Atlanta on May 13, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Walters were found shot to death in their rooming house. An 82 caliber pistol lay beside the husband after the couple reportedly faced domestic difficulties. The bodies were found by operator Mrs. H. M. Kimbrough after she had paid the rent with money given by Mrs. Walters. She heard two shots upon returning to the room. Mrs. Walters was dead. Mr. Walters died shortly after.
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Atlanta
Oscar W. Walters
8. M. Kimbrough
Walters
Congressman Cox to Answer Talmadge on Roosevelt Critique
Georgia Democrats face a choice between Governor Eugene Talmadge and President Franklin D. Roosevelt after Talmadge's radio attack on the New Deal. Congressman Eugene Cox, a Roosevelt ally, will respond when time is provided by CBS. A party statement labels Talmadge reactionary and opposed to farmers workers and the poor while favoring big business and Republicans. Farmers across Georgia rebuke Talmadge after backing the Bankhead bill and recovery program.
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Georgia
Cox
Talmadge
H. T. Kennedy
W. R. Simpson
Big Business
Republican Party
Georia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmade
Chilean Nitrate Of Soda Contains Vital Plant Food
Practical farmers and students in the South explore the rare elements in Chilean Nitrate of Soda. The natural nitrate is said to contain many impurities like iodine boron copper iron and manganese. Authorities believe these impurities boost crop growth, aiding as a side-dresser for cotton and other Southern crops.
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South
Union Men End Strike At Toledo Chevrolet Plant Vote
Toledo Ohio May 18 union workers at the Toledo Chevrolet plant voted 782 to 385 to end their strike. The decision came after mediators and AFL leaders crafted a settlement, ending a stoppage that impacted about 30 000 others in the auto industry. Production to resume Wednesday per manager Al Gulliver.
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Toledo
Chevrolet Auto Plant
Ohio
A. F. of L
Francis Dillion
United Automobile Workers Federal Union
Dillion
James Roland
al G. Gulliver
Treasury to issue up to seven million work relief checks monthly
The U S Treasury Department announced arrangements to prepare and mail up to seven million relief payments each month to households in every seventh region where public works projects are underway. The plan follows a 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 to 1 ratio and targets bi monthly disbursements as relief work continues nationwide.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Washington
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