Butler County voter urges court efficiency and tax reform
A resident argues eight hour court sessions for superior court judges to cut costs, noting current four hour days cost about 300 dollars daily. He favors amending the city charter for a legal city election, opposes a general sales tax, supports reform of state taxes to ease real estate burden, and calls for gasoline tax revenue to fund highways and schools. He pledges to work to enact these laws if trusted with office.
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Butler
Columbus
Georgia
Alabama
Taylor County
Rivers Predicted Governor On First Ballot By Alds
Ed Rivers rival campaign reports from Georgia announce Rivers leading polls and on course for victory in the governor race. Labor endorsements and Old Age Pension support are cited, with Rivers claiming broad backing and vows to govern by law with attention to farmers, workers, and education.
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E. D. Rivers
ALDS
Friends of
Ki B. Rivers
Rivers
Labor
Georgia Old Age Pension Association
Sevelt
Campain
Fortson
Redwine
Ed Rivers
Georgia
Farm Income First Half of Year 500 Million Dollars Above 1935
Washington reports farm cash receipts for the first six months of this year totaled 3.13 billion dollars, up from 2.67 billion in the same period 1935. Gains varied by region, with the West-North-Central up 22 percent and South Central up 6 percent. government crop reduction payments totaled 160 million dollars, 40 percent less than a year earlier. Local note from Georgia reports corn yields in Macon County about 40 percent below last year due to drought, with peanuts near 90 percent normal and Austrian pea plantings rising.
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Marshalville
Macon County
George Oakley
Washington
Agriculture Department Bureau of Economics
South Central
Bureau
Roosevelt support rally in Georgia frames election choice
Senator Russell urged Georgians to back FDR and his New Deal, contrasting it with Governor Talmadge’s stance. He warned against Hooverism, attacked pension amendments as steps toward dictatorship, and criticized Talmadge’s Jeffersonian claims while praising Roosevelt's policies and Dick Russell. The crowd cheered as Russell framed the election as pivotal for Georgia and the nation.
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Roosevelt
Benin
Masson
Russell
Andy
Georgia
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Gene
Democratic Party
Thomas EF. Watson
Tom Watson
Gene Talmamadge
Gene Talmadge
Atlantic Ocean
Talmmadge
General Assembly
Hitler
Mussolini
T. Hicks Fort
Columbus
Talmadge
Fort
Senator Russell
Peanut mill owner defends processing tax refunds in 1936 court case
Edgar Shipp Jr and L L McCleskey of McCleckley Cotton Oil & Peanut Mills recount how the Agricultural Adjustment Act tax on peanut processing was deemed illegal by the Supreme Court. They state refunds were returned to customers, not kept, and criticize political attacks aimed at their company while noting a Windfall Tax bill would restore revenue to the U.S. Treasury.
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Sumter
AAA
Cotston
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
United States
U. S
Deaver
Theaa
U. S. Treasury
McCleekley Cotton Oil & Peanut Mills
Edgar, Shipp, Jr
L. L. McGleskey
V.pres
Secy
Preas
Georgia
Sumter County
Edgar Shipp, Jr
L. L. McCleskey
B. L. Crowe
R. C. James
B. L. Crow
HH. Ke, Allen
Rivers Backed by Crisp Campaign Aide in 1932
W W Dykes, a prominent attorney who ran Crisps senate campaign, declares support for E D Rivers for Georgia governor. He argues Republican attacks in south Georgia fail to dampen Rivers strength, predicting a southern landslide and statewide support. In unrelated note, Mrs Bessie Bowen Williford, 40, dies from injuries in a Sept 1 automobile crash near Tifton.
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Americus
W. W. Dykes
Crisp
Senate
Rivers
South Georgia
Macon
Republican Party
Braswell Deen
Congress
Deen
South
Georgia
Tifton
Bessie Bowen Williford
Tiffton
Markets for Farm Crops Promised by Columbus Roberts
Columbus Roberts pledges to create farmer owned markets for perishable goods and to strengthen Georgia's beef stock industry. He aims to win the Commissioner of Agriculture race, cooperating with the Roosevelt administration to improve agriculture.
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Columbus Roberts
Georgia
Roosevelt
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