Reuniting at Gettysburg 75th Anniversary Tour Promised
The piece outlines a planned Gettysburg reunion to honor the Civil War’s turning point. Leaders Dr. Overton Mennet and Gen. James M. Claypool join an invitation to 8,000 veterans, with $275,000 federal funding for travel and housing. President Roosevelt to dedicate a memorial as Independence Day marks the occasion.
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Overton H. Mennet
Los Angeles
Grand Army of the Republic
James M. Claypool
St. Louis
United Confederate Veterans
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Uncle Sam
Congress
Roosevelt
George Meade
Robert E. Lee
Railroads resist more government loans seek to avoid receiverships
A large bloc of railroad officials oppose further government loan assistance and prefer allowing insolvent lines to go through court receivership, arguing that more borrowing raises interest costs and risks. The piece discusses effects on Treasury revenue, tax returns, and financial stability of railroads, plus notes on river and highway competition and upcoming Tennessee politics.
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Washington
RFC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Tennessee
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Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Abraham Lincoln
Longstreet
Pete
Meade
Cemetery Hill
Pickett
Kemper
Armistead
Cushing
la Salle Corbell Pickett
Can War
Wister
John Burns
Iron Brigade
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Barlow’s Knoll
Channing Barlow
New York
John B. Gordon
Georgia
Barlow
Gordon
McClellan House
Barlow H d
Emmetsburg
Baldwin
Josephine Miller
First Massachusetts
Mrs. Slyder
Troy
Ohio
Jennie Wade
Devil’s den
Lewis A. Armistead
Fifth Wisconsin
National Capital
Carter
Iowa
George L. Berry
White House
Major Berry
Garner
Senate
Gordon Browning
Browning
Nathan L. Bachman
Berry
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Lilienthal
Congressional Investigating Committee
A. E. Morgan
A. EB. Moregan
Harry L. Hopkins
Samuel D. McReynolds
Ed Crump
Memphis
Crump
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Cordell Hull
St. Lawrence
Tennessee Valley
Capitol Hill
Niagara
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Globe
Chamber of Commerce
Dakotas
Montana
Liverpool
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