Tomatopolis Celebrates Tomato Belt With Queen Crowning
The Crystal Springs region, known as tomatopolis, embraces a booming tomato industry aided by refrigerator cars. Governor Hugh White will crown the tomato belt’s most beautiful girl as tomato queen as crops surge in Copiah county and the Mississippi valley yields rise.
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Hugh White
Crystal Springs
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Copiah County
Texas
Georgia
Utilities Win Washington Concession on Public Works Lending
Senate appropriations committee adds a curb on governmentfinanced public utility construction in the lending and spending bill raising total to 3.247 billion dollars. The measure would bar PWA funds from building systems that compete with privately owned plants under public regulation, affecting several on the approved list. Other changes include 212 million for farmer relief with paritybased payments capped at specified amounts for cotton wheat and corn.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Appropriations
PWA
Ickes
Drafting Done for Natchez Trace Work
A. E. Demaray of the National Park Service says maps are being drafted for 34.91 miles of the Natchez Trace in Mississippi for 1939 construction with $1.5 million authorized. One 10.13 mile section and another 24.78 mile section in Leake and Attala counties. Maps will be turned over for rights of way, rights not yet secured in Madison, Leake, Choctaw and Attala. Three sections totaling 0.38 miles in Mississippi under 1937 contract.
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Washington
A. E. Demaray
National Park Service
Harrison
Mississippi
Natchez Trace
Leake
Attala
Congress
Demaray
Madison
Choctaw
Brand Us as Traitors to Christ Not Done Yet
A fragment quotes a speaker saying the group will not be branded as traitors to Christ. The remark expresses defiance and claim of ongoing faithfulness despite accusations. It presents a cautious stance amid controversy without further context.
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P. BR. Cere
Former Florida Mayor Arrested in Texas
Deputy Durden reports former Holly Hill Mayor Marion J. Walker was held in Galveston Texas on a warrant from Daytona authorities accusing him of taking a car from his sales room as his Walker Motor company ceased operations. Walker, president of the firm, had the vehicle driven to Galveston by police as Florida officials sought its return.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
J. M. Durden
Marion J. Walker
Holly Hill
Galveston
Tex
Walker
Walker Motor Company
Daytona Pens Company
Durden
Florida
Louisiana Projects Receive Approval
Washington May 21 Members of the Louisiana congressional delegation were notified the president approved Works Progress Administration projects in the state. Key items include a statewide record of veterans graves at $81 312, Grant parish training school buildings at $4 313, Washington parish school lunch at $4 587, and a workshop at Varnado School costing $1 601.
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Washington
Louisiana
Works Progress Administration
Louisiana National Guard
Grant Parish
Washington Parish
Varnado School
Presbyterians Vote to Omit Predestination Passages
In Meridian Mississippi on May 21 the Southern Presbyterian church voted 151 to 190 to strike two sections from the Confession of Faith that declare some are predestined to life and others to death. Critics argue the move undermines scriptural doctrine and evangelism. University and church leaders voice concern as debate shifts to war moral justification.
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Meridian
Miss
M. G. Quizke
Sherman
Tex
J. B. Green
Columbia Theological Seminary
J. C. McLean
Richmond
W. Calvin Wells
Jackson
Mississippi State Supported
Wells
John Calvin
Moscow
Robert C. Grady
Greenville
N. C
J. Stewart Pearce
Fort Worth
FHA Conference Attends Monroe Meetings on Home Building
George C. Laborde of the Federal Housing Administration led conferences in Monroe with local FHA officials and lenders to discuss federal housing laws aimed at promoting home building in the area. Similar sessions were held by Alvin Bond and George D. Smart with A. V. Miller and G. E. Davis, with notice that full program information is available from Miller or Davis.
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George C. Laborde
Federal Housing Administration
New Orleans
Monroe
FHA
Alvin Bond
George D. Smart
A. V. Miller
Photographer Johnnie Davis Showcases Copper Portraits
Johnnie Davis demonstrates a private copper etching method producing portraits for friends. The expert amateur photographer reveals the secret process and offers the novel art to his circle.
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Johnnie Davis
Federal wage standards debate moves through Senate
Senator Russell of Georgia supports an added farm benefit. Senator Byrnes of South Carolina backs an amendment to remove WPA wage differentials if nationwide wage hour rules pass. The WPA currently pays southern workers less than northern peers. A house vote Monday on a wage hour bill would set uniform standards nationwide.
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Russell
Georgia
Byrnes
South Carolina
WPA
South
North
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Nile
Sidney
Ouachita Bank
DeSiard Street
P. E. Cafe
North Second Street
News-Star
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
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