Georgia tobacco markets open with strong opening prices
Georgia tobacco markets opened Tuesday with high early prices across Moultrie Waycross Douglas and Tifton. Reports show 700 000 pounds on the Moultrie floor averaging above 12 cents per pound and 750 000 pounds in Douglas with baskets up to 29 cents. State forecasts expect about 45 million pounds for the season with average prices near 15 cents.
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South Georgia
Moultrie
Waycross
Douglas
Tifton
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Georgia Public Works Program Seen Benefiting State
Georgia's public works program aims to relieve labor and business and deliver long awaited public improvements. Business leaders editors and industrial figures endorse wide project latitude under the federal fund act. The Atlanta Constitution cites wise economical direction by the directing board.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Officials Hunt Puppies After Rabies Mother Found
Health officials in Kansas City struggled to round up about six mongrel puppies when they discovered their mother had rabies. Scores of people sought anti rabies treatments.
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Kanas City
Kansas City
Dove Season Opens September 1 in Georgia
Atlanta Commissioner Peter S. Twitty warns hunters that doves may not be hunted before September 1 as dictated by federal law. He notes North Georgia hunters push for August openings, but state law aligns with federal regulations to prevent confusion and ensure enforcement by federal wardens.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Peter 5. Twitty
North Georgia
Georgia Department of Game and Fish
Memphis to buy only from NRA program firms
Memphis officials Mayor Watkins Overton and County Commissioner Chairman F E Hale said the city and county will spend about $2,000,000 annually and will make no purchases unless from companies joining the National Recovery Administration program.
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Memphis
Tenn
Watkins Overton
F E. W. Hale
National Recovery Administration Program
Convict Stabber of Leo Frank Pardoned
Governor Talmadge pardoned Bill Creen the Muscogee County inmate once jailed for the 1915 stabbing of Leo Frank at the state prison farm. Creen, a former solitary prisoner since 1909, had a stroke and was deemed physically disabled. The Frank case, a Georgia sensational crime, brought national outcry after Frank was lynched following a murder conviction.
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Talmadgee
Bill Creen
Muscogee County
Leo Frank
Frank
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Creen
Muscogee Superior Court
B. H. Dunaway
Dunaway
Dunway
Columbus
Memphis
Ed Rivers
Lakeland
House of Representatives
Rivers
Talmadge
Georgia
Chinese fishermen ordered from seven islands by France
A Hainan report states Chinese fishermen have been ordered to abandon seven islands recently annexed by France and are being relocated toward the Paracel Islands in the China Sea.
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Canton
China
Hainan
France
Paracel
China Sea
Grand Secretary Baker to Address Masonic Merat
Atlanta reports that Hugh S. Johnson warns against unauthorized display of the NRA blue eagle insignia. The emblem remains government property and may be shown only with authority or advertiser compliance with the president's wage and hour policies.
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Baker
Atlanta
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
National Capitol
NRA
June Naval Stores Exports Rise in Savannah
The Naval Stores Review reports a substantial June export rise with April to June totals far above last year. Foreign turpentine shipments reached 34 408 casks, the largest monthly total since 1929, while resin shipments hit 116 804 barrels, the highest since 1930. For the quarter, 75 508 casks of turpentine and 309 827 barrels of resin marked the greatest quarterly movement to date.
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Sanannah
Naval Stores Review
Miles Taylor, Aide to Walsh, Dies After Brief Illness
Miles Taylor, longtime secretary to the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, died here Monday after a brief illness. Following Walsh’s death he served as secretary to Senator Erickson, Walsh’s successor.
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Washington
Miles Taylor
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Senator Erickson
Coca Cola declares quarterly dividend on common stock
The Coca Cola Company announces a quarterly dividend of one dollar and fifty cents per share on common stock in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Coca-Cola Company
Cat Nests in Tree in Woodbury New Jersey
Esmerelda the cat nests high in an old maple with five kittens in Woodbury New Jersey. The feline mother chose a high fork to raise her brood as onlookers watch from below.
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Woodbury
N. J
Esmerelda
Masons to Hear Frank Baker at Thomas County Session
Hon. Frank F. Baker of Macon Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Georgia F M is to be the principal speaker at the Thomas County Masonic Convention session with the Thomasville Lodge on Thursday night August 10. The program will cover Masonic history tied to Georgia Bicentennial and refreshments will follow hosted by Thomasville lodge as Masons from across the county attend.
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Frank F. Baker
Macon
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Thomas County
Thomasville Lodge
Baker
Georgia
Commonwealth
Local Socials Report from Autreyville Area
The column lists visits and gatherings among Autreyville residents and nearby families. Dates note multiple small social calls with names including Lanier, Horton, Rosencrantz, Murphy, Langston, Dorminy, Cooper, and Sinclair. Visitors travel to Jacksonville Florida and Alabama during the period.
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Birtle Lanier
Beulah Murphy
Oscz Bowen
Janiory
Joe Rosencrantz
Sam Dorphiny
Jacksonville
Fla
James Langston
Reedy Creek
W. M. Dorminy
Abner Dormino
Annie Lou Langston
Mayo Cooper
Jane
Arthur Murphy
Elzy Medley
Bonnie Farmer
Mabelle Sinclair
W. H. Sinclair
Dock Sinclair
Elie Murphy
Abner Dorming
Jacksonvville
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Public Works Program
Dove
Twitty
Deai
Thomas
Autreyville News
Grady Lanier
Mrs
E. M. Horton
Pavo
F'red Lanier
Clifford Rosencrantz
Alabama
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