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Newspaper
Pavo Weekly News
Location
Pavo, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
3
A multi church congregation gathered at the Baptist church for Thanksgiving Day services led by Rev. D A Lastinger and Rev. W G Stracener. Miss Aurelia Mooye spoke on prayer in giving thanks and schools contributed boxed groceries and produce for the needy.
In Athens at the University of Georgia tests show lie detectors cannot reliably indicate truth. Dr A S Edwards, psychology professor, says only a slight possibility remains for a mechanical measure of emotional state with fear potentially registering for both innocent and guilty individuals.
Office space for about 200 Civil Works Administration workers is being cleared in the state capitol chambers in Atlanta. Federal agency work has expanded so rapidly that conversion is needed across the Senate chambers and much of the hall space on the third floor of the capitol.
The education for Georgia illiterates and unskilled workers program resumes with about 350 teachers approved as needy. Roughly 280 are at work or ready to start after delays from relief payroll transfers. Dr. M. D. Collins notes over 1,300 teachers needed and relief agencies require the school system to show inability to fund these positions.
Major General Smedley D. Butler will speak at the Atlanta auditorium Sunday afternoon December 10 as guest of the Georgia department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. There is no admission charge for the event.
Thomasville report notes Dr. T M McIntosh a well known physician of South Georgia died early Monday from heart trouble at age eighty. The obituary mentions his prominence and long service in the region.
Utah becomes the final of thirty six states to ratify the twenty first amendment, repealing the eighteenth. President Roosevelt proclaims repeal as of January 1 with tax changes and liquor sales opening in many states. Federal enforcement continues to set up revenue laws while mixture of dry and wet states adjusts to new rule.
The Public Service Commission ordered Georgia Power to cut rates for domestic customers by up to 40 percent, an action quickly accepted by the company. The move targets about 110000 domestic customers, with estimated annual savings over $600000. Commercial rates were set for review and later withdrawn for revision.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins will deliver a single address in Atlanta during her December 12 to 14 visit. The dinner for the Presidents Club at the Hotel Biltmore on December 12 is a subscription event, with plates at $2, to hear Perkins.
Atlanta. Ryburn G. Clay president of Fulton National Bank and chairman of the Sixth Federal Reserve District Depositors Liquidation Board says prompt action by receivers can release millions to depositors in Georgia closed banks between now and Christmas. President Roosevelt wants as many loans made in December. courts decide mortgage plan but do not delay loans. 110 closed banks exist. success of Empire Trust, Decatur Bank and Macon Savings shows dividends possible for others.
A local group acts to prevent inflow of liquor from nearby wet neighbors in response to a new amendment. The effort aims to enforce stricter control and protect dry areas from outside liquor access.
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