Cuba Refuses to Pay Bonds Over Legitimacy Claim
President Ramon Grau San Martin said Cuba will not repay Chase National Bank certificates on a 20 million dollar public works issue, calling the debt illegitimate as it was issued with Machado’s ousted regime. He warned payments require established legitimacy. American firms face a boycott as handbills urge Cubans to shun American goods amid the dispute.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Chase National Bank
Grau
Chase
Machado
Cuba
Georgia highway work bids total about 1 million dollars
Highway Board asks for bids on 21 jobs to be let January 11 totaling roughly 1 000 000. Savannah labor relief funds, tax ordinances, and CWA projects appear in Georgia updates with local officials touting progress. James Miller editor of the Savannah Hawkeye dies at Pembroke home.
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Georgia
Highway Board
Atlanta
America
James L. Key
West Point
Chattahoochee
Savannah
Morgan
Jasper
Putnam
Jones
Greene
Columbus
W. D. Jennings
Augusta
CWA
Lowndes County
James Miller
The
Savannah Hawkeye
Pembroke
Southeast and Georgia Lead Recovery Drive
The Southeast and Georgia show the strongest national recovery, with brisk holiday business and a 46 percent rise in Atlanta bank clearings for the second week of the month versus last year. Authorities credit higher prices for farmers cash crops and revived factory employment and wages for the rebound.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Southeast
Washington
Thousands Enjoy Fishing Festival at Banks Lake
Lakeland Ga locals and visitors flocked to Banks Lake for a wholesale fishing festival. Tens of thousands took to the drained 500 acre waters to net trout bass crappie and bream. Dozens of fishing parties held fish fries as crowds watched and participated.
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Banks Lake
Lakeland
Gars
Board Studies Plan for Producing Food at State Hospital
The State Board of Control of Eleemosynary Institutions weighs plans to enable the Milledgeville State Hospital for the Insane to increase food production. EK E Lindsay, recently named chairman, has toured the hospital to explore expanding farming nearby or at other institutions to grow staples for the hospital pantry.
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State Hospital
Atlanta
Hopital For Insane
Milledgeville
State Board of Control of
Eleemosynary
EK. E. Lindsay
Rome
Board of Control
NRA Recovery Measures Examined by Chamber of Commerce
The United States Chamber of Commerce surveys members to gauge effects of NRA and Roosevelt acts on business. Questions cover Blue Eagle agreements, industrial codes, farm programs, credit agencies, and housing loans. Respondents assess impact on employment, pay, production, prices, and whether extensions are warranted.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
City Pardons 104 Best Customers
Atlanta Mayor James L. Key pardoned 104 prisoners in the city stockade calling them Christmas presents for the citys best customers. Recorders A W Callaway John L Cone and prison superintendent J C Ellis prepared the list and said they wanted to show appreciation for the patronage.
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Atlanta
James L. Key
A. W. Callaway
John L. Cone
J. C. Ellis
Let us do your Job Printing, The Pavo Weekly News
The Pavo Weekly News advertises its job printing services offering reliable work for local businesses and residents. The notice emphasizes quality printing and prompt service to attract customers needing handbills posters or typewritten materials.
Lawrence Camp Named New U S District Attorney
Lawrence 8. Camp a former Georgia attorney general and state Democratic executive committee chair will become U S district attorney for the northern district of Georgia effective January 15. He will lead a staff including Sidney Camp Neil Andrews and Ike K Hay with prior government service backgrounds.
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Atlanta
Lawrence
Camp
Sidney Camp
Newnan
American Legion
Neil Andrews
Dalton
Rome
Ike K. Hay
Covington
Richard RF. Russell, Jr
Georgia to Pay Postage on Tags in 1934 License Sale
Georgia will cover postage for 1934 automobile license tags ordered by mail or at the counter. Governor Telmadge announced a flat $3 rate, with an expected statewide postage outlay around $20,000.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Telmadge
John Rourke Jr Named Judge of Eastern Superior Court
Governor Talmadge administers the oath to Judge John Rourke Jr in Savannah as successor to the late Judge Peter W. Meldrim. Rourke resigns Savannah Municipal Court post to join the Eastern Superior Court bench. A Capitol luncheon in Atlanta honors the new judge with Savannah leaders and state figures in attendance.
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John Rourke, JR
Eastern Superior Court
Viteh
Chatham County
Sarnah
John Rourke
Savannah
State Democratic Executive Committee
Talmadge
State Highway Board
Clark Howell
The
Constitution
John Ek. Whitley
la Grange
Meyer Regenstein
Lindley W. Camp
James D. Robinson
First National Bank of
Atlanta
Thomas Gamble
Sam Cann
Eastern
Five Killed In Freight Wreck Near Calvert Texas
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed after hitting livestock near Calvert Texas. Engineer R J Delhomme 48 fireman Jet Wallace 45 and brakeman Cos Green 47 all of Mait were killed. Two tramp riders in a refrigerated car also died.
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Calvert, Tex
Missouri Pacific
Here
R. J. Delhomme
Jet Wallace
Cos Green
Mait
Jenkins County Board bans relatives from teaching staff
Millen Ga. The Jenkins County Board of Education ruled that no married women or relatives of board members may teach in Jenkins county schools. The rule takes effect at the start of the 1934 September term and defines relatives to include sons in law daughters in law sons husbands wives brothers sisters nieces and nephews. The board also raises teacher qualifications to at least two years of college training.
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Millen
Boards of Trustees
Jenkins County
County Board of Education
Lawrence Succeeds Dunaway at Farm
Rollie Lawrence will replace Judge B H Dunaway as superintendent of the state prison farm at Milledgeville on January 1. Captain W W Beard will take over tuberculosis hospital duties and Warden W R Proctor may become guard captain. A new prison farm in Tattnall County is rumored for Dunaway.
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Rollie Lawrence
Baldwin County
B. H. Dunaway
Milledgeville
W. W. Beard
W. R. Proctor
Tuberio Hospital
Prison Commission
Judge Dunaway
Tattnall County
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Farr Credit Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Ases
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Pavo Weekly News
Lawrence Camp
U. S
Fvo
Killwat
Jenkins
Dunaway
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