Advertising Men Optimistic Over Georgia's Future
Atlanta reports optimistic forecasts from the Advertising Men's Association of Georgia daily papers. They cite rains aiding southeast farmers, a shift from cotton to tobacco as a cash crop, a blue mold decline, rising livestock output, and healthy pre Easter retail sales. C. E. Hutchins notes pulp industry aiding small farmers. J. P. Luther mentions cotton parity checks in Sumter County swelling trade. Next meeting set for July in Savannah.
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Atlanta
Georia Daily
Georgia
Advertising Men's Association
C. E. Hutchins
Savannah Morning News
Evening Press
J. P. Luther
The
Americas Times-Recorder
Sumter County
Luther
Max Nussbaum
Moultrie Observer
Association
M. &. Brewster
Valdosta Times
Allen McDonald
Macon
Weather outlook across the Southeast and Gulf states
A broad regional forecast shows cloudy skies with showers and cooler air sweeping across South Carolina and Georgia tonight through Wednesday. Florida experiences partly cloudy to scattered showers mainly in the north, with warmer spots near the northeast coast tonight. Alabama and extreme Northwest Florida face thunder showers with colder conditions tonight and Wednesday, with winds shifting to northerly along the coast.
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Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Lindbergh Asked to Testify on Neutrality Act
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh invited to testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding neutrality legislation. He radioed he will communicate directly on arrival in the United States. Acting Chairman Bloom said arrangements would be made to have him appear.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
House
Bloom
Lindbergh
Garver
Footprint clues in murder of nine year old in Spartanburg
A plaster cast of a man's footprint and a knife cut stick are investigated after the body of nine year old Goldier Mae Chapman is found in a stream near Enmore mill village. No rape evidence, three men held for questioning, a fourth sought.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Enmore Mill
Goldier Mae Chapman
Sherif Sam tHlenry
Thertronery
Impeachment Debate Over Rivers Reaches Georgia Legislature
Atlanta April 11 reports show Rep. Herschel Lovett urging an extra session to impeach Gov. E. D. Rivers. Opponents call the move hastily spoken while supporters argue it may be needed to halt mismanagement and tax policy.
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Atlanta
Herschel Lovett
Georgia
E. D. Rivers
David S. Atkinson
Savannah
Edward Wohlwender
Columbus
H. B. Edwards
Valdosta
Aovernor Rivers
Frank A.mcnall
Rivers
Dixon Smith
Lovett
State Highway Department
Atkinson
Spence M. Grayson
James V. Carmichael
Cook County
General Assembly
Edwards
Daladier Clears France for Immediate War Action
Daladier moves to boost French fighting strength and coordinate with Britain. France's navy may cooperate with the British Admiralty in the eastern Mediterranean as tensions rise with Germany and Italy. Marshal Petain arrives from San Sebastian for talks with Foreign Minister Bonnet, amid Spain’s reported troop movements and questions about the anti‑Comintern pact.
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Daladier
Mediterranean
Henri Phillippe Petain
Spain
San Sebastain
George Bonnet
Petain
Burgos
Chamberlain seeks aid from Russia over Europe pact
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain intensifying efforts to enlist Soviet Russia in a broad anti aggression pact as Ivan Maisky visited the foreign office for talks with Viscount Halifax. Britain shifts to bolster Greece Turkey and Bulgaria while Mediterranean fleet concentrates toward Malta.
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London
Chamberlain
Russia
Spain
Balkans
Ivan Maisky
Foreign Office
Viscount Halifax
Rumania
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Admiralty
Malta
Corfu
Italy
Germany
France
Wyrenees
Maisky
Lord Halifax
Downing Street
Britain
Albania
Roosevelt Says WPA Cut Impacts 300000 to 400000 Jobs
Washington April 11 President Roosevelt says in a letter to Senator Pepper that a $100 million WPA appropriation would eliminate between 300000 and 400000 work relief jobs, vs a $150 million request. He notes arithmetic governs continuing relief through July first and warns few on the waiting list could be served with the smaller sum.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pepper
D-Flo
Congress
WPA
House
Senate
Joan Crawford Divorce Granted Amid Mental Cruelty Claims
The article notes actress Joan Crawford obtaining a divorce from Franchot Tone after charges of mental cruelty. It mentions court actions in New York and California, with attendance and testimony shaping the proceedings as Crawford seeks to finalize the marriage and related alimony or support considerations.
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Joan Crawford
Benja
V. i
Min Scheining
New York
California
Outlin
Ttalo German Move Toward Greece Feared
Greece faced world alarm as Italy advanced in Albania with Rome and Berlin suspected of planning further expansion. Athens talked of assurances to Greece while Britain and France eyed Corfu. Chamberlain awaited pledges to defend Greece and Turkey, with other nations shoring up defenses as tensions rose.
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Greece
France
Britain
Rome
Berlin
Great Britain
Albania
Athens
Adriatic
Corfu
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Italy
Gayda
Wife of New York State Judge Sentenced to Jail
Mrs Irma N Lauer wife of state Supreme Court Justice Edgar A Lauer was sentenced to three months in jail and fined 2500 on a four count indictment charging conspiracy and smuggling. She appeared with a physician and a nurse before Federal Judge Vincent Letchell leaning on her husband as the procession moved. The government sought imprisonment noting she was a second offender after Justice Lauer settled for 10400 in 1937 for undeclared jewelry she brought into the United States.
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New York
Irma N. Lauer
State Supreme Court
Edgar A. Lauer
Lauer
Justice Lauer
United States
U S Sounds Out Other Nations on War Trade
The administration has sounded Britain Belgium and the Netherlands on a plan to bar barter surplus American cotton and wheat for rubber tin and other strategic materials. Final negotiations will be taken up by the State Department within days. Byrnes said the plan could broaden to other essential-material suppliers and would require only congressional approval to permit government control of cotton barter with price and holding stipulations for five years.
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Washington
Great Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Byrnes
D-Sc
Secreary of
Agriculture
Wallace
Aetary
Hull
Dartey
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
United States
Dutch Mast Indies
War and Navy Department
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