Miller back as head of road board
Georgia Supreme Court restored W L Miller to the highway chairmanship after court rulings and state and federal battles. Governor Rivers reinstated Miller amid a custody of the road board, with Patten and Watson continuing as members. The dispute spanned militia use, court orders, and political clashes in Atlanta.
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Miller
Atlanta
National Guard
W. L. Miller
Georgia Supreme Court
Governor Rivers
Jim Gillis
High Court
W. D. Murray
Highway Building
Lawson L. Patten
Herman H. Watson
Watson
Millet
Rivers
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Supreme Court
Georgia Democratic
James L. Gillis
Highway Board
Lone National Guardsman
Gillis
Lawseen L. Patten
Highway Department
Macon
Weather forecast for southern states and nearby coasts
Weather forecast details for South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama and extreme northwest Florida. Cloudy unsettled conditions cooler tonight with partial clearing Sunday fair and warmer in parts. Northwest and west winds on the coast.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
North
Nortion
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce plans campaign and ad fund drive
Chamber directors discussed the annual membership drive and a funding push to support operations. President Cox noted four thousand dollars in fixed expenses and outlined plans led by Fondren Mitchell Bill Flowers and Lawson Neel to raise advertising funds for Thomasville.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. F. Cox
C. Dewey Norwood
Cox
Thomasville
Messrs
Fondren Mitchell
Bill Flowers
Lawson Neel
Mitchell
Agriculture Committee
John R. Alexander
Germany Romania trade pact edges toward wider Balkan leverage
Germany signed a five year trade treaty amendment with Romania to extend munitions and aircraft deliveries to Bohemia Moravia and Poland, with a gentlemen's agreement to ship 100 Messerschmidt planes. Romania kept wheat contracts and resisted higher oil quotas citing transport limits, as Balkan capitals grew wary of wider war spread.
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Robert ST. John
Bucharest
Germany
Rumania
Bohemia-Moravia
Poland
Reich
Czecho-Slovakia
Karl Clodius
Skoda
Czecho- Slovakia
Balkan
Europe
Ohio River Valley Flood Flooding in Hocking and Ohio River Valleys
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Hocking Valley flood as the worst since 1913 with the Ohio river spreading into lowlands and Marietta isolating roads in Athens Logan and surrounding towns. A boy drowns as rains deepen and homes flood forcing hundreds to flee and seek higher ground.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Marietta
Pioneer City
Athens
Logan
Gordon
Gloucester
Nelsonville
Morrow
Lebanon
Newark
Derailment of Lake Shore Limited Kills 25 At Mohawk Curve
Fast express derailed on a wide curve near Little Falls New York killing 25 and injuring about 100 as 9 of 16 cars piled along the highway and canal. Rescue workers labored in rain to identify victims while hospitals rushed rail passengers from the scene.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Mohawk Valley
New York Central
Albany-Buffalo
J. Y. Smith
Schenectady
Jesse Ear
Albany
John Ronan
New York City
Reynaud Seeks Mediterranean Entente With Italy and Spain
Premier Paul Reynaud told the Senate foreign affairs committee France seeks a Mediterranean entente with Italy and Spain as a basis for peace. He said France would pursue equitable regulation of pending questions with Italy, while noting Italy has not yet responded. The communique cited Roosevelt’s anti aggression stance and described France’s efforts in recent months.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
France
Italy
Spain
Reyueaud
Roosevelt
Major battle looms as France and Norway actions unfold
Allied and German forces mass in Norway signaling a large battle. France hints at a Mediterranean entente with Italy and Spain while Britain and Soviet Russia pursue trade talks. Berlin celebrates Hitler's birthday as Germany expands in southern Norway and Romania.
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France
Italy
Germany
Hitler
Britain
Russia
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Paul Reynaud
Sweden
Elverum
Oslo
Trondheim
The
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Highway Committee
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E.C. Mann
Rose Show Committee
Rose Shaw Ea
New York State
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Chicago
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Egypt
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Associated Press
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Army of Occupation
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