South Georgia plants shipped to far points
Florida to Canada shipments spread from south Georgia as cabbage and tomato plants move to four points of the compass. Culpepper notes 4,000 to 5,000 acres planted in cabbage and tomatoes with tobacco 3,700 to 4,000 more acres. Livestock show yields cited and 200 high grade heifers plus 40 purebred bulls placed. Four-H and FFA involvement highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Harold ‘Tyler
Associated Press
Tifton
Florida
Canada
United States
Faday
B. Culpepper
King Cottin
Georgia
Department of Entomology
Culpepper
University of Georgia
Meriwether ‘County
Tift
Four-H. Club
Future Farmers ‘of “America, Culpepper
Weather forecast for South Atlantic states
Cloudy with showers this afternoon into tonight across South Carolina and Georgia. Some clearing likely in the north Wednesday morning with mild temperatures. Florida remains partly cloudy with unsettled conditions and showers in the far north this afternoon or tonight. Alabama shows cloudy conditions with scattered showers Wednesday and moderate south winds along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Free Press Seen As Guarantee Of American Liberty
New York April 25 The president of the American Publishers Association James G Stahlman Nashville Tenn said a free press is the best guarantee of liberty. He spoke at the dedication of a freedom of the press statue at the New York World’s Fair calling for defense of press speech religion and assembly. He warned freedoms perish when these rights are abridged and urged vigilance to preserve constitutional freedoms for democratic governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James G. Stahlman
Nashville
Tenn
Ebay
American Publishers Association
Stahlman
Fair Grounds
Leo Friedlander
Liberty
New York Harbor
Snake Helps Golfer Card Birdie at Nebraska City
William L. Wilson faced a quirky moment at the Nebraska City country club when his second shot on the fourth hole landed near a sleeping bulb snake. The snake flicked its tail as it curled, sending the ball into the hole for a birdie three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Neb
William L. Wilson
Nebraska City Country Club
Britain Eyes Compulsory Military Service Bill
London reports a special cabinet session approved a compulsory military service bill with provisions for mandatory physical training and 19 to 21 year old basic training. The 1939-40 budget also imposes higher tobacco and sugar taxes to fund an arms heavy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cason Callaway Declines New Appointment
Atlanta April 25 The House economy investigating committee planned to submit recommendations for the state labor and department activities after Governor Rivers agreed to appoint a five man committee led by Cason Callaway. The panel includes H L Stoddard Dr W B Baker Trammell Scott and John Pearson with Jere Moore retained to finish work on the New York World's Fair exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
House
Fusgal Nseor
Nalilgels
Rivers
General Assembly
Cason Callaway
LaGrange
Callaway
H. L. Stoddard
Thomasville
W. B. Baker
Trammell Scott
John Pearson
Savannah
Wilmer Tanner
the Economy Group
R. F. Burch
Jere Moore
Milledgeville
Georgia
Wildlife Division
Joe Mitchell
Burch
Mitchell
Callaway Committee
Tax plan shifts burden on motorists smokers and rich
London on April 25 reports that the British government raised most of the rearmament bill by taxing motorists smokers and the wealthy while keeping the basic income tax unchanged. Sir John Simon presented the measures to Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Simon
Court fight begins in Mobile over freedom of the press
In Mobile Alabama arguments opened in federal court on demurrers by six defendants in a case tied to an editor’s exposure of a lottery racket. The six, indicted for conspiring to intimidate Henry P. Ewald, former executive editor of the Press Register, face trials set for May 1 amid national questions about free press rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
United States
John McDuffie
Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr
Sam B. Powe
Peter V. Frolich
John Powe
Sam Powe
George
Miriam McKenaie
McDuffie
United States Supreme Court
Henry P. Ewald
The
Press Register
Ewald
McKenzies
Ribbentrop Won't See Henderson Before Hitler Speech
German foreign minister is too busy to meet Sir Nevile Henderson in Berlin as Hitler prepares a Reichstag address on Friday. Henderson hoped to press for a word on peace terms amid warnings from London and Paris about possible conscription and a broader crisis unfolding in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Russia
France
Rome
Berlin
Neville Henderson
Adolf lHtter
Roosevelt
Europe
William Leeds
Moscow
Chamberlain
Henderson
Hitler
Whitehall
Foreign Office
Munich
Yugoslavia
Alexander Cinca-Markovich
Italy
Grigore Gafencu
Rumania
House of Commons
Sir Neville
Fuehrer
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Negile Senderson
Bern
Czechoslovakia
Joachim von Ribbeentrop
Nevile
Berlain
von Ribbentrop
Feistler
Soviet
Robert Coulondre
Paris
Coulondre
Alexander Cinea-Markovich
Belgrade
Lord Lothian
United States
Shtler
Gov Rivers Urges Mothers Day Observance
Gov E D Rivers urged Georgians to observe Mothers Day on May 14 in a proclamation. He called the day a tribute to mothers and their sacrifices and heartaches, urging children to show love and appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOV. Rivers
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
French Angers merchant ship destroyed in Toulon area
Toulon France April 25 authorities open a probe into possible second sabotage of French merchant vessels within a week after the Angers steamship was destroyed at La Seyne near a naval depot. Angers valued at 200000 francs owned by Messageries Maritime subsidiary. former Cap Arcona built 1947 Hamburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
France
Angers
la Seyne
Hamburg
Sip
Messageries Martimes
Paris
le Havre
Assalin
Senate approves Army defense appropriation
The Senate approved a $508,789,824 army defense appropriation for the next fiscal year. About 600 modern fighting planes are funded at $94,737,281, plus $53,173,100 for rifles tanks and anti aircraft guns. The bill totals $7,116,986 less than the War Department's recommendation but $952,987,628 more than the current period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
War Department
Crisp County Woman Indicted in Husband's Death
Cordele Ga April 25 Crisp County grand jury indicted Mrs Lulie Bell Sims for murder in the shooting death of her husband Robert Lee Sims a Southern Railway conductor. Indictment returned last night and the case set for possible trial next week. Sims testified drinking self defense as cause.
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Cordele, Gu
Crisp County
Grand Jury
Lulie Bell Sims
Robert Lee Sims
Sits
Southern Railway
FDR Seeks Major Government Reorganization Plan
President Roosevelt submitted to Congress a sweeping plan to fuse welfare works and lending functions into three new federal agencies a federal security agency a federal works agency and a federal loan agency He also moves the budget bureau to the executive office He projects annual savings of 15 to 20 million dollars with total agency overhead at about 235 million He notes immediate economies and long range benefits to states cities and citizens through consolidated federal services and streamlined offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Congress
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Executive Office
Federal Security Agency
Federal Works Agency
Federal
Security Agency
Social Security Board
Bureau of Public Roads
Agriculture
Public ‘Buildings
The
Procurement
Branch of
National Park Service
Interior
Works Progress Administration
Works Projects Administration
Federal Loan Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Feder
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Math
Herbert von Dirksen
Alplomatte
Snake
Zinn
State Natural Resources' Dept
Freedom OF
Ribbentrop
Putnam
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Los Angeles
Fdr
Unification
Bansis
Methodist Church
Bistop
Raymond J. Wade
Stockholm
Sweden
John L. Nelson
Geneva
Switzerland
Wallace L. Brown
Chattanooga
Tennessee
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