MacDonald to outline conditions for Georgia road funds
Thomas H. MacDonald, head of the Bureau of Public Roads, planned to submit a written statement detailing conditions Georgia must meet to receive about 10 million dollars in federal highway aid. He promised the document within a few days after discussions with Secretary Wallace and Georgia’s congressional delegation led by Senators George and Russell. The release was delayed by legal questions over Georgia's highway administration following Governor Talmadge’s martial law.
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Washington
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
Georgia
Wallace
George and
Russell
MacDonald
Department of Agriculture
Highway Administration
Highway Board
Talmadge
Road funds and cotton discussed with Wallace
Washington reports a $10,000,000 road fund entangled by a dispute between Governor Talmadge and Georgia highway officials, touching on cotton policy and broader state funding issues.
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Wallace Washington
Talmadge
Old Georgia Highway
Pressing public works asks Thomasville to apply for funds
The Thom asville League urges citizens to push for Public Works funds totaling three billion dollars to aid local projects. Proposals include a court house annex, a new court house, sewer improvements, a city hall redevelopment with stores and offices, a hotel on city hall property, and options like a municipal pool or auditorium.
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Thomasville League
Thomasville
Thomas County
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
P. C. Andrews
D. R. Pringle
City Hall
East Jackson Street
Crawford Street
Unidentified youth found dead on highway between Bainbridge and Cairo
An 18 year old body was found on the Bainbridge Cairo road with a crushed skull. A coroner's jury could not identify him or determine cause. He had told bridge keeper Glisson he was from Plant City Florida and hitchhiking with Ernest Sellers. Plant City residents are aiding inquiries.
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Bainbridge
Cairo
C. J. Glisson
Plant City
Fla
Ernest Sellers
Will Sellers
Sellers
Thomasville
Indicted men set for Ottley kidnaping trial in September
Atlanta Georgia August 21 The cases of William Delinski and Pryor Bowen indicted for the kidnaping of John K Ottley an Atlanta banker were set for trial in superior court September 12 the second day of the fall term.
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Atlanta
William Delinski
Pryor Bowen
John K. Ottley
Superior Court
Government to Aid South Georgians in Fight on Blow Fly
In Valdosta Georgia the federal government will assist farmers and livestock owners in southern Georgia as it combats the bottle fly larvae causing livestock losses. Dr W C Dendinger arrives to survey counties including Lowndes Brooks Thomas Colquitt and Berrien where cattle have died. Senator S Morton Turner reports the fly on his Brooks county farm and other farmers report widespread losses to cattle and pets.
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Valdosta
United States
South Georgia
W. C. Dendinger
Lowndes
Brooks
Thomas
Colquitt
Berrien
S. Morton Turner
Quitman
Brooks County
Thirteenth Sleepy Sickness Victim Dies in St Louis
Miss Vivian Freeman 20 of Carsonville died at Isolation Hospital after slipping into sleeping sickness. Artificial respiration and an inhalator were used for over an hour. Thirteen deaths now, 137 cases reported, many from St Louis County.
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St. Louis
Vivian Freeman
Carsonville
St. Louis County
Four Point Cotton Price Program Before Wallace
Washington reports a southern congressional delegation led by Senators George and Russell pressed Secretary Wallace with a four point plan to aid cotton prices. They urged speedier acreage reduction for 1934 and 1935, an early hearing on adjusting the 4.2 cent processing tax, tax levies on competing textiles, and an inflation program.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
George and Russell
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Representative McSwain
South Carolina
McSwain
Bishop Candler to Celebrate Birthday
Atlanta report says Bishop Warren A. Candler senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will mark his seventy six birthday Wednesday in a religious manner. He reports his health is excellent and jokes that he has quit having birthdays.
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Atlanta
Warren A. Candler
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Georgia tobacco crop tops weekly sales totals
Georgia growers report 20,953,604 pounds sold last week at 9.80 cents a pound. Year to date receipts total 5,680,046.00 dollars across Adel Baxley Blackshear Douglas Hahira Hazelhurst Metter Moultrie Nashville Pelham Statesboro Tifton Valdosta Vidalia Waycross with regional totals and warehouse notes included.
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Atlanta
Georgia
H. K. Ramsey
State Department of Agriculture
Ramsey
South Georgia
Adel
Baxley
Blackshear
Douglas
Hahira
Hazelhurst
Metter
Moultrie
Nashville
Pelham
Stateshoro
Tifton
Valdosta
Vidalia
Waycross
Garment Workers Strike Over Wages And Hours
About 10 000 garment workers in 150 Chicago factories walked out demanding higher wages and shorter hours. Bernard Shane, head of the ILGWU, said employers touted the NRA blue eagle yet failed to meet its principles. Some workers reportedly earned only four dollars weekly, with 90 percent of strikers women. Employers claimed New York dress supplies would cover the demand. some workers were paid by piece rate.
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Chicago
Bernard Shane
International Ladies Garment Union
NRA
Shane
Seven Known Dead From Jersey Storm On Coast
Seven people are confirmed dead as a freak coastal storm hit the Jersey shore from Long Beach to Cape May. Coast guardsmen saved many, while wreckage from small craft washed ashore at Ocean City and the inlet was used to identify a missing boat’s owners.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jersey
Long Beach
Cape May
Ocean City
Beptan
Gertrude R
Horace Robb
Six Fishermen Drowned in Jersey Northeaster Tragedy
Atlantic City August 2 AP six persons are known to have drowned as a fierce northeaster roared into the Jersey Coast yesterday tossing calm seas into a fury. Coast guardsmen battled rough seas and saved many lives despite great odds. Additional crews feared up to six more fishermen may be lost.
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Atlantic City
Jersey
Long distance management tops farm problems says Georgia woman
Mrs Louis D Bolton of Mansfield Georgia, wife of a Detroit businessman, returns to the 1200 acre Burge plantation and turns it from liability to asset in three years through on site supervision. She argues distance farming fails without personal oversight and notes cotton remains Georgia's main crop alongside sweet potatoes corn wheat and oats. Nearly 100 descendants of slaves still live on the plantation once damaged in Shermans march.
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Georgia
Mansfield
Louis D. Bolton
Detroit
Bolton
Burge
Newton County
Wiley Burge
Sherman
Johnson And Aides Strive To Overcome Obstacles To Coal Industry
Georgia's new public service commission plans hearings from October 10 to cut intra state freight rates to July 1 1913 levels. If approved, average reductions around forty percent would affect horses mules cotton watermetons and first class rates with several hearings on telephone rates and cotton products.
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Atlanta
Georgia
New Public Service Commission
Talmadge
Here
Augusta
Oid Commission
Georgia Governor hosts open house for fellow Georgians
Chicago August 21 Governor Gene Tallmadge and his family held open house atop a Loop hotel for Georgians. A Georgian delegation of 2000 arrived for Georgia day at the World's Fair. He spoke on NRA prospects, urging higher prices for raw crops and emphasizing farming over industry while awaiting broader recovery.
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Loop
Chicago
Gene Tallmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
122Nd Infantry Band of
Nur
Talmadges
Gov.Talmadge
Mattie Talmadge
Vera Smiley
Margaret Talmadge
Herman
Arkansas Senate Passes Its Own Beer Bill
Little Rock Arkansas Aug 21 CP The senate passed its own beer bill by a 22 to 9 vote and sent it to the House for action. The measure was adopted 29 to 2 in the House with some major differences from the senate version. The legislature plans to complete action on the bill tomorrow.
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Arkansas
Senate
Little Rock
Ark
Seuitty. Cnis Ubberagon
NRA Signers Rise In Georgia To Seventeen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty One
Two hundred eighteen more Georgia employers signed the president’s re employment agreement bringing affected workers to 9,168. The state total now reaches 17,731 signed employer agreements affecting 129,509 workers. NRA insignia issued to fifty eight employers with compliance certificates via Postmaster K. Large’s office, bringing blue eagle insignia total to 3,967.
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Atlanta
Azaz
Georgia
United States Department of Commerce
NRA
Hh. K. Large
NRA Aims to Bring Coal Industry Into Blue Eagle Program
Washington August 21 Johnson and NRA officials drafted a competitive code for coal mine operators to join the steel oil lumber and cotton textiles programs. They plan to present the code as a basis for discussion while seeking a cooperative approach rather than take it or leave it. Hearings on leather industry wage demands continue as over 100 temporary accords are expected before September 1. Police stood outside NRA headquarters amid rumors of a Communist visit.
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Recovery Administration
Johnson
NRA
Communists Reported En Route to Commerce Department
In Washington on August 21 a special police guard was placed on duty at the commerce department after officers said a group of communists were coming from Baltimore to call on Hugh Jolson. Justice agents learned the group, largely longshoremen and other workers, were traveling from the Baltimore wharves. The guard aimed to stop entry until any untoward demonstration could be assessed.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Baltimore
Hugh &. Jolson
Department of Justice
Roosevelt era fair competition push reshapes steel and coal
Recovery administrators unveil a code to bring the bituminous coal industry into NRA’s circle and prepare a house to house canvass to place blue eagle emblems in windows. Johnston signals a shift toward a revised steel code while planning a late year retirement from public life and a switch to private work with Bernard Baruch.
Weather outlook for the southeast states
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday across South Carolina and Georgia with possible rain in eastern areas. Florida and Alabama expect uneven skies with possible showers on the east coast and generally fair conditions in the northwest Florida region through Friday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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