Georgia Governor Blames Federal Wage Scale For Labor Shortage
Governor Eugene Talmadge attacked the Civil Works Administration and Federal Emergency Relief wages, warning Georgia farmers and private businesses will face a labor shortage next spring if the current wage scale persists. He cited a letter from Jack Whiten of Baxley about CWA payrolls and eligibility rules, urging federal action to avoid widespread economic strain across Georgia and the South.
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Eugene Talmadge
Civil Works Administration
Federal Relief Administration
Georgia
Federal Emergency Relief Association
CWA
Jack Whiten
Baxley
Whiten
Talmadge
Public Works Official Denies Five Percent Commission Claim
Searcy B. Slack, a dismissed PWA engineer-examiner in Georgia, denies charges that he sought a five percent commission to secure a 2 million dollar federal loan for bridges. He says he proposed resigning to work for Georgia on the bridges and filed a formal ethics inquiry with the American Society of Civil Engineers. He cites meetings with Governor Talmadge and state highway officials as part of his discussions.
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Searcy B. Slack
Ickes
PWA
Georgia
of Georgia
Slack
Talmadge
Public Works Administration
State of Georgia
American Society’ of Civil Engineers
Cox and McRae
Highway Board
Georgia Bridge Official Dismissed Over Alleged PWA Bribe
Searcy B. Slack, engineer examiner for the Public Works Administration in Georgia, was dismissed with prejudice by Secretary Ickes for allegedly offering to obtain a $2,000,000 PWA bridge allotment in exchange for a 5 percent planning commission. Slack denied comment, Atlanta officials said they had no information, and Governor Talmadge gave no statement pending the matter’s adjustment.
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Searcy B. Slack
Public Works Administration
Georgia
Ickes
Public Works Administrator
Slack
Georgia Highway Department
Atlanta
Georgia Public Works Advisory Board
Talmadge
Detroit banker blames collapse on low mood and loans
Senate investigators hear former Guardian Detroit Union Group president Robert Q. Lord recount loans totaling 12 million dollars from Edsel Ford and Ford Motor Company. He says loans in 1930 1931 and 1932 helped lift troubled assets from Union Guardian Trust, citing limited optimism as a factor in the collapse.
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Guardian Detroit Union Group, Inc
Robert Q. Lord
Senate
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Lord
Guardian Detroit Company
Ford
Group Company
Continental Bank
Chicago
Union Guardian Trust Company
Senators try to uncover Detroit banking troubles in March crisis
Washington Senate Banking Committee members pressed for records from the comptroller of the currency as they investigate Detroit group banking practices tied to the March crisis that helped spur the national bank holiday at Roosevelt’s start. The inquiry also seeks broader insights into bank law enforcement under the Hoover era.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Hoover
Three Louisiana election officials sentenced for falsifying returns
New Orleans reports that three local election commissioners were tried and convicted for falsifying November 1932 election returns. They were sentenced to seven months in parish prison and fined $100 each, with a further month added if fines are not paid.
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Parish
Roosevelt Defines National Labor Board Authority
President Roosevelt issued an executive order defining and strengthening the National Labor Board to settle disputes. Preparations were made for publication as the board’s powers were approved and ratified to bolster its approach in labor conflicts with Weirton Steel and related parties.
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National Labor Board
Steel Company
Washington
Weirton Steel Company
Bullet Crashes Into Mail Truck Near White House
Washington officials investigate a bullet strike on a Marine Corps mail truck parked near the White House. An orderly suffered a minor facial cut as glass shattered. police traced sounds to distant shorelines with no suspect found.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Columbia Island
Potomac River
Virginia
McCormick Appointed to CWA Airport Work
Senator George says the aeronautics division of the Commerce Department has appointed A. W. McCormick of Atlanta as an engineer adviser to the Georgia civic works administration for airport improvement projects in the state.
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Washington
George
Aeronautics Division
Department of Commerce
A. W. McCormick
Atlanta
Georgia Civic Works Administration
Trying Times for Top Hats and Tail Coats in Europe
Diplomatic pace quickens as leaders from France Britain Czechoslovakia and Poland seek peace pacts during the Christmas season. Benes Boncour and Boncour push against Hitler and Mussolini aims while Simon heads to Paris and London for disarmament talks and League unity.
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Associated Press
New York
Geneva
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Joseph A. C. Avenil
League of Nations
London
John Simon
Joseph Paul Boncour
France
Germany
John Bull
Sir John
Dr. Benes
Paul Boncour
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Overcast Skies Bring Rain From South To Atlantic Coast
The Associated Press reports an extensive weather pattern with overcast skies and rain from the south to the Atlantic seaboard. Rain fell overnight across Virginia to Alabama and into Missouri and Oklahoma, with Memphis recording 3.28 inches yesterday and 1.60 inches more today.
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Weather Bureau
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Mississippi Valley
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Minnesota
Virginia
Alabama
Missouri
Oklahoma
Memphis
Tennessee
Montgomery
Direct Loans to Industry Idea Gains Traction
Washington December 1949 The plan to provide direct government loans to industry to boost payrolls and activity is gaining support as private financing falters. With corporate financing and bank lending down this year advocates urge using government funds to inject purchasing power and stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Northwest Storms Claim Two Lives Amid Wide Reach
Severe gales and heavy rains hit the Pacific northwest, causing two fatalities and flooding cities. Temperatures plunged to a 15 year low in Juneau, Alaska, while frost devastated crops in Brawley California. A convoyed freighter Losmar rode heavy seas off Oregon under temporary steering, and Coast Guard Chelan helped shelter it toward the Columbia River. Admiral Cole sat aground in Seattle harbor, and other vessels faced damage or stranding along Washington and Oregon shores.
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Columbia River
Gran Chaco War Halt Agreed For Christmas Season
Paraguay and Bolivia agreed to halt their war in the Chaco Boreal until at least the end of the Christmas season. They told the Pan American conference in Montevideo that host Uruguay would support a cease until midnight December 31.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco Boreal
Armistice Accepted in Chaco War for Paraguay and Bolivia
The League of Nations reports that Paraguay and Bolivia have accepted a general armistice to start at midnight December 19 and run to December 31. A meeting of belligerents to negotiate peace and security is to be convened in Montevideo.
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League of Nations
Paraguay
Bolivia
League
Gran Chaco
Montvideo
Juan Antonio Vuero
League Off Nations Peace Commission
la Paz
Chaco League
Bock Teen
Montevideo
Better Prices and Checks Boost Southeast Business Activity
Improved commodity prices and government checks to farmers under the 1933 plow-up campaign spurred a 46.7 percent rise in Atlanta bank clearings from the year before. Officials say the Southeast has had the strongest business since the bank holiday last March.
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Southeast
Lindy and Anne Finish Great Adventure Flight
New York reports the Lindberghs Charles and Anne completed a 25 000 mile journey touching 31 countries and colonies. Their Pan American Airways monoplane traveled from New York July 9 through Labrador Greenland the Atlantic and Brazil to the West Indies and back. The voyage produced data for future intercontinental flight while Anne coordinated radio reports and navigation.
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Lindberghs
Smiling Anne
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Lindbergh
Havana Bombs and Riots Rock Capital as Strikes Rise
In Havana, seven bombs exploded overnight and today as gangs roam the streets near the presidential palace. Soldiers and sailors patrol to quell violence tied to labor unrest over a native employment quota, with several injuries reported and a large strike underway.
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Government workers to get two Christmas two-week weekends
Washington reports President Roosevelt plans two consecutive weekends off for federal employees during the holidays as a reward for their work in the national recovery program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Weather Forecast for Georgia South Carolina Florida and Alabama
Georgia mainly cloudy with tonight rain and extreme east region. cooler tonight and Wednesday. South Carolina cloudy with rain tonight and Wednesday in the northwest. slightly warmer north tonight, colder west Wednesday. Florida partly cloudy with possible northeast rain, cooler northwest tonight and Wednesday. Alabama partly cloudy uneasy tonight and Wednesday with probable showers in extreme north and east. cooler tonight. Extreme northwest Florida cloudy cooler with showers in extreme east tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday.
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