Rivers and Hulet settle labor row with new appointments
Atlanta December 29 politicians weigh the significance of Governor E B Rivers settlement with Labor Commissioner Hulet. Rivers announces appointments to the labor department including executive director of unemployment compensation J B Stewart and associate appeals referee Elgil E Adams. The move follows a prior quarrel over James O Connor controversy and a bill to curb Hulet, which failed in the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
EB. D. Rivers
Uemployment Compensation
J B. Stewaat
Douglas
Charles & Stewart
Eugene Talmadge
Marion Williamson
National Guard
Mahmadge
Treasury
Kgil E. Adams
T. J. Lance
Young Darris College
George Googe
TY. M. Forbes Oftlanta
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association
Harry Notingham
Macon
Stewart
Lem P. James
Hulet
Rivers
James Fnally
James
Marion A. O'Connor
Tuiet
Gin
Huiet
Walter Sanders
Newnan
Regional Weather Recast For Southeast States
Weather forecast covers South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama. Tonight expects cloudiness light rain or snow flurries in parts with cold temperatures near freezing inland and frost along southern coasts. Saturday brings continued clouds cold conditions with partial clearing and a risk of frost in northwest Florida and Alabama coastal zones.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
South
Blizzard Adds To Suffering In Anatolia
Ankara reports a mounting death toll from the Anatolian quake with fears total may reach 50,000 as starvation cold and disease intensify. Relief trains bring supplies though blocked roads and a blizzard hinder aid while tremors and aftershocks drive more destruction and fear.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Erzincan
Fatin
Istanbul Observatory
Turkey
Janik Mountains
Black Sea
Sovas Vilayet
Zara
Dr Dafoe to resign as guardians of the quints
Callander Ontario reports Dr Allan Roy Dafoe plans to resign as one of the Dionne quintuplets guardians after two years seeking relief. Premier Hepburn says retirement depends on Dafoe, who will remain personal physician. other guardians will continue. Adoption of nursery return decisions pending.
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Callander
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Mitchell Hepburn
St. Thomas
Dafoe
Oliva Dionne
Hepburn
Guardain
Dr. Dafoe
J. A. Valin
Percy Wilson
Keith Munro
Miami Beach
Fku
Arthur Slaght
Allen Roy Dafoe
Slaght
Parrysound
Nazis Claim British Battleship Torpedoed in Baltic Raid
Finnish and Russian forces clash with heavy shelling along the Leningrad Viipuri railway and Karelia as Red Air Force strikes Finnish railway centers Hyvinkaa Riihimaki Karjaa and Hanko. Finnish communique reports 600 Russians killed at Kelja and 300 more dead in Sysky Lake sector with tanks destroyed and battalions dispersed.
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Helsinki
Kelja
Conmand
Red Army
Leningrad
Viipuri
Lake Suvanto
Karelian
Sysky Lake
Bitter cold grips nation as New Year nears across regions
Bitter cold spread across the Dakotas and Mississippi Valley with 13 below in Bismarck and 10 below in Pierre as winter dominates New Year celebrations. Snow fell in the Ohio Valley and Dakotas while southern Alabama and central Kentucky saw light rain. Highs and lows varied, with Knoxville at 24 and Augusta at 82, as forecasts called for moderating temps northward and little change elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Bismark
N. D
Pierre
R& D
Consordia
Kas
Ballentine
Neb
Dodge City
Ohio Valley
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Minnesota
Alabama
Kentucky
Boston
Eastport
Virginia
Texas
Georgia
Knoxville
Tenn
Norfolk
Augusta
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Fire damages Revere Brass Foundry amid warship work
Fire at the Revere Brass Foundry caused about 15000 dollars in damage and may have destroyed patterns for machinery parts for new US destroyers. Chief McCarrick cited a hot air oven explosion as a likely cause while state fire marshal aid was requested. Plant officials said patterns were copies and government work would not be delayed.
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Revere
Mass
Revere Brass
United States
Thomas J. McCarrick
McCarrick
Bath
McCartick
Roosevelt May Seek Compromise On Wagner Act Reforms
Washington reports Roosevelt weighs compromise proposals on Wagner Act amendments and wage hour law revisions for the 1940 session. Congress faces hearings from three committees and pressure from labor and industry to alter the act while a White House stance could curb a protracted fight. Ramspeck urges resignation of Madden and Smith as hearings continue.
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Congress
Joseph H. Short
Washington
Roosevelt
House
National Labor Board
White House
Senate
House Labor
Rep
Ramspeck
Georgia
House Labor Committee
J. Warner Madden
Edwin&. Smith
Influx of Tourists to Winter Resorts in the Southland
New Orleans reports an unprecedented winter tourist surge driven by the European war. Vaccinating the Gulf region, bookings soar for Havana and Central American routes while Dixie awaits 2.3 million Florida visitors and a $690 million impact. The Sugar Bowl and midwinter events draw 35 to 40 thousand visitors. Georgia tourism benefits from Gone With The Wind hype as rail and coastal regions brace for peak season.
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New Orleans
Southland
Central and
Latin America
Havana
Canal Zono
Mexico
Central American
Rio Grande
Miami
Dixie
Florida
South
Chambers of Commerce
Europe
W. W. Taylor
Margaret Mitchell
Georgia
Atlanta
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Gulf
Mississippi
Natchez, Miss
President's Son and Wiff Hurt in Accident
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and his wife were injured in a dawn car crash on a foggy Virginia road near Berry's Ferry Clarke county while returning to Washington from a northern Virginia party. Both walked into Memorial Hospital and left later for Washington in a White House car with Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Winchester
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Washington
Northern Virginia
Memorial Hospital
Robert F. Cline
Roosevelts
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Berry’s Ferry
Clarke County
Kenneth Kilpin
Boyce
German Claim Hit On U-Boat and Allied Actions Across The Front
German supreme command reports a British Queen Elizabeth class battleship torpedoed by a submarine west of Scotland with British admiralty confirming damage. Soviet air raids hit Finnish rail centers and southern coast while Finland and Russia exchange advances on the Karelian front. Russia reshuffles itsFinnish campaign leadership as censorship returns. Weather and sparse fighting mark the western front with Japan stating large Chinese casualties in the broader conflict.
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Moscow
Russia
G. M. Stern
Vest
Leningrad
Red
Finland
K. A. Meretskoff
Associated Press
Germany
Scotland
Murmansk
Japan
K. A. Meretkoff
Russians Broadcast Peace Proposals To Finland
London listeners reported a Russian peace broadcast claiming Russians and Finns favor a truce. The announcer said Karelia would be returned to Finland and Finnish workers would receive paid holidays with land reforms. Finnish critics in London dismissed the proposals as unlikely and noted existing holidays and peasant land ownership.
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London
Finland
Moscow
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Mannerheim Line
Quins Guardian
Quins
RED Air Force
Lynn Heinzerling
Det
Hyvinkaa
Riihimaki
Karjaa
Hanko
Kotka
Provoo
Leksa
Lieksa
Salla
Leiksa
Stockholm
Arctic Circle
Petsamo
Arctic Ocean
Karelian Isthmus
U.S
Brass Foundry
FDR
Wiff
Winchester, Va
Muosede
Far East
Armand Boucher
Burlington, Vt
Chile
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