Georgia Tax Reform Debated in State Legislature
By Robert Bunnele Atlanta January 1847 reports a general revision of the Georgia tax system and the legislative push to raise state revenue. The article notes possible streamlining of administration and avoidance of new taxes as the Ways Means chairmen discuss economy before any revenue plan. Continued on Page Four.
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Robert ‘Bunnelle
Atlanta
Georgia
Hep
Rivers Gays AB
Levy
Andetson
Floyd
Enate
Governor Rivers
Weather sketchy Friday night to Saturday across regions
Forecast shows cloudy with rain along the coast and north portions tonight. Georgia and central Florida expect partly cloudy skies with chilly to near freezing temperatures in southern areas tonight, then fair and slightly warmer Saturday. extreme northwest portions may stay cool.
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Booth
Carolinas
Por
Georgia
Syecast
Florida
Poramr
Bride and Groom Brave Friday Jinx in 13th Day Wedding
Albany pair Margaret Wells and William Francis Kearney Jr. faced a superstition as they planned to marry on Friday the 13th. They met September 13, 1932, announced their engagement, and scheduled the ceremony for the 13th hour on the 13th day at 1 PM EST.
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Albany, Navyy
Margaret Ken ‘Wells
William “Francis Kearney
Wells
Georgia tobacco marketing board recommended in Georgia legislature
South Georgia lawmakers pressed a bill to set up a state tobacco marketing commission with rules for grading licenses and warehouses. Rep Edwards called it a camouflaged move to sidestep wage and hour laws, urging farmers to study the bill before a vote.
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Georgia Tobacco: Marketing Board
Atlanta
South Georgia
Assembly
Hl. B. Edwards
Lowndes County
House
W. Or, Blease
Louis Graham
Brooks County
Edwards
H. Swindle
Berrien County
Edward
Hitler In Rome Parley Seeks Plea To Keep Peace
Rome report says Adolf Hitler urged Mussolini to preserve peace during Chamberlain visit. German envoy Von Mackensen relayed Hitler’s message in Ciano talks as Chamberlain met the Pope and British ministers discussed the outcome with Rome officials. Some saw the visit as delaying war for a year while Fascists harshly criticized France in Tevere. Chamberlain prepares to return home.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Italy
Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Fuehrer
Il Duce
Prus XI
United States
William’ Phillips
Andre Francois-Poncet
Holy Father
Vatican
Pope Pius
von Mackensen
Ciano
Hitler
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Persghs
France
Tevere
Republic
Halifax
Germany Declines US Recognition Of All American Rights
Washington dispatch reports Germany rejects U S request for recognizing all American rights. In the House, debate on the WPA relief bill centers on cuts and future funding. Rep Woodrum defends reduced WPA funding while Boland says Democrats will not mount a concerted effort to restore the cut.
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Germany
U. S
HOUSE
Washington
Pia
Roosevelt
Woodrum
Budget Bureau
Con‘greas
House Appropriations Committee
WPA
Woodt
Virginian
Rep
Boland
D-Pa
House Democratic Organization
Bankhead
Rayburn
McCormack
D-Mass
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Roosevelt says planes available for national defense
President Roosevelt told reporters sufficient plants exist to build new planes with some factories running two or three shifts. Skilled aircraft workers may be a bottleneck at about 15 percent, while 85 percent can be trained from other industries. Most new planes to be built in private facilities. guns in government plants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Five Prisoners Attempt Alcatraz Escape. Two Shot
Fog shrouded Alcatraz Island prison early today as five inmates fled the cell block hoping to reach the water. Guards opened fire after the group rushed toward the sea. Arthur Barker wounded critically and Dale Stamphill shot in both legs while Rufus McCain Henry Young and William Martin remained confined.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Arthur Barker
Dale Stamphill
Rufus McCain
Henry Young
William Martin
James A.johnston
Barker
Stamphill
Snow and Sleet Strike Missouri Sharecroppers in Protest
New Madrid Missouri January 13 snow and sleet worsen misery for se Missouri sharecroppers and farm laborers who camp along 150 miles of cotton country highways. More than 200 people face food shortages as Farm Security Administration officials say subsistence grants need ten days for approval. Landowners deny mass eviction claims while calling for a federal inquiry into resettlement projects and agitators.
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New Madrid
Missouri
Washington
Henry McAdory
Surplus Commodities Corporation
L. B.mcpheesters
Bend . of
Mississippi County
Charleston
Hans Baasch
la Forge
Owen H. Whitfield
101st Birthday for Countess Virginia De Laune
Newark January 13 Countess Virginia De Laune 18th child in a family with 13 boys celebrates her 101st birthday on Friday the 13th. She says it is not happiness to be very old and she would not want to live much longer.
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Newark
N. J
Virginia de Laune
Nazis refuse to assure equal rights for all Americans in Germany
Berlin reports German government declined to grant in principle equal rights for American citizens in Germany regardless of race or creed. It offered to discuss individual cases through consultations to resolve issues, amid U.S. demand to protect Jews with American citizenship from Nazi decrees. News notes Hitler urged Mussolini in Rome to help keep peace as Franco advances threaten Barcelona.
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United States
Germany
Washington
DNB
Associated ‘Press
Hitler
Mussolini
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Chamberlain Apne
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Pope Pius
Kail
United .States
Rome
Puehrer
Axis
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Sudeteland
Italy
Spain
Francisco Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Lerida
Franco
Tortosa
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Harry Hopkins
Merce
Orne
Gattto
Right Denberg
Josiah
W. Ley
Alam Wight
Arthur
Hy” Bailey
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