Georgia may lose federal grants for public aid
Washington reports the Social Security Board warned Georgia that federal grants for public assistance could stop if the state does not provide adequate legal safeguards for recipients records by July 1. The issue centers on Governor Talmadge's plan to publish names of old age assistance recipients.
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Washington
Social Security Board
State of
Georgia
Paul V. McNutt
Tarver
D-Ga
McNutt
San Francisco Strike Looms Over Women Wage Rise
A 850 strike threat looms as 4 500 CIO warehousemen in San Francisco await an 8 am deadline to walk out for a 10 cent an hour raise for women workers earning 50 to 55 cents. Pittsburgh's truck drivers join a walkout affecting defense material shipments and signaling wider disruption.
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Associated Press
San Francisco Bay Area
Pittsburgh
Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
CIO
Association of San Francisco Distributors
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Eastern Stat
Motor Truck Association
Weather Outlook Across States With Warm Skies
Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Tuesday across South Carolina Georgia and Florida. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect considerable cloudiness with scattered thunder showers tonight and Tuesday. Gentle to moderate southerly winds along the coast.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Roosevelt Gains Power to Speed Aid for Britain
President Roosevelt signed a bill giving mandatory priorities to armaments production for Britain and the United States under the lease lend act. The measure extends priority powers to foreign contracts and government as well as private industry, and allows control over sub contracts and materials in shortage. It also permits iron ore flow from Canada to U.S. steel plants and suspends the coastwise trade law for a year.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
White House
Navy
Army
Office of Production Management
OPM
England
Aed
Holiday week traffic toll tops 459 deaths
The Associated Press reports a three day Memorial holiday period produced at least 459 fatalities. Traffic crashes led with 52 deaths in Michigan the state with the most, followed by Ohio Indiana and New York with numerous traffic drownings and other causes.
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Associated Press
National S Council
BQO
Nots
Rhiscélous
Michigan
Ohare
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Georgians Vote Tomorrow on Constitutional Amendments
Atlanta June 2 Georgians head to polls tomorrow to decide 70 constitutional amendments eight statewide eight relate to governor term four years while companion proposal aligns other officials terms civil suits raised to 200 school superintendent four year term rural electric tax exemption amendment promotes state resources advertising annual General Assembly sessions debated polls open 7am to 6pm precincts close early in rural areas some expect rain to break drought and influence turnout
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Atlanta
Justices of the Peace
General Assembly
Eugene Talmadere
War Dept Seeks Power to Requisition Property
Washington June 2 The War Department asked Congress for authority allowing the president during a national emergency to requisition property of various kinds necessary to national defense. The request totals a broad grant of power to seize facilities, materials, and resources as needed.
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WAR Dept
Washington
Congress
Two Warehouses Destroyed by Sunday Blaze
A Sunday morning fire on North Stevens Street destroyed two warehouse buildings owned by B. Y. Vann and used by Vann Transfer & Storage. Bill Bartlett alerted authorities as acetylene and oxygen tanks exploded, fueling flames that engulfed furniture, freight, and a neighboring truck storage warehouse with twenty eight used cars. No injuries were reported.
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North Stevens Street
B. Y. Vann
Vann Transfer & Storage Company
Vann
Bill Bartlett
DéSantis Motor Co
K. & L. Transporation Company
Crete Seen as Nazi Stepping Stone in Mediterranean War
DeWitt Mackenzie’s feature on Crete argues the island served to endanger the British fleet’s eastern safety zone and to threaten Syria or Cyprus, noting heavy British losses and substantial German costs. The piece examines strategic impact amid ongoing campaigns and the broader Mediterranean theater.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Near East
Near-East
Cyprus
Syria
Alexandria
Hitler
Near
Iraq
Long Island
H. M
Hood
Atlantic
Four soldiers hurt as auto train crash at South Broad
Four Selma Alabama soldiers from Camp Blanding were injured when their car collided with Atlantic Coast Line Train No. 157 at the South Broad street crossing. Sergeant Ensley Cooper suffered a bad head injury and possible spinal damage, Private Ernest D. Adams leg fracture, with two other soldiers treated for less serious injuries. The crash occurred while the troop transport followed other vehicles from Camp Blanding leaving destinations in Alabama towns.
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Ensley Cooper
South Broad Street
Selina
Ala
Uncle
Sam
Camp Blanding
Mla
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Atulantic Coast
Broad Street
Ensley - Cooper
Ernest D. Adams
Sgt. Cooper
Adams
R. C. ‘Uzzell
Set
Frank Binford
Jessa
Mike Chester
Chas. McKinney
Clearman Carruth
Corp
Robert ‘Fannin
Selma
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Axis Chiefs Study Move Against U S
Reports from London detail German motorized infantry landing at Latakia Syria and British evacuation of women and children from Cyrus as Axis forces pressure Crete. Mussolini and Hitler reportedly weigh actions as U S plans to defend the Western Hemisphere loom.
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Ditler
Mussolini
U. S
Syria
Cyprus
Associated Press
Latakia
Cyrus
Crete
Calariy
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardina
Snes
Nadi
Adolf
Hitler
Benito’ Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Actin
le Lers
Azores
Atlantic
London
France
Axis
Menitetaneen
Britain
Middle East
Italy
Axiit Libyd
Bétaween
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McLeod Studio
Stephens Street
Times-Enterprise
Colummn
FDR
By Douglas B. Cornell
Armanent
Great Lakes
Fred Vanderschmidt
DeWitt MacKenzie
Presbyterian Church
South Broad
Chiefs
U.S
Emboy
Atlantic Coast Line
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