Marshall urges strategic guard use and manpower fixes
General Marshall testified on wartime guard authority and manpower shortages. He warned Congress a peacetime guard could act as a fire extinguisher, urged rapid deployment of a battalion garrison and a $12 million Alaskan air base, and stressed the need for seasoned volunteers to meet emergencies.
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National Guard
Marshall
Congress
War Department
Fire Department
House
Senate
Roosevelt
United States
Western Hemisphere
Army
Anchorage
Alaska
Thomasville High School seniors present class exercises
The Thomasville High School senior class staged a campus theater night with a gift to Superintendent H R Mahler, a bench fund contribution, and readings music and skits. Performances included solos by Mac Jeffries and Laura Hancock, a class history, a poem, danсes and a prophecy set in 1960 with notable student roles.
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H. Ro. Mahler
Thomasville High School
H. R Mahler
Langdon.lowers
Kitty Hicks
Mac Jeffries
Grace Wilson
Doris Chastain
Laura Hancock
Glee Club
Langdon Flowers
Mace Jeffries
Aubrey Davis
Thomas Honea
Cornfield
Betty Chastain
Mahler
Weinman
Are m
Camille West
Helen Owens
Mary Neel
Alice Blue
Joe Jerger
Osco Hughes
Frederick Neel
T. FH. S
Louise Dixon
Bill Alexander
Walter Garrison
New York
Margaret Powell
Ruth Rainey
Billy Harris
Jimmy Thames
Georgia
U. S
Jack Walcott
Robert Taylor
Doris Rédfern
Belle Hutchinson
Marl Hunley
Gus Letchas
Green Bay Packers
William Mann
Dna ‘Stewart
Washington Post
Ray Hurst
Virginia Hudson
Martha Courtney
Paris Paris Paris War Toll Grows As Bombing Escalates
Reports say 45 dead and 200 wounded in Paris after a hour long German raid involving about 300 planes. Berlin cites 104 French planes downed with five attackers lost. Mussolini approves new war measures as Allied actions widen. Churchill to speak in Commons on war aims.
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Paris
Mussolini
Italy
France
Berlin
Churchill
House of Commons
Rome
Air Ministry
Issy-Lesmoulineaux
United States
William C. Bullitt
English Channel
Dunkerque
George VI
Flanders
Aisne
Saar
Hitler
Senate approves naval air force expansion to 10,000 planes
The Senate approved legislation to expand the naval air force to 10,000 planes with 16,000 pilots. It also provides for a defense ring of naval air bases around the United States.
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Senate
NAVAL
Washington
Naval Air Force
United States
Americas able to send food supply to war torn Europe
Franklin Mullin reports the western hemisphere, long seen as the world's foodbasket, can deliver large food stocks to war torn Europe. The Americas show abundant surplus wheat and grain, with meat supplies ample, though reaching global relief remains uncertain.
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Americas
Europe
Chicago
Western Hemisphere
Pelham Tomato Festival Draws Thousands in Southwest Georgia
Pelham hosts Thursday the Tomato Festival expected to attract ten to fifteen thousand people. A twelve thousand meal barbecue will be served at the cotton mill site. Distinguished visitors include former Governor Eugene Talmadge Columbus Roberts and George Hamilton. A bathing beauty contest crowns a Queen of the Festival in a morning event at Whaley's pool. Delena Blalock and Wylly Watkins represent Pelham and Thomasville respectively in the pageant. About two hundred Boy Scouts will assist with traffic under Chief Straford and aides.
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Pelham
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Columbus Roberts
John Wilson
Ben Mhllett
George Hamilton
Meigs
Supt
W. H. Rehberg
Whaley’s Pool
Wylly Watkins
Thomasville
Rose Theatre
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Woman
Delena Blalock
Straford
Germany accuses Allies of planting South American agents
Washington reports Germany claims Britain and France sent agents to South American countries and the Panama Canal Zone to feign a large German operative presence.
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Germany
South America
Washington
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Sewage Carries Polio Virus Confirmed in Study
New York June 4. Definite proof that sewage carries the virus of infantile paralysis during even a small epidemic of this disease was announced today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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New York
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Army's Latest Bombers May Fly 335 MPH
Washington reports Brig. Gen. George M Brett told a House appropriations subcommittee that the four engined bombers will reach 335 miles per hour under guaranteed speeds with the latest flying fortress.
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ARMY
Washington
George M Brett
Air Corps
House
Fitzgerald Youth Missing In River Swamp
Abbeville Georgia June 4 searchers found a boat belonging to Frank Lancaster of Fitzgerald in the Ocmulgee river swamp area. He rented the boat Sunday and did not return, prompting local volunteers to join in the search for the missing youth.
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Abbeville
Frank Lancaster
Fitzgerald
Ocmulgee River
Lancaster
Prominent Visitors From Jacksonville and Atlanta
Mr. Frank Staton of Jacksonville was among the prominent business visitors here today for a short time. Mrs. C. H. Watt and Mrs. EB. Jerger return today after spending a short time in Atlanta. They were accompanied by Mr. C. H. Watt Jr., a Davidson College student, and Miss Emily Jerger, a first year student at Mary Baldwin College.
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Frank Staton
Jacksonville, Fla
C. H. Watt
EB. R. Jerger
Atlanta
C. H. Watt, Jr
Davidson College
Emily Jerger
Mary Baldwin College
Visitors and students stay in Houston and Gainesville
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Weaver hosted Miss Jewel Long in Houston, Florida over the weekend. Mr. Billy Smith from Tampa, a Florida University student in Gainesville, visits friend Mr. Billy Scarborough, a Georgia Tech student returning home for the summer with his parents. Old newspapers advertised for sale at Times-Enterprise Office with bundle pricing.
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Times-Enterprise
Billy Smith
Tampa
Florida University
Gainesville
Fla
Billy Scarborough
Georgia Tech
Scarborough
W.W. Scarborough
Tech
How Did It Happen by NYB on Beauty and War Hype
An article critiques feminine beauty standards with a 27 point system of features and notes an eight hundred seat graduation at the Municipal Building with Pearce Harris as speaker. It reports bank holiday jealousy and references Paris bombing, German war plans, and Italian entry, plus a probe of 32 Georgia legislator interns in Atlanta amid a broader federal inquiry.
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Pearce Harris
Jacksonville
Columbus
Georgia
Atlanta
Hiram W. Evans
Rome
Roosevelt Byrnes ticket discussed after Potomac cruise
Washington reports focus on a Roosevelt Byrnes Democratic ticket for a possible third term. Byrnes denies comment while friends hint he may accept as running mate. Capitol Hill cites ongoing negotiations and delegates backing Roosevelt. Connecticut Democrats vote to commit their 16 delegates to Roosevelt. Garner is named as a possible third term partner, with unclear plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Byrnes
South
Caroline
Potomac
Capitol Hill
South Carolina
Resolutions Committee
Connecticut
Roosevelt-Garner
Garner
State Comptroller Succession and Open Race After Death
The State Comptroller was replaced then restored by the 1937 legislature along with Treasurer George B. Hamilton who had been ejected by guardsmen. Both received back pay. Harrison won a fifth consecutive term in 1938 and faced no challenger in the September primary. His death opens the race as the July 25 qualifying deadline approaches.
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Harrison
George B. Hamilton
Talmadge
National Guard
Pavo man announces engagement of Eudie Fort
Mr A W Fort of Pavo Georgia announces the engagement of his daughter Eudie to Mr Harry Rickenbacker son of Mr and Mrs C C Rickenbacker of Orangeburg South Carolina The marriage is set for an early date.
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A. W. Fort
Pavo
Eudie
Harry Rickenbacker
Cc. J. Rickenbacker
Orangeburg
S. C
Mussolini Faces Challenge Over Shifting Public Support
The passage suggests Mussolini's leadership faces a problem as a broad public drift away from core principles. It notes some people still reject Hitler and distrust the regime, while a minority remains aligned, creating political friction for Mussolini.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Aliens Registered By Patrol Across Georgia
Georgia State Highway Patrol reports 26 aliens registered to date including one Canadian nine Russian and Polish Jews eight Greeks one Dane one Hindu three Frenchmen and three Englishmen. Most reside in Thomas County with two from Camilla and three from Moultrie.
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Georgia State Highway Patrol
Thomas County
Camilla
Moultrie
Italians wary of Hitler war aims despite pro German press
The author recalls visiting Italy after Munich and finds public sentiment was against Hitler and Nazism. He notes Italian opposition to annexations, anti Jewish measures, and church regimentation, suggesting Italians would resist war unless hearts align, though wartime propaganda and fascist influence may have shifted views.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Munich
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