Okra Research Program Planned in Coastal Georgia
Cairo reports Otis Woodard of the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton spent June 9 and 10 visiting Attapulgus to launch an okra research program authorized by the State Board of Regents in July. The plan calls for trials at Attapulgus tobacco branch of the Tifton station with field plots and various addons. Okra has become a major local crop, and research aims to identify best varieties and cultivation and harvesting methods. Pests are not yet a problem.
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Cairo
Otis Woodard
Coastal Plain
Tifton
Attapulgus
Fhe State Board of Regents
Jevly
Woodara
Attapulgus Tobacco
A. B
Max Reynolds
First Ave
N. E
A. W. Rehberg
Grady County Hospital
Second St
J. W. Rogers
Orville A. Kennedy
Wright Hospital
Iplemcuiy
Paintridge
Wight
Grady County
Russell Bill Aims Federal Aid to Repair Flood Damaged Roads
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia along with a group of senators introduced a general bill to provide federal funds for rebuilding bridges and roads on county systems damaged by recent floods. The measure seeks emergency grants through the Federal Works Administration and targets agencies lacking tax or borrowing power for repairs. The bill, numbered S 2789, was referred to the Appropriations Committee.
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Cairo
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Senate
R. A. Bell
Russell
South Georgia
South Georgia Disaster Association
Douglas
House
Federal Works Administration
Cordon and Morsé
Oresen
Cain and Magnucon
Washington
Sen
Young
North Dakota
Ball and Thye
Minnesota
Oworshak
Idaho
Walter F. George
Holland and Pepper
Florida
Ball
Committee On Appropriations
Public Works Committee
Georgia Power hike sparks protests from South Georgia towns
Electricity users from the Flint River to the Okefenokee Swamp protest a $327,914 annual rate increase granted to the Georgia Power and Light Company. Mayors and city managers from Valdosta Cairo Adel Donalsonville Quitman Bainbridge Waycross join a delegation urging the Public Service Commission to rescind the raises.
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Atlanta
Flint River
Okefenokee Swamp
Georgia Power and Light Company
J. E. Mathis
Valdosta
South Georgia
Public Service Commission
Cairo
Adel
Donalsonville
Quitman
Bainbridge
Waycross
Adrian V. Rosser
Georgia Power Company
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