Savannah River Channel Upgrade Sought to Augusta
Georgia and South Carolina lawmakers urged Major General Lytle Brown to approve a Savannah river deepening to six feet from Savannah to Augusta. The project totaling about 1.5 million dollars would be included in the public works provisions of the industrial recovery bill with broad regional support.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Lytle Brown
Savannah
Augusta
Brown
General Engineering Board
Vinson
McSwain
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House
Naval and
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Ramspeck, Parker and Wood
Thomas J. Hamilton
Savannah River Improvement Commission
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Savannah River
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Columbia
Congaree
Wood
Miami Coast Guardsmen Rewarded for Rescue at Sea
Commander C C Von Paulsen and four Miami coast guard aviation base personnel received the treasury department gold medal for risking their lives to save Paul Long of Riceboro Georgia. The act occurred 12 miles off San Sebastian Florida on New Year's Day when the Arcturus forced a water landing amid heavy seas.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
C. C. von Paulsen
Miami
Florida
San Sebastian
Arcturus
von Paulsen
Lieut
Foley
Long
Coast Guard
McKenzie
Orndoff
Pinkston
Lieut. Foley
Your Coupon Still Good At Woodys Studio
The fire department answered a call at about eight last night to a home on Bartow street between Magnolia and South. Fire crews found a short circuited wire causing heavy smoke but no serious damage or injuries reported.
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Bartow Street
Magnolia
South
Y M C A clean up membership drive starts today
Local board plans a quick membership campaign to fund the Y M C A with summer use by boys. The pool and gymnasium are open to members as Thomansville residents respond to the appeal.
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Thomasville
Turkey lands in car lap during Florida highway tale
A Florida drive story recounts that a wild turkey hen leaped from a swamp and landed in a couple’s car atop the male passenger’s lap. The tale praises luck and ends with a wink about the bird not laying an egg. Ad insert for General Auto Repair and Body Work.
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Florida
Tri-State Singing Convention Meets in Marianna
The Tri-State Singing Convention will meet at the Court House in Marianna Florida on the 24th and 25th this month. Noted singers from near and far will attend and loudspeakers will broadcast the singing for all to hear. P D Rich of Bainbridge Georgia serves as president with H C Collins of Cairo Georgia as secretary.
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Marianna
Court House
Fla
P. D. Rich
Bainbridge
H. C. Collins
Cairo
Bethlehem Commandery Conclave Focuses on Red Cross Degree
Bethlehem Commandery Number 30 calls a regular conclave tomorrow night at 8:30 for work in the Red Cross Degree. All fraters urged to attend. W. S. Brown, Commander. Joseph Jerger, Recorder.
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Bethlehem Commandery
Red Cross
Nell Norton Honored by Baptist Young Women Auxiliary
Miss Nell Norton was honored yesterday afternoon by the Young Women’s Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church with a swimming party and handkerchief shower at Rock Springs. About twenty five guests attended the event for the bride elect, featuring a swim and a pleasant picnic lunch.
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Rock Springs
Misses Evelyn Horne
Margaret Flowers
Mrs Horne
Miss Flowers
J. M. Beutell
Miss Horne
J. W. Horne
Howard Flowers
Miss Norton
Young Women's Auxiliary
First Baptist Church
Miss Nell Norton
Goodyear Announces 10 Percent Pay Increase
Akron Ohio June 14 a 10 per cent wage increase for 20000 persons from office boys to executives announced by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company effective July 2 General Tire and Rubber Company employees will receive a 10 per cent raise effective June 15 announced by C J Jahnt vice president Harvey S Firestone today said all his companies and stores nationwide would raise pay ten per cent effective tomorrow
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
C. J. Jahnt
Harvey S. Firestone
Dirigible Macon Seen Bound For Home After 48 Hour Training
The dirigible Macon, returning to Akron Ohio after a 48 hour training cruise, passed over Detroit at 12 30 p m eastern standard time. It then flew toward Sandusky Ohio and Lake Erie at 1 30 p m with a slow speed as it headed toward Cleveland.
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Macon
Detroit
Akron
Sandusky, C
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Be.st
Cleveland
Lilly Case in Hands of Jury at Decatur
The case of A W Lilly former De Kalb county police chief was in the hands of a superior court jury. He faces a larceny charge arising from a possession warrant hearing where he allegedly seized goods during a liquor raid and used them himself.
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Decatur
A. W. Lilly
DeKalb
Georgia Supreme Court Nixes Atlanta Bus Terminal Tax
The Georgia Supreme Court struck down Atlanta’s 300 tax on bus terminals, ruling it void as conflicting with 1931 state law prohibiting municipalities from adding taxes on motor carriers already paying state licenses and mileage taxes. The decision follows earlier rulings invalidating similar license taxes in Savannah and Macon and reverses Fulton Superior Court action.
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Georgia Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Savannah
Macon
G. H. Howard
Fulton Superior Court
Southeastern Greyhound Hnes
Former State School Supt Duggan III Ill at Clayton
Clayton Georgia June 14 report says Duggan III former state superintendent of schools is seriously ill but improving. Doctors expect he may travel to Chicago with his family within two weeks.
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Duggan III
Clayton, GA
Clayton
Duggan
Chicago
Billy Sunday Club Still Active in Spartanburg
A Billy Sunday club formed in Spartanburg South Carolina over a decade ago after evangelist Billy Sunday visited the city and remains active today with members steadfast in its mission.
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Billy
Spartanburg
S. C
Hoover Dam Rock Fissures Sealed With Fluid Concrete
Engineers cement fissures in the rock beneath Hoover Dam by pumping large quantities of fluid concrete into the rock. The operation aims to stabilize the base and prevent water seepage through the underlying formations.
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Hoover Dam
Injunction Refusal in Savannah School Case Upheld
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the Chatham County Superior Court ruling refusing an injunction petition by Rhoda Worth to halt funds for teaching bookkeeping and related subjects in Savannah area schools. It found the board acted within authority.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Chatham County Superior Court
Rhoda Worth
Board of Public Education
Chatham
Ryans Business College
Board of Education of
Chatham County
Court of Appeals
Ed Worthen
Bibb County
Worthen
High Court
Lakeland Man Drane Named to Federal Power Commission
Herbert J Drane of Lakeland Florida has been confirmed by the senate as a member of the federal power commission. A former representative from Florida's first district he rose from railroad construction worker to congressman serving 1928 to 1942. He later ran a real estate and insurance business in Lakeland and served as mayor.
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Washington
Herbert J. Drane
Lakeland
Pla
Congress of the United States
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Drane
Florida
J. Hardin Peterson
Three Bandits Rob Circus Pay Car At Milbourne
Philadelphia reporters describe a daylight hold up of Hagenback-Wallace Circus pay car at Milbourne station of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Three men fled after firing shots and obtaining a sum around 36 000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Hagenback-Wallace
Milbourne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reprieve Granted for Former Macon Man Hanged Murder
Albert W. Fuller formerly of Macon Georgia who faced execution for the murder of William Kipp in California received a reprieve from Governor James Rolph. The stay extends to July 14 while Judge Martin I. Welch reviews Fuller's bid for commutation amid ongoing investigation into self defense claims.
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Cal
Albert W. Fuller
Macon
William Kipp
James Rolph
Martin I. Welch
Mfe
Fuller
Kipp
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