Georgia to spend six million on highways funded by federal aid
Georgia plans six million dollars in highway projects using federal public works funds. J W Barnett said total Georgia share could reach about ten million, with plans approved and bidding likely to start within days. Federal rules will govern contracting and payment. The move aims to pave routes from Atlanta to Athens to Augusta and other corridors statewide. Governor Talmadge contemplates using highway funds to cover past due state debts and salaries. A militia guard stood at the state treasury to secure highway funds as the situation developed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
J. W. Barnett
The
Highway Board
Barnett
Congress
United States Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Board
B. P. McWhorter
Talmadge
Charles B. Snead
Montgomery
Alabama
State Highway Department
Athens
Augusta
Madison
Macon
Statenton
Canton
Ellijay
Blue Ridge
Copper Hil
Tenn
Brunswick
Jesup
Baxley
New York
Highway Department
Debtors Fall Short on War Debt Installments
The United States reports total war debt payments due of 144 million and notes that collections will cover less than 9 percent. France and several nations default or defer payments while Great Britain pays 10 million in silver. Finland pays in full. Italy, Poland, and others offer partial or no payment.
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France
U. S
Washington
Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Belgium
Rumania
Poland
Lithuania
Yugoslavia
Esthonia
Hungary
Latvia
State Department
Rosso
Laboulaye
William Phillips
House Democrats Vote to Sustain Vets' Compromise
Washington June 15 A conference of House Democrats voted 171 to 31 to sustain President Roosevelt's veterans compensation compromise. The vote, not binding on all members, reflected a Democratic majority segment. The Tammany delegation supported the proposal as Republicans planned to push the Steiner amendment in the Senate. Roosevelt prepared a veto message if the bill passes.
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HOUSE
Roosevelt
Washington
House Democrats
House of Representatives
Senate
New ships planned in three year naval building program
Washington reports a 238 million dollar plan to launch 32 ships in three years. Swanson says funds come from a public works appropriation and construction will emphasize labor with bids open in July and possible start by August. The plan includes 20 destroyers 16 in 1500 ton class and four in 850 ton class two aircraft carriers under 20000 tons four 10000 ton six inch cruisers and two gunboats for Chinese waters.
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Washington
Swanson
Processing Taxes for Wheat and Cotton Planned
The Roosevelt administration plans up to 250 million dollars in processing taxes on wheat and cotton to reduce surpluses and raise long term farm prices. A cotton acreage cut of up to 10 million acres will be pursued, while wheat production remains largely uncapped due to near harvest levels. The tax rates could vary with prices, and refunds apply to exports, with imports taxed proportionally.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Wallace
Smuggling Arms To Cuba Tied To Couple Nabbed In Georgia
Secret Service arrests Angel Roderiguez and wife Sadie in Augusta after a counterfeit money incident in Aiken. Evidence links them to smuggling arms to Cuba by air from Miami and narcotics possession. Bonds set at 20000 and 5000. Roderiguez pleads guilty to drugs, not guilty to counterfeit charges.
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Cuba
Angel Roderiquez
Augusta
Washington
Miami
Fla
Secret Service
Angel Roderguez
Sadie
W.H. Moran
Roderiquez
New York
Ralph Rena
Sadie Rena
Sadie Waxman
Aiken
C. Moran
Federal Reserve
Narcotic Bureau
Department of Justice
Angle Roderiquez
Sadie Roderiquez
George H. Broadnax
U. S. Secret Service
Atlanta
Roderiguez
United States
C. J. Skinner, Jr
Senate Appropriation Bill Passed Big Peace Time Funds
The Senate adopted the conference report on the 3.6 billion emergency appropriation bill sending it to the White House. It funds public works, bank deposit insurance, land banks and farm credit programs, adds memorial funding, and increases Reconstruction Corp funding. Passes without a recorded vote.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Glass-Steagall
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Home Owners Loan Act
Seate
Vincennes
Ind
Reconstruction Corporation
3.2 Vote Prohibits 3.2 Beer Sale in Albany
In Albany Georgia on June 15 the city commission voted 3 to 2 to prohibit the sale of 3.2 beer. The loss follows a prior 3 to 3 tie that failed to authorize licensing. The decision ends any move to permit the new brew in Albany.
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Albany
City Commission
Goodrich Company to Increase Wages by Ten Percent
Akron Ohio June 1944 Goodrich Company announced a ten percent wage and salary increase. The move follows similar boosts by Goodyear Firestone General Tire and Rubber Mohawk Rubber and Selberling Rubber. About 17 000 workers at Akron and Los Angeles plants and other facilities will receive the raise. The increase takes effect immediately at Goodrich and similar boosts are in force at other firms.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
Mohawk Rubber Company
Selberling Rubber Company
Los Angeles
Silvertown
Goodyear
Firestone
General
Mohawk’s
Goodrich
United States
Weather Forecast for Southern States
South Carolina enjoys fair weather tonight and Friday with a slight rise in Friday temperatures. Georgia also fair tonight and Friday with warmer Friday and in the northern part tonight. Florida shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with possible showers in the south. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect fair conditions tonight and Friday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Ifair
Cox Named Chairman of World Conference Monetary Committee
James M. Cox elected chairman of the monetary committee at the world economic conference in London. Guido Jung of Italy named vice chairman with Georges Bonnet as reporter. Possible US France compromise on dollar stabilization discussed as Hull meets Bonnet. US seeks temporary de facto dollar stabilization amid broader currency talks.
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London
James M. Cox
Guido Jung
Italy
Georges Bonnet
Ndollar
America
France
United States
Monetary Committee
Hull
Georges Bennet
M. Bonnet
Cox
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Congress
New York
Hull More Hopeful Now of Success
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told reporters that he was more hopeful of substantial progress at the world economic conference than ever before. He called the four day adjournment a sign of a business like conference and said currency stabilization discussions are pending details. Prime Minister MacDonald praised the conference as the most business like and expeditious he has presided over as plenary sessions pause for committee work tomorrow.
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Hull
London
Cordell Hull
Men of All Nations
MacDonald
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McRae
Eugene Tal
Paris
Richard L. Turner
Robinson
Arkansas
Alfierfoan
Tammany
Mamath
Kenneth
Cyril Buck
Margaret McMath
Harwich Port
Mass
Barnstable
Neil C. McMath
Howland
Kenneth Buck
Bassett
Associated Press
Roy F. Hendrickson
Miami-Cuba
Goodrich Company
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