Local Women Set for Summer School Trips
Misses Irene Hurst Mabel Harri son Blanch McGahee Marguerite Matthews and Mrs Alvah Reagan depart for Milledgeville to attend summer school. Mrs Myrtice Arline attends Athena summer session. Mrs E M Gainey plans to go to Tallahassee for summer school. Mrs P H Blackman visits her
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Irene Hurst
Mabel Harrison
Blanch McGahee
Marguerite Matthews
Alvah Reagan
Milledgeville
Myrtice Arline
Athens
E. M. Gainey
Tallahassee
P. H. Blackman
Senate committee seeks protection for two witnesses
The Senate Civil Liberties Committee urged the Justice Department to shield two witnesses from threats by gunmen hired by Harlan County coal operators in Kentucky. R. C. Tackett, an elderly informant from Norton Virginia, says he was kidnapped and jailed to be killed, while Lawrence Howard a Harlan grocery clerk says a coal operators’ employee hired a gunman to kill him and that he is being followed. federal investigators have been dispatched to the mining region amid the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Justice Department
G-men
Harlan County
R. C. Tackett
Norton
Harlan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lawrence Howard
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Kentucky
Senate
Florida official speaker at Cairo Kiwanis luncheon
Cairo Ga June 16 at Hotel Grady dining hall Kiwanis luncheon featured Phil S. Taylor of Tallahassee connected with Florida Agriculture Department as guest speaker on world peace. Taylor stressed civic clubs as a means to peace. Visitors included L M Livingston Albany and Cairo guests Neal Edwards J L Oliver Lester Coleman. Harris Jefferson named new member.
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Cairo
Hotel Grady
G. Maynard Smith
Phil S. Taylor
Tallahassee
Agriculture Department
State of Florida
Taylor
L. M. Livingston
Albany, Ga
Messrs
Neal Edwards
J. L. Oliver
Lester Coleman
Harris Jefferson
Methods Sought To Aid Buying Power Of People
Washington reports that President Roosevelt revived calls to boost purchasing power among the lowest income third. He argued higher consumption would raise national income, tax receipts, and curb relief needs, aiding debt reduction, with no specific proposals yet. He cited possible raises in dependent child allowances and wage hour standards, promising further details later.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Compromise forecast on shifting relief to local setups
Washington leaders forecast a compromise on the relief bill to shift more cost to states and cities. An amendment would require up to 40 percent of local project costs if able, with leaders indicating a smaller percentage likely to pass.
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Washington
Senate
Rivers Leaves for West with Wife and Daughter
Atlanta June 16 Governor E D Rivers his wife and their daughter Geraldine were en route to the west coast today. They bade farewell to Georgia last night for a trip which will keep the chief executive away until around July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Geraldine
Georgia
Social Notes from Paris and Nearby Towns
Sister Mrs W T Hastings of Paris Tenn and Master Gene Black visited Orlando Fla with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Jas Clark of Thomasville for two weeks. Miss Omega Norris of Augusta is guest of Miss Virginia Forsyth for the week. Mrs Donald Williams, lately in Miami, joins her husband’s sister Bir J D Spurlin here and plans to travel to Philadelphia for the Educational Association.
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W. T. Hastings
Paris
Tenn
Gene
Black
Jas. Clark
Thomasville
Orlando
Fla
Omega Norris
Augusta
Mss
Virginia Forsyth
Donald Wiliams
Miami
Mr. Williams
Bir
J. D. Spurlin
Williams
Philadelphia
The
Educational Association
Jeannette MacDonald to Wed Gene Raymond in Lavish Ceremony
Hollywood gossip warns of a star wedding with Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond set to marry in a grand church ceremony in Hollywood. Police prepared for crowds and traffic as onlookers expected a landmark event. Raymond defers wedding details, citing superstition and nerves.
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Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Hollywood
Cal
Jeannette MacDonald
Tractor operator badly burned near Pelham
L. H. Hughes a 40 year old Colquitt county resident and highway worker on the Pelham Sale City road was severely burned when a tractor under his charge ignited after he investigated a suspected clutch problem He struck a match under the machine causing gasoline oil to flare He was treated at Pelham Clinic and sent home eye injuries were extensive with intense pain He has worked in highway jobs in the area for several years newest employment began about a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham, Ga
Times-Enterprise
L. H. Hughes
Colquitt County
Pelham-Sale City
Hughes
Pelham Clinic
42 Planes Entered in Georgia Air Tour
Frank K. Shaw said 42 plane entries have been received for the mass state air tour. Three more are expected from Augusta and about 10 from the Carolina Aero Club. The goodwill ambassadors depart Atlanta Thursday and return Sunday after a 960 mile tour hitting every section of the state.
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Atlanta
Frank K. Shaw
Mass State Air Tour
Augusta
Carolina Aero Club
Lightning strikes farm home in Sparta. two killed
Two people died and a third was seriously injured when lightning hit a farmhouse near Sparta Georgia. The victims were Tom Primus and his daughter. Another daughter was injured as the family sat on the front porch yesterday.
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Sparta
Tom Primus
Strike Area Grows Dangerous Amid Picket Clashes
The third day of Republic petition hearings opened as a judge weighed curtailing picketing. In Ambridge a AFL spokesman protested to Roosevelt and Cummings that CIO pickets barred workers from returning to jobs after clashes with AF of L members. In Mahoning Valley over 30 000 idle including 20 000 in Youngstown as mills resist signed contracts. An explosion in Johnstown Pa sent residents fleeing at dawn.
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Republic
Ambridge
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Homer Cummings
A. F. of L
Cc. I. O
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Johnstown
Byrnes Seeks Local Burden Shift on Relief Costs
Washington June 16 Senator Byrnes urged the Senate to require local communities to cover 40 percent of relief project costs. He argued the lump sum aid without spending restrictions was issued for an emergency that has passed and backed a committee amendment to a 1.5 billion relief bill mandating the 40 percent share unless a community proves an inability to pay.
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Washington
Byrrnes
D-S. C
Senate
Mittee
Byrnes
Strikes at a Glance From The Associated Press
AP tally from across the nation notes dynamite and bomb threats at Gautier plant and Bethlehem Steel’s Cambria works with injuries denied. Leaders seek reopenings at Youngstown sheets and tubes and Republic Steel plants while preparing for action. President Roosevelt signals possible steel pact with the workers committee as unions push. Local actions include tear gas at Republic guards and a food train move in Cleveland, with other strikes in Monroe and Michigan plants easing toward resumption.
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Associated Press
Columbus
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Monroe
Mich
Republic
Newton Steel Co
Chevrolet Motor Co
General Motors
Flint
Bay City
Detroit
Cleveland
Dads Visit Camp Frances Amid Scout Events
Camp Frances notes recount a Sunday Dad visit at 6 PM with campers planning a festive evening. Scouts praise markers, a bridge, unit campfires, plays, skits, and crafts while youngsters like Nel Armstrong are highlighted as swimmers.
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Camp Frances
Merrymen
Archers
Sam Askew Named Acting Director of Veterans Service
Atlanta reports Sam Askew, a veteran State Veterans Service employee, was appointed acting director by Governor Rivers. He succeeds Pat Gillen who resigned due to ill health and had been appointed in January to replace A L Henson.
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Atlanta
Sam Askew
State Veterans Service Office
Rivers
Askew
L. T
Pat) Gillen
Gillen
A. L. Henson
Visitors and residents noted in Thomasville society column
Mr L J Cobb of Tampa and Mr W B Travis of Jacksonville were among today’s business visitors. Mrs J W Wollcott and daughter left for Jackson Miss to be with her ill father. Various locals, including Miss Edith Jean Dickey and Miss Catherine Callaway, are visiting camps and relatives. Mrs W W Shepherd travels to New York for her son Joe Shepherd’s June wedding in Atlanta area.
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L. J. Cobb
Tampa, Fila
W. B. Travis
Jacksonville
J. BE. Moore
Tifton
W. D. Trumlin
Atlanta
J. W. Wolcott
Jackson
Miss
Evelyn Peck
Lily Anne Peck
Southland
W. W. Shepherd
New York
Joe Shepherd
Marie Maddox
Carolinian Takes Charge Of Tax Dodging Probe
Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina chairs the tax evasion inquiry as Secretary Morgenthau prepares to testify. Senate-house investigators say Morgenthau could name alleged tax evaders, potentially making the hearings a high profile event.
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Carolinian
Washington
North Carolina
Robert L. Doughton
Bob
Ways and Means Committee
House
Doughton
Morgenthau
Senate-House
Treasury
Shortstop Kelley to Join Moultrie Packers in G F League
Worcester, June 16. Kelley, Holy Cross captain this year and regular shortstop for three years, will be sent to Moultrie, Ga., in the Georgia Florida Baseball League. He hit .316 and is a fine fielder, small but fast and aggressive.
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Worcester
Mass
Kelley
Moultrie
Holy Cross
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Gadsden
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