Scott Company Wins Bid for Viaduct Project
State highway officials received bids on six federal aid projects including a viaduct. Apparent low bids reduced estimated costs from 248 246 to 231 391. Wicomas County 0 404 miles of concrete paving on Madison street in Thomasville to Pelham with Calhoun and Cassidy streets. Beott & Co., Thomasville, bid 48 826.92.
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W. F. Scott & Co
Thomasville
Wicomas Conunty
Madison Street
Pelham
Calhoun Street
Cassidy Street
W. Beott & Co
National celebration urged for Robert E Lee birthday
A joint meeting of Southern California optimist clubs proposed a nationwide tribute to Robert E Lee marking his birthday. Hugh Vans was invited to present the plan at the Richmond convention, June 2 to 28, aiming to honor Lee as a gentleman rather than a regional figure.
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Los Angeles
Robert E. Lee
California
Hugh H.vans
Richmond
Lee
Weather forecast for South Carolina and Florida regions
Partly cloudy conditions with possible showers in northwest portions and near the south coast. Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional showers expected. Florida sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers, possible near the west coast and extreme north tonight and Saturday. Strong to fresh southerly winds along the coast easing later. Northwest Florida forecast shows showers tonight, Saturday partly cloudy and warmer.
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PHS
South Carolina
Florida
West Coast
Nashville girl found murdered in culvert
In Nashville a 12 year old girl Marian Ellis was found dead in a culvert after being abducted while walking to a neighbor to fetch a book. Authorities described a violent assault and strangulation and searched nearby Young's Lane for the suspected killer. The missing child was last seen with her sister Bernadine near the Henry Singer home.
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Nashville
Young’s Lane
Marina Ellis
Jim Ellis
Marian
Henry Singer
Bernadine
Marion
J. T. Filis
J Cartron Lecer
Henry Singers
Britain Ties China Crisis to Far East Showdown
Britain declares it will take immediate steps to defend its rights in China as tensions rise over Tientsin. Tokyo warns of a broader clash with Japan and other powers, while discussions of United States mediation surface in Washington and Tokyo amid the blockades around British and French concessions.
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China
Londépe
Chamberlain
OE Halitay
Foreign Office
Great Britain
France
United States
Japan
London
Associated Press
Britain
Tientsin
Far East
Ces
Tropical Storm Hits Gulf Coast in Mobile Area
A tropical storm affected the Gulf Coast near the Mobile area, disrupting local weather as authorities monitor tides and possible flooding risks along the coast.
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Gulf Coast
Mobile
High water threatens scores as tropical storm v encroaches Gulf Coast
Mobile observers report the tropical disturbance lashed Gulf shores washing out roads and submerging bay wharves. Coast guard evacuations begin for Boys Industrial School and CCC camp residents while Pensacola and New Orleans issue storm advisories with winds up to 50 miles per hour.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf
Mobile Bay
Bay Bridge
Coast Guard
Coden
Scchool
Roy Grubbs
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Gulf Shores
Baldwin County
CCC
Cedar
Frank T. Cole
Cole
Pensacola
Fla
Foley
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Mobile-Pensacola
Fila
Gulf of Mexico
Cnme
Pla
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Florida
Alabam
Mississippi
Carrabelle
Mississippi River
Congress May Be Asked to Okay New Lending
Washington reports say the administration may ask Congress to authorize a large lending program before adjournment. A special presidential message is possible, with six new lending proposals under consideration. Senator Mead suggests a railroad equipment lease corporation and a federal toll authority to fund big road and bridge projects.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Rosevelt
Barkley
Treasury
Mead
D-Ny
New Deal
Old memory stirs man to fund student fees at college
Dahlonega Georgia June 16 A memory from 45 years ago drives John N Moore to help students. He paid the matriculation certificate debt long ago and now offers an old hotel building he rents to the college as a dormitory.
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Dahlonega
John N. Moore
North Georgia College
Moore
Georgia Mount County Provides Free High School Graduates Stay
An agreement in a Georgia mountain county allows all high school graduates to stay at a local hotel without matriculation charges. The hotel will deduct the cost from an allotted value until the sum is cleared.
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Georgia Mountain County
Hubby Prepares Europe Flight as First Commercial Plane
In New York June 1649 the aviation editor tells his wife Irene he will fly to Europe on the first Pan American Airways commercial plane. The voyage departs from Manhasset Bay to the Azores then Lisbon and Marseille with a 12 crew, 41 1 2 ton plane and four motors. He consoles his spouse about the trip while she dishes dinner.
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William Pb. Buckner, Jr
Hollywood
Broadway
Loretta Young
New York
Washington
Noel Carter
Ett
Buckner
Noth
Europe
Devon Francis
Irene
United States
Lindbergh
Corrigan
Atlantic
Manhasset Bay
Long Island
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Marseille
France
Pan-American Airways
Bootleg Melon Tracking Probed in Albany Georgia
Thad Huckabee, manager of the water melon control committee, says he is investigating bootleg melon trafficking. A Florida health department telegram cites melons rejected by inspectors hauled by truckers and described as unfit for human consumption. A review of the whole situation will be issued at his office tomorrow.
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Albany
Thad Huckabee
Watermelon Control Committee
Memphis, Teta
Huckabee
Florida
Huckaker
Who
Tas
Phenix Submarine Missing Off Indo China Sparks Anxiety
Paris reports the French submarine Phenix with 63 men aboard failed to surface after a dive near Cam Ranh Bay Indo China. Searches by navy forces and seaplanes continue as families await confirmation, while a royal reception is canceled due to the disaster.
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Paris
Navy Ministry
Phenix
Bay of
Camranh
French Indo-China
Indo-China
Cam-Ranh
Far Eastern
Saigon
Marseille
Navy
Elysee Palace
Albert Lebrun
Morocco
Lawsuit Over Three Inch Wide Strip Of Miami Property
George K. Zain seeks possession of a land strip only three inches wide in Coral Gables. A survey shows the strip is part of a lot owned by Mrs. Ida J. Small. After failed settlement talks the case proceeds. the narrow soil supports a two story building erected in 1926.
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Miami
Fla
George K. Zain
Coral Gables
Ida J. Small
Zin
Augusta Theatres Bar Children in Fight on Polio
Augusta Georgia health officials barred children under 12 from four theaters as they studied the city's thirteenth polio case. The action was taken as the polio outbreak prompted precautionary measures in local venues.
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Augusta Theatres
Augusta
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