Georgia Drought Strikes Northern Georgia Farms Hard
Prolonged dry weather across Georgia sparks a serious crop crisis as heat waves stress gardens pastures and farms. The Atlanta weather bureau warns of a pitiful situation with cotton in the north and middle state largely behind schedule, while southern crops show mixed results and some relief from recent showers. Farmers in Athens appeal for federal relief.
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Atlanta Weather Bureau
Georgia
Griffin
Atlanta
Columbus
Newnan
Montezuma
Cuthbert
Americus
Weather forecast for Southeast states
South Carolina remains generally fair tonight with Thursday partly cloudy skies turning unsettled in the afternoon. Georgia sees generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy skies and possible scattered showers in extreme north and southwest areas. Florida reports generally fair weather tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy conditions and possible showers in the extreme south and west. Alabama expects fair tonight and Thursday with a chance of scattered thundershowers in the extreme north. Extreme Northwest Florida has partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Senator Duncan A. Fletcher Dies at 77 in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida died suddenly at his home from a heart attack at age 77. He had served in the Senate since 1909 and chaired the banking and currency committee, with Roosevelt praising his leadership during banking crises and his push for the Florida ship canal.
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Great Committee On Banking and Currency
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Idaho
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American Bar Association
Bodies of three white men found in the Bahamas
Reports from Inagua Island say three white men were found dead beside a small wrecked vessel on a reef. The craft may be the Girlpat, an English boat reportedly stolen from Grimsby six weeks earlier by men who sought buried gold. The bodies were buried on the Cay by the crew of the Dove.
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Farmer Fends Off Escapee with Shotgun Near Dublin
In Dublin Georgia June 17 a farmer Alton Dominy shot and killed Willie Foster an escaped convict who came to his home demanding clothing for prison stripes Foster 36 fled Laurens county chain gang with two others after overpowering a guard Foster was serving a three year burglary term from Griffin The other two inmates remain at large and were not captured at the time of the incident.
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W. H. Adams
Willie Foster
Laurens County
Alton Dominy
Foster
Dominy
Griffin
Tides At St Marks Light June 18 Forecast
Predicted tides for Thursday June 18 at St Marks light house show high tides at 2 01 a m 8 17 p m and 6 06 a m with an mid day 1 10 p m tide.
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St. Marks
Tax Legislation Stuck in House Senate Conference
Washington reports tax legislation remains bogged in a senate house conference with some leaders urging a rapid accord. A compromise plan proposes a flat 15 percent corporate tax and a 5 to 30 percent rate on undistributed earnings plus a $2000 exemption, while relief and housing bills also move through Congress.
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11 Year Old Boy Found Dead In Creek Near Brunswick
Police and coroner investigated the death of 11 year old J E Brock whose body with a broken neck floated in a creek near Brunswick Georgia. Coroner J D Baldwin said there was no water in the lungs indicating he did not drown and that a severe blow over the right eye was observed. Brock had disappeared after leaving home Sunday afternoon.
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Waitress Drowns At Blue Lake Near Macon Georgia
Louise Bryant an 18 year old waitress drowned in Blue Lake south of Macon Georgia during a morning swim. Police reported the body was not found after rescue attempts. two companions in the party were from West Virginia.
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Louise Bryant
Blue Lake
West Virginia
Yale awards honorary degree to Sinclair Lewis at 235th commencement
New Haven Conn June 17 Yale granted Sinclair Lewis an honorary doctor of letters at the 235th commencement exercises. The novelist, Yale graduate of 1907, was among eleven recipients while the university conferred 1 198 degrees in courses.
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British Cabinet Endorses Seccession From Sanctions
London reports the British cabinet approves withdrawal from sanctions on Italy. The commons will hear the new Italo Ethiopian policy tomorrow. Sir Samuel Hoare vows Malta will be kept, denying reports of discontinuing the Mediterranean base. Foreign Secretary Eden says all aspects of the Ethiopian affair to be reviewed in tomorrow's debate.
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Lloyds Bet Ten To One On King Edward Weding
London brokers offered ten to one odds against King Edward marrying before his coronation. Souvenir makers worry about changes to designs or postponement affecting thousands of coronation items. Underwriters say rumors of a royal marriage are unlikely and insure against no changes to plans.
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Henry B. Walthall Dies at 53 in California Sanitarium
Henry B. Walthall, famed as the Little Colonel in Birth of a Nation, died in a California sanitarium at age 53. The silent screen star passed away today, ending a career that helped shape early cinema.
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Governor disputes fatal beating claim in Arkansas sharecropper case
Little Rock Arkansas June 17 Governor Futrell said Sheriff Howard Carlin reported Frank Weems a 40 year old negro sharecropper reported by Southern Tenant Farmer Union officials to have died from a beating last week did not die He said Weems was alive and his wife did not know of any beating The governor called a mock funeral planned by H L Mitchell STFU secretary and confederates propaganda.
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Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
Frank Weems
Southern Tenant Farmer Union
Carlin
Weems
H. L. Mitchell
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Sheriff Curlin
Democrats Plan Convention in Philadelphia
Roosevelt and James A. Farley map the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia as June 23 nears. Meantime Republicans fundraise for the Landon Knox drive and G ov ernor Landon and Col Knox center efforts in Topeka. Father Coughlin factions claim a loose alliance to swing twenty million votes against Farleyism.
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James A. Farley
Topeka
Kansas
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Col
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Chicago
Maine
House of Representatives
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Townsend
Gerald Smith
Coughlin
Lemke
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor Party
New York
Charles F Coughlin
National Union of Social Justice
Chester Davis Attacks Republican Farm Proposals
Memphis businessman Chester Davis, retiring farm administrator, criticized two planks in the Republican farm program. He warned that restricting imports and managing surpluses would throttle world trade and harm U S cotton exports. He spoke to the Chamber of Commerce, arguing for free markets despite tariff claims.
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Tenn
Chester Davis
United States
South
Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Europe
Thomasville market fund drive for state farmers market support
A campaign led by Jo Upchurch and the Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee seeks 500 to pay incidental start up costs for the Georgia State Farmers Market at Thomasville. Officials say market activity has already generated over 17000 in six weeks with daily business over 2000, boosting local merchants.
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Thomas County
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Jackson
Talmadge Speech Before Committeemen Supports Roosevelt Delegation
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge addressed the state democratic executive committee pledging support for Roosevelt nominees at the Philadelphia convention. The event certified Georgia’s 24 votes and kept unity with Chairman Hugh Howell, while rivals criticized the party and fee structures for campaigns.
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Griffin
Scott Candler
Decatur
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Valdosta
Albert Hardy
Gainesville
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Monroe
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