Congress clears relief-deficiency bill with canal dispute likely to loom
Congress finished action on the $2.375 billion relief-deficiency bill sending it to the White House. The Senate eliminated its amendment reviving the Florida ship canal, leaving tax legislation as the remaining hurdle before adjournment. The measure funds works progress administration activities and includes $1.425 billion for relief, plus provisions for TVA dams, Reconstruction Corporation funds, social security, and emergency conservation work.
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Congress
White House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
House
Vandenberg
R. Mich
Chamber
Fletcher
Florida
TVA
Gilbertsville
Watts Bar
Tenn
Reconstruction Corporation
PWA
Resettlement Administration
Works Progress Administration
Bar Association suspends four judges for political activity
Chicago authorities report the Chicago Bar Association expelled four judges for engaging too actively in Illinois primary politics. The judges are Circuit Judge Harry M. Fisher Superior Judge James J. Kelly Appellate Judge John J Sullivan and Superior Judge Oscar F Nelson all named as party backers. The action followed a broader investigation that led 41 judges to resign from the association.
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Chicago
Chicago Bar Association Today
Harry M. Fisher
James J. Kelly
John J. Sullivan
Oscar F. Nelson
Association
Melon Shipments Under Way From Leesburg Georgia
Leesburg Georgia June 18. Watermelon shipments are under way by rail and truck. Sixteen carloads moved from Lee county Monday and Tuesday. Melons weigh about 25 to 30 pounds on average.
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Leesburg
Lee County
New Tax Plan Nearing Final Congressional Action
A broad new corporation and dividend tax plan was described as almost ready for final action after weeks of debate. The compromise includes a graduated normal corporate income tax and a 6 to 7 percent to 27 percent tax on undistributed profits, edging toward the House bill while retaining Roosevelt era tax principles.
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Senate House
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Fresh French strike cripples American hospital in Paris
A new French strike crippled the American hospital in Neuilly Seine Paris with Americans among 85 patients. Officials feared forced evacuation would trigger serious disorder as Belgian strikers and other unrest spread to Liege and across Spain where 100,000 store workers walked out in Barcelona.
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Associated Press
Liege
Barcelona
Spain
Neuilly-Sur- Seine
Weather forecast for the Southeast states today
South Carolina shows partly cloudy skies with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight and possible in the south tonight and Friday. Georgia expects partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon or tonight and possibly in the extreme south and near the coast Friday. Florida is partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers Friday and possibly in extreme south tonight. Alabama turns fair tonight with Friday partly cloudy and slightly cooler in the extreme north.
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South
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Britain France Germany urged alliance in shift on sanctions
In London June 18 Prime Minister Baldwin urged a peace alliance of Britain Germany and France as collective security is said to have failed. Eden announced lifting of League sanctions on Italy to pressure Ethiopia end. Eden defended the move amid heckling and warned that the League might face international war if it does not act.
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Baldwin
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
France
Eden
Italy
Ethiopia
League
House Labor Party
Dino Grandi
Eden Leads Fight to Lift the Sanctions
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged an overwhelming Commons majority to drop sanctions on Italy. The debate featured sharp opposition criticism led by David Lloyd George, with vigilant guards in the galleries to preserve order during the proceedings.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Italy
League of Nations
Ethiopia
David Lloyd George
Warden Nelson Faces Second Hearing in Georgia Case
Columbus Ga June 18 George Nelson Muscogee county chain gang warden faced a second hearing on an assault charge that had been dismissed. Will C Parker former convict who helped arrest Nelson was late for the prior hearing and the case was dismissed. Parker later swore out a second warrant for the warden.
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Columbus, Ga
George Nelson
Muscogee County
Will C. Parker
Nelson
Parker
St Marks Tide Predictions for Friday June 19
Predicted tides at St Marks light for Friday June 19 include high waters at 2:47 a.m. and 9:02 p.m. and low waters at 2:03 p.m. and 7:06 a.m. Offshore observers should note the tide schedule for navigation.
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Blanket of heat warns farmers anew of drought danger
Kansas City reports an oppressive heat as a drought threat grows across the Midwest and beyond. Grasshoppers menace crops in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and other states while drought crises intensify in the Dakotas, Montana, and Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and the Carolinas. County and university officials project rising losses as dry weather persists.
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Florida
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Arctic Circle
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Yukon Territory
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Montana
Wyoming
Indiar
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wisconsin
Colorado
Leonard Haseman
University
Cooler Weather Touches Parts of South but Drought Relief Lags
A Weather Bureau note from Atlanta reports cooler conditions spreading in the south and into north Georgia from the Midwest. Despite relief, no broad rains arrived. Atlanta dipped from 102 to about six degrees cooler, with scant rainfall recorded in Raleigh North Carolina Macon and Rome Georgia and western Mississippi Texas and Louisiana also seeing cooler air.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Georgia
Middle West
Cotton Belt
Raleigh
M. C
Macon
Rome
Grass Troubles Farmers in Washington County
Washington county farmers face grass encroachment after rains. Drought relief gave way to rapid grass growth while cotton remained stunted. Farmers work from dawn to dusk to remove grass. rainfall varies, with some areas heavy and others light.
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Sandersville
Washington County
Siege at Black and Decker Plant Leaves Five Wounded
Kent Ohio reports gunfire and tear gas as striking union members besiege the Black and Decker Electric plant. Between 100 and 150 armed strikers exchange fire with police near the gates while two vans enter under tear gas barrage. Wounded include John Pudlosky and Al Gray, with others injured on plant property. William Crayford cites warrants against about 40 men.
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Black and Decker Flectrie Company
St. Clair West
William Crayford
International Association of Machinists
John Pudlosky
al Gray
J. W. Pemphrett
William Dick
Harry Root
Black and Becker Electric Company
Crayford
Pudlosky
Gray
Free Democrats Launch Campaign to Block Talmadge Rule
At Macon Georgia a convention of free democrats opened to oppose Governor Talmadge’s finances policy. About 1,625 delegates from 151 counties attended. Judge Blanton Fortson keynoted urging support for Roosevelt and opposed proposed tax limits and a sales tax. A slate of gubernatorial candidates was nominated for elimination selection.
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Georizia
Philadelphia
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
Atlanta
Susie T. Moore
Tifton
Democratic National Committee
Associated Press
Talmadge
Macon
Georgia
Philip Weltner
University System
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Glenn Ramsey
Steve Nance
University System of Georgia
Blanton Fortson
Athens
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Appling
FL. Rivers
House of Representatives
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Candler
W. W. Larsen, Sr
Dublin
Burke
A. B. Lovett
Savannah
Butts
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Jackson
Abit Nix
Clayton County
William ¥. Atkinson
Coweta
Cobb County
Marion Allen
Milledgeville
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G. Ed. Maddox
Rome
Hall
A. C. Wheeler
Gainesville
C. P. Watson
Irvin County
Ogden Persons
Monroe County
R. Eve
Tift County
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University of Georgia
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Takeland
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Henry McIntosh
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Charles Rountree
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Charles J. Block
H. H. Wind
Qairo
George Scheer
Faronton
Putnam County
Clarence Vaughn
Conyers
William D. Hart
R. Earl Camp
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Labor Federation
Harllee Branch, Jr
William
Grady Head
Ringgold
McIntosh
Edmund F. Cook
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
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