Two Young Women Die In Jacksonville Fire After Fuel Explosion
Fire on a Jacksonville porch killed Miriam Gromley 22 and Roberta Gromley 28 and injured two other women. Mrs. Roberty Gromley suffered minor burns when a kerosene can exploded while heating an iron near a coal pot. Martha Tarsen 43 was seriously burned after gasoline spilled on a kitchen floor ignited by a pilot light.
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Miriam Gromley
Roberta Gromley
Roberty
Roberty Gromley
Martha Tarsen
Gromleys
Darien
James E. Gromley
Gromley
Miss Larsen
Hare
American Legion State Convention Opens in Athens Next Week
Athens Ga June 20 A peace time army of occupation Georgia members of the American Legion and affiliated groups will hold their annual convention June 25 27 In attendance will be the Legion Auxiliary The Society of 40 and Land The Sons of the Legion Speakers include Col Benjamin T Watkins Maj Lorenzo J Gasser and others A display of tiny French box cars and a drum and bugle corps will feature the gathering and Emory Bass will lead a special song program recalling World War memories.
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Athens
Georgia
American Legion
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
The
Society of 4
Land the Sons of the Legion
Lorenzo J. Gasser
Fourth Corps
At- Tanta
Benjamin T. Watkins
Madte
Georgia Department of the Legion
Helen Petes
State Auxiliary
Gainesville
Quimby Melton
National Executive Committee
Griffin
Charlie Baddour
Sons of the Legion
Albany
Delacey Allen
Society of 40
Emory Bass
Valdosta
Bank Takes Over Credit Advanced to China for American Purchases
Washington reports the Export-Import Bank has assumed RFC and Grain Stabilization Corporation credits for buying American cotton, wheat, and flour. The RFC debt stands at 13,537,387 after payments. Stabilization debt is 3,070,942. Both credits consolidated and secured by Chinese customs taxes, repayable in quarterly installments over six years.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Grain Stabilization Corporation
RFC
Stabilization Corporation
Restaurant Stormed by Nationalists in French Strike Riots
Paris on June 20 reports a nationalist group of 20 men led by former Deputy Raoul Sabatier stormed a restaurant during an occupation strike. Sabatier said it was the start of a counter revolution and stationed men inside to block strikers from returning.
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Paris
Raoul Sabatier
Sabatier
Fletcher Remembered as City Leader in Mourning
Jacksonville city hall draped in mourning for the late United States Senator Duncan A. Fletcher. Citizens file through the hall for a final glimpse after his body arrives from Washington at 7:00 am. Funeral services will be held at the county armory conducted by Dr. W. A. Hobson. National guardsmen will form a guard of honor and fire a salute at the grave.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Duncan A. Fletcher
Fletcher
Washington
W. A. Hobson
First Baptist Church
St. Petersburg
National Guardsmen
Senator Fletcher
The Punch That Kayoed Louis Kills a Negro Far Away
In Colombia South Carolina on June 2 Joe Louis knockout drew a crowd. Robert Gantt aged 60 collapsed and died from angina pectoris due to over excitement while listening to the bout on radio. Coroner J A Sareeant confirmed the cause.
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Colombia
S.C
Joe Louis
Robert Gantt
Louis
J. A. Sareeant
Cantt
Pelham Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meeting
Pelham notes list visits by I E Renfroe from Quitman Vera Hill Ilen NeSmith Louise Smith Bill Hill Herbert Kemp Kelly Bullard and others to Albany and Pelham. Visitors include Mrs Harry Hilliard of Camilla Mrs Roxy Dorming and a Bradenton Fla trip. W C T U district meet set June 24 at Methodist Church with daylong events and dinner.
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Pelham
I. E. Renfroe
Quitman
Vera Hill
Ilen NeSmith
Louise Smith
Bill Hill
Herbert Kemp
Kelly Bullard
Albany
Harry Hilliard
Camilla
Weaver
Roxy Dorming
Melvin Tennyson
Mary Helen
Florence
Emma Hand
J. L. Hand
A. J. Smith, Jr
J. E. Pickton
Methodist Church
Million Dollar Crop Damage Estimated in Georgia Storm
Farmers report extensive losses from a cloudburst hailstorm that damaged tobacco fields and destroyed crops across Pelham and Meigs areas. J B Chism of the Pelham Journal estimates near a million dollars in damage with widespread impact from Deeran to Cairo and losses including H L Wingate and H V Petergrant.
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H. V. Petergrant
Clarence Gand
Fred Daughtery
S. S. Willingham
H. L. Wingate
Pelham
Deeran
Moultrie
Sale City
Funston
Cairo
J. B. Chism
Pelham Journal
Doeran
Journal
Meigs
Meigs-Pelham
Weltner convention endorses Judge Fortson as keynoter in Georgia
Georgia political meeting in Macon drew about two thousand to back a change in governor. Judge Fortson of Athens earned the keynote and endorsement, Rivers drew 140 votes early and 154 later but did not attend. Delegates from many counties voiced Rivers as strong governor candidate while suggesting Talmadge may seek the Senate instead.
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Lee Kelly
Weltner
Macon
Georgia
Talmadge
Rivers
Fortson
Judge Fortson
Athens
Dick Russell
Senate
Russell
Democrats Set Two Million Campaign Fund For 1936
Philadelphia June 204 A money raising goal of two million dollars was fixed for the 1936 campaign by James A Farley head of the Democratic National Committee He said the sum matched party expenditures in 1932 and predicted about a million people would attend Roosevelt nominator rallies nationwide a week from tonight at Franklin Field Tickets are one dollar each with proceeds to the national committee Farley avoided commenting on Lemke Coughlin third party plans saying they would be tackled later
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Franklin Field
National Committee
Farley
Lemke-Coughlin
Democratic platform backs tenancy law plank
In Washington on June 20 reporters said a House group led by Rep Edward Bicher of Iowa urged including a plank pledging enactment of farm tenancy legislation. The plank, first pushed by six Iowa Democrats and now supported by southern and western states, remains in a draft platform prepared for Philadelphia. Senator Robert F. Wagner, resolutions committee chair, has barred official disclosures about the platform.
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Washington
House
Edward (. Bicher
Iowa
Democratic House
Philadelphia
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Convention Resolutions Committee
Five Dead As Bronx Apartment Block Collapses
In New York on June 20 four bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a Bronx apartment house raising the known dead to five. Police and fire crews with picks and shovels resumed search for seven others believed buried in the debris.
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New York
Bronx
Man and wife escape hotel fire from Norton Hotel
Norton Virginia June 20 A couple Mr and Mrs Caseel Elliott were trapped on the sixth floor when a fire gutted that floor. They hung by their fingers to window ledges until firemen on the fifth floor pulled them to safety. Other occupants escaped via stairs. Origin of the blaze not determined.
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Norton
Norton Hotel
Caseel Elliott
Visitors and local residents in town for week
Mr Dudley Stone of Atlanta visits his parents in town for the weekend. Hansell Bruce and family travel to Statesboro due to Mrs Bruce’s mother's illness. Byron Musgrove rests after an appendectomy on June 14. Claude Rountree leaves for Philadelphia to join the Georgia delegation and may visit New York before returning. A pool themed closing line remarks Rock Springs.
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Dudley Stone
Atlanta
Mrs
B. W. Stone, Sr
Hansell Bruce
Statesboro
Claude Rountree
Georgia
Philadelphia
Rountree
Rosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
New York
America Retains Polo Cup in British Matches
At Hurlingham Club London on June 20 America defeated England 8 to 6 in the second and deciding polo match to retain the cup after winning the first 10 to 9 ten days earlier.
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America
Hurlingham Club
London
England
Challenge
Treasury Statement Shows Deficit Narrowing in June
Treasury data for June 18 reports receipts of 65.95 million and expenditures of 83.44 million leaving a balance of 3.53 billion. Customs receipts for the month total 20.32 million. Fiscal year receipts reach 83.98 billion with expenditures of 86.32 billion including emergency outlays. Gross debt stands at 34.37 billion with a net decrease of 56.6 million and gold assets at 10.55 billion.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Congress Sends Tax Measure to White House
Congress advances a tax bill detailing 8 provisions affecting individuals and corporations. Proposals include a 7 percent rate on the first 5000 of income, full taxation of corporate dividends, lower capital stock tax, reduced intercorporate dividends, a 15 percent flat tax on banks and insurers, an 80 percent windfall tax on certain processing taxes, new import taxes on fish and vegetable oils, and repeal of the jewelry tax.
WPA staff meeting to be broadcast nationwide Saturday
Washington announces a nation wide WPA radio staff meeting at 4 pm EST across sixty stations. Harry L Hopkins leads the discussion on re employment continuation while Aubrey Williams and Carrington Gill join questions from governors mayors and sector leaders.
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Works Progress Administration
Washington, D. C
Harry L. Hopkins
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
Measure to Put All Postmasters Under Civil Service Fails
Washington June 20 A bill to place all postmasters under civil service failed in the House on a 204 to 112 vote. Chairman Ramspeck's measure would have covered first second and third class postmasters, with party lines splitting along 46 Republicans and 152 Democrats in support and 54 Republicans and 58 Democrats opposing.
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Washington
House
Ramspeck
Civil Service Committee
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