Two British Ships Sunk Off Coast of Spain
Valencia reports two British vessels sunk near Valencia harbor by a lone sky raider. The 3054 ton Sunion and 4789 ton Thorpeness, carrying 7 000 tons of grain, were attacked with bombs and a torpedo. Crew saved. one Chinese sailor lost.
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Valencia
Sunion
Thorpeness
Nonintervention Committee
Norman Goater
Southampton
Alexander Baillie
Seattle
William Kermode
Taragona
Séea
Kidnapping Threat Fears Hover Over Barbara Hutton Heiress
London reports guard details at Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow home after alleged threats against her two year old son Lance. Scotland Yard reportedly posted guards at ports and airfields while officials deny formal protection and confirmation of a kidnap plan.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
United States
Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow
Scotland Yard
Woolworth
Lance
Man
Denmark
France
Alexis Mdivani
Reno
Spain
Tragic Milwaukee Olympian Wreck Claims 37 Dead
At Custer Creek Montana search nears end as 37 victims are confirmed after the Milwaukee road Olympian crashes into the creek. Workers recover three more bodies from a submerged sleeper car as a flash flood undermines a trestle 26 miles east of Miles City.
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Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee Road
Custer Creek
Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
Cotton and Tobacco Growers Weather Favorable in Georgia
Atlanta June 22 Georgia's cotton and tobacco growers found weather favorable the past week the U S weather bureau said today but truck crops faced ground either too dry or too wet Meteorologist George W Mindling reported truck crops needed rain except in North Georgia with excess rainfall Cotton and corn were growing satisfactorily while the tobacco belt saw weather favorable to curing Peaches peanuts and pecans also found favorable conditions
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Atlanta
Georgia
U. S. Weather Bureau
George W. Mindling
Steady to Higher Hog Prices Expected This Summer
Atlanta reports the bureau of agricultural economics predicts steady to higher hog prices for the summer. Fewer hogs are expected on national markets in the coming months, signaling rising prices for producers.
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Atlanta
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Mystery Deaths Tied to Austell Auto Tragedy
Officers traced clues in the mysterious deaths of J Ed Peek Jr a 43 year old Atlanta traveling salesman and his bride found beside their wrecked automobile in a railroad cut near Austell Georgia A coroner s jury failed to reach a verdict and investigators weigh murder as a theory citing a half inch rope around the brides neck kerosene soaked clothing and blood stains at the scene and on the car floor with a neighbor reporting a car passing near 1 am and a crash heard nearby
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Austell
Ed Peek Jr
Atlanta
J. Ed Peek, Jr
Marietta
Helen Feek
Peek
Hog market outlook cited in June report
The report notes a two month lag before price effects appear amid weak consumer demand. Farmers are retaining more hogs to farrow, with seasonal rise in marketings expected in fall and early winter. The week ending June 11 hog price averaged 8.63 dollars per cwt, about 75 cents above May but roughly 2.50 lower than a year ago.
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Farrow
Bureau
Logan Kelley Elected Georgia Legion Commander at 1939 Meeting
Waycross Georgia June 22 Logan Kelley of Buford won a three way race for Georgia department commander of the American Legion James A Bankston of Atlanta was re elected department treasurer and Father Dan McCarthy Columbus named state chaplain Margaret Giles Atlanta to serve as historian Area commanders named Sanderson Jesup Moxley Wadley Roberts Buckhead Brewster Cedartown District commanders listed Arthur Fisher Ways Station and M L Webby Tifton"}
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Waycross
Georgia Department of the American Legion Today
Atlanta
Logan Kelley
Buford
R. P. Kennard
Rome
Hoyt Brown
Baxley
Apylogan Kelley
Georgia Department of the American Legion
James A. Bankston
Dan McCarthy
Columbus
Margaret Giles
R. M. Sanderson
Jesup
Frank Moxley
Wadley
Marvin Roberts
Buckhead
Virgil Brewster
Cedartown
Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with mild temperatures across South Carolina and Georgia. Florida shows scattered thunderstorms in the south, with partly cloudy skies elsewhere, and mild temperatures. Alabama has fair conditions with gentle variable winds on the coast.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
South
Alabama
Japanese Bomb Swatow As Marines Land In Namoa
Japanese planes bomb Swatow, a treaty port 220 miles northeast of Canton, as hundreds of Marines land on Namoa island under cover of a barrage. Chinese troops resist. occupation completed by nightfall. US gunboat Asheville stationed at Swatow. Yellow River flood halts central China campaign.
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Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Namoa
South China
Aboy
U.S
Asheville
United States
Whitney “Young
China
Yellow River
Tobacco Growers Gear Up For 1938 Bright Leaf Market
South Georgia tobacco farmers endure sleepless nights as barns fire for curing the new crop. Families take turns tending ovens and thermometers while blue mold is controlled by a new spray. Auctions are set for late July to early August with sixteen cities hosting sales and last year’s payoffs near 15.6 million dollars.
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South Georgia
Bright Leaf Belt
Georgia
Tifton
Fight Returns Announced For Louis Schmelin Bout
The Times Enterprises will broadcast updates of the world heavyweight title fight between Max Schmeling and Joe Louis from New York. Rose Theatre provides sound, with loudspeaker announcements and live wire service. Public invited to attend as 9:00 PM starts.
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Tomes-Enterprise
Associated Press
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Rose Theatre
New York
Rivers to Capitol to press rail rate parity
Governor E. D. Rivers of Georgia headed to Washington with Georgia leaders to seek federal funds after outlining the South’s fight for railroad freight parity. He argued for uniform transportation rates and warned against tariff barriers while urging education in natural resources development and leadership training. Henry T. McIntosh of Albany attended the Georgia Planning Board meeting.
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Minneapolis
Minn
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Washington
State Planning Boards
Rivis
Henry T. McIntosh
Albany
The
Georgia Planning Board
Ambers Wins Tune-Up Before Armstrong Title Defense
Los Angeles June 22 lightweight champion Ambers crushed Jimmy Vaughn of Cleveland in nine rounds though he never floored him. The bout served as a final tune-up before his July 26 title defense against Henry Armstrong in New York.
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Los Angeles
U Ambers
New York
Henry Armstrong
Ambers
Jimmy Vaughn
Cleveland
Vaughn
PWA Starts New Spending and Lending Programs
The Public Works Administration begins its 1938 spending and lending with grants and loans totaling tens of millions for 24 projects and hundreds more in construction by June 30. President Roosevelt signed a $3.75 billion package, with PWA allotments announced as applicants qualify. WPA also moves to allocate funds while NYA receives 75 million for operations through June 1939.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Howard A. Gray
Admdinistrator
Gray
Roosevelt
Fivde Park
N. Y
PWA
WPA
National Youth Administration
President Roosevelt Launches 3.75 Billion Relief Program
At Hyde Park Roosevelt unveiled a $3.75 billion lending and spending relief program aimed at priming industry and aiding the needy including farming. He told reporters the national income for the year would top $60 billion and announced a fireside chat from the White House Friday night.
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Commerce Department
White House
Congress
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