Georgia Gov Rivers presss for 50 million WPA program
Governor E D Rivers discussed Georgia's proposed 50 million dollar public works plan with President Roosevelt and PWA officials. He supported leasing projects from the federal government due to state borrowing limits and sought presidential approval for such arrangements.
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Roosevelt
Georgia
Washington
E. D. Rivers
PWA
George
D-Ga
White House
8. W. Sanford
Georgia University System
Sanford
University of Georgia
Atlanta
Army
Etowah
Cartersville
Public Works Administration
State University Syste
Columbus Roberts
Macon
Goering Enacts Far Reaching Labor Decree for Germany
Berlin June 24 Germanys economic dictator Goering issues a labor decree effective July 1 aimed at mobilizing all capable Germans for state work. The four year plan seeks to avert unemployment and accelerate building programs including Austria integration with focus on skilled technicians and engineers.
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Berlin
Germany
Jofeld
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
Propaganda Ministry
Austria
Goering
Reich
Labor Office
Lightning Strikes CCC Worker in Spokane Camp
William D. Wylie, a Civilian Conservation Corps enrolle at the Seven Mile camp near Spokane, was struck by lightning yesterday. He did not realize the hit until companions informed him, then calmly carried on with his axe as shocked youths watched.
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Tientsin-Nanking Line
China
Spokane
Wash
William D. Wylie
CCC
the Seven Mile
Here
Wylie
Shearer and Gable Cast as Gone With the Wind Leads
Norma Shearer will play Scarlett O’Hara and Clark Gable will portray Rhett Butler in the MGM production. Margaret Mitchell welcomed the casting as fitting and noted interest in actors for Ashley Wilkes and Melanie. Gerald O’Hara will be played by Walter Connolly.
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Norma Shearer
Scarlett O’hara
Gable
Rhett Butler
Hollywood
Margaret Mitchell
Ohio
Clark Gable
Miss Shearer
David Selznick
Selznick
M.G.M
George Cukor
Scarlett
Cukor
M.G.M. Direcor
Atlanta
Ashley Wilkes
Melanie
Ashley
Miss Mitchell
Walter Connelly
Gerald O’hara
Weather Cast For Florida And Alabama Regions
Florida sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with possible scattered afternoon thunderstorms in the south and extreme east portions. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect generally fair conditions with light to gentle onshore or offshore winds along the coast.
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Florida
Alabama
Georgia farm income rises while taxes fall 1932 37
Georgia farm income and land values increased from 1932 to 1937 while taxes per acre dropped from 26 to 22 cents. Cash income across cotton tobacco peanuts hogs cattle peaches wheat and corn showed notable gains though 1938 trend may ease from 1937 peak.
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Baton Rouge
Georgia
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
E. L. Tanner
AAA Division of Information
Japanese Land On South China Mainland Amid Heavy Bombardment
Japanese troops landed on the south China mainland from Namoa Island near Swatow under heavy protecting fire as Japanese planes bombed Swatow. Chinese forces retreated inland and counter-attacked near Chihlin while reports from Shanghai note sluggish Japanese advances on the Yangtze amid floods and ongoing coastal bombardment.
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Hongkong
South China
Swatow
Namoa Island
Chihlin
Namoa
Japan
Canton
Oil well time bomb explodes killing eight in New Mexico
Hobbs New Mexico June 24 eight men died and four were injured in a premature explosion of an oil well time bomb during a Monument Field operation. Victims include George A Kaseman 63 Albuquerque banker and W P Peck shooter. Several Hobbs residents among the dead and injured.
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Hobbs
N. M
New Mexico
George A. Kaseman
Albuquerque
H. A. Greer
Gauger
J. T. Broughton
Derrickman
Forrest Houston
Charles Wrigley
Rigman
W. P. Peck
Alex Blair
Jack Starkley
Kasman
Monument
Albuquerque National Trust and Savings Bank
Albuquerque and
Fred Luthy
Albuquerque National Bank
Medill McCormick Missing in Arizona Hills
Medill McCormick, 21, heir to a famous American family, is missing in the Sandia mountains near Albuquerque after a hiking trip with Richard Whitmer. Posses of CCC enrollees, state police, and deputies search the jagged ranges, while the mother and father fear heavy rain could have forced them to shelter.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Medill McCormick
Sandia Mountains
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
U. S
Chicago
CCC
Sandias
McCormick
Richard Whitmer
T. E. Whitmer
Fellow salutations mark Georgia senate campaign speeches
June 24 Atlanta reports show all four senatorial hopefuls begin with fellow greetings. George terms vary from fellow Georgians to adjust to audiences while Eugene Talmadge uses fellow countrymen and McRae calls listeners fellow citizens. Camp starts in Jonesboro with my good friends and fellow democrats.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Walter F. George
George
Eugene Talmadge
William G. McRae
Rockmart
Lawrence S. Camp
Jonesboro
Rebels Drive Toward Valencia After Sarrion Fall
Hendaye France June 24 insurgent forces push along the highway toward Valencia after Sarrion nears encirclement. Both sides report heavy casualties as Castilian troops withdraw east from Sarrion before the insurgent advance to the sea. Insurgents seize Crententadas north of Sarrion and Albentosa about four miles east.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Hankow
Yangtze
Matowchen
Kiukiang
Yentang
Anhwei
Tsienshan
Tikiang
Anking
Wuhu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yellow River
Hendaye
France
Valencia
Sarrion
Crententadas
Albentosa
Roosevelt Fireside Chat To Nation Tonight
President Roosevelt will address the nation in a fireside chat at 9 30 p m on NBC CBS and Mutual networks. He will outline the outlook for congressional action and review pump priming as public works projects proceed. The speech marks a busy summer schedule with four out of town appearances and a continental trip planned.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Hewsimen
White House
NBC
CBS
Mutual
San Francisco
Labor Department
Independent Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hyde Park
Maritime Labor Board
Roosevelt Support Question Shapes Georgia Senate Race
In Atlanta on June 24 observers noted the Roosevelt administration may test its influence in Georgia's four way U S Senate race. None of the candidates publicly claimed New Deal backing though Will G McRae aligned with Roosevelt while Eugene Talmadge touted a homestead plan. Camp listed a regional committee, and talks circulated about President Roosevelt possibly visiting Athens in August to weigh in on the intra state contest.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Georgia
Senate
Lawrence S. Camp
Walter F. George
Vienna
George
Eugene Talmadge
Will G. McRae
Talmadge
McRae
Townsend
Congress
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Camp
Jonesboro
South Georgia
Wildo DeLoache
Moultrie
R. Earl Camp
Dublin
John Paulk
Brunswick
Paul Akin
Cartersville
Boyd Sloan
Gainesville
Fairburn
Rothmart
Athens
University of Georgia
PWA Allotment for Pelham School Announced
Washington reports on June 24 that PWA allotments were announced including Pelham school receiving 23220 dollars and Griffin school 12375 dollars for Georgia funding plans.
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PWA
Pelham School
Washington
Georgia
Griffin
Pelham
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