Eva Coo Faces Death Row At Sing Sing Tomorrow
Ossining N Y June 26. UP Eva Coo 43 year old slayer of Harry Wright awaits execution as she endures nine months in Sing Sing cell. She vows Governor Lehman may grant clemency but laments robbery by former friends who took her money clothing and insurance. No decision announced yet.
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Ossining
N. Y
Eva Coo
Harry Wright
Otsego County Road
Sing Sing
Herbert H. Lehman
Yates Edges Emery In Intercollegiate Golf Duel
In a 21 hole match at the National Inter-Collegiate Championship Yates of Georgia Tech defeated Walter Emery of Oklahoma one up. The affair featured a late swing as Emery led to the eighteenth tee but missed a four foot bid, letting Yates square the match and win on the 21st hole after Emery mishandled a second shot near the green.
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Washington
Charles Yates
Georgia Tech
Walter Emery
Oklahoma
Yates
Emery
Yate
Drought Slows Georgia Crops Across Major Agricultural Areas
Georgia farmers face serious losses as lack of rain harms tobacco, corn, peanuts, peaches, watermelons, and cotton. The U S Weather Bureau reports no statewide relief in sight with only scattered showers improving some local crops. Specific trouble spots include Tift County where seven weeks of dry weather has ruined crops, and Unadilla where eight weeks without rain damaged watermelon yields.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States Weather Bureau
Bureau
George W. Mindling
Weather’ Bureau
Tift
Mindling
Tifura
Tift Observer
Quitman
Fort Valley
Unadilla
Georgia Governor Attacks Federal Policies Over Ball's Ferry Bridge
Governor Talmadge ridicules federal processing taxes and AAA policies while criticizing the Ball's Ferry bridge dispute between Johnson and Wilkinson counties. He warns Congress will not allow Georgia to be bluffed and notes the highway board refused the project.
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Ing
Talmadge
Georgia
Washington
Ball's Ferry
Oconee River
Johnson and Wilkinson
Highway Board
Highway Department
Ball’s Ferry
Oo Tahuiadee
AAA
W. J. Grubb
Birmingham
Wallace
State Highway Board
Tarver
Gov. Talmadge
State Board
Roads Bureau
MacDonald
Ball Ferry
Vinson
Public Roads Bureau
Georgia road aid standoff sparks federal control clash
Washington charges over the state highway board’s structure threaten 19 million dollars in Georgia road funds. Georgia officials accuse Washington of trying to run the state agency and press for a conference with Secretary Wallace and Thomas McDonald to break the deadlock.
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Wilburn
State Highway Board
Washington
Wallace
Georgia
Highway Board
Eugene Wilburn
Georgia Highway Board
Ball’s Ferry
Tarver
D.-Ga
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Roads Bureau
Ball's Ferry
Eugene Talmadge
Federal Bureau
Highway Board of
MacDonald
Florida governor calls counties to aid unemployables
Governor Sholtz urged Florida counties to provide for indigent unemployables as he accepted Julius F. Stone Jr. resignation as state relief administrator and named Conrad Van Hyning to lead until Aug. 7 when the new welfare board starts. Van Hyning will disband the old relief system and transfer tasks to the state agency with $100,000 annual funding. Stone will stay briefly as reorganizing consultant then join the national relief administration in Washington.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Sholtz
Florida
Julius F. Stone, Jr
Conrad van Hyning
State Welfare Board
Stone
van Hyning
Welfare Board
Relef
Washington
National Relief Administration
Shultz
Bids Opened for 138 New Naval Warships
Washington June 26. Secretary Swanson announced bids will be opened August 7 for 13 of the 24 ships authorized by the peace time naval appropriation. He said the navy is studying replacement under the Washington naval accord but will wait for actions by other powers. Trading stations at New Port R I Great Lakes Illinois will reopen July 1 after two years of economy measures.
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Washington
Swanson
New Port
R. I
Great Lakes
Illinois
Local visitors from Georgia towns stop in for business and visits
Mr L F Arden of Savannah and Mr L C Medford of Albany appear among business visitors. O L Anderson of Jacksonsville and M A Masters of Jacksonville were in town on business. Mrs J C House returned from a Memphis visit. Mr and Mrs W W Stigler of Tallahassee and the Wilkinsons with Miss Doris Smith from Winter Haven travel residents of Thomasville.
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L. C. Medford
Albany
Mr. M. A. Masters of
Jacksonville
Local residents and college listings in brief
Mrs. Joe Wheeler of Rome visits her mother Mrs. W. J. Vaughan on Dawson Street. Georgia Southwestern College in Americus lists summer school students Miss Julia Way of Thomasville and Misses Ernestine Clark Myrtle Collier Grace Waldron of Ochlocknee. Also see for sale ad signed 137 Woodland Drive in this issue.
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Joe Wheeler
Rome
W. J. Vaughan
Dawson Street
Georgia Southwestern College
Americus
Julia Way
Thomasville
Ernestine Clark
Myrtle Collier
Grace Waldron
Ochlocknee
Woodland Drive
Dry spell dries Alapaha river in Georgia
In Tifton Georgia on June 26 the long drought has disjointed the Alapaha river once a chain of lakes linked by small runs. Observers say it is the first time in a decade the river has ceased flowing though water remains in the lakes as the region suffers crop stress from the drought. In Washington on June 26 the Patman bonus plan faces renewed action as the steering committee pressed for immediate currency changes to fund veterans certificates. The panel seeks to attach the bonus to a wealth tax proposal amid a stalled original bill and previous presidential veto overrides.
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Tifton
South Georgia
Washington
Patman
Senate
House
Stephens Heads Fire Chiefs in Southeastern Association
Chief W W Stephens of Anniston Alabama was elected president at the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs closing session. The two day convention at the Hotel Dempsey concluded with Atlanta chosen as the 176 meeting place.
Huge King Ranch Divided Among Heirs Amid Oil Boom
The King ranch once 1.5 million acres is being partitioned among heirs as oil rights emerge. Originating with Richard King in 1864, the Texas empire spans the lower Rio Grande valley where Humble Oil and Refining leases influence the expanding landscape.
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King Ranch
Brownsville
Tex
Richard King
Rio Grande Valley
Humble Oil and Refin
Western Livestock Markets Visit Noted By Dr Oliver
Dr W E Oliver left today to travel for several weeks through Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and other western livestock markets. Miss Anne Bidson daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Eidson returned home after a tonsil ectomy and was praised for her rapid recovery.
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Knox MacDonald
Augusta
Mrs
F. L. Gibson
W. E. Oliver
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Anne Bidson
Frank B. Eidson
Slinger Dunns Still Slingin The Plate Afar
Slinger Dunn the 250 pound former Stanford athlete is rising to peak form in discus. He has tossed 162 feet 11% inches this season and targets a world record and the 1936 Berlin Olympic title. Dunn trained at Menlo College and under coach Templeton shaping a top weight star.
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San Francisco
Dunn
Stanford
Fresno
Menlo Junior College
Robert ‘Dink
Templeton
Berlin
Paul Jessup
Washington
Pittsburgh
Harold Anderson
Sweden
John Anderson
New York Athletic Club
Los Angeles
Flowers Honey Krushed Wheat Bread Claim Ad
An advertisement touts Flowers Honey Krushed Wheat Bread as a remedy for constipation noting a secret formula from an experienced baker. It claims relief without science, urging a ten day test and daily loafs, with bold claims of improved health for all ages and long standing cases.
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Flowers Baking Company, Inc
Sea water made drinkable for Italy's army in East Africa
In Eritrea and Somaliland Italian troops face water shortages as they mass for possible Ethiopia expedition. Water was scarce, rationed to about a quart daily, and early supply relied on ships and tankers from as far as Naples. Mineral water served hospitals while rivers in Somaliland moderated some need.
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Italy
East Africa
Asmara
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Naples
Distilling Plants Boost Water Supply in Eritrea and Somaliland
Distilling plants in Massaua and Mogadishu are turning seawater into drinkable supply. A large refrigeration unit cools water, interior Eritrean facilities sterilize and potabilize. Mogadishu’s aqueduct now delivers 400 cubic meters daily. Surveillance over Scebeli and Giuba rivers protects the supply from Abyssinian sources.
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Massaua
Erit—trea
Eritrea
Mogadishu
Somaliland
Scebeli
Giuba
Abyssinia
Doomed Greek Colonel Offered Appointment Abroad
Colonel Bakirtsis under sentence of death in Greece has been offered a new post abroad. He may accept since the assignment does not require his return to Greece.
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Athens
Bakirtsis
Greece
Average citizen pays state direct taxes in five months of 1935
Report based on 39 states shows the average citizen paid 1.25 per month for state direct taxes from January to June 1 1935. Car owners paid 10.82 in gasoline taxes to June. Colorado led in daily per capita all taxes at 13.1 cents while New Hampshire was lowest at 1.3 cents. Florida had the highest car owner gas tax at 16.4 cents and Rhode Island the lowest at 2.8 cents.
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Chicago
Colorado
New Hampshire
Florida
Rhode Island
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Sing Sing Pen
Lehman
New York City
Mrs. Coo
Jacksonvilles
Jacksonville, Florida
CHAS
B. Grinda
State Highway Department
Bureau of Public’ Roads
Thomas H. McDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
McDonald
Wallacerg
W. N. Ainsworth
North Georgia Conference
R. L. Russell
H. E. McBraver
Lakewood Heights Methodist Church
Wesley’ Memorial Church
McBrayer
Flrida
Eddie Lewis
W. Jackson
L. F. Arden of
Savannah
O. L. Anderson
Jacksonsville
J. C. House
J. T. Buntin
Memphis, Tenn
W. W. Stigler
Tallahasee
Ethel Dp. Silva
Bettina Silva
Marguerite Silva
Leslie M. Grantham
Williams
RED Cedar Shingles
Bracey Lumber Co
Citzen
Hudson Six
America
Hudson
Detroit
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