Local visitors and trips noted across Coolidge area
Miss Betty Lou Carlton visits her grandmother in Coolidge as Mrs G M Carlton and Mrs Edgar Howell host. Clifford Yarbrough of Edison, Ga visits his grandparents E Is Redberg. Beverly Craigmiles vacationing with parents after leading Gordon School trip to Washington. Lyman Goodwin returns from two months as World's Fair chair guide in New York. Gladys Rehberg visits sister in Edison. Several townsfolk mourn the illness and travel of relatives including Jaidie and Mrs Taylor's mother Mrs W J Bowen. Announcements cover trips to Providence and Florida visits by Pittman family, Legion Auxiliary officer Vinson visiting Quitman and new officers, and other local visitors from Brunswick and Seminole.
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Betty Lou Carlton
G. M. Carlton
Edgar Howell
Coolidge
Beverly Craigmiles
J. S. Craigmiles
Gordon Public School
Washington
Jim Brower
Virginia Varnedee
New Jersey
Mouth of the Niger River finally charted in 1830
The mouth of the Niger river in Africa was opened to modern exploration when explorers reached its estuary in 1830. This milestone marked a significant advance in West Africa mapping and navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niger River
Africa
British Bombers Renew Raids on Holland and Germany
London reports British bomber squadrons renewed attacks on military targets in Holland and northwest Germany amid night raids announced by the air ministry yesterday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Holland
London
Aft
British Raid and Armistice Effects Across Europe and Asia
The report details armistice terms pressuring France and the French fleet, with German occupation spreading across western Europe. It notes Petain’s government relocation, Asiatic echoes of a potential Monroe Doctrine, Japan’s Far East plans, and U S fleet movements amid the global war context.
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Haly
Paris
Asia
Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
Germany
Italy
Far East
Indo-China
Hawaii
Washington
Rotarians Hear Citizens Road League Speaker
Thomas Hull of the Citizens Road League of Georgia spoke at the Rotary luncheon on road funding and policy. He outlined proposed constitutional amendments to permanently allocate road funds, cited 721 deaths and 26 235 injuries from crashes, and urged Georgia citizens to join the league and support Road Fund preservation.
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Thomas Hull
Rotary Club
Canada
Watt
Ernest Wahl
Arthur Little
Hull
Citizens Road League of Georgia
Speakey
Efort
Georgia
Education Department
Jake Turner
Lampa
Miss Carolyn Stringer Engaged in Tybee Isle Newspaper Work
The Tybee Tide, devoted to Tybee News, is published in Savannah with Miss Carolyn Stringer managing and directing. Daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Stringer Jr she is a G S C W junior known for an enviable record. The Tybee Title copy shows the care she puts into text matters and friends note her success.
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Tybee Tide
Savannah
Carolyn Stringer
R. E. Stringer
Stringer
Rapid Growth Reported for Georgia Crops
Georgia crops show strong growth across most counties after recent rains. Cotton ranges from good to excellent with blooms reaching Waynesboro and squares past Athens, while Blakely remains too wet. Tobacco dry in Baxley and Valdosta. corn, pastures, watermelons and cantaloupes progress well. pecan crops favorable and red peanuts well favored overall.
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Atlanta
I.p
Georgia
The
Weather Bureau Today
Waynesboro
Athens
Blakely
Baxley
Valdosta
Bureau
Keel of Battleship Iowa to be laid at Brooklyn Yard
New York reports the keel of the 45 000 ton battleship Iowa will be laid tomorrow at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with no public ceremony. The Iowa is among four 45 000 ton vessels authorized under the navy expansion plan.
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Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Nat Fleischer to referee Dempsey Luttrell bout
Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring Magazine, is named referee for the July 1 Dempsey Luttrell match in Atlanta. The 10 round bout will use six ounce gloves under State Boxing Commission rules with potential deductions for low blows. city commissioners will decide if Fleischer is solo or aided by judges. Fleischer arrives Friday with Dempsey and Luttrell set for Saturday arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Nat Fletcher
Ring Magazine
Jack Dempsey
State Boxing Commission
City Boxing Commission
John White
Fleischer
Dempsey
Luttrell
Roosevelt Signs RFC Defense Financing Bill
President Roosevelt signed a defense funding bill authorizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to finance materials and equipment for national defense. The RFC can loan up to 500 million to railroads and return 300 million of its capital to the treasury.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Treasury
British to require passports for all Americans to Bermuda
The British embassy announced that starting July 8 passports will be required for Americans entering Bermuda. The State Department also reported that the Dominican Republic will impose the same requirement.
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Bermuda
Washington
State Department
Dominican Republic
Roosevelt Announces Navy Reserve Officer Training Plan
President Roosevelt outlined a program to train 5,000 young volunteers annually for reserve commissions as the navy expands its fleet. Enrollment would start Friday with training to begin mid July for unmarried American born men aged 19 to 26 with at least two years of college. Discussions with Ford involved 9,000 engines with 3,000 for the U S and 6,000 for Britain, aided by a $43 million appropriation. Detroit reports indicate Ford step preparations and tooling underway after negotiations began May 31.
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Navy
Roosevelt
Ford Company
United States
Britain
Congress
Detroit
Ford
Willkie Nomination Prospects Highlight Gannett Tie
Delegates report Frank E. Gannett, New York publisher, as a likely second nominee. Arizona plans to back Gannett for several ballots before shifting based on support, while Gannett presses reciprocity treaties as a key West of the Mississippi issue. U S Rep. Frank Q Horton is noted as a Republican official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Gannett
New York
Arizona
Aljabama
James
Wadsworth
Gannett
Willkie
Mississippi
U. S
Frank Q. Horton
Twenty Italians killed in British air raid on Trapani
Rome radio reported twenty civilians died in a British air raid on Trapani on Sicily's west coast. The blast caused no damage to military installations. Among the dead were twelve men over sixty, four women, and four children under fifteen. Seventeen were injured.
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Rome
Trapani
Sicily
Willkie Tariff Views Endorsement Sparks GOP Debate
The source notes that Willkie is believed acceptable to most Republican members on tariff issues and that while he supports reciprocal trade in principle he would not lower farm prices or disrupt the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Willkie
Congress
Battle Fleet Mines in Canal Zone Controversy
The article notes that mining in the Canal Zone remains, with Navy and Army planners silent on locations. Officials claim mines are harmless, except to ships under shore artillery, while experts warn transit could provoke Japan and affect Far East leverage. The fleet’s departure from Hawaiian waters is tied to wartime timing and allied pressures.
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War ‘Department
Coast Artillery
Canal Zone
Atlantic
Japan
Far East
Philippines
Britain
France
Hitler in Paris Sightseeing Tour Includes Notre Dame Visit
An informant says Hitler toured Paris sights during wartime, including the Seine banks and Madeleine church. He allegedly expected to visit the Louvre and Notre Dame with General Keitel, as German professors of art and architecture accompanied him rather than military figures.
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Seine
Farang
Nani
Hitler
Madeleine Church
France
Hotel Des Invalides
Napoleon
Louvre
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Fac
Wilhel Keitel
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Clifford Yarbrough
Edison, Ga
Mrs
E. Is. Redberg
Lyman Goodwin
Gladys Rehberg
Mrs. C. J. Yarbrough
Sam Taster
Jaidie
Wana
Alice Thal
Marjorie H. Selph
Providence
Charles Pittman
Bobby
Carolyn
Tampa
C. Pittman
Thos G. Vinson
American Legion Auxiliary
Quitman
D. N. McKinnon
Brunswick
Louise Pittman
EF. H. Smart
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Bainbridge
Jean Jones
Seminole
Okla
Annette Kelly
Ruth Jones
Arthur Alten
Sonny Jones
Strother Moore
Georgian Terrace
Edwin Mugford
Times-Enterprise
N. Madison St
St.joseph
Spain
Egypt
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Thomasville Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Citizens Road League
Tybee Isle
Marvin Griffith
South Georgia
Cairo Thomasville Highway
Nat Fleisher
Dempsey Lutrelle
FDR
Packard
China
Dutch East Indies
Indies
America
British Empire
Battle Fleet
Rae
Ana Ane Wal Aaa
Rae An
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