Eyes of nation on Georgia touted by industry leader
Georgia faces a push to attract new industries with five year tax exemptions and widespread utility improvements. P S Arkwright, president of the Georgia Railway & Power Co, champions Georgia as a safer, richer site with abundant power and pro investor rights. The merger of public utilities under Southeastern Power & Light extends high tension lines and hydroelectric access to towns and farms, boosting industrial potential statewide.
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Georgia Press Association
Georgia
P. S. Arkwright
The
Georgia Railway & Power Company
Southeastern Power & Light Company
Tallulah
Tugalo
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Advertising and Good Product Key Frigidaire Success
E G Biechler of Frigidaire Corp says strong newspaper advertising combined with a good product propelled Frigidaire to dominate the national electric refrigerator market. He notes four of five installations are Frigidaire and that rapid growth turned six years into three months sales since advertising began.
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E. G. Biechler
Frigidaire Corporation
General Motors
Frigidaire
Biehler
General Motors Group
Capitals of Connecticut Statehouse Era
Connecticut used two capitals in its history Hartfort and New Haven transitions from 1701 to 1873 reflect evolving governance while the state consolidated administrative centers across the colonial and early state period.
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Connecticut
Hartford
New Haven
Truett Named President as Baptist Campaign Sets High Goals
Dr George W Truett of Dallas was unanimously chosen as president of the Southern Baptist Convention at Louisville. He urged churches to deeper spirituality and wider missions while noting floods in the Mississippi Valley reduced year end contributions and the China civil war disrupted Foreign Mission Board work.
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George W. Truett
Dallas
Southern Baptist Convention
Louisville
Mississippi Valley
China
Foreign Mission Board
Cushioning Tissue Paper In Heels Extends Rubber Life
A half inch layer of crushed tissue paper placed in shoe heels cushions the hard heel and reduces rubber wear, preserving the sole material and extending durability.
Refugees Introduce Damascus Linen Manufacture to Europe
Text notes that damask linens and silica originate from the East and that the manufacture began in Damascus. It states Dutch and Flemish refugees who fled Alva's persecutions around 1571 introduced this production to Europe.
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Damascus
Alva
Missionary Board Reports Strong Year for Southern Baptists
Foreign Mission Board lists 531 American missionaries and 2,644 native helpers with 12,085 baptisms abroad. Home Mission Board notes 923 missionaries, 36,233 additions, and 278 buildings. Sunday School Board sent $444,028 to general work from $1.8 million receipts. 1,476 churches aided architecturally. Relief fund aided 1,145 beneficiaries. Total 1927 objective set at $8,096,666. budget controls to curb debts.
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Foreign Mission Board
China
Home Mission Board
Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
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Ernest Camp
McColskey Undertaking
Corl J. Herman McColskey, Mer
Undertakers
Southern Convention
Georgia & Florida Railroad
Florida Beach
J. E. Kenworthy
Augusta, Ga
Statistical Department
Southern Baptist
Geo. W. Truett
J. H. Warbington
Sunset Ave
Atlanta
Ian
C. J. Moffett CO
Dept
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Georgia Teethina
Church Street
GIA A Company
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