1934 Newspaper Abstracts

The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #5, Thurs., Feb. 1, 1934:
p. 8, c. 2 -

APPROVED AIRPORT PLAN IS RETURNED HERE

- From Tuesday's Daily --

     Official approval of the Colonel Roscoe Turner airport for which
specifications call for work to employ 343 men for three weeks time was
received this morning by Chairman O. M. Wood, of the CWA board.
     The approval was taken to mean that the civil works program is
expected by state officials to last until the project can be completed,
and Chairman Wood will turn the approval plans for the airport over to
the CWA administrator this afternoon.  It is expected that work on the
airport will be started quickly in order to get the work done within as
short a time as possible to avoid danger that it might not be completed.
     The project calls for expenditure of $21,801.70, almost all of which
is to be spent for common labor.
     The plans were sent back here from the office of Major John O'Keefe,
head of the aviation department, who is in charge of a CWA program
contemplating construction of numerous airports in Mississippi.
     The project was submitted as the Colonel Roscoe Turner airport,
named for the famed speed pilot, who has done as much for advancement of
speed in aviation as any man in the world.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #6, Thurs., Feb. 8, 1934:
p. 6, c. 5 - [married] -

MISS EUGENIA LYNCH MARRIED TO E. F. WAITS

-- Thursday's Daily --

     A wedding of unusual interest to a large number of friends and
acquaintances in this section of Mississippi took place yesterday evening
when E. F. Waits, prominent Corinth jeweler, was married to Miss Eugenia
Lynch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lynch, also of this city.
     The ceremony took place quietly in the presence of a few friends of
the bride and groom at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weible, on
Webster St.
     Rev. Ira D. Holt, Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony,
using the ring service.  The bride gowned in rose with beige accessories,
was attended by Mis Vessie Rowland, also in a rose gown, while the groom
was attended by Mayor W. L. Swett, as the best man.
     Others present at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Weible, Mrs.
Della C. Henry, mother of Mrs. Weible; Mrs. Hasting Clark, and Cleburne
Wiggington, member of the Sea Scout organization of which Mr. Waits is
the leader, and Arthur Johnsey.
     Following the ceremony Mrs. Weible served sandwiches and coffee to
the group.
     Mrs. Waits for the past four years has been employed at the jewelry
store operated by the groom.  She has many friends in Corinth, were she
attended Corinth High School, graduating in the class of 1926.
     Mr. Waits, prominent in business and civic affairs of the city or
many years, is known throughout this section as a business man whose
interests cover a wide range of activities. He is an aviation enthusiast,
civic worker, and leader of youth, whose special hobby for the past
several months has been promotion of Sea Scout activities in connection
with the Yocona Boy Scout council program.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #6, Thurs., Feb. 8, 1934:
p. 5, c. 6 -

Thursday's Daily --
     W. M. Bell and family, and Mr. Bell's mother, Mrs Jenny Bell were
guests of Cass Turner at dinner last night at Mr. Turner's home."  [Cass
Turner was a younger brother of Roscoe Turner. sls]



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #6, Thurs., Feb. 8, 1934:
p. 8, c. 5 -

NO MILITARY TITLE
        IN NAMING AIRPORT
        COL. TURNER SUGGESTS
        ---------

     Learning of plans for construction of an airport here and other
activities in this city Col. Roscoe Turner, air speed king of the
continent whose home town in here, is convinced that this city has a real
live-wire bunch of leaders taking hold of its affairs.
     However, the Colonel points out that a mistake has been made in
naming of the project.

     His letter why the name should be changed, follows:

     Mr. E. F. Waits,
     Corinth, Miss.

     Dear Ernest:
     I was awfully glad to get your letter and to hear all the things you
have to say.
     I can come to see you at any date that you may set after March 7.  I
may also state that it looks like you have a a real live-wire bunch taking
hold of things in Corinth now and may I congratulate you all.
     I would suggest that if they want to name the airport after me that
they just use the name 'The Roscoe Turner Airport' as it is not correct
to use the military title in naming an object.  As an illustration I will
refer you to:  The Floyd Bennett Field, New York, N. Y.; the Richard E.
Byrd Airport, Richmond, Va.; and the Charles Lindbergh Field, San Diego,
Cal.
     With kindest regards, I am

     Sincerely yours,

     ROSCOE TURNER,
     Colonel, Governors' Staff California and Nevada.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #6, Thurs., Feb. 8, 1934:
p. 8, c. 6 -

DR. ROBERTSON COUNTY'S NEW AIR ADVISOR --

     Senator Pat Harrison has appointed Major M. W. Robertson of Corinth
as federal aeronautical for Alcorn County.
     Major Robertson was an officer in the British Flying Corps during
the World War, and has maintained an interest in aviation.
     He stated this appointment as federal advisor was made last week,
but as yet he has not been informed what his duties will be.  Such
advisors are being named for every county in the state; and come at a
time when the government is sponsoring CWA work projects throughout
Mississippi which will result in construction of many first class
airports that will have a marked effect in increasing air transportation
throughout this section of the South.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #46, November 15, 1934:
p. 8, c. 1 -

     President Roosevelt will visit Corinth Saturday night and is to make
a platform appearance during his stay here.
     Time of his arrival over the Southern railway tracts has not been
definitely announced, but assurance has been given that his party will
come here on a special train the evening of Nov. 17 and will be
transferred to the Mobile & Ohio tracts in the yards here.
     Officials of the Mobile and Ohio and Southern here are already
making ready for the President's visit, having received orders to suspend
switching of cars in the yards during the night.
     The Presidential train is scheduled to leave Washington over the B.
and O. railroad between 3 and 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon according to a
tentative schedule.  The train will pass through Harrodsburg, Ky., by way
of Cincinnati.  After a brief period spent in Harrodsburg the President
will leave before noon Friday for Norris Dam and will return to Knoxville
that night.
     Scheduled to leave Nashville at 11 a.m. the President's train will
travel over the Southern railway tracts from Muscle Shoals to Corinth
where the Presidential party will spend the night and will leave for
Tupelo in the morning in time for the President's scheduled appearance at
8 a.m., where he will remain for two hours. ....
     When Roosevelt comes here it will be the second time a president of
the United States has over visited Corinth, President McKinley having
made this town one of his stops on a Southern tour en route to
California.
     To President Roosevelt this section is of special interest because
it is the scene of his Tennessee Valley program.  In this county the
first TVA power cooperative in which rural and urban users of electricity
united, has been set up.
     Tupelo was the first city to obtain a TVA contract, and there one of
the government's subsistence homesteads has been set up.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIX #49, December 6, 1934:
p. 5, c. 4. -

PRES. ROOSEVELT'S VISIT.
By John E. Rankin, ....

     If ever a member of congress had just cause to be doubly proud of
the people he represented, it was your humble servant on the occasion of
President Roosevelt's recent visit.
     The reception they gave him, the calm, sober attitude on the part of
everyone, their beaming expressions of enthusiastic welcome, were enough
to inspire him and did inspire him, with renewed admiration for the
people of Mississippi. ....
     His first appearance in the state was at Corinth, where 40,000 faces
beamed up at him from beneath the overhanging lights.  He was so pleased
with this reception that he even over- rode the instructions of his chief
attendant, Mr. McIntyre.  He leaned over and said, 'Tell them to release
those people back yonder and let them come up closer.'  When his
instructions were repeated through the amplifier, the guards gave way and
that sea of human faces swept towards the train.  They were orderly,
courteous and enthusiastic, and I know of my own knowledge that they made
a profound and lasting impression on both the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
     At Tupelo, everything was perfect; even nature seemed to join  ....
At Amory there seemed to be at least 20,000 people gathered at the
station ....
     .... Our friends had battled heroically in their efforts to put over
the Alcorn County Electric Power Association, while others were throwing
every possible obstruction in their way.  He knew that they had succeeded
in the face of this opposition, and he let it be known in his speech at
Corinth, as well as in private conversation, that he was grateful for the
services those men have rendered in carrying the benefits of his power
policies to the people of Alcorn county ....



Abstracts (c) Copyright 1993 Stephanie L. Sandy

  Data transcription by: Milton Sandy, Jr. Corinth, MS - April 20, 1993