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Senator Richard B. Russell, City Attorney J. Ernest Palmour, Jr., and Major Joseph Cooke survey damage.

“I want to commend the fine spirit, the unselfish service of aid the agencies I have found at work here. They are doing a tremendously inspiring job, and everybody else should back them with generous donations.”

~ Senator Richard B. Russell (quoted in Easter Services to Bring Solace to Sad Gainesville in Atlanta Journal, April 13, 1936, page 1)