10 Apr 1952
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
1
Newsl item lists advance pay rates for carriers and mail subscriptions. Rates shown include one week, one month, six months, three months, and one year, with April 1952 as the reference date. Names of management appear in the masthead.
President Truman announced late Tuesday night that he would place the steel industry under government control to avert a potentially crippling strike. He blamed management for the conflict, warned of harm to national defense, and set a decisive course that courts are unlikely to stop.
The writer laments wasteful pine logging in Georgia and urges a law requiring replanting or leaving sufficient mother trees. He cites Governor's conservation efforts, Cravey’s views, and 80 Georgia counties noted by the U S Forestry Service. He warns posterity will lose a vital resource if replacement is not required.
Georgia reduced several nuisance taxes including cigarette wine liquor motor fuel and corporate income in July last year while keeping a three percent sales tax. Nine months 1952 receipts reached 157.97 million on net basis versus 97.0 million in 1951, a rise of over sixty million. State Revenue Commissioner Charles D. Redwine provides a detailed year to year comparison.
A humorous piece outlines a family ritual around lost theater tickets. The father, trusted with tickets, forgets which pocket, causing mortification as a ticket taker looms. The tale ends with the dramatic rescue when the father triumphantly exclaims that the tickets are found.
Hollywood veteran Rod Cameron returned from India lighter by twenty pounds and eager to share insights from the world second to Hollywood in film output. He notes language diversity and slow production, compares pay and job security for Indian stars and extras, and recalls assisting Frank Capra at film festivals amid Cold War politics.
Reported heavy fighting on the Madrid front as Loyalists push a major attack against Fascist forces. General Wainwright says the fortress fires blaze as rumors of a truce swirl while the enemy seizes Cabcaben on the East Coast near the last outpost of Bataan. King Carol orders his brother arrested. Scions study tax problems and the treasury needs.
Boyle's Notebook observes hotel check in rituals and the varied bellhop types through humorous anecdotes. It catalogs elderly retainers, sociable hosts, talkative guides, busybodies, silent figures, and the extinct dodo bellhop, noting tipping norms and customer perceptions.
The passage argues flesh and blood are not enemies of spirit but complementary, with Jesus’ humanity retained forever. It emphasizes the flesh as the spirit’s instrument and notes the bread and wine as an eternal sacrament linking Christ and believers, since bodies serve as temples of the Holy Spirit.
Titus Altman & Johnson announces Charles F. Johnson joining the firm. The office remains in the Scott Building, Thomasville, Georgia, and the firm will practice as Titus Altman & Johnson.
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