17 Apr 1935
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1935
Page
1
The Thomasville Times Enterprise prints a mix of gossip, opinions, and brief notes amid community life. The column highlights local tastes, postal notes, political quips, and social commentary touching on roses, the Rose Show, Easter outfits, and county events.
Georgia ministers push local option in repeal of bone dry law. Rev H E McBrayer of Atlanta advocates May 15 vote to end state prohibition, arguing funds for schools and shifting control from bootleggers to the state. He urges church leaders to seek God’s guidance and states churches oppose bone dry rule. Other notes mention Babe Ruth, farm plans, Hopkins funds, and Ickes on Huey Long.
An Apalachee celebration in Florida aims to unite state representatives in Apalachicola as a new bridge completes connecting sections of the coast. The Gulf Coast highway now stretches from Pensacola to Tallahassee and will extend to Cedar Keys and Tampa, opening resort areas. The project promises a coast wide route rivaling Atlantic and Gulf coasts, boosting growth for farmers and summer colonization along the coast.
Eastern time bus timetable lists departures to Cairo Bainbridge and West at 5:30 and 10:00 AM and 6:30 PM. Thomasville bound service to Moultrie Tifton and north at 10:50 AM 4:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Services to Salliedee Florida points at 7:00 AM 11:00 AM and 6:30 PM.
The El Capitan dam near San Diego California is described as the largest rock and earth dam built. It stands 225 feet high, 1300 feet long and reaches about a quarter of a mile at the base.
New York April 17 The Arthur Samuelses host a famed humorist Frank Sullivan as a weekly guest in their Park Avenue apartment. Sullivan overstays the visit and provokes constant commotion with playful mischief and telegram jokes. A prank menu at the Algonquin mocks price hikes, leaving Touhey astonished as his tablemates toast the gag.
A montage notes Toscanini's pursuit of a piano like bassoon pine softness and his curtain call after a perfect flutter. It brushes with Robert Sherwood's daughter raspberry ice vanity and Noel Coward's itchy feet. Davis Davis Davis and a Marco Polo boast close the column with travel lore.
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Elmer Layden Notre Dame coach recalls a historic thrill when he was locked out of the team dressing room last fall before the Army game at Yankee Stadium, an incident he still regards with surprise and humor.
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