03 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
1
A reader discussion analyzes wage hour legislation and its social impact, debating how laws should set fair wages and work limits. It quotes criticism of drunkenness as a defense and explores the consequences for southern labor, industry, and interstate shipping rules amid proposed reform.
Commentary on raising funds for the Georgia program as the legislature meets in extraordinary session. Citizens debate taxation methods and fairness, agreeing only on the need for immediate measures to secure money while the tax system remains largely unchanged.
Georgia could gain wealth by new tung oil production as farmers plant more trees, with Cairo leading in a local mill. Prices rise due to war in China, and a ninefold increase in tung nut plantings is seen across six southern states. Tung oil expects use in paints varnishes insulations brakes and linoleum.
The passage lists early football selections with a first alternate backfield of George Caseyo from Tennessee Pinky Rohm of LSU Bob Davis of Kentucky and Charlie Holm of Alabama. A second alternate features Lunney Hollins Vanderbilt Jimmie Fenton Auburn Dutch Kenemann Georgia Tech and Guy Milner LSU. Albany New York is noted for naming after the Duke of York and Albany later James II.
Alabama leads the mythical All Star Southeastern Conference selection of 1937 with three Crimson Tide players on offense and defense. Georgia Tech’s engineers claim two berths while players from Auburn, Mississippi, Florida, Vanderbilt, Georgia, and LSU also earn spots. Captain Fletcher Sims of Tech and end Bil Jordan key the lineup, with Kilgrew and Monsky among Alabama’s representatives.
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