06 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1938
Page
1
A jumble of opinions covers Christmas spending shortages and moral themes, plus remarks on farmers cotton quotas, New Deal relief, and national security. The piece references Savannah history, urban landmarks, and public discourse on war, industry honesty, and espionage.
The Savannah legacy of Gen Henry R R Jackson is in focus as Henry Rootes Jackson of Georgia has a university thesis based on data from the Delteme collection at the University of Georgia. The piece notes youth attitudes, morality, dress, and the shifting public comportment among students and society.
A chaotic wartime summary outlines U S and allied tensions over armament plans. It notes debates on government versus private plant roles for munitions and airplanes, with figures like Nye scrutinizing potential federal dominance and cost estimates ranging from forty to forty five million dollars.
The article discusses George Lewis, a famed novelist and actor, and his shift toward theater. It notes his controversial last novel and his stalled stage project, with reference to federal theater notices and recent appearances.
Kentucky darkey whitewashing a wall on a top rung ladder is warned by his employer to move carefully. The worker insists he will not take chances, joking about papers and guarantees against those who would harm him.
GENE CARR reports two summer productions of It Can't Happen Here in New Roglund where critics stay lenient. Lionel Lewis returns to New York as an actor with a new play The Angel is Twenty-Two starring Pay Wray Diana Burymore and John Barrymore’s daughter. The piece, a pentagon love story set in an unnamed American city, previews with Lewis known as Red and aided by Dorothy Thompson.
Miss Katherine Weisenborn finally receives a greeting card from a New York friend postmarked March 16, 1932. The Rochester, New York recipient gets the card six years and seven months after it was mailed, a long delayed arrival noted in the local post office.
Western Standard Time schedule lists NBC Weaf East programs and numerous entertainments. Highlights include to be announced features, orchestras, sports, and music at various East and West feeds with evening news and special showcases across stations.
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