07 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
1
A peek at local editorials and short items from Thomasville Georgia discusses civic issues and personalities. It mentions Borah and Chamberlain in political context, malaria control in Georgia, Mrs. Roosevelt on a third term, the municipal building opening in April, and ongoing home building campaigns amid government funding uncertainty.
A plea on road safety notes that families face grave risk from auto crashes and urges parents to instill caution. It warns that reckless speed endangers children and that fatal accidents may strike any household, urging proactive care to protect loved ones.
A long analysis debates insults, misperceptions, and national aggression, then shifts to advertising practices in newspapers. It critiques itinerant ad schemes, publisher motives, and merchant relations, then shifts to CCC health measures including typhoid vaccination and venereal disease control.
The piece argues that imperialism threatens global stability as strong powers drive exploitation. It cites Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia despite League of Nations threats and notes widespread global dissatisfaction with self-serving actions.
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise releases an eighty eight page Golden Jubilee Edition with704 columns of local and foreign reading matter, pictures and feature stories plus extensive advertising. Editor Jerger and associates receive praise for compiling and producing the issue. Local merchants supported the edition with strong patronage.
The Commerce News editor warns merchants about transient advertising solicitors who pitch local ads through the home doctrine. Transients charge higher rates than locals, with familiar schemes used for decades. Local papers resist linking with dubious local organizations.
Washington notes two new vaccines used on CCC enrollees, one for pneumonia and one for typhoid. Pneumonia deaths in CCC camps fell to one third of the five year average, with stronger benefits among southern whites. Typhoid vaccine also showed notable success among the camps.
A rain slick Manhattan corner scene links a sobering police encounter to a later Brooklyn morgue finding. An unidentified girl in a bright red raincoat dies without alcohol in her system, five pennies in her purse. The piece laments the city’s cold indifference.
In a Southern town an assembly room helper nicknamed Nick is described as henpecked by his mastodonic wife Aunt Effie. Local gossip says she chastises him with a bed slat and he limps after severe scoldings. A wedding reception is planned with Nick aiding the ladies.
Tallahassee Florida December 7 Negro football has evolved from the early Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference era Bragg dean of Florida A M College notes changes. He cites the forward pass as the major development and recalls lean pre forward pass squads. He adds that larger modern rosters arise from strategic substitutions and influx of northern players seeking southern opportunities.
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