15 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
1
An editorial discusses enforcement of essential health regulations, public education, and the need for consistent application by city and county officials. It notes past indecision, the role of vaccines and sanitation in preventing disease, and the rising demand for cleanliness in restaurants and homes.
James M. Cox former Ohio governor and Democratic presidential nominee purchases The Atlanta Journal. The sale ends forty years of Gray family control and promises conservative yet progressive coverage aligned with Atlanta and Georgia interests amid Gone With the Wind publicity.
The Supreme Court limits use of wiretapped conversations as evidence, arguing surreptitious police actions cannot be admitted. The piece urges broader reform of evidentiary latitude to reach truth and deter crime.
The Supreme Court narrowed exemptions for farm cooperatives under marketing acts, ruling price fixing with distributors and officials outside the act unless the Agriculture secretary directs. It also strengthens DOJ suits against building-trade bid pools and labor-dealer deals, labeling them conspiracies in restraint of trade.
The article extols disease prevention as a beneficial public function and notes its wide value for people, even when not impinging on personal rights. It mentions gas buggies as a modern transport replacing mules for travel, except around a stump.
Postmaster Dan Quill reports two packages mailed from an Indianapolis publishing house have arrived in San Antonio for David Crockett. Crockett, famed Tennessee congressman and Alamo hero of 1836, is remembered in local lore.
Camilla officials announced that the Works Progress Administration approved the street improvement plan. The work runs from North Scott and Harney to Broad Street, with extensions to the Bainbridge highway and gutters to be installed before state backing.
A Georgia farmer from Route 4, 78, praises POW-O-LIN for easing night pains back dizziness and bilious spells linked to faulty elimination. He and his wife report better sleep and relief without gripe or nausea and recommend the medicine sold by Inman Drug Co.
Puzzle page listing numerous clues with phrases like ancient Irish capital, portents and chess terms plus grid entries and number keys. Contains many scattered entries across geography, language and common nouns with partial solutions and wordplay.
George Tusker reports that New York publishers face censorship hurdles as foreign boards scrutinize manuscripts. C V R Thompson’s I Lost My English Accent caused a scare when carriers of the book were checked at a port. Officials relented noting the work already circulated widely.
The section is finished and crews move forward along South Harney Street. Start date not set but expected to follow the $20,000 water main extension project already under way for several weeks.
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