16 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
1
The article discusses Atlanta city speed limits and drivers ignoring them, calls for strict penalties, and observations in Thomasville about 35 mph residential speed. It surveys fire department response to out of city alarms, suggests funding and policy ideas, and notes ongoing municipal concerns.
A discussion on the anti lynching bill questions its urgency and political maneuvering with lawmakers pressuring for or against rapid action. The piece contrasts this with federal labor power cases including Edison and coal rulings, noting shifts in interstate commerce scope and judicial views on government reach.
Gainesville found answering calls outside city limits costs the city about one thousand dollars, raising questions on how far the county fire department should go in serving areas that do not pay for upkeep equipment and salaries.
Supreme Court scope expands as New York challenges the national labor relations board over Consolidated Edison. The case questions federal regulation of a power utility whose activity largely stays within New York while touching interstate commerce through docks tunnels and rail links.
Atlanta December 16 Charles S Reid Atlanta attorney will take oath as Georgia chief justice Saturday after accepting appointment from Governor Rivers He will be 41 and was previously chairman of the state democratic executive committee He asked delaying the oath to 10 am so his mother could attend and bring the family Bible used for past oaths involving relatives in Blairsville and Carrollton
Radio Today listings detail NBC and BLUE network programs by time, including Jack Armstrong, Little Orphan Annie, Amos n Andy, The Revelers, Guy Lombardo, Death Valley Days, Orson Welles Drama, Burns and Allen, and boxing bouts. Entries note east west and network splits with serials, music, news, and sports across morning to late night slots.
Pasadena scientist Dr. Fritz Zwicky of Mt Palomar Observatory reports three additional giant exploding stars, supernovas far brighter than the sun, found by a Mt Wilson cooperative team. The disclosure came today from a Mt Wilson colleague.
The fragment describes an astronomical inquiry into recent bright supernovae and their possible impact on our galaxy. It mentions researchers and speculative timelines, including an estimated 40 million years for a merger event and the visibility of such events from Earth.
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