25 Dec 1936
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1936
Page
1
A fragment from a Thomasville Georgia newspaper columns mix holiday chatter and current events. Notes mention Santa Claus, Roosevelt era politics, Spain and Germany, and local business, with references to Georgia figures Rivers and Winsor and to Charleston harbor plans.
An editorial discusses inviting George David Windsor to a Georgia city and using cable promotion to attract notice. It notes varied responses from nearby towns and frames town building as a sales push, with caution about sensational publicity and funding drivers. It also covers The Empty Stocking Fund in Thomasville, Christmas Seals, and public attitudes toward giving.
The Americus News reports Chas F Richter of Grady county warns parents of minors buying beer and gambling with one armed bandits. Henry L Walker cites Florida as proof of gambling's ruinous effect on merchants and families, urging action to protect Americus and Sumter county children.
A columnist argues that rising bonuses and dividends reflect self interest among Kale’s investors more than generosity. Workers reap some surplus while stockholders and employers share profits, yet authentic benevolence is dismissed as mere business calculus rather than a moral shift.
Florida counties report deadly cattle on roads causing concern and potential fencing or weed planting as solutions. Georgia faces similar issues with loose cows lingering near highways. Fencing highways is costly, while using inedible grasses may deter grazing. both aim to curb fatal incidents and keep cattle off roadways.
In a light tone, the piece notes slang and outdated terms as pre war fashion fades. It observes shoppers beware of words signaling age like muffler necker chief bag and purse and suggests scarf as current. It playfully contrasts past and present speech.
Long after the depression ends the problem of the unemployables remains for local and federal administrations. Six years without a stable job hurts morale and skill, hitting the marginal worker hardest. Relief agencies fear a long holdover problem as veterans and moderately employable men drift into extended aid, with NYA job quotas unmet and students seeking side patronage work.
A Decatur cat observed a warehouse roof and a shotgun-wielding owner led to the arrest of two men on attempted larceny charges. The bee raid in Troy is linked to a beekeeper’s loss with a clue from the defending bees. In Tacoma a 17 year old commutes three hours to school via boat ferry and streetcars. Illinois pest control uses eight inch artillery to curb roost pests.
Mrs. C. B. Wade and Mrs. FE. A. Seorgirs spent a short while Sunday afternoon with Mrs. W. B. James.
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