10 Feb 1948
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1948
Page
1
A garbled column presents assorted quips and remarks on fashion, diet, politics, crime, and society. It touches on nylon prices, bigamy, election tactics, junk men, the kissing test, and a Swiss incident, with stray references to Talmadge and Jackson Day dinner plans.
About twenty years ago the Rotary club in Thomasville brought a renowned speaker on child problems whose talks impressed students with fundamental ideas. Dr Grace Overton recently addressed children and parents on future relations between boys and girls, urging clear plain talk and evidence that action is needed in schools.
A reader argues the Democratic Party has left longtime supporters and urges the South to organize and trade away old allegiances. He cites the party’s leaders as crushing conflicting elements and calls for a cohesive, independent regional power to assert rights and resist perceived federal domination.
Public health column urges regular medical checkups and sane living as keys to longevity. It highlights clinics, preventive efforts, clean living, proper diet, hydration, rest, posture, and vaccination as tools to reduce disease and improve life expectancy.
Red and Moran move through a crowded Broadway scene toward the IFNS building. Digger Moran pieces together unreconciled fragments while crime figures like Fowler, Dixie, Rawlings, and Jigger loom as suspects in a tense, disjointed pursuit. An elevator ascent and a sudden confrontation tighten the plot.
In a tense scene a gun points at Jigger and Red as a masked figure known as the Big Fellow orders restraints. Red clumsily binds Jigger while the Big Fellow orchestrates, then shoots Red as Jigger braces for a fatal exchange. The moment ends with a cliffhanger.
A large explosion at a California oil refinery in Long Beach destroys four derricks and rocks the city. Fire and rescue operations are slowed by smoke and fumes as authorities assess damage and casualties.
Ten years ago the Georgia Senate considered studies and revisions to a measure approved by the House of Representatives. The Georgia House passed a bill related to control of a mill, reflecting a legislative sequence between chambers.
The funeral of S Sgt George C Peacock who was killed in action will be held Thursday at 3 00 p m at Midway Baptist Church with Rev Will Davis officiating Interment will be in Collins Cemetery after a military service Pallbearers include Leland Braswell Julian Doss Collins Carson Miller Lynwood Rosencrantz Paul Walden Tom Ogevein and Wilmer Shaffer Peacock born January 23 1917 in Grady County is survived by four sisters Mrs Carlton Kinchens Mrs Russell Jones Jr Mrs Hattie Colling and Mrs Laval Peacock Cairo and one brother Pf Charles Peacock Langley Field
Va. and his grandmother, Mrs. T. R Boyett of Cairo, also a number of nieces and nephews.
A fragmented daytime and evening radio schedule lists programs such as World News, Cavalcade of Music, Listen Ladies, and Benny Goodman, with shows like Patterns in Music, Sagebrush Cowboys, and Count Basie threaded through the day and into night.
The Veterans Administration will dismiss about 8,500 of its 200,000 employees to trim costs for the 1949 fiscal year. Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. announced the move to keep spending within the $6.1 billion budget proposed by President Truman.
Cairo Georgia February 10 Veterans urged to attend the funeral of S Sgt George C Peacock Thursday February 12 at 3 00 pm at Midway Baptist Church with military graveside services at Collins Cemetery All veterans asked to pay final tribute to their comrade in arms who gave his life for his country.
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