14 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1939
Page
1
A dated column discusses taxes as essential for city services and public safety. It praises tax payments, cites police, fire and water provisions, and links prompt tax remittance to better services. It also covers the Roosevelt Birthday Ball for polio relief, and weighs hunting preserves against overuse and stray cattle impacts on South Georgia game country.
Listings show timetable adjustments for Coast to Coast and NBC Blue networks on Saturday January 14. Programs include Rhythms In Cosmopolitan Calling Stamp Collectors Swingology Galtenmeyer Kindergarten Broadcast News Religion from the News and more with various times and announced slots.
A column notes a contrast between a grand Jefferson memorial fencing and a sidewalk viewing club for rockefeller center work. It also reports two boys in Rock Creek Park offering a free pet burial service with a growing number of graves and a notice of a law against such burials. The piece also mentions senators visiting Vice President Garner and court commentary on Justice Black versus Reed, followed by a radio schedule.
In New York a columnist praises Gladys Cooper as natural and honest noting she introduces her grown daughter in her forties. Billy Rose is lauded for self possession at public events and treats everyone from newsboys to the Duke with equal courtesy. Jack Dempsey is cited as another who stays true to himself.
Meigs Ga news notes visits and illnesses at Wilkes Heights Pelham and Thomasville. Community events include baptist church notes and the Meigs city election reporting council members and mayor returned for another year with quiet voting and pending police staffing decisions.
A description of a happily married, wealthy man who welcomes visitors warmly at home. He offers shoes off, a comfortable stay, and friendly handshakes, yet he does not kiss hands, highlighting a distinction between courtesy and affection.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle page lists clues across and down with numerous garbled phrases. Entries reference animals, objects, measurements, locations and legal terms, including a birthplaces and historical notes, all distorted by OCR errors.
Mrs Newlywed and her husband move into a bungalow and convert the backyard into a poultry run. She buys a hen and an egg setting and asks a farming editor how long to hatch. He replies three weeks for chickens, four for ducks, and she notes two chicks appear by the third week before deciding to remove the hen.
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