21 Jan 1950
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1950
Page
1
The article surveys Georgia political maneuvering around the Democratic nomination and state policy. It notes potential battles for key offices, highway rebuilding plans, funding hopes, and tax proposals while detailing shifts in governor and senator dynamics and re registration timing.
City costs rise as Nashville outlines budget. Mentioned taxes include a 5 cent beer tax and past operation expenses. The note cites annual beer tax income around 40,000 dollars and references a decade-old assessed tax base near eight million.
The piece discusses Georgia road expansion including a four lane highway from Chatahooga to Atlanta to Jacksonville and a Coastal Highway from Savannah toward Jacksonville. It mentions a proposed constitutional highway board and a measure to direct gas tax funds to road building and maintenance, noting wartime spending and seven cents per gallon tax.
A Thomasville Hardware Company window showcases tools made by Thomas County Vocational School machine shop students. The display highlights real progress by ex GI students now earning higher wages and gaining skills. Government support funds machines and equipment for local white and colored vocational units as buildings near completion. The piece urges public backing to match the school’s success with GI training.
A historical note discusses long standing segregation in the U S military with white and Negro units and a 10 percent Negro enlistment cap. It mentions Civil Rights legislation pressuring integration across combat and support roles and notes postwar tensions over training and readiness.
In a tense town scene Zachary reveals a reward poster linking Trib Valse to past crimes. Mrs. Elwood finally recognizes Trib Valse, signaling a shift in trust as they confront danger from pursuers and a missing bride. Saralee has fled in disguise, raising fears of an Indian war party and warning of urgent reckoning.
An old text satirizes the pick up meal in a boarding house. It notes wives face pressure to serve quick fare while husbands may demand hearty dishes and threaten discontent or leaving if expectations are not met.
OCR text shows scattered figures and phrases about rates, reactions, and percentages. Mentions numbers like 465 46 82 and terms such as porting and parcention, but content is garbled with no clear event or names to identify.
Radio guide lists programs from morning 9:30 to 11:15 evening, detailing shows like A Song Is Born, The Listening Girls, Hymn Prelude, News briefs, various music and religious programs, and closing with Episcopal Church and Chapel by the Road.
King of England delivers a six minute address to delegations from leading nations in London. MacDonald nominated as chairman amid naval limitation talks with Stimson stressing a continuous process. Delegates discuss arms burden and global security. Two of Thomas County jail escapees found in Florida. Tallahassee police arrest two Negro fugitives. Sir Harry Lauder appears with company at Rose Theatre. Firefly to be shown tonight by Valentine artists.
In Thomaston Georgia on January 21, eighteen juke joints were raided by officers from Americus, Griffin, Newnan, LaGrange and Thomaston with fourteen people arrested. Gambling devices were seized as part of an effort to eliminate vice. the fourteen will be arraigned before Judge Chester Byars.
The Greeks produced window panes from thin translucent slices of marble around 450 B C. This historical note highlights early use of marble as a light filtering material in ancient architecture.
Atlanta dispatch reports Gov. Arnall will reveal whether he will run for governor in 1950 after the legislature adjourns in February. The announcement follows Talmadge backed reforms on primary timing and speculation about political strategies as observers assess potential candidates and party dynamics.
Edwin C. Gwynne, 43, president of General Newspapers in Gadsden Alabama, is listed in critical condition in Santa Fe New Mexico. He recently served as manager of the Spartanburg Herald Journal in South Carolina and is an assistant to President Carriage Walls of General Newspapers, Inc. His family has arrived and he has been in town for several days.
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