23 Jan 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1937
Page
1
A jumble of editorials and quips from Thomasville surveys weather, politics, and culture. Items reference Rivers and Georgia leaders, Labor Board, Mussolini, and local life, mixing humor with brief political commentary.
A Florida Times-Union summary notes Dr. Brooks of the University of Georgia warns the Rivers plan would require heavy direct taxes to fund reforms. He predicts 10 to 20 million dollars, stressing burdens on property owners and a shift to consumers, amid calls for pensions and new public works. The piece also discusses Papal succession conventions and cardinal electors in a separate policy note.
The piece reviews how a Papal election is conducted by the College of Cardinals with two thirds votes and the accessit method while noting a century old deadlock and the 1922 election of Pope Pius XI. It also reports on severe Ohio River floods threatening communities and new levee tests across the Mississippi Valley amid widespread damage.
The U S reclamation service long led by Elwood Mead now under acting Commissioner John O Page battles to prove federal funding returns. Debates rise over using money for dams like Boulder Boulder Dam Bonneville Grand Coulee and TVA projects to offset costs and support flood control and navigation.
Ross and Acting Commissioner Page emerge as leading contenders for commissioner. Ross, ex Securities and Exchange official and former Seattle power chief, advocates a vast interlinked grid from Bonneville to Northern California. Idaho Governor Ben Ross also considered. Inside talk favors an engineer for the role.
A vivid profile of Dave Farley, a landmark in New York’s Times Square newsstand scene. The piece describes his encyclopedic knowledge of magazines from pulps to slicks, the bustling counter with hundreds of patrons, and the colorful mix of customers from Wall Street brokers to schoolteachers and a Chinatown patron, all seeking diverse publications.
A jumbled list of clues and partial answers covering chemistry symbols coats fabrics and geography. Units include ruthenium symbol Ru fragrant unseen and a range of terms from prophets to battleships offered in a single dense brain teaser format.
The Red Cross began a nationwide drive for a 2 million dollar flood relief fund after President Roosevelt ordered federal agencies to aid victims. Chairman Cary T. Grayson mobilized 3700 chapters as an estimated 270000 people were homeless across eight states.
Great Lakes ports moved the largest anthracite coal volume in 1936 since 1931, marking a peak in regional coal traffic.
A character named Dave is pressed for the latest Corset & Underwear Review in a scene with a Chinese interlocutor and clipped Oxford accents. The dialogue centers on obtaining the current issue. The moment hints at a humorous or tension-filled exchange in a theatrical or literary piece.
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