12 Jul 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1937
Page
1
A Thomasville column discusses national politics and local issues including the Georgia Power Company rate reduction order and the Black Conner bill. It critiques interstate commerce effects, warns against monopolistic price fixing, and urges southern lawmakers to oppose the measure.
City moves to curb street and home peddling with an ordinance that JM Pittman upheld, but Jewel Tea Co. protests. The measure aims to control home to home sales amid tax and license disputes, highlighting Georgia’s unresolved peddling rights and municipal powers.
The text reports Governor Rivers of Georgia is out of danger and improving after a pleasure trip to the Pacific coast where he went to recuperate from his kidney ailment worsened by the campaigns for state constitutional amendments. Doctors urge rest and slowed pace to regain strength, with Georgia friends hoping he can resume duties later without excessive stress.
New York observer notes Billy Rose brings a grand Frontier Fiesta to Fort Worth with Casa Manana seating 6000 and dazzling revue for Texas Centennial. Critics praise Rose’s Broadway scale while noting his Texas ties and friendly reception as he plans further engagements.
Meigs and nearby towns see a steady stream of visitors and possible engagements. Residents include J H Miller and Floyd Layton visiting Thomasville, Misses Cornelle Lucile Colman returning from Milledgeville, and Ruth Kennedy visiting from Tifton. The Meigs Community Center hosts a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Dukes with spring flowers and gifts. The treasury plans to print 1016 tons of currency in fiscal 1938.
In New York two actors known for social excesses suffer relapses and seek rest at the same sanitarium. A encounters B who claims to be recovering from illness after a terrifying episode of red lizards with green eyes and purple tails crawling on him, prompting a shocked reaction.
Schedules show programs subject to change with updates and time zone notes. Eastern Standard and Daylight times are used. listings cover multiple networks with parsed shows from Ford Band to Burns and Allen and assorted orchestras across east and west regions.
Radio list shows programs from 5:45 to 11:30 including Lowell Thomas Hughie Barrett Lum Abner John Herrick John Herrick Sisters of Skillet Goldman Rand Barrymore Paul Martin and His Music News and Crawford Orchestra with Jolly Colburn and Isddie Varrose in between.
Boston society notes show many residents visiting relatives and traveling. Hilma Daniel returns home from Mississippi to Dawson Georgia while Mrs. Gwinner and Mrs. King of Memphis visit M S Groover. Many others travel to St Elmo Colorado Milan Wakulla Springs and Miami with family, friends and relatives.
In Dahlonega two teen girls died after drowning in local rivers. Mandell Brookshire, 14, reportedly drowned in the Chestatee River as her father attempted a rescue. Another girl perished in the Hightower River the same day nearby.
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