17 Jul 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1937
Page
1
A collage of humorous maxims and remarks on politics, manners, and daily life. Jokes touch on jurors, cows, opulence, safe behavior, dating, and travel, alongside light political notices and editorial asides drawn from local column chatter.
W F Scott secures contract for the Thomasville overpass at Madison street with a bid over 155000, exceeding initial estimates. The project aims to ease traffic, improve safety, and remove a long standing railroad crossing hazard, with completion expected in months.
A reflective column mocks crude talk and bellyaching while urging fair play. It notes the state patrol funding debate, Georgia as a year round state, and critiques gossips. It then praises a Hawaiian room performance by Ray Kenney and Andy Iona, highlighting Meymo Holt's dance and contrasting island charm with mainland perceptions.
New York reports a small barefoot dancer of about 85 pounds with a pikaki in her hair and sapfire eyes moving to the melodies of Andy Iona and his Islanders. The scene unfolds in a fern glade as coconuts hang and night blooming cereus blooms dimly in a light tropical rain.
Inside Little Steel, leaders reject John L Lewis and CIO terms behind the Big Steel pact with Lewis. Claims include Wall Street stock unload aims, wage-schedule games, and cost shifts from reorganizing Little Steel. The memo casts doubt on the broader steel settlement and warns of biased comparisons.
Everett Sylvester, 78, once a circus acrobat, runs daily on his cinder track in New Alvany Indiana. He began running at 68 for exercise and says he may have to quit when age slows him.
In New York on July 17 brokers note the "little man" backs into stocks as an investor, not a gambler, with about a quarter of trades in odd lots and 100 share lots under $20. The market shows a smarter, better advised retail class after 1929 reforms, with tighter broker controls and new supervision of issues. Women hold customs collector roles in four states: Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, and Utah.
A Vermonter seeks mining riches after hearing of cobalt wealth. He marries a widow and steals ore, only to learn the pyrites are worthless. The tale ends with his unexpected reaction to a mountain of fool’s ore.
Sid Feder notes a wild slate as 16 MLB clubs stage oddball spectacles. 126 runs and 224 hits highlight a day of swings, walks, and miscues with the Yankees Tigers and others producing surreal outlines.
In Alaska, Eskimos and Indians show a death rate of 0.600 per hundred thousand, while whites at 0.50 per hundred thousand. Pinky Higgins helped the Red Sox beat the Browns 6 to 4, and the White Sox defeated the Athletics 9 to 4. Indians beat the Senators 11 to 5.
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