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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
2
King Bassett 21 drowned in Lake Wates near Lake Wales after tumbling from his boat. A dog alerted the Bassett home to the distress but the mother did not follow. Searchers failed to recover the body by nightfall after the swimmer fell backward into the water.
Atlanta dealers say national production rising toward a car for every person amid April output of over 420000 units. They note the increase may raise accidents and fatalities, but claim overall risk growth lags behind production gains.
The article traces the trombone origin from the sackbut and its ninth century manuscript parallel at Boulogne. It lists weekend visitors at the New Russell Hotel including B G Holland Birmingham W H Watson Montgomery C F Dunn Atlanta and others from Atlanta Barnesville Mount Vernon Albany Winter Haven Monticello Camilla and more.
Thomasville page continues tribute to Homer R. Marshall. The report highlights his Bible study, humor aimed at senators, and public service. It notes his Presbyterian faith, Masonic and fraternity memberships, and plans posthumous memorial reflections.
An appeal seeks funds from Channel Islanders and descendants to preserve the grave of Philip Daubigne. The site, once covered by a stone platform, bears the crusader arm emblem and a readable inscription. Efforts aim to reforging the link between Channel Islands and the city.
Los Angeles police report a plot by two truck drivers and an auto salesman to kidnap Mary Pickford for a 200000 ransom. Suspects were arrested and confessed, with pistols found among their belongings. A third truck driver was to act as chauffeur and guard, planning to seize Pickford near her Beverly Hills home.
Buenos Aires and Montevideo enter a race for tall office buildings. A 28 story Montevideo tower rises 338 feet, claiming a new South American reinforced concrete skyscraper record and a 250 room hotel component. An Italian immigrant owns the structure built from fortune from a knitting mill.
A commercial airliner dove into a nose first crash near Hialeah, killing Hugh Beckett Wallace For who and pilot Herold Ibach. Charlies Tuttle, a mechanic, is among the injured and listed in critical condition with hope for survival.
United States Weather Bureau report for Thomasville Georgia shows forecast for tonight and Tuesday. Observations at 1 pm list a 90 degree high today, 80 normal, and 84 percent humidity, with wind from the southeast at 4 miles per hour and rainfall totals near zero.
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