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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1940
Page
6
The German air force uses a reinforced concrete core inside a steel bomb to deepen crater damage on French airports. The tactic aims to disable landings by digging deep holes rather than surface blasts. Germans also create fake lighted towns to mislead French night observers.
Still-Dazed Sparta report says Sheriff DeWitt Bryan found a large moonshine still operating on his own farm. He exclaimed he was never so surprised in his life.
Bainbridge Ga June 4 Beauty and simple dignity marked the wedding of Miss Willie Slappey King daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles William King and Dr George Law Epps son of Mrs George Law Epps Sr of Newberry S C on Saturday June 1 at the bride's parents home West Street The ceremony conducted by Rev Ralph Porterfield featured a ring ceremony with floral arch and white calla lilies Spectators included immediate family and close friends After a wedding breakfast the couple left for Savannah and South Carolina for a short honeymoon and will reside in Atlanta Among out of town guests were Sanford Epps of Columbia S C and Mrs George L Epps plus other relatives and friends.
Bainbridge residents report weekend visits and travels to Tallahassee Panama City and Albany with relatives friends and family. Readers note weddings and summer plans including the King Epps ceremony in Bainbridge and attendance by visitors from Fitzgerald Atlanta Moultrie Miami and Newberry.
The record notes that 37,568 Americans were killed in action during World War I, while total casualties reached 233,184. The figures emphasize the broader human cost beyond battlefield deaths.
Bainbridge Georgia June 4 Miss Freddie Ward prominent June bride elect whose marriage to Leo Cros son of Charlotte North Carolina will take place on the 18th was honored at a Sunday luncheon hosted by Mrs Lee Parker and Mrs Ellington H Parker at Evans Street Graceful Easter Lily and garden flower arrangements complemented a pink and green motif A four course luncheon with bridal place cards was served Names listed include Miss Freddie Ward Miss Martha Ward Mrs James E Ward Mrs A B Conger Miss MaryHugenia Willis Mrs L W Willis Mrs Edwin Warner and others
Georgia motorists used 466,719 motor vehicles on state highways in the first five months of 1940, up from 439,358 last year. Passenger cars dominate the gain with 367,978 license tags issued since January 1, a rise of over 20,000. House trailer registrations rose slightly to 1,998 from 1,727.
London faces a farthing shortage as millions remain in circulation. Small ration purchases rely on the coin, which is scarce despite hundreds of millions existing locally.
Mary Willa Gibson and others petitioned to form Gibson Estate Incorporated a turpentine naval store farming and real estate company in Thomas County Georgia with authorized capital stock of 100000 and bonds up to 50000. The court granted incorporation naming I Gibson Estate Incorporated effective May 15 1940 with powers to sue lease buy hold and sell property and amend its charter by two thirds stockholder vote.
Springfield man David Meacham was fined 500 dollars after pleading guilty to turkey stealing. He is allowed to pay at five dollars per month, a schedule that will take more than eight years to complete.
British golf courses are repurposed as rifle ranges to train volunteer civil defense guards. The move aims to bolster local defense readiness by integrating shooting practice into existing recreational facilities.
A fragmented listing identifies Cairo institutions including Fire Department Light Plant 65 Hospital 41 Sheriff’s Office 290 Post Office 303 City Hall 172 and references Jimmie Strange in the Times Enterprise Distributor 134, outlining municipal services and contact points.
Cairo Georgia June 4 announces the marriage of Elizabeth Ann Burroughs of Cairo to J C Golden. The couple wed April 6 and will reside in Pelham. Burroughs is daughter of J W Burroughs and a graduate of Middle Georgia College and Georgia State Woman's College Milledgeville. She taught in Elaville and served as librarian and girls basketball coach. Golden, a Collins native, graduated honors from Collins High School and has been director of athletics and a math and science teacher at Pelham High School for two years.
Ambassador John Cudahy disclosed that President Roosevelt knows Leopold II's side of the Belgian crisis after a personal letter from the king. Cudahy visited Leopold at the castle, delivered by the German army, and declined to comment on the letter. The ambassador, isolated from Washington and Berlin, says Belgium faces about 50 days of food unless Germans stop requisitions.
Cairo Georgia residents report visits from Albany relatives L H Nelson and children and Wallace Forsyth son Archie McNeill returns from Davidson College for the summer. Floyd Searcy and children spend time with Dr W M Searcy family while Eleanor Lee from Havana and Mrs Edward Schimpp visit Cairo. A census fact notes 1790 US population near four million, far less than New York City today.
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