President to attend opening of Ohio River lock system
President Hoover plans the three day fall ceremony marking the completion of the Pittsburgh to Cairo Ohio river lock system. He will speak in Cincinnati and travel by river barge to Louisville then Memphis with hopes to visit other regions in October. The project cost exceeds the Panama Canal and enables barges to travel from Pittsburgh to the Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Texas
Mississippi River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Memphis
Ohio
Panama Canal
Gulf
Weather Forecast and Observations for Thomasville Area
The June 6 1929 report shows partly cloudy conditions with possible showers Friday in Thomasville Georgia. Observations at 8 am indicate 78th Meridian time with a high across the region and a low last night. the bulletin includes a long list of city temperatures precipitation and humidity, noting high pressure over the east and unsettled weather in the west and midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Thomasville
Nce
Yoal Oiler
North Carolina
Utah
New Mexico
Middle Rockies
Plains
North Atlantic States
Florida Peninsula
Abilene
Tex
Apalachicola
Fala
Asheville
N. C
Atlanta
Galveston
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Fla
Los Angeles
Cal
Macon
Memphis
Tenn
Miami
Mobile
Ala
Montgomery
New Orleans
New York
N. Y
Oklahoma City
Okla
Omaha
Neb.on
Saint Louis
Salt Lake City
Saint Paul, Minn
San Antonio
San Francisco
Serekeabek Miss
Washington, PD. C
Wilmington
Wiltiston
N. D
Hadley
Rotarians report on International Convention in Dallas
Thomasville Rotary Club heard a detailed account of the Dallas convention last week. John King summarized travel, events, and ride back via Texas railroads while Frank Harris reviewed the program and debates on constitutional changes. Delegates and visitors noted prize contests and opinions on prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Johhny King
Jim Bevans
W. B. Roberts
Macon
Fredreck W. Bull
Atlanta
Herman Kishr
Reading
Penn
Gene Smith
Kent Mack Jr
Albert Schwencke
John Schwencke
Jim Watt
Hansell Watt
John T. Phillips
Suffolk
McJeffries
Dallas Scoggins
Joe Upchurch
Eugene Newson
Durham
N. C
Rotary International
Raymond J. Knoeppel
New York
Newsom
U. S
Dave Clark
Charlotte
N_6
Roy Ronald Mitchell
South Dakota
Dan Ohern
Oklahoma City
Clyde Hulszier
Des Moines
Charles W. Ackley
Dallas
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Chicago
Rotary
Rio Janeiro
Memphis
Tenn
No Change in Rediscount Rate Declared
The New York Federal Reserve Bank kept the rediscount rate at 5 percent after the weekly directors meeting. The announcement came from New York on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Busy Bee Co and Moving Vans Offer Local Services
John and Mrs. various visitors dot Thomasville scene with Busy Bee Co promoting lawn mower parts repairs and cleaning services. Western Union messenger service notes prompt deliveries while Service Transfer Co and TRICE ANTO SERVICE CO advertise moving vans and hat cleaning. Local residents from Georgia and neighboring states visit for summer vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Co
New British Premier Starts Unemployment Plan
London June 6 Ramsay MacDonald Britain s new labor premier said work on unemployment had already begun after a Downing Street meeting with J H Thomas and Philip Snowden insiders likely to join the cabinet He returned home saying a moving organization is being set to handle the unemployed issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
MacDonald
No.10
Downing Street
J. H. Thomas
Philip Snowden
Hampstead
Rockefeller plans city within a city in Midtown Manhattan
John D. Rockefeller Jr. leases 11 acres in Midtown for a unified complex centered on a new Metropolitan Opera House with 3700 seats. The project envisions shops and plazas around the opera, a 13 million dollar current sale value for the existing site, and a 250 million dollar or more ultimate expenditure to realize a modern metropolitan district atop Fifth Avenue near Forty-ninth Street and Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Seymour
Associated Press
New York
New York City
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Metropolis
Metropolitan Opera House
Place de l’Opera
Paris
Rockefeller
Columbia University
University
Rockefeller City
Metropolitan Opera Company
Opera House
Opera
Sixth Avenue
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth Streets
Metropolitan
Thirty-Ninth Street
Broadway
Houghs to Travel to New York and Sweden
Mr and Mrs Addison H Hough depart this afternoon for New York and Sweden with plans to visit the British Isles. They expect to return to Thomasville next winter and will occupy the Wm Miller home on Gordon Ave. Master Robert Wind of Cairo underwent tonsil removal at Archbold Memorial Hospital and has returned home resting well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison H. Hough
New York
Way
Sweden
British Isles
Mrs. Hough
Thomasville
Wm. Miller
Gordon Ave
Robert’ Wind
Cairo
H. H. Wind
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Sampson's Garage Open Day and Night Wrecker Service
Mr and Mrs H H Hadley and their children formerly of Pensacola Fla have moved to Thomasville and reside with Mrs Elmo Chastain at The Palms on Smith Avenue They are welcomed by locals while Mr Handley serves as district manager for Wofford Oil Company and the family adapts to their new home in Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Hadley
Pensacola, Fla
Thomasville
Elmo Chastain
the Palms
Smith Avenue
Handley
Wofford Oil Company
French Count Arrested Heads of Big Rum Ring
Count De Polignac a member of old French nobility is seized as European agent in a nationwide prohibition roundup. Seven cases of liquor found in his Savoy Plaza Hotel suite along with papers linking ring activities. Leaders William Bartels and Philip D Gowen nabbed at 200 Fifth Avenue under Go-Bart Co. branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Count de Polignac
Savoy Plaza Hotel
William J. Calhoun
The
Ring
William Bartels
Philip D. Gowen
Bartels
Gowen
Fifth Avenue
Go-Bart Co
Hopes for Start of Transatlantic Flight Dashed
Old Orchard Maine June 6 Hopes for the Green Flash and the Yellow Bird flight to Europe tomorrow were dashed when Dr James H Kimball of the New York weather bureau advised Lewis A Yancey against a take off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard
Maine
Europe
James H. Kimball
New York Weather Bureau
Lewis A. Yancey
Green Flash
Wild Rose Tops Popular Flower in National Vote
In a national poll by the American Nature Association, more than half a million votes were cast with the wild rose receiving 220,157 votes. Columbine, violet, and golden rod trailed with 103,669, 54,003, and 35,000 respectively as the favorite flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Nature Association
Piney woods romance film shot near Thomasville
A motion picture titled Partners will be filmed in Thomasville and surrounding counties to highlight piney woods wealth and dangers of woods burning. Jeanne Mims of Thomasville is cast, with W C McCormick and team directing for the Southern Forestry Educational Project financed by the American Forestry Association and Georgia Florida Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Woods
Thomasville
Thomas
Clinch
W. C. McCormick
American Forestry Association
Southern
Jeanne Mims
Piny Woods
South
Southern ‘Forestry
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Mims
Southern Forestry Educational Project
Bob McCormick
McCormick
Sherman Pratt
Floyd Crosby
New York
Erle Kauffman
Washington, D. C
Sir Esme Howard Declares Stance on Liquor Privilege
Sir Esme Howard states he would forego the embassy liquor privilege if asked by the American government. Attaches and staff express support for his position while noting he speaks only for himself, not as dean of the diplomatic corps, who retires later this year. Michael Wright’s letter to Carter signals private endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esme
Michael Wright
James T. Carter
Lynchburg
Virginia
Wright
Carter
Sir Esme
Diplomatic Corps
Paved Florida Highway Progress Highlighted for Thomas County
The column notes that the Florida state line highway will be all paved by 1930, with grading left to finish in Thomas County. State highway officials may widen and pave soon, using funds from a 1917 bond issue for certain roads, while federal pressure targets Montgomery to Tallahassee and Atlanta to Tallahassee routes. Frank Pittman is credited as the driving advocate and organizer of the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Thomas County
State Highway Department
Thomas Couny
Monticello
Tallahassee
Cairo
Coolidge
Montgomery
Thomasville
Atlanta
Capitol
Frank Pittman
Baseball Results American League and National League
Score details show Cleveland lost to New York 2 to 0 with Miller L Sewell Pipgras Thomas and Grabowski as battery partners. Philadelphia beat St Louis 2 to 0 with Blaeholder Schang Earnshaw Cochrane. Brooklyn and Chicago tied 0 0 while Cincinnati fell to Philadelphia 0 to 2. Boston lost to Pittsburgh 1 4 with Seibold Taylor Kremer Gargreaves on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York
Miller and
Sewell
Pipgras
Thomas
Grabowski
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Blaeholder and Schang
Earnshaw and Cochrane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pride
Southern Bond & Share Corporation
Great Lock
U.S
Calumet
Mr. M. E. Lord
J. C. Burnett
Albany
M. H. Massey
Georgia Tech
R. H. Fay
Sylvester
Ruth Logan
Gainesville, Ga
Frances Joseph
Cali Western Union
G. M. Jones
St. Charles, Mo
Wilbur Milton
Davidson College
Ed Callaway
Mercer University
Service Transfer CO
R. L. Little
Moultrie
Jack Turner
City
Ethlene Hicks
Yatesville, Ga
J. J. Crawford
Trice Anto Service CO
John Powell
R. C. Bell
J. O. Stewart
Eddie Lewis
W. Jackson
W. H. Finlayson
Asheville, Fla
Rockefeller Realty
Dunn’s
Phone 900
J. H. Spence
N. Broad St
Sampson’s
Sampson
BIG Rum
John R. Holby
Samuel F. Horn
West 42Nd Street
Ashington
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Prohibition
Prohibition Bureau
de Polignac
Nova Scotia
United States
New York Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Woods
Forestry Department of
Esme Howard
Florida State Line
Adkins and
Berg
Morris, Bayne and Heving
National League
Brooklyn
Koupal
Picinich
Bush
Hargreaves
Cincinnnati
Benge
Leran
May and
Sukeforth
Boston
Seibold and Taylor
Kremer and
Gargreaves
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