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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary wire service style item notes controversy surrounding Rivers and a potential senatorial bid. The text mentions Rivers possibly facing interference or protest and hints at broader political friction. Local editorials and ads are corrupted, with unclear dates or places.
The scattered passages touch on Japan and Hitler, U S political shifts, WPA voting, vaccinations, and Georgia relief efforts. It mentions campaigns in Sing Sing, census topics, and state welfare, plus a note on surplus food distribution and cabbage shipments across counties.
Workers in Thorns County report a tar-load shipment of cabbage from Brooks County carried by Federal Surpass Food Products Corporation. The produce will be distributed to needy residents of Thomas Colquitt and nearby areas amid a county relief effort.
An Irish longshoreman enters a New York bar drawn to a back room brawl. He asks the bartender if the fight is private or if anyone may join, then rolls up his sleeve ready to participate.
A Sunday miner's picnic in Butte Montana featured a tug of war between Slovaks and Irishmen. When the Slovaks led, the Irishmen dropped the rope and began a vigorous fight. A brawl erupted as one Irishman was knocked down and a friend urged another to join in.
The government ends relief payments to the Matanuska pioneer families after harvest, signaling the close of the 1935 35 program that moved about 200 northern families to Alaska. Each family was promised 40 acres to clear 15 acres to earn a grub stake and up to 75 monthly support, with $5 million invested overall.
A 1940s plan notes Matanuska settlers provide food and dairy output for Alaska with annual returns of about 40 dollars per acre, while the government plans loan repayments. The piece cites local Alaska defense logic, New York entertainment chatter, and public notices on WPA financing.
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