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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1931
Page
2
A page from the Thomasville Times-Enterprise offers editorials and notes on weather superstition, Prohibition enforcement, economic debates between France and the United States, courting customs, and local concerns. It comments on rain myths, drinkers at events, watermelon prices, cotton, and Monticello’s Coast Line request to revoke I C C tariff approval.
The piece claims one in a thousand Americans, about 120 million people, are drug addicts. It notes drug rings, the spread across classes, and that morphine, heroin, and cocaine dominate use. It reports a high share of federal prisoners tied to drug offenses and urges education and government care for addicts.
The article discusses billboards along highways being a traffic hazard and objectionable to many. It cites Oklahoma, where a new right of way clause bans signs within 150 feet of highway centers and allows removal by the State Highway Commission. It notes a trend toward modern advertising forms and hints at political debates in Georgia and Chicago.
The piece recalls the Ole Swimmin Hole and envisions modern pools styled like natural holes with sloping banks and trees for diving, while warning about the dangers of idle gossip and fireworks. It notes a local editorial condemning gossip for causing deaths and crime, citing two murders and a life sentence in Worth County.
The report notes Schmeling was smarter and heavier than depicted while Strib, overtrained, lacked stamina for the full fifteen rounds. It also mentions a French president’s marriage to a schogimarm illustrating persistent ambition among the ladies.
Washington plans a new National Symphony Orchestra directed by Hans Kindler with 80 musicians. The 24 concerts in the first season run from November at Constitution Hall with 4:30 PM performances. About $60,000 has been raised with $20,000 still needed to fund the project.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses Saat and eating metal, yielding little coherent news value and no identifiable event or entities to report.
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