Rumor Denied by Board of Education Chair
A notice to voters from the Board of Education clarifies rumors about school funding and teacher salaries under a City Manager form of government. Chairman E. R. Jerger and members Balfour Thomas Little Turner respond that the report is unfair and unfounded, noting the board’s independence from the charter process.
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Jose Onan
Card OF Education
T Ne Board of Education
Board of Education
E. R. Jerger
Bob Balfour
Bill Thomas
A. D. Little
Jack Turner
Stocks Begin New Week With Recovery Leaning
New York June 7 The stock market opened with fractional gains as Chrysler U S Steel North American Great Northern U S Rubber Standard Oil NJ Armour Oliver Farm and Yellow Truck led modest advances. Analysts cite Steel magazine trends linking war strategy shifts to industry uncertainty though overall demand remains steady and no new civilian metal releases.
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New York
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
North Americah
Great Northern
U. S. Rubber
Standard Oil (Nj
Armour
Oliver Farm
Yellow Truck
Trend
Steel
Marian Martin Pattern 9399 Playsuit and Skirt Note
Fashion pattern description for pattern 9399 showing a playsuit with darts pleats and waistband options. Available in misses sizes 12 through 20. Size 16 set requires 444 yards of 35 inch fabric to make playsuit plus skirt.
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Marian Martin
Times‘Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
City Manager amendment urged by Thomasville leaders
The Mayor and councilmen urge voters to adopt the City Manager form of government for Thomasville to bring efficiency to all departments, citing the Water and Light Plant as a model and warning against rumors. The vote is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8, with signatures from W. J. Powel, W. A. Watt, B. L. Brewton, Claude Rountree, Jeff Golden, and W. H. Garrison.
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Thomasville
W. J. Powel
W. A. Watt
B. L. Brewton
Claude Rountree
Jeff Golden
W. H. Garrison
Thomasville urged to adopt city manager plan
A Thomasville businessman endorses a city manager system with one manager overseen by five elected commissioners, arguing it would bring efficient governance similar to a successful business. The letter emphasizes accountability to the five voters’ representatives.
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Thomasville
Bob Balfour
Supreme Court sets aside draft registrant conviction
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 decision by Justice Reed, voided Homer Bartley alias Homer Brooks of Houston Texas conviction for failing to keep his draft address current. The court held a forwarding address chain satisfies the regulation. Bartley had argued mail was sent to an incorrect address and he cooperated with authorities.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Reed
Homer Lester Bartcey
Homer Brooks
Houston
Texas
Community Party
Reed
Stone
Justice Roberts
Bartley
American Merchant Marine
Students at Tifton College May Earn All Expenses This Summer
Atlanta June 7 Students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton may defray the entire costs of the coming summer quarter by working in the dining hall on the farm or in the food preservation plant. The regents office also notes jobs at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station. With student labor the college plans to can freeze and dehydrate 20 000 gallons of beans squash corn and other vegetables for the dining hall and five other units in the university system.
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Atlanta
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Tifton
Regents
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
University
Death Claims H L Bulloch Sunday at Archbold
H L Pat Bulloch longtime Ochlocknee resident died Sunday morning at Archbold Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. Funeral services were held at his home with Rev J G Garrison and Rev T F Callaway officiating, burial in Ochlocknee cemetery. He leaves wife Blanche Dekle Bulloch and daughters Mary and Anne, plus a sister, numerous nieces and nephews.
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Thomas
H. L
Pat) Bulloch
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Ochlocknee
J. G. Garrison
T. F. Callaway
James Dogie
Henry Segler
James McMillan
J. L. Pilcher
Meigs
Rugust Bulloch
William Bulloch
R. W. McMillan
Fred Singletary
A. E. Speer
Paul Searcy
C. S. Groover
G. W. Barksdale
Thomas County
James Allen Bulloch
Sara Anne Elizabeth Bulloch
Blanche Dekle
Blanche D. Bulloch
Mary and
Anne Bulloch
Belle Ingram
Ellerb
Methodist Church
Pat Bulloch
Whiddon
Former Councilman Truman Holland backs City Manager plan
Truman Holland urges adoption of a City Manager System for Thomasville arguing the current setup wastes money and invites political influence. He says a professional manager, overseen by elected commissioners, will run about two hundred thousand dollars of taxpayers’ money more efficiently and provide accountability.
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Truman Holland
Thomasville
Board of Commissioners
Mar
City Manager Plan Hailed As Model For All City Departments
Supporters of the Commission City Manager form cite the Thomasville water and light plant as proof the same management could govern general city operations. Under D. Rhett Pringle and later Henry Matthews the plant prospered, earning profit and serving as a model, prompting calls to apply the same plan to Health Fire Sanitary Police and clerical offices.
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Thomasville
D. Rhett Pringle
Gle
Henry Matthews
Thomasville Citizenry backs plan to amend city charter
Citizens from various walks of life in Thomasville express support for a Commission City Manager form of government The plan aims to deliver a more business like administration and potential savings on operation costs by reducing reliance on water and light funds and lowering local tax pressure if feasible
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Thomasville
Connally Predicts Anti-Strike Bill Pass Before June 20
Washington June 7 Senator Connally of Texas predicted final congressional approval before June 20 of anti strike legislation to curb coal mine walkouts. He aims to press for action to send the Connally Harness bill to Roosevelt and noted Senate conferees may back stricter war industry strike limits.
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Connally
Washington
Senator @innally
D-Tex
Pee
Senate
House
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Legion To Hold Regular Meeting Tuesday Night
The regular monthly meeting of the T. L. Spence Jr Post No 31 American Legion will be held tomorrow Tuesday night June at eight o'clock at the Legion Home on North Broad. Nominations will be received for officers to serve the post in the coming year. In Commander Arthur Little’s absence vice commander Pat Roberson is expected to preside.
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T. L. Spence, Jr
American Legion
Legion
North Broad Street
Arthur Little
Pat Roberson
A. D. Little
P. M. Davenport
Adjt
Letter from J Truman Holland Praises Thomasville City Government
J Truman Holland writes of pride in Thomasville and its people. He defends using influence only for the public good and attributes business methods to the success or failure of city government, urging Consistent practice of high standards.
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Thomasville
J. Truman Holland
Navy plans ship program costing nearly four billion
Washington reports the Navy outlined a new ship construction program totaling about 3.923 billion dollars. Rear Admiral E L Cochrane testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee detailing plans for 480000 tons of vessels from small boats to aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers. The program covers construction costs near 2.987 billion and weaponry about 935 million, with work not to start until after the next fiscal year and no appropriation anticipated in the current naval supply bill.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
E. L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cochrane
Overton
D-La
Duce Bans Mandolins and Pleasures in War Measures
Rome dispatch reports fascist authorities ban mandolin players and strolling musicians in Italy. Decrees impose three month imprisonment and fines to show the seriousness of the war. Prohibitions extend to bathing suit wear outside beaches and pools. women face skirt limits and men cannot wear shorts.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Rome
Basler Nachrichten
Local Man Keeps 1905 Hunting Coat Through Decades
Davidson Oklahoma AP reports M K Gregory remains unfazed by rationing as he recalls buying a hunting coat in 1905 and has worn it every year since, still in good shape despite changing times.
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Davidson, Okla
M. K. Gregory
Death of Coolidge man in Sunday crash. Dunlap, Jr. dies
Charles Everett Dunlap Jr of Coolidge, a service station operator, died in a crash two miles south of Meigs when the car overturned. Tom Pullen was seriously injured. Dunlap’s body rests for funeral preparations. services set for Tuesday at the New Baptist church near Coolidge, with burial in Enon cemetery Colquitt County.
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Charles Everett Dunlap
Coolidge
Tom Pullen
Meigs
Dunlap
Whiddon’s Funeral Home
Baptist
Warren R. Croft
Enon
Colquitt County
John T. Dunlap
Maggie Williams
Messrs
Louis C
Harry T. Dunlap
United States Army
C. E. Dunlap, Jr
Milton, Fla
Elvie Brown
Bellglade
Fla
Mabel Miller
Miami
Rail freight groups seek lower rates on used containers
Five railroad freight associations including the Southern Freight Association were asked by the War Food Administration to lower rates on used containers returning from the north. The move aims to help Southeastern fruit and vegetable growers handle a container shortage as FDA officials note current rates hinder the return of containers into the producing area bounded by the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers.
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Washington
Southern Freight Association
Atlanta
War Food Administration
Southeastern Fruit and
FDA
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Local visitors and military family updates this week
Miss Jane Moreland visits Montgomery sister Mrs Wester on East Clay Street. Miss Virginia White leaves for Tulsa after visiting grandmother Mrs J W Peacock. Miss Charlotte Heaman heads to Knoxville for home. Mrs Dan Preston of New York accompanies husband Captain Preston stationed at Thomasville Air Base. Miss Martha Chestain travels to Valdosta for Georgia State Women's College. Miss Nell Clements in town before returning to Auburn College. American Legion Auxiliary meets June 8 at one o'clock at the Legion Home. Corporal Herbert Harold Burton arrives from Wendover Field Utah to spend time with his parents on Boston Road.
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Jane Moreland
Montgomery, Ala
D. M. Wester
East Clay Street
Dan Preston
New York City
Captain Dan Preston
Thomasville Air Base
Herbert Harold Burton
Wendover Field
Utah
H. D. Burton
Boston Road
Hicks Sgt. 1st Class Returns Home From Hollywood Visit
Ronald Hicks, a sergeant first class, has returned to Hollywood Florida after spending several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hicks, in Ochlocknee Georgia.
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Ochlochnee, Ga
Ronald Hicks
Hollywood
Fla
G. W. Hicks
Ochlochnee
War Labor Board bans pay differentials for same work
Washington reports the War Labor Board ordered Southport Petroleum Company of Texas City to raise pay for Black workers to parity with white workers in the same classification. Dr. Frank P. Graham said the ruling abolishes racial labor classifications and rests on equal pay for equal work within a single laborer classification. All board members concurred.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Texas
Southport Petroleum Company
Texas City
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
National War Labor Board
Graham
Southeastern shippers seek lower rates to fix container shortage
WFA officials warn that reduced rates are needed as the supply of used containers declines. Without relief, the number of southeastern fruits and vegetables bound for northern markets may face shipping bottlenecks due to insufficient available containers.
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WFA
Thomasville Native J C Folsom Killed in Texas Accident
J C Folsom a former Thomasville resident was reported killed in an accident in Texas information reaching Mrs Vose Peck Sunday night no details were available Monday he had wings February and was stationed at a Texas air base his family connections include his mother Mrs Milner Smith and sister Mrs Francis Minich Mrs Peck plans to travel to Atlanta with her daughter Ne Emmett Mitchell Jr and Migich were also due to come from New York he graduated from Thomasville High School attended the University of Georgia and worked in forestry in Brooks County the community widely knew him.
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J.C. Folsom
Thomasville
Texas
Vose Peck
Sebring
Fla
Milner Smith
Atlanta
Francis Minich
New York
Peck
Smith
Emmett, Mitchell Jr
Migich
Thomasville High School
University " of Georgia
Brooks
County
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tifton College
H. L. Bulloch
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DUCE
CE. Dunlap, JR OF
Virginia White
Tulsa
Okla
J. W. Peacock
Charlotte ‘Heaman
Knoxville
Tennessee
Martha Chestain
Valdosta
Georgia State Women's College
Nell Clements
Auburn College
The
Labor Board
U. 8
Department DF
U.S
Smith Avenue
Thomasville, Georgia
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