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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1932
Page
5
The page features a column of social commentary and political jokes reflecting 1930s attitudes. It includes quips on prohibition, taxes, rehabilitation bills, and the bonus march, with lines about romance in politics and a jab at fashionable attire contrasted with a bargain bonnet.
The president signs a billion dollar tax measure ending a drawn out budget balancing fight. It shifts the burden to consumers and aims to stabilize federal credit amid high taxes and economic strain. Prohibition remains a contested issue with calls for repeal and debate over future tax and economy bills.
The piece argues a broad shift against Prohibition with figures like John D Rockefeller Jr recognizing the Eighteenth Amendment as a failure. It cites enforcement, racketeers, and social decay as reasons for reconsidering constitutional ban and calls for a reevaluation of current methods and aims.
Senator George Norris of Nebraska rarely discusses his April 4 1917 vote against the war declaration. He notes that the ensuing costs from World War I are fixed charges and warns that true government economy is hard amid wartime commitments.
The Georgia Lions Club passed a resolution at its Savannah meeting urging the national organization at the Los Angeles convention to endorse national cotton week in 1933. The session also supported a back to the land plan to address unemployment and vacant farms. Marvin G. Pound of Sparta was elected district governor. Deputy governors named include W. G. Hinson Cartersville G. B. Whatley Forsyth W. T. Ray Athens George S. Johnson La Grange Carl Hilbon Dublin A. C. Gilmore Sandersville Prince H. Preston Statesboro M. Monroe Waycross and A. N. Durdin Albany.
Forecast describes partly cloudy conditions for Thomasville and vicinity with no rain expected tonight and Thursday. Observations show high temperatures recently and cooler readings in New England, with pressure patterns and scattered showers in the southeast and upper Mississippi Valley.
A coroner's jury ruled that W. C. Teal, 50, of Missouri, died from self inflicted causes after his body was found near a tourist camp in Atlanta. Authorities had received a call saying a man had gone into the woods to kill himself.
Thomasville Georgia board meeting records a vote against boiler insurance for schools and adopts a married women employment policy. It lists elected white and colored teachers and notes changes to leave with pay and substitute costs amid revenue concerns.
Summary of cash inflows from City of Thomasville State of Georgia Smith Hughes Fund and other sources with balances. Includes receipts from tuition book fees incidental fees cafeterias borrowed funds and sale of books. Disbursements cover general control salaries regular expenses printing telephones office supplies instructional services maintenance and training totaling 24 295 64 dollars with a 1 879 75 bank balance note absorption.
An audit of the Thomasville Georgia Board of Education books for April 1932 found the statement correct. Chartered accountant W Lewis Wilson certified the accounts and noted disbursements including school meal and playground items, insurance, and various supplier bills. The Finance Committee approved bills from Munisaw to Extension Division University of Nebraska with adjournment of the board.
Valdosta Ga June 8 T Hicks Fort Columbus attorney charged that Governor Russell had done his state a poor turn in attempting to use the governor s chair as a spring to catapult himself into a higher office in an address here last night before Lowndes
An advertisement claims Baalmann's Gas Tablets eliminate stomach gas and related discomfort. It promises relief from bloating, anxiety, heart palpitations, drowsiness after meals, and cold extremities, asserting the product restores breath, mood, and circulation.
County supporters of Representative Charles R. Crisp hear Governor Russell and Crisp as candidates for the unexpired term of the late Senator Harris. George E. Simpson is elected president of the Lowndes County Crisp Club with Dr J M Smith Mrs H Y Tillman and E H Wilcox as vice presidents J H Powell secretary and treasurer and a steering committee of thirty Lowndes county citizens named.
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