08 Jun 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1937
Page
1
The issue highlights the T. C. H. 8th 1937 graduating class with reflections on education, cost, and future responsibilities. It also discusses election outcomes, Prohibition repeal implications, postal service improvements in Moultrie, and political notes including LaGuardia and Turkey's budget.
Thomasville residents have long complained about uncertain Atlanta mail, with letters deposited late in Atlanta arriving late or around noon. The broader issue includes rail service cuts and abandoned schedules, causing widespread frustration beyond Thomasville. Officials investigate and consider corrective steps, while calls for special accommodations persist.
Advisers say the wage hour bill could reach the Supreme Court with a 5 to 4 decision given the present lineup. They warn the wage hour board could threaten marginal producers by imposing regional wage scales and may be curbed by safeguards they doubt will hold under litigation.
New York art editor Russ Countrymew, visiting Hollywood, sat beside Spencer Tracy at the Captains Courageous premiere. The film moves audiences to tears with tender moments, including Tracy shedding tears over the film and his onscreen co star Freddy Bartholmew. Belle-Dijah the dancer also travels to Vienna in a light anecdotal note.
A veteran discusses New York City eateries during an interview with a dancer and recalls the famous 45th Street and Broadway doughnut shop. Her managers mail a carton of the shop’s confections to a Vienna correspondent, while Belle the dancer recounts travels and gifts from a sheik in the Holy Land.
Decatur Ga June 8 President John J Tigert of the University of Florida told Agnes Scott College graduates that ignorant and uneducated women wield greater influence than educated ones He urged women graduates to engage in politics vote regularly and pursue public and professional careers He listed organized effort political rights and entering commercial or public life as avenues to tackle social evils
A San Francisco resident, Adele Johnson of 1832 Larkin Street, appeals to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce for help to bring Georgia cane syrup to markets in California. Slater Marshal confirms the letter and notes the proposed promotion by Atlanta stores. The item also mentions preservation of 49 redwood groves in California.
Senator Walter F. George addressing Mercer University’s 77 graduates warns the nation faces a choice between surrendering individual freedoms and achieving economic security. He cites Russia Italy Germany and Spain as cautionary examples of personal government and urges Americans not to follow that path. He expects continued social legislation but says freedom should not be deeply curtailed.
In Athens Georgia on June 8 two men Frank Carter and Martin Prisament alias Joe Martin face federal court trial for allegedly robbing the Commercial Bank of Crawford last December and fleeing with 3600 dollars. They were captured weeks later in Royston. Meanwhile W H Compton faces whiskey possession charges in Madison county during the same July term, with potential scheduling adjustments to the bank robbery case.
In New Castle Pennsylvania hundreds of bees settled in the Gottfried Ulrich car while parked downtown. The swarm clung to the gas tank hood and exhaust as the owner drove home.
A small fire was extinguished without disturbing mothers or babies in the vicinity. No injuries were reported, and residents were evacuated briefly as a precaution.
A recent report describes a bulb that emits 10 percent more light without extra current. The lamp uses a shortened extra-coiled tungsten filament inside a gas-filled bulb to achieve the efficiency gain.
The last session of Congress authorized sixteen special commemorative coin issues. The move reflects a broad plan to honor historic events and figures with circulating or collectible coins issued by designated authorities.
Atlanta report shows federal grants to Georgia public health in 1936 totaled 311 489 50 while state treasury appropriations were 121 875 The department’s total income reached 435 626 21 with several gifts and a future appropriation projected at 600 000 for 1938 and about 400 000 from federal funds.
Special judge Wilkins travels to a remote Arkansas mountains town for murder cases tied to a bloody feud. He hires a local stenographer from Little Rock and, needing a shave, buys time with the cobbler who sharpens an ancient razor and chats about local lawlessness.
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