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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1938
Page
2
Southern Liquid Gas Company of Dothan Alabama announces new natural gas service for Thomasville residents and businesses. The company says installation teams will begin work this month and expectations include improved heating and cooking options.
Southern Liquid Gas Company, incorporated in Alabama in 1932, grows through lean years and extends dependable natural gas service to customers in the Dothan area. Propane is shipped as liquid in steel cylinders from Texas fields, then turned to gas on demand. Weighing cylinders and serial numbers are printed to reduce errors. about a thousand customers now served in the Dothan trade territory.
Boston reformer and orator Wendell Phillips withdrew from active law practice in 1839 because he refused the advocate's oath of obedience to the Constitution.
The text reports Japanese air raids on Canton and Honam Island, destroying railroad terminals and a 16 car Hankow train, with at least 300 civilian casualties and half a million residents displaced. It notes power and communications outages, hospital strains, and American and other foreign faculty affected at Lingnan University. A separate Gandia raid in Spain damages a British port and dredger, with substantial losses.
Thomas county voters heard Ira Carlisle, candidate for Congress, outline his campaign at the court house. He criticized the incumbent for unmet promises, defended Roosevelt alignment, and pledged to wage his districtwide campaign with emphasis on Roosevelt program votes.
Washington June eight. House appropriations committee projects peacetime totals for the current session will top any in American history at about 11.84 to 12.28 billion dollars, driven by relief spending and the social security program. Expenditures exceed 1937’s 9.36 billion as recession and permanent programs expand spending, with treasury borrowing expected to fund the gap and the debt near 45 million by July 1, 1939.
Police 18 or 29 Fire Department Light Plant 65 Hospital 41 Sheriff's Office 290 Post Office 303 City Hall 172 Annual Meeting of
The Mother Church annual meeting in Boston names Ralph Hastings Knapp C S as president succeeding Judge Clifford P. Smith. Reports highlight growth, higher standards for periodicals, and more requests from non Scientists for speakers.
Saint Thomas Episcopal Guild schedules annual fish fry tomorrow afternoon at Hopkins Camp. members are to meet at the rectory at 3:00 p.m. sharp for the event and procession to the camp.
The article lists Alaska’s principal products and detailed federal appropriations across agencies. It includes totals for Congress establishment Navy Treasury and other departments, plus various deficiencies and re appropriations with notes from Senate and House committees.
Hundreds gathered in Cairo Georgia to honor William Osma McManeus Jr a seventeen year old killed in a camping accident on the Ochlocknee River The service at the church featured Rev Leland Moore and Rev William S Smith and the burial followed at Cairo cemetery with many classmates acting as pallbearers and an honored list of his companions and relatives attending from nearby areas Funeral arrangements were handled by Oliver's Funeral Home
Cairo Georgia June 8 a coroner's jury found 17 year old W O Billy McManeus Jr dead near the Ochlocknee river twelve miles south of Cairo from a .22 rifle shot fired by Rod Erick Hester his camp mate and friend in an accident verdict.
Cairo Georgia June 8 Cairo Kiwanians meet at Hotel Grady for a noon gathering led by president J W Rogers Dr Frederick S Porter pastor of First Baptist Church of Columbus Georgia was guest speaker Plans announced to send delegates to the International convention in San Francisco California June 27 to 30 Delegation members J W Rogers L H Nelson W R Eskew and J S Herndon will travel by automobile leaving June 11 Rev Wilburn Smith visited Twenty members attended the luncheon
The American government protested to the Japanese consul general at Hong Kong today against bombing raids on a school campus in Canton. The note cited civilian harm and called for restraint amid ongoing hostilities in the region.
Mr. W. T. Anderson, president of the Americas baseball club, visited today. Miss Sarah Martha Ziegler of G S C W returned home for summer. George Ziegler, a Georgia Tech student, also home for vacation. Eugene Johnson of Fitzgerald visits his mother on West Washington. Billy Neel and Bobby Ausley spend a few days with families before Emory University summer courses. Tom Tipton of Meigs, a candidate for Representatives, among visitors. James Mims reportedly rests well after appendectomy. Lonnie Dekle and Mrs. Dekle leave for Highlands North Carolina for the summer with the Trices.
Forecast for Thomasville and vicinity calls for cloudy skies with thunder showers this afternoon or tonight. Thursday to be partly cloudy with possible showers. Observation at 8 a.m. local time shows mild conditions and no precipitation in the last day.
Mrs J Rungell and Mrs C Johnson with Miss Laura Wills leave tomorrow for a tour of several states. Mrs Julian Harris of Charlotte North Carolina will join the youth on the Pacific Coast trip. Mrs J A Mamola of Dallas visits family for a brother’s graduation while Mr and Mrs A Etherington return from New York after two weeks.
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