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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
12
The tobacco association directors hear that world market share remains small but improving as exports of flue cured tobacco look favorable for 1960. President J B Hutson says Great Britain is a key market and conditions look favorable for export expansion.
Joe Munro saves Connie Hale during a stampede at Rawhide Gap and kills a lead steer to save the chase. Long John Hale vows to pursue the killers and lawsuits shift toward a murder charge as Shorty Dike closes in and Joe heads for the mountains.
Citizens may attend an 8 o clock open forum at the Municipal Building Police Court Room to hear state legislature candidates and county commission hopefuls. The League of Women Voters sponsors asking questions on elections, registration, tax reform, home rule, merit system, and local issues.
The Wineopes Hotel in Atlanta, scene of a 1946 deadly fire that killed 119, will be remodeled from basement to roof and reopen by January 1 as the Peachtree on Peachtree. New owner William Grant states it will be Southeast’s finest and safest with fireproof features and full air conditioning. Damages from the fire were settled for 210,108 dollars. the new company is Atlanta Peachtree Hotel, Inc.. deed stamps show a 700,000 dollar property purchase.
In California, ex-GI Donald Bookwalter, 23, robs a Bank of America branch of 1500 dollars to impress his taxi-dancer girlfriend Margaret Sweet, 20. After spending lavishly on her, she reports him to police, leading to his arrest. he is held on 7500 dollars bond as federal grand jury action proceeds.
The U S board on geographic names approved the form for Bayou La Batre in Mobile County and related features eight miles west of Mobile Bay. The precinct, stream length four point eight miles, and Portersville Bay area were assigned standardized spellings for maps and documents.
In Thomasville limits J Wyton is listed as unopposed for the County Commission Open Forum. Alton Harriss of Coolidge is opposed by C F Rehberg of Ochlocknee with dimcum bent noted.
In Atlanta on June 8 the chairman Edward K. Barsky and ten other leaders of the joint anti fascist refugee committee were ordered jailed for contempt of Congress. They refuse to produce records for the House Un American Activities Committee claiming they defend Republican Spanish refugees. Barsky gets six months while the others three months. all face $500 fines. All are New York City residents.
Athenis Ga June 8 AP Prices for chickens and dairy products fell last month, but increases in other farm commodities offset the drop. The crop reporting service at the University of Georgia shows the May 15 index up from four months earlier, though still below last year's level. Hog prices rose 2.20 per hundred pounds, with cotton and cottonseed also higher.
General MacArthur acts to purge 41 Communist party members from Japanese politics in 24 hours, eight MPs, as Akahata vows resilience and calls for defense of the party. Police raid union HQ seeking a letter denouncing the occupation, while Yoshida consults with MacArthur on outlawing the Communist party.
The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, once a burlesque and movie house famed for early Broadway stars, will become a church after Immanuel Gospel Temple paid 200000 for the property. The venue opened in 1920 with the premiere of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and hosted stars like Lewis Stone W C Fields Marjorie Rambeau Pa d erewski and Schumannheink during its heyday.
London AP reports Britain held a hero's funeral for Field Marshal Lord Wavell at Westminster Abbey. The veteran of Palestine Somaliland Crete Tobruk and Burma lay in state at Tower and was carried by boat to Westminster, the first British commander since Nelson to have a water funeral.
Tobacco market regulation proposals debated as warehousemen from Virginia North Carolina Georgia and Florida vote on rules to curb false price claims limit floor crowding and specify bid standards Bright Belt Warehouse Association leaders Frey Royster and W W Singletary reelected with officers Barnes as secretary treasurer The session also covered tax tariff defenses and possible legal action against cigarette tax increases while tobacco export impacts were discussed by USDA official James E B Thigpen
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