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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
4
The article notes state plans to raise revenue with a 1 mill tax increase yielding about 3,000 dollars per year and a 2 percent business and personal sales tax proposed earlier but not debated. It also mentions a social security program cost of $3,260,000 and school aid expansion adding about $5,000,000 to the budget.
Continued coverage notes distrust over the court election for the Cherokee Superior Court seat. Judge Claude C. Pittman refus es to concede the Cartersville post while John C. Mitchell of Dalton is named and contested. The dispute centers on whether a vacancy existed and if the election complied with Supreme Court rulings.
Los Angeles reports a fresh development as the district attorney's office weighs evidence from 1922. Clark Stockdale, 63, says he visited Mrs. Charlotte Shelby the night of the director's slaying, linking Shelby and her daughter Mary Miles Minter to the case. Stockdale, long acquainted with the Shelby family, calls his statement significant amid renewed grand jury activity following Mrs Fillmore's civil suit affidavit.
Atlanta officials questioned if an enabling act is required to implement the Confederate widows pension amendment which would grant pensions to widows married before January 1, 1920. Funds would come from cigar and cigarette tax revenue.
A vacancy was declared and the election set for June 8 with Mitchell as the sole candidate. He threatened ouster proceedings against Judge Pittman if the judge refuses to vacate. Official returns for the repeal vote must reach Secretary of State John Wilson by 6 p.m. CST today.
Atlanta June 10 Under Georgia prohibition law all liquor is contraband It is unlawful to manufacture possess sell or transport whiskey Wine and beer are legalized but their sale is banned on Sundays Violation carries six months jail 12 months on the chain gang or a $1000 fine or all three Fortified wine remains legal but not above 21 percent alcohol by volume Fortified wine is wine with added alcohol
Governor E. D. Rivers, hospitalized for a kidney stone, said he had heard reports the state planned to purchase Atlanta city hall. He will rest and no visitors are allowed. Speaker Roy V. Harris noted state business will pause, including appointment of a public safety commissioner for the highway patrol slated by July 1.
Hollywood notes that divas like Jeanette MacDonald and Lily Pons prove beauty and fitness matter more than pounds. Screen singers labeled operatic by fans show athletic figures, diet and training kept in check to fit a visual audience.
Nice France June 10 Theodore T Milnar of Cuthbert is named Rotary district official among elected governors at the International Rotary Convention. Other governors elected include prominent rotary leaders from across the United States.
Chicago reports a nurse recanted that two men abducted her and sent a ransom message for John Rockefeller Prentice. Police considered the tale a hoax while Prentice, a lawyer and Rockefeller relative, said he had only suspected strange calls and denied inheritance claims.
New York trading today shows cautious gains in select steel, rail, and specialty shares, while most stocks stall. Fractions to several points appear early but fade as traders stay wary and the ticker ticks slowly.
Chicago market data shows live poultry at about steady. Hens over five pounds distributed among 1714 lots, with 5 pounds and under at 17 percent. Leghorn hens, fryers in colored and Plymouth Rock varieties listed. prices and weights vary. Spring colored Plymouth Rock and white rock figures noted. under two pounds and other weight classes present.
Savannah reports firm activity with turpentine showing 34% share and totals: sales 257, receipts 369, shipments 84, stock 29,894. Rosin totals: sales 9.54, receipts 1,403, shipments 280, stock 51,270, with price quotes for grades B to XK ranging from 7.60 to 9.10 and related figures.
Chicago cash grain quotes show No 1 dark hard wheat at 1.27, corn No 1 yellow at 1.23 and 1.24 ranges, No 3 yellow at 1.28, white corn at 1.254 and 1.23, oats No 2 white at 47 to 49 cents, no rye or buckwheat, soybeans No 2 yellow at 1.48 and No 3 yellow at 1.4714, barley feed 55 to 68, timothy seed 4.00 to 25, cloverseed 22 to 29.
U S Gov t bonds listed with Treasury issues including 4s 44 54 3s 46 56 3 8 s 46 49 and 2s 55 60. Mortgage securities include Fed Farm Mortgage 3s 64 HOLC 3s 52 and HOLC 2s 39 49.
In Jackson Mississippi an elderly Confederate reunion drew about 200 veterans over 90 years old. A $500 reward was offered for locating a private plot attributed to John Rockefeller Prentice’s would be martyr campaign. A nurse claimed two men abducted her to lure Prentice to a meeting place.
Market brief notes pole beans, snap beans, butter beans in hampers. New York stocks irregular with steels and rails doing better. Bonds uneven. U S loans move both ways. Foreign exchange steady with sterling slightly lower. Cotton steady. sugar firmer. Coffee easier as liquidation quiet. Chicago whey front unauthenticated. corn weak due to large foreign arrivals. Cattle firm at $10 to $12. hogs 10 to 165 higher, top $11.60.
New Orleans and New York trading day saw futures firm after bullish shifts and foreign buying amid storm damage reports. July and October contracts posted modest gains while overall close remained steady with 4 to 10 point increases.
Foreign exchange markets in New York show steady ranges with Great Britain at 493 7/16 for dollars, cables at 4.93 7/16, and 60 day bills at 4.933/16. France posts 4.44 percent demand and cables, Italy at 5.26 percent demand and cables, with Montreal in New York and New York in Montreal both quoted at 100.00.
Hogs 13,000 mostly 1 to 15 higher than Wednesday with top 11.60 and good to choice 200-300 lb at 11.39 to 11.55. lighter 150-190 lb 10.75 to 11.50. sows 10.25 to 10.75. heavies down to 10.00. Cattle and calves 4,500 with best early 13.15. western fed steers 12.25 to 15.00. average 12.60 for 1,474 head. Texas bred calves and yearlings sold 8.25 to 9.25. cows and heifers up 10 to 15. bulls steady around 7.00, down 10-15 from week’s high. load lots 6.85 down.
New York June 10 call money remains steady at 1 percent all day. Prime commercial paper also 1 percent. Time loans steady with 60 to 90 day terms at 4 to 6 months 1 percent. Bankers acceptances unchanged and the rediscount rate at New York Reserve Bank 146 percent.
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