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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1929
Page
1
The page blends community notes and cultural musings with remarks on national figures. It mentions politicians, education, Prohibition, tourism routes, fishing, grape growing, and local infrastructure while reflecting editorials and light social commentary.
The O Fallon case challenges how reproduction costs enter railroad valuation and rate setting. The Supreme Court requires considering these costs, likely lifting railroad asset values and future rates, while opposing watered stock and demagogic attacks.
A Thomasville community letter calls for immediate steps to establish an airport. A committee of J F Archbold C K C Ausley H W Hopkins S V Steyerman and Hoyt Wimpy is named to lead, with a $100 donation offered and full city support anticipated once action begins.
The article argues that power companies leverage political and industrial power to profit from natural resources. It warns of trusts evading controls and calls for state or national oversight of water powered electricity output and pricing.
The Waldorf Hotel in New York, long a millionaires retreat, ends its era after a lengthy furnishings auction. Distinctive guests and social buzz marked its history, making way for a taller, more prominent successor likely to dominate for decades.
The Butler Herald urges critics to stop hindering local progress and suggests kicking shadows in a canyon to aid town development. It notes Gulf coast resorts gain popularity for South Georgians despite rough roads, while Florida farmers battle pests instead of politicians, a comparison of burdens and outcomes.
In the Santa Fe Springs Field twelve miles south of Los Angeles a large fire early today wiped out nine oil derricks and more than 45000 barrels of oil. Damage is estimated over 1009 thousand dollars. Firemen and hundreds of volunteers fought through the night. The blaze began on the Rhode and Adams lease likely from oil leaking to a boiler. Tunneling under the fire was planned to smother it.
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