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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1937
Page
1
At Hendaye near the Franco Spanish border insurgent forces bombed Bilbao's waterfront and outer defense lines. Reports say 39 bombers attacked Bilbao and nearby towns for hours, setting houses ablaze and targeting waterfront, barracks, and reservoirs.
In Bilbao's western sector insurgents push south with Francoist forces massing on a five mile ridge near Lezama and Larrabezua. Observers report heavy artillery and air bombardment with Basque defenses collapsing as dawn to dusk combat rages.
London reports a four power agreement by Great Britain France Italy and Germany to ensure safety of foreign warships in the neutrality patrol off Spain and to avoid unilateral retaliation. Details withheld pending formal adoption. The pact follows attacks on Italian and German vessels and Germany's shelling of Almeria after an attack on the Deutschland.
South Atlantic states expect occasional scattered thundershowers with temperatures near or slightly above normal throughout the week.
Ed Dudley, splitting time between Philadelphia and Augusta, Ga., shot 71 to reach 211 after 54 holes in the U S Open in Birmingham Mich He leads Sam Snead by one stroke and Bobby Cruickshank by two as the field nears the final 18 holes Snead posted 70 to 212 Cruickshank added 67 for 213 Dudley closed strong with birdies and a three round sub par sequence.
Washington June 12 A radio dispatch reports the government yacht Potomac with President Roosevelt aboard departed Sharps Island in Chesapeake Bay at 8 40 a m EST for Solomon's Island about 25 miles from the Potomac river mouth where it enters the bay.
Savannah liquor dealers were informed that starting Monday whisky prices would rise about three dollars per case on popular brands. The increase follows Florida price hikes and the Georgia dry victory last Tuesday. Local prices range from ninety cents to one dollar per pint, with a twelve quart case lifting neighborhood costs by about twenty five cents.
Atlanta June 12. Hospital attaches reported Governor E. D. Rivers in good condition and said he had a good night. The governor entered the hospital Thursday for a kidney removal operation performed yesterday.
Savannah political clash ends with a 9 to 0 council override of Mayor Hitch's veto on a Sunday baseball ordinance. Delegations urged Sunday games to aid charity during the council session in Savannah, Georgia.
Congress approved an inquiry into tax evasion and avoidance with President Roosevelt signing the resolution. A separate but less dramatic plan targets the strike situation and mail interference investigations. The House extended nuisance taxes to raise over $500 million annually, while wage and hour regulation moves near approval. Roosevelt urged a stronger Merchant Marine with subsidies and ship construction contracts.
Atlanta's police chief warns bootleggers to fold up and leave town as Georgia remains dry despite federal questions over enforcement. Federal officials in Washington and Atlanta discuss tax paid status and cooperation to enforce state law amid open liquor sales in Augusta and Savannah.
John C. Mitchell, elected judge of the Cherokee circuit, presented his commission to Judge Claude C. Pittman in Cartersville, but Pittman refused to yield. Mitchell announced plans to file quo warranto proceedings in Marietta to remove Pittman, who cited constitutional and supreme court guidance.
Russian housekeeper Mrs Anna Kuprianoff questions reveal life at the Long Meadows farm where Mrs Alice Parsons vanished after a note demanding 25000 dollars. Suffolk DA says no search yet to honor husband William Parsons while investigators pursue leads and possible contact with kidnapers.
Homer Georgia June 12 sheriff Ferris Brewer reports J D Lee 37 serving a life sentence for the 1931 slaying of Bennie Lichtenstein Atlanta wholesale grocer escaped from the Banks county chain gang while working on the Commerce Homer road Lee was picked up by two men in an automobile near the main camp about six miles from here guards remained on duty as the other convicts continued to work.
South Carolina shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Georgia expects partly cloudy and unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday. Florida to be partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers. Alabama remains generally fair with slight coastal warmth tonight and northern areas Sunday.
National guardsmen and 100 state policemen were ordered to Monroe Michigan to prevent disorder at a mass meeting called by union leaders to protest a break in a Bethlehem Steel picket line. A Bethlehem Cambria plant strike in Johnstown Pennsylvania threatens to spread, with injuries after a car rammed a picket line while food drops to non striking workers.
The Georgia Public Service Commission announced hearings on motor transport certificate applications to be held June 22 to July 13 at 10 a m CDT in the state capitol senate chamber. On June 22 Georgia Stages Inc Thomasville requests Class A certificates to transport passengers mail newspapers and express between Lumpkin and Cusseta via Louvale and other points.
Predicted tides and light times for St Marks show Sunday June 18 with high tides at 5 40 p m and 5 54 a m and Monday June 14 with tides at 6 37 p m 12 16 a m and 22 31 p m including predicted sunrise and sunset times.
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