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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
7
Archival youth journal recounts a June 6 7 trip from Washington to Jersey City and New York for the 1960 World Fair. Highlights include the Generotors exhibit the city of tomorrow perispher and lengthy queue lines. The piece notes delays left five students at the fair and urges two weeks to fully enjoy the event.
June market notes describe a tentative recovery after a downbeat session as transfers for five hours total around 50 000 shares. Though news lacked dramatic impact, the drift carried a depressive edge as traders weighed continuing uncertainties.
OCR text references market activity and operations with partial phrases. It notes Mech May 1 fly and Cet Dee shat, mentions United States price at 22 and 36 cents, and remarks about lower figures and a possible misprint. The fragmentary content suggests a financial notice or market report with unclear specifics.
A travel party visits Grant Park aquarium and the Statue of Liberty in New York. They view Radio City, ascend the Empire State style skyline from a top vantage, mail souvenirs, and then depart Jersey City by 2:00 to end the trip in Oxford, Pennsylvania, for the night.
Storms sweeping Indiana Ohio Wisconsin and Michigan caused six deaths and widespread damage. Homes unroofed trees downed and utilities disrupted as about fifty were rescued from the storm that also crossed Illinois and Kentucky and spread to Lake Erie near Cleveland.
Near term activity showed Cuban interests offsetting demand as July futures fell 2 points to 1.88 and March slipped 1 to 1.99. Raw sugar stayed quiet with 1000 tons of June July shipments to the Philippines at 2.85. Refined sugar traded 4.45 to 4.50 cents.
Memphis cot tonseed meal futures closed steady with July and Dec contracts near 22.80 and 22.85 cents per unit. Trading activity totaled 2,500 contracts with prices shown for June through January delivery.
New York June 12 closing prices show Government bonds and mortgage issues with yields and maturity codes. notable entries include Treasury and HOLC securities with various bid prices. Cottonseed oil futures fell 4 to 7 points with July through January contracts quoted between 6.60 and 6.94 cents per pound, along with daily sales of 93 contracts.
Florida's Carl Dann Jr arrives at Belle Meade Country Club to defend the Southern championship amid a field of Dixie stars including four former winners. He urges a switch from match play to medal format and voices his critiques as qualifying begins with 36 holes and about 115 entrants.
The fifty fourth annual Southern tennis tournament opened in Atlanta with many out-of-town players. Top seed Bitsy Grant battled Dick Morris of Winter Park after a first round bye while seeds Mulloy and Buxby appeared in early matches. Local favorites faced regional rivals as Russell Bobbitt defeated Joe Exum 6-0 1-0.
The Southern Association saw low-scoring doubleheaders as top hurlers dominated. Frank Gabler limited Nashville to five hits in a 4–1 Atlanta win, Birmingham swept Little Rock 3–0 and 2–0, Chattanooga shut out Knoxville 4–0, and New Orleans beat Memphis twice 5–4 and 1–0, ending Memphis’ 11-game run.
Tarboro on June 12, Judge Herbert Taylor Jr. sentenced John Mitchell to 14 days in jail after he admitted to weekend trouble, explaining he must work weekdays and could serve the sentence on weekends with the judge's approval.
In a fast paced finale on Saturday night Wood and Nelson battled to the final hole with a 284 tied score at regulation. Nelson carded a 76 yesterday as Denny faded from the pace. Wood benefited from a lucky break on the last hole when his shot hit a spectator but remained in contention as the match neared a decision.
Wood and Nelson reached the turn in 33 each and then surged through the last nine to finish on even terms in a tight golf match.
Robert T. Mossman of Adams, Pa. remained in good condition at Bryan Mawr Hospital after being struck on the temple by Craig Wood’s brassy second stroke during the playoff for the open championship at Spring Mill yesterday. The incident occurred while Mossman stood north of the 18th hole.
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