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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1934
Page
1
The Thomasville Times Enterprise carries editorials and wire content touching Roosevelt, Talmadge, Wallace, and national issues. It mentions tax policies, highway talk, vaccination, an ongoing Browning murder case, and local fruit markets with Georgia melons and Florida melons pending.
Five creditors of Birmingham filed for bankruptcy arguing insolvency due to extravagance and seeking a receiver. The piece notes tax collection problems, labor strife, and a broad warning against lax tax enforcement while contrasting with broader city finance issues and upcoming political battles in Georgia and European leaders meeting in Venice.
The piece notes Governor Talmadge’s rumored aim to become Secretary of Agriculture. It argues the appointment would come from the president, not state politics, and while a cabinet post is possible, the governor could also pursue the Senate if elected to a second term or through other routes.
A sultry ballpark afternoon sends players and spectators fleeing for shade as heat slows play and prompts early departures. Fans recount the muggy conditions and the feeling of sweat soaking through uniforms and seats.
O O McIntyre profiles Snowy Baker and Ben Ali Haggin as symbol figures of leisure while noting a lack of clear background on Baker. The piece also spots Don Barclay, Bohemian Broadway culture, and a digressive history of catfish as a New York delicacy linked to Cain, Stallings, and Moneta.
William Wellman disputes Bing Crosby as star and favors Sally Bard for a project. He envisions a grand hotel style film to be shot in Central Park, described as a revolving sectional concept.
Yesterday the Phillies lost to Chicago 6 to 12 and the Giants beat Cincinnati 1 to ? The Dodgers and Pirates faced Boston with a 3 run game. St Louis won 7. Today New York travels to Cincinnati while Brooklyn visits Pittsburgh and Philadelphia plays Chicago. Boston at St. Louis.
Detroit defeated Boston 4 to 2 while other games were rained out. Tonight Cleveland visits Philadelphia. Chicago plays Washington, St. Louis hosts New York, and Detroit visits Boston.
Knoxville visits Atlanta while Birmingham plays Little Rock and Chattanooga travels to Nashville. New Orleans faces Memphis in a doubleheader with the second game listed.
In Hawkinsville Georgia on June 13 two young men Charles Muse Jr Macon and Clio Acorn Columbus nervously pleaded guilty to robbing the Planters Bank of Hawkinsville on June 1 Officers recovered 12511 and captured the pair in an adjoining county Muse was sentenced to 10 to 15 years at the state prison farm His father and new wife from Macon attended the trial and the judge and rector spoke in Muse's defense The bride sobbed as Muse was led away to jail
The article notes Lake Constance lies at the Switzerland Germany Austria tripoint with borders sharing water and land. It mentions a bank robbery case and a court denying a speaker's request to address young men. It also references Bucephala in India and Alexander the Great. Tomorrow: Cotton-bearing trees.
Detectives investigated the kidnapping and flogging of A. L. Clark of Columbia. He reported being picked up by two men in an automobile and taken to New Brookland, near Columbia, last night.
A compiled grid of clues and answers spans topics from plants to places. Entries include Atlantic Ocean measures, flora like lilies, city names such as in Texas and Holland, and terms for tools and states of being.
Atlanta June 13 W D Anderson of Macon president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association and head of Bibb Manufacturing Company called the south the brightest spot in Roosevelt's recovery program speaking before the Southern Germent Manufacturers Association last night He said 145000 added to textile payrolls since the new deal with 103000 employed in southern mills and cited gains in southern production and employment as evidence of progress
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