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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1938
Page
5
Congress plans to adjourn Wednesday without new rail reform. The wage hour compromise grants an exemption for naval stores, defined under agricultural provisions, shielding gum turpentine and resin producers from wage and hour limits and aligning with social security farming classifications.
Continued on Page Four. South Carolina shows generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with a slight cool down in the northeast. Georgia likewise fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler temps in the east. Florida reports partly cloudy skies with scattered showers possible Tuesday and possible thunder near the northeast coast today or tonight. Alabama and northwest Florida expect fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with light to gentle onshore winds from the northeast to east.
Auto accidents killed no fewer than 66 people across the nation over Saturday and Sunday. Georgia reported no weekend highway fatalities, but two residents died. The Georgia victims include Anna Swedberg of Thomasville 20 and Jean Down of Augusta 6. Others died in Mississippi and South Carolina including drownings and a gun death.
Henry Padgett prominent Echols county resident and turpentine still operator was shot and killed in Echols county shortly after midnight. Two men Gilford Whitt and Eddie Lee Durham were held on murder charges after Echols coroner jury recommended arrests. Whittle testified the negro shot Padgett as he sat in Whittle's truck. Durham fled into the woods. Padgett was brother of J E Padgett, candidate for state senate from the sixth district.
President Roosevelt signed legislation permitting the army to raise Air Force ranks. The action in Washington expands officer grades and reorganizes leadership within the air arm of the service.
Washington report from June 13 notes Senate Leader Barkley after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. He says Congress will adjourn by Wednesday without new railroad legislation and that liberalizing Reconstruction Finance loans for railroads is not on the agenda. The wage hour bill remains the key item for adjournment.
President Roosevelt hosted Senator Gillette of Iowa for a four course luncheon at the White House. They discussed the Iowa primary in which Gillette defeated Representative Wearin. The meeting signaled White House support for party harmony and Gillette’s expected victory over former Senator Dickinson.
In San Francisco on June 13 the American Medical Association announced spinach is a wholesome and valuable food. The foods council reported it provides vitamins including vitamin C iron and roughage to the diet and endorsed its dietary value.
Army officials say a new law lowers the air corps enlistment limit to 21,500 instead of the present maximum of 158,400, and does not raise total army strength.
In Prague the 20 year old republic faces a pivotal decision as Henleinist backed Sudeten Germans win about 90.9 percent in German districts. Officials plan proposals to meet some demands while fearing broader reactions among non Sudeten Czechs and allies in France and Britain.
The National Safety Council reports 106000 deaths from accidents in 1937, over twice World War II losses, with 9900000 injuries and $3600000000 in costs. Motor vehicle crashes caused 39500 deaths and 1360000 injuries, traffic deaths up 4 percent from 1936.
New York entertainer Dottie Lavelle was performing in a restaurant when a false ceiling began to sag and collapse. Eleven people were slightly injured and Lavelle sustained a black eye as debris fell to the floor.
Atlanta reports W W Webb, president of the Georgia Old Age Pension Association, will support Governor E D Rivers for reelection and stay out of the US Senate contest. Webb, on leave from the state welfare department, says he backs Rivers because of a 1935 move and will steer clear of mixed state and federal politics. He plans his first campaign speech at his Hahira home this month.
Detroit June 13 17 The Advertising Federation of America opened its thirty fourth annual convention with a message from President Roosevelt praising advertising for its role in expanding purchasing power and production. He urged truth and high ethics as the industry promotes social and economic progress.
Yacomite California June 13 A young prospector led to the wreckage of a storm crashed TWA airliner that vanished with nine aboard. The plane lay near Buena Vista Peak 9000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada south of Yosemite with eight bodies nearby. Salvage crews and TWA officials began actions to recover remains and evidence including a cap with TWA insignia and a briefcase addressed to H. M. Salisbury. The crew included pilot John Graves co-pilot C W Wallace stewardess Martha M Wilson and passenger Harvey M Salisbury among others.
Liverpool England June 13 four babies born to Mrs Esther Taylor 24 wife of a teamster three boys and a girl are healthy The Taylors already have four other children
The United States informed Japan it will not curb American warships on the Yangtze to clear the way for Japan's drive toward Hankow. The Monocacy remained at Kiukiang to protect about forty Americans, while Admiral Yarnell plans an inspection up the river starting June 25. Britain and Italy oppose river closure to foreign shipping.
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