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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
4
Park Commissioner Roy Town eyed a $128 monthly meat bill for lions and bears and ordered a surplus sale of the big predators in exchange for deer elk and smaller hay eating animals to cut costs.
When malaria chills strike, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic offers relief with tasteless quinidine and iron. The remedy promises to ease fever and build you up, with a double effect. Available at all drugstores. large size provides more value.
The Georgia Retail Food Dealers Association adopted a resolution opposing a state sales tax as unfair to consumers and businesses. A copy will be sent to Governor Rivers. M. Blank was elected president to succeed John W. McDonald. A second resolution called a special session inadvisable. Key officers and directors from multiple cities were elected.
Savannah Ga June 13 two young Savannahians died when a motorcycle crashed into the rear of a truck on a viaduct. Brothers Watts Calvin Saunders 24 and Horace Whitney Martin 25 were killed. Saunders died shortly after midnight and Martin died about two hours later after hospital treatment.
Cowden Auto Supply notes common car starting problems and suggests battery replacement as a remedy. They advise checking the battery, alternator, and starter relations and offer diagnostic help and replacement options.
Rioting at the Allis-Chalmers manufacturing plant in West Allis injures at least 13 people including eight policemen and five pickets. Pickets attacked a streetcar carrying office workers and fought with officers using stones, eggs, and tear gas amid clashes at the plant gates.
London June 13 L</s>edwedge Vincent Lawlor an Australian steel worker was ordered held for trial at Ald Bailey on charges of firing shots near the Duchess of Kent and into the home of the Princess royal. He rode a bicycle with a sawed off rifle near royal residences and allegedly fired twice. His motive remained a mystery. Defense stated no intention to alarm or injure. The case followed a June 4 window firing at the Princess royal and a June 5 rifle shot near the Duchess of Kent. Lawlor arrived in Britain April 6 for welding work on Waterloo Bridge.
The City Council voted seven to one to license slot machines and approved funding for a police radio system. Alderman Dob bins advocated licensing to aid enforcement, while Alderman Dixon questioned legality. The council also set street widening plans near Madison, approved sewer and water extensions, and ordered radio equipment purchase for the police totaling 2820.
In Barcelona on June 13 witnesses describe brutal torture in improvised cells built for republican authorities. Yugoslav architect Alfonso Laurent Cik is accused of constructing the torture chambers while claiming coercion by Spanish syndicalist leaders. Prosecutors seek the death penalty as witnesses recount prisoner abuse and brain injuries linked to Francoist movements.
The Rev. O M Andrews placed a notice in a daily paper offering a reward for lost stray or stolen 200 Methodists. He asked readers to notify Pastor Meist Church in the south district.
A prosecutor accuses Republicans of placing rings in prisoners eyes to force them to stay awake under bright lights, describing a chaotic floor layout used to prevent movement.
Blackberries are being picked in large quantities for commercial use. Local canning plants have used them for years and eastern buyers have purchased them for wine making. The wild berries remain abundant and are easily accessible to pickers, supplementing cultivated crops.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a neutrality bill removing the arms embargo on nations at war. The measure would grant the president broader powers to manage international crises and could enable the United States to aid Britain and France beyond existing restrictions.
Washington June 13 A House subcommittee fast tracked a draft of business tax legislation to reenact expiring taxes. The plan would replace the undistributed profits levy with an 18 percent tax on high income corporations and extend losses carries for two years. It also proposes to adjust capital losses rules and extend the stock re-declaration window.
Friends share news of Mrs. A J Shepherd’s critical bronchial pneumonia at home on County Line Road. Visits from Enter prise Alabama relatives and Miss Wall reflect extended stay plans. Other local residents travel or visit in Atlanta and Baltimore for brief periods.
In Jersey City on June 13, the ACLU surrendered control of street gathering bans to the CIO and unions after a mass rally led by Roger Baldwin and Norman Thomas. Baldwin called for street access to public meetings, and Thomas urged use of the new Court-backed right to discuss. Police kept order as hecklers were admonished.
The text notes that corporations in bankruptcy or in receivership, joint stock land banks and rental housing corporations will receive special deductions to relieve them from the undistributed profits tax.
Dr and Mrs Charles H Watt and Mr and Mrs C M Heeth are spending a two week stay at Perkins Beach in a cottage. Miss Edith Dixon has returned from Milledgeville with a Seere tarsal diploma and is joined by Miss Mary Broach of Athena as guest. The Ward family, Mr C C Ward and Billy Giles, returned home from a trip through the North and South Carolina mountains and relatives in Waycross Georgia.
Reports indicate discussions will cover unemployment, old age pensions, congressional activity, and the Roosevelt administration’s stance toward the CIO. A possible CIO statement may condemn excluding a Lewis representative from a Geneva labor conference delegation where AFL members filled all labor posts.
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