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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
4
The piece discusses banning ransom payments and raising penalties to deter kidnapping. It cites proposed measures, FBI involvement, and states that current efforts need drastic, targeted action to protect children. It mentions the Fish bill with ten year terms and highlights fire department funding and city safety efforts as parallels.
City leaders discuss cutting fire insurance costs by improving fire department staffing and enforcing stronger building codes. Athens example cited shows premiums dropping after adding three firefighters and updating codes, with Chief Lester credited for a decade of lower losses.
Miss Margaret Swindle and Ann Taylor return after a year at G S Co with W Milledgeville. Josephine Spence back from Tallahassee where she served as assistant dietitian. Dorothy Jackson leaves for Athens to attend summer school. Several graduates arrive from the University of Georgia and Georgia Southwestern College for the summer. The Camilla Senior Class, with Supt Burt, returns from a trip to Washington.
Camilla Georgia begins a busy week as the first cars of watermelons, Cuban Queen variety, are loaded marking a rise in business. Early week sales include cantaloupes to trucks and large quantities of corn and tomatoes are being marketed.
Camilla Ga June 15 funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for John C Rivers who died in Archbold Hospital after an operation last Wednesday. Rivers was a member of a family long prominent in local religious and social life.
Radio programs across coast to coast will move to new stations without prior notice. The ANBC WEAF East and WJ36 Blue networks list updated lineups with dramas music news sports and serials including America’s Schools, Paul Douglas on Sports, The Shadow, Lum & Abner and The Gang Busters among others.
Greensboro Georgia June 15 Dr Charles M Strahan of Athens called the father of the Georgia highway system received a certificate for distinguished service to Georgia from the Greensboro Lions Club. He chaired the State Highway Board from 1918 to 1921 and is professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Georgia.
Washington reports Congress approved a bill to place first second and third class postmasters under civil service, a historic move cited by Rep Ramspeck as ending the spoils system. The piece notes Ramspeck as author and mentions his background and family.
Pledges to promote safe driving appear on a blue sign read by motorists as they pass rear-end signs on vehicles. The campaign, tied to WOCO FEY, urges careful driving and attention to road safety.
Hannah announces a regular semiannual dividend of 30 cents per share on 500 000 shares of capital stock.
Stockholders of the Trust Company of Georgia and the Citizens & Southern National Bank voted dividends totaling 210000. Directors of the Citizens & Southern National Bank met in Sa- nascent report notes.
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