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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1939
Page
3
Georgia experiment station botanists Naomi Woodroof and B Higgins report about a 20 percent yield increase in Spanish peanuts from dusting with sulphur. Dusting reduced leaf spot and kept foliage longer. three dustings at two week intervals recommended starting 60 to 65 days after planting.
Mr A W Pittman returned home after attending the Twentieth Annual Conference of the A C L Safety Secretaries and Reporters in Savannah Ga. Dr A D Little and Mr R C Balfour Jr came home after visiting Mr W R C Smith at his Highlands summer home. Miss Elizabeth Spence and Miss Leone Redfern left for Nashville to attend Peabody College summer school. Miss Emily Speight returned from Milledgeville after earning an A B at the Georgia State College for Women. Miss Annie Mebane left for Gainesville to visit Mrs W L Logan for several weeks.
King George and Queen Elizabeth docked in Charlottetown on the destroyer Skeena to a rainy greeting from farmers and fishermen. A naval air escort saluted as vessels and craft lined the harbor. The rain shielded the Skeena’s progress across the straits from Cape Tormentine.
The original Star Spangled Banner, battered by insects and mounted incorrectly, is now moth proofed and fireproofed at the Smithsonian Institution under a large glass case. Col George Armistead’s grandson Heen Appleton donated the flag, stitched by Mrs Mary Pickersgill who earned 405.90 dollars for the work.
Atlanta June 14 Meteorologist George W Mindling reports improved crop weather across most Georgia sections with frequent showers in some areas. Cotton and corn show good growth and variance. wheat and oats nearing harvest. Irish potatoes and tobacco impacted by rain and packing. peaches and peanuts progressing with varying quality and favorable conditions for sweet potatoes and sugar cane.
Partly cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Thursday. Observation at 8 am shows 76 degrees and assessments of temperatures include yesterday's high and last night's low. Rainfall totals: 0.85 inches in 24 hours, 5.01 inches for the month, 27.76 inches since January 1, with normal for the month at 6.45 inches.
The Rotary Club heard Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Beverly, their daughter, and two others recount a recent journey from Laredo to Mexico City via Monterey. They described the Pan American highway plans, Mexico City life, customs, Indian heritage, and travel costs, with highlights like Cortez Palace and the floating garden. Visitors included Rotarians Thompson and Glasscock of Waycross and Edward Kelly of Atlanta.
The storm near Apalachicola to Mobile is of moderate intensity and not dangerous. Gusty winds and rain affect Florida, with 40 mile per hour gusts from Tampa to Apalachicola. After reaching the Gulf Coast it may bring widespread rain to western Georgia and Alabama as observers maintain around the clock storm watch.
Georgia counties report final returns showing 32,014 ballots in 156 counties with Hart Morgan and Marion not voting. Savannah local amendment to issue bonds for a water plant led with 21,865 to 10,129. statewide boosts backed amendments six 11 and 20 with majorities, while W Glenn Thomas won the Not Solector General post after Gibbs resigned.
A brief note mentions a large air training station located just outside the city limits, serving as a hub for aviation instruction and related activities.
Coast Guard air, land, and sea units stand ready as a tropical storm moves through the Gulf toward northwest Florida. Despite northeast warnings, residents show little alarm and expect the storm to pass inland. Coast Guard observation posts prepare to monitor the approach of the disturbance.
Federal agents seized Marlene Dietrich’s luggage aboard the French liner Normandie on orders of the Internal Revenue Department over alleged unpaid income tax of 284000 for 1936 1937. She and her husband planned a European vacation as autograph seekers hovered nearby.
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