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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1933
Page
7
Police were summoned to quell a disturbance at the Detroit Juvenile Detention Home involving 35 girl inmates. Twenty girls tried to seize the keys from the matron while a second group of 15 and two nurses aided the supervisor on the second floor.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and family join Franklin D Roosevelt Jr at Groton School June 16. She arrives with daughter Mrs Curtis Dall and son James and wife. A security detail guards the grounds as the ceremony begins with Rev Dr Endicott Peabody presenting diplomas and prizes and Dr George L Vincent as speaker.
Bishop James Cannon’s planned anti beer speech in Norman Oklahoma was canceled by the Norman Ministerial Alliance. Rev Herbert J Cockerill said the program was full and Cannon would not speak at McFarlin Memorial church amid local minister opposition and doubts about his leadership aiding the anti beer campaign ahead of the July 11 vote on 3.2 beer.
Georgia Power Company announces a five day work week effective immediately. The executive offices will close Saturdays and Sundays starting this week. President P. S. Arkwright made the announcement at Atlanta.
Arrived reports describe scratched faces and arms as inmates were herded into their rooms in a controlled movement.
In Thomasville the Powell Oil and Tire Company opens a new Woco-Pep service station on South Broad Street with manager W Powell and assistant Leonard Crawford inviting patrons to the one stop Super Service. Miss Dorothy Etherington hosts a farewell prom for Miss Ethel Moore who will move to Birmingham Alabama. The guest list includes Moore Chastain McCollum Alder man Bell Montford Chastain and Etherington group members. Mrs Thayer Reeves Crovatt announces the engagement of daughter Emily to Mr Earl Park of Sylvester with an upcoming marriage and notes Miss Crovatt’s local school ties and Brenau education.
Tonight at 8 30 several neighborhood revival prayer meetings will be held at homes across Thomasville leading to the revival services at First Baptist Church next Sunday. Also a band concert is set for the court house grounds at 8 30 with postponed Friday night program resuming.
Dougherty Superior Court will reconvene at 10 o clock Friday June 23 for memorial exercises honoring the life and character of the late Judge J R Pottle. Judge B C Gardner to preside. Albany Bar Association committee to present the memorial with addresses by distinguished judges and lawyers from across the state. A large gathering of lawyers and laymen from all parts of the state, especially South Georgia, expected to attend.
Thursday marked the initial visitors day at Camp Frances Archibald with full camps and happy girls. A Flag Day program is slated for 4 30 pm Sunday, and a water carnival will close the camp on the next visitors day Thursday June 22.
Fire department responded to two small roof blazes yesterday afternoon and this morning. At 6:30 PM a Negro home on Festus Street Dewey City reported shingles burning from flue sparks. A second fire at 10:30 AM at a Negro residence at Crawford Street’s northern end caused minimal damage.
Five carloads of watermelons were loaded and sold in Pavo by a local growers association. Cars averaged 22 to 30 pounds, bringing $175 to $325 per car. The crop is expected to be short this year, though loading continues daily and hopes run high prices through the season.
The Thomasville city court will convene in regular June term with Judge Roscoe Luke presiding. The first day will cover criminal cases and available civil business, aiming to complete in two or three days unless civil proceedings extend lengthy arguments. Miss Anna Mae McCollum attends Mercer University summer school in Macon expanding teaching and educational leadership links.
Thomasville Chapter No. 460 E. S. will convene tonight at 8:00 at the Medical Building. Ruby Elmore, W. M. Claudia B. Singletary, Sec.
Nome Alaska June 16 sparsely settled northlands of the Bering Sea hold the fate of Jimmy Mattern round the world flier missing since leaving the Sibrian east two days ago. On the ninth leg of his solo flight his gas would have run out by 11 30 p m last night if he stayed aloft. No sighting reported along a 2500 mile hop from Khabarovsk Siberia.
Washington reports that during the special session Congress passed about one percent of the roughly 8,100 bills introduced. About 35 of the bills that progressed to passage originated in the Senate, with both houses approving ten joint measures.
Deadline reached for Coast Guard economy program but actual reductions follow orders to district commanders. In Norfolk divisions six and seven the Hfo saving branch trims personnel from 411 to 309 with about 40 percent affected. Chief boatswain mates drop from 27 to 13, many with ten years service.
Washington reports Governor Morgenthau of the Farm Credit Administration unveiled a plan to refinance about 68 million dollars of Wisconsin farm mortgages held by state banks. The plan includes early depositor payments, release of over 18 million dollars in public deposits, and selling 35 million dollars in bonds to support refinancing up to 50 billion in mortgage face values. Similar state plans may follow if feasible.
About 2,000 resolutions moved into the senate hopper while 6,000 more were introduced by representatives as the legislative drive continued. The figures reflect a high volume of proposed measures coursing through both chambers.
The Georgia supreme court ruled that a written warrant is unnecessary to arrest a person for contempt committed in court. The decision reverses Judge John B. Hutcheson of DeKalb superior court who had ordered habeas corpus for C. O. Martin jailed for contempt after a North Atlanta recorder fined him 100 dollars or 20 days. Sheriff J. R. Han challenged the ruling.
Bargan Electric Co offers guaranteed electrical services by manager Robt Spiers. Contact Phona 1093 for prompt repairs installations and general electrical maintenance. Local notice urges residents to hire licensed professionals for safety and compliance.
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