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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
1
Relatives and friends in Miami abandon hopes of locating Mr and Mrs Phil Pome roy missing since the June 6 explosion and sinking of their Miami yacht Cinnebar off Savannah Light.
Irving L. Camp of Johnstown Pennsylvania was nominated as president of Lions International at a Miami session. The nomination of international officers, excluding directors, was seen as virtual election ahead of formal voting tomorrow.
Thomasville Kiwanis Club hears reports from Milner Smith and Lonnie Ferguson after returning from the Kiwanis International Convention in Memphis. Guests include A F Fricker and H L Raseley among others. Funds are approved to sponsor three Girls Canning Club members to Camp Wilkins and to support Brunswick Girls Camp activities.
Mr C F Beasley of Claxton will be here a few days. Mr M M Cresawell of Moonss ville N Y spent today on business. Mr and Mrs W A Wilson of Tampa visiting here. Mr A H Carmichael of Atlanta here on business. D B Scott of Atlanta prominent visitor today. W A Arnold of Jacksonville spent a short time today. J O Baxtey to do your plumbing phone 495. Mrs J S Westbrook visiting relatives in Pearson Ga. Mr and Mrs T J Redding and child of Leesburg Fla here a few days. Thelma and Sara Clark of Smithville Ga visiting sister Mrs Ben T Coxon. Rosedale avenue New Grand. Cecroft Music Co stocks Planos and Phonographs tuned by experts. R H Cassels of Plant City Fla in town for a few hours today. Seasoned Steve Wood for sale L W Burt phone 3204. Mrs J B Dickey and daughter Louise left for Shreveport La by death of Mrs Dickey's sister Mrs G B Trew.
John Teele Pratt 54, financier and chair of New York National Budget Commission, died suddenly in his Standard Oil Building office. Cause was acute indigestion. Pratt, born in Brooklyn, was a major stockholder in Standard Oil and held director roles in multiple railways and banks. He served with the American Red Cross in Paris in 1919 as a Major.
The New Dodge Senior six cylinder automobile is on its first showing at M. A. Huston Motor Co. showroom. The display runs from morning until 10 PM tonight and again tomorrow. Visitors have already begun arriving and more are expected this evening and tomorrow. The management invites the public to attend.
Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider left Miami after delivering a Lions International convention address. He flew to Washington aboard an army plane piloted by Captain R. G. Ervin, planning to stop at Fort Mills or Fort Bragg en route and reach the capital by night.
Rome June 17 The American Ambassador Henry P Fletcher telegraphed Mussolini sending friendly cordial congratulations in the name of the United States President and people on Commander Francesco De Pinedos 25000 mile flight covering four continents completed yesterday.
A committee of the American Bankers Association reports that motors have inroads on rail traffic but do not harm overall business. Motors and trucks are a feeder to railroads while railroads also feed motor transport. Each serves traffic best in different contexts.
A brief want ad invites anyone traveling to Atlanta Saturday night or Sunday morning who has a passenger space. Call No. 12.
C Mahan of Knoxville Tennessee was elected president of the National Coal Association in Chicago on June 17.
Lions International nominators propose Des Moines Hi Pasa Texas or Asbury Park New Jersey as sites for the 1928 convention. Officers named include Camp to succeed Westfall with B A Ruffin Ray L Riley and Earl W Hodges advancing in the leadership slate.
Verona reports Gabriele D An nunzio, famed poet and patriot, wishes to end his days humbly scrubbing Saint Zero Abbey floors. He toured the shrine after printing the first page of his definite edition, spoke of becoming gaeristan, and gifted the publishing team cases of a wrist amulet Mussolini is said to own.
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