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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1929
Page
1
The Thomasville Times Enterprise prints assorted short items and quips, including Father’s Day reminders, travel and road talk, tax debates, aviation notes, prohibition musings, local business hopes, and a brief on the farm relief bill, with editorials on policy and public life.
The piece weighs a proposal to abolish Georgia's 161 counties and form 51 new ones guided by senator districts. It argues simplification could cut county overhead but warns of site selection fights, officer allocation, and road-fund complications. It urges a new tax system to fund schools and roads and rebuts fiscal overstatement.
The article notes consternation in parts of the South after reports that Mrs. Hoover entertained a Black guest at tea and invited prominent women to socialize. It argues the incident could fuel partisan rifts and reinforce white supremacy attitudes affecting both social and political equality across regions.
J B Jemison addresses Rotary Club on local schools arguing that high graduation rates depend on more and better facilities. He cites current 37.7 percent four year HS graduation, urges bond funding next year to expand home economics manual training and commercial programs. He notes board members serve without pay and asks citizens to support planned improvements.
Brunswick Ga June 17 Judge Joseph W Bennett 69 a noted lawyer and former Brunswick circuit judge died yesterday after a weeklong illness He led the firm Bennett Reese and Bennett was president of the National Bank of Brunswick He is survived by his widow two sons two brothers two sisters and a host of relatives Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian church this afternoon.
Atlanta, June 17. Southern Air Transport announced a combined train and airplane schedule from New York to New Orleans in about 22 hours, cutting travel time by fifteen hours. The plan pairs a Southern Railway train from New York to Charlotte, then a plane to Atlanta and onward to New Orleans, with six-seat monoplanes ordered for the route.
Tokyo June 17 Japan's Premier Tanaka said in an Associated Press statement that Japan is ready to cooperate in disarmament negotiations. He welcomed the conversation between Premier MacDonald and General Dawes noted as the start of talks among powers on naval armament deduction aiming at universal peace.
An apparatus for delivering vocal power over 10 miles directed at a single point was assembled for Philadelphia’s Atlantic City auditorium. It uses 120 loudspeaker horns, the largest 21 feet long, with a main hall seating 40 000. Two gondola mounted horn arrays 180 feet high enable simultaneous programs and seamless merging without listener notice.
Paris reports a national program breeding rabbits for fur, with Rex varieties such as Castor Rex and Chinchilla Rex driving profits. The French government supports small businesses and the 1926 output reached $105,000,000. individual plots sell from $32.50 to $15.00.
The bristle thighed curlews migrate from Hawaiian winter quarters to northern Alaska for a May to mid August stay before returning to Hawaii. Little is known about their nesting and breeding range, though they are noted for a history of food theft at nesting grounds.
Eastern Time leaves Thomasville for Moultrie Tifton and intermediate points at 8 45 a m 11 00 a m and 8 00 p m for Cairo Bainbridge and intermediate points at 9 15 a m and 6 15 p m
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