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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1937
Page
1
A column in The Times-Enterprise presents assorted topical items. Notes touch on Basques packing the Supreme Court analogy, labor strikes, Parsons disappearance, Russian scientists at the North Pole, Powell publicity, and various political and social jibes. Mentions of Nazi editors, Atlanta police, Governor Rivers, James Farley, Dr. Herty, and Jeanette MacDonald with Gene Raymond planning a wedding amid gossip.
The Camilla editor Oscar J. Culpepper is mourned as a long-serving, high minded journalist with a generous, ethical stance. He led a wholesome, useful newspaper and influenced public life with calm sympathy. The notice laments partisan strife in labor and capital, urging mediation to prevent dangerous escalation and broad social harm.
A senate committee denounces the presidents court bill as an emergency political move. It argues the Supreme Court remains intact and reforms must come from the people rather than drastic procedural changes. The piece reflects on political and economic motives shaping judicial appointments and age considerations.
The piece argues Colonel House urges a larger United States force including navy air force and army to deter Europe from drawing the country into war. It suggests U S fortification would have prevented involvement in World War I and notes growing support for a mercantile marine and allied preparations.
The piece laments fierce labor conflict and public resistance to violent tactics. It notes A F of L and CIO involvement, warning that internal contest threatens unity and could split the labor movement, harming workers nationwide.
A column recaps social chatter on a lunch club clash with a magazine editor over editing slights and a Broadway marionette sketching celebrities from hidden vantage points. It also notes east side tunnel drills creating insomnia for residents and a weary response to daytime noise.
Washington notes a surge of opportunities as thousands of graduates enter a reshaping job market. Social security and the Wagner act are expanding hiring, TVA aids the south, and the Norris bill plus wage hour reform could create many federal jobs with high oversight costs.
A Columbia mother weakness prevented viewing her newborn. doctors filmed the infant and showed the motion pictures in the hospital nursery so she could glimpse her child before seeing him in person.
A rattlesnake entered the Rosa irrigation district camp bath house in Yakima Washington sending 15 workers sprinting from their stalls. Swan Dehlberg the camp boss killed the snake and the men returned to their showers.
The article argues federal jobs grow faster than private sectors with civil service as a safe path. It notes risks from government and finance sectors but highlights earlier access to ownership and a steady if not high pay, with top grades reaching $6,000 plus. It describes a shift to a card-index system over personal status.
Alice Holland of Seattle Washington reports her first engagement ring was stolen and she has lost the second. She says she may not face her fiancé, expressing uncertainty about her future plans. University of Washington student.
Tulsa water commissioner W. F. Graham recalls a long journey in Arkansas with a halter carried on his shoulder. He walked from farmhouse to farmhouse claiming he was seeking a lost horse and, as a result, spent three months traveling without paying for food or lodging.
The note argues that individuals with varying backgrounds including welfare and law can enter Congress with limited experience and secure federal positions. It cites a former long serving representative known for avoiding clear stances, who lost a seat but obtained a commission post, suggesting many such posts exist for those elusive in politics.
The narrator notes dramatic costume changes backstage and a manager’s rebuke over unsuitable attire. He recalls pawning a watch for a cheap tux and finds a $5 jacket rejected for its era, while contrasting clothing across social strata from a recluse novelist to narcotics defendants in federal court.
Moscow reports Stalinist regime intensifies purge of opposing elements after a republic president allegedly killed himself. At least 151 executed in a year for anti government activity, with hundreds of arrests and thousands ousted from the Communist Party across the Soviet Union. Alexander G. Cherviakoff, leader of the White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, was said to have committed suicide.
The article notes a death by his own action labeled for family reasons after a Minsk communist party meeting where 45 colleagues were seized on treason charges. Gen Uborevitch and seven other high officers were executed June 12 for plotting to dismember the U. S. 8. R. A broader conspiracy aimed at wrecking Russian agriculture is alleged in the White Russian phase of efforts to stamp out anti-government elements.
Athens Georgia June 17 The Georgia Agricultural Extension Service said today many farmers report they are damaging quail nests while preparing land for crops and urged methods to protect nesting sites and promote game bird conservation.
A flushing bar is described as a bamboo pole attached to the neck yoke and extending in front of the sickle to avoid destroying nests of quail and other game birds while harvesting grain and mowing hay.
Georgia stages a business move involving Coleman Motor Lines. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the notice indicates corporate activity and potential regulatory or logistical steps affecting both companies.
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