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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1929
Page
1
A column of quips and reflections appears from Thomasville, touching social letters, manners, and idle observations. The piece critiques leisure, propriety, flirtations, and small-town life with wry humor and local flavor.
The piece argues for a first class airport with two runways aligned for wind advantage and robust support facilities. It notes costs of at least thirty thousand dollars and land at forty dollars per acre, urging action to secure a suitable site and option agreements. It also discusses chiropractic schooling debates and the need for state level rights balanced with scientific judgment.
The article discusses state debates over chiropractors and medical licensing. It argues people should choose their doctor within legal bounds and warns against unproven quacks. It notes chiropractors face opposition from the medical profession and urges competent evaluation of scientific claims.
Buchanan Georgia June 18 constable Luke Bellinger held without bond pending preliminary hearing Thursday on murder charge in the shooting death of Grady Phillips a youth sawmill hand. Phillips died after a car failed to stop at a pursuit where a shot was fired at the tire and Phillips was shot in the head. Coroner corroborates the verdict of a coroner's jury.
George M. Johnson, Jackson County deputy, recounts how Glenn Quay, 22, fled Newport jail and was shot as Johnson says he attempted to frighten him. Johnson says the pistol discharged when he stubbed his toe, killing Quay who was jailed for drunkenness.
In Athens on June 18 the University of Alumni Society announced the election of Dr Craig Barrow of Savannah as president. Other officers named include Judge Edgar Pomeroy of Atlanta as first vice president, George C Woodruff of Columbus as second vice president, Frank W Harrold of Atlanta as third vice president, Olaf J Tomas of Athens as recording secretary and treasurer. New board governors are Frank P McIntyre of Savannah and Miles W Lewis of Greensboro, with existing members Robert B Troutman of Atlanta Fonville McWhorter of Atlanta and Edgar Dunlap of Gainesville.
Paris June 18 The cabinet unanimously approved the Young reparations plan evolved at the recent experts conference. It was decided to pursue ratification in cooperation with other interested governments.
A giant amphibian cabin plane of Pan American Airways departed Miami at 6 53 a m for Venezuela via Cristobal Canal Zone inaugurating the longest air mail route. The craft carried 47 pounds of mail three company officials and two crew members headed to Curacao and Maracay with stops planned in the Caribbean. The flight included Juan T Trippe as president James M Eaton as traffic manager and Andre A Pieister as chief engineer.
Harvard College senior Edward Fitzhugh of Boise Idaho is dismissed over involvement in writing a hymn. The incident, noted in June Boston report, marks a disciplinary action affecting a Harvard senior and ties to the class of 1900 era.
Eastern Time leaves Thomasville for Moultrie Tifton and intermediate points at 8 45 a m and 11 00 a m then at 8 00 p m for Cairo Bainbridge and intermediate points at 9 15 am and 6 15 pm.
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