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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
2
A collage of editorial musings and humorous sayings plus early notices on editing, taxation, education funding, and local affairs. References to Seaboard rail, DeKalb and Fulton counts, and reactions to Mussolini paint a snapshot of Georgia opinion in a regional daily.
The article alleges Capone extended racketeering into slot machines in the south while visiting Miami, claiming he profited from operators and Chicago manufacturers. It discusses political backlash, church implications for Bishop Canon, and hints at broader criminal reach along with a unrelated note on baseball and the Daw son withdrawal impact.
The column notes Jim Ham Lewis, once senator from Illinois, now hints at a presidential bid. It contrasts Georgia support for Roosevelt, outlines Lewis’s three Democrat priorities, and critiques prohibition enforcement shifts. It cites California real estate agent Smith on historical depressions and ends with a brief note on fruit season, watermelon near.
Bishop Cannon of the Southern Methodist Church files a $500000 defamation suit against Congressman Tinkham of Massachusetts over untrue statements damaging his reputation. The action follows a pattern of hostile political and church controversies centered on Cannon's public actions and approach to critics.
Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Friday in Thomasville Georgia. Observation at 8 am reports 75th meridian time with 104 high this month and 0.00 inches precipitation in the last 24 hours, 1.06 inches this month, and 65.79 inches deviation from normal since January first.
A high pressure system sits over North Carolina and the eastern U S while a lingering low near Missouri Valley and Rockies brings no rain. Light showers occurred in the Cotton Belt and New England with fair conditions elsewhere. Unseasonably hot in Gulf states and Mississippi Valley with hot dry weather favored into Friday.
Representatives of the Tobacco Association of the United States met in Asheville for the annual convention to discuss growing curing marketing manufacturing and distribution. A B Carrington of Danville Virginia is president. The 14 governors from North Carolina lead the board with 12 from Virginia and members from South Carolina Kentucky Georgia Tennessee and Florida.
Atlanta June 18 Py The long trail for successful Georgia office seekers ends with inaugural ceremonies on June 27 on the State House lawn. Richard B Russell Jr will take oath as governor joined by ten other state officers including Secretary of State John B Wilson and Attorney General George M Napier.
Good weather prospects raised hope for trans Atlantic flights with rules on sea visibility. Dr James H Kimball noted improving conditions and lack of Atlantic head winds prompting field activity on Long Island. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty prepared to depart from Roosevelt Field toward Harbor Grace before crossing to Europe. Ruth Nichols tested her plane in New York to Baltimore and eyed a possible Harbor Grace start for Paris.
Nash R. Broyles reports that Eugene Talmadge is reelected commissioner of agriculture with a January 1 start due to a new law. State salaries are listed: Governor 7500, Secretary of State 5000, Comptroller General 6200, Treasurer 6000, Attorney General 5000, Superintendent of Schools 4500, Agriculture 5000, Pension Commissioner 4000, Commerce and Labor 3500, Public Service Commission 3600, Prison Commissioner 3500, Supreme and Court of Appeals judges 7000.
Mrs John Hays Hammond widow of renowned engineer died in Washington after a weeks long illness. Her four children John Hays Jr Harris Natalie and Richard B Hammond were by her side except Richard who was in Paris. She married in 1880 and traveled with her husband during wartime aiding his release after a 1895 96 death sentence. She was known for civic and philanthropic work and counted royalty and European nobility among her friends.
Police investigated the deaths of Nick Mudulla Paul Antinor and Jimmy Valentine after three men died in an underground vault storing several hundred liquor cases in Tampa Florida. Marsh gas was tentatively blamed for the fatalities.
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