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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
2
A jumble of local notes and opinions fills the page with remarks on figures like Gene Talmadge Hugh Howell and Roosevelt. It mentions Georgia wine aims goats milk prices and veterans payments while lampooning Russian policy and early morning noises.
The article notes Thomasville face a municipal budget deficit and slow tax collection. It discusses limited Georgia taxation forms, current indebtedness needing liquidation, and the impact on city services and creditors. It also reflects on postwar insurance company management shaping broader financial stability.
The city faces debt and tax hikes to fund Broad street overpass with an estimated cost up to fifteen thousand dollars. Alderman Key endorses the project funded by government aid, while rails against diluting other budgeted programs. The piece also notes Nix's reluctance to run for governor and tensions in the state political scene as Wirkin and Weltner dynamics unfold.
The piece argues eight billion in relief aided homes and lives and boosted business, while life insurers paid nine billion to beneficiaries despite turmoil. It critiques a Soviet style project in New Jersey led by Tugwell, describing a planned village for 200 families, a factory, and government wage promises as unsuitable for competitive America.
A murky note links Landon to a hustle while discussing a processing tax seen as paying others. The League of Nations plans to meet again, and Sea Island emerges as a pricey but suggested retreat for those able to cover a weekly tariff.
Washington sources expect the administration to adjust the reciprocal trade treaty program. So far Secretary Hull has agreed to tariff reductions on some commodities in about a dozen treaties, though no rule requires each nation to match purchases to its exports. The aim is faster freer trade under most favored nation terms to boost U. S. advantage.
The secretary of state may adjust his stance as Brazil and Germany negotiate a 46 million dollar trade exchange and Australia imposes barriers. Critics question whether triangular trade under most favored nation rules will evolve to require reciprocal U S purchases of wheat or cotton in exchange for wine or coffee.
Nellie Granger, heroine of a transport plane crash, returns from a West Indies cruise and greets Lou Warwick of the TWA publicity staff at the dock. Reporters chase a rumored engagement as fashion notes cite London tan and navy blue as favored colors for the season. The National Emergency Council office at No. 2 Lafayette Street provides an address for questions.
Harriet Root leads a Lorain Ohio girl in a feature on a council fielding daily inquiries about war service Red Cross roles and odd local curios such as Froze To Death creek and worm markets. The report mentions 75000 queries last year and a montage of figures from theater to city life.
A Macon section called the peach orchard endured heavy property damage after a rain hail and wind storm yesterday. Winds reached 47 mph, a house was struck by lightning another was unroofed and several garages wrecked with many trees felled.
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