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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1946
Page
1
A patchwork of local notices warns on ad insert deadlines, market quality, and policing inflation. The column frets about Congress, OPA, and labor unrest while pondering Vine son and Pepper politics and Russian UNO stance.
The Thomas county registration count for printing shows 7084 total with 6003 whites and 1003 blacks, up sharply from 1945 figures. The increase reflects new voters including 18 to 21 year olds and black residents, with lists certified but not closed until July fifth.
A regional editor urges building a new Thomasville hotel with modern fire safety standards after recent catastrophic fires in LaSalle and Dubuque. The piece argues safety must guide design, even if costs rise, to attract discerning visitors and prevent tragic losses.
The speaker recalls mandatory inoculations for travel to the USSR and the fearsome routine of injections. A personal physician eagerly administers shots, mocking the dread with a grim laugh. A Nashville hotel encounter highlights public nerves about vaccinations and travel.
Augusta GA June 19 AP Georgia veterans of foreign wars voted 452 to 32 against condemning the Ku Klux Klan amid hours of debate. Delegates said the resolution carried political implications that could affect governor candidates. J S Pruitt urged the issue be dropped. Governor Ellis Arnall spoke as the encampment ended with officer elections.
The Florida Pulp and Paper Company of Pensacola, Fla., is bought by St. Regis Paper Company in a stock exchange valued at about 7.5 million dollars. St. Regis acquires all Florida firm stock from J. M. Allen and associates, issuing St. Regis common stock. The move includes about 25 percent equity in Alabama Pulp and Paper Company, led by the same officers.
A short fragment emphasizes careful attention to a crucial construction phase. The text stresses diligence and proper handling during this important stage to ensure quality and safety.
Census Bureau data show 55,320,000 people employed in May 1946. That total tops July 1943 wartime peak by 670,000 and includes 450,000 workers on strike. Unemployment stands at about 2.31 million, with 3.092 million receiving unemployment pay from Social Security and VA programs.
By Bob Thomas Hollywood June 19 AP a show business couple celebrates their golden wedding anniversary John Barton and Anne Ashley the pair who starred in Canal Boat Sue and Tobacco Road mark fifty years since they wed after meeting in a Pittsburgh play They will toast the anniversary tomorrow with an afternoon reception then perform in Tobacco Road and Canal Boat Site later in the evening Social notes from town report on Nancy Guild Vic Mature Wayne Morris Bing Crosby Alexis Smith Craig Stevens Bette Davis Gene Tierney and Henry Ford news follows in brief items.
Sumter county has gained possession of Souther Field in Americus Georgia from the War and contracted with W J Graham to operate the air base. The facility includes three steel hangars a machine shop a boiler house and a large administration building. The field lacks paved runways but a large area exists near the hangars and plans call for three runways about 500 feet wide and 4 000 feet long.
In a tense Brooklyn scene, Red argues a twelve thousand dollar jackpot linked to the murdered doctor may point to Joey. Jigger presses Red to trace the payoff rumor while noting the doctor kept meticulous records and the suspect’s motive remains unclear.
Macon Georgia June 19 AP Bibb County officials opened a probe into dismantled small frame dwellings at Warner Robins army air fields bound for North Carolina and Virginia The investigation aims to determine why homes are being shipped while Macon Bibb County faces an alarming housing shortage. Eidgra Meadows said the commission plans to uncover motives as two contractors have begun dismantling the structures used by field employees during the war.
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