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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1932
Page
3
Reader letters and editorial snippets from the Times Enterprise in Thomasville Georgia critique politics and public issues. Items reference Hoover Roosevelt Baker and Georgia highway planning while noting local business and advertising anecdotes.
The senate voted against paying the 1945 bonus to ex servicemen, arguing it would burden taxpayers and governments while leaving many civilians hungry. The debate frames the issue as a moral choice between honoring service and preventing mass civilian hardship.
A long column surveys political slogans and tax fairness as the nation endures a prolonged downturn. It argues the rich must pay to aid the poor, warns against excessive taxation, and notes shifting fortunes as unemployment rises. It also touches on swimming as a health topic and assorted daily observations.
The piece argues the Republican liquor platform is milder and allows state regulation with federal supervision. It discusses potential abolition of prohibition in some states, protections for dry states, and federal powers over transportation and distribution, noting Georgia’s existing dry law and the political patchwork ahead.
In a tense island confrontation, Jerry Calhoun Emory Battle and Lt Stevens face Limpy Ashwood the gangster who imprisons six captives. Ashwood proposes parole for a peaceful stay or death if interference continues, detailing guarded control, and a risk to all if freedom is pursued.
The June 14 1932 regular meeting notes road petitions from 54 and 14 signers seeking widening and grading of the lower Boston road and Ellis Hicks road, with actions referred to the road committee. A tax deed issue involving Edna R Ogden land was resolved to convey to S M Carson after county approval. Referred fence repairs on Moultrie road to Supt Brown and county road policy discussion continued.
In Geneva over a weekend the United States joined Britain and France to press plans for concluding the World Disarmament Conference. The talks included Hoover via transatlantic communication and aimed to involve Japan Italy and Germany. No decision. discussions to be extended to additional governments.
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