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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1928
Page
1
The item presents a string of light anecdotes and quips from the Thomasville Times Enterprise page, noting playful lines about summer, transportation, local life, and social jokes. Names include Carlton, Catts, and Don Ford with regional references to Florida and Georgia.
Macon Telegraph editor John W. Hammond proposes a plan to accelerate state highway paving and reimburse counties for 21 million dollars already spent. It envisions a five cent gasoline tax plus federal aid totaling 13 million yearly, with dedicated uses for construction maintenance and county repayment within seven years. A financing commission would oversee the process.
The piece details Pullman porters push for higher pay through strikes and arbitration failure. It discusses financing plans for road projects via gasoline tax income and a broad political analysis of Governor Ritchie, Al Smith, and southern votes, ending with a quip about Coolidge.
Thomas W. Heflin spoke in Syracuse and Albany to oppose Catholics in an effort to sway New York voters against Smith. Governor Smith ordered state troops for protection as Heflin’s speech drew audience disruption and a minor fall from a failing platform. The episode illustrates local contempt and potential mob danger surrounding Heflin.
At a Kipling society luncheon in London the discussion touched on whether Kipling would accept a dollar twenty six per word with his response I never write to order. The exchange frames a larger view of authorial pricing and attitude toward assignment.
Wireless updates from Colombo report the Jervis Bay securely handling a mutiny aboard the Australian liner. Mutineers and stowaways are imprisoned under the hatches as authorities monitor the vessel after threats to fire.
Copenhagen dispatch reports a Swedish Northern Eix railway crash resulting in fourteen deaths and forty injuries. Details indicate a catastrophic derailment with multiple carriages involved near Copenhagen on June 22. Authorities investigate cause and secure the scene as rescuers assist the injured.
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