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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1932
Page
1
A mosaic of brief, untitled items covers politics, society, and daily生活. The page jests at campaigns, keeps a satirical eye on Capone, notes heavy rain, and ponders debt and prohibition while tossing in stray remarks about advertising and dogs.
The Savannah Press urges caution on a proposed Georgia constitutional amendment allowing voting on poll tax payments. It argues registration should reflect civic duties, warns eliminating tax payment as a voting gate risks fraud and disorganization, and calls voters to consider potential consequences before supporting the amendment.
Valdosta jurist Judge Little refused Governor Russell's offer to join the court of appeals after Judge Bloodworth's death. The press of business and six month term were cited, with three candidates named for Bloodworth's successor including Judge Goodrich as the favored pick. The piece notes posturing ahead of September primaries and hints politics shaping the contest.
The completion of the first east to west highway across southern Georgia brings Route 38 and Route 50 paving from the Alabama line to Brunswick. The highway board plans continue paving market roads to help farmers reach Brunswick Savannah and Jacksonville ports, with benefits for cotton naval stores tobacco and truck crops. The Tifton Gazette urges continued road funding and tax reform to support Georgia producers and markets.
The piece discusses a Kelley gubernatorial bid proposing to shift highway funds to the general government to reduce ad valorem taxes. It questions whether income tax would replace these levies and warns the plan might not save taxpayers, instead altering fund allocation.
Route 38 completes paving as Georgia's first cross state east west highway linking interior areas to the coast. The opening ends a long desire for modernized travel and provides a direct paved route toward Brunswick and island resorts.
The route runs along Georgia's southern counties from Alabama line at Early to Waycross, connecting with Route 50 to the coast. County seats Donaldsonville Bainbridge Cairo Thomasville Quitman Valdosta Waycross Nahunta and Brunswick are joined by the all paved highway. Opening offers an ideal travel artery to coastal Georgia boosting visits to resorts for fishing and vacations year round.
The Brunswick News reports a curious challenge where the winner with only one suit faces a pool dip. If the suit is seersucker he goes home, otherwise it dries on him. the incident is described as not a bad dose for the candidate to swallow.
A sharp critique notes lawmakers defeated a salary reduction bill after previously passing the bonus bill, calling the action a craven move by Congress.
A fragment suggests an unnamed figure called Means could avoid harsher punishment if public whipping lasted about an hour and additional penalties were found, with rest in prison and justice potentially served.
Nancy Wentworth is held by Ashwood on a yacht off Mexican waters in a ransom plot. Detective Jerry Calhoun trails Ashwood as Nancy battles the plan to sell her freedom and future to the highest bidder. Lucci plots an escape while Nancy braces for an uncertain fate.
Rep Will Bankhead of Alabama uses a speech in Statuary Hall to honor fallen lawmakers from the House. He notes 16 representatives and 3 senators who have died since the 72nd Congress and pledges to let posterity judge their record. He partners with ex-clerk William Tyler Page to draft the tribute.
A tense scene unfolds as a gangster stalks a wary woman Miss Wentworth. He predicts the violent end of the man in danger, vowing brutal retribution and escape to Chicago as an inhuman scream shatters the night.
In Cordele Georgia a guard named Charlie Parker and two convicts were killed when gasoline from a railroad tank car ignited during unloading into a storage container. Parker was thrown from the tank car and burned. both convicts suffered fatal burns. A nearby negro home was destroyed by the fire.
Cleveland confirms the death of Alexander Winton Sr at age 72. He is described as the first commercial manufacturer of automobiles, building the first car in a Cleveland factory and producing eight cylinder racing cars by 1903, with early street use in 1895.
The Southern Association produced two results with Knoxville and New Orleans victorious. New Orleans Pelicans beat Chattanooga 7 to 6 with 16 hits and 4 errors while Lookouts fell short in the final innings. Big Jim Edwards earned the Knoxville 6 to 5 win over Little Rock with a ninth inning single by Bigelow breaking the tie. Memphis and Atlanta did not play due to wet grounds.
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