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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
2
President argues the earmark would force 165,000 unemployed from Works Progress Administration rolls, many sole providers, hindering subsistence. He urges a more effective approach to public works and stresses timely government action.
A new Admiration Hosiery Bar at Rosenberg's Department Store draws town interest. The display shows newest shade hosiery in two to seven thread weights. The Admiration Hosiery Club offers a free pair after twelve purchases, with Mrs. Posey and Mrs. Everett in charge and Herman Rosenberg assisting.
Georgia law prohibits slot machines pin ball tables punch boards or any game of chance. Sheriff C M Dixon warns that machines found operating after June 21 1939 will be confiscated and operators indicted by the Grand Jury convening in July.
Louisville court story recalls a bullet fired at Circuit Judge Churchill Humphrey when an assailant visited his home. One shot hit the judge in the leg. he recovered and the assailant was later committed to an asylum.
Fragmentary text describes objects as self liquifying and designed to maximize jobs per dollar invested. No clear entities or events are present to identify a date place or organization. The snippet suggests an economic claim about efficiency and employment.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Massey hosted guests from Tampa Fla including Mrs J H Massey Mo and Mrs Glen Massey and daughter Lara Glen and Roy C Massey. Mrs James L Carman Miss Catherine Carman and Mrs Hartley Lockhart plan return from Memphis Tenn with Miss Lockhart also visiting New York World's Fair. Miss Lockhart took the Manley Tour.
An advertisement from U No We No Radio at 342 West Jackson Street offers Southern Radio Service with phone contact 172 for radio sales and service.
The article notes France pushing to form a bloc to counter Rome Berlin axis and plans to sign a declaration with Turkey to maintain peace in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean. It also reports Bohemia and Moravia decrees restricting Jewish rights and a British American royal visit home from Canada and the United States.
Shanghai dispatch reports U S and British naval authorities rejected Japanese demands to remove destroyers and civilians from Swatow as tensions rise with blockades in Amoy and Tientsin. Pure Oil plans reveal Parasol Solvenized motor treatment to reduce carbon and boost mileage at a July rollout.
Elus Parker former Burlington County detective chief and his son Ellis H. Parker Sr. surrendered to U S Marshal to begin federal prison terms for conspiring to kidnap Paul H. Wendel. They were to be taken immediately to Lewisburg.
In a concluding address Mr Tumlin praised Scout work and announced Pure Oil would continue a trade paper Friendly Neighbor dedicating half to Boy Scout and Boy Patrol efforts. Attendees from Pelham Camilla Bainbridge Cairo Moultrie Quitman Valdosta Donaldsonville Coolidge Boston and more attended. The article also notes Parker sentencing and prior appeal defeat in a Lindbergh case related matter.
The old remedy calomel had harsh after effects and required salts. Calotabs offer the same cleansing action with less discomfort. Take one or two at bedtime with water or milk and wake refreshed to a clear head and ready appetite. Genuine Calotabs in checker board packaging cost twenty five cents for family sizes and ten cents for trials.
A milestone in preventing blindness is reported as newborns receive sulfanilamide in milk to clear eye inflammation caused by gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. The finding was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The piece also notes that San Francisco was once Yerba Buena.
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