23 Jun 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
1
The column blends a lively mix of editorials and social commentary. It jokes about taxes Ford cars social security and pensions while noting Georgia road conditions and a desire for a Thomasville cruiser. It references Ed Wynn and various national events with tongue in cheek humor.
In Jacksonville a coroner jury holds parents culpable for negligence after a child dies from severe burns. The report details blame and the circumstances prompting the verdict.
An editorial discusses a nine year old death after a burn and argues faith healing opposed by medicine. It links to social subsidies, infant mortality, and birth rates, noting legislation proposing a fifty dollar birth subsidy. It weighs birth control influences and benefits of medical care for mothers and babies.
State market facilities are praised for efficiency while suggesting retail stands for growers at the grounds. City and county officials may study allowing small retail purchases from growers to serve housewives aiming to preserve and can vegetables and fruit. The note mentions six tax dodgers and a weather affected ball game.
Preston Groover analyzes how a wage hour bill could unintentionally favor monopolistic practices by shaping competition. He traces historical shifts in cotton mill locations from New England to the South, warns that protection of one industry risks monopoly, and discusses past and potential futures of regulation and government intervention.
A collage of quirky facts shows rearranging the six letters S E C U R A to form a common daily word, plus personal anecdotes about Noel Thornton Dennis Taylor and Charles Norris at age ten, Morton Downey in Dublin during King George VI's coronation, Angna Eater on versatility, Dick Money's Broadway-Forth Worth commute, and Harold Lloyd's boxing past.
Miss Harriet Hunter reports dead roses and a wind‑battered vine that grew on wallpaper after three years. She plans to coax a fresh sprig from a bush inside her house as replacement. In Duluth two boys find a $1000 coin cache while digging for treasure.
A bolt of lightning down a chimney at the A. L. Walker home struck James Allred causing a watch to fall from his wrist. He was uninjured. In South Bend a man named George Byars 55 received 200 days on the penal farm in place of a $200 fine for selling a so called cancer cure whose main ingredient was ordinary axle grease.
New York gossip notes Rudolf Friml jokes about his marriages during a midnight sailing with nightlife reporters. He says he will dine in Paris with his second wife next week after dinner with his third wife, then remarks his first wife turned out bad because she married again. The scene blends humor with a playful insider view of celebrity life.
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