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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1947
Page
1
Publication notice from Thomasville Georgia outlines association with the Associated Press and rights for republication. Includes billing and insertion deadlines for ads and schedules for the Week, six months, and year terms with contact details and editorial staff references.
Fragmentary narration discusses unemployment and recall references, mentions a girl nicknamed Snips, and hints at a political or social scene with themes of money saving and public consent. Text is garbled with missing context and unclear coherence.
Urgent appeal promotes using home banks for stability and future expansion. The piece notes wartime shifts to government bonds, evolving bank policies on interest and deposits, and FDIC guarantees of five thousand dollars, stressing trust-building actions by banks to attract savers and reduce overdraft charges.
A stream of men and ideas runs through social musings on sweetheart joy, pet attachments, family tensions, bold bets in advertising, and cautions about war plans. The piece juggles light humor with serious remarks on memory writers, consumer schemes, and fitness advice.
The piece argues Congress delays, unions and tax policy, while prices drift under inflation. It notes postwar salesmen, wartime allocations, and black market risks giving way as supply rises, inflation wanes, and purchasing power slowly improves, signaling a milder era.
A reflection on market signals and enduring profitability despite pessimism. The text notes that gloom is not admirable or wise, and cites visible indicators in commerce suggesting longer term gains for all, amidst challenging wartime context.
The Finney General Hospital in Thomasville, built at ten to fifteen million dollars, faces definite closure by the Veterans Administration. With reduced capacity and no veteran facilities between Lake City and Atlanta, talk of a Tallahassee replacement arises. The Bainbridge Searchlight calls for accountability and a full public explanation of the waste of tax money.
Athens Georgia June 23 AP Georgia housewives were advised to use a budget plan when canning for winter. Ruth Broach extension service specialist suggested 105 quarts per person including 20 tomatoes, 65 other vegetables, and 20 meats. She said budget canning ensures adequate supply and variety when fresh produce is unavailable. If a freezer is available, it can substitute for canned quantities.
Pilsen dispatches the first beer shipment since the war to the United States. The notable shipment marks a return of Pilsener beer from the famed Bohemian town as it resumes exports.
The Thomasville City Board of Education held a 3 p.m. meeting at the Bank of Thomas County direc tors room with President Jerger and members Scott Turner and Watt present. The board accepted a $526 federal grant under the Lanham Act for school operations for 1946 47 and approved related terms. The board released two teachers due to husbands’ transfers and approved a modified schedule to hire competent teachers. The meeting adjourned with signatures from Jerger and Mahler.
The Georgia Cooperative Council will hold its annual meeting June 30 and July 1 at the Henry Grady Hotel. Scheduled speakers include Gov. M. B. Thompson, Dr. William Neidlander of the University of Texas, and John H. Tavis, secretary of the National Farm Cooperative.
The Nation Today explains the Taft Hartley bill and its path to potential enactment. It outlines past labor law milestones Norris LaGuardia Wagner Act and the push to compel bosses to bargain with unions and limit unfair labor practices, noting critics say it grants unions sweeping power.
The Taft Hartley Act tightens union restrictions with provisions requiring union bargaining via a boss, banning closed shops, and allowing injunctions against strikes jeopardizing health and welfare. It loosens management restraints and limits union dues, while addressing unfair labor practices and contractor changes.
Byrd plans an early week takeoff on a projected Paris flight. Gov Walker to deliver final message soon. Mediators push for settlement as Ohio strike troubles grow amid a new crisis tied to the Spanish War developments. Joe Louis’ Alabama kin hail his heavyweight crown win. Thomas County Welfare Board gains state approval. John Hancock as Continental Congress president at Independence signing.
Five year old Joseph Eck startled his family and more than 100 policemen after choosing a sideboard drawer as a sleeping place during a frantic search in Philadelphia. An uncle Harry Cunningham found him curled up in the drawer with bed linens after rejecting upstairs sleep. The Thames River in England is 209 miles long.
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