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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
6
Fragmentary notes describe boxing figures including Payne and a young fighter in a film context. Mentions an accordion guest, actor Irving Cummings Jr. and studio disagreements over Payne’s action emphasis.
A fragmentary column mentions Jane Wyman sending a baby blanket to Anne Baxter's shower, a mix up that hints at an honor for marriage. It notes Lances Langford eyeing a Broadway musical this fall and a Florida visit with Jon Hall on 950 acres.
Ted Allen of Union Springs qualified for the July 30 Democratic primary seeking the unexpired Bankhead term. The 35 year old cotton mill worker and former shipyard hand said he aims to prove that a common man can reach high office and plans a hitchhiking campaign.
Chicago police report two officers planned to fly to Phoenix to question Richard Russell Thomas a 42 year old former nurse awaiting sentencing on a sex charge. Phoenix sheriff says Thomas claimed he kidnapped and killed Suzanne Degnan in January and provided details prompting scrutiny by Chief Storms.
Miss Lillian Evelyn Davis of Boston and Henry Nelson Crane of Dixie married Sunday afternoon at Evergreen Baptist Church. Rev. J W Chism performed the ceremony as music by Mrs. Jack Bower and Allen C Smith accompanied. The couple will reside in Moultrie after a Florida wedding trip.
Miss Francina Benson and Captain Thomas Randall Fluker Jr were married Saturday at First Baptist Church Quitman Ga. The ceremony was by Rev. Thomas Callaway with music by Pail Bennet and Mrs Evans Plowden. The Bible carried by the groom, a keepsake from his ETO duty, featured a white orchid.
Nine people were killed and 12 injured when a Missouri Pacific locomotive crashed into a truckload of Latin American agricultural workers near Harlingen Texas. The wreckage stretched 150 feet along the right of way and no truck occupants survived. State Patrol Capt Marvin Gordon cited a blocked view due to a string of freight cars on the siding at the crossing.
German frauleins praise American housewives for politeness and democratic spirit. They note no friction with occupation forces, and that Americans are cheerful, modest dressers with beloved shoes. German women admire restraint and courtesy in daily home life.
A jumble of arrival and departure times lists trains between Tallahassee Waycross Dothan Tifton and Monticello with various leave and arrive stamps. The garbled data suggests a regional schedule page detailing connections and frequencies without coherent narrative.
Atlanta report says Lon Sullivan and Rutherford Ellis sponsor a confidential opinions survey to determine which governor candidate can beat Talmadge. They ask officials statewide for input and plan a July 4 broadcast on WSB to reveal results, urging unity among progressive Georgians.
Cork oak trees grow to about 30 feet tall with trunks three feet in diameter or more, highlighting their sturdy frame and substantial presence in oak woodlands.
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