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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1947
Page
3
Rome June 26 AP reports Italy's constituent assembly re elected 69 year old Enrico De Nicola as provisional president of the Italian Republic less than a day after his resignation citing poor health.
New York June 26 AP The general Federation of Women's Clubs defeated a resolution urging continuance of a federal equitable rent control program. Proponents cited help to veterans and young homemakers, while opponents argued property rights favor widows and renters and questioned ongoing controls.
Mrs W L Harris hosts a party for Frances Harris the new Mrs Bill Harris in Broad Street home Bishopville society members and out of town guests. Betty Turner bride elect receives attention from Misses Carolyn Fidson Katherine Smith and others as other social events preview the Turner Marrow wedding and related hospitality across town.
Announcement: the body of Mrs. Nellie Wood will be brought to Boston for interment Friday at four o clock after she died Tuesday in Miami Florida. Survivors include B O Wood of Pavo Sam Wood of Miami Mrs G S McCann Mrs N H Brite of Miami and Mrs Georgia Holloway of Register Georgia. The item notes fire death statistics in the United States have remained relatively stable over 30 years.
Otis Clifton Reagan formerly of Cairo now of Thomasville died after his motorcycle lost control on the Jairo highway near Greenwood Plantation. A truck owned by Armour and Co driven by Roscoe Spradley of Tifton struck him as he lay mangled on the road. The State Patrol investigated and funeral services were set for Cairo Presbyterian Church with interment in Cairo Cemetery. Reagan was 22, survived by wife Margaret Barksdale and daughter Suwanna, plus his mother Minnie Reagan and three brothers and a sister.
Russia’s V. M. Molotov arrived in Paris for three power conferences on American aid to Europe. British and U. S. representatives, including William L. Clayton and Lewis W. Douglas, reported broad conclusions from talks. Clayton planned to stay for consultation. Bevin and Bidault to meet Molotov on Marshall plan terms.
This week a local concern faced another safe robbery attempt with no loss or damage. The piece notes a rising crime wave and argues police under staffing, calls for cracking down on crime breeding areas, and criticizes unemployment benefits as disincentive to work while urging better community protection.
Editorial urges harsh action against idleness and vagrancy arguing that able bodied people should work. It cites Mosaic doctrine and warns that loitering spaces fuel crime while proposing amendments to laws to aid the unemployed through no fault of their own.
George Ford, University of Georgia fullback and Lowell Mass., student, showed regained consciousness and was described as satisfactory after a car accident near Waycross. He suffered two skull fractures and multiple cuts as the car overturned four times on the Waycross Athens highway. teammate Mike Cooley was uninjured.
The speaker argues that cutting police hires saves short term funds but leads to higher future expenses from court and prison costs. This cautious stance highlights long term financial risk and the futility of penny pinching police budgets.
Pittsburgh reports four day coal stoppage spurring wildcat walkouts and mass layoffs. About 222,000 miners idle as Hartley Taft labor law protests surge. Youngstown Sheet & Tube expects thousands idle. Alabama and Chicago plants also affected. The Duke of Windsor abdicated at 42.
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