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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1928
Page
3
A parade of locals and visitors fills the page with names from Atlanta to Birmingham and Valdosta to Waycross. Half price sale on summer hats runs June 28 to July 7 at 128 North Broad Street. Community updates include recoveries after operations at John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital and notes on local repairs and yard work.
Lisbon, June 27. British aviator Captain Frank T. Courtney, who departed for the Azores toward the United States, returned to Lisbon this afternoon after a water tube leak on his seaplane about 150 miles from Lisbon.
In the first game Boston edges Washington 4 to 1 in nine innings with Burke Lisenbee and Ruel on the mound for Washington and Ruffing Hoffman for Boston. Philadelphia beats New York 4 to 3 in a late rally as van Don and Collins duel Grove and Cochrane. National League shows Philadelphia and New York tied in a low scoring affair as Miller Schulte Aldridge and O Farrell contribute to a pitching duel.
Reports from Spitzbergen describe failed search attempts for the Italia party and six men on the ice as fog and snow hinder rescue work. Italian and Swedish rescuers struggled to reach Nobile and his colleagues while Amundsen’s party also faced delays.
Report from San Salvador notes locals believe Jurassic monsters may survive in Central and South American jungles after hunters found a strange beast at La Union port. Described as bull-bodied with a horse-like head and four jaws with seventeen teeth, officials classify the remains as an ichthyosaurus skeleton now headed to the National University for study.
Dr J W Wallace Thomas County Health Commissioner said the city milk report shows dairies above average and the milk is perfectly safe for drinking. He noted no advance notice of inspections and that visits were casual and unannounced.
It emphasizes the quality of Cox Croft's piano tuning and repair services and asserts they are the best in their field. The line promotes the shop's expertise and value for customers seeking piano maintenance.
A lengthy, cordial candidates’ forum in Thomas County featured tax receiver and ordinary contenders along with county school and commission hopefuls. Speakers including Titus Reese and others discussed issues, records, and citizenship with humor and no bitterness, while several candidates sought further meetings.
About 200 Georgia delegates backed Roper as chair and Sam Nunn as secretary while firmly opposing wet positions. Georgia leaders and speakers urged a dry plank, asserting the party must oppose any wet candidate and preserve Prohibition loyalties amid a regional battle within the Democratic convention.
Ohio's vote shift to Smith makes his nomination virtually assured. Some opponents fear Oklahoma delegates backing Reed could block Smith on the first ballot, while Florida protests say the convention should resist Tamany Hall influence and avoid overreaching the party's loyalty.
Athens Ga Louis S Moore was unanimously elected State Commander of the Georgia American Legion at the state convention in Athens The Telegram notes three Thomasville residents L S Moore Mrs P I Dixon and D D Arden held posts and Brunswick was chosen as the next meeting place
Oklahoma delegation votes its first ballot for Senator Reed of Missouri in Houston on June 27.
The Ohio delegation caucus authorized its chairman to switch nearly all 48 votes from former Senator Atlee Pomerene to Governor Alfred E. Smith at any time from the start of the first ballot.
Smith delegations from Louisiana the District of Columbia and the Panama Canal Zone were seated today by the Democratic Convention without a roll call after the credentials committee recommended dismissal of protests. Colonel Carl L. Ristine Missouri filed a minority protest but waived a vote.
Milton was ill and Mr Mason could not attend. The meeting adjourned at eleven after three hours with many lively and intensely amusing moments. The large crowd was pleased to be present.
Marshal Pilsudski’s cabinet resigned today in Warsaw. A new cabinet under M. Bar tels has been formed, signaling a major political shift in Poland.
At a convention morning session a quarrel erupted as Alabama supporters clashed with opposing demonstrators over state standards. Police intervened to separate Smith and Georgia factions while North Carolina’s standard was damaged and then restored on the speaker platform as order was restored.
Judge Morris withdrew his sub resolution and Mayor Walker's motion to adopt the order of business passed unanimously. The plan includes speeches, a report by the committee on platform and resolutions, then the selection of the presidential candidate and a vice president.
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