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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
3
Cambridge researchers Professor Philip Drinker and A L Shaw of Harvard showcase an airtight tank respirator. A suction pump creates a slight vacuum around the patient to draw air into the lungs, then reverses to expel air. The device has run on one patient for three weeks.
Atlanta June 27 The state highway commission awarded contracts for eleven projects totaling 1 753 194 52 bringing the 1930 program to over 10 million dollars. Campbell Construction Co Columbus Ga won 358 856 56 for between Swainsboro and Statesboro. Carolina Construction Co Columbia S C 267 024 36 for 10 miles concrete between Gainesville and Baldwin. Wesco Company Chattanooga Tenn 259 224 98 for 13 miles concrete between Perry and Hawkinsville. MacDougald Construction Co Atlanta 228 771 38 for 9 miles paving between Winder and Jefferson. Whitley Construction Co LaGrange Ga 161 155 94 for 7 miles concrete between Atlanta and Austell. Noonan Construction Co Pensacola Fla 153 814 89 for 6 miles concrete between Griffin and Zebulon. Duval Construction Co Jacksonville Fla 213 981 36 for 14 miles resurfacing Valdosta Waycross. Bridges: B B Schott Decatur 18 745. Beckham Lawler Perry 29 863. Five tenths mile surface treatment between Macon and Perry in Houston county to Campbell Construction Company Columbus for 19 163 09.
A FEI Continental dispatch from El Paso reports Governor Francisco Almada of Chihuahua and provisional Governor Manuel Jesus Estrada contending to govern from Chihuahua City. Agrarian forces show mixed support, federal troops control the streets amid rising tension and reports of a Villa Cautemoc faction marching toward the capital.
Springfield Newfoundland June 27. Federal Judge Fitzhenry cannot distinguish between beer and near beer. William Musselman is freed after testifying he cannot tell the difference and would not punish someone for an apparently illegal alcoholic content.
E M Brown aged 83 died at his Fitzgerald Georgia home. He is survived by his widow and one son and a daughter. In Missouri building and loan associations hold assets exceeding 200 million dollars. Warrenton Missouri hosts an annual shooting match followed by a dance dating from 1856.
A. B. Carrington of Danville urged slower marketing of tobacco to even out prices through the season. Speaking to the Tobacco Association of the United States in Virginia Beach, he praised Virginia and North Carolina efforts to diversify crops and reported 1929 regional crop totals and prices, noting quality variances and legislative efforts in South Carolina and Georgia.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company of Youngstown and the Berger Manufacturing Company of Canton merged to form the Republic Steel Corporation. They reported Ohio property valuation at $181,186,595 and non Ohio holdings valued at $540,433,979, with merger papers filed with the secretary of state Clarence J. Brown.
Zion City Illinois June 27 The issue of chewing gum becomes a point of law and order when three Zion Industries workers Misses Lillian Dorothea and Mary Baker confess to purchasing and chewing gum. Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva dismisses them saying Zion chewing gum must be chewed.
Nine year old Sophia Minsovich was struck by lightning near Hackettstown as an electrical storm caused extensive property damage in northern New Jersey. The incident occurred during a heat wave relief period last night.
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