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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
4
Two candidates announce bids for county commissioner in Thomasville Meigs district. Claude Rountree seeks a second term promising faithful service and countywide benefits. J L Pilcher seeks election in the white primary to be held September 10 1930 and pledges to act for the district and county interests.
A collection of candidate notices for the White primary in 1930 Thomas County. B W McMillan seeks Coolidge Merrillville Ellabell District seat, W T Mardre and W B Cochran seek re election to legislature and county commissioner posts, while Duncan Bickley pledges economy and Meigs district re election.
Stephen G. Porter longtime chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee dies in Allegheny General Hospital at 2 40 a m eastern daylight time He was ill for two months after a voyage from London and death was attributed to cirrhosis of the liver Porter 52 was a leading Republican figure in Pennsylvania politics noted for the Knox Porter resolutions crafting postwar relations with Germany and Austro-Hungary President of the delegation and advocate on drug control issues deaths and tributes poured in from around the world
A powerful windstorm in Atlanta ends the city’s heat spell, causing glass breaks, minor injuries to four people, and the destruction of an old grandstand. Two thousand telephones were knocked out as heat claimed a second victim in Macon. Drought threatens Arkansas crops with heavy truck losses foreseen.
Dan L. Wood a 49 year old Atlanta attorney lies in a hospital bed after a single day in which he was arrested for loitering and drunkenness, rearrested for contempt, and jailed for intoxication. He collapsed from a fall after climbing a window at 4 05 pm and was hospitalized at 4 15 pm.
In France the birth rate exceeds the death rate for the first quarter of the year. Births reached 188 756 while deaths stood at 177 959. The notices include other brief items from Montreal Winnipeg and Liverpool with social and political notes.
Moscow reports on the opening day of the sixteenth congress of the All Union Communist Party with a long front page review of Bolshevik achievements since the party’s last meeting two years ago. The statement emphasizes continued progress and party strength.
The regime claims rapid industrial, social, and agricultural gains in two years, asserting advances surpass the entire previous decade. Officials say reforms have modernized sectors, improved living standards, and boosted output nationwide.
Washington reports 4-H club enrollment at 756 096 for 1929, up 92 156 or 13.9 percent from 1928, the largest yearly rise in the movement. Of the increase, 32 975 were boys and 59 181 were girls.
Captain J. Murphy of Columbia University leads the varsity crew as a favorite in the Intercollegiate rowing title race at Poughkeepsie with strong prospects for victory.
The political career began after Harvard College graduation in 1888 and peaked in 1912 when he helped engineer Taft's nomination, prompting Theodore Roosevelt to split with the party and run on the Progressive ticket.
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