30 Jun 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1937
Page
1
A miscellany of brief items covers politics and public life, including questions about Georgia state symbols, women mayors, weather, and local civic events. It notes a policy discussion on mail fraud, insurance scams, and education on word usage at Morris High School.
The piece discusses the surge of cross word and guessing contests in advertising and newspapers. It notes puzzles entertain many, while questioning educational value and stressing consumer amusement over serious learning, with IQ testing as a separate measure of reasoning and knowledge.
The piece argues against using streets and sidewalks as showrooms and sale spaces while noting past clutter from itinerant stands. It urges balanced street commerce that protects public convenience and fairness, questioning who would serve if leaders are absent and noting a Georgia tax issue tied to a Los Angeles meeting.
The Palm Beach Post laments a broken education system with a new streamlined approach and argues that high schools produce graduates less able to spell pronounce or use common words than one room schools did with the fifth reader. It notes the Three R s are in arrears signaling a national shame in literacy.
An orange blossomed bride and her groom faced a surprise rice ambush by Western Union messengers during their Little Church Around the Corner ceremony. The incident popularized via a friend in Atlanta shows rice toss has become a curious new custom.
Eastern and daylight time listings show Amos n Andy and Wayne King on WEAF with orchestras and dramas like Lights Out. NBC WJZ offers Easy Aces chat by Mrs Roosevelt and NBC Minstrel Show with multiple orchestras and vocalists.
Memphis Chickasaws moved a game and a half ahead of the Southern Association pack after a doubleheader split with Chattanooga 4-3 and 9-1. Little Rock won and tied 10-2 and 5-5 in Atlanta, Birmingham beat Knoxville 3-2, and New Orleans defeated Nashville 10-2.
The note explains training 40,000 men yearly and a reserve of 400,000 expected by independence on July 4 1946 in the Philippine Commonwealth. It mentions a ship name and a 21 cent radio tagging charge plus a 10 cent tax. A two word message like Bon Voyage costs $1.36, illustrating phrase economy.
Jeffersonville Ind A miniature grove of maple saplings grew from walls of the Chestnut Street school after workmen replastered following a January flood. An investigation found plaster mixed under a maple tree, revealing how the saplings formed.
A letter delivered to Greenlee Jones in Van Buren, Arkansas, twelve years and twelve days after slipping behind a mailbox. The postman collected extra postage due to rate changes since 1925. The missive was a request for a loan from a friend in Oklahoma.
In Yakima Washington Stephen Carrico was pinned between a wagon and a trestle when lumber shifted on the wagon causing the front to lift. He sustained a sprained back and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
In San Diego Mrs Berthamis heard a mouse in a trap then found her house was on fire. Neighbors or firmen responded quickly to control the blaze and save the home.
Gehrig of the Yankees led AL batting with .363 and 397 hits. Greenberg of the Tigers topped RBIs with 65 and 56 runs, while Bonura of the White Sox had 64 RBIs. Walker led in hits with 93 for the Tigers, Bell of the Browns had 86, and doubles were led by Vosmik and Geh rig with 22, tied with Bonura and Bell.
Medwick of the Cardinals tops several categories including batting average .406 and RBI 55 runs. P Waner of the Pirates hits .370 with 94 hits, while Medwick leads in home runs with 16 and doubles with 26. Pitcher Warneke of the Cardinals is 9-2.
Georgia Stages and Coleman Motor Lines publish bus times from Atlanta Dothan Waycross Tallahassee Monticello and Monticello routes. Daily departures include morning mid day and evening trips with varied arrival windows and weekend restrictions noted.
A mountain preacher Pa Jordan in West Virginia visits visiting Northern men staying at a cabin. He notes one stranger wears glasses and uses them for reading as well as other purposes.
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