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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1937
Page
6
Washington sources report a clash between the Library of Congress and the National Archives over the transfer of constitution documents. The dispute centers on control, timing, and access to historic records, drawing attention from lawmakers and scholars.
A vintage Women’s health ad urges monthly sufferers to consider Cardus for relief. It claims Cardui improves appetite digestion and builds resistance when malnutrition weakens women, noting men’s functional pains also eased in many cases. It advises consulting a physician if Cardui fails and to ask a druggist for Cardui pronounced Oard-a-f.
Willie Turnesa of Holy Cross led the National Intercollegiate Championship into match play at Oakmont after a 71 in 36 holes to total 146. He defeated Dartmouth’s Bob Jacobson in medal play and joined the Turnesa family’s noted guidance against Yale’s Don Arthur. Princeton clinched the team title with a 644 aggregate.
The Constitution and Declaration of Independence rest in a 2,250,000 cubic foot cabinet in the Library of Congress. Archivist Connor wants them moved, but Librarian Putnam resists surrender. Senate and House library committees favor keeping the documents in place for now.
Meigs Georgia residents report a busy round of visits. Dixie Collins of Ocala Florida spent time with relatives before returning home. Several families, including the Braswells and J. W. Jones, traveled to Dublin and Cotton. Others hosted guests from Atlanta Tallahassee Nashville Miami Cairo and Macon as well as Thomasville and Pelham.
Meigs Georgia June 30 Fire Chief Julian Rouse led firefighters to the Meigs Service Station early yesterday to extinguish a fire on a gas tank. The flame was soon controlled with no significant damage reported.
Washington announces a nationwide postal inspection drive against fraudulent mutual benefit life protection groups using the mails. About 100 such schemes operate nationwide costing Americans hundreds of thousands yearly. recent prison sentences for leaders boost the effort.
J. B. Shuey, Cincinnati sanitation chief, estimates about 20 percent of the citys 400 000 rats drowned in the record January flood. He notes rats normally flee to higher ground via sewers but inundation blocked escape as sewers filled, leaving waste collectors with no rats on two dumps and reports of hundreds of dead rats trapped by rising water.
A 14 foot stainless statue of Sun Yat-sen will be erected in St Anne's square Frisco as a gift from the local Kuomintang. The plan includes a public memorial with funds from beneficiaries and critiques of charity-scheme promoters operating nationwide.
A Pelham Ga social page lists numerous visits and excursions. Mr Son Harris hosted a steak supper for friends at his parents home. groups traveled to Radium Springs for a moonlight picnic. many locals including Miss Lucy Parker and the Kemp and Joiner families appear in various visits, rehearsals, and trips to Washington Cairo and Fernandina Beach.
Logan West Virginia reports a one-armed paper hanger, Co B Beaman, 55, who lost his right arm in a North Carolina cyclone at age five. He also works as a wood grainer and painter and hangs about 30 wallpaper rolls daily, with top workers at 40 rolls.
A white rabbit owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Lightner in Toledo stood on its hind legs and lashed out with both paws when attacked by a large police dog. The dog backed off, proving the old saying.
A Wilmington report lists key milestones in the romance of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. and Ethel du Pont from 1934 to 1937. It notes meetings at a New York college dance, a Philadelphia wrestling mat incident, White House guest moments, naval boat races in Annapolis, an engagement announcement, a sinus infection hospitalization, and Roosevelt’s recovery visits to the du Ponts in Florida.
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