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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1939
Page
1
A collage of stray opinions and quotes on politics labor and law includes remarks on education debt and taxation. It cites Gandhi hunger strikes the Garden Pilgrimage through Georgia and debates over time zones and salaries amid a patchwork of garbled newspaper prose.
The column denounces derisive jokes about mental and physical infirmities and argues for humane relief practices. It condemns public scorn of the mentally ill and notes the harmful impact of mockery on vulnerable groups and families. It mentions divorce moves in Georgia and scandal over movie stars smuggling jewelry.
The Georgia Garden Club Pilgrim age tour begins March 22 with plans to showcase numerous gardens across the state. Organizers hope many residents will view gardens in Savannah and other sections during the event.
Savannah Press notes the effect of Barron Collier’s death on Radium Springs near Albany and outlines a multi city tour across Georgia from Thomasville to Athens. The piece highlights historic houses and plantations along the route such as Mimosa Hall Wild Heron Plantation Wormsloe and Greenwood and mentions ongoing labor payroll scrutiny in Congress with debates to weed out unnecessary jobs.
The Roosevelt administration pushes to remove restraints on executive diplomacy while warning that the neutrality act may hinder allied support. Critics say it weakens US leverage with England, France, and other nations as Munich echoes in ongoing warnings about Germany and Italy. The fight ties to the League of Nations legacy and isolationist sentiment.
George Tucker’s column recounts performer Man About Manhattan, a thick chested entertainer known for risque songs and stage authority. He wowed a Delta Tau Delta crowd at the Ambassador during a Dinner Week, including a parody on Neville Chamberlain titled The Umbrella Man.
A scattered word puzzle page lists numerous clues across and down with many partial, garbled, or merged words. Readable items include references to nature, objects, places, and activities, interspersed with errors and unfinished phrases.
A description of how a visiting dignitary would be met on arrival in New York around noon. Whalen and retinue would ride in open limousines with motorcycle escorts down Fifth Avenue amid cheering crowds, creating the impression the city honored the guest. Also notes discussion on cultural writers and World’s Fair guidebook culture.
In a tense domestic moment, Mr. Pepper erupts when a small kitten wanders in as his wife hides the children and steps out for a neighbor call. The scene captures a household at wit’s end as temper flares over minor provocation.
The passage notes differences in spelling such as shewn vs shown and manoeuvre vs maneuver, and remarks on vocabulary like favour and bloody. It observes that announcers list initials or pseudonyms on radio programs when sponsors cannot afford the real names, and that British terms reflect distinct usage in England.
Jennings Neely, a fire insurance salesman, turned away from a residence to pursue a prospect when smoke blanketed the roof of the neighboring house and flames burst out. He returned, acted quickly, and helped extinguish the blaze. A distant truck crash injured a laborer, severing two fingers. In Bartow Wisconsin a power line fell across a fence after a crash. A worker nearby crawled toward work and lost fingers also. In Santa Ana California barbers closed 50 shops in protest over price cuts by Jessu James Kerby, reopening after civic leaders intervened. Cologne Cathedral, Rhineland, took five centuries to finish with final touches in 1880.
Sunday program notes a Biol2 School session at 7 00 p m with pastor's message Peters Prayer on the Housetop and a 9 00 p m Evening worship sermon The Sin of Hypocrisy A church invitation extends to all worshippers Wednesday March 22 special service with Rev P A Lester of Morven on Stewardship F A Bone pastor
In a district court in Omaha Judge Herbert Rhoades hears a witness recount a quarrel between the two principals in a divorce suit over a card game. The judge jokes that his wife provokes him by finesse and ace cards, but says that does not constitute grounds for divorce.
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