26 Mar 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1937
Page
1
Local chatter covers city manager election petitions, liquor referendum, and varied opinions on national issues. Editorial snippets mock or praise leaders, note travel kindness, and hint at political shifts with mentions of Roosevelt and prohibition debates shaping Georgia communities.
The Sherman postage stamps sold briefly in Georgia with initial curiosity but quickly faded. A Lee issue is planned next month and is expected to draw little attention beyond stamp collectors. The piece notes lingering southern admiration for Robert E. Lee and general resentment toward Sherman, while reflecting on state attitudes and broader views across the country.
New York theater notes a farcical interruption during a premiere as two actors break from the play to slap and hustle each other off stage. The pacing collapses into chaotic antics with one improv bit turning the scene into comic chaos rather than the intended comedy.
A jittery audience and tense first act gave way to a calm finish in a Broadway play. A famed earlier incident involved a giant man rushing the aisle, striking the director, triggering faintings and a near riot before police restored order and the curtain rose late. The motive remains a mystery.
Washington to halt the trans Atlantic hog calling contest as Secretary Hull pleads for calm. Mayor La Guardia and Hitler’s spokesmen clash in a drawn exchange, with barbed jabs and talk of sabotage and wordplay reflecting a heated public discourse.
The column mocks a German speech in a debate about Hitler while praising Senator James Hamilton Lewis for long sentences. It ridicules Nazi propaganda and German publicity chief Goebbels, comparing linguistic flair to political power.
Atlanta March 26. Highlights of the new state tax on chain stores levy $2 on the first mercantile establishment, $10 on the second, with the rate increasing by $5 per additional store up to $200 for the...
The new law applies for half of 1937 with stores at eight thousand dollars each and a five store chain at ten thousand dollars each. Taxes for 1937 are due June 30 and payable annually December 31 for the following year. A government survey notes Texas birth rate fell from 1934 to 1935 while the death rate rose.
In Loulaa Virginia population 301 there are 53 widows and 39.
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