03 May 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
1
A collage of commentary on budgets and politics from Georgia and Thomasville. Notes on paving, taxes, highway funds, school pensions, and public services. Opinions on modernization, weather, health, and civic duty frame a citizen view of state and local issues.
At a Ritz cocktail party in New York Merle Oberon flatly states she is not going to marry Alexander Korda. The British producer is rumored as a match, with Oberon insisting they remain only friends despite headlines and social attention. James Roosevelt and Grand Duchess Marie of Russia attended the event.
A Washington Daybook excerpt recalls President Roosevelt addressing the Pan American Union in the Hall of the Americas. The scene notes intense lighting, camera crews, and diplomats urged to face the camera for newsreels. It also mentions Miss Merle Oberon and Hollywood chatter surrounding marriage questions.
The brief notes a late census year push and political maneuvering amid past expansion efforts. It mentions Thomasville as a prior example of stepping out during such campaigns.
In Atlanta, Georgia, a group of physicians gathered for a medical meeting addressing recent sos issues in the field. Conference speakers discussed clinical updates, patient care, and evolving treatment protocols impacting hospital practice.
A literary style page blends wedding notices and entertainment listings with radio program references from Lone Ranger style front pages. The collage includes concert prompts, dance music hours, and various personalities such as Kay Kyser Roy Shield and Paul Whiteman, plus a word puzzle and trivia lists.
Reads a Midland era schedule listing multiple programs across networks including News Our American School Dance Music and various music and drama segments. Mentions changes in timing and hosting names such as Leo Weber Howie Wing Sophie Tucker Amos and Andy Jim Stern and Lowell Thomas.
An English city stage pageant on Roman, Saxon, Norman, and Briton history suffers from rain and chill weather. A shivering barefooted man in tunic and helmet is mistaken for Appius Claudius but says he is “an’appy as hell” in humorous contrast to the grand event description.
A Civil War era figure Rice, famed Alabama lawyer and orator, later ran for Congress in a mountain district. In one county visit he faced a giant blacksmith who challenged his wartime assurances. The reply praised Confederate soldiers while acknowledging wartime misjudgments.
A fragmented political column from Thomasville voices alarm at fiscal loose policies and rising government bureaucracy. It cites Democratic fears, warns of bankruptcy, and urges attention to states rights and liberties while appealing to women owners of wealth and life insurance holders.
The May Fortune feature by Ray Tucker argues anti Roosevelt forces in the Democratic party plan to oust him to avert a New Deal collapse. It describes Capitol Hill discussions of nominating another figure, or forcing a convention fight, to claim the party’s future.
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