09 May 1934
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1934
Page
1
May 9 Lercs Britain and France clash over ship cuts of British airplane engines to Germany. Foreign Office calls reports ridiculous and says ships were solely for civil aviation after a verbal inquiry by the French ambassador.
Guaranteed reconditioned Dodge and Plymouth cars offered by Thomson Alderman Co. at 82 North Madison Street with a focus on value and reliability.
Mr. W A Scott of Birmingham and other visitors called here yesterday. Mrs. Alice Jackson and Mrs. W S Maloney of Miami are visiting the Jackson home. L D Lawrence of Atlanta and J N Parker of Atlanta were in town on business or visiting. The condition of Mr. L S Moore was reported improved after a second operation. Four Class of 1934 nurses from Annie Mills Archbold Training School will graduate with ceremonies May 12 at five o'clock behind the nurses home with speeches, medals, and diplomas to be presented.
An Italo Austro Hungarian economic pact was agreed in Rome and will be signed likely on Saturday. It centers on reciprocal and preferential dates a minimum export price accord and fixed purchase quantities of products notably wheat and flour. Negotiators include Dr Richard Seliver Austrian minister I D Winkier Hungarian export chief and Dr Chianccarelli Italian foreign ministry official.
President Roosevelt said the United States will seek war debt collection while offering hearings to distressed debtor nations asking for reduced payments. He noted token payments by Britain may be considered, but no terms of revision or new obligations have been agreed, with no applications yet for hearings.
Tokyo May 9 UP A formal protest against Britain s quotas on Japanese imports is likely to open Japan s first move in the Anglo Japanese trade war. Foreign office officials say the British restrictions infringed the most favored nation clause of the Anglo Japanese commercial treaty. They note Japan protested France s quotas in the past.
In Sumter on May 19, Ozie Mathis a 19 year old white youth and Sam Bell a 24 year old Black man faced a hearing before U S Commissioner R J Bland on charges of attempting to extort five thousand dollars from J F Bland the commissioner's brother under threat of death Officers announced last night that Mathis and Bell had confessed to the extortion attempt.
In Kala mata harbor Greek police and troops opened fire on strikers today, killing six men and one woman and wounding an unknown number. The mob held its ground as authorities called for more soldiers after soldiers unleashed machine guns to quell protests against new grain loading devices that experts said would cost jobs.
Quarterfinals in the Dixie Invitation Tournament were postponed to today to begin doubles action. George Lott and Lester Stoefen lead the field after Lott defeated Harvey Terrell 6 0 7 5. Bryan Grant advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-2 8-10 6-3 win over Robert Little.
Oglethorpe Petrels defeated Georgia Tech 4 to 2 as rain postponed one game to determine the city championship. Tech has won two games to Oglethorpe’s one in the series with one game to be played on a rain date.
Columbus beat Georgia Military Academy 9 to 6 in a postponed big six schedule game played yesterday in Atlanta.
Frank Eidson chaired the Rotary Club program featuring High School student performers. Charles Singletary played three violin pieces with Constance Balfour at the piano, and Laele Remus recited Uncle Remus with Bert Ausley in dialect. Jack Turner accompanied at the piano, impressed district judges and Rotarians alike. The roses from Thomasville parks were presented to Mrs. Garland Jones as token of esteem. CWA kindergarten work will continue with a need for playground equipment and cost data for an immediate report.
Emory University tennis team closed its season by beating the University of Georgia 6 to 2 in Atlanta. Frank Swift of Atlanta captured Georgia's only singles match, defeating Carlton Dollar in three frames. In doubles, Georgia pair Lindsey Hoyt won, while Robinson and Conyers of Emory won their match, completing the dual.
A man imitating Pierre Dufresne and a policeman die after a gunfight in Dufresne's breakfast room. Sergeant Harper questions Dr Ulrich and Dr Miller as investigators pursue a postmortem timeline and gun caliber uncertainties. Tomorrow the tangle grows suddenly worse.
Eastern time schedule shows buses from Tifton and Moultrie areas to Cairo Bainbridge and West points at 5 30 10 00 A M and 6 30 P M. Thomasville departures to Moultrie Tifton and North routes at 10 50 A M and 4 00 P M. Additional service to Tallahassee and Florida points at 6 30 and 11 00 A M and 6 30 P M.
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