09 May 1951
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1951
Page
1
Historical newspaper masthead text describes publication details, editor and business roles, and advertising deadlines. It notes daily and weekly editions, association with The Associated Press, and mail rates upon application. The fragment provides no specific news event or person.
A collage of social and economic commentary notes careful speech for accountability and hints at current issues. It mentions increasing vacation spending, farm profitability with machinery, MacArthur urging preparedness, potato yields, Greenland comparisons, livestock goals, hail damage and insurance, rising telephone rates, inflation, Korea rebels, court procedures, school commencements, and regrets about work effort and future records.
A traveler notes Thomasville’s weekly meetings and superb organization with representatives from many groups. Local workers collaborate to pass on vital matters, aid clubs, and improve the community through collective effort and unselfish service.
The article weighs MacArthur Truman clashes over Korea and China urging limited conflict to avoid wider war. It argues collective security, avoiding atomic war, and hinges on Truman’s policy to restrict action to prevent escalation into a global conflict with Europe and the Soviet bloc.
Local readers anticipate a major retail expansion as J C Penny Company plans to open in Thomasville. The move follows hotel development and signals hope for increased trade drawn from surrounding areas. Community leaders expect broader buying power and broader benefits for existing businesses.
SAUL PETTON notes in Boyle's Notebook that hoboes face extinction due to paternalistic government policies and rising living costs. Ben Benson, four-time self–proclaimed king, laments fewer traveling men, more relief, and harsher job conditions as trains modernize and farms mechanize.
State tribunal upholds suspension of Hamilton while Supreme Court backs Gene Talmadge appointing J B Daniels as state treasurer in Atlanta. Giant Zeppelin Hindenburg arrives at Lakehurst after record Atlantic flight. Mussolini to rally Italians in Atlanta tonight amid Ethiopia annexation talk. Farm Market reports strong first week with high bean and cabbage prices. Orioles rout Caps 18 to 1 as Trainer shines. Tallahassee errors aid locals to a straight victory. Canoneri defeats Jimmy McLarnin in boxing. RAF bombs Hamburg and Bremen. Berlin hit in major raid. Roosevelt says US at war except troops. Cairo speech notes Marine Corps observer. Convoy defense and air support urged in Washington. Beverly leads state county commissioners. Thomas County head chairs state association meeting. A and B workers vote for strike. Army to inspect new airport site. Glee Club to perform in municipal auditorium. Lookouts beat Trojans and raise batting. Legion Juniors lose 20 3 to Oglethorpe freshman nine.
A reader awakes in fear as a night journey of imagined misadventures unfolds. The narrator's staged automobile troubles foreshadow a perilous trip that never begins.
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