21 May 1937
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1937
Page
1
Long reading page with editorials on state taxation and constitutional amendments. Mentions Rivers Talmadge and June 8 primary. Includes social notes about weddings and high society pleasures in New York and local headlines on farming and labor trends.
The government probes DuPont and Raskob over 1929 income tax returns and a stock swapping scheme claimed to evade taxes. It allege a large block trade with equal losses to offset a seven million tax bill, suggesting sophisticated evasion tactics.
The piece recalls a WPA cleanup in the treasury press room removing art and provocative magazine covers. It notes lingering nudity themed works and humorous lines that insiders hoped to hide while others mounted a few plain unbleached pieces before the purge left only memories.
GEORGE TUCKER reports on New York Star observations as fragments of the northern lights appear overhead in Manhattan skies, described with star dust and evening light. The piece captures a transient, atmospheric phenomenon observed by residents and noted by the paper.
An English lord who has recently inherited wealth tells a club friend he will move to Australia to buy 10,000 acres of grazing land and 5,000 head of sheep. He imagines watching sheep and enjoying wool as the years pass. His companion mentions wool, but the legatee redirects to meat.
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