08 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1939
Page
1
Fragment of a Thomasville newspaper masthead showing the Times Enterprise Daily and Semi-Weekly editions, publisher credits, and publication notes. It mentions Civic Day, subscriber information, and general publication details with typical era language and layout.
Community column notes wasteful marketing in pecan crops and orange groves, urging scientific methods, proper grading, and pasture planning. It highlights the need for quality control, disease management, and industry shifts to rebuild value through better branding and pricing while warning against reckless practices.
George Tucker surveys Broadway gossip and reviews in New York noting Charles MacArthur and Helen Hayes faced mixed notices for Ladies and Gentlemen. He also tracks Milton Perle’s busy post theater radio and club work plus Dick Kuhn’s Astor lounge band duet with a vast song request list.
The article argues for reducing the national debt and proposes Congress vote for a plan to pay down a major portion. It urges the public to support a fiscally responsible path, highlighting the need for amortization funding and collective ballot action to back responsible debt reduction.
Delegates arrive as the annual South Georgia Methodist Conference opens in Macon. Leaders discuss cabinet assignments and church organization with Dr. Wolier W. Cox of Emory University to address the first general session later today.
A long damaged text lists clues and partial phrases across many categories including animals plants metals and geography. The jumble references words like capital of Brazil non specific hints and scattered definitions for terms from plants to instruments and units.
The program features speakers from the Board of Education and Board of Lay Activities. A series of meetings took place in conference with Dr. William F. Quillian of Nashville Tennessee to take part in the service at Mulberry Street Methodist Church. Finances mission activities conference relations and social reform were to be discussed after the preliminary organization and devotional services.
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at January University announces an Easter egg hunt and related events set earlier than usual. They compare the schedule to President Roosevelt shifting Thanksgiving to argue for date changes.
A railroad train in Minnesota struck and killed a cow owned by a Scandinavian homesteader. A claim agent was dispatched to the scene to negotiate damages with the owner.
Washington to day Pe Ren Paul Brown of Georgia urged southern sweet potato production as a profitable crop and cotton substitute. He met with Speaker Bankhead and Secretary Moody to discuss tariffs on starch imports to foster starch plants in the South, citing Laurel Mississippi as a model and Alabama interest in import levies.
The three men also saw possibilities of developing an industry from sweet potatoes for livestock feed and potential production.
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