29 Nov 1929
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1929
Page
1
Thomasville column blends social notes andReader opinions on taxes, tariffs, fashion and local curiosities. Mentions include Miss your paper yesterday, Ford wage changes, Lindbergh shoulder injury, turkeys price, and the Prince of Wales dress length remarks.
A Local politician’s wife refused Red Cross support causing talk and a later campaign shift. The Roll Call became a record success led by Mrs. W. H. Flowers who organized committees, alerted the town, and directed solicitors to reach a goal of three thousand members. The effort highlighted public reluctance among some residents to donate.
The column warns against costly radio ad campaigns selling turkeys at high prices while noting Georgia markets offer lower prices. It also recounts Harry F. Sinclair's jail release and his controversial statements, then shifts to holiday stock with Thomasville merchants and a retrospective on polar exploration, noting Amundsen Scott Bennett Byrd and discoveries near Antarctica.
Mr Hoover, in his official capacity, consulted agencies and leading business figures who supplied facts showing strong 1930 construction prospects. The reports indicate extensions and expansions, with optimism replacing some lingering pessimism as monied interests prepare to spend the year's appropriations to stimulate activity.
News reflects on attempts to regulate student behavior and liquor in coed institutions. It cites Illinois fraternity bootlegging scandals and Harvard booksellers selling obscene literature, noting students’ general behavior and wider social pressures on campuses.
The article reports a Michigan financier covering losses of defaulters by advancing 3.5 million dollars for stock market losses within his organization. It questions the ethics of such bailouts and stresses the preference for losing and forgetting rather than stealing to cover debts. It also notes Judge Gardner halting Sunday movies in Albany, drawing broad approval.
The adventurer sets out on Thanksgiving day to fly across Antarctica as summer nears. He recalls his 1926 May voyage from Spitzbergen to the North Pole in the Miss Josephine Ford, a 15 hour 30 minute round trip of about 1 600 miles. Byrd aims to be first to fly over the south pole in a heavier than air craft.
Commandeer Byrd flies toward the south pole crossing a vast ice sheet and high plateaus. The continent averages about 6,000 feet in height with regions near 10,000 feet, and thick ice over most of Antarctica. Extreme cold has been logged as low as 77 degrees Fahrenheit below zero near the coast.
Washington dispatch notes the possibility of international tensions arising from a flight incident on November 29. Officials report potential diplomatic repercussions and calls for cautious handling.
The Byrd expedition renews questions of sovereignty in the South Polar region. Britain claims vast lands by discovery and exploration, with the United States avoiding discussion for now. A year earlier, Britain alerted Washington to Commonwealth interest, and the U S reply postponed the territorial issue.
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