09 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1939
Page
1
A page of opinion and local notices blends wartime reflections with community chatter. It critiques policies, laments heat and vacations, and calls for orderly civilian conduct while praising local leadership and the ongoing Golden Jubilee edition as a bridge to present efforts and future progress.
An editorial praise highlights a local benefactor whose philanthropy funded major community projects. The piece commends his generosity toward education, public works, and supportive actions for county and city initiatives, asserting his impact on local progress. It notes the donor’s approach to civic service and calls for continued communal effort alongside leadership.
A fragmented wartime column questions America’s role in a widening conflict. It warns against excess optimism and examines how German and Russian moves, political pressures, and propaganda shape public opinion and policy. The piece critiques isolationist impulses and notes anxieties about future costs and alliances.
Warsaw may mount a last stand in central Poland near Krakow and Lwow as industry shifts to defend the zone. The navy pursues a neutral stance, while Captain Dahne and the Columbus trace tensions from the Caribbean to Havana amid war crises and internment.
Reporters in Washington describe a crowded State Department press area as German and British correspondents jostle for space. The scene unfolds amid neutrality proclamations and shifting war coverage as correspondents chase impacts and deadlines late into the night.
An eyewitness recounts U S inspectors boarding the Bremen and a French liner amid fears of guns on German ships. Coast Guard probes symbolize possible wartime movements in New York Harbor and reflect anxieties of German Americans during looming conflict.
A fragment recalls a friendless Russian immigrant who arrived in New York years ago with little funds. He found aid from a local acquaintance who sponsored him for a vacant janitor position in a Hebrew community on a side street. The piece hints at his likable nature and rapid social connections.
A anti fiscal policy column sponsored by patriotic citizens of Thomasville and Thorn County criticizes taxes and spending. It denounces Washington and calls for states rights. It cites 1932 Democratic platform and warns of bureaucratic growth and potential despotism.
The WPA strike exposes relief policy flaws and broader labor issues. The president warned against striking government workers while Congress cut monthly hours, revealing relief pay as non wage and not tied to private-sector value. Preserving prevailing wage would shift demand toward private jobs, contrary to relief goals, as WPA workers remain officially unemployed.
The editorial argues steady pressure for private employment to end public unemployment subsidies. It warns that if workers demand equal pay the government will stay involved, risks socialism, cites strikes in Germany, and urges WPA workers to support private enterprise and remove barriers to regular private jobs.
Two Georgians were killed in automobile accidents Friday. Paul Charlie Trost, 38, brother of Richmond County Deputy Sheriff George Drost, died when his car struck a concrete guard. Clarence V. Baker, 41, of Atlanta, was killed in a head on collision near Rome. Miss Marty Justice of Atlanta and Mass Avenue Justice of Rome were injured in the same crash.
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