30 Sep 1931
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1931
Page
1
A survey notes improved industrial and food conditions in the Soviet Union, implying broader acceptance among peasants and increasing financial independence. It credits government steps for better living, and suggests the system’s perceived potential to bring progress, despite ongoing challenges.
The article discusses compulsory automobile casualty insurance expanding beyond Massachusetts. It argues licensing would require liability acceptance, protecting innocent victims while critics fear loss of road access for noncompliant drivers. Public sentiment supports shifting responsibility to insurers.
Herbert Plummer notes changing politics in Washington where Pedro Guevara once led an insurgent army against the United States and now serves as resident commissioner for the Philippines and sits in Congress. The piece highlights oddities in the diplomatic section on Sixteenth Street.
Puzzle filled with tangled clues and brief definitions across many lines. It lists words like Greek portico, Carnivorous animals, river island, and missions, ending with a Hawaiian bird. The text resembles a crossword style puzzle with numbered entries and partial solutions.
Senator Harris reports the federal farm board will push use of cotton sacks in wheat shipments to foreign buyers and will withhold from the market all cotton it holds for an indefinite period. The board holds about 1.5 million bales from its 1930 stabilization effort, with unclear impact on bale totals.
Macon Georgia September 30 a 31 year old workman E E Moore fell five floors from a construction elevator platform into a shaft after his foot caught between the platform and the framework. He was crushed but doctors said he has a good chance to recover as cross timbers broke his fall and hundreds witnessed the accident downtown.
London reports a fresh clash between unemployed protesters and police after a demonstration near the House of Commons. At Bow Street court a crowd pressed a cordon. mounted officers restored order. Twelve detainees were remanded. one man was injured by a horse. The demonstrators moved to Hyde Park where a rider was pinioned by mounted officers.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau notes fair and warmer conditions for Thomasville and vicinity. Observations at 8 a m local time show 76th meridian time readings with higher temperatures expected Thursday. Conditions describe high pressure over the eastern half of the country with cooler minima in the Appalachians and western highlands and light precipitation limited to the upper Mississippi Valley and Pacific Northwest.
Clayton Estes of LaGrange Georgia died in Buffalo New York from a bullet wound suffered on September 20 during a circus train fight. Charles R. Bush a special police officer with the show from Montgomery Alabama was charged with shooting Estes as he tried to quell the disturbance.
The Coca Cola Company mailed the regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 per share plus an extra 0.25 per share, totaling 2,000,000 dollars. Checks pay date today mark the third quarter. total cash dividends in seven years reach 61.5 million dollars with 2 million still to be paid in Q4. Officials call this quarter among the company’s biggest ever.
Fragmentary report describes a disturbance on Oxford Street with police patrolling sidewalks while shopkeepers and bystanders moved aside. No clear injuries, timeline, or responsible party established in readable text.
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