02 Aug 1943
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1943
Page
1
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A long civic column urges voters to back all 28 amendments in Georgia elections tomorrow. The piece contrasts international war talk with domestic policy and promotes Allied victory while urging turnout and endorsement of constitutional changes.
The article discusses five amendments affecting Georgia education including a constitutional Board of Regents and Board of Education, a pension fund mechanism for teachers, and protections for school districts against forced consolidation without a two thirds vote. It urges voters to study the amendments tomorrow and notes other local amendments.
A commentary argues war victory demands intensified home effort not premature postwar plans. It warns neglect of bonds work and food mobilization risks heavy casualties and higher costs, urging Americans to accelerate support to soldiers and national war aims before victory is secure.
Readers voice concern over veterans future aid after war and fear of political upheaval. A soldier in distant jungles laments leadership by John L. Lewis and warns of postwar organization aiming to influence politics. The American Legion is said to resist but faces pressure as veterans return.
Washington notes detail prison war production led by Maury Maverick and Rep. Karl Stefan. Federal prisons produce vast war goods, from canvas bags to army shoes, while inmates volunteer blood, join selective boards for military service, and work three shifts.
Washington reports on a Roosevelt panel forecast that postwar demobilization will hit civilian and military workers for up to two years. Unemployment could reach 7 to 9 million in 6 to 9 months after peace, with job shifts, contract cancellations, and peacetime conversions. Proposals include extended unemployment benefits, education services, and retirement incentives to ease the transition.
Two escaped convicts Ralph Morris and Joe Jones tried to free prisoners at the highway camp in La Fayette. An exchange of fire halted the attempt after they forced guards G. C. Underwood and W. W. Plumler to surrender. State prison inspector Walter Matthews reported to the state board of prisons.
Prisoners Morris and Jones escaped with help from guards when armed men took keys at Lookout Mountain camp. Hollingsworth fired on the fugitives as they fled, exchanges of gunfire followed, and a package with pistols sent from Stapleton Ga. arrived next day. Neither fugitive has been captured.
A Georgia bombardier and an Alabama gunner were among American medium bomber crews in a raid on four Nazi air dromes in western France. Poix and Merville airfields suffered heavy damage with runways buckled. Lt. H H Fleason of Decatur called the attack "more than 100 hits." Staff Sgt. Charles B Irwin of Selma described heavy anti aircraft fire but said missions went unchallenged overall.
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