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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
3
Miss Anne Alday of Mercer University in Macon spends the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Green Allday. Fay Lee Wilcox has joined the Navy and departed Sunday night for Great Lakes HL for training.
Mr Heeth Varnedee visits Waycross Lodge of Elks as representative of the Grand Exalted Ruler. S/Sgt John H Croley enjoys furlough with parents. Mr and Mrs L W Croley of Thomasville Route 4 report Sergeant Croley’s recent return from overseas duty in China.
A brief note reports a case of minor burns affecting a person during a haircut. The incident caused temporary discomfort but no lasting injury. No authorities or organizations are named in the readable text.
In Atlanta on December 1, Jefferson Omar Banks Jr. turned seven weeks old and was gifted a $100 War Bond by the friends of his father Lamar Banks Sr., who was killed in action in France on August 23. The group from Headquarters Battery, Field Artillery raised $79 and sent it to Mrs. Catherine Banks to purchase the bond.
A large life insurer paid 18 406 death claims in 1943 with heart disease, vascular and kidney disorders totaling 6 958 and cancer 2 617. The piece warns war-time stress and overwork raise heart disease risk, urging rest and adherence to simple living rules to extend life.
The Senate Finance Committee eyed pairing a payroll tax freeze with war powers extension but leaders warned it may not join the two measures. Rep Knutson of Minnesota praised the House action while Senators Vandenberg Wherry and George voiced caution or support only for separate passage. The president opposes linking the bills, a veto threat shaping the debate.
Thomasville Georgia reports a cold spell with a low tonight of 25 to 30 degrees and a high of 58 yesterday. Saturday looks fair with continued cold. observation at 8 a.m. notes unseasonable warmth for the month and precipitation totals show a long-term deficit.
Washington dispatch reports CIO shipbuilders president John Green warns a serious lag in building needed ships unless shipyard workers gain security. He cites West coast workers quitting for more stable postwar jobs, threatening production as wartime demand persists.
Soviet forces widen drive in southwestern Hungary nearing Budapest and the Austrian border. They seize Eger and Szikszo, cut a major railway, and push from Ungevar toward Miskolc, with 30 villages fell on a 30 mile front as Petrov’s forces advance toward Slovakia.
Marietta Georgia December 1 AP James Carmichael 33 named manager of Bell Aircrafts bomber plant succeeding Carl A Cover killed in Wright Field crash Bell President Larry Bell announced Carmichael has been Georgias division head Englebert new production chief for B 29 Superfortress at government plant Englebert moves from Douglas El Segundo Carmichael formerly Cobb county representative served as plant assistant manager since last July
A farewell dinner for a soldier bound overseas ended in tragedy when Mrs. G G Carter 46 of Col quit Ga died from roach poison in her food at a Kansas restaurant. Her daughter and daughter in law fell ill but recovered Corp James G Carter was the returning soldier.
A 12 passenger airliner crashed in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles early today. Police reported several passengers were fans and military personnel aboard. Officials said the overdue plane was from San Francisco but could not confirm the carrier. City Manager Walter Cooper of San Diego was aboard.
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