01 Feb 1944
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1944
Page
1
The message notes continued Allied pressure on Germany with Russians doing the bulk of the fighting while Berlin suffers renewed blasts. It discusses war production, scrap-paper drives, farm and factory management, and the impact of unions and canned goods on Georgia farms. It also covers Japanese atrocities and prisoner of war treatment revelations, calling for restrained, lawful retaliation.
The Grand Lodge and Thomasville lodge are praised for extensive charitable and patriotic work done by voluntary members. The piece touts the lodges as models of duty, urging broader support for similar organizations amid wartime and social challenges.
The text notes Argentina’s decision to join the Allies as a last resort for self preservation amid a risky policy, highlighting collaboration with Axis powers and using Argentina as a conduit for essential information.
Washington in Wartime notes that the 78th Congress adjourned December 21 yet debate continued in the Record Appendix through January 3. On the final session day 20 members spoke on diverse topics from Oregon food aid to Kitty Hawk anniversaries and star route mail carriers.
The CIO and AFL attack the BLS living costs data as far too low and announce their own figures show costs up 43.5 percent since January 1941. They argue wartime price effects and limited city samples distort the official study and push for wage increases.
A powerful earthquake devastated the Turkish town of Gerede, 180 miles east of Istanbul, killing and injuring many of its 25 000 residents. The tremor highlights the region's vulnerability to seismic events and underscores the human impact on a steady population center.
Bainbridge Ga February 1 plans for training Women’s Army Corps members assigned to the Army Air Forces in technical schools of the Army Air Forces Training Command were announced at St Worth Texas. Selected Air WACs will attend Chanute Field Illinois or Lowry Field Colorado for courses now given to enlisted men including operator and mechanic navigation trainer work cryptography and weather forecasting.
Washington reports indicate about 2000 Lincoln Day dinners and meetings will launch the 1944 Republican drive. Chairman Harrison and EB Spangler aid say more gatherings will occur than in the previous decade, with speakers including Wendell Willkie, John Bricker, Everett Dirksen and others outlining national issues. Political events span Fairmont West Virginia Ogden Utah and other locales as candidates prepare campaigns.
Bainbridge Ga February 1 The book club met at the home of Mrs Frank S Jones on Shotwell Street Mrs T L Smith presided and Mrs Gilbert Gragg gave the review for Susan Ertz Anger in the Sky a gripping story of an English family during the blitz Attending members included Mrs Wallace Plowden Mrs Herbert Nussbaum Mrs J G Kwilecki Mrs Lou Freedman Mrs Vance Custer Mrs H L Metcalf Mrs Owen Fields Mrs Maston O Neal Mrs Herbert Miller Mrs John Gragg Mrs T L Smith and Mrs Gilbert Grave with Miss Sara Agnes Farry as a guest
Bainbridge Georgia February 1 Ritz Theater manager Clarke Gurley announced that theatergoers contributed 600.26 to the Infantile Paralysis Fund during January 24 to 30. He thanked the Bainbridge Service Club Tri-Hi-Y theater employees and Cherokee Rose Garden Chile theater volunteers for daily collections.
Bainbridge Georgia February 1 engagement announced for Mary Esther Barfield of Sumter South Carolina and Bainbridge to Private Robert Alfred Kelly of New York City and Bainbridge Army Air Field with marriage planned soon.
Describes Pattern 9058 a sleek frock design with waist slimming lines, a soft bodice, smooth princess panel and a tie back belt. Available in misses and women sizes 12 to 20 30 to 48 with collar matching fabric. Size 36 requires 3 18 yards 35 inch 14 yard contrast.
Meigs and surrounding areas saw a succession of visitors from Albany Valdosta Atlanta Pelham Mil ton and Brunswick. Guests included Pauline Carter and Eleanor Zant with Mrs W D Carter relatives and friends from Georgia and beyond. Regulars like Mrs James Simpson and Miss Martha Ann Moore were noted for improvements and returns home after visits.
Yugoslav Partisans beat a mixed German Chetnik force near Andrijeap Berane in Montenegro close to the Albanian front. Tito said eighty enemy troops were killed and 110 wounded. Partisans push in eastern central and western Bosnia and repelled a strong German attack near Travnik northwest of Sarajevo.
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