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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
1
A collage of observations on postwar policy and politics. Contemplate naval bomb tech for Japan, postwar pledges, tax and living costs, and shifting allegiances as leaders face scrutiny. Note the army’s readiness, qualification debates, and accountability fears over the German surrender.
A discussion argues the country moves toward understanding fair conditions between capital and labor, noting current gaps in actual practice and urging reforms to align relations with this evolving view.
An excerpt discusses labor influence over politics and government amid wartime Burma Ledo road building. It notes fears of labor control, political shifts, and potential consequences for China supply lines, with reference to American leadership, public sentiment, and the overall war effort.
A fragment notes that contamination to any nation is an extreme danger and cannot be allowed to spread uncontrolled. The terse line underscores global risk and the need for restraint.
Debates whether Allies or Russians reach Berlin first and whether Moscow should mete justice to war criminals. The piece questions risk of harsh treatment, calls for fair trials, and notes public unease at potential Allied or Soviet actions in postwar Germany.
Mrs L C McEloy headlined the Sunday gathering with honors for Jesse Trulock on furlough from the Pacific. Mr and Mrs E P Trulock Sr, Mrs Agnes Killian, Miss Kathryn Trufork and Mrs Peddy of Whigham attended as guests.
Bernard C. Smith Jr buys the Donalsonville News from Raymond E. Wheeler and becomes owner and editor. A Donalsonville native, he is the son of the late Dr E C Smith and Mrs Smith, and he and his wife Carolyn Barefield will reside with their young daughter in Donalsonville Georgia.
Washington reports slower civilian goods output as war plans for Japan advance. Europe’s victory won’t end moves to Pacific supply and manpower, with Byrnes’ earlier unemployment projections fading. Conversion to peacetime work can proceed gradually, easing mass layoffs and easing national adjustment.
Donalsonville reports War Department message confirms Sgt Henry Rudolph Gause was killed in Germany on December 1, 1944 after serving since February 1941. He trained at Fort Jackson and fought from Northern Ireland through Normandy and Luxembourg with the Eighth Army, receiving the Purple Heart.
In Belgium in 1945 a telegram missed a corporal bound for West Point while a praised officer, Capt Earl Ehly, aided wounded soldiers at Soy Luxembourg through a bombardment. A wounded trooper's letter praised Ehly's selfless care despite heavy shelling and scarce plasma.
Georgia local draft boards will reopen and reconsider all men aged 26 to 29 not classified 1-A or 4-F. The order, issued by the state selective service headquarters, will largely affect men in 2-A and 2-B and requires reexamination of these cases.
Donalsonville Georgia February 1 Captain Horace Clyde Cherry Jr. has returned from twenty one months overseas with a fighter outfit. He completed 129 sorties over enemy territory before visiting his parents prior to joining his wife in Washington.
Sirma Banshee of the tenth air force reports Captain Cherry has received the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. His Burma India theatre service fascinates friends and relatives as he has long dreamed of flying fast aircraft since boyhood.
An analysis by J. M. Roberts Jr. notes two German patches may influence Hitler's collapse as the Soviet advance approaches the Oder and Warthe. It weighs possible German defenses, impacts of a Berlin push, and the strategic significance of Sorau as a southern anchor.
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