08 Jan 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
1
A mosaic of wartime commentary covers social disruption, resource drives, and defense measures. Towns plan daylight milk deliveries, scrap drives, and housing for smaller cities. References touch Babe Ruth contracts and state politics while urging wage cuts to fund defense bonds.
The piece discusses government boards and their oversight, praising voluntary service by teachers and others while noting political insinuations around indictments. It surveys wartime policies, ethnic groups during World War II, and custody issues of aliens, with a cautionary tale from a Montana camp involving a farewell cake with mixed flags.
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to boost annual airplane output to twenty five thousand units, signaling a rapid expansion of air power for 1962 and beyond. He linked aviation growth to broader military buildup including tanks anti aircraft guns and ships noting air superiority may determine future warfare outcomes. He warned that without a strong air force the United States could fall behind Germany and Japan as air power dominates Pacific warfare.
Fragmentary text indicates an indictment linked to the Pivers administration, with notes suggesting a public interest in uncovering officials' actions and potential misconduct within the government.
Washington Daybook recounts how after Pearl Harbor the FBI and Justice Department moved to detain thousands of Japanese German and Italian suspects while millions of aliens faced monitoring. It stresses that not all detainees are criminals and notes ongoing legal and policy actions under Attorney General Francis Biddle and FBI Director J Edgar Hoover.
In New York Willy Ortmann a 61 year old music man is shot on Broadway as detectives close in on a hotel room key. He dies in Roosevelt Hospital after the Abbey Hotel fire escape shooting. The song he chased becomes a hit with 50 000 copies sold and many recordings.
Mrs. W. C. Ham reports Cairo Georgia thrived in 1941 with booming industries including Roddenberg Enterprises and Concord Corporation. Building permits topped 63 for $65,700. total ad valorem tax around $21,723 and post office receipts rose to $24,118.60. Improvements included street work, a new nervo school, a new fire truck, and defense program cooperation as authorities prepared for possible emergencies.
Atlante January report states six southeastern states consider granting civilian defense workers authority to enforce their orders during emergencies. Col Irvine Belser of the Fourth Army Corps Area discussed feasibility with officials in North and South Carolina and Mississippi.
In a Missouri suit, the federal government acknowledged race discrimination in hiring for St. Louis Carr Square village low cost housing. The Justice Department joined petitioners seeking a decree to enforce the non discrimination covenant and allow an equitable share of Black skilled workers on the project.
Mrs Colin P. Kelly Jr widow of Americas first World War II hero aided a Des Moines Red Cross war relief campaign. She urged help with the line Nobody has an excuse for not helping the Red Cross. She traveled from Madison Florida after visiting her late husbands parents.
Atlanta Jan 8 seven of the states vocational education schools will run on 24 hour operation with others adopting a seven day week plan to boost aviation mechanics and shipbuilding enrollment for national defense. The Georgia State Council of Administrators expects graduates to total 5000 every three months aided by a $463000 training equipment allocation and a policy to move machinery among schools for maximum benefit.
Many sufferers find nagging backache eased when discovering kidneys may cause the trouble. Dean's Pills are promoted as a long trusted remedy to flush wastes from the blood and relieve symptoms such as backache and fatigue.
Train timetable data lists arrival and departure times: 1:42 am 3:21 pm 6:10 pm 9:44 pm 12:40 am.
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