11 Jan 1945
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
1
Thomasville moves to regulate taxi rates and straighten traffic laws. The city plans to codify traffic rules, enforce them with warnings and targeted fines, and revoke licenses for repeat or dangerous violations. Public input urged to aid a measured, sane approach.
The lack of available labor delays the city Sanitary project now mostly finished, costing thousands monthly in fees. An idle workforce in town and county hampers completion despite contractor efforts. Federal plans linked to selective service may be used to compel labor, with a showdown expected to emphasize public accountability and support for war needs.
The Dawson News weighs in on abolishing the poll tax arguing literacy and informed voters improve democracy. It links the tax to sectional politics, praises compulsory education, and critiques social equality efforts in the South while endorsing the author’s analysis of race and governance.
The Thomasville Georgia Daily and Weekly Times Enterprise announces editorial and business offices, publication terms, and advertising deadlines. It notes reprinting rights for news dispatches and requires ads to be submitted by 6 PM the day before appearance.
A collage of wartime observations including Hitler’s war end date claim, Georgia crop funding, poultry disease in Georgia, Brazil silk stockings, restitution by Germany and Japan, shoe rationing, Navy manpower, Santa Claus operatives, life insurance in U S forces, racial inbreeding warning, shotgun shell sales, Switzerland’s war stance, legislative opposition, typewriter use, consumer money flow, sugar stamp hoarding, World War 4 7 casualties at Andersonville, cemetery rights, home front tempers, and South’s half million draw from Uncle Sam.
Col John R Irwin a former Dawson citizen now in Sanderville writes on racial problems in the south. His book outlines twelve chapters showing racial mixture since biblical times and asks if the United States may soon become a hybridized nation through government legislation.
Atlanta observers report the Georgia House passed a plan to pay common school teachers a two month salary bonus using 3 348 000 from a reserve fund and also fund a 1 000 000 annual retirement program for thirty years to build a reserve. The measure includes 100 000 for state trade schools and 100 000 for the library program. Public hearings on a new state constitution begin next week as poll tax repeal debates loom in both chambers.
Washington reports undersecretary Patterson’s figures show 900000 total inductees and volunteers for Army Navy and Marines by July with 480000 aged 18 and about 420000 aged 26 to 29. Monthly drafts shift from 120000 to 140800 then 160000 March through July totaling around 640000 in four months.
The Supreme Court chamber and daily meeting continue as the document is reviewed paragraph by paragraph. The senate committee plans hearings likely to start Tuesday or Wednesday, while Harris urges early adjournment toward a 40 day goal set by Gross, noting the session could be sped even if not reached.
HAL Boyle reports soldiers on the frozen Belgian front praising a foxhole heater slang term. Lt Col Lipscombe of Bessemer Alabama lauds a man described as the fightingest on the battlefield while Sgt Warren Ritchie of Fredericksburg Pa cleans a pillbox, with nine Germans killed and 14 prisoners taken singlehanded. Pvt Frank A Rabinatz of Lansford Pa racks up 28 confirmed dead and many probables. Pvt Marco Albertelli of Toughkenamon Pa guards nine prisoners, one mine kills others, yet he stays safe. Mrs Joseph Stephenson of Strevevort La celebrates the first American flag over Brest raised by her husband Lt Joseph Stephenson. Belgium trade with the United States previously averaged $100 million annually.
War reporters from AP and Yank weigh in on civilian use of GI Joe a term critics say is patronizing and insulting to soldiers. They argue GI Joe differs from GI and that civilians should avoid applying it to individual service members.
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