19 Jan 1945
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1945
Page
1
A collection of short, era era notes and quips referencing figures like Chiang Kai-Shek Eisenhower and Roosevelt. It notes the AP rights disclaimer and misc social and political asides about nurses soldiers elections and governance.
A Thomasville appeal asks residents with spare rooms to offer temporary shelter for visiting soldiers and their families stationed at the Air Base and hospital. The note urges quick, limited rentals to ease acute housing shortages for wounded or ill servicemen returning from Europe and the Philippines.
Local observers debate the hospital’s future status as a permanent regional institution. Officials cite efficient wartime care, hospital trains, air transport, and top surgeons supporting continued civilian and military use. The "Work or Fight" policy and labor tensions frame the wartime effort and home front duty.
President Roosevelt will take the oath for a fourth term in a wartime inauguration. About 1,500 official guests attend a luncheon, with 1,000 at a reception later. Only 4,000 to 6,000 invited observers stand outside due to wartime restrictions. Radio will provide multilingual, shortwave coverage.
Today on the home front the German counteroffensive has forced broad wartime adjustments. Food is tighter with 85 percent of meat and major canned vegetables back on ration lists. Production is frozen to 1944 levels for three months, homes for civilians halted, war work housing only. Wool and worsted yarns frozen, civilian textile output limited, tires cut, fuel saved, signs obscured. Draft rules widen age bands to 38, farmers under 26 targeted, 200 areas under employment ceilings, WPB spot Authorizations shelved, and travel and gatherings curtailed.
American soldiers now hate the Germans after the Siegfried Line breakthrough. Reports say atrocities against US prisoners rise anger, with 82nd Airborne and tank crews vowing a rough fight and no more gifts to captives.
Local news from Meigs Georgia notes Alma Parker returning from Florida and South Carolina after an extended visit. Several residents, including Mrs. W. J. Davis Douglas and Mrs. J. L. Worling, are listed as visiting or returning from trips to Cairo Pelham Albany Thomasville and Valdosta.
A high UPA official stated the army and navy have lent 18 000 men to critical war production and more than six divisions of troops have shifted to factory work on tires, copper and foundry products. Roosevelt urged speedy passage of a bill to penalize deferment registrants 18 to 45 who refuse essential jobs. The armed forces seek 600 000 overseas troops by June 30 and 1 000 000 replacements. 300 000 new munitions workers are deemed necessary due to rapid production shifts.
Washington reports Britain, Canada and the United States will maintain the CPRB CFB and CRMB along with other joint boards to ensure orderly fulfillment of military and essential civilian needs after Germany falls. Officials note boards will aid in postwar economic planning despite potential material shortages.
Charles F. Kettering says there is 1 chance in 190,000 that Nazis could launch aerial torpedoes across the Atlantic and notes such a feat would be a mere stunt with no military value. He discusses war weapons, Allied progress, and future auto design postwar.
Spokane dispatch reports Deputy Prosecutor Clarence Smith confronting a burglary suspect with a long prison record. The prisoner is quoted as saying people would have thought he would not serve time and that past denials were prompted by various pressures.
Mrs Lannia Nicholson and Mrs J L Worling accompanied by Mrs Fortson Turner spent Sunday in Bainbridge as guests of Mrs Baxter Williams.
The suspect said the boast was over and now the record can speak for itself. The remarks hint at a defiant stance as legal proceedings proceed.
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