22 Jan 1943
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1943
Page
1
A collage of notes covers income tax deadlines and state governance in Georgia. It comments on political moves, labor strikes, air raids, and film as a cultural force, contrasting wartime realities with cinema’s evolving power.
The piece urges a united American republics front against the Axis with Chile joining the war effort and Argentina remaining at odds due to German influence. It condemns selfish politics and warns of economic strain from newsprint cuts affecting newspapers.
An editorial argues the home front bears the war’s burden and must support the front. It praises government action, calls for unity, and urges citizens to accept sacrifices as the finest men go to battle while others face fear and burden at home.
The piece laments the ongoing world war in 1943 and the likely high casualties. It argues Germany’s actions reveal civilization’s degeneration and questions the fate of millions of young men 18 to 50 as they face the front, raising moral concerns about the cost of conflict.
Congressmen study results of a Frazer survey showing more than 72 percent of some 2,000 auto dealers expect to be in business after the war. Dealers adapt with repairs, subcontracts, and new lines such as air raid sirens, tires, feeds, and even restaurants. Many plan to add airplane sales postwar.
Senate Defense Investigating Committee reports find grave danger to food goals unless farm implement manufacturing is relaxed. WPB adds 50 000 tons of steel for farm equipment and raises AA-1 priority. Gasoline transport tightens with rail car limits but driver allowances stay intact. Coffee substitutes increase with coffee content restricted to ration coupons. Model airplane builders gain assurances the planes will fly.
Pittsburgh Jan 22. Don Hadley a Westinghouse consulting designer urges homes built to suit furniture not the other way around. He envisions miniature model houses and furniture to preview layouts before buying and foresees postwar boom in pre fabricated housing with flexible interiors such as movable closets to split or join living and dining spaces.
Government agency extends gasoline rationing to model airplane use. Policy specifics not fully detailed in the surviving text, but the action marks a clearance for hobbyist aviation fuel under wartime controls.
Local brief lists residents and visitors including Rev W S Johnson filling preaching duty in Ochlochnee. Mildred Strickland ill and hospitalized in Thomasville. Numerous in out of town guests from Cairo Cairo area Albany Moultrie Bainbridge Pelham Jacksonville and Greensboro visiting Meigs residents this week and weekend.
The text notes rough explanations of ideas about furniture placement with plans that include closets at the rear of the dining room. It indicates the designer is still refining these concepts and developing the approach.
Meigs Ga January 22 The city elected aldermen J D Atkinson C A Raifora T J Willis E M Aultman Earl Dollar James Carter for 1943 T Tipton was reelected mayor Miss Eunice Cook named city clerk Jerry Davis kept as police chief and water superintendent John Alex Grant appointed night police. Meeting followed with reports of strong year performance and council adjournment.
Valdosta Georgia January survey finds Georgia State Woman's College girls favor doctors as husbands and rank preachers second while the traveling man ranks lower. The class on Marriage and Family Relations conducted the survey under Miss Lela Drew, economics head.
Madge Bellamy, silent film star, admitted firing at wealthily A Stanwood Murphy to scare him after he jilted her. Murphy, a San Francisco businessman, had married another woman. All shots missed. The incident occurred in San Francisco.
The article surveys 17 and 18 year old students from 25 Georgia towns and one in Florida. It reports desires for marriage around age 23 with two or more children, emphasis on Christian values, and partners in professions like doctors ministers professors or business men. One student aims for a rich husband at 21 with twins, while another prefers no marriage.
A fragmented timetable shows arrival and departure times from Atlanta to Tallahassee and other hubs including Dothan Waycross Tifton Monticello Columbus Bainbridge and more. Times listed span early morning to late evening with multiple daily services and via routes.
An American actor known for wit attended a luncheon hosted by a famous actress with her supporting company. A British leading man monopolized conversation and boasted of himself, drawing the American’s growing disfavor. The American whispered that the Brit was “an ass,” while another guest hedged, saying the man would do until a real rival arrives.
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