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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1945
Page
1
A fragment of a Thomasville Times Enterprise page lists a wage advertisement notice with editors and staff credits. It includes subscription and publication details, billing terms, and contact numbers, indicating an upcoming classified pricing or employment ad insert. The snippet shows a standard newspaper masthead and publishing logistics.
A string of wartime observations voicing hope and peril mixes political quips with battle updates. References include Wallace, Luzon, Corregidor, Berlin, and MacArthur, while notes on drafts, recruitment, and American home life thread through the commentary.
An agronomist warns farmers to budget costs and beware buying high priced land. Expect markets to fluctuate, labor shortages, and possible surpluses. Booms in land are labeled nefarious, risking long term debt as farms struggle to recover.
Experts note liquor sales reached seven billion dollars in 1944 despite months of abstention and wartime restrictions. High prices and profits drive increased whiskey and beer consumption beyond normal, raising concerns about social impact and national scandal amid armaments production.
A battered fragment argues youth drift and a growing menace. It blames education for failing to curb behavior and shunting responsibilities onto others. The text reflects concern over juvenile influence and societal response.
The report surveys Europe’s wartime shifts with the Fast and West front advances and Italy’s slowdown. It notes German flank protection, Italian stagnation, and ally doubts about storming the Alps. It mentions Finland, East Prussia, and Franco’s France shifting toward neutrality under pressure, with Spain's leadership precarious and a redefining of European power blocs.
A nationwide brownout begins at 12:01 a m tomorrow designed to save about 2 990 million tons of coal annually. Areas with hydro power or surplus gas are exempt and several western states including Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Utah receive exemptions. Some cities began voluntary brownouts in mid January to meet the federal deadline.
In San Francisco on January 31 AP reports Jim Thorpe, famed Carlisle Indian School athlete, supports annual junior Olympic games to keep youths busy after school and in summer. He says track and field events build bodies and minds, noting many parents work in defense plants.
Washington reports a dual aim to keep more children in school longer and reduce postwar job seekers by raising the minimum age to 15 in state laws across 44 legislatures. The 1924 18 age amendment debate stalls at 28 states ratified. war era boosts labor demand and violations rise with 14 to 17 year olds working, including 1,314 establishments in 1943.
Dispatches describe Konigsberg still smoldering with smoke viewed from miles away after heavy bombardment. Refugees flood highways as Russians proceed through liberated cities, with civilians collapsing into tears and sleds piled with bundles while German men bow and women curse Hitler.
A draft proposal suggests junior Olympic scenes as an ideal setup for the American Legion or a similar organization to sponsor elimination meets nationwide. Finals would unite finalists in regular games, potentially in spring or after the school year ends, with Chicago’s Soldier Field cited as a model setting.
On the Western Front Lt Nick Dick of the 517th Parachute Combat Team recounts a grim assault on a double sloped hill at Cot de Brans France. Despite 22 of 28 men killed or wounded and his own wounds he reorganized for a second attack and then withdrew. The unit later returned with a larger force and captured 15 Germans on the first pillbox.
A Birmingham bar containing $600 belonging to a dress shop was lost by an employee en route to a bank. A few minutes later Ben Guzzetta found the bag and turned it in to police. The story highlights honesty and civic duty in a local incident.
The AP reports a continuing winter storm presses the nation while Acton Maine isolates a village and Western Massachusetts endures 15 foot drifts. Snow blankets New York and Buffalo records a fatal collision. Chicago sees 15 below with St Louis at 11 above and Dallas area near freezing as a cold wave expands across the Midwest and South.
In Birmingham Alabama the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops convened with about 100 bishops. Bishop Powell urged ministries to reveal God and pursue a purpose for today while Bishop Barnwell urged international cooperation and end of isolation leading toward world fraternity. Governor Sparks opened the formal session.
Tehefatran January 31 AP promotion notice says Lewis Killian of Macon Georgia is promoted to major in the adjutant general's department at Camp Atterbury Teheran. He serves as adjutant of the third military railway service moving nearly 5 million tons of war supplies through the Persian corridor to Soviet Russia. Killian, a 1940 University of Georgia alum, also studied at UNC. The piece notes improving 1944 accident and death rates.
Chicago reports a five percent decrease in accidental deaths from 1943 with a saving of about 3,000 lives. The 1944 toll reached 91,000 and 1945 total was 99,058, with motor vehicle and home accidents among the larger categories.
Postwar mood shows Americans eager for a peaceful world. Citizens express hope for reconciliation and global stability as relief and reconstruction efforts begin.
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