12 Jul 1945
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1945
Page
1
The entry lists publication and mail details for the Times Enterprise in Thomasville Georgia. It credits the Associated Press for news dispatches and notes rights and advertising guidelines including deadlines for changes.
A collage of opinions and quips on war bonds prices and shortages. References include E Bonds drives in November, miners risks, officers’ housing needs, baldness jokes, Japs and Americans, King Leopold, Stalin, and Russia’s role, with social commentary on press coverage and inflation.
The article criticizes ongoing food regulations during the emergency, noting ample supply but tangled handling and distribution. It argues compulsory moves create unnecessary limits, mocks the six point type notices for farm animal purchases, and urges Senate pressure to streamline rules while acknowledging safety needs.
Eisenhower and other generals urge U S ratification of the World Charter to deter future conflicts and preserve freedom through peaceful means. The piece argues Russia England and the United States must commit to the charter and act quickly, while noting public war weariness and the need for effective safeguards. It then shifts to the FBI fingerprint program, detailing mass identification efforts, extensive card collections since 1924, and the potential for birth certificate linkage and wide use for crime or civil matters. It ends with a note on war emergency boosting procedures and a prediction of future bond gains for holders.
Washington ponders how much power our Security Council representative should have to vote on using U N armed forces. Edward R Stettinius Jr is named as the current U S council representative with potential for change by the president. The issue centers on whether Congress or the President can order military action and how this affects the charter’s passage.
A sharp knife is harder to control and can cut more easily when guided by a dull blade. Proper handling reduces slips and prevents injuries in the kitchen.
The Associated Press notes continuing ration stamps for meats fats processed foods sugar shoes gasoline fuel oil and period dates for validity. Terms list good through dates for various stamps including July August September and October with specific stamp groups and indefinite shoes and ongoing season validity for period one coupons.
In the period from D-Day to May 9 1945 Allied forces annihilated at least 161 German divisions or major units. The core Wehrmacht west of the Rhine was destroyed as armies advanced from Normandy across France to the Ruhr. Prisoners exceeded 100 000, with a peak of 180 000 on April 16. The 353rd and other units were wiped out and reformed, many absorbed into shattered divisions. The relentless push yielded vast prisoner captures and battered remaining formations.
Three paratroopers from Fort Benning drowned and seven others were missing after a July 12 simulated combat jump off Dog Island in the Gulf of Mexico near Camp Gordon Johnston Florida. The incident involved more than 1,000 paratroopers practicing a tropical training scenario.
Four miles off Carrabelle Florida a preparatory training jump involved 116 soldiers from Benning. Paratroopers wearing Mae West belts and quick release chutes jumped from C-47 planes at 800 feet. Some landed in the sea near the island and were rescued by crash boats as a naval blimp and aircraft from Pensacola Camp Gordon Johnston aided the search.
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