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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
1
The article surveys Florida political figures and national prompts, noting Holland’s gubernatorial race, Cox’s congressional prospects, and Andrews’s Senate bid. It comments on aviation prospects, highway work, and postwar expectations, urging support for school funds and Red Cross. It mentions Vashti girls helping Europe and calls for continued wartime unity.
A lively letter urges Thomasville residents to support an airport by showing interest in discussions with elders and avoiding derisive remarks. The piece emphasizes boosting community spirit and actively participating to benefit the younger generation now and in the future.
The state of Georgia has been told to ready firms for a unified preparedness program to produce essential wartime items. Sealed orders with detailed blueprints are held by manufacturers, to be opened only when notified. The survey identified capable producers across many products including textiles, steel, paper containers, bedding, uniforms, and guns.
The piece argues Germany under Hitler threatens the Christian world and freedom. It warns that a Nazi victory would reshape economics, censor life, and erode religious faith, posing a greater danger to Christianity than Judaism and endangering Western civilization. The author links atheistic Nazism to the erosion of Christian principles and calls for awareness of this looming threat.
The article argues the United States Army and Navy have far fewer than the claimed 50 090 planes and questions the accuracy of such high figures. It notes Allied awareness of Germany and Russia using air power two years prior and warns that overstatement could reveal US defense readiness and plans for South American defense of the Monroe Doctrine.
The article defines blitzkrieg as a lightning war combining mass aerial assaults and surprise terror. It notes Hitler’s explanation and cites parachute troops and airborne mine distribution as two innovative German tactics against the Allies.
The author argues for immediate construction of airports in nearly every sector of the country, comparing depots and barracks to apply wartime logistics to aviation. He predicts commercial flying will expand after the war and that plane travel will be as common as bus travel within ten years, urging Thomasville to lead.
A fragment from the Athens Banner-Herald recalls postwar propaganda efforts and a prior incident where the newspaper split public notices from a group over balked lines. It notes German war preparation as context and critiques overreach in publicity materials.
A souvenir postcard folder sketches five Manhattan scenes. A theater box office robbery with a shotgun, a hoodlum's courtroom confession, a Dutch heiress contemplating war, a chaotic 34th Street traffic moment, and a Lexington Avenue reunion where Johnny appears in a kiss.
A Saturday puzzle lists clues including sunken fence, sound of surf, and Spanish gentleman with an array of definitions. Across and down entries cover items from bristle to Scar Leott O Hara commonwealth declares spike of corn turn left and many more varying from organs to plants and citrus items.
Washington reports farmers begin June work under war pressures that may cut returns. Prices for key crops fell due to shrinking foreign markets and Allied setbacks, yet the agriculture department projects a June cash income near 600 million dollars.
The department notes that higher feed costs pressuring livestock prices may curb production after a summer peak. Hog marketing is expected to rise this month with reductions later. Domestic pork consumption may grow this summer, but exports to foreign markets remain limited unless British meat supplies tighten.
A Paris legend of 150 years was shattered when wreckers raised the canal boat Telemaque from the Seine during the French Revolution. They hoped to recover Marie Antoinette treasure but found no gold coins.
A bucket of gasoline ignited in the garage of EB A Rogers in Pelham Georgia on Saturday noon. High wind threatened damage but the cleaned garage and prompt action by mechanics and the fire chief prevented injury.
Pelham Georgia June 3 the tenth grade was delightfully entertained Friday afternoon by grade mothers Mrs W T Pilan and others in a community gathering.
In an office scene at a publishing house head, the Scotch editor, James Jones, discusses an English novelist manuscript. The editor notes the first half is weak, while the latter half improves, predicting that few readers will recognize the shift as the work unfolds.
Mrs. J. R. Payne attends a picnic and swimming gathering at the mill pond hosted by Mrs. W. J. Hand. The informal social occurs at the pond area with neighbors joining for a day of recreation and companionship.
Pelham Georgia reports the tomato market opened officially on May 30 with three buyers stationed in tobacco warehouses. Picking should be in full swing by early next week and a strong season is anticipated. The first car shipped on June 1 and the Tomato Festival is set for June 6.
British air raid wardens compete to supply gas masks to babies. One warden set a record by equipping a 40 second old infant, but the mark was beaten ten seconds later within a single day.
Astoria Oregon reports hundreds of mountain beaver sweeping a 1000 acre forestry model nursery. The pests ignore poison baits and damage about 80 percent of the 4004 young trees. Clatsop county authorities fear bounties could bring pelts from other regions. Charles Henry, the county timber cruiser, estimates the damage across the nursery.
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