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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
6
The Morale Services branch of Finney General Hospital offers two prizes a fifty dollar award and a twenty five dollar award. The program supports essays and morale activities for staff and patients.
Lt. Harry E. Heath Morale Services Officer announced a War Bond essay contest at Finney General Hospital. Military patients and duty personnel may write up to 1 500 words on Why We Fight, with a June 20 deadline and submissions to St. Heath. A judging board will select winners from entrants who attend orientation lectures and view World War II battlefront maps in the Orientation Center.
The War To day bulletin is posted in the center and on all boards in hospitals. It reports progress on all fronts where the Allies fight. The Post Library publicizes the latest war books to patients in hospitals.
Despite sparse crowds Finney General Hospital Softball League games run Monday to Friday at Thomasville Municipal Stadium. Barracks 5 plays Married Men's Team No 1 at 7 pm with other matchups listed: Barracks 4 vs Barracks 8 Tuesday Barracks 2 vs Barracks 10 Wednesday Barracks 0 vs Barracks 12 Thursday and Married Men's Team No 2 vs Officers Friday.
About 30 men from the reconditioning unit at Finney General Hospital will picnic at Mill Pond Plantation on Monday evening. Lt William Wright says young ladies from Thomasville invited by the USO will meet at 6 pm at the YMCA and join the soldiers by the lake. Mrs Wade allows boating on the lake and a supper is being prepared by the Detachment Mess. Chaplain Blackford oversees the outing with anticipation.
Two base hits Patterson Schacter and Hill. Struck out by McCain 16 by Balster 6. Bases on balls by Balster 5 by McCain none. Plate umpire Mr E O Garner Thomasville High School Coach. Bases Pvt Jensen Reconditioning Unit.
Washington and New York clubs posted mixed results as the Athletics, Yankees, and Indians split or won games. Newsom and Ber ry led a 4 3 A’s win, while Page and Reynolds delivered key performances in a 6 4 Yankees triumph and 4 3 Indians loss in eleven innings. Other scores featured Phillies, Pirates, Reds, Tigers, Red Sox, Cubs, and Dodgers in a busy baseball night.
Deacon Albert Davies a well known colored citizen died Friday night June 2 after a brief illness at John D Archbold Hospital. He was former A C L freight office worker and husband of Mittie Davies of 302 Hopkins Alley. Funeral at 5 30 Tuesday from St James Primitive Baptist Church with Rev G Moore officiating. Interment Magnolia cemetery Hadley Funeral Home in charge.
Chicago June 5 AP Buddy Young Knnis freshman star will compete at Milwaukee for the national collegiate track titles He seeks wins in the 100 and 220 yard dashes the broad jump and the low hurdles A four event sweep would match Jesse Owens 1935 achievement at California Berkeley.
At Belmont the 24 day spring meeting ends with total wagering of 357 760 942. Ted Atkinson leads jockeys with 28 firsts after a Saturday triple. San Diego note appears as an incomplete AP dateline from June 5.
A motor launch Olga capsized near Port Stanley Ontario on Sunday with a crowd of excursionists. Fifteen believed drowned and thirteen rescued in the worst Great Lakes pleasure-boat tragedy since 1942.
The Swedish liner Gripsholm carrying wounded American soldiers exchanged for German wounded is due in Jersey City tomorrow. It carries 1231 passengers the smallest exchange ship to arrive here, plus wounded Canadian soldiers and 48 civilians including eight U S citizens. Interviews with American soldiers will be arranged at Mallory General Hospital Staten Island later this week. Civilian passenger Larry Allen AP war correspondent and Pulitzer winner is among those released from Italian and German prison camps.
Atlanta AP reports Georgia will keep the property tax per thousand assessed value for 1944 45 to fund General Assembly appropriations including common schools. Tax due by Dec 20. State revenues official B E Thrasher Sr notes tax yields small share of total taxes and provides 4 908 855 in 1943 with exemptions totaling 329 - numbers omitted for clarity.
The report details ongoing operations around Rome with advances, losses, and a growing prisoner tally. It notes shattered equipment and estimates that about 20 000 soldiers have been captured since the offensive began twenty five days ago.
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