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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1943
Page
1
A deep drilling project in Southwest Georgia aims to discover oil near a community with W B Hinton of Dallas Texas as the contractor. The venture supports regional development and the push to increase food production through local industry and vocational leadership by B B Baker, the school’s vocational director.
The Times Enterprise urges voting yes on the City Manager bill in Thomasville. It argues the measure modernizes government, outlines how it would take effect next January, and emphasizes majority voter action. It warns against misrepresentation and stresses the need for informed civic participation.
The article notes restaurants in major cities facing closure due to rationing limits and reduced menus. It cites New York as particularly strained, with big venues at risk, while many establishments still serve the public with smaller portions and conserved menus amid wartime shortages.
Washington debates wartime focus as Churchill signals Pacific offensive while Roosevelt shuffles optics. Analysts say the heat shifts away from North Africa toward the Pacific, even after Allied victories. Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s Washington visit underscores diplomacy amid looming action.
There is grim certainty in English and American circles that Hitler seems untroubled by crisis yet plans another decisive move. The issue centers on his attack on Russia as a possible last resort or on abandoning the plan to ready for future invasion.
The BLS cost of living index shows price changes for food rent clothing and utilities based on surveys and monthly city prices. Labor leaders dispute the figures saying living costs are higher than reported and a committee is to review the index system for improvements.
Bainbridge correspondent reports community members with relatives in the armed forces. Pat Wagoner enters Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville for summer term while Sergeant Clarence Kelly is stationed in Dyersburg. Lt. Frank Daniels leads a family with multiple service members across Army Air Forces Navy Marines and others from Bainbridge.
Mrs Laney Williams hosted a birthday party for her son Wilbur at their West Street home on Thursday afternoon. Guests played games, wore paper hats, and enjoyed cookies and ice cream with candy favors amid embossed green and yellow cake decorations. Attendees included Carolyn Cooper Betty Lou Gullage Mary Charles Roberts John Simmons Dan Hodges Anna Jester Phylis Grosman Joseph Grosman Jr Charles Bush May Lucille Griffin Johnny Bates Alice Phoebe Porter Lucretia Trollinger Carol Hunt Bobby Joe Higden Ned Higden etc.
Bainbridge Georgia announces the engagement of Kathryn Williams to William B Elliot Jr Ph M third class son of Mr and Mrs William B Elliot of Bainbridge Georgia. The bride elect is a Chaney High School graduate who works for the Bureau of Narcotics in Washington D C and lives in Chevy Chase Maryland. Elliott a Bainbridge High School graduate and former Bainbridge Coca Cola employee enlisted December 1941 and has served at Norfolk Great Lakes Bethesda and Norfolk Naval centers with medical and price accounting duties.
The article explains how a 10 percent bread price rise weighs more on the consumer index than a similar rise in cheese. It notes families spend more on bread weekly, about several cents, than on cheese, making bread the heavier determinant of inflation feelings.
Bainbridge Ga June 7 Fifteen officers reported for duty at Bainbridge Army Air Field. The group includes four student officers receiving basic flying instructions one navigation instructor and several flight instructors with listed names and home cities.
Bainbridge Garden Club will meet Wednesday June 9 at 3 30 PM in Bainbridge Ca Mrs T R Ramsey hosts Corporal Hunt from the Bainbridge Air Base will discuss Vacationing in Your Back Yard A later talk and demonstration by Mrs Trowell Humphrey covers Garden Suppers and Picnic Spreads and How to Prepare Them On Your Outdoor Grill Members are urged to attend for an afternoon in the Ramsey Garden.
In Donalsonville Georgia on June 7 thirty pupils of Mrs D P Verner performed a final ensemble recital. Boys joined in solo and ensembles with selections including opera arrangements. The students showed clear progress and happiness in study as Pilot Officer Howard Gibbons of the Bainbridge Air Base and Lancashire County England played two numbers at audience request.
Donalsonville Ga June 7 Petrol eum Exploration Company announces the first deep test for oil and gas in Southwest Georgia. Actual drilling will start soon once machinery is moved in and erected. Leases cover thousands of acres on both sides of the Chattahoochee River. The well will reach 6 000 feet.
The F F A Boys of the F D A School won a prize offered by the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau Inc Atlanta. The funds will be used to bolster the war effort in the community.
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