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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
1
The Thomasville Times Enterprise identifies editors and managers, notes its publishing and mailing status, and references Associated Press rights and advertisement change deadlines. It lists staff roles and subscription and contact information for the Thomasville Georgia newspaper.
A long reflective column discusses draft rules for men 21 to 36, exemptions, illiteracy and criminal records, and the role of draft boards. It covers deferments, training ages, and the need for medical and social considerations amid wartime mobilization. It also advocates funding YMCA and allied services for soldiers at cantonments and cites liquor tax revenue as wartime funding.
The article discusses tapping excess power from Thomasville and other municipal plants to relieve shortages in drought areas. It proposes hookups with nearby lines, using steam plants at surplus capacity, and coordinating with RBA lines to conserve power for essential uses. The piece recalls the sinking of the Robin Moor and a warship by Japan, noting limited response.
Billboards around and about urge support for the USO even in small towns like Thomasville. People question what it means, reflecting on prior publicity tied to the movement and its origins in meeting wartime needs.
Maj. Gen. Robert G. Richardson leads the army public relations division and endures endless encounters with jobseekers and critics. The piece notes his heavy workload, stress, and a notion sparked by horse riding to curb persistent pests.
F D R themed scenes in the White House and pool trunks hint at daily life in a capital that staggers paydays from the eighth to the twenty third. Merchants and taxi drivers adjust hours as government workers face increasingly frequent paydays. The 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning is nicknamed Hell on Wheels.
A column fragment sketches a Swedish immigrant tycoon’s stern stance on his son avoiding the draft, Tom Johnstone’s comic art studio play, critic Sidney Whipple’s blanket critique, Manhattan transit tweaks, and Ralph Edwards’s costly Truth or Consequences props including an elephant and other animals shipped from Trenton to New Jersey.
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