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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
3
The Tobacco Association of the United States meets in Raleigh on June 28 and 29 to discuss cutting sales time on fine cured tobacco markets. Other topics include opening dates sales hours tobacco pile sizes and selling speed on the auction floor. EB S Royster from Henderson said opening dates may align with last year.
En listed link trainer instructors at Bainbridge Army Air Field receive new phase of instrument training in the training ships used for basic pilot cadets. Lt. Jack Sellers and WASPs Mary Beecham and Mary Beechtold pilot the sessions focusing on familiarization with aircraft, level flight, turns to a predetermined heading, pattern flying, instrument take offs and landings, climbs, glides and turns. The course enables instructors to speak with confidence and authority when guiding cadets.
Bainbridge Ga June 27 The Second District Baptist WMA will hold a rally at Faceville Baptist Church on June 28 at ten o clock in the morning. The program covers home foundation lessons, devotions, welcomes and responses, followed by reports and four talks on home life faith and tithing. Afternoon session features missions talks and juvenile delinquency discussions.
The Times-Enterprise begins daily questions and answers on rent control as set by the Office of Price Administration for Thomasville and Thomas County. This first installment introduces the catechism style guidance and notes further items will be published as space allows.
Guidance explains that monthly hotel guests generally retain room allocations, cannot be evicted to favor transient guests, and that hotel operators must keep rent records. The Area Rent Office provides specifics on monthly rents and notices. A hotel must notify the Area Rent Office when starting eviction actions except in nonpayment cases.
A note highlights concerns over leadership gaps in several organizations, naming Mrs. B Betts and Mrs. M Barineau as figures connected to the issue. The text discusses organizational struggles and the need for guidance and direction among members.
Bainbridge Ga June 27 The Weslyan College Semester Honors List includes Miss Betty Wilkinson daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Wilkinson of Bainbridge She achieved grades equivalent to B in all subjects in the end of semester list submitted by the Macon Ga college
G F Battles of Bainbridge purchased 100000 in Government Bonds for the War Loan Drive. He allocated substantial sums to each school district in the county and the rest to Bainbridge, citing difficulty farmers face when called on for money as a reason.
Bainbridge Ga June 27 Announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Essie Hurt to R E Ellis both of Bainbridge on June 18 at the home of Reverend C Carter pastor of the Second Baptist Church. Mrs Ellis is a Bell Telephone Company employee of twenty four years. Mr Ellis is a civilian employee of the Bainbridge Army Air Field.
Decatur Democrats Executive Committee met at the courthouse to reconsider primary absentee ballots mailed to service units for the July 4 election. Ballots printed before Jesse Gunn withdrew listed Gunn and C. A. Miller alongside incumbents Battles and Mills. 189 ballots mailed, 55 returned, committee unanimously accepts ballots bearing Gunn’s name.
Winners of the Morale Service Branch essay contest on Why We Fight at Finney General Hospital will be announced tomorrow afternoon. Col Browne and others judged, with top prize a $50 War Bond and runner up $25. A separate Bond prize was also awarded at a hospital ceremony broadcast over Finney radio.
Easy to sew pattern 9277 offers a button-front skirt and trim jacket with dressy options. Includes sizes from 12 to 44 with multiple fabric needs and a size 16 option for bra and shorts.
An ad urges sending twenty cents for pattern motifs and fifteen more for the Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book. It lists mail instructions to Times-Enterprise Pattern Dept. 232 West 18th St New York and cautions not to mail to the Thomasville address.
London AP reports German troops aided by tanks and planes began an eastern Bosnia offensive. Marshal Tito announced German forces were forced to withdraw from Grahovo and faced defeats near Delnice after a brief but costly battle, with many Poles among the units.
London June 27 AP allied air power has far exceeded expectations in three weeks of western front assault. Despite German decimation the Luftwaffe remains capable of violent hits. Air can delay troop moves but cannot stop them. daylight attacks face limits, yet allied pilots have overcome major hurdles amid ongoing campaign.
In England Mary the mixed Exmoor Shetland pony drinks beer and chews gum, upsetting GI Joes in France who seek the pony’s gum. Capt. Joseph F. Hunt, commanding a service company, reflects on aging and duty while praising his troops’ skill and aiming to bring them home alive.
The piece argues for strong support of the Farm Security Administration and cites Georgia gains in peanut and milk production, loans to farmers and tenants, and Ralph McGill praise. It contrasts Smithwick’s defense of FSA with Cox's opposition, urging continued government farming aid as essential to feeding the nation and sustaining war effort.
Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce met Premier Stalin in the Kremlin for two hours. The interview focused on future U.S.-Soviet trade with Stalin answering questions. Stalin lauded American business labor agriculture and war production and noted U.S. government support in coordinating production and fostering cooperation.
Reports from the American beachhead in France describe 16 Nazi prisoners escorted past crowds in a scene of public display. Locals mocked with anti German taunts while African American soldiers were jeered and shown to the crowd, reflecting wartime racial tensions.
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