02 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1943
Page
1
A collage of wartime quips on shortages and social issues. It jokes about frozen foods, meat prices, lawns, eggs, and labor while noting railings against the black market and urging universal training. It references the Japs, Russia, and the home front recovery efforts.
Article outlines a USO rest lounge for Thomasville with an annual community cost of eight to ten thousand dollars, supported by Thomasville and Thomas County residents. It notes government aid, wartime mobilization, airport and hospital staffing, and broader political debate as Roosevelt pursues a fourth term and war measures through Congress.
The Governor signed a bill extending the deadline for car tag purchases for 1943. April first is named as the likely last extension due to late filings and mail delays. Gasoline use has fallen in Georgia, affecting tax returns and driving regulations.
The President reportedly told Congress to quit meddling with his administration. Readers note a growing regional desire for Congress to regain leadership over agency actions, with debates over limits on executive power and governmental reach.
Meigs Georgia highlights include Mrs Vic Brown and family returning to Pensacola and Charlotte Harbor Florida, visits by G E Palmer Gainesville, Jimmy Willis family moving to Marietta, Sandra, and multiple relatives and friends hosting or visiting in Meigs. Mentions of travelers from Bainbridge, Thomasville, Albany, Pelham, Quincy, Leesburg, and Richmond Virginia with hospital and residence updates. Glycerine fact note included.
Washington observes Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce ignite a postwar control dispute over air lanes, freeing a heated exchange with A. A. Berle and J. William Fulbright. The issue centers on unequal access to world airspace and leased wartime transports, with cross‑party impact and talk of more outspoken freshmen in Congress.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Howell entertained Pilot Officer W. J. Webber of the Bainbridge Flying School and Glasgow Scotland as guests last Wednesday. Other attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Eager Howard and Mrs. C. D. Thomas with daughter Charlotte.
Calendar for March term city court on Tuesday March 16 1943 lists cases including Alonzo Milley vs Henry Crutcher and Daisy Sheffield Smith vs Bank Life Insurance Company among many civil actions. Judge J F Lu Forester and commissioners and attorneys Alexander Vann and others appear for plaintiffs and defendants.
The Hayden Planetarium offers its sixth celestial navigation course drawing many attendees. Over 2,500 people including service men and laymen have attended winter sessions focusing on star identification and navigation applicable to marine and air use.
E G Smith has been resting comfortably recently. Mrs Maudel Shingler is spending time in Atlanta. She will return to Donalsonville to make her home within the next few days. Mrs E B Babb left last week to spend the winter with relatives in McRae. Mrs C N Berkeley has hosted her mother Mrs John Schnaufer sister Miss Edith Schnaufer and brother Vernon Schnaufer of Preston Minn. Mr Julian Webbs mother of Valdosta has recently been a guest of her son and family.
Senator Tydings said he will draft an amendment to grant permanent title to Western Hemisphere bases leased from Britain in exchange for destroyers. He argued the United States should secure future leases as repayment for lend lease aid, while Connally predicted quick Senate approval to continue the program.
Former President Hoover told a press conference that maintaining farm production at the 1942 level is the nation’s top domestic war issue. He cited submarine and Japanese disruption of imports, potential declines in farm output, and forces of degeneration in agriculture as threats to victory on the home front.
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