04 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1942
Page
1
A brief note in the Times-Enterprise includes a warning that the war is closer than expected. The item emphasizes urgency and national concern, likely reflecting wartime sentiment and calls for vigilance. It appears amid standard newspaper boilerplate and advertising notices in Thomasville, Georgia.
The piece fuses wartime musings with civic notes as MacArthur Day is linked to scrap drives. It reflects on leadership, rationing, blackout drills, and anti rumor ideas while referencing Japan, Germany, and Allied warfare.
Readers are urged to support the war through time and talent while recognizing limits on individual action. The piece argues United States victory is essential to preserve freedom and shape postwar terms, warning of dire consequences if Hitler prevails and noting England, China, and other nations depend on American resolve.
The piece discusses wartime transport issues with rail and bus systems, noting reduced passenger autos, possible postwar controls, and shifting roles of British, Japanese, and American facilities. It considers Canada and Mexico, urban versus rural needs, and urges preemptive planning for vehicle availability and regular passenger runs amid emergent national security concerns.
A long critique from Athens Banner condemns Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins for perceived incompetence and pro labor union bias. It cites sit down strikes and delayed certifications, urging Congress to enact a firm national labor policy during wartime production. The piece also notes WWII theater entertainment anecdotes from the Apollo and local acts.
A review notes Eddie’s failed amateur turn at Harlem’s Apollo theater. The master taunts his singing as flat while the audience cuts him down, delivering a sharpened verdict of got it or ain’t it. The night draws a packed, curious crowd in a melting pot of music.
A dense list of crossword style clues spans food fish to feminine names with scattered hints like winged, law, and devotion to wordplay. Entries include simpleton, simple winged, and various definitions, with odd spellings and typographical quirks suggesting a fractured puzzle page.
A traveler recalls an Irishman who served as chief barker for a New Orleans sightseeing coach. The tour included a famous cemetery as part of its itinerary and began on a morning when the bus was heavily loaded.
Tourists confront a cemetery barker who proclaims a 100 foot shaft to the Confederate dead and a second shaft funded by a wealthy man in memory of his wife. A visitor asks what the four figures symbolize and the speaker jokes they are Faith Hope and Charity and Mrs Moriarty.
The article critiques the creation of the National Housing Agency led by John B. Blandford Jr. amid a tangle of 16 housing agencies. It highlights Washington’s defense housing crisis, crowded influx of workers, and looming disaster if funds and cooperation fail to materialize. Charles F. Palmer departs to study wartime housing while urging swift action to avert health and war-effort disruptions.
In Moultrie Georgia on March 4 Mitzi Cummings of the Donalsonville 4 H Club won the grand championship prize at the annual fat cattle show with a 1150 pound white faced Hampshire. This is her second top honor having won in 1940 and shown the reserve champion last year. Wilma Cross of Albany captured the reserve championship with a 1025 pound Hereford. The event concluded yesterday and mentions Supreme Court Justice James F Byrnes who learned shorthand as a youth.
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