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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1945
Page
1
A heated wartime column criticizes leaders and policies, lampoons Goebbels and Hitler, comments on Red Cross, rationing, postal rates, and constitutional drafts, and notes public sentiment in Thomasville amid global conflict. The piece weaves satire with current events and local concerns.
The navy department cites extensive casualties including over a thousand merchant ships and numerous warships. The figures indicate significant losses in efforts to protect supplies to Japanese outposts and support naval operations in the area.
A critical column accuses John L Lewis of pressuring through threats and telegrams to raise coal wages for miners, arguing the push harms the war effort. It laments wartime strain on homes and industry, urging government takeover of mines if unions cannot cooperate.
The piece discusses how Admiral Halsey’s supposed wrong guess about defeating the Axis in 1948 sparked debate. Commander Harold E. Stassen argues the statement was a strategic bluff to deter Japan when U S forces were thin, delaying attacks for six months.
Josef Grohe, a Cologne Nazi head, flees as Rhineland real estate sinks and Allied advances threaten his privilege. The aftermath includes underground rooms, luxury, and a library housing period propaganda, with his paper shut as American pressure rises.
The first built places of that type are largely out of repair and require quick work. Modern and later constructions use better materials and are more permanent. The older units will be sold promptly as soon as the shortage eases, while the earlier ones may linger on the market.
Meigs Ga March 9 Meigs News reports AMM 1e U S N Monroe Wilkes returned to duty after 14 day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Monroe Wilkes wife and two daughters Barbara Ann and Dondra Wilkes at Hutcheson Kansas Naval Base where he will soon go to sea friends glad to see him wish him success
We thank everyone for kindness and compassion shown after the death of our mother and grandmother. Thanks for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilkes and family.
The text notes a contrasting figure not given to certain tactics proving most effective and mentions the Japs as being entirely misled by a «wrong press» with Albany cited in confusion.
Washington March 97 The Bretton Woods pact faces Republican skepticism amid calls for changes. The plan creates an international bank with 44 nations and a fund to stabilize trade and currency. Hearings before the House Banking Committee probe language and potential shifts before floor action.
Meigs residents welcome relatives and friends from Cairo Crechville Camilla and Thomasville. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Leo Wilkes Mrs J L Worling and families and several Wilkes relatives. James Norman Wilkes III returns from furlough to Davisville R I after time with Meigs home family.
AP dispatch from Washington reports extended conference on manpower legislation as Republicans warn of a scandal worse than Teapot Dome tied to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Senator Taber vows to present proof of agency abuses. House Republicans oppose extending CCC life and borrowing power amid a study into “objectionable conditions.” The CCC funds lend lease food and subsidies as Vinson departs.
In Atlanta on March 9 the father 8/Sgt. Criford L. Burdick stationed in Italy was granted leave to return home. His 21 month old daughter, stricken with sleeping sickness, has been in a coma for three weeks. The Atlanta Red Cross chapter informed his wife of the approved trip and Burdick is expected to be released from rotation this month.
A five year old Vancouver B C boy named Little Gothi Gray is forecast to die within months due to a heart enlarged well beyond normal size. Doctors report the condition is incurable and worsen with time, with little prospect of improvement.
Describes Pattern 9029 with youthful neckline and simple sewing. Proposes combining two old patterns into a smart one for use on a single fabric. Gives size range from 10 to 34 and fabric yardages for 35 inch and 39 inch widths.
Courtland Alabama March 1944 a four engine plane crash near the Army Air Base proved fatal to three officers and one enlisted man Walter W Greet field officer announced The victims were Capt Harold B Strong Dr of Fort Lauderdale Florida Capt John P Murphy Spalding Nebraska First Lt James W Dennis Ashley Ohio and Pfo Francis M Guinaugh New Castle Pennsylvania The report notes a separate personal story of Colin born with a condition hoping to grow up to serve in the next war
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