10 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1942
Page
1
An editorial urges Georgia readers to stop dithering and commit to defense work. It argues preparation is essential, calls for local volunteers, warns of bombing risks to Thomasville, and criticizes lax attitudes toward rubber, taxes, and government warnings while urging practical support for war effort.
Washington fear grows over espionage and fifth column threats after Pearl Harbor. FBI and other agents round up suspects nationwide including 50 in Dallas County and 13 aliens near a New Jersey air factory, while officials push tougher counter espionage measures.
George Sylvester Viereck was found guilty of failing to register with the government and reveal his business for Germany. After days of testimony, the trial established his guilt and he faces a fine up to three thousand dollars and imprisonment from two to six years. He is described as unscrupulous and dangerous in his activity for enemy nations.
Report highlights the elusive winter resting place of the chimney swift and contrasts it with rapid wing beats of a three inch hummingbird and a four foot pelican.
New York feature detailing defense plant workers near New York manufacturing various munitions including smokeless powder. A spark could trigger a catastrophic explosion despite plant safeguards. Also profiles Bab Christenberry of the Broadway Association and Bel the Astor Hotel manager with the famous electric gum sign across from the Astor.
A reader will find a long list of crossword clues and partial answers including Across and Down categories with items such as light bed repositories valuables pointed tool and many garbled entries like English river ghese wuman race grooved or furrowed cutting wit part of a co and not small mast undermine moccasins great lab Knock fortune aloft snarled mother silk worm nervous twitching crusted dish monarch bread thiri piece thickness grade deface leaven manufactured cloth religious musical composition belonging to a Greek letter bird king Arthur s lance pouch remains bend in timbe down clues and several broken phrases and misspellings likely from a scanned page with entries tied to a puzzle grid context.
A parish priest in County Mayo witnesses a bull threaten a milking girl. The girl calmly continues milking, claiming the bull refuses to approach because the cow is his mother in law. The tale reinforces wit and courage in a rural setting.
Georgia farmers are advised to expand peanut acreage and mix varieties to offset labor shortages and lagging imports. The Georgia Experiment Station cites Sumter County data and suggests staggered planting dates, planting Spanish peanuts late April to early May and North Carolina types earlier, to ease digging and stacking work.
A reader compares sending a picture and a paid sending of a stuffed head to New York with carrying an eagle to New Castle, highlighting a humorous or perplexing exchange about gift handling and propriety.
Washington March 10 the War Production Board designated cotton textile fabrics suitable for agriculture bags with a high priority to boost output. The bags are needed in marketing the 1942 crops and packing war time chemicals. The bag shortage is tied to sand bag demand and military needs plus the halt of burlap imports from the Far East.
The article notes farmers using a peanut plow and side delivery rake to lift and cure peanuts, saving over half the labor. For oil peanuts the method proves satisfactory and could aid in crop planning amid shortages. In Sumter county returns estimate about 30.50 per acre for edible peanuts and 39.65 for cotton.
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