13 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
1
A collection of editorials and notes from the Thomasville Times Enterprise discusses tax season, postwar outlooks, and civic concerns. It references the Versailles treaty, Japan in the Pacific, the Vichy regime, and local street cleanliness amid wartime conditions, with varied commentary on labor, commerce, and public behavior.
The piece explores free speech in wartime praising lawful expression while noting limits in decency and national security. It cites cases such as a preacher punished for indecent language and discusses plans to divert grain to alcohol production alongside broader war related speech constraints.
The piece discusses censorship during war, internment of aliens, and government controls on information. It notes orders by Attorney General Biddle on espionage charges, rationing of sugar and gasoline, and wartime production shifts of typewriters and radios to support war material. It also mentions tensions over compliance and public reaction to rationing measures amid submarine threats along the Atlantic.
The Capitol and Defense Housing Registry report a surge of female workers while landlords show resistance to additional residents. Officials warn that office space will be tight by summer due to new War Department buildings and temporary staff.
A compact list of crossword clues covers across and down entries with varied themes. Items include tree, inlet, clay, finial, and many common crossword terms such as creature, ripple, power holders, fungi, and musical forms across and down.
The event featured three bird dogs chasing a mallard in an indoor tank amid log rolling and bait casting displays. The mallard evaded capture for 20 minutes before a Chesapeake retriever finally caught him, while the crowd laughed at the dogs’ frustrated expressions. A pair of moose locked antlers symbolized an odd moment in the program.
Hollywood reports fate catches Marlyin Hare known as the kissing girl after she aimed to kiss 10 000 soldiers. She lands the feminine lead in a western where tradition bars leading ladies from kissing the hero.
Irvin S. Cobb recounts a true seeming scene at Carnegie Hall where Heifetz makes his American debut. Godowsky sits with a famed violinist as a pianist’s presence draws envy, and a hot room prompts a pianist to remark on the heat while noting fiddlers might suffer more.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 13. Tulsa residents have bought about 10.66 million dollars in defense bonds, the highest per capita rate in the nation. Vincent Callahan visited to learn why, answering that enthusiasm, patriotism, and aggressiveness drive the strong pace.
Charles Yates of Atlanta, winner of the 1938 British Amateur, has reported to the Navy Yard in Charleston for assignment to the communications office. He is an ensign. He was drafted by the army but transferred to the navy.
Atlanta report notes six southeastern states expanding public water supplies to meet war demands at nearly 4 million dollars. Federal Works Agency official Lester M. Marx says over 2 million dollars comes from grants and loans, with communities providing the rest. The item mentions Greensboro, North Carolina as hosting large denim mills.
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