18 May 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1942
Page
1
Public notice outlines re publication rights for AP dispatches and local news. It specifies that changes for standing advertisements must be submitted by 6 o clock p m the day before appearance. The text also contains garbled pricing or time terms.
A stream of wartime commentary covers rationing, gas cards, and civilian vigilance. The piece notes airmen face stricter discipline, soldiers encounter temptations near camps, and calls for national unity in defense efforts.
A long column denounces censorship of airport, troop, and air raid news while noting public curiosity and government aims to limit detail. It discusses price controls, hoarding, and the home front economy, then shifts to presidential mood, war prospects, and a personal reminiscence of a Prohibition era restaurant owner and late figures Osgood Perkins and Rudolph Valentino.
The clamping down of price ceilings on domestic products has drawn repeated protests yet remains undesirable except in specific cases. Public debate questions whether controls help or hinder economic stability and consumer welfare.
Washington correspondents note President Roosevelt has shown cheerful spirits in press conferences after the Pearl Harbor period. Observers say the change follows months of adversity and war news, with the president bearing heavy loads as before.
In New Jersey Meadowbrook stay Kay Kyser resumes home cooking with family, while turnip greens and baked ham aroma drifts across five counties. A Grand Central Army alert unsettles travelers as troops assume station duties for a drills exercise.
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A group of country Black migrants seek northern work in Birmingham Alabama. One man finds aid from a white benefactor who offers odd jobs at the Eagle Laundry. The applicant fears he lacks relevant experience but hopes for another chance to earn funds.
Lieut. Commander Richard Ellington Hawes of Thomson Georgia receives a gold star equivalent to a second Navy Cross for heroism as commander of the minesweeper Pipe on during a heavy December bombing raid at Cavite Philippines Navy base.
War Bonds purchase supports medium tanks used by the army. Tanks cost over 70 000 dollars each and act as battering rams, delivering steel and rubber equivalents from purchases. Citizens are urged to buy bonds every pay day to meet county quotas and sustain military needs.
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