27 May 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
1
Long county column discusses war effort optimism versus caution, bicycle traffic safety, home front routines, and local civic debates. Mentions Roosevelt Churchill and wartime policy, with advice on road and street safety for cyclists and pedestrians, plus town propagation of morale and public works.
A fragmented wartime notice warns Taoraxsville against imminent aerial attack but deems immediate bombing unlikely. It urges alertness and local readiness, praising a national civil defense organization and stressing continued public support and training to deter threats.
Local discussions on securing a government war project for Thomasville reveal divided sentiment. Proponents urge a business booster effect while opponents fear risk and deny readiness of federal support, leaving town on a cautious, recession‑tinged path and cautioning that a delayed or canceled project could hurt trade and credit.
A new Army civilian specialists corps is forming in a Washington Mall building with Dwight F. Davis as chief. The so called brain corps seeks technicians, inventors, and skilled workers who lack standard army fitness but offer essential talents. Draft evasion risks are noted, and most members will serve only for duration or specific projects, with some overseas deployment for tech roles.
A reader describes a six act Apache dance revue at the Latin Quarter in Manhattan with five women and two men led by boss Wrenk Mazzone. He reports injuries to dancers, broken chairs and tables, and fatigue as the act ends after about 12 minutes, noting the brutal realism and parallels to French cabaret shows.
A scrambled puzzle item lists clues for across and down entries with misprints and broken phrases. It references shipping, time, phrases about person names, Greek letters, herbal terms, and items like flowers roots and birds, demanding word fills.
A garbled reader puzzle lists multiple clues with numeric indices and hints ranging from adjectives and occupations to objects like a “large knife” and “written acknowledgment of a debt.” The OCR text mixes categories such as colors, names, and measurements, yielding a dense, unclear word grid.
A fragmentary caption hints at a regional or dialect piece narrating a family exchange. The readable text references kin, a communication gap, and a playful tone. No clear event or place is established.
An English visitor arrives in America to see family and discovers American money is unfamiliar. He borrows a handful of coins from the purser and pays a taxi with it. The cabby takes the exact amount, a humorous twist of fate.
Federal rent control will be imposed June 1 in 20 war congestion areas that failed to act locally. The Office of Price Administration said these communities were designated March 2 and given 60 days to reduce rents to prescribed levels. OPA noted no area met Henderson’s recommended reductions for the whole community.
A new policy sets automatic rent reductions effective June 1 for all housing, including trailers, with tenants paying amounts from the maximum rent date. In 14 areas rents revert to April 1, 1941 levels, including Birmingham, Wilmington and Mobile, Alabama, while San Diego, Burlington, South Bend and Columbus revert to January 1, 1941 levels in four more areas. The coverage reaches about 9 million people. extended zones are excluded.
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