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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1945
Page
1
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The piece surveys postwar optimism and policy debates from MacArthur leadership to Japan and India, urging faster reforms, better jobs, and improved healthcare while noting military inducements and concerns over sleeping-pill overdoses and shifting alliances, with regional sports mentions at the end.
The piece criticizes the Southern Association accreditation rules as crude and unfair. It cites two Thomasville school cases including a high school deprived of its status due to a non AM holder principal and a colored high school penalized for lacking a full time librarian salary. It urges reform and warns of consequences if the system remains dictatorial and uncompromising.
The piece argues for a peace pact among nations to set fixed methods of warfare, ban war aircraft except in combat, and prevent the use of atomic bombs. It warns against future horrors and urges collective action to elevate nations toward democratic, peaceful conduct.
A columnist condemns the Pearl Harbor attack as barbaric and urges decisive global action to prevent a recurrence. The piece calls for unity among winner nations, stronger defenses, and ethical standards to keep peace and deter Germany and Japan, while noting Georgia voting rights tensions and a potential Regents successor.
Washington reports crumbling labor machinery as War Labor Board dissolves. A November 5 labor-management conference could create a peacetime arbitration process backed by courts. Workers seek 40 hour pay parity with wartime gains while management fears wildcat strikes and demands wage restraint.
Donalsonville Ga Sept 24 The Seminole Hotel which has been under the management of R E Wheeler has been leased to Ben Treadwell for a period of five years Mr Treadwell who is
Thomasville announces the Gilbert Hotel will open October 1 under manager Thomasville veteran hotelman. The Seminole Hotel building will be renovated with new carpets and equipment, and a first class dining hall is planned to operate from January 1, enhancing city convenience.
Dr H B Baxley returns to Donalsonville and will reopen the hospital with Dr H B Jenkins after release papers. He served in Africa and Corsica during World War II and returned to Georgia in 1944. His wife and children, Harriette Elitha Anne Jimmie and Janice, also returned home.
Hal Boyle recalls Hong Kong in stark detail describing beggars as a staple of life. He notes the vast contrasts of wealth and poverty, with children carrying siblings, sellers, and withered lives near silk shops and food stalls. He witnesses the daily struggle and calls it China.
In Tampa on Sunday the Third Air Force Gremlins beat the Personnel Distribution Command Comets of Greensboro 27 to 2. QB Charlie Trippi and halfback Bob Kennedy sparked the air attack as heat slowed play. more than 12,900 fans watched the season opener.
The text notes Dr. Baxley and others at home in the hospital. The community is glad doctors are returning after providing medics during the war and a birth occurred.
The Thomas County Victory Pulpwood Committee warns that without steady pulpwood supply the nation risks missing full employment, production, or consumption. It cites Secretary Schwellenbach's remarks and urges local mills to boost top quality pulpwood to meet reconversion orders and packaging needs for overseas shipments.
The 16 year old Beverly Wills reaches the men's singles final at the Pacific Southwest tourney, facing Sgt. Frankie Parker after a 6 2, 6 4 win. Parker secures his second straight Pacific Southwest title and pairs with Francisco Seguar to win the men’s doubles. Margaret Osborne defeats Louise Brough in women’s singles and then partners with Brough for doubles.
Los Angeles reports National Junior tennis singles champion Herbie Flam stresses the risks of facing male competitors in certain events. The brief note notes her insight on gender mixed play and training implications.
Mary fe acid defeated Los Angeles in straight sets 6 0 for the women s doubles title as the Ocberne Brough combine captured their fourth straight Southwest doubles championship.
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