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Ford Says Plant
Could Build 1,000
Airplanes Daily
Detroit, May 28—Henry Ford,
life-long opponent of war in any
form, said today that much a? he
hated war, "if it beocmes necessarj
the Ford Motor Company could—
with the counsel of men like Lind
bergh and Rickenbacker, under our
own supervision and without med
dling by government agencies—
swing into the production of a
thousand airplanes of standard de
sign a day.”
It would take about six months
under those conditions he said in an
interview, to reach that level of pro-
, TODAY WILL UK OBSERVED
I at andersonville cemetery
Andersonville, Ga., May 28—Pro-
ram for the Memorial day exercises
to be held at Andersonville National
Cemetery Thursday morning begin
ning at ten o'clock, has been an
nounced as follows:
Opening ceremonies — Fitzgerald
and Americus camps, United Spanish
War Veterans, Department of Geor
gia.
Song, “America”, by all.
Invocation by Rev. H. Gillespie.
General Order Number 11, by De
partment Commander J. H. Burke.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, by
Mrs. Melvin Fletcher.
Music.
Introduction of speaker by Past
Commander H. C. Stanfield.
Memorial Address by Nelson Shipp
editor of Columbus Ledger-Enquir-
cuction.
“Of course,” he emphasized, “they
vould have to be of standard design;
Song by colored singers.
Decoration of cenotaph by
Wo-
equally important would be freedom man's Relief Corps.
of action on our own part, so that
we would not have the handicap of
red tape that showed down produc
tion during the VVorld War.”
Ford said he was convinced the
present conflict in Europe would
not last very long “because the
United States won't get into it,”
‘Don't misunderstand me,” he
Song, Star Spangled Banner, by all
Benediction by Rev. H. Gillespie.
Firing of salute by 29th U. S. In
fantry.
Taps by buglers of infantry.
Immediately after the close of the
exercises, a basket dinner will be
served at the club-house at the main
gate of the cemetery. The public is
said. “A lot of pressure is being i invited to attend the program and
brought to push us into it and there j to bring a basket dinner with them.
is real danger in enormous defens
ive armament, but 1 am confident
we can keep out of it.”
It was suggested to Ford that "a
thousand planes a day is an enor
mous volume of production.”
“So was 10,000 motorcars a day,
NEW WORLD SEEN
AS WAR OUTCOME
Atlanta.—Postmaster General Jas.
A. Farley warned college graduates
Sunday to be prepared to aid in re
but we did it; so was the production | abilitation of Europe “when the
of one eagle boat a day during the
World War, but we did it. Inciden
tally, we would have reached the
level of one submarine chaser a day
much sooner but for a certain
amount of red tape that had to be
contended with.”
“Still, planes present a different
problem,” the interviewer persisted.
“How?” Ford asked.
“Well, we won't know as much
storm of war is past.”
In an address prepared for the bac
calaureate exercises of Oglethorpe
University, Farley enjoined:
“Whatever the outcome of this
war, one thing is certain: the world
in which we live after the firing has
ceased will be a new kind of world.
"You are to be citizens of a new
world. Whatever the outcome of
these trials abroad, you, as citizens
about planes as we do about motor i of that world, must offer the strong
cars and farm tractors." i fiber of your houe and the vast con-
“That's exactly why I say we need fidence that belongs to Americans.”
the counsel o! men who know avia
tion and that we must not be dictat-
Speaking of unsettled international
affairs, Farley cnotinued:
ed to by men who haven't kept up to I “In the dark hour, we must ask
date in airplane design and opera-j ourselves: What is it we must cher-
tion,” came the reply. “The manu- j ish beyond all things, in the world
of spirit and of mind.”
“One of these, most assuredly, is
popular government—the right of
the people to govern themselves, to
choose those who temporarily ad
minister the government.
“We separate the powers between
nation and state and within nation
and state. We recognize the distinc-
Butler friends of Prof. J. M. Rich- jj 011 between executive, legislative
and judicial powers. We must guard
these principles, preserve them, and
apply them in our day-to-day deal-
facture of airplanes—if agreement
is had upon just what is wanted—
becomes simply an assembly prob
lem.”
MISS BROOKS SETS
WEDDING DATE
ardson, for a number if years su
perintendent of the Butler high
school, and Mrs. Richardson, now of
Macon, will be interested in the Ld-! jngs with the problems of govern-
lowing announcement of the ap-1 rrent.’
ot Iheir only
312 G. S. C. W. STUDENTS
Eugenia TO GRADUATE JUNE 10
broaching marriage
son, James M. Jr.:
Macon, May 26.—Miss
Preston Brooks of Athens and her I
fiance, the Rev. James M. Richardson j Milledgeville—Dr. C. Darby Fulton
Jr., o,f Atlanta and Macon, have executive secretary, Mission Board
chosen June r-4 as the dace for Their j of the Southern Presbyterian church
wedding which will take place at 12 i will deliver the commencement ser-
noon in Emmanuel Episcopal cliuuh, mon at the Georgia State College
Athens. The marriage v
emnized by Bishop H. J. Mi ked of
Atlanta. The music will be played by
the organist, Mike McDowell.
Miss Brooks will be given n mar-
rage by her father, R. P. B’.-oks.
She has chosen her sister, Mrs. Al
len N. Smith of Montgomery, as the
matron of honor, and ner other sis-
sol- j for Women June 9. Dr. S. V. San
ford, chancellor of the University
System of Georgia, will make the
baccalaureate address June 10.
The alumnae banquet, Saturday
night, .June 8, begins the commence
ment program. The banquet will fea
ture “Enid Day,” Ruth Steed Rob
ertson, well-known radio voice and
ter, Miss Annie Brooks oi Athens, as 1 an alumna of GSCW.
her maid of honor. Her bridesmaids | The annual Alumnae Vespers,
will be Mrs. R. G. Stephens, Jr., ar<l Sunday night, June 9, will bring to
Miss Mary Dupree Bckford. both of the campus Dean Agnes Ellen Har-
Athens; Mrs. Allen R. Walker, of At
lanta, and Miss Kate
Augusta.
of the University of Alabama
1. Dunbar of I another GSCW graduate.
Approximately 312 students are
The groom-elect has chosen us his expected to receive degrees and
plomas this year.
800,000 UNITS BUILT BY
CHEVROLET PLANT SINCE
1940 MODEL WAS SHOWN
best man, Dameron lilacn Jr., of
Jacksonville, formerly of Atlanta.
He has selected for his grooms men
Bernard Ramsey and E. S. -Sall Jr, of
Macon; B. Jones and Dr. It. C. CcIo
nian Jr., of Atlanta; and J. 13. Ellir.g
ton of Thomaston.
Ushers will be Allen Nichols Smith
of the Montgomery, brother-in-law
of the bride-elect and Prof. John
Morris, Prof. Ralph, and E. R Hodg
son Jr., all of Athens.
Dr. and Mrs. Brooks will entertain
at a small reception at hon e follow
ing the wedding, the guests to be lim
ited to the bridal ppartv and mem-
fcesrs of the ! mi:iediate families.
Mrs. Marie L. Wood, who lives in
the peaceful little town of Vining,
Ga., is making every effort to get to
the world's most troubled spot—her
native land of France. She signed
with the American Red Cross, seek
ing that organization's help in get
ting her to France, where she wants
to help her people repel their enemy
Detroit, Mich., May 10—Chevrolet's
800,000th automobile to be manufac
tured since the introduction of the
1941 model was produced May 13th,
it was announced recently by M. E.
Coyle, general manager, Chevrolet
Motr division. The unit came off the
production line shortly after the be
ginning of the work day on this
date.
“Our production rate is 650 units
per hour” said Mr. Coyle.
“On March 21, Chevrolet an
nounced completion of car No.
600,000, and on April 16 reported
production of its 700,000th unit.
“This production rate has been
made possible by retail domestic de
liveries in March of 106,108 new
cars, and the domestic sale of 108,-
327 autos in April,”
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Columbus, May 26—A bill has
been prepared for introduction .Mon
day to authorize 816,000,000 addi
tional construction at military posts
Including an item of $1,280,600 for
new building at Ft. Denning, the additional construction at military
Ledger-Enquirer papers were advised posts and of this amount $1,280,600
in a telegram recieved from Rep- j will be for construction at Ft. Ben-
resentative Steve Pace of the Third
Gorgia district.
Mr. Pace said:
“111111 in preparation for introduc-
of an dadition to the
new barracks, warehouses
structures needed
the extensive program a t
liing. If bill passes it is hoped funds
will ho appropriated in last deficien
cy bill which is usually offered just
before adjournment.”
The funds will be used in erection
Work is the inevital;,
of human life, the true
human welfare.—Tolstoi
tion Monday to authorize 816,000,000
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