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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 23, 1944.
rAUB MV*
Father And Son
despond To Call With
American Armed Forces
tup following interesting story
Y id by Mr. Eugene Anderson in
• »\round the Circle” column in
Sterday's Macon Telegraph:
* Tin' picture of Clarence M. San-
* a nd his son, Morris M., from
Riitler in a recent issue of the
Macon Telegraph has interest for
pnnlc all through that section, as
p 11 aS for all who take pride in
|' he personnel of Uncle Sam's
^ dc at Camp Perry, in Virginia.
The son at the time was stationed
at Washington, D. C., and has been
[ n the service six years, Feb. 6th
of this year marking the anniver-
rv Little has been said about it,
"nil young Morris was shipwreck-
rfi in 1942, and was missing or
unaccounted for from the 29th of
October to the 18th of November.
Recording to Mrs. Clarence San
ders, mother at Butler, the emer-
crency food on the raft was used
up quickly, and for the rest of the
time the little group of ten had
only raw food to eat and such rain
water as they could catch to
drink. When they were rescued,
they were so weak they couldn't
stand. They had been in Africa,
and were 150 miles from Martin-
que on their way back to the
states. A navy plane discovered
their drifting raft, and reported
the matter, so that the group was
picked up by a Spanish vessel and
carried to Madiera Island, where
they were left 32 days, to be lat
er picked up by a Portuguese ves
sel and carried to Lisbon.
"My son rode seven thousand
miles coming home,” says Mrs.
Sanders. “He landed at Laguardia
Field in New York on the 8th of
January 1943. Since that time he
has made several trips across, and
is now out again.”
Mrs. Sanders is also very proud
of the record her son made as Ma
con Telegraph agent at Butler;
andshe took up the agency when
he became a warrior. She still
does the work, and has a good
list of subscribers.
forces. The picture was
Talbotton Capt. Credited
With Being First American
To Bomb German Capital
U. S. Bomber Base, England,
March 14—Veterans of the fam
ous Ploesti oilfields raid, the crew
of “Ellusive Elsie 3D” were deter
mined that their Liberator would
be the first B-24 to bomb Berlin.
They succeeded—but they nearly
didn't make it.
The heavy bomber was leading
a Liberator formation to Berlin
and everything went along fine
until the ship reached its primary
target—a suburb south of the Ger
man capital.
Capt. Jno. H. Jordan of Tal
botton, Ga., bombardier, got his
target lined up and released the
bombs. At least, he went through
the motions, but nothing happen
ed. Something was wrong with the
lelease mechanism and the bom-
bay doors failed to open.
“What are we going to do now?”
Navigator 1st Lt. A. P. Green, of
Zobulon, N. C., asked over the in
terphone. “Give me a heading
right into Berlin,” replied the pilot
Capt R. A. Larson, of Concordia,
Kan.
Fifteen seconds later, the copilot
2nd Lt. C. S. Satterlund, of Lan
caster, Minn., succeeded in trip
ping the salvo handle in the cock
pit, and Capt. Jordan dropped the
bombs for a direct hit on a target
at the German capital.
While the missies dropped, flak
was rough and rocket fire was
shooting up from Nazi ground de
fenses.
There was so much flak in the
sky it looked like a bomber ex
ploding”, Jordan said. “The flak
appeared to be 25 miles across the
heavens. The smoke it created
seemed like storm clouds.”
Larson, crew members pointed
out, could have turned back from
Berlin, when bomb-bay doors
stuck, but today they were glad
he made the decision to head on
into the city.
Tail Gunner Sgt. Charles H.
Dugan of Hot Springs, Ark., saw
♦ he bombs hit,and said they made
a “beautiful pattern,” while all
crew members agreed the Berlin
attack was a lot different than
the Ploesti mission.
“At Ploesti,” they said, "we
were flying 10 feet off the ground
at one time. We wouldn't have
had a chance to get out by para
chute. Over Berlin there was a
sort of comforting feeling in alti
tude.”
Others of the crew of the lead
ship on the first mission over Ber
lin included radio operator, T-Sgt
Edgar L. Shaw, Jr., of Jackson,
Miss,; engineer and top turrett
gunner, T-Sgt. C. H. Holtz, of
Crookston, Minn.; nose turrett
gunner, Sgt. R. A. Orr, of Phila
delphia, Pa.; left waist gunner,
S-Sgt. G. J. Bradley of Rockford,
Eh; right waist gunner, S-Sgt.
John Apetz, of Rochester, N. Y.,
and Observer 1st Lt. A. V. Kirch-
enbauer, of Toledo, O.
Tarver Loses Baffle
Of Word To Fellow
Georgia Congressman
Washington, D. C.—Representa
tive Stephen Pace (D,Ga.) holds a
victory over Representative Mal
colm Tarver (D. Ga.) in a battle of
words on the House floor.
The two clashed while acting in
their hole? as chairmen of two
house subcommittees concerned
with identical problems contained
in an agricultural appropriations
bill being considered.
Pace, head of an agriculture sub
committee, won out when the
House followed his urging and re
jected, by a 46 to 19 standing j
vote, an amendment by Tarver,
chairman of an appropriations
subcommittee.
Tarver's proposal was that in
stead of limiting the authority of
congress to appropriations for con
trol of certain insect pests, such
as the boll weevil, the bill should
provide power to make immediate
allotments. He contended his au
thority is needed in order to com
bat speedily any new threats
which arise to agriculture.
Pace contended that Tarver's
amendment “would give them
• the appropriations ommittee)
blanket authority to do what they
please as to reporting appropria
tions for insects” and added, “We
do not think this safe.” |
Tarver replied "what the gentle- !
men want to do is to tie the'
hands, not of the appropriations-
committee but the hands of con
gress, and to say that the con
gress shall not appropriate for i
whatever it may deem necessary i
to be done in this field unless his j
committee has first authorized it.” .
Pace declared the agriculture |
committee believed it had taken
the right course by “authorizing
those programs we knew were
sound and including in the bill a
provision that would take care of
any emergency that might arise.”
“Then if it develops that it is
more than an emergency, they
could come to congress and get
the authority like everybody else”
he said. *
i
Pace stressed that altho he dis- [
agreed with Tarver on the issue, [
“as far as I am concerned, I am |
willing to give those two men
Tarver and a colleague on the ap- I
propriations committee) the blan- j
ket authority because I know they
will not abuse it, but they will not j
be here forever, I regret to say.
Your Ration Calendar
For Various Items
Processed Foods: Blue A8 thru
E8 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each, for use with tokens;
all expire May 20. Blue F8 though
K8 become valid April 1; expire
June 20.
Meats and Fats: Rea A8 through
F8 (Book 4) now valla at 10 points
each, for use with tokens; all ex-
uire May 20. Red G8, H8 and J8
become valid March 26; expire
June 18.
Sugar: Sugar Stamp No. 30
(Book 4) good for five pounds in
definitely. Sugar stamp No. 31
(Book 4) good for five pounds in
definitely; becomes valid April 1.
Canning Sugar: Sugar stamp
No. 40 good for five pounds of
cannnig sugar until Feb. 28, 1945.
Shoes: Stamp No. 18 (Book 1)
expires April 30. Airplane Stamp
No. 1 (Book 3) valid indefinitely.
Another shoe stamp, yet to be
designated, will become valid
May 1.
Fuel Oil: Period 4 and 5 cou
pons (10 gals.) expire Sept. 30.
Gasoline: A-9 coupons now val
id; expire May 8. A-ll coupons
valid March 22; expire June 21.
Rationing rules now require that
every car owner write his license
number and state in advance on
all gasoline coupons in his pos
session.
Change in Gas Coupons: Be
cause “a lot of gasoline is flow
ing into black markets and the
situation is critical,” OPA an
nounced last week that “A” gas
coupons in Mississippi, Tennessee
and Alabama will be cut from
three to two gallons a week, ef
fective March 22. No changes are
to be made in Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Flori
da, where “A” coupons at present
are good for only two gallons a
week. No changes were made in
“C” coupons anywhere.
“In these seaboard states," OPA
said, “A” rations are already at a
bare minimum for family needs
and “B” and “C” rations have al
ready been closely tailored by lo
cal boards. But to avoid a fur
ther coupon cut in this area,
where counterfeit coupons have
become a serious menace, we
must have the cooperation of the
motorist in curbing the black
market. If that fails, further 'cou
pon cuts are unavoidable.”
No man was ever so completely
skilled in the conduct of life, as
not to receive new information
from age and experience.—Ter
ence.
Interesting Letter
From Former Citizen
Of Taylor County
(Note: The Herald always wel
comes letters from its readers, es
pecially natives of the county
who havp established themselves
in other sections of the state and
nation. We are therefore pleased
to give space to the following
communication, while sincerely
appreciating the personal refer
ence to the Herald:)
Feb. 2,4, 1944.
Editor Butler Herald:
I am an old Taylor county boy.
I was born in dear old Taylor coun
ty the first day of June, 1887,
worked there on the farm with my
father until his death Oct, 14
1904. I was at that time about 18,
and I was left to shuffle for my
mother, two brothers, and ohe sis
ter. My mother died Jan. 22, 1907,
and that Fall I went into the U.
S. Army and remained there until
after World War One. After leav
ing the Army I went to Lakeland,
Fla., and went to work for the A.
C.L. Railroad at that place, until
1920, at which time I moved to
Winter Haven,Fla., and started out
as a carpenter living in Florida all
together 16 years.
I returned to Georgia in 1935,
landing back in dear old Taylor
county after an absence of 29
years. No matter where I go my
heart and all of my thoughts are
back in my dear old home county.
I have a host of good friends and
old school mates there yet, tho a
good many of them have passed
on like we all have got to do some
day, For I am 56 years of age
myself now, and may be the next
one to go; we can't always some
time tell about who will be the
next one that will be called upon
to pay that sacred debt.
Please allow me space in your
columns of the Herald to pay my
greatest respect to the editor and
publisher of that grand old paper
who is none other than Hon. Chas.
E. Benns, whom I have known all
my life. I want to congratulate
you in the great progress that you
have made toward the publication
of your paper, since I first can re
member anything about that
grand old paper. My father was a
constant subscriber for it as long
as can remember, and up till his
death. Here's wishing ycu many,
many more happy and prosperous
years with the paper that I used
to read and enjoy so much when
I was a boy.
At the present T am employed at
Warner Robins Air Depot at War
ner Robins, Ga. I am employed as
a guard in defense work and have
been here the past 20 months, and
enjoy the work very much. I make
my home at present in Macon.
I always try to make it a spe
cial point to pay the Herald a vis
it every time I am Li Butler. So
if you have space ir the columns
ofyour paper and ca.e to publish
this poorly composed letter I will
appreciate it. And here's hoping
that I will be there again some
time in the near future. So here's
my sincere best wishes for yours
and the future of the dear old
Herald.
Very respectfully,
Emory N. Jenkins.
Warner Robins, Ga.
MULES, BARN AND FEED
ARE BURNED AT LAMAR
Barnesville, March 18—Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed the
barn belonging to Douglas Virden,
Lamar county negro farmer, early
Thursday.
Three fine mules, quantities of
corn, fodder and fertilizer, In ad
dition to farm equipment and
wagons stored in the bam were
lost in the blaze.
REPRESENTATIVE PACE
SEEKS TO SAVE SCHOOL
LUNCH PROGRAM
Representative Steve Pace of the
Third Congressional District of
Georgia, is going to seek recon
sideration of a bill to continue the
federal aid program for school
lunches. The House last week re
jected an amendment which would
have continued the program for
one year with a $50,000,000 feder
al appropriation.
Pace announced in Washington
this week that he is requesting the
Agriculture Committee, of which
he is a ranking member, to recon
sider his school lunch bill. The
bill would use agricultural funds
rather than take money direct
from the federal treasury.
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