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! EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY *— n — ll ■■ ll ■■ II I— —II■■II ■■ 11 doo • • I » VOLUME LXXXI NO. 25 FEBRUARY AUTO TIRE AND TUBE QUOTA REDUCED Early county’s February quota of tires and tubes was slashed nearly fifty per cent below the January quota, it was announced by the local tire rationing board after it had re ceived its instructions from state headquarters. The February quota is 6 tires and 5 tubes fpr passenger cars and 18 tires and 31 tubes for busses and trucks. No more than 25 per cent of this quota may be sold in any one week. There was no change of importance in the eligible list and the new quota and instructions indicate a tighten ing in the rationing program. Early County Civilian Defense Committee Chairman F. H. Brooks announced that the names of all pur chases of tires and tubes allowed by the Early county rationing board for the month of January will be published in next week’s Early Coun ty News and at two-week intervals thereafter. DEPUTY COLLECTOR TO ASSIST PUBLIC IN FILING INCOME TAX RETURNS Marion H. Allen, collector of in ternal revenue for the state of Georgia, announces that representa tives from his department will be available to assist the public in filing income tax returns for 1941. The date for Blakely is February 11, and the deputy collector’s hours on that day will be from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. He will be in the postmaster’s office at the local post office. The collector also announced that the internal revenue offices will be open in the following cities every day from February 2 to March 16, from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.: At lanta, Albany, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Rome, Savannah and Valdos ta. The services of the personnel of these offices is available to the pub lic. Tyrone Power and Betty Grable in “A Yank in the R. A. F.,” at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Fri day. AZ BETTER GROCERIES LOWER PRICES at WEAVER’S Cooking Oil—Gallon can $1.35 Tomatoes—No. 2 can . 9c Quart Mustard (delicious) 9c Rice, Water Maid—3-lb. pkg. 25c Tomato Catsup—l4-oz. bottle 10c Pure Lard —Gallon bucket 95c My-Rose Flour—24-lb. sack 89c Argo Prunes—2-Ib. package 19c Cut Beans—No. 2 can 10c Hudson Lye—2 cans 15c Oysters—2 cans for 35c Fancy Pink Salmon —Can 19c 50c Groves Chill Tonic—Bottle 39c 24 lbs. Swans Down Flour $1.20 (10c Defense Stamp given with every sack) MAKE WEAVER’S YOUR 1942 SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS Weaver’s Cash & Carry Food Market —A Division of T. K. Weaver & Company— C. E. BOYETT, Sole Owner BLAKELY, GA. (Satin Count)) Grand Jury Names Three New Members Board of Education The Early County Board of Edu cation will have three new members beginning April 1, it became known the past week when the grand jury of the January term of superior court made their recommendations to the court. That body named John H. Wil liams to succeed James W. Bonner, Gi H. Owen to succeed Gordon Hall, and H. C. Haddock to succeed H. E. Hightower, .whose terms expire April 1, 1942. Mr. Haddock is a former member of the board and served as its chairman for many years. The grand jury also appointed W. R. Taylor as N. P. & Ex-officio J. P. of the 1435th (Arlington) district. Elsewhere in The News will be found the general presentments of the grand jury, which returned sev eral indictments, five of them for murder, before adjourning for the term. COUNTY AGENT IS SPEAKER AT ROTARY CLUB MEETING J. F. Reid, Early county agricul tural extensioh agent, was a guest of the Blakely Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon meeting last Friday and spoke for several minutes on the work in which he is engaged. Mr. Reid, who was introduced by Ro tarian Barney Wynne, program chair man for the day, has only recently come to this county to assume his duties here and expressed himself as well pleased with the reception ac corded him by Early countians and pledged his best efforts toward a forward-moving program for the farming and live-stock industry. Other guests at Friday’s meeting, which was presided over by President Henry Wall, included Mr. W. L. De- Ford, of eDnton, Md., who was a guest of Rotarian Price Holland, and Capt. R. L. Reid,' of Turner Field, Albany, a brother of County Agent Reid. Ordinary D. C. Morgan will hold his monthly term of court next Monday. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1942. Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead." Chairman Nelson of the War Pro duction Board abolished the OPM and transferred its functions regarding production, purchasing, priorities, materials, civilian supply and subcon tracting to a new streamlined organi zation under the Board. In addition, Mr. Nelson created under the new Board a progress reporting and a planning unit to suggest improve ments from time to time. Mr. Nelson stressed two funda mental differences between the old and new organization: an increased amount of authority and a more defi nite delegation of responsibility to promote speed.. He said the main ob jective of the new organization was the full mobilization in the war ef fort of every national resource, large and small. Mr. Nelson named Ernest Kanzler to convert auto industry facilities to war use. Mr. Kanzler will have com plete authority to do whatever is necessary, Mr. Nelson said. He said that he expected to appoint as many other men with similar authority for other industries as are necessary. THE WAR FRONT— President Roosevelt told his press conference an inter-allied supply council and similar joint commands are in existence, and excellent prog ress is being made to strengthen the position of the United States in the Southwest Pacific. The Army announced Gen. Mac- Arthur’s forces have repulsed contin uous heavy attacks by reinforced Japanese units on Bataan Peninsula, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy with comparatively low losses to the defenders. The entire Japanese 14th Army, together with other units, landed on Luzon. U. S. Army forces sank a Japanese cruiser and a large tanker 100 miles off Jolo, and shot down 16 enemy planes in the Philip pines. The Navy anounced the freighter SS Brazos was sunk in a collision 120 miles southwest of Cape Hatter as. anri during the past week U-boats sank the City of Atlanta, the Lat vian freighter Ciltvaira, the tankers Coimbra and Allan Jackson, and torpedoed the tanker Malay. The Navy did not announce number of U-boats sunk or captured but said “some of the recent visitors to our territorial waters will never enjoy the return trip portion of their voy age.” The U. S. Navy sank three enemy merchant ships off Tokyo Bay and torpedoed a 5,000-ton vessel in Binanga Bay. REPORTS TO THE NATION— The Office of Facts and Figures, coordinating the information activi ties of aH Federal agencies to keep the public informed of the war ef fort, issued a 62-page booklet, “Re port to the Nation”, outlining the de fense and war programs from the be ginning to the present. In separate chapters the report discusses price control activities, alien control, eco nomic warfare, production of all nec essary war items, civilian defense, Objective of Japanese Drive . ’I ' C •>t k - < s ' - ' } : N.W.N.S, ™ As the Japs pushed down the Malaya peninsula against the British this was their objective—Singapore. Above photo shows what a bee hive of activity the most commercial point in Asia is, for sampans al most choke the Singapore river. A WEEK OF THE WAR war financing and all other phases of the national effort. AUTO, TRUCKS AND TIRES— The WPB ordered all production of passenger cars and light trucks for any purpose halted February 1. The announcement of the order said all military demands can be filled from the stockpile of autos that will be on hand by that date and which cannot be sold without Government permission. OPA announced that there is no prospect of rationing for used cars or of commandeering of private cars. OPA amended the auto freezing order to permit transfer of title to any vehicle under the terms of in stallment contracts drawn up before January 1 and repossession of any vehicle involved in a breach of such contract. The agency also amended its tire freezing rules to allow clergy men to purchase new tires and tubes. OPA put a ceiling price on materials used in retreading used tires. • TRANSPORTATION— The Interstate Commerce Commis sion granted railroads permission to increase passenger fares 10 per cent. Exempt from the increase are special fares granted tcf military or naval men on furlough. Permission was also granted to the Railway Express Agency, Inc., to make an emergency additional charge of 10 cents per package sent at first, second or third-class rates. ARMY— ' > The President said the United Nations are collaborating with the U. S. to effect transfers to the Ameri can armed service of the Americans who had enlisted before the war un der foreign flags. War Secretary Stimson announced completion of plans for the formation of a 6th Armored Division and two additional all-Negro units: an infantry division and an air pursuit squadron. The House passed and sent to the Senate legislation appropriating $12,500,- 000,000 to provide 33,000 new Army planes and equipment for them. NAVY— President Roosevelt asked Con gress for $5,960,000,000 for the Navy and signed a bill authorizing establishment of a special limited service Marine Corps composed of World War veterans and older men to be used in patrolling and guarding vital facilities. The Navy announc ed that students in school or college who have not yet reached their 20th birthday may enlist in the Naval Re serve with permission to complete the current school year before re porting for duty. CIVILIAN DEFENSE— President Roosevelt asked Congress for $100,000,000 to be used by the OCD for air raid protection of civil ians. Congress authorized the appro priation and formally placed the re sponsibility for civilian protection with the OCD. The FBI announced it will conduct special war traffic (Continued on page 2) Funeral Services Held Thursday for Mrs. J. S. Osbon a Funeral services were held last Thursday morning at Zion Free Will Baptist cjiurch for Mrs. Nolar Parlier Osbon, whose death occurred late Tuesday night at her home here. Rev. W. T. Wiley conducted the rites. Interment .followed in Zion cemetery, with Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home,in charge of arrangements and James Johnson, Bud Williams, Julius Williams, Les ter Wiley, Frank Stokes and ‘M. Rol lins serving as pall-bearers. Mrs. Osbon, who was the wife of John S. Osbon, was born in Brun didge, Ala., on April 17, 1888, hence was 53 years of age. She had been a resident of this county for four teen years and had many friends who deeply regret her passing. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist church. Surviving Mrs. Osbon are her hus band; two brothers, Robin Parker of Ozark, Ala., and John Parker of Brundidge, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha McWaters of Brundidge, Ala., and Mrs. Annie Knotts of Troy, Ala.; and the following children: Worthy Osbon, Mrs. Lois Miller, Miss Willie Bell Osborn, Miss Mo delle Osbon and James Osbon, all of Blakely, John S. Osbon, Jr., in the medical department of the U. S. army, Charleston, S. C., and Mrs. Ida Berry of Columbus, Ga. CIVILIAN TRADESMEN URGENTLY NEEDED FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE Civil Service officials disclosed to day that thousands of additional civilian tradesmen are needed imme diately in connection with the ex pansion of the national defense pro gram. The Navy Yard at Charles ton, S. C., alone, needs hundreds of machinists, caulkers and chippers, pneumatic drillers, punchers and shearers, rivet heaters and tool makers, for immediate duty. The Air Corps needs thousands of engine mechanics, instrument me chanics, sheetmetal workers, heat treaters, propeller mechanics, wire workers, and many other tradesmen. The officials urged that qualified tradesmen contact any second or first-class postoffice where full de tails may be obtained from the civil service secretary. FARM BUREAU MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEB. 8, AT 8:00 O’CLOCK An important meeting of the Ear ly County Farm Bureau will be held on next Wednesday night, February 8, at 8:00 o’clock. All members are urged to be present, as officers for ensuing year will be elected. Farmers Find a Friend in The First State Cooperating with farmers is “right down our furrow.” For years the First State has paid particular atten tion to the financial needs of the farmers of this section. When we help them we know that we are help ing ourselves and promoting com munity prosperity at the same time. FIRST STATE BANK BLAKELY, GEORGIA Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor AAAAAAAAA A A A A, A A A, A A A A S A A A A A A A A A . PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR SPECIAL GUN CARE URGED OF HUNTERS The Division is urging hunters to cooperate with the na tional defense program by taking good care of their firearms and “to make every shot count.” Wildlife Director Zach D. Cravey said hunters have not been asked to abandon their sport and to prevent the necessity of that, they should voluntarily adopt conservation meas ures. Copper, lead, steel and pow der are essential war materials and a drastic clamping down on them may follow, he said. “It may be altogether impossible to obtain new guns and rifles as time goes on, so hunters should be ex tremely careful to clean and oil them after each hunt,” Director Cravey said. “In the field, don’t waste ammunition by firing at game too far away to kill because if it is only crippled, that means a waste of game as well as shot.” Director Cravey declared that be fore “this war is over we may be needing our shotguns and rifles for more than wild game and that where enemy Germans and Japs are concerned, the Division will waive all closed season and bag limits.” “In some of our allied nations citizens have resorted to their hunt ing firearms to protect the home fronts from Fifth Columnists and if Georgia hunters should be called on to perform the same service, I guarantee they will give a good ac counting of themselves,” Director Cravey said. Early County Bookmobile to Begin Itinerary Monday • ________ The Early County Bookmobile, a library on wheels, has delivered to local library officials, and will be gin making regular scheduled trips next Monday morning, Mrs. N. B. Solomon, chairman of the Early County Library committee, an nounced yesterday. Mrs. Leila Sherman will serve as regular librarian and driver of the bookinobile and she will map out her regular routes and they will be announced later, Mrs. Solomon said. The Bookmobile is a W. P. A. project. STATE GUARD GETS SHIPMENT TARGET PRACTICE RIFLES A shipment of new single-shot tar get practice rifles has been received by the local State Guard, Supply Sgt. W. C. Jordan has announced. They are now being issued to mem bers of the Guard, Sgt. Jordan said.