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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 26
REGISTRATION
OF MEN 20-44 SET
FOR FEB. 16
The third registration of men for
military service under the Selective
Service Act will be held throughout
the nation on Monday, February 16.
On that date “every male citizen
of the United States, and every oth
er male person residing in the conti
nental United States or in the Ter
ritory of Alaska or in the Territory
of Hawaii or in Puerto Rico, other
than persons excepted by section
5 (a) of the Selective and Training
Service Act of 1940, as amended,
and by section 208 of the Coast
Guard Artillery and Reserve Act of
1941, is required to and shall present
himself for and submit to registra
tion before a duly designated regis
tration official or selective service
local board having jurisdiction in
the area in which he has his perma
nent home in or which he may happen
to be on that day if such male citi
zen or other male person on Decem
ber 31. 1941, has attained the twen
tieth anniversary of the day of his
birth and on February 16, 1942, has
not attained the forty-fifth anni
versary of the day of his birth, and
has not heretofore been registered
under the Selective Training and
Service Act of 1940 and the regula
tions thereunder: Provided, That the
duty of any person to present him
self for and submit to registration in
accordance with any previous proc
lamation issued under said Act shall
not be affected by this proclama
tion.”
The registration in Early county
will be at the schools, with the teach
ers in charge of the registration.
Every school, both white and color
ed, will be open for registration of
those coming within the age require
ment, the hours of registration to be
from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m., War
Time.
Time. Registration of the whites in
Blakely will be at the shell on the
school ground campus.
Alex Carswell, clerk of the local
Selective Service Board, announced
yesterday that the County Board of
Education had declared a school hol
iday for that day so the teachers
might handle the registration and the
school buildings used for registration
places.
Wallace Beery in “Barnacle Bill”
at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday.
WEAVER’S BARGAIN
—A-N-N-E-X—
--YOU GO UPSTAIRS
But PRICES REMAIN LOW
Ladies’ Dress Shoes, $3.50 values, pair__ SI.OO
One large table of Shoes, odds and ends,
well worth much more, February price,
pair .. 25c
Men’s Work Shoes, $2.98 value, pair sl.9B
Fast Colored Prints, new patterns, yd.. 15c
Boys’ Overalls, 8 oz. sanforized, a $1.39
value, February price 98c
Men’s Wool Sweaters, a clearance, $2.95
values, 0n1y 51.49
Men’s Match Pants, worth $1.98, only. $1.39
Men’s Coruroy Pants, worth $1.98, only $1.39
Men’s Corduroy Hats, all colors, $1.98
value- 98c
Ladies’ Silk Dresses, $2.98 regular price,
now 2 $1.79
Ladies’ Print Wash Dresses, fast colors,
only 79c
RUGS —9x12 Congoleum Rugs, $8.95
value, now $5.95
RUGS—9xI2 Gold-Seal Rugs, \alue
$9.95, now $7.95
Ladies’ Shirts, $1.98 value, reduced to__ 88c
Take the Stairs at Weaver’s and Save
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
The DOCTOR
by W.E. Aughinbaugh, M.D.
Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
CLOCKS TO BE
MOVED UP HOUR
FEBRUARY 9
The entire nation goes on day
light saving time next Monday, Feb
ruary 9, as the result of a bill pass
ed recently by the Congress and
signed by the President of the
United States.
All clocks will be moved forward
one hour, and the new time remains
in effect for the duration of the
war.
Having only last year gone on
Eastern time in this part of Georgia,
the new time will be two hours
ahead of the old Central time, and
this section will have only a few
hours of daylight in the morning
and considerably longer afternoons.
It is announced that the schools
will open at 10 o’clock under the
new time, which is the same time
Vby the sun” as they open at pres
ent. It is assumed that the churches
of the city will also advance their
time by one hour for holding serv
ices, although no definite announce
ment has yet been made.
It is likely that the business
houses of the city will also open at
a later hour, at least until the days
become longer.
At any rate, set that clock an
hour ahead when you retire next
Sunday night, and on Monday begin
your routine under the “new time.”
OBJECTS OF ROTARY
SUBJECT OF TALK AT
LAST WEEK’S MEETING
A framed copy of the Objects of
Rotary were presented at last week’s
meeting of the Blakely Rotary Club
to Thomas Debnam and Barney
Wynne, two recent additions to the
club. The presentation was made by
Rotarian Marvin Sparks, who made
an interesting and enlightening talk
on Rotary, its aims and ideals, which
all members of the club enjoyed.
The meeting was presided over by
President Henry Wall, with Mrs.
Ben Haisten, club pianist, rendering
I an enjoyable program of music.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1942.
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Pictured above is an interior view of the Boeing Aircraft company
at Seattle, Wash., showing a portion of the “Flying Fortresses” on the
production line. The plant is now operating full blast and last month
it had beaten its own accelerated delivery schedules by 70 per cent. *
A WEEK OF THE WAR
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill created three
Anglo-American boards to pool
American and British munitions,
shipping and raw materials. The
boards will confer with representa
tives of the Soviet Union, China and
others of the 26 United Nations as
necessary “to attain common pur
poses.” U. S. representatives are:
Harry Hopkins, Munitions Board;
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Ship
ping Board; and William L. Batt,
Raw Materials Board.
The President told his press con
ference great progress has been
made in unification of American
Army and Navy commands. He said
such unification has been going on
for the past two months and does
not result from the Pearl Harbor
inquiry board report. Mr. Roose
velt said he is still studying this re
port, which placed the ■ blame for
lack of American alertness at Ha
waii on Admiral Husband E. Kim
mel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short,
but Presidential Secretary Early in
dicated further action in regard to
the commanders will rest with Navy
Secretary Knox and War Secretary
Stimson.
PRICE CONTROL LEGISLATION
SIGNED—
President Roosevelt signed the
Price Control Bill, which provides
for a license system to enforce price
regulations, calls for a single admin
istrator and contains provisions to
permit farm prices to rise as high
as 110 percent of parity. The Pres
ident said, however, he may ask
Congress to correct cedtain gaps in
the bill, particularly the agriculture
provisions. He said the prohibition
against farm price ceilings at less
than 110 percent of party is a di
rect threat to the cost of living, al
though the licensing, rent control
and other provisions are useful
weapons against inflation. The De
partment of Agriculture reported
the average of farm product prices
on January 15 was 102 percent of
parity.
THE WAR FRONT—
The Army reported the Japanese
were making heavy reinforcements
in the Philippines preparatory to re
sumption of a large scale offensive
against Gen. MacArthur’s forces
which were continuing to hold strong
positions in the Bataan Peninsula.
In the Philippine area, U. S. forces
destroyed a 5,000-ton enemy vessel
and at least five enemy planes, while
in the Macassar Straits, Army and
Navy forces sank three large enemy
transports, set two more afire, tor
pedoed an aircraft carrier, blew up
another large ship and scored hits
which probably sank others. The
Army announced United States
forces* arrived in Northern Ireland,
and Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney took
over command of all U. S. Army
forces in the United Kingdom. Pres
ident Roosevelt told his press con
ference this force is one of six, eight
or ten American expeditionary forces
outside the U. S. in various parts of
the world. U-boat activity resulted
in the sinking off the Atlantis coast
of two American ships and a Nor
wegian tanker. The U. S. garrsion
at Midway Island sank an enemy
submarine attempting to attack the
island.
ARMY—
The President signed the Fourth
Supplemental National Defense Bill
carrying a $12,600,000,000 appro
priation for 33,000 Army planes and
equipment. War Secretary Stimson
announced plans to speed training of
30,000 pilots, observers, navigators
and other personnel to match air
plane production. War Secretary
Stimson announced 20,000 men have
been released for duty' with combat
troops since the Army began re
placement of enlisted men engaged
in clerical and housekeeping activi
ties by civilian employees, some of
them women. He said entrance re
quirements for officer candidate
schools have been changed to allow
qualified enlisted men from 18 to
45 to win commissions within six
months.
NAVY—
The House passed and sent to the
Senate a record naval appropriation
bill of $lB billion in cash and an ad
ditional $4 billion in contract author
izations to build the Navy to unprec
edented strength. The Senate Ap
propriations Committee, at the re
quest of President Roosevelt, added
another 6 billion dollars to the bill
to strengthen the naval air arm.
The Marine Corps announced regu
lations for enlistment of 6,000 men
30 to 50 for guard duty at naval
shore stations. The Corps revised
requirements to permit only college
juniors and seniors and qualified en
listed men to enroll in its reserve
officers’ candidate class. The Navy
waived minimum age requirement of
25 years for leaders, leadingmen and
quartermen in Navy yards and plants
under Navy jurisdiction. The Navy
is recruiting skilled construction
workers for work at naval bases out
side continental United States.
PRODUCTION—
The Army Ordnance Department
estimated it has been spending $21,-
000,000 a day for the past five weeks
for 1,200 various types of items, in
cluding ammunition, small arms, ar
tillery, tanks, etc. The Army an
nounced its new 105 mm. howitzer
is now in mass production. War
Production Chairman Nelson told a
meeting in New York City the job
facing businessmen is to rush war
contracts through to completion
“without stopping to count the cost.”
The War Producion Board an
nounced a simplified production re
quirements plan to speed conversion
of small manufacturers doing less
than SIOO,OOO business a year. The
Board also set up a special section
to collect information on all vacant
industrial buildings so the Army and
Navy procurement branches can
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TIRE RATIONING
BOARD REPORTS
ON JAN. WORK
The Local Tire Rationing Board
announced this week that certificates
were issued during January for the
purchase of 38 tires and 36 tubes,
which included tires and tubes class
ed as obsolete and for farm equip
mentment, to the following parties:
C. C. Swann, T. K. Weaver & Co.,
J. E. Lomax, Oldham Lumber Co.,
J. A. Hammack, J. F. Gilbert, Sr.,
C. R. Barksdale, Ralph Moody, J. S.
Moore, W. L. Mosely, Peoples Fu
neral Home, Arthur Toole, City of
Blakely, N. T. Everett, J. H. Harp,
Early County, Damascus Lumber
Company, Hollis Sawyer, S. J. Col
lier, A. D. Powell, C. W. Jackson,
S. T. Nance, R. C. Singletary, Sr. &
Jr.
The county’s quota for January
was 13 tires and 11 tubes for pas
senger cars and light trucks and 36
tires and 30 tubes for trucks and
busses.
The February quota for the coun
ty is 6 tires and 5 tubes for passen
ger cars and light trucks and 18
tires and 31 tubes for busses and
trucks.
CITY ADOPTS BUSINESS
LICENSE ORDINANCE,
BLACKOUT ORDINANCE
A business license ordinance and
a blackout ordinance were passed
by the Mayor and City Council at
their monthly meeting Tuesday, to
constitute the major business trans
acted by that body.
Both the city icense ordinance
and the blackout ordinance will be
found on another page of today’s
paper. It is now a violation of the
city ordinance to allow lights to
burn during a blackout and police
are authorized to make cases against
those who do not cooperate.
The new “war time” was adopted
by the Council and the city clock
will be moved up an hour on Febru
ary 9.
Present at Tuesday’s meeting were
Mayor R. C. Singletary and Council
men L. B. Fryer and Oscar Whitch
ard.
COUNTY TO TAX WINE,
BEER, DANCE HALLS
All places of business in the coun
ty outside the incorporated towns
dealing in wine and beer and operat
ing dance halls will have to pay a
license of SIOO each for this privi
lege, as a result of the action of
the Early County Board of Commis
sioners taken Tuesday at their
regular monthly meeting.
A license of SIOO has been placed
on beer, on wine and for the privi
lege of operating a dance hall, and
this license must be paid by Febru
ary 15.
This action, with the regular rou
tine, occupied the time of the Com
missioners at Tuesday’s meeting.
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
PULL FOR BLAKELY
—OR—
PULL OUT
$1.50 A YEAR
PLANS FOR WAR
TRAFFIC SCHOOLS
ARE ANNOUNCED
F. R. Hammack, Special Agent in
Charge of the Atlanta Field Office
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion, announced today that plans
have been completed by the FBI to
conduct War Traffic Schools for
Police in 120 strategically located
cities in the United States. It was
revealed by Mr. Hammack that
schools will be held in the following
cities on the dates set out:
Atlanta, Ga.: March 2 to 7, in
clusive.
Macon, Ga.: March 23 to 28, in
clusive.
The schools can be attended by
heads of law enforcement organiza
tions and traffic departments of law
enforcement organizations, traffic
officers, officers who' may assist or
be in charge of convoy work, in
structor's of local police training
schools, police traffic accident inves
tigators, and auxiliary police who
have already entered on duty.
Courses of instruction will be
given by FBI experts, assisted by
traffic specialists, whose services
have been secured by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. The pro
gram of training is an adjunct of
the FBI Civilian Defense Courses
for Police presently being conducted
throughout the nation and consti
tutes a part of the FBI Law En
forcement Officers Mobilization Plan
for National Defense which was in
augurated.
The police personnel attending the
schools will receive instruction in
such problems as:
1. Bomb damage to streets during
air raids.
2. Bomb damage to buildings cre
ating traffic hazards during air raids.
3. Operation of vehicles (without
full traffic light control during black
outs.
4. Damage to electrical systems of
traffic control during air raids.
5. Accidents occurring during
blackouts.
6. Accumulation and handling of
crowds at evacuation points during
air raids.
7. Accumulation and handling of
crowds at points of damage follow
ing air raids.
8. Pedestrian traffic control dur
ing air raids.
9. Planning and maintenance of
traffic control maps.
10. Planning and marking of
traffic routes.
11. Provision of military convoy
routes.
12. Expediting movement of mil
itary units and rerouting of civilian
vehicle traffic.
13. Provision of routes for the
safe transportation of explosives.
14. Preparation of plans for bomb
removal routes following aid raids.
15. Blacking out of traffic signals.
16. Blacking out of police vehi
cles.
17. Blacking out of police build
ings.
18. Planning of action for the
provision of priorities for the move
ment of military, police, fire, and
Civilian Defense vehicles during air
raids.
19. Planning for the obtaining of
equipment to be used in handling
traffic during btackouts.
20. Handling of heavy daylight
traffic loads caused by the cars of
civilians returning to their homes
before blackouts.
21. Traffic problems which might
arise during chemical warfare.