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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXI NO. 27
FIGURES ON
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
Because of their unemployment,
workers in Early county were paid
$1,951.18 in benefits under the state
Unemployment Compensation Law in
1941, according to Commissioner of
Labor Ben T. Huiet’s annual report,
just released. Numlber of payments
was reported at 418.
Payments were made during the
year to approximately 46,000 indi
viduals in Georgia in the amount of
$3,089,233, to bring the cumultative
total to $10,722,029 since benefits
first became payable.
Both the number of recipents and
amount of benefits were substantially
lower'than 1940, the report showed,
due to improved conditions in busi
ness employment resulting from the
national defense program. Approxi
mately 90,000 individuals were paid
$4,443,139 the year before.
Coincident with the decrease in
benefit payments, the state Employ
ment Council Division, which became
a unit of the Federal government on
January 1, filled a total of 114,591
jobs to establish a new high record.
The number inculuded the placement
of workers on jobs irj Georgia and
the recruitihg of skilled workers for
jobs in Brazil, Great Britain, Panama
Canal, Island bases in the Atlantic
and Pacific, and in 14 states from
Pennsylvania to California.
Reflecting the state’s business and
industrial upswing, contributions to
the Unemployment Trust Fund from
liable employment at the rate of 2.7
per cent of payrolls brought in $lO,-
624,995, according to preliminary
figures. This was an increase of ap
proximately 21.3 per cent over 1940
contribution payment and represent
ed an excess of fund income over
benefit payments of $7,535,762.
The balance in the fund at the end
of December was reported at $31,-
212,433, which can be used only for
the payment of benefits.
Alice Faye and John Payne in “A
Week-End in Havana,” at Blakely
Theatre Thursday and Friday.
This Week at
Weaver’s—
FOR THE WELL-DRESSED
LADIES
SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
AND WEAVER’S DELIGHTS IN AGAIN
LEADING THE PARADE OF SPRING.
Our ready to wear department is filled
with beautiful Silk Dresses in solids and
novelty prints . . . Spring Coats and Suits
in solids and plaids .. . Felt Hats in all
pastel colors .. . . New plaid and solid
flannel skirts with matching flannel
jackets . . . Spring sweaters in slip-overs
and coat styles including all popular pas
tel shades . . . Silk and cotton blouses in
tailored and lace trimmed styles.
VISIT WEAVER’S TODAY—
YOUR SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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Success to AH Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.”
MRS. S. B. GLASS
DIES AT HOME IN
CEDAR SPRINGS
Passing after an illness of only a
few hours, Mrs. Eliza Widner Glass,
wife of Mr. Sam B. Glass, died at her
home in Cedar Springs on Tuesday
night of last week. Death was at
tributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day morning at 11 o’clock at the
Cedar Springs Assembly of God
church, with the Rev. P. Z. Smith
officiating, assisted by the Rev. Ev.
McMullen. Interment was in Cedar
Springs cemetery, with Minter, Fel
low's & Forrester in charge of ar
rangements. Serving as pall-bearers
were Leon H. Baughman, Alton Mer
cer, A. C. Chandler, T. H. Smith,
Joe Jackson and J. G. Brantley.
Mrs. Glass was 74 years of age,
having been born on February 2,
1868, in this county, where she had
spent her entire life. She had many
friends who mourn her passing. She
■was a member of the Assembly of
God church.
Surviving are her husband and the
following children: Mrs. Mattie Mc-
Lendon, Sam I. Glass, Mrs. Ruby
Evans, Mrs. Mary Denmark, Joe
Brown Glass and Mrs. Vina Hill.
POSTOFFICE NOW OPEN
9 A. M. TO 6 P. M.
Because of the new war time
which went into effect Monday,
Postmaster J. Emory Houston has
announced a new schedule which will
be used temporarily.
The postoffice will be opened at
9 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. until
further notice, Mr. Houston said.
There will be no change in the time
for mail dispatch. The morning
west-bound mail will continue to go
out at 8:20 and the eastdjound, mail
will continue at the old time of
9:30. The afternoon mail dispatch
Will continue at the same time—west
dispatch at 5:30 and east at 9:00.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1942.
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Here is a recent air view of the city of Singapore. In this photo
the wingtop of a British warplane can be seen at the left. ' Previous
to the beginning of the siege, Singapore had taken every precaution to
secure itself against the attacking Japs, even to the blowing up of th*
Johore Bahru causeway which was the only connecting link between
the island and the Malay mainland.
A WEEK OF THE WAR
President Roosevelt told his press
conference Pacific councils coordi
nating the war effort of the United
States in the southwest Pacific have
been operating for about a month.
The military command in the ABDA
area itself, the President said, is in
the hands of Gen. Archibald Wavell,
but strategical problems are referred
to Washington and London. The
joint military and naval staffs sit in
Washington.
The Senate passed and sent to the
White House a joint authorization
for a $500,000,000 loan to China.
President Roosevelt said the money
will make it possible for the Chinese
to purchase numerous war materials,
both in China and in other countries.
He said the loan would be a definite
relief for the Chinese financial struc
ture strained by the long war with
the Japanese.
The White House announced the
U. S. through the RAF has dropped
a second pamphlet over several occu
pied French seaports in the “biggest
pamphlet bombing job ever done.”
The first pamphlet, announced a
month ago, stressed the traditional
friendship between this country and
France; the second told of the rap
idly-expanding U. S. war production.
AIR—
A Navy aviation training program
designed to develop 30,000 of the
toughest pilots in the world annual
ly for the Navy and Marine Corps
will be put into operation by May
1, Navy Secretary Knox announced.
Applications for training are now
being accepted. Mr. Knox asked U.
S. high school youth to aid the Navy
by producing 500,000 aircraft mod
els of 50 different types of fighting
planes to be used in aircraft recog
nition and range estimation in gun
nery practice and for training civil
ians in aircraft recognition. The
Office of Civilian Defense invited
college flyers and aviation enthus
iasts to participate in the Civilian
Air Patrol which is seeking to en
list 90.000 civilian pilots. Sixteen
years is the minimum age for en
rollment for ground service, and 18
for flight duty. The Civil Aeronau
tics Administration reported a 60
percent increase in private flying
during 1941.
THE WAR FRONT—
Gen. MacArthur’s troops in the
Philippines repulsed l continuous at
tacks by the enemy throughout the
week. Enemy losses during the week
included 11 planes plus an undeter
mined number destroyed in the air
and on the ground in an attack on
Japanese-occupied Marshalll and Gil
bert Islands, many fleet auxiliaries,
two transports and “probably” a
third, and an enemy*warship torpe
doed. U. S. losses were 13 planes,
two tankers and two freighters. The
Navy and Marine Corps reported
1,294 officers and men missing or
prisoners of war. The House passed
and sent to the Senate a bill to con
tinue the. pay of persons in the arm
ed forces and civilian employees of
the War and Navy for a year after
reported missing, captured or in
terned.
NAVY—
Congress passed the largest ap
propriation bill in history of nearly
24 billion dollars in direct cash ap
propriations and 4 billion dollars in
contract authorizations for the Navy.
The Navy said 100,000 men have
enlisted since the attack on Pearl
Harbor, and the Marine Corps has
passed the 100,000-Tnan mark in of
ficers and men, both reserves and
regulars. Three destroyers and one
battleship were launched and two
more destroyers and one cruiser will
be launched Lincoln’s birthday.
SELECTIVE SERVICE—
Selective Service Director Hershey
asked local draft boards to aid de
ferment of apprentices in essential
war production trades because there
is a mounting demand for skilled
workers. Gen. Hershey said a plan
has been proposed for allowances
and allotments to release for induc
tion many registrants now deferred
on grounds of dependency. In World
War I, he said, payments up to SSO
a month were made. He said no
figures will be issued on the number
of men who register February 16.
SHIPPING—
President Roosevelt told his
press conference emergency' shipping
schedules make it alm'ost impossible
to utilize full cargo capacity of
American merchant vessels because
war developments often make it nec
essary for the ships to sail without
advance notice. The Maritime Com
mission said through cooperative ac
tion with American ship operators,
imports of 10 important raw mate
rials increased about 200 per cent
during 1941. The Commission main
tained its ship-a-day construction
bylaunching 14 new vessels during
the last half of January. Eight
French merchant ships in U. S. ports
were requisitioned by the Commis
sion.
PRODUCTION AND
CONVERSION—
The WPB announced it cleared
contracts amounting to 3 billion dol
lars in the week ending January 21.
The War Department announced pro
duction of .30 caliber ball ammuni
tion was nearly doubled during the
first three weeks of January 1942
over the corresponding period last
year. War Department Production
Director Knudsen announced the
Chrysler Corporation will construct
a $100,000,000 plant in Chicago to
turn out Wright 12-cylinder air
cooled engines.
War Production Chairman Nelson
announced adoption of a system of
daily progress reports to check pro
duction delays “anywhere along the
line.” He merged priorities and
subcontracting field offices in a new
Bureau of Field Operations to pro
vide “faster, more efficient service
to business and industry.” The WPB
asked the typewriter manufacturing
industry which produced 1,000,000
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NATION TURNS
CLOCKS AHEAD
FOR WAR TIME
The nation put its clocks on war
duty Sunday, moving them one
hour ahead of standard time to save
electricity for war factories and to
give more daylight for the outdoor
tasks.
“War time”—the designation of
President Roosevelt—came while
most of the nation slept at 2 a. m.
standard time in each of the zones ]
across the country.
(The transition was made with |
little flurry. Most urban householders
pushed the hand ahead one hour when
they wound the clock and put the
cat out Sunday night. Railroads, air
lines and communications systems
had to be more precise about it.
The neiw time comes by virtue of
congressional enactment and will re
main in force until six months after
the war ends. Legally, it can be ap
plied only to common carriers, the
Federal Government and the hour at
which acts or orders of the Federal
Government are effective. In prac
tice, it is being accepted by most in
dividuals and business firms—but the
act makes no specific provisions for
either enforcement or penalties.
Locally, most business houses are
opening an hour later by the clock
and closing an hour later. Banks
will observe the hours of 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m. Schools’ are opening at
10 and closing at 4, while the post
office, for the present, will open at
8 o’clock new or “war time.” These
schedules may be altered to some ex
tent as the days grow longer.
JURORS DRAWN FOR
FEBRUARY TERM CITY
COURT OF BLAKELY
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve at the February
term, 1942, of the City Court of
Blakely, to be convened on next
Monday, February 16:
R. W. Woolf, J. W. Scarborough,
W. H. Balkcom, F. A. Barham, W.
A. Harrison, O. F. Thompson, U.
L. Sappey, Dwight Harris, I. A. Wal
ton, Geo. U. Mock, M. D. Sasser,
A. H. Mosely, W. K. George, W. R.
Weems, J W. Grimes, 0. A. Jordan.’
J. L. Clinkscale, Freeman Hall, O.
L. Hooten, C. E. Willis, L. E. Rentz,
J. B. Price, E. L. Hartley, Milton
Martin, J. W. Tedder, J. Wesley
Hatcher, Gordon Hall, C. H. Loback,
C. W. Sherling, W. A. Walker, Grady
I. George, C. C. Chambers, J. W.
Miller, B. B. Godwin, Abe Berman,
Chester Middleton, C W. Reed, T.
M. Pullen, J. T. Jordan, W. A. Smith,
T. W. Reese, W. C. Bryan, Sr.,
Henry Nix, L. L. George, Hollis Saw
yer, J. H. Whitehurst, James S.
Willoughby, W. J. Howell, Mack
Strickland, Branson Minter, H. G.
Harvey, F. W. Pipkin, J. G. Sheffield,
J. T. Cannon, W. R. Taylor, C. W.
Pullen, H. T. Billings, H. J. Corley,
J. R. Owens, H. L. McCann.
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
MEN 20-44 TO
REGISTER NEXT
MONDAY, FEB. 16
Alex Carswell, clerk of the local
Selective Service Board, announced
yesterday that plans .are complete
for the registration of Early county
male citizens, ages 20 to 44, both
inclusive, for possible military serv
ice in the nation-wide registration
on next Monday, February 16.
The County Board of Education
has decreed a school holiday for that
day and the school buildings of the
county—both white and colored —
will be used as places of registration,
with the basketball shell to be used
for the registration of whites in the
city of Blakely. The teachers of
the several schools will have charge
of the registration.
The hours for registration have
been set from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00
p. m., War Time.
Only nine questions are to be ask
ed the registrants, who are urged
to prepare themselves to answer
them promptly. The questions are:
1. Name of registrants;
2. Place of residence;
3. Mailing address (if other than
place of residence);
4. Telephone;
5. Age in years and date of
birth;
6. Place of birth;
7. Name and address of person
who will always know your address;
8. Employer’s name and address;
9. Place of employment or busi
ness.
As set out by the amended Select
ive Service Act and in accordance
with a proclamation by President
Roosevelt, “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.” ’
Alice Faye and John Payne in “A
Week End in Havana” at the Blake
ly Theatre Thursday and Friday.