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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. ffiarlg Con nW ;Xcws 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. Air View of Singapore Island ■ BEw- ME-~ Ise - ’ ■ - ♦ IP i. v ,. ML. |||||h ... . | Awl n vzn.s .... ■» 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 (Continued on page 2) 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.