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I i EARLY COUNTY, GA. garden spot of GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 3 Prices Announced By Secretary Wickard On New Peanut Crop Camilla, Ga. —'Prices on peanuts for the new crop, as announced by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, Were made public Monday as follows by the Georgia-Florida-Alabama Pea nut Association upon receipt of a telegram: Virginia Type, U. S. No. 3, Class A, $l2B per ton. Southeastern Spanish U. S. No. 1, $133 per ton. Southwestern Spanish, U. S. No. 1, sl3l per ton. Runners, U. S. No. 1, $l2O per ton. Other grades proportionate for quota peanuts. Excess peanuts for oil less esti mated cost of storing and selling with adjustments where applicable for quality and location in any event must not be less than SB2 per ton for No. 1 Spanish grade; S7B per ton for No. 1 runners; S7O per ton for Class A, Virginia type. A GFA spokesman said a strong effort is being made to raise the price of “oil peanuts,” but that so far no definite action had been taken. POSTMASTER URGES EARLY MAILING OF GIFTS TO SERVICE MEN Postmaster J. Emory Houston an nounced today that Christmas pack ages and presents to service men overseas should be mailed at an early date, and not later than No vember 1. Best time to mail these packages is between the dates Octo ber 1 and November 1. Packages must not weigh more than eleven pounds and not be over 18 inches in length. All packages must be strongly wrapped in durable paper tied with strong cord, Mr. Houston said. Clothing and food are not to be sent in any of the packages and all packages are to be marked “Christmas package.” SHOES for SCHOOL AT WEAVER’S A complete stock of new FALL shoes for every member of your family. Complete line school shoes. Air-Step and Velvet-Step $6.00 Slenderline and Miracle Arch $4.95 Beauty Tread and Tarsal Tread $3.95 Style Pace and Williams $2.95 Brown and White Saddle Oxfords $2.95 to $3.95 White Moccasin, white soles - $2.95 to $3.95 Moccasin Toe, all colors, brown, red, tan and brown, flat heels $3.50 to $4.95 A complete stock of Peters famous WEATHER-BIRD children’s shoes, sizes 0 to 5, widths Ato E. Raw cords, leather and rub ber heels. You bring us the kiddies —we will fit their feet. Wide assortment of school hose, anklets, etc., for boys and girls. T. K. Weaver & Co “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. ■ (ConntD pVews How Commodity Distribution Program Aids Underprivileged How the commodity distribution program helps Early county farmers as well as underprivileged families was pointed out in a report released today by W. A. Adams, Albany, Georgia, Area ‘Supervisor for the Agricultural Marketing Administra tion. Over $1,835.59 worth of commod ities which were distributed to an average of 497 families in the county during June, 1942, represent additional farm markets created by the program, the report showed. “Farm products often come to market during season in such heavy supply prices would be ruinous to the farmers if the Agricultural Mar keting Administration did not step in and ,buy part of the crop,” Mr. Adams explained. “The Department of Agriculture feels that 'commodities thus obtained could not be put to better use than in helping build healh and morale among our underprivileged and un dernourished families. “Foods issued to needy families in the county are purchased by AMA aud turned over to the State De partment of Public Welfare for dis tribution.” CONGRESSMAN COX VISITOR HERE MONDAY ‘ Congressman E. E. Cox, of Camil la, spent Monday in Blakely visiting among friends and shaking hands with the voters. Judge Cox is a candidate for re-election from the Second Georgia district, which he has represented since 1924. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our 'friends for the many acts of kindness, for the gifts, cards and flowers, sent to our little girl during her recent illness. We assure you all were appreciated. MR. AND MRS. W. Y. HOLMES. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1942. Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ (Released by News Bureau of War Information.) War Production Chairman Nelson announced the War Production Board is rerating every project in the war program to secure the “max imum impact on the enemy now.” Combat planes, particularly bombers, are at the top of this new list, Mr. Nelson said. Chairman Nelson reported the U. S. is now producing munitions three and a half times the rate in Novem ber, 1941, the month before Pearl Harbor. July production, he said, was 16 per cent above June produc tion, but 7 per cent short of produc tion forecasts made at the beginning of July. “The big job ahead of us right now is to bring our program into balance and make sure that we use our materials and facilities as wisely as possible,” he said. “This means that we must redouble our efforts, particularly on the low spots, if we are to make our goals by the year’s end.” Craft production increased 11 per cent in July over June output, Mr. Nelson said. Although combat plane production rose 6 per cent, it was not up to expectations. He also re ported: overall ordnance production in July increased 26 per cent over June output, and was very close to schedules; production of medium tanks was 35 per cent greater than in the previous month and consider ably ahead of schedules; light tanks up 15 per cent also were ahead of schedules; anti-aircraft guns exceed ed schedules by “a wide margin;” merchant ships were up 6 per cent and “nearly on schedule for the month;” deliveries of major naval combat vessels were ahead of those in June and “considerably ahead of forecasts.” THE WAR FRONT— Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Australia reported allied fighter pi lots using new battle tactics shot down at least 13 Japanese planes, and probably 15 or more, out of an enemy fleet of 47 which attacked Darwin. No allied planes were lost. The Navy reported the Marines’ hold on at least three of the Solomon Is lands is now well established. When 700 Japanese counter-attacked on one of the Islands, 670 were killed and the other 30 taken prisoners, Pacific Coast Fleet Commander Nim itz reported. The Marine losses were 28 killed and 72 wounded. Admiral Nimitz also announced a force of Marines made a successful landing on Makin Island, killed 80 Japanese, wrecked various installations and then withdrew. U. S. Army Headquarters, Euro pean Theatre, announced arrival in Britain of the largest U. S. convoy of the war, with more men and ma terial for the American Air Forces which had already begun precision bombing by daylight of Nazi-occu pied Europe. U. IS. flying fortress es bombed the Nazi transportation system at Amiens and Abbeville. In a battle over the North Sea, four flying fortresses shot down three German fighters and damaged nine others, while all the U. S. planes re turned safely. A U. S. ranger bat talion joined with Canadian and British forces in a nine-hour raid on Dieppe, France. The Navy reported U. S. submarines in the Aleutians and in the far East sank a cruiser or destroyer and damaged a destroy er, sank two cargo ships and a transport, and damaged another car go ship. The torpedoing of seven more United Nations merchantmen by enemy submarines was announced. FOREIGN RELATIONS— President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull sent messages of soli darity to Brazil as that country be came the first American nation to declare war on Germany and Italy. The President said Wendell L. Will kie will tour Europe and the Near East as his special representative in order to correct the impression in those places that U. S. production is not all it should be. M r. Willkie will carry messages from the President to foreign leaders, including Premier Stalin. The President issued a state ment that the perpetrators of “bar baric” acts in occupied coupries “will have to stand in the courts of law” in the same countries in which barbarism now rages, and answer in those courts for their crimes. ARMY AND NAVY— The War Department said it will inaugurate this fall a voluntary pre induction training program utilizing existing facilities of schools and colleges to meet present and future needs for properly trained personnel in the armed forces. Out of every 100 men inducted into the army, about 63 are assigned to duties re quiring specialized training, the De-' partment said. The Army said it is organizing and training port battal ions (composed mostly of former stevedores) for duty overseas to in sure prompt handling of U. S. mili tary equipment for forces stationed throughout the world. The Depart ment said checks in payment of al lowances for dependents of enlisted men of the army, covering the first applications to be approved, will go out shortly after September 1. The Navy announced recruiting of j A WEEK OF THE WAR enlisted personnel of the Women’s Naval Reserve will begin September 11, and training will start October 9 at the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University and Oklahoma A. & M. College. SELECTIVE SERVICE— Selective Service Director Hershey | said draft boards will begin calling men with dependents before Christ mas. He said single men with “sec ondary” dependents, such as aged or crippled relatives, will be called first; married men whose wives work, next; then men with dependent wives; and finally, men who have wives and children. He said the res ervoir of 1-A men throughout the country is “practically exhausted.” Selective Service headquarters said Class 1-B (men fit for limited mili tary service only) will be eliminated, and beginning September 1, all reg istrants who are not totally disqual ified will be reclassified in 1-A, while those not suited for any military service will be placed in 4-F. In the case of men reclassified in 1-A, the army will determine after induction whether they will be assigned to full or limited service. STABILIZATION OF FARM PRICES— Secretary of Agriculture Wickard said he would approve a plan of livestock ceiling prices which “must not permit abnormal profits to any one in the industry at the expense of the producers or consumers.” Mr. Wickard also said he now favors re peal of the provision of the price control act “that prohibits ceilings on processed farm products if the ceil ing price reflects a farm price of less than 110 per cent of parity.” He said farm prices “have reached parity on an average.” The WiPB food requirements committee asked the armed forces, the Lend-Lease Administration, and the War Pro iduction Board to colaborate in work ing out a program for allocation of all government meat purchases as equitably as possible among federally inspected packers. The Agricultural Marketing Administration bought $137,900,000 worth of foodstuffs during July for the United Nations and other requirements, including 80,000 pounds of dehydrated beef. RATIONING— Tire quotas will have to follow a downward trend the rest of this year to keep within the amount of rubber earmarked by the WPB for the pur pose, the office of Price Administra tion said. The Office asked local rationing boards for the “strictest possible interpretation” of a recent amendment to tire rationing regula tions restricting truck eligibility to vehicles essential to the war effort! or public health and safety. OIL AND GASOLINE— WPB Chairman Nelson appointed ; Under Secretary of War Patterson, Petroleum Coordinator Ickes and Price Administrator Henderson as a committee to determine whether fuel oil should be rationed in the East Coast Area this winter. Because of the shortag’e of fuel oil in the area, Mr. Ickes prohibited the hauling of automotive gasoline by rail in 20 middle Western and Southwestern States in order to divert enough tank cars to carry 100,000 barrels of fuel oil daily to the rationed ara. If the withdrawal of these 5,000 to 7,000 tank cars creates a shortage, rationing should be extend ed, Mr. Ickes said. INTERESTING MEETING OF BLAKELY ROTARY CLUB HELD FRIDAY Members of the Blakely Rotary Club, meeting at noon Friday at the Early Hotel, heard an interesting talk by Dr. Henry Wall, member of the club, on the importance of keep ing physically fit during the war emergency. The speaker noted the shortage of doctors for practice among the civilian population now that many of them have been called into military service, and stated that the shortage is likely to become more acute as the war progresses. Civil ians should bear this in mind and make every effort to “keep fit” dur ing the emergency, the speaker added. Rotarian Dick Rogers gave a re port on the airport committee’s ac tivities to date, and stated the com mittee felt hopeful of achieving results. Henry A. Walton was a guest of Rotarian J. B. Jones. President James B. Murdock, Jr., presided over Friday’s meeting, and Rotarian Dunbar Grist was program chairman for the day. Dick Russell invites his friends to listen to him discuss national affairs over Radio Station WSB on Satur day, August 29, from 7:30 to 8:00 p. m. — (advt.) Recapping Urged As Rubber Shortage Becomes Critical The following letter from OPA State Rationing Officer Martin L. Johnson to local rationing boards is of great interest to auto and truck operators in Early county: Last week-end we had the pleas ure of hearing Mr. Ernest Leach dis cuss the importance of recapping. Mr. Leach, who has had twenty-five years’ experience in the tire busi ness, is now a consultant for the Office of Price Administration in Washington In the opinion of Washington, if es sential vehicles (particularly trucks) are to be kept in operation, recap ping must and will become our most important method of rubber conser vation . Any new tires that have given service for ANY PURPOSE can be recapped if care is taken to preserve the carcass. Don’t let any one tell you that recapping can not be used in their type of operations, it can and is being done all over the country, with excellent results. Os course, an operator who deliberate ly abuses his tires by excessive speeds (in excess of 40 MPH), over loading, improper inflation, etc., will not be able to use recapped tires satisfactorily. The reason here is that his tire carcasses will be weakened or fatigued beyond repair and will soon blow out. His abuse or neglect will cause the blow-out— not the recapping. The regulations were amended ef fective June 1, 1942 (see Section 401(d)(2) to stop abus§- of tires. The War Price and Rationing Boards have full authority to refuse new or recapped tires to any operator, who in their opinion has allowed his tires to become unusable because of his abuse or neglect. In many instances we know that some tire inspectors never indicate on the application form that tires can be recapped. These men should and must be re placed promptly. Please call in your tire inspectors and go over with them the “Duties of Tire Inspectors for Performing These Duties” sent to you recently. The rubber supply in this country has become alarmingly depleted within the past few months. It is your job and our job to see that all operators within our jurisdiction pre serve their tire carcasses. TELL THEM NOW that if they continue to drive at excessive speeds, overload their vehicles, fail to inflate their tires properly, etc., they will not be eligible for tires when their present supply is exhausted. We know you realize that quotas must be cut next month and the fol lowing months due to the rapid Hate tires have been used so far this year. Your Board can make a further splendid contribution toward the war effort by forcing tire care and recapping in every possible case. This will mean that vital tire carcasses will give many more miles of service, thus helping to keep our most essential vehicles in operation. The U. S. Army is recapping all tires an average of twice on their non-comlbat vehicles. If the Army can do it. all other operators can follow their good example. We must apologize for the length of this letter, but WE MUST RE CAP TIRES TO WIN THIS WAR. Senator Dick Russell will be on WSB on Saturday night, August 29, 7:30 to 8:00 p. m. Hear his mes sage.—(advt.) May We Help? We stand ready to assist you in any way we can in regard to your bank ing problems. Call on us for any advice which we may be able to offer during the busy season which we are now entering. 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 Georgia Justice-News Poll Predicts 2-to-l Arnall Victory The Georgia Justice-News, official publication of the Georgia Justice and Constables Association, which has correctly surveyed and predicted the results of the last three guber natorial races in this state, Saturday forecast the election of Attorney General Ellis Arnall as governor by a two-to-one vote. Not only does the association pre dict Mr. Arnall’s election on Sep tember 9, it shows the popular at torney general as “gaining” since its first survey. This information is based on two surveys made .by the association, which reaches into every militia dis trict in Georgia. The first survey, for which ques tionnaires were mailed August 1, gave Mr. Arnall 2,873 votes and Governor Talmadge 1,432. The sec ond survey on August 12 and com piled through Friday gave Mr. Ar nall 2,946 and the Governor 1,348. The questionnaire asked, the ques tion: “What is your personal opin ion as to who will be elected gover nor on September 9, 1942?” A total of 8,599 ballots and ques tionnaires were returned and showed Mr. Arnall leading Governor Tal madge by two to one. The justices and their officers gave the votes they believed each candidate would re ceive in their respective districts and counties, according to the pub lication. The second survey, it was pointed out, brought returns which were saturated with remarks, such as: “Large numbers of strong*Tal madge supporters and leaders have left him and gone over to the Arnall forces.” “This trend is growing* each day,” the publication added. Completeness and reliability of the poll won the praise of Governor Talmadge and his son, Herman, in 1940, according to the publication. Writing in his own newspaper, The Statesman, on September 6, 1940, the Governor declared: “Probably the most far-reaching poll from the standpoint of territory covered is that of the Georgia Jus tices and Constables Association, which has representation in each of the militia districts of the state.” In the same issue of The States man, Herman Talmadge, the Gover nor’s son, wrote: “On the front page of this issue you will see a survey that was made through the Georgia Justices of the Peace Association. This is an inde pendent organization and has no connection whatever with our cam- ( paign headquarters. This organiza tios has 'been in existence for six years and has never failed to pre dict the election of a governor.” Shirley Temple in "Kathleen” at the Blakely Theatre Thursday and Friday.