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A WEEK OF THE WAR
(COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR
INFORMATION)
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters re
ported September 21 that Australian
troops have cleaned out the entire
Milne Bay Area at the southeastern
tip of New Guinea, thus consolidat
in the biggest Japanese defeat of
the war in the Australian zone. De
spite heavy fighting in the Owen
Stanley Mountains Pass where the
Japanese have thrust forward to
within 32 air miles of the allied base
at Port Moresby, Gen. MacArthur’s
bombers and fighters have made
heavy raids on Japanese troops and
on key enemy bases in the northeast
Australian zone in a continuing of
fensive.
A strong Japanese naval force,
including battleships and cruisers,
Was attacked by army bombers
northeast of Tulagi, with possible
hits on two battleships, the Navy
reported September 19. After the
attack, the Jap fleet turned and
fled northward. U. S. Marines con
tinued to hold their positions in the
Solomons despite constant air at
tacks from the enemy and success
ful landings of small numbers of
enemy ships and supplies. U. S.
planes destroyed 41 more enemy
planes in the Solomons fighting.
Army planes in several raids on
Japanese-held Kiska in the Aleutians
destroyed many installations and in
flicted the following damage—two
minesweepers sunk, six ships dam
aged, 500 troops killed, seven large
and small planes destroyed. Two U. S.
planes were lost in a collision. Army
headquarters in London announced a
force of American parachute troops
have been in Britain some time un
dergoing intensive training. Com
mander in Chief of the Pacific fleet,
Nimitz, said the December 7 damage
to Pearl Harbor has been repaired
“fair beyond expectations.” The
Navy announced the aircraft carrier
Yorktown was sunk June 7 after it
climaxed 104 days of continuous
battle cruising by locating the last
of the four Japanese carriers which
attacked Midway. News of the
Yorktown’s sinking was withheld, the
Navy said, because the enemy pos
sibly was not aware of it. The Navy
also announced three more United
Nations merchant ships were sunk
by enemy subs in August.
RATIONING AND RUBBER
SITUATION—
“Three-fourths of the nation faces
the prospect of uncomfortably cold
homes this winter,” Price Adminis
trator Henderson said in announcing
coupon rationing of fuel oil which
will reduce consumption by 25 per
cent. Machinery for the program
will be set up by October 15. The
area affected includes the 17 Eastern
♦states and the District of Columbia,
where gasoline rationing is already
in effect, as well as Minnesota, Wis
cousin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Kentucky.
The Office of Price Administration
said apartment houses and commer
cial, industrial and institutional es-
HECK THESE
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Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26
Green Giant English Peas—Size 303 18c
Thompson Seedless Raisins—7-oz. pkg. 5c
Karo Syrup, Red and White—1 Vjj-lb. can 18c
Hurff’s Spaghetti—9-oz. can 6c
Armour’s Dried Beef—2-oz. can 18c
Crisco—1-lb. can 30c
Clorox—Pint 15c; Quart 25c
Sweet Mixed Pickles——1 gallon $1.25
Libby’s Deviled Ham—3-oz. can 15c
Salt—3 boxes for 10c
Tomatoes—No. 2 can 2 for 19c
Aunt Jemima Grits - -------------------- 3 pkgs. 25c
Armour Milk -------------------------------------------- 3cans 25c
Vienna Sausage—Can 10c
Cooking Oil—Gallon ------------------------ $1.35
Corn—No. 2 can ________. ---------------- — —- 10c
Whole Wheat Flour—6-lb. bag, Blue Seal 35c
Pimentos—2-oz. jar 10c; 7-oz. jar _______ 15c
Superfine Tiny Green Beans—No. 2 can — 25c
Irish Potatoes—10 lbs. for ______________________ 35c
Life Buoy Soap --------------------------------- 2 bars for 15c
Spaghetti with Meat and Tomato Sauo No. 2 can 18c
Morton Iodized Salt_________________________________ __„ 3 for 25c
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tablishments able to convert oil burn
ing furnaces to coal, but which re
fuse to do so, will be denied fuel
oil rations. Only hospitals, where
such a move would present serious
health hazards, will be exempted.
Special provisions will be made in
the rationing program for sections
of the country with “unusual” cli
mate. The OPA said consumers in
the rationed area may fill their tanks
up to 275 gallons between now and
September 30, but oil purchased
during this time will be deducted
from their allotments for the entire
heating season.
Agriculture Secretary Wickard,
acting on authority from Mr. Hen
derson, issued a temporary order
to ration new farm machinery and
equipment, appointing Fred S. Wal
lace, AAA Administrator, to admin
ister the program at the national
level. OPA placed a printing order
for the first issue of 150 million
“All-Purpose” Ration Books, to be
called “War Ration Book Number 2
designed for rationing any article
or commodity, and to distribute
throughout the nation probably be
fore Christmas. William M. Jeffers,
President of the Union Pacific Rail
road, was appointed Rubber Director
by President Roosevelt and WPB
Chairman Nelson with “full responsi
bility for and control over the Na
tion’s Rubber Program in all of its
phases.”
LABOR SUPPLY—
War Manpower Chairman McNutt
said he considers adoption of nation
al service legislation inevtable in or
der to place talents where they will
best serve the war effort. The mere
existence of power to force an in
dividual to serve where he is most
useful is probably‘all that will be
necessary, he said. Labor shortages
are becoming more acute and now
exist in 35 centers of war produc
tion, he reported. (Selective Service
Director Hershey said that to keep
■production going and at the same
time furnish men for the armed
forces, industry should establish now
an orderly replacement program.
The W>PB and the U. S. Employ
ment Service set up a system where
by capable, certified persons on WPA
rolls will be directed to jobs in in
dustry and agriculture as needed.
Approximately 850,000 persons were
employed or awaiting assignment to
WPS projects July 1—20 per cent
of the total active file of the Em
ployment Service.
TRANSPORTATION—
At the request of WPB Chairman
Nelson, the Defense Plant Corpora
tion authorized Henry J. Kaiser,
West coast shipbuilder, to construct
three giant experimental cargo
planes at a cost of $18,000,000. The
first is expected to be completed in
15 months, the second in 20 months,
and the third in 25 months. Mr.
Kaiser also was asked to draw up
plans for a factory in which the
planes could be produced in volume
in the event they are needed. The
Senate passed and sent to the
House legislation authorizing the
Government to acquire private or
public transportation facilities for
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the carrying of Federal employees
and war workers to and from
their jobs—only, however, when ex
isting facilities are entirely inade
quate.
FARM PRICES—
Price Administrator Henderson
said if farm prices are allowed to
rise under existing price regulations
the cost of food to the American
people will be increased by two bil
lion dollars in the remainder of this
year. Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard said cash farm income this
year will give the farmers a per
capita income 33 per cent greater
than they received on an average in
1'909-14—in large part due to great
er per capita production.
• The Commodity Credit Corpora
tion will finance an Agricultural Mar
keting Administration program to
purchase pork products processed
from approximately 1,000,000 hogs,
designed to relieve the price squeeze
on small packers and to assure large
supplies of processed products from
the record 1942 spring pig crop.
Small packers are considered those
who killed less than 250,000 hogs
in 1941, including slaughtering by
affiliated companies, and who can
not continue to process hogs prof
itably. The OPA announced it will
place its first ceilings on fruit at the
producer stage on dried prunes and
raisins.
ARMY—
War Secretary Stimson told his
press conference that the health of
the Army in training in the United
States is better than ever before
during wartime and it is expected
the general hospital admission rate
will be about ten per cent lower in
1942 than in 1941. Throughout 1941
and so far this year, the death rate
has been the lowest in the history
of the Army. Through the Army
Administration Officer Candidate
School, enlisted men who have been
accepted for limited service and en
listed men between the ages of 45
and 50 may receive commissions and
if they have equal qualifications, they
will be given preference over men
eligible for combat duty, the War
Department said.
SELECTIVE SERVICE—
Selective Service Director Hershey
said the size of the army this year
has been increased from the 4,500,
000 total announced as the 1942 ob
jective by Chief of Staff Marshall in
June. Gen. Hershey said he ex
pected married men with children
would be called “the last quarter of
1943 at the very earliest, but I would
like to hedge to the extent that the
army’s requirements may go up;” 18
and 19-year-olds must be drafted
next year, or “1,000,000 or 1,500,
000 family men” will be taken; and
it is expected unmarried men with
dependents will be called this year.
SERVICES AT DAMASCUS
METHODIST CHURCR
REV. MARVIN VINCENT, Pastor
The coming Sunday being the
fourth Sunday, the regular services
will be held at the Damascus Meth
odist church, with preaching at 12:00
and 8:45 o’clock. The session of
the church school will be held at
eleven o’clock. There are classes
and good teachers for everyone. The
public is cordially invited to attend
these services. A special invitation
is given to good singers.
The fourth quai v terly conference
for the charge will be held with the
Brimson church Tuesday, October
fourth. A good conference is antic
ipated.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE
TO SELL
GEORGIA—Early County:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of Owen E. Hall has applied
to the Ordinary of said county for
leave to sell all of the lands belong
ing to the estate of the said de
ceased, for the purpose of paying
debts of the estate, and of making
distribution thereof.
Said application will be heard at
the regular term of the court of
Ordinary for said county to be held
on the First Monday in October,
1942.
ERNEST S. SESSIONS,
Administrator.
A. H. GRAY, Attorney.
CITATION
Georgia, Early County:
Cora Perkins having made appli
cation for twelve months’ support out
of the estate of Jim Perkins, and
appraisers duly appointed by the
court to set apart the same having
filed their returns, all persons con
cenjed are hereby required to show
cause before the Court of Ordinary
of said county on the First Monday
in October, 1942, why said applica
should not be granted.
This September 8, 1942.
D. C. MORGAN, Ordinary.
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Washington, D. C. (NWNS)—Hav
ing completed their unofficial sum
mer recess, most members of the
senate and house are now back in
Washington preparing to cast their
vote on taxes, on wage freezing, on
farm price stabilization and other
vital legislation.
Following the Presdent’s “you do
it or I will” order in regard to sta
bilizing wages and farm prices in
order to prevent further inflation,
both houses of congress are showing
how rapidly they can come to an
agreement when it seems necessary.
The President gave them a deadline
of October 1 for handling this situ
ation, and it now seems quite defi
nite that by that date the President
will have final orders from congress
to freeze wages at what they were
this summer and to put a parity
ceiling on farm prices.
The speed with which congress
has acted on this measure stands
out by contrast with the stalling
which hey have done in regard to
the tax bill. It is argued that in
putting through the largest tax bill
in history much time must be con
sumed to consider the arguments of
all interested groups, but it is still
the general opinion here that a lot
of the delay has been caused by the
desire of many congressmen to post
pone final action on taxes until after
the election.
Months ago the secretary of the
treasury pleaded for immediate ac
tion on taxes so that additional funds
could be collected this year, but all
talk of new taxes payable this year
has now been abandoned. Most of
the more recent pressure of the
treasury department has been con
cerned with insisting on larger taxes
than congress wanted to enact. It
is still questionable whether' a tax
measure will finally be passed before
the election, although some experts
here think it will be difficult for con
gress to postpone final action for
six weeks or more.
At any rate, the taxes to be paid
next year will undoubtedly be stag
gering as compared with other years
and even those people with very low
incomes will be required to share in
taxes. If the 5 per cent Victory
tax goes through, which is just a
small part of the present tax bill,
everyone earning $12 a week or
more will have 5 per cent, deducted
from wages or salaries, part of
which will be considered taxes and
part a form of compulsory saving,
to be refunded after the war.
As the tax proposals stand at pres
ent, a married man with two chil
dren and an income of $2,000 will
pay a tax of $65. If his income is
$2,500, the tax will be $163, if it
is $3,000, the tax will be $275, if
$4,000 the tax will be $528, and if
$5,000 the tax will be $807.
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Congress also is expected within
the next two months to be asked to
pass legislation for inducting youths
of 18 and 19 years old into the arm
ed services. Discussing the future
selective service situation,, Maj. Gen.
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Lewis B. Hershey, national selective
service director, said, “we can’t have
a recess in the war until people
grow up to be drafted.” The young
men have proved most valuable to
the army, particularly in aviation,
and it therefore seems essential to
our military leaders that they dip
into the under 20-group, since the
young men in their early twenties
are most all in the armed forces al
ready if they are not exempt because
of physical unfitness or their neces
sity to war production.
General Hershey also said that
married men with children would
probably be called for‘military serv
ice next year. He pointed out that
although he has issued instructions
not to break up homes until neces
sary, there is no law or regulation
which prevents the drafting of mar
ried men with children.
Pointing out the speed with which
men are being mobilized—which is
much faster than in the last war—
General Hershey said that it may
be necessary to mobilize between
10,000,000 and 13,000,000 men.
“We will have to come to the real
ization,” he said, “that there are not
enough single men, that there are
not enough married men without
children” to mobilize such a force.
“The supply of men is limited,” he
said, “even when you consider the
18 to 50 age group, because we are
rejecting about 33 per cent of those
called for duty.”
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A general tightening up of those
things which are limiting production
is also expected to be pushed rap
idly. Donald Nelson, head of the
War Production Board, said that
production of war supplies has in-
VICTORY FOOD SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26
STOCK THE PANTRY WHILE YOU CAN
MEAL—Water Ground, peck 45c
LARD—Pure, 1-lb. pkg. 19c; 4-lb. pkg. 75c
SYRUP—Cotton Club, gallon 65c
PURE GEORGIA CANE SYRUP—Gallon ___________ 80c
POTATOES—No. 1 Irish _ 10 lbs. 35c
VICTORY SYRUP—Quart 30c; Va Gal. 50c
CORN FLAKES _____________ 2 pkgs. 15c
LARD—Pure, 48- lb. can _________ $7.00
TISSUE—Fort Howard _____ _ 3 rolls 25c
CORN—Fancy Country Gentleman, No. 2 can 15c
PEACHES—Sliced, 15-oz. tall can _________ 10c
CHOICE MEATS
STEAK—Fancy Branded, lb. _______________ 40c
CHUCK STEAK—Lb. ___________________________ 30c
SMOKED SAUSAGE—Best quality, lb. 25c
PAN SAUSAGE—Mixed, lb___________________ 20c
PORK CHOPS—Lb. 35c
FISH—Trout, lb. 25c; Mullet, lb. 12V 2 c
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creased 350 per cent since Pearl
Harbor, but that even greater pro
duction must be speeded in order to
turn the tide of battle in our favor.
Longer hours of work in production
factories, plus the steering of more
and more materials into war pro
duction can be expected from now
on.
The consumer will feel this tight
ening up as new steps are taken to
conserve rubber by wider rationing
of gasoline, and as more and more
consumer goods become rationed or
eliminated. The report of the rub
ber investigation shows that the
rubber situation really is perilous
and it appears likely that confisca
tion of rubber products, including
tires, will be necessary unless the
public shows a much greater willing
ness to co-operate than has been
demonstrated so far.
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for men at WEAVER’S.
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