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EARLY COUNTY, GA.
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VOLUME LXXXIII } NO. 12
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
NATION-WIDE
TIRE INSPECTION
PLANS GIVEN
A nation-wide program for period
ic inspection of tires, designed to
keep casings in good repair and to
prevent illegal use or sales of them
will become effective November 22,
the office of price administration
has announced.
In addition to this program the
government is already buying excess
tires from owners through the Amer
ican Railway Express agencies. No
gasoline ration card will be given to
an owner of a motor vehicle who
has more than five tires after No
vember 22.
Only “legal” tires will be the max
imum of five certified for each pri
vate car, plus any acquired through
rationing certificates.
Under the program, OPA said,
neither private nor commercial ve
hicles will be certified for continued
operation when their tires need re
pairs or mechanical faults cause un
necessary tire wear.
OPA added that if a passenger
car owner attempts to keep and use
a tire in excess of the five permitted
under the regulations, the violation
will be disclosed by the inspection
system.
First inspection for all passenger
cars must be made between Decem
ber 1 and January 31, next, with
commercial vehicle inspection
ing November 15. After the
inal spection, passenger car owners
holding the minimum “A”
book will be required to have
tires inspected every four months
official OPA stations. Owners
rations entitling them to more
age must have an inspection
two months. Commercial
tires must be inspected every
months or every 5000 miles,
ever comes first.
An inspection fee of 25 cents
be charged for inspections which
not require the removal of wheels
rims, with larger fees allowed
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can afford to pay
We have good hard finish worsted 100% wool
suits in brown, blue, grey, and other colors,
priced $ 19.50 to $ 35 . 00 . You will find a com
plete range of sizes from 34’s to 48’s.
Men’s Hats by Stetson, Etchison and Wright,
all colors, sizes, etc., priced from $ 2.95 to
$ 7 . 50 .
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“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1942.
R. EWELL BRIDGES
IS HELD AS JAP
PRISONER AT MANILA
R. Ewell Bridges, nephew of Rep
resentative ' J. O. Bridges and
Mr. J. W. Bridges, of Blakely,
is being held a Jap prisoner in Ma
nila, it was learned here through
the medium of the Red Cross. This
is the first news heard from him
since he sailed for Shanghai, China,
almost a year ago. He was employ
ed in the customs office.
It is believed that his ship was
captured by the Japs shortly after
war was declared list December.
MOTORISTS TURNING
IN EXTRA TIRES UNDER
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Atlanta, Ga. — [Southeastern mo
torists really are beginning to co
operate in the national campaign to
get every tire above 5 per car into
a national stockpile by November 22.
A regional survey by the Office of
War Information today showed that
Atlanta, which started off October
15, with three old tires and two
promises, had reached a daily high
of 259 tires during the first week.
Other cities were showing similar
response.
Deadline for selling or giving
surplus tires to the government
through the Railway Express Agen
cy is November 22. After that date
no motorist may buy gasoline unless
he has registered the five tires he is
retaining and has certified that he
is holding none in reserve.
The Southeast’s number of excess
tires was estimated at between 900,
000 and 1,500,000.
it is necessary to demount a tire for
a thorough inspection.
Unlike the full-year ration books
issued in the east, the new “A”
books, which motorists in other parts
of the country will receive, will
provide rations for only 8 months.
Under this provision “A” books will
expire throughout the country next
July 1 enabling OPA to issue all
renewals at one time.
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ing to return to its roost aboard the carrier. Such incidents are handled
efficiently and with great dispatch by the crash crews. A few moments
after this photo was snapped, the plane was on the way to the rcpa'r
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SPECIAL AGENT
FBI SPEAKER AT
ROTARY MEETING
F. R. Hammack, special agent in
charge of the Atlanta Field Office of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
gave a timely and interesting talk
before the Blakely Rotary Club and
several invited guests Friday on the
work of the FBI in combating es
pionage, sabotage, sedition qgid
treason.
Mr. Hammack, a native of Blakely,
has been connected with the FB'I for
a number of years and this was the
first time he had been back to his
old home since he has been chief of
the FBI in Georgia.
Mr. Hammack pointed out that the
FBI was created essentially for in
vestigating criminal cases throughout
the United States, but said that in
1939 by a proclamation of Pres
ident Roosevelt, the FBI became
a secret service body also for com
bating crimes, such as treason, sedi
tion, sabotage and espionage.
Through the direction of the FBI a
central office is located in Washing
ton, D. C., where are kept records of
all known criminals and suspicious
characters who might be attempting
to overthrow our form of govern
ment or who might be giving aid to
the enemy, Mr. Hammack said. \
He also explained the rapid
growth of the justice department,
stating that it now has 4,500 special
investigators compared to 675 just
a few years ago. “With these in
vestigators, coupled with police and
sheriffs of the nation with whom we
work in constant cooperation, the
FBI has become the most potent
secret service organization the world
has ever known,” Mr. Hammack
said.
The success of the FBI isn’t alto
gether due to the constant alertness
of the members, but is aided by the
splendid cooperation of local police
departments. He told how the FBI
held quarterly conferences in key cit
tes all to the nation to which ,
over
are invited local police officers and |
sheriffs, where schools of instruction
| are given and ideas are swapped.
In this way he said the FBI and local
police can coordinate their efforts.
[Interspersed with a general discus
sion of the work of the FBI were
stories of individual cases which the
FBI has solved and dangerous
inals apprehended. He cited several !
of , sabotage . , ancI , I
cases espionage, !
treason which the FBI had worked
on. The case of the German soldier j
who escaped prison in Canada and
set up an espionage ring in the States
was cited, and he told of how this
German was captured.
Mr. Hammack discussed how the
FBI caught accomplices to many
crimes by using the delayed arrest
method. The ring leader of many
espionage rings is often spotted, he
said, and by keeping him under
constant surveillance, the FBI is
able to study him and to learn of his
accomplices and when the trap is
ready to be sprung, instead of catch
ing one criminal, the whole aggre
gation is often apprehended. By us
ing this method in the recent Brook
lyn espionage ring, 33 enemies of
COLLIER H.
DAVIDSON PILOT
OF BOMBER
By WILLIAM L. WORDEN, of
Associated Press.
Headquarters of Alaska
Command, Oct. 24.—Crew
of a combat aircraft, who
earned their 15-day leaves the
way with a score of flights
Japanese-held Kiska island, were
the way today to homes
from Belton, Texas, to Brooklyn.
The crew’s approximately
trips over Kiska gives it the
lead for its squadron and
for all units on the Alaskan
Fourteen times the nine men of
heavy bomber relaxed after
“bombs away” signal indicated
mission for a trip was over. On
er trips either the weather or
causes stopped the plane or it was
photo missions only.
The pilot, whom the others
dress as “Boss,” is Capt. Collier
Davidson, of Blakely, Ga. He is
son of a flying colonel who was
in a plane wreck a couple of
ago. Davidson nominates side
ner Sgt. Henry A. Sarinske, of
wood City, Wis., as “the
airman” of the crew.
Others of the crew are: Sgt.
ter E. Baldassare, Newark, N. J.;
Myron L. Baumgartner,
lis; Lt. Charles K. Moran,
Texas; Lt. John Redman Foley,
rence, Mass.; Sgt. Richard G.
Wauwatosa, Wis.; Corp.
Lasson, Fall River, Mass.; S'gt.
lius Lancasewitz, Brooklyn.
Sarinske earned his crew
on a mission on which the
went in at medium height to
what the crew thought was a
ant ship. It turned out to be
small war vessels, which sent
terrific anti-aircraft fire,
through the bomb bay.
Entering the bottom of the
one shell went clear through,
ping its firing pin, piercing' the
and exploding, scattering
through the ship. The crew
ed the firing pin for a souvenir.
Three Zero fighters appeared
The bomber was
up badly. The rudders were
partially usable. *One shell
almost in Sarinske’s face. A
gashed his hand and another :ore
hole through his lip, slamming
back against the ship’s armor
terrific force.
Sarinske, half conscious and
face covered with blood, shook
head, dropped a piece of his
of his eye and went back to
machine gun. His fire drove
Zeroes from the crippled
S ide
Meanwhile, Sergeant Baldassare,
little fellow, was sitting on a
One S
ing the tatters hanging from
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this country were apprehended.
Guests at Friday’s luncheon,
sides the regular members,
Sheriff C. E. Martin, Deputy
C. C. Swann, Chief of Police J.
McArthur, Officers Ollin
and Robert Puckett of the
department, J. M. Coile, Ensign
ton E. Martin, Pfc. L. J. George,
and “Tige” Pickle.
Rotarian Alvan Fleming was
charge of the program and the
ing was presided over by
James B. Murdock, Jr.
$1.50 A YEAR
SUGAR STAMP NO. 9
GOOD FOR 3 POUNDS,
NOV. 1-DEC. 15
Sugar rationing stamp No. 9 will
be good for the purchase of three
pounds of sugar for home use be
tween November 1 and December
15, the office of price administra
tion has announced.
[Stamp No. 8, which calls for five
pounds, expires at midnight Octo
ber 31.
Institutional users, including ho
tels and restaurants, will receive 60
per cent of their sugar base for
November and December: The users
received 75 per cent, including a 25
per cent bonus in the preceding two
months.
Industrial users will receive 70
per cent of their sugar base, com
pared with 80 per cent, including a
ten per cent bonus, in September and
October. OPA sdM the present su
gar supply situation did not justify
the continuance of bonuses for indus
trial and institutional users.
BOBCATS LOSE TO
ATTAPULGUS BY
SCORE OF 25 TO
Playing without the services
two stellar men, Andy Lanier and
C. C. Cannon, the Bobcats lost
other ball game last Friday night,
this time to the Attapulgus
dogs, 25 to 0.
Although the Bobcats lost by
big score, the game offered several
exciting moments and the
played a much improved game
any up to date. Little Robert
lier, Bobcat halfback, made
ous gains and showed some
leg work as he dodged the
gus secondary on a number of
Collier was also good on the
fense. Cheek, Alexander,
and Pierson showed improvement
their play.
Homer Bush, Jr., directed
team in the absence of Lanier,
played his best game. He
some fancy running in punt
turns. Lanier played a portion
the game and the Bobcats
scored on two occasions, but
the power in the pinch to push
ball across the double stripes.
The game which is scheduled
Cuthbert here Friday night will
all probability not be played, as
is reported that the Purple
cane has disbanded football for
season.
REV. G. C. THOMAS NEW
PASTOR OF WESLEY
CHAPEL A. M. E.
Rev. G. C. Thomas is the
pastor of the Wesley Chapel A. M.
Church, Blakely, having been
ed here at the recent annual
ence in Columbus. He comes
Blakely from Fort Gaines and
begin his pastorate next Sunday.
succeeds the Rev. J. H. Fluellen,
after a year’s pastorate here,
to the church at Shellman.
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State Bank officers will discuss your require
ments with you. No account necessary.
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MRS. EDWARDS
LOSES LIFE AT
R. R. CROSSING
Mrs. Bessie Turner Edwards was
killed and her husband, Mr. J. G.
Edwards, was critically injured in a
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freight train-automobile collision
which occurred at the Cuthbert
street railroad crossing in this city
at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Edwards was killed instantly.
Her husband was carried to the local
hospital. He sustained several brok
en bones and internal injuries and
his condition is considered serious,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were re
turning to their home in the Lucile
community from a trip to Birming
ham when their car and the east
bound freight collided at the cross
ing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Edwards
were held Wednesday afternoon at
3 o’clock at the family home, with
the Rev. E. T. Dawson officiating.
Interment was in the city cemetery,
with Carl Fryer, J. D. Rogers, Jr.,
Julian Moore, Bill Boyett, Collier
Gay, Bert Tarver, Frank Bridges and
C. M. Dunning serving as pall-bear
ers and the Minter, Fellows & For
rester Funeral .Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Edwards, who was 50 years
of age, was a native of Early coun
ty. iShe was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Turner and was a member
of the Pine "View Baptist church.
Survivors include her parents,
her husband, and the following broth
ers and sisters: Bryant J. Turner
of Blakely, G. E. and J. H. Turner
of Atlanta, Mrs. R. L. Whitehurst of
Blakely, Mrs. L. R. Woolf, Mrs. Bill
Hooker and Mrs. Tommy William
son, all of Jacksonville.
The tragic death of Mrs. Edwards
and the serious injury of her hus
band caused widespread sorrow
among the relatives and friends of
the family.
NEW SYNTHETIC
* RUBBER IS AS GOOD
AS NATURAL, IS CLAIM
The first new synthetic rubber
plant will begin production at Insti
tute, W. Va., the latter part of De
cember, William M. Jeffers, national
rubber conservation director, de
clared the past week.
He reiterated earlier statements
that tires probably won’t be availa
ble to the general public before
1944. He said he was “amazed” at
the progress made by chemists in re
claiming rubber and added he be
lieved that “in five or six months
we’ll have synthetic tires as good as
natural rubber tires.”
Joel McCrea and Laraine Day in
“Foreign Correspondent” at the
Blakely Theatre Thursday and Fri
day.