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I EARLY COUNTY, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
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VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 30
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
JOSEPH W. ALLEN
PASSES AFTER
MONTH’S ILLNESS
Following an illness of a month,
Joseph William Allen, 56, well
known business man and highly-es
teemed citizen of Blakely, died at
his home on Lee street here Sunday
morning at 7:15 o’clock. Mr. Allen’s
death resulted from a heart ailment.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence Monday afternoon
at 4:30 o’clock, with the Kev. W. F.
Burford, pastor of the Methodist
church, officiating. Interment was
in the city cemetery, with the Min
ter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Serving as pall-bearers were: Ac
tive, Homer Bush, Fletcher Thomp
son, R. C. Singletary, Sr., Alto
Warrick, J. H. Williams, Ourtis Loy
less, Dunbar Grist and Howard Dav
enport; Honorary, Dr. J. G. Standi
fer, T. S. Chandler, W. R. McKinney,
L. B. Fryer, C. L. Tabb, Dr. C. S.
Middleton, Oscar Whitchard, Hilton
Jones and Lamar Pritchett. A large
number of friends attended the last
rites.
Mr. Allen was a native of Early
county, a son of the late William M.
and Josephine Allen. For many years
he had engaged in the market and
grocery business and had been suc
cessful in his business undertakings.
He was a 'Mason and a member of
the Methodist church, and was high
ly esteemed by many friends who
are saddened by his death.
He is survived by his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. John Durham of
Bainbridge, and Mrs. Clarence
Weathersby, of Blakely; two broth
ers, Robert E. aid John E. Allen,
both of Blakely; and three grand
children, Ann, Jane and Ellen Dur
ham, of Bainbridge.
WEDNESDAY BEGAN
THE SEASON OF LENT
The past Wednesday was Ash
Wednesday, marking 'of the beginning
’ of'%e -season Lent, J>bsefv(id 'in
many of the Christian churches. This
season is the 40 days prior to Eas
ter, not-including Sundays. This year
Easter will come on April 25th, the
latest possible date on which it can
occur. It will not come so late again
in many a year.
PLAY SHOES
SANDALS
MOCCASINS
New Styles For
Men—W omen—Children
VISIT WEAVER’S PLAY SHOE DE
PARTMENT TODAY. MANY STYLES
AVAILABLE NOW WITHOUT USE
OF YOUR RATION COUPON.
ALSO, SEE THE WIDE ASSORT
MENT OF NEW SLACKS, SLACK
SUITS, JACKETS, SPORT SHIRTS—
IN FACT, EVERYTHING FOR YOUR
SPRING AND SUMMER PLAY EN
SEMBLE.
T. K. Weaver & Co
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store ”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
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BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1943.
A WEEK OF THE WAR
COMPILED BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
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Joseph E. Davies, former U. S.
ambassador to Russia, is shown as
he made a few predictions. He
thinks the war will go into 1944,
but asserted that once Germany is
beaten “we’II easily take care of
Japan.” Davies believes France as
a power will not be able to redeem
herself for generations. -
Rotarians Hear
Talk on “The Man
Behind the Front”
Rev. W. S. Driggers, former pastor
of the Blakely Free Will Baptist
church, spoke to the members of the
Blakely Rotary Club at their week
ly luncheon held last Friday at the
Early Hotel.
Introduced by Rotarian Felix Bar
ham, program chairman for the
day, .the speaker took for his subject
“The Man Behind the Front,” and
for several minutes discussed in an
interesting and helpful manner the
many ways those in civilian life
might help to support the American
boys on the fighting fronts and to
Sustain morale at home. His talk
Guests at Friday a meeting, which
was presided over by President
James B. Murdock, Jr., included
Max Bergstein, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
a guest of Rotarian Barney Wynne,
and R. H. Groover, of Atlanta, a
of Rotarian Kenney Murdock.
The victory of American air forces
in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea
carried implications almost as great
as the victory itself. In reporting
our complete success against the
Japanese convoy, General MacAr
thur said it could not fail to have
“most important results” on the en
emy’s strategic and tactical plans—
because, in addition to losing
warships, 12 transports, 55 planes, i
an estimated 15,000 troops and un
known numbers of navy personnel,
the Japanese failed in their attempt
to reinforce their hard-pressed forces
in northeast New Guinea. As a re
sult of this “major disaster,” the
Jap garrisons at Lae and Salamaua
must now face the Allies’ New Guin
ea drive without the supplies and
reinforcements they so badly need.
Under Secretary of War Patterson
said the Japanese loss of 55 planes, j
as compared to our loss of four, j
was proportionately very high, and (
showed the excellent work that I
American aircraft of both Army and
Navy are doing in the Pacific.
ALLIES REOCCUPY
TUNISIAN TOWNS—
News from Tunisia continued fa
vorable last week, as Allied forces
reoccupied Kasserine, Feriana and
Sbeitla. German concern over the
vigor and extent of our counterat
tacks, said Under Secretary Patter
son, was evidenced by their employ
ment of mines and booby traps in
their retreat in the central sector,
as well as by their own attacks
against the British in the north.
The battle for Tuunisia is divided
into three fronts. In the central sec
tor, allied forces are pressing the
withdrawing Axis troops back along
the same roads they followed in their
original advance, driving on south
and southwest of Sbeitla to retake
etewicasfss lust in-the German drive
a few weeks ago. In the north, the
British First Army has repulsed sev
eral enemy attacks in setbacks that
BREAD-SLICING BAN
FOR RESIDENTIAL
USE IS LIFTED
Ready-sliced bread is coming back.
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
rescinded Monday the order prohib
iting the slicing of bread by bakers.
He said its disadvantages outweigh
its advantages.
(Bakers may slice bread and rolls
for home use as well as for restau
rants, hotels, institutions and com
missaries.
The new order is effective imme
diately. taken after the
The action was
paper and wax situation improved,
it was said, and followed consulta
tion between Agriculture Depart
ment officials and the War Produc
tion Board.
It was explained the ban was or
dered primarily because of the paper
and wax situation, sliced bread re
quiring a greater quantity of wax to
keep it from drying out.
The ban went into effect January
18, applying to all bread. However,
it subsequently was amended to ex
elude certain commercial types of
bread.
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Prominent in the lineup of Allied
leaders in the African war theater
is Air Marshal Sir A. W. Tedder
(above), of the British Royal Air
force, who heads all the Allied air
forces in this area, Tedder is
credited with directing the aerial
phase of the Libyan campaign that
climaxed in the rout of the Afrika
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“Pete” Underwood
Vice-Prsident Large
Airways Corporation
A former Blakely young man i3
one of the chief operational officers
of one of the largest fixed base avia
tion companies in the nation, it was
learned here this week when it was
announced that two large Atlanta
airway companies had merged. He is
W. F. (“Pete”) Underwood, former
ly of Blakely, and is a son of Mr.
a « d Mrs ' John L - Underwood, of this
city •
When these two companies merged
Mr. Underwood became second vice
president and will manage the com
panies now kmnfrn as the Southern
Airways Interests at Rickenbacker
Field, Decatur, Ga. Frank W. Hulse,
of Decatur, Ala., is president, and
Cody Laird, of Atlanta, vice-presi
dent.
Blakely friends will be proud to
hear of the success of Mr. Under
wood, or “Pete,” as he Ls known to
many, and to know that he is an
important officer of this important
concern, which is expected to grow
into a major line for the transporta
tion of passengers, express and
freight after the war. “Pete” is
remembered here as one of the ear
lier aviation enthusiasts who flew an
old “crate” over the county when
planes were still more or less an ex
periment. Even then he foresaw the
future of aviation and worked tow
ard the ambition of seeing aviation
develop into a great commercial bus
iness. Thus “Pete’s” Blakely friends
rejoice in his success, as he realizes
the first “completed hop” of his am
bition.
GROUND HOG KNEW HIS
BUSINESS THIS YEAR
The ground hog came out on
February 2, saw his shadow and ran
back into his hole, thus prophesying
six weeks more of wintry weather.
He was certainly a smart little ani
mal, for we have had the coldest
weather of the winter since then, j
Incidentally, the six weeks will he I
up next Tuesday.
:ost the Axis heavily in casualties
and losses. South, in the area of
the Mareth line, allied armored
forces pushed ahead to engage the
Germans in infantry and tank fight
ing. And supporting this threefold
offensive, allied planes have been
active over the entire front, bomb
ing enemy targets from Tunis and
in the north to Gabes and
the Mareth line in the south, and
carrying devastating attacks against
the enemy’s equipment and forces
in all three battle areas,
Mr. Patterson told the press that
British and American planes have
been striking successfully in the
Mediterranean, against Italy, Sar
dinia, Sicily and Tunisia, and, citing
a recent engagement in which Al
lied planes destroyed 25 enemy
planes with a loss of four, he said
the score in aerial combat continues
favorable.
u. S. PLANES RAID KISKA—
During February, in nine previous
ly reported American air raids on
Kiska, in the Aleutians, at least
1,<H)0 bombs were dropped and 10
enemy planes shot down. The Navy
communique that estimated this
damage to the enemy-held base said
no U. S. planes were lost during
these operations.
THE BATTLE OF THE
ATLANTIC—
Secretary of the Navy Knox, dis
cussing the submarine situation, told
reporters that the Germans have
between 300 and 400 submarines
available for operations in the At
lantic. He pointed out, however,
that a considerable portion of these
are not active, as a large percentage
of their time is consumed in going
to and from selected areas of opera
tions. As for the recent RAF and
US'AAF bombings of Nazi submarine
bases on the Coast of France, Mr.
Knox said the attacks are proving
effective but just how effective in
terms of direct hits he could not say.
SUGAR COUPON NO. 11
EXPIRES MARCH 1STH,
COFFEE COUPON 21ST
Sugar coupon No. 11 in Ration
Book 1 will expire next Monday,
March 15. Coupon No. 12, good
for 5 pounds for the ten-week pe
riod ending May 31, will be valid
Tuesday, March 1 6. This is the same
allowance as for past periods, one
half pound per person per week.
“A” gasoline coupon No. 4 ex
pires on March 21.
Coffee coupon No. 25 expires on
March 21.
EARLY COUNTY NEGRO
GROWS 8-POUND TURNIP
Jeff Roberts, Negro farmer on the
Singletary farms, is temporarily
wearing the crown for growing the
largest turnip. Jeff brought an 8 3-4
pound turnip to town last week and
gays that he has plenty more just
like it at borne. It measured 23
inches in circumference.
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•Direct, business-like and as modem as the
new China toward which she is constantly
striving, Madame Chiang Kai-shek has re
tained, in spite of the urgency of her hurried
existence, the serene and delicate charm we
have learned to expect of Chinese women.
•Wife of China’s indomitable generalissimo
and sister-in-law of the late Sun Yat-sen,
founder of the Chinese republic, Madame
Chiang works tirelessly for the social and
economic good of her people. She personally
supervises the care of war orphans, helps
dress the wounds of China’s fighting men, and
is the directing force behind plans, like the
“New Life” and “Thrift” movements, to bet
ter the lot of the Chinese by making the most
of their resources.
•A graduate of Wellesley college, in Massa
chusetts, Madame Chiang is familiar with
American customs and speaks fluent, but dig
nified English. To meet the many demands
on her time she has found it wise to dispense
with much of the elaborate ritual of Chinese
etiquette, but visitors say that she is always
unaffectedly gracious and immaculately
groomed.
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THURSDAY HALF
HOLIDAYS BEGIN
HERE MARCH 18
The annual custom of local busi
ness houses to close on Thursday
at noon during the summer months
be started here next Thursday,
March 18—earlier than customary—
it is announced today.
Signing the agreement to close at
12:00 noon Thursday, March 18th
through July 29th, are the follow
ing business houses:
McDowell Store (Tom Grier), J.
Weaver, Allen’s Market, Boyett
& Co., C. L. Tabb, W. C. Codk, F.
G. Plowden, G. L. Eubanks, Oscar
Whitchard, J. R. Owen, Daniel’s
Store, Early Shoe Shop, Fryer’s
Market, Bryant Turner, M. Berman,
C. F. Tolar Barber Shop, First State
Bank, Suwannee Store, Felder Fur
niture & Hardware, Foremost Auto
Store, Blakely Shoe Shop, Godwin’s
Barber Shop, Weaver’s Food Market,
Jordan’s Market, Farmers Hardware
Co., Beckham’s, Rogers 5 & 10c
Stores, Early Furniture Co., Mrs,
Milton Bryant, Gene Bush, Ralph
Scarborough, Barney Wynne, F. A.
Barham, Bank of Early, T. K. Wea
ver Dry Goods Store, A. & P. Tea
Company, R. €. Howell Seed & Feed
Co., Sevola Jones, Middleton Hard
ware Co., Georgia Furniture Co.,
Western Auto Store, Godwin Seed
Company.
LAST THURSDAY WAS
COLDEST MARCH DAY
HERE IN THIRTY YEARS
March came in with a bang last
week. Following a day that brought
dense fog, a thunderstorm and a
heavy rain, a cold wave, riding in on
a biting northwest wind, drove the
mercury down to 18 degrees last
Thursday to make it the coldest
March day in the records of the
present observer, which go back
nearly thirty years.
The nearest to this was on March
2, 1932, when the thermometer reg
istered 20 degrees. It was 21 on
March 8, 1920, and on March 14,
1926. As low as 24 was recorded
on March 24, 1915, March 11, 1924,
and March 1, 1935.
LOCAL WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY
TEiM PER A TUTE: Mean maxi
mum, 77.5; mean minimum, 39.2;
mean, 58.3; maximum, 80 on the
5th; minimum, 16 on the 15th.
PRECIPITATION: Total, 1.57
inches; greatest amount in any 24
hour period, 1.T2 inches on the 6th.
MISCELLANEOUS: Number of
days with 0.01 inch or more of rain
fall, 4; clear, 16; partly cloudy, 7;
cloudy, 5; high winds on the 10th,
11th, 13th, 26th; dense fog on the
10th; thunderstorm on the 5th; kill
ing frost on the 12th, 14th, 15th,
16th, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th; Luna
halo on the 20th.
J. G. STAND1FER, Observer,
U. S. Weather Bureau,