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EARLY COUNT Y, GA.
GARDEN SPOT OF
GOD’S COUNTRY
VOLUME LXXXIII > NO. 45
Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/'
Most Businesses Here
To Observe July 5th
As a Holiday
Since the Fourth of July falls on
Sunday, the following business
houses have agreed to observe Mon
day, July 5, as a holiday and will be
closed for the entire day:
Mrs. Milton Bryant, Gene Bush,
Ralph Scarborough, Barney Wynne,
Bank of Early, T. K. Weaver Dry
Goods Store, A. & P. Tea Co., The
Fair Store, Felder & Son, J. E. Wil
liams, Felder Furniture & Hardware,
Western Auto Store, Alto Warrick,
W. H. Smith, Farmers Hardware
Company, Beckham’s, Cinderella
Beauty Shop, Jordan’s Market, Ear
ly Furniture Company, Sevola Jones,
J. D. Rogers, Jr., Vanity Box, Dan
iel’s Store, J. R. Owen, G. L. Eu
banks & Son, Oscar Whitchard, Mid
dleton Hardware Company, Georgia
Furniture Company, W. C. Cook, C.
L. Tabb, Boyett & Company, Mc
Dowell Store, Allen’s Market, J. C.
Weaver, O. R. Brooks, Plowden
Flour & Feed Store, Knighton’s
Place, Lester Moore, Fred Johnson,
Gulf Service Station, Foremost Auto
Store, Blakely Shoe Shop, Godwin’s
Barber Shop, Godwin’s Grocery, Mc
Kinney Chevrolet Company, Citizens
Oil Company.
BABY GIRL DIES AFTER
BRIEF ILLNESS; BURIED
HERE LAST THURSDAY
Funeral services were held at the
Blakely cemetery last Thursday aft
ernoon for Louise Deveme, 19
month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Lofton, of Route 3, who died on
Wednesday after an illness of three
weeks. The Rev. P. Z. Smith offi
ciated at the funeral of the little
one who, besides its mother and fa
ther, is survived by two brothers and
one sister.
Cottonseed meal and hulls, soy
bean meal and oats, .at R. C. HOW
E1X SEED' & FEED CO.
VACATION!
SPECIALS FOR THE FAMILY
Whether you spend your vacation at home
or make your plans to travel this year—you
will find your needs at WEAVER’S—
Play Suits
Shoes - Sandals
Bathing Suits
Beach Robes
Dresses - Sweaters
CHILDREN’S WEAR—
Slack Suits
Shoes - Sandals
Bathing Suits
Beach Robes
Sport Shirts
Slacks - Panama Hats
Visit our store and make your selection.
“YOU ARE ALWAYS
WELCOME AT WEAVER’S”
T. K. Weaver & Co.
“Blakely’s Only Complete Store”
C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA.
i €m1j| Contitg
BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1943.
2ND. DIST. MASONIC
CONVENTION TO MEET
THURSDAY, JULY 15
The Second District Masonic Con
vention will meet with Milford
Lodge at Elmodel on Thursday, July
15th, 2:00 p. m., CWT. Magnolia
Lodge of Blakely has appointed the
following delegates to the conven
tion: Alex Carswell, A. B. Hayes
and Woodrow Houston; alternates,
J. M. Code, L. B. Jones and C. H.
Loback. J. E. Houston is a line of
ficer of the convention and Dr. J. G.
Standifer is District Past Master.
Magnolia Lodge will hold a special
meeting next Monday at night, at
which time the Entered Apprentice
degree will be conferred.
IMPORTANT DATES
TO REMEMBER IN YOUR
RATIONING CALENDAR
June 27—Red coupon P for meat
rationing becomes valid.
June 30—Deadline for tire inspec
tions for holders of B gasoline ra
tions.
June 30—'Coupons J, K, L, M and
N for meat rationing expire.
June 30—Coffee coupon No. 24
expires.
July 7—Coupons K, L and M for
processed food rationing expire.
July 21—No. 5 coupons in the A
gasoline ration books expire.
August 15—Sugar coupon No. 13
expires.
September 30—Deadline for tire
inspections for holders of A gaso
line rations.
October 31—Coupons 15 and 16
in War Ration Book 1 for canning
sugar expire.
T. A. CLARK SENDS
NEWS FIRST WATERMELON
A member of the News staff was
the recipient of a luscious watermel
on Monday, a gift from Mr. T. A.
Clark, Early county farmer living
five miles east of the city on the
Damascus road. Mr. Clark reports
that he has been eating watermelons
since June 13th. '
"Meet the People mmm
(Each week in this 3 ace will be presented a picture
and word portrait someone w hose name is news.)
• “To elevate the working class”—that is the III
domineering motive in the life of Josef
Stalin, Premier of Russia, leader of the first * i !
country to force the Nazis to feel the wounds
of defeat.
•He was born Josef Vissarionovich Dzug- ■> :>;
ashvili, in Tiflis, Georgia, in Russia on De- A A
cember 21, 1879, the son of a cobbler. Nicolai
Lenin later named him Stalin which means
“steel man.” ;
•In his personal tastes Stalin has been de- mm
scribed as puritanical. Once he severely repri
manded an editor whose publication con- s?
tained something Stalin considered obscene. I'
He often works 18 hours continuously, but be- m
lieves in a six hour day for others.
•This little man with the pipe and mustache
has been an enigma to his contemporaries. ■
Military authorities said his army would last
three months against the Germans.
•He has asked reporters not to refer to him as
a dictator and once explained that “never un
der no conditions would our workers tolerate
one-man rule. The biggest authorities among
us become converted to zeros as soon as they
lose the faith of the working masses.” Josef V. Stalin
A WEE OF THE
(By the Office of War Information)
A recent summary issued by the
War Department showed that of 18
heavy bombardment missions by U.
S. planes against targets with Ger
many, 11 have been made since
May 14.
Engaged only in daylight, high
altitude, precision attacks against
enemy industrial centers, naval bases
and war plants, the USAAF based
in England flew approximately 1,600
sorties with 4-engine bombers against
German targets.
The 18 forays are shown to have
been carried out at a cost of 106
American planes, while 571 German
planes were shot down, 187 proba
bly destroyed, and 251 damaged in
aerial combat.
The first 7 attacks by American
bombers against Germany were
made *in- the period of January 27,
1943, through April 17, 1943. Unit
ed States losses for these missions
totaled 40 planes, while 224 German
planes were shot down, 78 probably
were destroyed and 77 damaged. In
the 8 days of May 4 through May
21, 7 more attacks were made, with
American losses totaling 32 planes
and German losses 243 shot down,
69 probably destroyed and 116 dam
aged. Attacks against Wilhelmshav
en, Cuxhaven, Bremen and Kiel
cost 34 American planes, with Ger
man losses placed initially at 104
planes destroyed, 40 probably de
stroyed and 38 damaged.
According to Secretary of War
Stimson, Allied conquest of the four
Italian “nuisance” islands netted
approximately 16,000 Axis prisoners,
won at the cost of about 40 airmen
and a few planes. Stimson said
these operations demonstrated the
value of concentrated air power
and compared the Allied capture of
Pantelleria with the Axis failure to
take Malta during a three-year siege
in which the enemy enjoyed over
whelming air superiority.
While Malta’s defenses were prob
ably stronger, Stimson said, the
principal reason why Pantelleria fell
and Malta held was the manner in
which the air attacks were made.
“German and Italian 'assaults on
Malta were sporadic and inaccurate,”
he said. “Our attacks on Pantelleria
were heavy and continuous. Hits on
military targets were scored with
mathematical precision. Just as our
airplanes and pilots have excelled,
now it appears our tactical and
strategical employment of air power
is superior to the Italian and Ger
man.”
A more optimistic report on Al
lied submarine strength was issued
last week as Secretary of the Navy
Knox announced that American
submarine production “is very satis
factory.” Knox also reported that
“we are building a small number of
submarines month by month and
they are a steady addition to our
Navy.”
Fred Astaire and Rita Hay a
in “You Were Never Lovelier, -
the Blakely Theatre Thursday and
Friday. “Hit Parade of 1943,” with
John Carroll and Susan Hayward,
coming Monday and Tuesday.
ON THE HOME
Food Crop Prospects—
Government estimates on food
crop prospects are not encouraging
at present. Recent floods in thp
north, severe droughts in Western
areas darken the national outlook on
food. However, it looks as if South
erners, as a whole, will have lots
Dixie-grown foodstuffs. Crops are
doing unusually well throughout the
Southeast.
Not only civilians, but representa
tives of the armed forces have been
having a hard time obtaining beef.
Now, livestock slaughterers
ing under government inspection are
told to set* aside 45 per cent of the
beef which is up to army
tions. So, the boys in service should
be better off, anyhow.
Southerners Get Training—
For several months the War
power' Commission has been
training courses in agriculture*
than half the men and women
advantage of this training so far
people living in the South.
An increase in the number of
criminal prosecutions for
of gas rationing rules is reported by
OPA.
Big Fire Losses—
Twenty-eight million acres of
went up in smoke in the Southern
states last year. Figures just
nounced show that nine-tenths of all
forest fire losses occurred in Dixie.
Lumber has been scarce, too. But
WPB now announces that farmers
can get it for essential agricultural
building.
Barbed wire is so scarce that WPB
has asked the army to “loan” 20,000
tons of military barbed wire to it
for use on farms. The military type
has much ^longer barbs than that reg
ularly sold to farmers.
High War cost.—
Two years ago we were
ing for the defense program at the
rate of $1.50 a month from each
one of us. Now, war expenses have
skyrocketed, and the average per
person cost is more than $50 a
month.
Construction of military camps,
shipyards, war plants and other fa
cilities is nearing completion, and
such building has dropped to about
half that of a year ago. It will fall
off rapidly from now on.
More Rubber Plants—
Construction of synthetic rubber
plants is on the increase. But we've
built 20,000 million dollars worth of
factories and military establishments
to get our war machine rolling.
It’s in high gear now. The factor
ies are producing, soldiers have been
trained . . . heavy fighting is ex
pected this summer.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
SARDIS METHODIST
CHURCH NEXT WEEK
The pastor of the Sardis Method
ist church, Rev. Shannon Holloway,
of Arlington, Ga., announces that re
| vival services will begin next Mon
day night. June 28, and run through
the week. The hour for the evening
service will be 8:39 o’clock, Central
War Time. All of the people in the
community are invited to attend.
$1.50 A YEAR
ROTARY CLUB TO
OBSERVE BIRTHDAY
FRIDAY AT NOON
At last week’s meeting of the
Blakely Rotary Club, held Friday at
noon over Lay’s Cafe, definite plans
were announced for observance of
the club’s seventeenth birthday at
this week’s meeting, which, it was
announced, will be held at the club
house building of the Woman’s Club
in Woodlawn Park.
The incoming district governor,
Rotarian Will Watts, of Thomas
ville, is expected to be a guest of the
club, and a number of Rotarians are
expected from the Albany club,
which sponsored the organization of
the Blakely club 17 years ago—.
June 22, 1926.
Last Friday’s meeting was pre
sided over by President James B.
Murdock, Jr.
Mr. C. R. Daniel was a guest of
Rotarian Barney Wynne.
“IT AIN'T RAINING
RAIN”—BUT CATFISH
We are just as perplexed as you
are—but here is what happened here
last Friday afternoon during a
heavy downpour of rain. Apparent
ly from the sky a catfish, about six
inches long, fell to the pavement in
front of Mr. Sam George’s establish
ment. Mr. Jim Widener, who was
standing in front of this place saw
the fish floundering in the street,
walked over and picked it up. It
was placed in a basin of water and
scores of people came by to view
the phenomenon. Later it was re
leased in a stream of water, still
alive and apparently no worse off
from its unusual ordeal. (A number
of people advanced theories as to
where the fish came from, but none
seem plausible, and the fish mystery
remains just as mysterious as ever.)
PERMANENT WILDLIFE
COMMISSION ENDORSED
Atlanta, Ga.—The West Georgia
Wildlife Association last week took
steps toward making the commission
form of wildlife management in
Georgia a permanent fixture, when
it passed a resolution urging voters
to go to the polls next year and
sanction this type department.
This is the first group to take such
action, thereby welding farmers and
sportsmen into a powerful voting
combination. Billy Darden, of Ho
gansville, intorduced the resolution
and it was adopted unanimously.
It was pointed out that a majority
of two-thirds of the registered
voters will be required to make this
program constitutional.
PREACHING AT HILTON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Rev. W. F. Burford anounces that
preaching services will be held at the
Hilton Methodist church Sunday aft
ernoon at 4 o’clock.
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Quota, Allotment
On 1943 Peanuts
Ordered Revoked
Actions designed to encourage
record-breaking production and to
facilitate harvesting and marketing
of peanuts this year have been an
nounced by the War Food Adminis
tration, it was disclosed this week
by T. R. Breedlove, chairman of the
State USDA War Board.
The developments are:
(1) Termination of the 1943 na
tional marketing quota on peanuts.
(2) Revocation of the national
peanut acreage allotment for pea
nuts produced in 1943.
(3) Designation of the Commodi
ty Credit Corporation as the sole
purchaser of farmers’ stock of 1943
crop peanuts.
(4) Announcement of a three
way plan for the purchase of pea
nut pickers.
In striking 1943 peanut market
ing quotas from the books, the War
Food Administration indicated that
the action was “necessary to effec
tuate the declared policy of the Ag
ricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
and in order to meet the present
national need for increased produc
tion of vegetable food and feed
products.”
Under the purchase program, the
CCC will operate through handlers
who will purchase, store, and sell
farmers’ stock peanuts only. The
normal trade channels, including
peanut producing cooperative asso
ciations, crushers, and shellers, will
be employed as agents under han
dlers’ contracts. Purchases from
producers will be made at uniform
prices averaging $140 a ton for
Spanish and Virginia types, and
$130 a ton for runner type nuts,
with appropriate differentials for
grades. These prices, though about
17 per cent below the ceiling prices
for farmers’ stock, are approximate
ly 75 per cent above the value of
nuts when sold for crushing oil and
meal.
Mr. .Breedlove said three plans are
available for growers wishing to buy
peanut pickers after war board ap
proval of purchase applications:
1. As in the past, growers may buy
for cash.
2. They may pay at least $200
down, and the balance in equal
installments on December 1, 1943,
and October 1, 1944.
3. Or they may pay less than
$200 down at the time the picker is
delivered, and thereafter, on the
last day of each month during the
1943 and 1944 harvesting seasons,
will be expected to pay a minimum
of $3 for each ton of peanuts
threshed that month. The balance
must be paid on or before May 15,
1945.
Except in unusual cases, he point
ed out, recommendations on the
purchase of peanut pickers will be
given by the county war board only
where the tonnage to be picked from
the 1943 crop is 100 tons or more.
16% Dairy Feed and Cow Cbow.
We have lots of it. R. C. HOWELL
SEED & FEED COMPANY.