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VOLUME XXVI.
4TH REGISTRATION FOR MEN !
44 -65 TO BE HELD APRIL 25,26,27!
GASOLINE TO BE RATIONED
AT ONCE.
Announcement was made Thursday j
that a weekly ration not to exceed'
five Rallons of gasoline will become;
effective at an early date.
The rationing would be put into ef
fect in 17 Southeastern states.
Superior Court Is i
Ended Wednesday
Seminole County Superior Court;
adjourned Wednesday after one j
of the shortest sessions of court in,
the history of the county.
Convening on Monday only one ci
vil case was tried, this resulting in a;
■directed verdict, and trial jurors were|
re-leased until Wednesday. Several di-'
vorce cases were disposed of at the be-,
ginning of the session, however. (
The grand jury completed its work
on Tuesday after disposing of a light
docket, and the jurors released for the j
term. i
Judge Worrill, after noting the |
■small number of true bills returned j
by the grand jury and frivilous nat
ure of most of them, notified all ju
iors that they were excused for the
term and only pleas of guilty were re
ceived Wednesday morning, no jurors
being present for trial of cases. Judge
Worrill pointed out in making his de
cision to release the jurors from duty
Wednesday that the farmers were
badly needed at their farms now and
he deemed it more important that the
farm work not be interrupted than
trial of a few minor misdemeanor’
cases.
CARD OF THANKS
To our many friends we wish to ex
tendi our heart felt thanks for their
expressions of love and sympathy dur
ing the recent illness and death of our
mother.
Family of Mrs T. G. Harvy, Sr. ;
Although rye will stand lots of hard '
grazing it should not be grazed close ■
•enough to injure the plants or unduly ;
expose the soil to erosion.
If pigs do not get sufficient exer
cise, they will become fat and lazy
and may develop what is known as
“thumps”. _____
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DEPOSIT
BOXES
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For Rent
Fire Proof Burglar Proof
$1.20 Per Year
Including Federal Tax
Rent one of our safety deposit
boxes for safe keeping of valuable
papers. Jewelry, Insurance Policies, '
Wills, Deeds, etc.
Let Us Show Them To You.
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500 TO 750 TO REGISTER IN
COUNTY; LOCAL BOARD
MAKING PLANS FOR EN
ROLLMENT DURING 3-DAY
PERIOD.
Ellison Dunn, chairman of the Local
Draft Board, and L. C. Hay, clerk,
I this week announced detailed plans
; for the fourth Selective Service regis
! tration in this county.
The registration will be for “all
' males who had on Feb. 16, 1942, at
; tained the -15th anniversary of their
i birth and have not attained the 65th
: anniversary of their birth on April
i 27th. 1942, and who have not hereto
i fore been registered under the Selec-
I tive Training and Service Act, 1940.”
The local officials said the regis
tration will be held n this county on
■the following schedule:
| SATURDAY. APRIL 25th. Donal-
■ sonville, Iron City and F. D. R. White
Schools and the Donalsonville Col-
[ ored school only—9 a. m. to sp. m.
SUNDAY. APRIL 26th, Draft
Board office in Donalsonville —3 p. m.
! to 5 p. m.
i MONDAY. APRIL 27th, Donalson
i ville, Iron City, and F. D. R. white
' schools and the Donalsonville Colored
i School building—S a. m. to 6 p. m.
All colored registrants may regis
ter at white schools or Draft Board
Office.
School teachers will be registrars,
las heretofore, and people, generally,
are urged to co-operate in making it
possible for all men, white and Negro,
within the sepcified ages, to register
in accordance with the above schedule,
since the usual heavy penalties are
provided for those of ages specified
who fail to register. The burden rests
upon the individuals subject to the
Said the local offficials:
“By presidential proclamation, it is
the duty of every male citizen to pre
sent himself for registration as specl
fed. It is further set out that full co
operation is anticipated in carrying
i into full effect the purposes of the
' Selective Training and Service Act of
11940, as amended. We urge all em-
■ ployers and government agencies of
jail kinds—Federal, state and local—
to give those under their charge suf
ficient time in which to fill the obli
gation of registration incumbent up
on them under said act and proclama
i tion.”
Clerk Hay said officials estimated
that there will be, on a national basis,
about 50 per cent more registrants In
the fourth registration than in the
third, which was held on Feb. 16th,
last. This would mean that between
500 and 750 are expected to register
in Seminole county. However, esti
mates based on national percentages
have not heretofore been very accur
„e in this county.
I Contract Is Let
For 2 Airports
In Seminole
A contract has been awarded to the;
Hardaway Construction Company, of
Atlanta, for the grading of two aux
i illiary aeroplane landing fields in this;
: county to be used in connection with
'all air bases in this section, one of the'
fields to be located on the H. O. Cum
' mings land just south of Donalson
ville, while a second will be located at
' Reynoldsville.
Work will begin this week, it is re-
I ported, and a large crew of work-
■ men will be stationed here while the
construction work in going on.
The field near Donalsonville will be
' lighted and used for night flying also,
it is said.
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STAMP SALES
The students of the Seminole High
School have bought a total of $752.15
worth of stamps and bonds. Last
Thursday in chapel, bonds were pre
sented to Mary Ann Thomas, Betty
Jane Colman, Bill Rose and Freder
ick Brackin. The school is working to
sell at ieast SI,OOO worth of stamps
I and bonds before school closes,
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
A WEEK IF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
War Production Chairman Nelson,
speaking in New York city, said the
United Nations have now outstripped
the Axis in war production. Because
of the accumulated reserves of the
enemy, however, “we have not yet
won the battle of production,” he said.
Vice President Wallace said by July
of this yeor, the U.S. will be producing
more war material than any other na
tion in the history of the world.
The WPB said as cf April 1 the
Government had disbursed more than
$23 billion on the war effort. Chair
man Nelson asked all prime contrac
tors to establish subcontracting de
partments, and to make subcontract
ing needs known to the nearest WPB
field office. He also asked that work
ers’ vacations be staggered, and over
time and employment of substitutes
be increased so vacations will not dis
rupt war production. The board listed
the first 500 plants to set up volun
tarily labor-management committees
and launch production drives.
Manpower Moblization
Federal Security Administraton,
McNutt was made Chairman of a nine
man war manpower commission set up
by the President to “bring about the
most effective mobilization and the
maximum use of the nation’s man pow
er.” Mr. McNutt said the commission
wjll establish a labor priorities sys
tem to alllocate manpower on a volun
tary basis, If this system fails, he sajd
he would ask for authority to assign
men and women to specific jobs. He
reported an additional 10 million
workers will be needed in war produc
tion this year, many of whom will
have to he obtained through recruit
ing women, young people and retired
workers.
The President proclaimed the week
of May 3 as National Employment
week and asked employers to train
and employ women and older men as
a means of avoiding labor shortage.
The president’s committee on fair em
ployment practice ordered 10 compan
ies holding large war contracts to
cease discriminating workers because
of race or religion.
The War Front
War Secretary Stimson told a press
conference the U. S. Army is almost
ready for the offensive. Army com
muniques reported 13 Australian
based American bombers, in a 4,000
mile round-trip raid on Japanese in
stallations in tho Philippines, sank
four enemy ships, damaged four oth
ers and caused widespred damage. The
Army and Navy withheld comment on
reports that American bombers had
raided Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and
of the Japanese cities and inflicted ex
tensive property damage.
Gen. MacArthur named the mem
bers qf his staff assisting him as head
of the United Natiops southwest Paci
fic command. Gen Wainwright said
Corregdor Island could and would
hold out. lie sai<t an estimated 60,000
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i Notice Property Owners j
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Whereas, the Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues of Semi
nole County, Georgia, did on the 7th
day of April, 1942, request the Board
of Tax Equalizers of Seminole Coun
ty, Georgia, to convene for the pur
pose of fixing a penalty against the
taxpayers who fail or refuse to return
their property for taxes by May Ist of
each year, and
Whereas, undef the law, the Tax
Assessor’s books close on May Ist, and
the Tax Assessor and Board of Tax
Equalizers have the right to double
the tax on any property that is not
returned by the owner, and
Whereas, under the law, the tax
payers are entitled to homestead ex
emption, provided said taxpayer mak
es a return of his property and files
application for said exemption.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Tax Equalizers of
Seminole County, Georgia, that any.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942
American and Filipino combatant and
non-combatant troops on Bataan are
now in the hands of the enemy. Eight
United Nations ships were reported
sunk by enemy submarines in the At
lantic.
Foreign Relations
The White House reported lend-
Icase aid amounted to more than $3
billion by the end of March. War sup
plies sent to Russia in March were
two and a half times as much as those
in February. President Roosevelt noti
fied Ambassador to Vichy Leahy to re
turn to this country for instructions.
Because of his domination of the new
government of France by pro-Laval.
The State Department said three A
merican ships scheduled to carry food
and clothing to France and North Af
rica are being held here pending clari
fication of the Vichy situation.
The War Department said organi
zation of 32 new divisions this year is
beng carried out on schedule. The de
partment said the army medical corps
strength will be doubled to meet de
mands of the expanded army. Physi
cians under 45 years and dentists un
der 35 will be eligible for commissions
as first lieutenants. The department
Iso announced formation of a new
combat force, the tank destroyer com
mand, which will begin training in
Texas this Summer.
The department said it will grantt
furloughs of 10 days to inductees af
ter thejr processing at reception cen
ters if local boards recommend such
action for men who need time to clear
;p personal affairs. Selective Service
tut Ih-rsne*. »:!(. lh< supply
of classified as 1-A probably will
be exhausted by the end of summer
and the calling of men of 1-B classifi
cation probably will start in the Fall.
Navy and Ajr
The Navy Department said the Bu
.eau of Yards and Docks will act as
constructing agency for the depart
ment for all construction accomplish
ed by private agencies, including
works subcontracted under prime con
tractor. Two new destroyers were
launched and a third was commission
ed. The President directed Navy Sec
retary Knox to take over three plants
of the Brewster Aero-Nautical Corp
in order to increase production.
President Roosevelt and Canadian
Prime Minister MacKenzie King an
nounced jointly that all United Na
tions with air training programs un
der way in the U. S. or Canada will
confer in Ottawa early in May on
further military efforts.”
Shipping
The war Shipping Administraton
requisitioned all the remaining Ameri- ,
can-owned ocean-going vessels which
had not been taken over by the gov
ernment previously. Every detail cj
operation—cargoes, routes of travel ,
and time of departure-for ocean go- !
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• 1 person failing to make a return of his
- property for taxation by May Ist, be
i and it is hereby ordered, that the
I property shall be assessed at a fair
. valuation by this Board, and a penal
ty of 10 per cent be assessed against
, said property and added to said valu
, atpn, an<|
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
: that no homestead exemption will bv
allowed pfter May Ist, where the per
sons fails to return and make appli
cation for said exemption prior to said
date, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that a copy of this resolution be pub
lished in the Donalsonville News for
'. vo weeks during the month of April.
Done and passed this 11th day cf
I April, 1942.
B. B. CLARKE,
T. W. MILLER,
J, C. EARNEST,
Board of Tax
of Seminole County. Ga.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS FOR
APRIL TERM, SUPERIOR COURT
To the Honorable C. W. Worrill,
Judge Pataula Circuit.
We the Grand Jury serving at the
April Term, 1942 of Seminole Super
ior Court, beg to submit herewith the
General Presentments of this body.
We thank Judge Worrill for his
frank and able charge, and express
to Solicitor Patterson our deep ap
preciation for his efficient guidance
during our deliberations.
We, your committee on Public Wel
fare, find records of this office neat
ly and well kept. There are 216 cases
receiving old Age Pensions. Aid is be
ing given to 1 blind person, and to 34
dependent childrens representing 13,
families. We find the total disburse-1
ments from the office in April were!
$1721.50 in old age pensions, $266.50,
to Dependent Children and SB.OO to
Blind, making a total of $1996.00 for;
the month of April.
We wish to thank Mrs. Blonnie M. <
Divings and Miss Lizabeth O'Neal for
their splendid cooperation, and we
wish to commend them on the efficient
business-like manner in which they
conduct the affairs of the office.
M. G. CLARK, Chairman
DAN WHITE
We, your committee investigating;
Confederate Pensions find the follow
ing:
Confederate Pensions have been
paid to five widows in Seminole Ceun
ty.
No Veteran of the Civil War In now
living p ths county.
Your Committee.
J. L. BARBER, JR.
JIM HARRELL. Chairman
We the Committee find the J. P.
books all O. K.
M. H. INGRAM
BERRY TYLER
We the undersigned committee ap
pointed by the Grand Jury to inspect
the Public records of the Court House
—We wish to report that we have
found all records in good shape and
neatly kept. 4-21-42
A- J. JONES
R. I. EVANS, Committee.
We the Committee on Roads, wish
to make the following report.
We have investigated most of the
roads of the county and find consider
able work necessary, especially oft
road leading from Clarence Lane’-s up
Sugar Rationing
Registration To
Be Held Soon
The O. P. A. has announced that
trade registration for sugar rationing
would be held at the high schools,
Tuesday, April 28, gnd Wednesday,
J April 29.
N. P. Malcom, Superintendent of
Seminole County Schools and Chair
' man of the Local Rationing Board urg
1 es that al! Retailers, wholesalers, in
stitutional, and industrial users, in
cluding food service establishments,
1 register at the nearest high school be
tween the hours of 5:00 and 9:00 P.
M. either Tuesday, April 28 or Wed
nesday, April 29.
It is requested that you not wait un
til the last few minutes to register,
; since some of the fornp.3 are rather
long, some having as many as 164
blanks to be filled in. However, be
i sure to register on one of these two
days, for the O. P. A. has ruled that
you do not register, it will ,be two
weeks before you will be allowed to
register to receive certificates.
Thils registration should not be con
fused with the registration of Civil
ians for sugar rationing, which will be
held May 4-7, inclusive. Further in
formation concerning civillien regis
tration wil be published m next week’s
issue of hTe
Sing Sunday
S Countv Sinking Con
vention will meet Sunday st the
Snrin? Creek Church, it was announc
ed this Week,
A'l hv.T?. of- good singing arc in
”1» -.I and singers are especially urged
tx «-«sion will begin at
1" o’ck;k war ‘ime.
tMAKE EVERY PAY DAY
BOND DAY
JOIN THE PAY-ROLL SAVINGS PLAN
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
to the Buckhalter settlement over Dry
Creek, we find that a bridge is neces-
■ sary.
Also the road leading south of Don
alsonville to the Cloud Ponds needs
to be raised to clear the water.
The road intersecting with Butler’s
Ferry road at C. L. Perry’s needs a
ditch cut to drain the water.
Other than the above the roads were
in good condition.
W. C. WHITTAKER
NEWTON KING
We the Committee on Public Build
, ings have inspected the buildings and
j find everything in good shape.
C. A. BLAIR
H. M. STRICKLAND
| Wc extend to Miss Carnes our genu-
■ inc appreciation for the appearance
j of the Courthouse grounds and the
. uniform neatness in which the prem
' ises are kept.
i We wish to Commend Sheriff Chan
j dler for his untiring efforts toward
i economy and efficiency n handling
i criminal matters brought to his at
-1 tention, and the despatch with which
■ he disposes of these cases with a mini
imum of expense to the County.
I Mr. J. B. Moseley was elected a
! member of the County Board of Edu
cation in the place of R. C. Roberts,
resigned.
We the Grand Jury of Seminole
County recommend to the Donalson-
, ville City Council that the Beer, Wine
and Whiskey Stores close by nine
o’clock each night. '
We the Grand Jury have investigat-.
cd thirty cases and have found four
teen true bills and 16 no bills.
We reccommend that these present-
i ments be published once in the Donal
sonville News, and that the regular
fee be paid for same.
T. fa. ROBERTS, foreman
H. G. WOOD, Clerk
V. L. ROBERTS, Assist. Clerk
G. W. J. BARBER, Baliff
GEORGIA,SEMINOLE COUNTY
It is ordered by the Court, that the
above and foregoing General Present
ments of the Grand Jury be received,
adopted, filed and published according
to law.
C. W. WORRILL
Judges. C. P. C.
April 21, 1942
Lespedeza is the important summer
legume for upland and lowland per
manent pasture mixtures in Georgia.
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OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes, in.
“SUNSET ON THE DESERT”
Monday and Tuesday
Juan Blondell and John Wayne in
“LADY FOR A NIGHT”
Wednesday Only
Eddie Albert, in
“TREAT ‘EM ROUGH”
Thursday and Friday
•I'allace Beery and Lewis Stone in
“THE BUGLE SOUNDS"
Midget Theatre
Saturday Only
Ken Murry and Harriet Hilliard in!
“JUKE BOX JENNY”
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