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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVI.
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Price Administration Henderson
told the press if price ceilings hold
(luring the next 20 months the entire
war effort will cost $62 billion less
than it would cost if prices rose as
they did during the last war. He said
savings on steel alone under price
ceilings were more than sl6l million
in 1941.
He said subsidies are necessary,
however, to support price ceilings at
March levels and to prevent suffering |
among consumers and retailers. Other |
“major threats” to price stabilization
remain in the yet-uneffected parts of
President Roosevelt’s anti-inflation •
program, including holding down agri-1
cultural prices, stabilization of wages,
and the failure to reduce the inflation
ary gap through any tax action to
date, he said.
Approximately 2,000,000 persons
eventually may be helping with price
•control and rationing, although few of
them will be concerned directly with
enforcement, he said. He stated he
might take over some of the WPA
staff in setting up the OPA organi
sations in state and district offices,
because its facilities apparently were
available as more and more people
were going into employment from re
lief rolls.
The Labor Department said living
costs in large cities dropped 0.1 per
cent between May 15 and June 2, the
first drop in such costs since Novem
ber 1940. Clothing, housefurnishing
and rent costs all declined, but food
costs continued to advance. The de
partment’s index of nearly 900 whole
sale prices dropped 0.3 percent dur
ing the week ended June 13 x but was
still 13.5 percent above a year ago.
War Manpower and Labor
The War Manpower Commission
said the goal for men in the armed
forces is 6,000.000 to 7,000,000 men by
the end of 1943 ; 20,000,000 workers
.will be needed in war production and
transportation by 1944; 12,000,000 will
be required to harvest the 1943 crop.
The President’s Committee on Fair
Employment Practice said in 1944 hifh
school enrollment might be reduced
by 40 to 50 precent, college enrollment
by. 70 to 80 percent, and half the na
tion’s schools may be closed due to
the increasing need for war workers.
The President signed legislation ap
propriation an additional $9 1-2 mil-
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
lion to finance the cost of training
war workers in vocational courses of
less than college grade. Selective Ser
vice announced registrants in the non
military age group 45 to 65 will re
ceive occupational questionnaires
shortly which will be used to locate
individuals with professional and
scientific qualifications and with es
sential skill. The WPB said Pacific
coast lumbermen will be considered
j for temporary draft deferment. Agri T
i culture Secretary Wickard said the
Farm Labor Supply problem might
be solved if either the government
paid transportation expenses as part
i
I of the war program, or farmers pool
ed expenses to bring in the migrant
labor they need. Railroads have al
ready agreed to reduce fares for mi
grant farm workers.
Truck Transportation
The ODT established a U. S. truck
Conservation Corps to mobilize the
nation’s 5 million trucks—greatest
truck fleet in the world—for more ef
fective war service. The Office distri
buted to truck drivers, trucking firms,
parts dealers and garages throughout
the country information designed “to
assure the continued and uninterrupt
flow of the materials of war and the
necessities of civilian life.” All are
being asked to pledge they will co
operate to “keep’em rolling” during
the emergency.
Rubber and Oil
The House passed and sent to the
Senate legislation authorizing $93
million to complete a barge canal
from St. John’s River, Fla., to Port
Inglis, Fla.; for an oil pipeline from
Port St. Joe, Fla., to Jacksonville, Fla;
for enlargemnt of the existing gulf
intracoastal waterway from the St.
Marks River, Fla., to Corpus Christ,
Tex., and its extension to Browns-i
ville, Ttx; and for construction as a|
I pipeline from the Tinsley, Miss., oil I
fields to Charleston, S. C., and Savan-j
nah, Ga.
The WPB announced American che-]
mists have prefected a petroleum |
cracking process for making aviation;
gasoline and buttadiene, a vital in- ]
gredient of synthetic rubber, in the]
same operation. The U. S. signed an
{ agreement with the Republic of Costa
i Rica, under which this government
will purchase all of Costa Rica’s rub-!
ber production for the next five years, |
i and will aid in development of poten-1
tial rubber resources there. The Post,
Office Department directed rural car- i
riers to cooperate in “every reasonable
way” in the scrap rubber collection
drive, to help transport the scrap to
collection depots from homes and■
farms on their routes.
Lend-Lease
President Roosevelt reported to]
Congress lend-lease aid in 1942,
through May totaled $4 1-2 billion in ]
goods and services, at a rate equal to
112 percent of our entire war effort.
| He said lend-lease is now on a recip
rocal basis. The Agriculture Depart
! ment said farm products costing $154
] million were bought in May fop Jend
lease second highest total since the
program began in March 1941. In
14 1-2 months through May, farm
products valued at $1,225 million had
I been purchased for lend-lease, BeL
Igium and the U. 8. signed a master,
lend-lease agreement.
The Armed Forces
The President signed legislation
i granting pay increases to members of ■
ithe armed forces retroactive to June,
1, with a minimum base pay of SSO a
’ month —the first general pay increase
|in 20 years. Congress also completed i
action or. ? bill to provide financial
] aid tor deendents of men in the four
j lowest grades of the armed fqr.ces and
, authorizing deferment of married j
i men with legitimate home ties. The
Senate passed and sent to the House a
bill to provide men who entered the
' armed forces since passage of the Se
lective Service Act with $5,000 insur-j
ance in event of injury or disease con- [
■ tracted while on active duty.
The War department direetd "no ]
military personnel on duty in any for
eign country or possession may marry
without the approval of the command
ing officer of the United States Army ,
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DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH, 1942.
Youths 18-20
Must Register
On Tuesday July 30
Registration of all youths who have
attained their eighteenth or nineteen
th anniversary of their birth on or
before June 30th, 1942 or the 20th an
niversary of the day of their birth af
ter December 31, 1941 and on or be
fore June 30, 1941, will be held at
the local draft board office, begin
ning today and continuing through
Tuesday. Any youth who is required
to register may go to draft board
headquarters Friday, Saturday, Mon
day or Tuesday and register.
Approximately fifteen per cent of
the first registration total are expect
ed to register in the new registration
call. This total is estimated to be a
round 150.
No other places in the county will
be open for - registration, other than
the local draft board, and both white
and colored youths will be registerd
there.
Hours of registration are from 8
a. m. to 12 noon and from 1 p. m. to
6 p. m.
U. S. 0. Drive
To Continue Here
Through July 4th,
Announcement is made by Mrs.
Henry VanLandingham that a drive is
being made in this county this week
for subscriptions to the U. S. O.
(United Service Organization) and
that the drive would be continued
through July 4th.
In commenting on the purposes and
operations of the USO Mrs. VanLand
ingham says “An analysis of the work
performed by USO during the last
year, and its present report of opera
tions, shows there “can be no question
.that USO had gone far beyond its
j initial pledges of service to members
: of the armed forces of the nation.”
I
] “The manifold new and greater de
] mands made upon USO by the tremen
{ dous increase in the number of men
! in military service,” make it absolute
i ly essential that the goal set for the
11942 War Campaign Fund—s32,ooo,-
000 —be reached, and surpassed, if
possible.
Announcing this year’s USO cam
paign Mrs. VanLandingham emphasiz
i cd that more than 4.000,000 men would
I presently be in the armed forces of
the United States, and that monthly
i visits of sailors, soldiers and Marines
to United Service Organizations’ club
houses already exceded two million.
“I am very pleased to make known
i that USO is now operating a total of
' 647 clubhouses and units in the Unit
' ed States and trans-ocean bases. There
] are 24 clubhouses in Hemisphere bas
j es, with additional units in process of
] organization.
“Service for troops-in-transit is be
ing carried on with great success, and
USO lounges in railroad terminals
and bus stops dotting the United Stat
es are meeting with heavy soldier,
sajlor and Marine patronage.
“Os tremendous importance in the
national troop-morale picture has been
the forward step taken by the USO
in placing in service its mobile truck
units, laden with foodstuffs, refresh
ments, magazines, newspapers, phono
-1 graph records, movie projection mach
i ines and films, contact men on service
in the more isolated outposts.
i “No detachment, be it company,
platoon, squad or lone sentry, is too
remote from the field of operations
of these trucks. Some of them operate
■on circuits embracing distances of
more than 600 miles and, in a number
l of the States, these trucks are am
-1 plified by station wagons which con
vey young women to designated re
servations where they serve as danc
ing partners.
“It has been estimated that a total
of 400,000 American women, affiliated
i wjth the USO, are ministering to the
[ men of our armed forces in the Unit
-led States, and mope than 140,000 a
-1 lone pre serving in USO railway ter
minal lounges.
Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Carter an
nounce the birth of a 7 3-4 lb. son,
I born Sunday. June 21. He will be call
ed Shelby Rodney.
Notify Board
If You Know Any
Os These Men
L. C. Hay, clerk of the local draft
board, announced this week that quite
a few occupational questionnaires sent
to registrants have been returned as
the registrants could not be found at
the address given.
Failure to keep in touch with the
local board and to always leave proper
address is a serious offense and
all registrants should be careful to
report any change of address imme
diately.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts
of any of the registrants listed below
are urged to notify the local board or
to inform the registrants to get in
touch with the board immediately.
The list is as follows:
Milton Ready, Col; Alva Albritton;
Arthur Lee Williams, Col., Nathaniel
Lillian Christmas, Hendry Williams
Johnson, Col., Reuben Murphy, Col.,
Albert Monley, Col., Frank Wesley
Griffin, Tommie Wimberly, Col.,
Earlie Sheffield, Col., Willie Everett,
Col., Sam Edward Newberry, Abe Lee
Lewis, Col., Charlie Lee Glisson, Alvin
Joel Askew, Clifford Williams, Col.,
Robert Render,, Col., Frank Exion,
Col., Cozy William Hale, Richard Levy
Elkins, Clifford Gray, Col., Arthur
Lee Davis, Col., Jessie James, Byron
Alday, Edward Allen Norris, Ralph
Waldo McDonald, Willie Thomas Wil
liams, Amos Huges, Pat Storey, Jam
es William George Green, Col., Clar
ence Bell Donalson, Col.
George Patterson, Col., Haywood
Charlie Butler, Col., Howard Edward
Butler, Ramsey Lee Ford, Col., Sam
uel James Jones, Col., George E.
Matthews, Col., Aaron Moore, Col.,
Joe Henry Edwards, Col., Anderson
Roddenberry Hill, Reliphard Thomas,
Col., Charles Louis Williams, Col.,
Henry Turner Hunter, Col., John
Henry Byod, Col., Willie Elliot Shaw,
Col., Lucius B. Soffold, Col., Haward
Mitchell, Col., Emory Vasdell Jackson,
Col., Roscoe Luke Miller, John Henry
Nelson, Col., Clifford J. Jackson, Col.,
Walter Earle White, Oscar Hention,
Jr.
Tax Equalizers
Are In Session
At Court House
The Board of Tax Equalizers of]
Seminole county has been in session
during the past few weeks at the
courthouse here, where tax returns
for the year are being studied and
adjustments are being made where
discrepancies are noted.
The board is composed of Messrs.
B. B. Clarke, T. W. Miller and J. C,
Earnest. The board is being assisted
in its work by Tax Receiver T. N.
Burke,
June 30 Is Positive
Deadline For Stamp
-License Purchase
Uncle Sam and the state of Georgia
adopted a relentless attitude toward
the shortage-shackled motorist yes
terday.
There will be no getting around
buying that little pink government
stamp for your windshield—to the
tune of ss—and no delaying the task
of getting yourself a state driver’s
license —at either $1 or 50 cents.
Both deadlines are June 30.
Major John E. Goodwin, commis
sioner of public safety, said drivers
who had not renewed their licenses
by June 30 face a penalty as well as
necessity for standing an examination.
State licenses cost drivers sl. Wives
can get one for 50 cents extra and far
minor children the tariff is 25 cents.
At the same time Marion H. Allen,
internal revenue collecttor, advised
drivers that failure to have the $5,
motor vehicle use samp by July 1'
will be in violation of the law.
The serial number on the stamp |
must be entered on tho gasoline ra
tion coupon books to identify the V•'
hicle and service stations will be au
thorized not to sell gasoline to an ap-,
plicant unless the number on his
books corresponds to the number on
his stamp. Failure to purchase the
stamp may be punished by a $25 fine.
Draft Will Call
15 White-15 Negroes
For July
A call has been sent to the local
draft board for 15 white men and 15
Negroes to be inducted on the July
call from this county, it was stated
this week by L. C. Hay, clerk of the
board.
Deferment of married men tem
porarily and an additional deferment
ordered by the state director for one
registrant prevented the local board
filling their June quota of seven white
men. Only three were included in the
list leaving this month.
Heavy Rains Are
Damaging Crops
In County
Rainfall for the month of June,
which total 10.09 inches to date, and
probably one of the largest in many
years for June, has brought consider
able anxiety to the farmers of this
section, and damage to crops is ex
pected to be considerable unless dry
weather brings relief from the exces
sive moisture.
Grass has almost assumed control
of many fields of peanuts, and cotton,
is suffering from too much rain, while i
the boll weevil is reported thriving, j
Although crops generally are late as
a result of the late spring, apprehen
sion is felt over the outcome.
Cucumbers are also suffering as a
result of the excessive rains.
Lightning Strikes
State Patrol Building
Lightning struck a radio aerial at
the local Georgia State Patrol build
' ing last Friday afternoon, the bolt
entering the building from the wire,
destroying the radio, and damaging
the building slightly,
Corporal C, A, Floyd and Examiner
E, C, Smith, Jr., were on duty at the
time and both felt the shock, but)
neither was injured.
Blackberries Wanted
The local Chamber of Commerce]
was advised this week that the United
Packing Corporation, Bainbridge are
offering .03c per pound for blackber
ries delivered to cannery in Bain-]
bridge.
Berries must be delivered the same’
day they are picked, and deliveries
will be taken as late as 5 p. m.
They are also in the market fori
other vegetables and will quote prices
on application,
FARMERS WILL GET
COMMISSIONER LOANS
THROUGH LAND BANK
Land Bank Commissioner loans will
continue to be available to farmers of
Seminole county under terms of legis
lation signed by President Roosevelt,
G. A. Aiderman, Secretary-Treasurer
of the Sowega National Fann Loan
Association, announced this week,
“Originally authorized in 1933 as an
emergency measureMr, Aiderman
said, “Commissioner loans have filled
a real need in farm financing. They
have enabled thousands of farmers to
consolidate indebtedness at lower rat
es of interest and begin to make pro
gress in getting out of debt. They
have helped many tenants become)
farm owners. And of course, during!
the depression, they made it passible
for thousands of farmers to keep
farms they otherwise would have lost
if such logits had not ben available.
“Copimissioner loans are made by
the Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora
tion through Federal land banks and;
are serviced by local national farmj
loan associations exactly as Federal
land bank loans are serviced. In
Seminole county there are approxi
mately 86 Commissioner loans out
standing for a total face amount of
$75,Ti12.29 t ’*
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reynolds, of
Albany, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Reynolds Sunday.
A. J. Jones is attending to business
i: Turna. Fla., this week.
OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WAR BONDS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Rev. Timmerman
Is Called By
Baptists Here
Rev. J. A. Timmerman, of Elba,
Ala., has accepted the call to become
pastor of the local Baptist Church, and
expects to move to Donalsonville dur
ing the latter part of July to take up
his pastorate here.
Rev. Timmerman, with his wife and
young daughter, spent Sunday here,
where he filled the pulpit of the local
church at both the morning and even
ing services, bringing inspiring mes
sages to good congregations.
The call to become pastor of the
church had been extended to Rev.
Timmerman several weeks ago, and at
the Sunday evening service he an
nounced his acceptance of the call.
He has served as pastor of the
church at Elba for the past 7 years,
and under his able leadership the
church there has shown marked pro
gress. His influence as pastor and
leader in the community in w’hich he
lives has been outstanding, according
to reports given the local church
which influenced the local church in
extending to him the call.
He graduated from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary at Lou
isville, Ky., after receiving his college
degree, and is recognized as one of the
ablest ministers of southeast Alabama.
| He and his family will receive a cor
j dial welcome from all denominations
| upon their arrival here.
Seminole County
Singing Convention
To Meet June 28
The Seminole County singing con
] vention will convene at the Calvary
church near the power dam on th<»
fourth Sunday in June, which is June
28.
Leading singers over all of south
west Georgia and the bordering states
I have been invited and a big day is
I expected.
All singers and lovers of good
| singing are invited to attend and
| bring lunch.
DANCE!
There will be a script dance at the
local Club House on next Tuesday
night, June 30. Building cooled by
large fan. Admission adults 55c.
Students 25e. Ladies Free.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Don “Red” Barry, In
“STAGECOACH EXPRESS”
Monday and Tuesday
Madeleine Carroll and Sterling
Hayden, in
“BAHAMA PASSAGE”
Wednesday Only
Jimmy Durant - Jane Wyman, in
“YOU’RE IN THE ARMY NOW’*
Thursday and Friday
Errol Flynn - Olivia DeHaviland, n»
“They Died With Their Boots On”
Midget Theatre
Saturday Only
Penny Singleton - Arthur Lake, in
“BLONDIE’S BLESSED EVENT”
NUMBER 22.