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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
<\oo A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVI.
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
President Roosevelt and British
Prime Minister Churchill, in a joint
statement on the results of their
Washington conferences, said the dis
cussions covered “all of the major pro
blems of the war . . . we have con
ducted our conference with the full
knowledge of the power and resource
fulness of our enemies . . . while ex
act plans for obvious reasons, cannot
be disclosed, it can be said that the
coming operations . . . will divert Ger
man strength from the attack on Rus
sia.”
“Transportation of the fighting for
ces, together with the transportation
of munitions of war and supplies, still
constitutes the major problem of the
United Naions,” the satement said.
“While submarine warfare on the part
of the Axis continues to take heavy
toll of cargo ships . . . production of
new tonnage is greatly increasing
month by month (and) it is hoped that
as a result of steps planned at this
conference the respective natives will
further reduce the toll of merchant,
shipping.”
War Production
The President reported American
plants in May produced 4,000 air
planes, more than 1,500 tanks, about
2,000 artillery and anti-tank guns
(exclusiveof anti-air craft guns) more
than 50,000 machine guns and 50,000
submachine guns. “We are well on
our way towards achieving the rate of
production which will bring us to our
goals,” the President said. This is no
time, however, for the American peo
ple to get over-confident, he said, be
cause there are plenty of serious
production problems ahead, particu
larly those caused by rav.* materia.’
shortages.
War Production Chairman Nelson
called on Americans to observe Inde
pendence Day this year by working
for their freedoms, because “we at
home dare not have a July fourth
holiday in war production.” Mr. Nel
son said the U. S. War Production
program will call for $220 billion
worth of war goods, of which $l4O
billion must be bought at the average
rate of $6 billion a month during this
year and next, compared with the cur
rent rate of $3.8 billion a month. The
FBI arrested eight specially trained
Nazi saboteurs landed by German sub
marines at Long Island, N. A., and at
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. A number of
Statement Os
Condition
OF THE
Commercial State
Bank
At The Close Os Business
June 31st, 1942.
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RESOURCES
Bills Receivable $194,904.77
Building - 4,376.96
Furniture & Fixtures 1,398.15
Tax Fifas— 1,246.77
U. S. Bonds.. $6,000.00
State of Ga.,
W. & A. Rental
Certificates 5,255.30
Cash & Due from
8ank55129,146.37 140,401.67
T0TAL5342,328.32
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $25,000.00
Surplus 5,000.00
Undivided profits 8,300.27
Reserve for contingencies 6,502.57
Deposits 29 1,525.48
T0TAL5342,328.32
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“contact men” for the saboteurs were
also arrested.
Rationing
The OPA announced that plans for
permanent gasoline rationing for the
East, effective July 22, provide all pas
senger car owners are entitled to A
books based on 2,880 miles of driving
a year and containing six pages of
eight coupons each—each coupon
I worth four gallons. Application for
! supplemental rations may be filed
jwhen motorists register for A books
on July 9, 10 and 11. In order to
qualify for supplemental B or C books,
A motorists must prove occupational
driving is in excess of 1,800 miles a
year and that he has formed a car
-1 sharing club. S-l and S-2 books for
trucks, taxis, ambulances and govern
ment vehicles will contain 96 and 384
coupons, respectively, each coupon
good for five gallons.
Filling stations may give preference
to defense workers, trucks and ambu
lances, after posting notices to that
effect, if their supplies are insuffi
cient to meet all demands, OPA ruled.
The Office suspended deliveries to 64
filling stations in New York, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania, bringing to
78 the total suspensions for alleged
violations of rationing regulations.
The OCD asked 3,000 defense councils
in the East to establish machinery for
bringing automobile owners together
in car-sharing clubs. Tire and tube
quotas for july were increased over
June to take care of greater wear
during the hot summer months.
Army And Selective Service
The House passed and sent to the
Senate the $42 billion army supply bill
for the fiscal year beginning July 1—
the largest single appropriation in the
U. S. history. Services of Supply
Commander Somervell said the army
will reach 4,500,000 men by the mid
dle of 1943. The army food bill in
1943 will be $1,300 million, he sdid.
beginning July 1, the CAA will train
13,000 pilots for the Army Air Forces
enlisted reserve as glider pilots, air
line co-pilots, service pilots and pilot
instructors. Men between 18 and 37 j
are eligible. The War Department said |
the air ferrying and the air transport •
operations of the army will be coordi
nated into a new air transport com
mand, effective July 1.
Selective Service Headquarters said
local boards should segregate regis
trants into four categories and call
them to service in the following order:
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SOUTH GEORGIANS FIGHT OFF
JAP RAIDERS IN AUSTRALIA
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA,
June 20—The Georgia Hussars, form
ed in Savannah just after the Ameri
can Revolution, have discarded their
hores and finery for the somewhat
less glamorous business of manning
antiaircraft defenses at one of the re
motest United Nations striking bases
in the southwest Pacific.
This former National Guard unit, to
gether with other Georgians from At
lanta, Bainbridge and Hinesville, has
fought off 28 daylight raids and three
by night, nearly one every day, since
it arrived at the advance post.
I found the Georgians, shirtless,
deeply-tanned youths, living a rugged
life between raids, which they call
“sweatout” attacks since they were in
' the National Guard, they were broken
hearted when their horses were tak
en away and they became antiaircraft
men, but now they are proud of the
insignia and of their guns which have
exacted a heavy toll of Japanese raid
ers.
There is not a white women with
in 500 miles of them and they have
not seen a bottle of beer or a fresh
egg in weeks. However, they have an
abundance of wholesome food. They
occasionaly get fresh beef and vege
tables but their diet is mostly canned
foods, including generous quantities
of fruit.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, 1942.
Registration For
Permanent Gas
Ration, July 9,10,11
N. P. Malcom, Chairman of the
Seminole County War Rationing
Board, announced this week that Re
gistration for a permanent gasoline
ration will be held on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, July 9, 10, 11.
White passenger car owners will re
gister at either of the three white
schools in Seminole County. Negro
passenger car owners will register
at the Donalsonville Negro School.
Owners of Trucks, Tractors, or any
other gasoline motor, or persons who
need gasoline for any other use, will
register at the Court House, in either
the office of the County School Super
intendent, the Ration Board office or
in the Court room on the same days.
The places of registration will be open
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. war time.
A ruling has been made that De
fense workers who are employed at
Lynn Station Bomber Base, must re
gister at the base, and receive their
allotment coupons there, and it will
be useless for them to apply else
where.
Mr. Malcom states that it will be
absolutely necessary for applicants
to have in theii - possession tag regi
stration certificate, $5 Federal Stamp,
before he would be alloted any gaso
line at all.
Passenger car operators will be
given an “A" card, which is good
for four gallons of gasoline per week
the three months period, beginning
July 22. There will be no more “X”
cards, every person will have a de
finite allotment and the regulations
governing gasoline rationing are so
rigid that it will be difficult to obtain
more than your share as gas station
operators will be more careful in the
future. Mr. Malcom briefly explains
the system as follows:
“The Office of the Price Admini
stration issues the coupons to the
state War Board. The State War
Board issues the coupons to the county
Boards. The County Boards issue the
coupons to the consumers to fill their
individual needs. When a motorist
buys gasoline the station operator
takes a coupon valued for the amount
of gasoline purchased. Before the fill
ing stations can buy any additional
gas, or even restock their tanks they
must turn in to the distributors cou
pons taken up for the gas sold. If a
gas station misses a coupon his allot
ment is automatically cut because he
does not have the coupon to buy gas
oline from his distributor. The whole
sale distributor has to turn in the
coupons to the refinery and can only
buy gas amounting to the value of the
coupons he has in his possession. The
There is plenty of pure water and
every battery has its shower bath im
provised from outsized coffee tins
with holes punched in the bottom. Oc
casionally the troops swim in a near
by river, the crocodiles that infested
it when the Aussies moved in last year
having disappeared.
Although the days are hot and sul
try, the nights are pleasantly cool. All
sleep under mosquito nets, some in
tents and others in native huts.
The Aussies as well as American
fighter pilots are fond of the Geor
gians, whose good work is credited
with curtailing Japanese strafing op
erations against the air field.
Atlantian’s Battery Leads
I hitchhiked a ride with an Atlanta
corporal who was going after supplies.
He said his battery had five Japanese
“Zero” fighters to its credit, the best
record in the outfit.
He complained about the lack of
amusements, the heat and the fever,
but said “it isn’t so bad when you get
used to it.”
“Maybe I’ll stay here after the war
and become a prospector,” he said.
“There’s a lot of gold around here,
and I don’t mean dust, but nuggets.”
comprising the anticraft battalion
which has hung up an enviable record
in downing Jap planes, according to
the accompanying story from Austra-
Seminole County Democratic Executive
Committee Was In Session Saturday
The Seminole county Democratic
Executive Committee, in session here
Saturday, issued a call for two pri
maries to be held, the dates set being
August 11th and September 9th.
The primary on August 11th is for
the purpose of selecting Democratic
nominees for county commissioners
from three districts in the county,
these being the Donalsonville, Rock
Pond and Iron City districts. The
terms of L. R. Robinson, of the Don
alsonville district, E. J. Greene, of the
Iron City District, and D. H. Miller,
of Rock Pond District will expire on
January Ist and successors to them
for four years must be nominated.
Candidates for both primaries must
qualify and pay their entrance fees
to G. B. Garwood, clerk, of the com
mittee, not later that 12 o’clock noon,
war time, Saturday, July 18th. En
trance fees are $75 for each candidate
for the legislature and $25 for each
candidate for county commissioners.
John L. Drake is the present represen
tative from Seminole county, having
served in this capacity for the past
six years.
The official calls for the primarise
follows:
CALL FOR AN ELECTION
On Tuesday. August 11th, 1942 a
primary election is ordered held in '
each of the following districts of I
Seminole county, Georgia, for the ;
purpose of selecting members of the j
Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenue to serve from said districts,
such districts to elect being Donalson
ville, Iron City and Rock Pond, the
terms of encumbents from these dis
tricts expiring December 31st. 1942.
All qualified voters in their respec
tive districts and who reside in such
district shall be entitled to vote at
these elections. This June 27, 1942.
.Seminole County Democratic,
tlxoc. Com. By J. E. Johnson, I
Sr., Chairman. j
Time Limit For Candidates Set I
The Seminole county Democratic
Committee met at the courthouse Sat
urdey, June 27th. and fixed entrance
fee for Representative and named the
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refineries finally, through numerous
channels, turn the coupons back in to
the Office of the Price Administration,
where they will be checked and double
checked.”
He further stated that the car own
ers would be given a gummed sticker
designating the class of coupon they
hold, and that it must be placed on
their windshield. This he said was for
the benefit of the gas stations and al
so to let the general public know what
class coupon that other people held.
lia by Frank Hewlett, United Press
War correspondent.
Atlanta has two batteries in the or
ganization, Headquarters Battery and
Battery B. Another unit, Battery C,
comes from Bainbridge and at latest
reports still was commanded by Cap
tain Marvin Griffin, aide to former
Governor Rivers.
The Georgia Hussars, now Battery
A, is from Savannah and is one of the
oldest military organizations in the
| South, having been formed two years
i after the Revolutionary War. Battery
] B, from Hinesville, formerly known
as the Liberty Independent Troop,
completes the battalion.
Was Second Georgia Calvary
The organization was fomerly the
Second Georgia Calvary and served on
the Mexican Border in 1916 as a
mounted squadron. During the World
War it was converted into military
police, but following the war became
i a part of the 108th Cavalry.
The nucleus for the two Atlanta
teries was formed from the old Gov
ernor’s Horse Guards, widely known
for many years for its military and
social activity.
The organization was transformed
from cavalry into a separate antiair
craft battalion shortly before mobili
zation of the National Guard nearly
two years ago. It trained at Camp
Driver’s License
Deadline Has
Been Extended
ATLANTA, July I—Although the
deadline expired last midnight, Public
1 Safety Commissioner John E. Good
win said today motorists would be al
lowed two or three more days to renew
their drivers’ licenses without penalty.
"There is no formal extension of the
deadline,” he said, “but I am going
to allow drivers a little extra time be
cause we couldn’t handle all the last
minute applications that I am going
to give a chance to adjust.”
Sale of the licenses continued until
shortly after midnight in the Capitol
basement last night. Goodwin said he
was unable to estimate how many had
been re newed because “we’re snowed
under with mail applications.”
Drivers who tndully delay purchase
of their licenses will have to take a
road test given by state patrolmen at
offices scattered through the state. In
contrast to the long lines in the Capi
i tol yesterday, only a few licenses were
■ bought front time-to-time today.
Businesses Here
To Close July 6th
Instead Os 4th
Practically all business houses in
Donalsonville will be closed Monday,
July 6th, instead of July 4th in ob
servance of Independence Day, it was
I learned this week. A petition was cir
[ c'alated through the business district
i and the decision to close Monday, in-
I stead of Saturday, was practically
unanimous.
The local banks will observe Monday
as a holiday, both institutions being
open on Saturday.
Holiday Notice
“Independence Day” will be observ
ed by the undersigned banks Monday,
July 6, 1942. We will be open for
business Saturday, July 4th.
COMMERCIAL STATE BANK
MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
Dr. Lee Walker, of Macon, and
Mr. Emile Walker, of Atlanta, spent
the week-end here with Mrs. J. L.
Dickenson.
Stewart.
During the war games in the Caro
linas last summer the organization
became known as the “lost battalion”
because it was forced to move so fast
in the thick of the sham battle that
even headquarters lost track of its
movements for many hours.
Italian Sinking Claim Blasted
The antiaircrafters made the trip
to Australia aboard one of the world’s
largest liners, now converted into a
troopship. It was while the Georgians
were aboard that Italy claimed the
vessel was sunk by a submarine. Fal
sity of this report is emphasized by
the word now coming out of Australia
as to the fighting qualities of the]
Georgians.
Several well-known officers are in
cluded in the organization, including
Colonel Joseph Fraser, of Hinesville,
commanding officer; Captain William
A. Smith, of Atlanta, adjutant; Cap
tain William H. Lindsey, Atlanta; Ma
jor L. Theodore Goulsby, of Atlanta,
and Major Lester Henderson, of Sa
vannah, the latter two veterans of
the Mexican border campaign with
the organization.
Colonel Fraser recently wrote
friends from Australia that the or
ganization had seen action in New
Guinea after having been transported
t? that outpost by planes.
OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WAR BONDS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
185 Youths
Registered In
County Tuesday
185 Seminole county youths were
registered in the 18-20 year old re
gistration held Tuesday, it was re
ported Thursday morning.
These young men will be inducted
into service as fast as they reach
their 20th birthday, according to pre
sent plans from selective service head
quarters.
Wurst Named
War Bond And
Stamp Chairman
At a meeting of members of the
Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club
Monday afternoon D. F. Wurst was
' named Chairman of the War Bond
and Stamp Committee for Seminole
County. Mr. Wurst succeeds N. P.
Malcom, Superintendent of Seminole
County Schools who tendered his re
signation effective June Ist due to
the fact that his duties in connection
with Tire and Sugar Rationing Board
besides his regular school duties
made it impossible to devote
any time to War Bond and Stamp
program.
Under the direction of Mr. Malcom
the May quota of $3300.00 was over
subscripted, and he reported at the
meeting that Seminole County had
responded to the call in a splendid
manner.
NOTICE
Applications for Sugar for canning
will not be accepted between July 4th
and 15th due to the gasoline registra
tion.
Applicants must present an item
ized statement of the number of
quarts of fruits canned with the sugar
granted by previous application.
PATRIOTIC HEN
Mr. J. F. Brown, of Reynoldsville,
is boasting a patriotic hen. He bases
the patriotism of the hen on an egg
laid this week by the hen shaped per
fectly like a torpedo.
The hen is doing her bit in war pro
duction, Mr. Brown states.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. R. Reynolds, and
son, Harold Reynolds, of Waycross,
Reynolds, during the week-end.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Gene Autry - Smiley Burnette, in
HEART OF THE RIO GRANDE’
Monday and Tuesday
Bette Davis - Ann Sheridan and
Monty Woolley, In
“The Man Who Came To Dinner”
Wednesday Only
Conrad Veidt - Humphrey Bogart,
“ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT”
Thursday and Friday
Constance Bennett - Bruce Cabbot,
—In—
“WILD BILL HICKOK RIDES”
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Midget Theatre
Saturday Only
Albert Dekker - Joan Davis, In
“YOKEL BOY”
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NUMBER 23.