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VOLUME XXVI.
Bible School Is Well
Attended; 85 Enroll
GRADUATION EXERCISES TO BE
HELD SUNDAY
NIGHT.
The Vacation Bible School has been
running at the Baptist Church since
Monday of last week and has had as
many as 85 enrolled in it. It has ac
complished a great work for the chil
dren of the town.
During the school representatives
from six states have been in attend
dance, these being from North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Florida and Louis
iana. Many from the town proper
have enjoyed the school. Every faith
and church has been represented in
the school with several from each of
the churches.
The graduation exercises for the
school will be held Sunday night at
9:15 p. m., the regular preaching ser
vice hour. At that time the school
will illustrate in drama form some of
the things they have acomplished in
the school during its operation.
All parents are urged to be present
for the graduation exercises to see
what the children have been taught,
and to see the handwork exhibits that
have been made by the children.
Stokes Is Named To
Important Position
Os interest to many friends here
where he is well known, is the an
nouncement that Thornton E. Stokes,
vice president and a member of the
Board of directors of the Davidson
Enamel Company, of Clyde, Ohio has
been named to the important post of
chief of the National Steel Recovery
Program, Inventory and Requisition
ing Branch of he War Production
Board.
Mr. Stokes, once a resident of this
section, recently constructed a hunt
ing and fishing lodge on Lake Decatui
where he spends some time during the
hunting season.
Through his own iniative he has
ntade good in a big way in Clyde,
Ohio, where he has accumulated a nice
fortune.
His appointment is through recog
nition of his ability, the post being
one of great responsibility.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Wurst spent
Thursday and Friday in Atlanta.
Buy War Bonds REGULARLY
A Check Is
A Valid Receipt
In these day# when there is so
much to do, every short cut which
reduces detail work in the process
es of business should be taken.
Paying your bills by cheeks sav
es lots of work. No receipt is re
quired, because your canceled check
at the bank is a valid receipt.
Payment by check establish an
infallible record by which errors
may be traced and rectified.
For many reasons you should
have a checking account, and this
Bank is a good place to put it.
COMMERCIAL
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNT Y OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
TO SPEAK IN BAINBRIDGE
ON WEDNESDAY 4:30 P. M.
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Governor Eugene Talmadge
Governor Eugene Talmadge will
swing into Southwest Georgia to
push his campaign for re-election it
was announced this week from his
headquarters in Atlanta.
He speaks in Bainbridge at 4:30
p. m. war time Wednesday, August
26th.
Supporters in this county are urg
ing the voters to attend and hear him
discuss the issues and his record as
their chief executive.
Farm Bureau Will
Meet Friday Night
SECRETARY ASKS COOPERATION
IN MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE.
The Seminole County Farm Bureau
will hold its regular meeting Friday
night, August 21st at 10 o’clock at the
Courthouse.
All assistance is needed from farm
ers and business men to obtain a bet
ter price on farm commodities, it is
pointed out.
J. G. Lane, secretary-treasurer of
■ the bureau urges everyone to be pres
ent to help in the Bureau member
ship drive.
Landing Fields Are
Nearly Completed
The two emergency airplane land
ing fields being constructed in this
county for use by the war depart
; ment are nearing completion, officials
of the Hardaway Construction Com
pany anouneed this week.
The fields occupy several hundred
acres and will be used for training
as well as emergency landing fields.
The two fields were begun several
ninths ago and cost hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
J. H. SMITHWICK ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY FOR CONGRESS
J. H. Btnithwick, prominent Moul
! trie citizen, who announced
for Congress from the Second district
in opposition to Congressman E. E.
Cox, makes his formal annoucement
j in this issue of The News. Mr. Smih
i wick states that it will be impossible
to see every voter before the date of
the primary although he intends mak-
I ing an intensive campaign, and urges
1 Seminole exHinty voters to give his
candidacy earpesf gppsjderation.
SUGAR RATION STAMP
No. 8 GETS 5 LB3,
Announcement is made by the local
rationing board that Stamp No. 8 will
be valid for the purchase of five
pounds of sugar any time in the ten
weeks period between August 23rd
and October 31st.
TWO MORE SEMINOLE MEN
ARE PROMOTED.
The News wa* mL-fined this week
that two more Seminole euu*;«.o hoys
had been promoted in the U. S. army.
Rudolph Gause and Darby White, of
the ZBth infantry, Fort Jackson, S. C.,
PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
have been promoted to Sergeants.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 1942.
A WEEK OF WAR
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FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of
the Army Air Forces, said American
airplanes generally are superior to
those of the enemy. He said that in
the Pacific Theater since the war
started 1,110 army planes have bat
tled with 1,459 Japanese aircraft and
have shot down 190 with loss of only
104. These figures do not include
planes destroyed on the ground, those
shot down by anti-aircraft fire, Navy
and Marine Corps action, or the work
of the American Volunteer Forces in
China.
Gen. Arnold said the goal of a 2,-.
000,000-Man Air Force with 185,000
fighting planes would be met. He said
the recruitment and training of pi
lots, Bombardiers and Navigators is
progressing perfectly. There is, how
ever, a growing demand for gunners,
various enlisted technicians, radio op
erators and glider pilots Gen. Arnold
said American planes are arriving in
Britain every day in preparation for
the aerial offensive against Germany
in union with the R, A, F,
Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower,
Commander of U. S. Army forces in
the European theater, said in London
that training of U. S. units there must
be intensive in all its phases. “This is
true,” he said, “first, because the time
is short second, because the problems
we have demand the ultimate in train
ed personnel; and, third, because our
men must be toughened and hardened
physically to stand the most rigorous
operations,"
In the first offensive action by Uni
ted Nations forces in the Southwest
Pacific, U. S. Marines effected land
ings and then consolidated their posi
tions in the Tulagi Area oFthe Solo
mon Islands. At the same time, U. S.
Army and allied shore based aircraft
from Australia continuously attacked
“Japanese Air Bases and ship concen
trators in enemy held harbors,” in
support of the invasion, Commander
In Chief of the U, K. Fleet King re
ported early In the battle that the U,
S. appeared to have had at least one
cruiser sunk and two cruisers, two de
stroyers and one transport damaged,
while a large number of enemy planes
were destroyed and enemy surface
units were put out of action. He said
the type of operation being undertak
en in the Solomons is one of the most
difficult in Warfare.
Thp Navy raised the toll of Japa
nese ships sunk or damaged in the Al
eutians to at least 22 by adding a de
stroyer to those hit in the surprise at
tacks of August 8-9 on Kiska Harbor.
U. S. Headquarters in the European
Theater reported Army Air Force
fighters participated with the R. A. F.
In 31 sorties off the Coast of England
1R 48 hSMr? ending August 13. Air
Forces heavy fegsed in India 1
and China continued destructive raids ,
against the Japanese. The Navy an-.
nounced the sinking of seven United
Nations Merchantmen by enemy sub
marines, the lowest weekly number of ,
such sinkings announced in the past i
Ig weeks. ,
Rationing i
Sugar stamp 8 will
be good for five pounds of sugar in
the ten-week period beginning August
23 and ending October 31, the Office (
of Price Administration announced.
While not changing the basic ration 1
of one-half pound per person per week,
it will enable consumers to make
purchase in larger units and facilitate j
the disposal of 5, 10 and 25-pound >
packages.
Price Administrator Hepdersop and
pglFPigypi poqrdinatqr Ickes announc
ed jointly th a t fuej oil rationing on
tb.g Egsf Coast njgy h e unavoidable
next winter. All Eastern Motorist*
were told by the OPA to display their
gasoline ration stickers immediately,
because “It is illegal for any service
station attendant to sell gasoline to a
vehicle unless the sticker correspond
ing to the type of book is conspicuous
ly displayed on the car.” The ration
ing regulations for new passenger au
tomobiles were amended to make
members of the U. S. armed forces
eligible to purchase new cars upon
proof that a c#r js for traps :
portation between residence and pqst
of duty or on official military busi
ness where no military vehicle is a
vaiiabto.
Farm Prices
Livestock price ceilings would re
quire very complicated controls of
marketing conditions, even to inspec
tion at individual farms, Agriculture
Secretary Wickard said. Such ceilings
would benefit small packers, he stated,
but would not increase supplies. If it
becomes necessary, however, the De
partment of Agriculture will assist in
working out a ceiling program, he
said. Mr. Wickard reported the avail
able meat supply, after deduction of
Lend-Lease and Military requirements,
would furnish four pounds more per
person between now and June 1943
than the average per capital consump
tion from July 1931 through July 1940.
The Agriculture Department estimat
ed the number of cattle on feed for
market in the cornbelt states on Au
gust' 1 had dropped 19 percent from
the comparable figure a year ago,
apparently because imposition of ceil
ings on beef prices caused feeders to
deviate from their plans as reported
in April this year.
Secretary Wickard said the corn
supply is beng used faster than corn
is being produced, and next year,
“unless we feed more wheat than us
ual, “over 200 million more bushels of
corn will be used than is being raised
this year. There are still large stocks,
however, in the national granary, he
said.
Stabilization Os Wages
The National War Labor Board
granted an increase of 7 1-2 cents an
hour to 61,000 workers in 40 New
England and 11 Southern textile mills.
The Board denied any wage increase,
hpwevgr.. to 32,000 employees in 10
plants of the Aluminum Company of
America and 900 workers in the Buf
falo, New York, plant of the Ameri
can Magnesium Company because
these workers “had received average
hourly rate increases sufficient to
compensate for the 15 percent rise in ■
the cost of living which had occurred ;
between January 1, 1941, and May,:
1942.” The Navy, acting under orders
from President Roosevelt, took over
the strike-bound plant of the General
Cable Company in Bayonne, New Jer
sey. The strike occurred at the plant,
working exclusively on production of
war materials, after the NWLB had
refused a request for a general wage
increase.
The Armed Forces
The Army announced an intensive
recruiting campaign to enlist 100,000 .
skilled mechanics and technicians forj
service in the Army Air Forces, the:
Signal Corps and the Ordnance De-!
partment. All applicants must be male
U. S. citizens between the ages of 18
and 44, inclusive, and all must obtain
clearance from their selective servjpp
I boards. The War DepaOment said It
J will train dogs as sentries, messeng
lers, pack dogs, airplane spotters andj
| for other purposes. Dogs for defense, |
Inc., a private organization, will con-.
• tinue to act as the Army’s procure-I
ment agency and the dogs will be’
1 trained at the Quartermaster Renioupf'
'Depot at Propt Jfoyal, Virginia. The’
Department announced a reorganiza
tion of its various public relations'
’units to eliminate the issuing of con-;
' flicting statements.
i The Office of Civilian Defense will;
’ help recruit full time personnel for the j
I Coast Guard temporary reserve for
beach patrol and coastal lookout duty, i
■ The Navy said it will appoint retail
lers in designated trading areas toj
' help carry out its plan for. controlling
the sale of ready-made uniforms tp
Officers or chief petty officers, te-
i ginning October 1&.
Traasportatlun
Mail deliveries and pick-ups face
curtailment in many localities because
I of lack of men and the need to con
, serve trucks and tires, the Post Office
1 Department announced. Definite cur
tailment plans were announced for
Washington, D. C., and Detroit. The
Office of Defense Transportation said
local transport systems throughout
the Country will face the heaviest
load in history by The
ODT prohibited railroads, effective
September 15, from hauling refrige
rator and box cars carrying civilian
freight unless they are loaded tb «*-
' pacify.
TO SPEAK IN BAINBRIDE
NEXT TUESDAY 7:00 P. M.
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Hon. Ellis Arnall
Hon. Elis Arnall, candidate for gov-I
ernor of Georgia, will speak at Bain
brige at the Willis Park on next Tues
day afternoon at 7 o’clock, Eastern
War Time, The News was informed
this week.
Friends here of Mr. Arnall are urg
ing that a good delegation attend
from this county. They urge that
the voters double up, conserve gaso
line and tires and hear the speaker
discuss the issues of the campaign.
Cumuings Is Only
Candidate In Race
PARKER WITHDRAWS LEAVING
NOMINATION FOR
CUMMINGS.
When the timp limit closed for can
didates to qualify in the race for coun
ty comissioner from the Steam Mill
district last Saturday at noon, only
two candidates had qualified, one of
these withdrawing after the entries
closed.
H. O. Cummings and M. A. Parker
qualified prior to closing time, but
Mr. Parker requested that his name
be omitted from the ballot, thus leav
ing Mr. Cummings without opposi
tion and the nomination.
At the next regular meeting of the i
Board of County Commissioners Mr.
Cummings will probably be elected by
the comissioners and sworn Into office.
Youth Accidentally
Killed By Rifle Shot
“Red” Crawford, young Negro boy,
accidentaly shot himself with a .22
caliber rifle last Saturday afternoon,
from whifh he died within a few min
utes.
The Negro, about 14 years old, re
sided on the farm of Mr. Ralph Tra
wick. He was hunting rabbits at the
time of the acident, it said. He saw
a rabbit and ran him into some
es. In trying to brush aside some of
the limbs of the bushes he used the]
butt of the rifle. A twig caught on
the trigger discharging it. He raced
toward the house mortally wounded,
dying before he reached home.
Mrs. C. C Wilson
Claimed By Death
Funeral services for Mrs. C. C. Wil
son, age %, >hu passed away Monday
evening at 11 o'clock at child birth
were held at Hebrew church Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Rev.
James MeCall conducting the service, j
Interment was in the Hebrew Free
wil Baptist Church cemetery. Pall- j
bearers were H. H. Josey, Ozema
Roberts, Bery Barber, Cleo Sullivan.
Calvin Barber and J. C. Ridleb.imver.
Honoray pallbearers we; v Walter At
kinson, Junior Atkinson, Beecham
Thompson, fteaben Parker, Pete Brun
son and Hoke Parker.
She was a member of the Church
of Gad, at Bainbridge,
Surviving are her husband, one son,
Eddie, one daughter, Evelyn, her faih-.
er. R. H- Lewis, of Williston, Fla., and
a sister, Mrs. Lucille Roberts, of
Chattahoochee. Fla.
Evans Funeral Home was in charge.;
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SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Red Cross Meeting
Is Held On Monday
Filler AID COURSE BEGIN
MONDAY’NIGHT OF
NEXT WEK.
A meet’ng of a huge groun of citi
zens was held at tite l<:.-ai Methodist
church on 'Jtnd&y afternoon nt
time Mr. Jerry Bryan, general field
representative of the American Red
Cross, attended to reorganize the 1 >-
cal chapter of the Red Crose. in order
that it might accompli.'4 more effi
cient work and cover more activities
ia the war effort.
While the local chapter 1 as been
functioning in a small way since the
first word war, it was noinbed out
that many other activities should be
carried on.
E. W. Mosely, chairman of the lo
cal chapter, opened the meeting with
a short talk, stating that he was anx
ious that the work he distributed
among all members and that each
member should be active at this cri
tical period of our national life.
Mr. Bryan was then introduced and
he gave a detailed explanation of the
work of the Red Cross. He told the
audience that he believes they are
set up for fine work in this county
along with others neglected by the
Red Cross. He said that when this
chapter needs his assistance in the
future he will be ready to come to its
aid. He said that during the last war
the Red Cross expanded its work and
departments but that after tire last
war it continued on with a peace time
program only. Now tliat we are at
war again—a war that Mars has
thrust upon us, we shall continut*
both our war and peacetime program.
“Next March you will have aonther
Red Cross drive, but you must have
plans more far reaching than paying'
dues,” he said. K
He discussed each department and
explained the work of each. The de
partments in which this chapter will
work are Canteen, Nutrition and
Cooking, First-Aid, Nursing, Spirit
ual service and Junior Red Cress. In
this list of activities there is work
tor everyone and he urged tach ona
to get out of their minds that the Red
Cross is the other follows organiza
tion. “I want each one of you t* feel
that it is your organization”, he said.
Beginning on Monday of next week
the speaker stated that there would
begin a First Aid course here. W. S.
Bruce, an instructor from Washing-
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Saturday Only ‘
Bill Boyd and Andy Clyde, In
“SECRETS OF WAITELAND”
Monday and Tuesday
Jackie Cooper - Bonita Granville, in
“SYNCOPATION”
Wednesday Only
Jane \\ ithers - Marjorie Weaver, in
“THE MAD MARTINDALES”
Thursday and Friday
Jean Gabin - Ida Lupino, Iw
“MOONTIDE”
MIDGET THEATRE
Friday aarf Saturday
Miltqp. Berle, Brenda Joyce and
John Carradine, In
“WISPERING G HOSTS”
Tuesday and Wetbiesday
Jackie Gleason and Jack Duram. In
“TRAMP. TRAMP, TRAMP”
NUMBER 30.