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OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY wsth vl W’ - ™ED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE 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 STATE BANK H S? W/ INSURANCE © ] I 5 FOR EACH AW/ § | innalanmnlk Nrttid OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNT Y OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA TO SPEAK IN BAINBRIDGE ON WEDNESDAY 4:30 P. M. wHpSSFd I I < w a Bk. 1 \w 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 ■BBBBBgonaHHBKaNnRSnaaBniSIHESBHEBBaS W W sETcS ™ ® 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. F * I- JT i »' J- ; iliOKiiOlfeh • -/ ■ * / ■’ * 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.; >lO% OF INCOME IS OUR QUOTA IN Wtt BCNSS 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- (Turn To No. Three On Page Two 1 ! — ; 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.