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VOLUME XXVI.
WASH PARAMORE IS CONVICTED
CURTIS WARREN FOR MURDER OF
IS SENTENCED TO LIFE
IMPRISONMENT THURSDAY
Wash Paramore, alias Palmore, of
Donalsonville, was sentenced to life
imprisonment last week following his
conviction by a Houston County, Ala.
jury at Dothan for the murder of A.
Curtis Warren, of Donalsonville, his
employer, near Gordon, Ala., on the
night of May 19, 1941.
A verdict of murder in the first
degree was returned by the jury at
10 o’clock last Thursday night, the
jury deliberating nearly six hours
following a two-day trial, before
reaching a verdict.
Paramore, the jury found in its
verdict,.was guilty of slaying War
ren, an oil dealer, with a .45 calibre
automatic pistol after he and War
ren had driven from Donalsonville
to a point about one-half mile below
Gordon in Houston County.
From the Dothan Eagle, the fol
lowing summary of the case is taken:
“In the course of the case, the state
presented a statement in which it is
alleged Paramore to have admitted
killing Warren and that he had bought
the automatic pistol with money given
him by Warren’s wife.
“Paramore’s counsel, O. S. Lewis,
of Dothan, contended the Negro made
the statement under duress, threat
and force, carrying over from what
he termed an unlawful incarceration
in Georgia. Lewis also maintained
that Warren’s car, said by the state
to have been used the night of the
murder, bore neither Paramore’s or
Warren’s fingerprints, but did produce
fingerprints of some unknown person.
“fn the trial which began on Wed
nesday Mr a. Thelma Kemp, who re
sides near the scene of the crime, was
the first witness called by the state.
“Mrs Kemp testified that, op the
■night prior to the day Warren’s
body was found she heard an auto
mobile near her home and later saw
a parked car with headlights facing
toward the highway.
“The car, she testified, was parked
on the south side of the highway
about 20 yards from her home. After
noting the car she later heard what
sounded like a pistol shot and after
a lapse of “about five or six minutes”
heard another noise like a shot. She
testified that in the interval between
the alleged shots, she heard moan
ing and shouting, and that she be
lieved it to be a man’s voice.
“The state won admission in evi-
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dence of a part of a statement in
which Paramore allegedly confessed
the killing.
“During direct examination by the
state, Paramore denied killing War
ren or having anything to do with
the crime. He admitted however,
owning a .45 calibre pistol, but was
unable to state where it was at pres
ent.
“Warren was killed by a .45 calibre
pistol and the state contended that
Paramore, in his alleged confession,
said he had thrown the pistol into the
Chattahoochee river when returning
the night of the shooting to Donal
sonville.
“Part of the evidence was admitted
by Judge Halstead, and Solicitor Bax
ley read to the jury that part of the
statement admitted. In it Paramore
is alleged to have said he had War
ren drive him to his mother’s home
in Alabama on the night of the
crime. The State brought out that
Paramore’s mother’s home is about
three miles from the Georgia line and
near the road where the body of War
ren was found.
“According to the statement, Para
more said he was driving and after
turning off the paved highway for
about 200 yards he excused himself
and then returned to the car.
“The statement then said Paramore
fired at Warren through an open door
of the car. Warren jumped from the
car and ran a short distance, the Ne
gro following him and they began
fighting. The Negro said he hit War
ren several times with the gun and
as they scuffled into a ditch he fired
again, and Warren fell to the ground.
“The Negro is alleged to have said
that he then drove away a short dis
tance from the scene toward Dothan
but turned around and returned to
where Warren was lying. He is alleg
ed to have then took his lumberjacket
from the car and put it under War
ren’s head ‘because he felt sorry for
him.’ He then returned to Donalson
ville, he is alleged to have stated. ■
“W. M. Haley, a deputy sheriff of
Terrell county, Ga., in May 1941, tes
tified that he processed fingerprints
from the Warren car after the slaying
and that camparison showed them to
be neither those of Waren nor Pal
more.
“In a cross-interrogatory in the
deposition of Haley, he testified that
he was paid in part for his work by
Mrs. Curtis Warren and the remain
der by O. S. Lewis. A letter intro
duced as evidence by Sid Howell writ
ten by Haley said he told Howell if
he (Howell) couldn’t pay for the fing
print work, the ‘other side would.’
“Alvin Thomas, night watchman at;
the Planters Products Company, at
Donalsonville, testified that he saw j
Warren’s car being driven toward the
oil station about 11 o’clock on the
night of the killing and that the
driver, whose face was obscured by
a straw hat and a white shirt. Para
more testified, in rebuttal, that he
was wearing khaki trousers and a
khaki shirt on the fatal night.
“Chief Deputy Sheriff J. T. Casey
identified an empty shell, a cartridge,
an automatic pistol clip and a bullet
found in the Warren car Two Ne
groes testified that they had seen
Paramore the night of the murder at
the Warren oil station where he was
employed and one of the Negroes
identified a hat found with Warren’s
body as belonging to Paramore.
“Hoosevelt Mcßride, Negro, of
Panama City, Fla., testified that the
clip belonged to a gun which he said
Paramore stole from his room in
Panama City some time before the
alleged killing took place. He said
Paramore admitted taking the gun
and had promised to pay for it but
never had.
“The state sought to introduce the
statement after Linton Warren, offi
cial court reporter, had testified to
taking it from Paramore at the Sher
iff’s office. He testified that he knew
of no threats or inducements being'
made to the Negro to answer the
questions.
“On the stand in his own defense,
Paramore related that he had been
brough to jail in Houston County !
early in July, 1941, and after five
days was released. He had been in
Donalsonville about 10 minutes when'
S. W. Howell picked him up and car
ried him to bort Gaines and three
(Turn To No. ONE On Back Page)
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 1942.
Peanut Prices Are
Fixed On New Crop
SECRETARY WICKARD MADE
ANNOUNCEMENT ON
MONDAY.
Prices on peanuts for the new
crop, as announced by Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard, were made pub
lic Monday as follows by the Georgia-
Florida-Alabama Peanut Association
upon receipt of a telegram:
Virginia Type, U. S. No. 3, Class
A, $l2B per ton.
Southeastern Spanish U. S. No. 1,
$133 per ton.
Southwestern Spanish, U. S. No.
I, sl3l per ton.
Runners, U. S. No. 1, $l2O per ton.
Other grades proportionate for
quota peanuts.
Excess peanuts for oil less estimat
ed cost of storing and selling with
adjustments where applicable for
quality and location in any event
must not be less than SB2 per ton for
No. 1 Spanish grade; S7B per ton for
No. 1 runners; S7O per ton for Class
A, Virginia type.
A GFA spokesman said a strong
effort is being made to raise the price
of “oil peanuts,” but that so far no
definite action had been taken.
Office Is Damaged
By Fire Saturday
A fire Saturday morning in the busi
ness district of Donalsonville for a
while threatened serious damage to
several business houses.
The blaze originated in the sample
rooms and office of T, J. Shingler,
shoe salesman, his office being located
upstairs over Jitney Jungle. When
the alarm was sounded, a crowd gath
ered quickly and by prompt work the
blaze was soon extinguished.
The offices occupied by Mr, Shing
ler, owned by Mrs. J, B. Thomas,
were considerably damaged, and Mr.
Shingler suffered losses of his samples
and office equipment. He carried no
insurance, though Mrs. Thomas was
protected against loss by the fire.
Jitney Jungle suffered some loss as
a result of water damage, but J. L.
Jernigan, owner, said his loss was
negligible, but was covered by insur
ance.
CHERRY RECEIVES HIS
“WINGS” AND COMMISSION
Os interest to many friends here is
an announcement received this week
of the graduation exercises held on
Thursday, August 7th at the Ad
vanced Flying School, Luke Field, at
Phoenix, Arizona, at which Clyde
Cherry, Jr., received his “wings” and a
commission of Lieutenant of the U. S. I
Air Corps.
Young Cherry, long an aviation en-|
thusiast, learned to fly while attend- j
ing at G. M. C., at Milledgeville, and
has received training at Minter Field,
California and other fields.
Mrs. Amanda Park
Passes Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda
Park, age 76, who passed away at
Reynoldsville at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Dawson last
Wednesday, were held at Bethany
Church on Thursday afternoon. Rev.
J. D. Courtney conducted the service.
Pallbearers were J. R. Sawyer, Em
erson Faircloth, Arthur Faircloth,
Bowen Earnest, John Prescott and
Frank Earnest.
The deacsed had resided in this
county during her entire life, and has
many friends who will mourn her
passing.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
J, B. Dawson and Mrs. C. I. Williams.
Evans Funeral Home was in charge
of funeral arrangements,
JORDAN ASKS CO-OPERATION
ON ’PHONE CALLS.
E. R. Jordan, manager of the local
telephone company, urges co-opera
tion in placing long distance calls in;
an advertisement in this week’s issue.
Telephone lines are busy with gov
ernment messages, and he urges the
public to study his ad and abide by
it insofar as possible.
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
War production Chairman Nelson
announced the War Production Board
is rerating every project in the war
program to secure the “maximum
impact on the enemy now.” Combat
planes, particularly bombers, are at
the top of this new list, Mr. Nelson
said.
Chairman Nelsn reported the U. S.
is now producing munitions three and
a half times the rate in November
1941, the month before Pearl Harbor.
July production, he said, was 16 per
cent above June production, but. 7 per
cent short of production forecasts
made at the beginning of July. “The
big job ahead of us right now is to
bring our program into balance and
make sure that we use our materials
and facilities as wisely as possible,”
he said. “This means that we must
redouble our efforts, particularly on
the low spots, if we are to make our
goals by the year’s end.”
Craft production increased 11 per
cent in July over June out-put, Mr.
Nelson said. Although combat plane
production rose 6 percent, it was not
up to expectations. He also reported:
overall ordnance production in July in
creased 26 percent over June output,
and was very close to schedules; pro
duction of medium tanks was 35 per
cent greater than in the previous
month and considerably ahead of
schedules; light tanks up 15 percent
also were ahead of schedules; antiair
craft guns exceeded schedules by “A
wide margin”; merchant ships were up
6 percent and “nearly on schedule for
the njonth’; deliveries of major naval
combiit vessels were ahead of those in
June and “considerably ahead of fore
casts.”
* ~ The War Front
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in
Australia reported allied fighter pilots
using new battle tactics shot down at
least 13 Japanese planes, and pro
bably 15 or more, out of an enemy
fleet of 47 which attacked Darwin. No
allied planes were lost. The Navy re
ported the Marines’ hold on at least
three of the Solomon Islands is now
well established. When 700 Japanese
counter-attacked on one of the Islands
670 were killed and the other 30 taken
prisoners, Pacific Fleet Commandei’
Nimitz reported. The Marine losses
were 28 killed and 72 wounded. Admir
al Nimitz also announced a force of
Marines made a successful landing on
Makin Island, killed 80 Japanese,
wrecked varous installations anti then
withdrew,
U. S. Army Headquarters, European
Theater, announced arrival in Britain 1
of the largest U. 8, convoy of the I
! war, with more men and material for ■
I the American Air Forces which had al
: ready begun precision bombing by
daylight of Nazi-occupied Europe. U.
S. flying fortresses bombed the Nazi
transportation system at Amiens and
Abbeville. In a battle. over
the North Sea, four flying fortresses
shot down three German fighters and
damaged nine others, while all the U.
S. planes returned safely. AU. S.
ranger battalion joined with Canadian ,
and British forces in a nine-hour raid
on Dieppe, France. The Navy reported
U. S. submarines in the Aleutians and
in the far East sank a cruiser or de
stroyer and damaged a destroyer, sank |
two cargo ships and a transport, and I
damaged another cargo ship. The tor
pedoing of seven more United Nations
Merchantmen by enemy submarines
was announced.
Foreign Relations
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull sent messages of soli
darity to Brazil as that Country be
came the first South American nation
to declare war on Germany and Italy.
The President said Wendell L. Willkie
will tour Europe and the Near East as
his special representative in order to
correct the impression in those places
that U. S- Production is not all it
should be. Mr. Willkie will carry mes
sages from the President to Foreign
Leaders, including Premier Stalin. I
The President issued a statement that
the perpetrators of “Barbaric” acts in
occupied Countries “will have to stand
in the courts of law” in the same
Countries in which Barbarism now
rages, and answer in those courts for
their crimes.
Army and Navy
The war Department said it will in-
augurate this Fall a voluntary prein
duction training program utilizing ex
isting facilities of schools and colleges
to meet present and future needs for
properly trained personnel in the
armed forces. Out of every 100 men
inducted into the army, about 63 are
assigned to duties requiring specializ
ed training, the Department said. The
Army said it is organizing and train
ing port battalions (composed mostly
of former Stevedores) for duty over
seas to insure prompt handling of U.
S. military equipment for forces sta
tioned throughout the world. The De
partment said checks in payment of
allowances to dependents of enlisted
men of the army, covering the first
applications to be approved, will go
out shortly after September 1.
The Navy announced recruiting o
enlisted personnel of the Women’s
Naval Reserve will begin September
11, and training will start October 9
at the University of Wisconsin, In
diana University and Oklahome A. and
M. College.
Selective Service
Selective Service Director Hershey
said draft boards will begin calling
men with dependents before Christ
mas. He said single men with “secon
dary” dependents, such as aged or
crippled relatives, will be called first;
married men whose wives work, next;
then men with dependent wives; and
finally men who have wives and child
ren. He said the reservoir of 1-A men
throughout the Country is “practical
ly exhausted," Selective Service head
quarters said Class 1-B (men fit for
limited military service only) will he
eliminated, and beginning September
1, all registrants who are not totally
disqualified will be reclassified in 1-A,
while those not suited for any military
service will be placed in 4-F. In the
case of men reclassified in 1-A, the
army will determine after induction
whether they will be assigned to full
or limited service.
Stabilization Os Farm Prices
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
said he would approve a plan of live
stock ceiling prices which “must not
permit abnormal profits to anyone in
the industry at the expense of the pro
ducers of consumers.” Mr. Wickard al
so said he now favors repeal of the
provision of the price control act
“that prohibits ceilings op processed
farm products if the celling price re
flects a farm price of less than 110!
percent of parity," He said farm pric-'
es “have reached parity on an aver-j
age.” The WPB food repuirements!
committee asked the armed forces, the •
i Lend-Lease Administration, and the I
i War Production Board to collaborate|
in working out a program for alloca-:
tion of all government meat purchases !
as equitably as possible among feder-|
ally inspected packers. The Agricul-:
tural Marketing Administration I
bought $137,900,000 worth of food- j
stuffs during July for the United Na-j
tions and other requirements, includ-l
ing 80,000 pounds of dehydrated beef.
Rationing
! Tire quotas will have to follow a i
downward trend the rest of this year
to keep withn the amount of rubber
earmarked by the WPA for the pur
pose, the Office of Price Administra-
I tion said, The Office asked local ra
'tloning boards for the “strictest pos
sible interpretation” of a recent a-1
mendment to tire rationing regula
tions restricting truck eligibility to
vehicles essential to the war effort or |
public health and safety.
Oil And Gasoline
WPB Chairman Nelson appointed
under Secretary of War Patterson,
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes and
Price Administrator Henderson as a
committee to determine whether fuel
oil should be rationed in the East
Coast Area this winter. Because of
the shortage of fuel oil in the area.
Mr, Ickas prohibited the hauling of
automotive gasoline by rail in 20
middle Western and Southern western
States in order to divert enough tank
cars to carry 100,000 barrels of fuel
oil daily to the rationed area. If the
withdrawal of these 5,000 to 7,000
tank cars creates a shortage, ration
ing should be extended, Mr. Ickes
said.
Mrs. L. E. Hay spent in
Dothan.
>lO% OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WAR BONDS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Tire, Tube Quotas
Sharply Reduced
DEPLETED SUPPLY AND WAR
CONDITIONS DEMAND
BIG CUT.
Due to current war conditions and
the depleted supply of rubber remain
ing in this Country, the Office of Price
Administration has announced that
September and subsequent monthly
tire quotas must be reduced in order
that the Country as a whole may be
kept within the year’s quota of rub
ber allotted by the War Production
Board.
Local War Price and Rationing
Boards have a tremendous job con
fronting them in that they must al
low certificates for tires only to
those vehicles most essential to the
war effort and to the community.
Tire abuse and neglect can not be
tolerated, even from these most es
sential applicants. A Wai- Price and
Rationing Board has full authority to
deny tires to an applicant who has de
liberately abused His tires by overload
ing and excessive speeds, or other a
buses.
All vehicles can and must use a
maximum number of recapped tires if
essential functions of the war effort
and community are to be maintained.
Every applicant must accept recap
ped tires, unless he can prove to the
satisfaction of the local board that
his tires became unusable from cir
cumstances not resulting from his a
buse or neglect; or that the vehicle
must operate at excessive speeds to
perform its normal functions.
The Office of Price Administration
is doing everything possible to keep
essential vehicles operating, but the
whole hearted cooperation of the gen
eral public will be a deciding factor.
Schools Opening
Date Not Yet Fixed
The date for opening Seminole
county schools has not as yet been
fixed, N. P. Malcom, superintendent,
stated this week.
The County Board of Education will
meet next Tuesday and at that time
fix the opening date, he says, which
will probably be on September 14th
or 21st.
The delay in opening is due to the
farmers needing their children at
home to aid in the harvesting of
crops which has been hindered seri
ously by excessive rainfall this year.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only r
Charles Starrett, In
“RIDERS OF THE BADLANDS'
Monday and Tuesday
Maureen O’Hara and George
Montgomery, In
“Ten Gentlemen From West Point’
Wednesday Only
Lloyd Nolan - Marjorie Weaver, Ir
“MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE”
Thursday and Friday
Henry Fonda, Don Ameche and
Lynn Bari, In
“MAGNIFICIENT DOPE”
MIDGET THEATRE
Friday and Saturday
Lu m And Abner, In
"DREAMING OUT LOUD”
NUMBER 31.