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UNITED STATES WAR
BOMSS-STAMPS
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVI.
Free Show Sunday
At Olive Theatre
WAR BONDS AND STAMPS TO BE
THEME OF PATRIOTIC
FEATURES.
In cooperation with the War Ac
tivities Committee, Motion Picture
Division, the Olive Theatre manage
ment announces that a Sunday Show
will be given here next Sunday, Sep
tember 27th. for the purpose of selling
War Bonds and Stamps.
Two shows will be given in the af
ternoon, at 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock and
the showing will be free to everyone—
that is, each patron will be expected
to buy a war stamp and keep the
stamp—the purchases to be made at
the theatre box office as they enter
the theatre. Children will be expected
to buy 10-cent War Savings Stamps
:and adults will be expected to buy 25-
<cent stamps. By the patron keeping
the stamp, it means the show will be
free. It is hoped that by starting some
to purchasing stamps that have not
as yet done so, a big increase in the
sales of stamps will be noted here.'
Once started to purchasing them,
people will railze how easy it is to
save in this manner and at the same
time aid in the war effort.
Following each show Postmaster
R. L. Cox will make a short talk and
an appeal made to the patrons to buy
war bonds. Mr. Cox will have bonds
on hand and patrons* desiring to pur
chase them will be*giv®H.an oppor
tunity. No high pressure methods in
selling will be used. Patrons will vol
unteer to make purchases and no oth
er method will be employed to sell
them.
As atractions for the Sunday show,
the management will offer two patri
otic productions —a double feature
program —consisting of “United We
Stand” and. “The World At War”.
Actual eonjltfit scenes aye in
■one of the films distributed by the
United States Government and which
is said to be most interesting infor
mation to the public.
The shows will be held so as to avoid
confleting in any manner with any
church services. The first show be
gins at 2 o’clock, wartime, while the
last show begins at 4 o’clock war time.
Movie patrons and public spirited
citizens are invited to attend the
.show. There will be no Sunday night
;show —afternoon only.
Louie Sirmons, of the U. S. Naval
Air Base, at Jacksonville, is at home
this week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Sirmons.
Buy War Bonds REGULARLY
A Check Is
A Valid Receipt
In these days 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 checks 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.
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Good News Heard
From New Guinea
A letter received by Mrs. L. M.
Priest from her son, Sergeant Mon
roe Priest, an original member of
Battery D, 101st Sep Battalion, who
is now in New Guinea, brought good
news to many families in this com
munity who have sons, husbands or
brothers serving with the unit.
Sergeant Priest stated that a letter
had been received by one of the unit
to the effect that a report was heard
here that Champ Bridges, son of Dr.
and Mrs. E. C. Bridges, of this county,
had been wounded. Sergeant Priest
stated that not a single person in the
unit had been wounded, and further
stated that he guessed they could call
themselves the luckiest men in the
world.
This news spiked other rumors of
a casualty in the outfit.
Army Major Here
To Enlist Mechanics
GROUP OF REGISTRANTS OFFER
ED ARMY SERVICE AT
BAINBRIDGE BASE.
Major W. F. Shipman, of the Army
Air Forces Basic Flying School at
Bainbridge, in a talk to a gorup of
prospective recruits at the Olive
Theatre Wednesday morning, stated
that Southwest Georgians continue to
enlist for services at the Flying School
under the recent nation-wide drive to
enlist qualified airplane and radio me
chanics.
A large group of Seminole county
registrants was called to meet here
so that Major Shipman might per
sonally talk to them and explain de
tails about enlistments. In his talk
Major Shipman explained that none
of them were expected to be airplane
mechanics now, but should be mechan
ically inclined, and with proper train
ing could soon be experts.
Following his talk, volunteers were
called for and quite a few Seminolians
signified their intentions of joining, it
being understood that they will be
returned to the Bainbridge base after
a few weeks processing at Fort Mc-
Pherson.
Captain Gilbert P. High, personnel
officer, at the Bainbridge Base, is in
charge of recruiting and will interview
the applicants when they g oto Bain
bridge for induction.
Captain High announced this week
that eight more qualified airplane me
chanics were enlisted during the week.
Those enlisting were: William W.
Lane, Colquitt; Huey C. Lane, Iron
City; James L. Branch, Colquitt;
Richard C. Alexander, Damascus;
Charlie M. Segall, Donalsonville; and
Marvin D, Mobley, Bainbridge.
Faircloth Buys Auto
Associate Store
Os interest locally is the announce
i ment that Mr. T. H. Faircloth, local
I Ford dealer, has acquired the Western
! Auto Associate Store here from C. W.
' Long, the deal having been consum
' mated last week and Mr. Faircloth
i having taken over management of the
; store.
Mr. Long, who opened the store
j here several months ago, received a
call to the U. S. Army, and he was
! compelled to dispose of his interests
i to answer the call.
Mr. Long has operated the business
I most sucesfully since its opening and
I has served hundreds of customers in
' this section at his store. He left this
; week for Atlanta where he will take
J traning as a mechanic in the air corps
| and expects to be stationed at Bain-
I bridge at the air base permanently.
Mr. Faircloth, the new owner, has
been in the automobile business here
for some time, operating a rgpajr and
parts department in connection with
his business. He has become well ex?
perienced in this line and no doubt
will prove a worthy sucessor to Mr.
Long. Reuben S. Roberts will be as
sociated with him in the management
of the store, he states.
Mrs. I. F. Sharpton, of Pelham, is
visiting Mrs. L. J. Cowart this week.
Mrs. W. F. Lee was a visitor to Do
i than Tuesday afternoon.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
A WEEK OF .WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Gen. MacArthur’s Headquarters re
ported September 21 that Australian
troops have cleaned out the entire
Milne Bay Area at the southeastern
tip of New Guinea, thus consolidating
the biggest Japanese defeat of the war
in the Australian Zone. Despite heavy
fighting in the Owen Stanley Moun
tains Pass where the Japanese have
thrust forward to within 32 air miles
of the allied base at Port Moresby,
Gen. MacArthur’s bombers and fight
ers made heavy raids on Japanese
troops and on key bases in the north
east Australian Zone in a continuing
offensive.
A strong Japanses naval force, in
cluding battleships and cruisers, was
attacked by army bombers northeast
of Tulagi, with possible hits on two
battleships, the Navy reported Sep
tember 19. After the attack, the Jap
fleet turned and fled northward. U. S.
Marines continued to hold their posi
tions in the Solomons despite constant
air attacks from the enemy and suc
cessful landings of small numbers of
enemy troops and supplies. U. S. plan
es destroyed 41 more enemy planes in
the Solomons fighting. Army planes
in several raids on Japanese-held Kis
ka in the Aleutians destroyed many
installations and inflicted the follow
ing damage —two minesweeprs sunk,
six ships damaged, 500 troops killed,
seven large and small planes destroy
ed. Two U. S. Planes were lost in a
collosion. Army Headquarters in Lon
don announced a force of American
parachute troops have been in Britain
some time undergoing intensive train
ing. Commander in Chief of the Paci
fic Fleet, Nimitz, said the December
7 damage to Pearl Harbor has been
repaired “far beyond expectations.”
The Navy announced the aircraft car
rier Yorktown was sunk June 7 after
it climaxed 104 days of continuous
battle cruising by locating the last of
the four Japanese carriers which at
tacked Midway. News of the York
town’s sinking was withheld, the Navy
said, because of the enemy possibly
was not aware of it. The Navy also
announced three more United Nations
merchant ships were sunk by enemy
subs in Aligpst.
Rationing and Rubber Situation
“Three-fourths of the nation faces
the prospect of uncomfortably cold
homes this winter,” Price Admini
strator Henderson said in announcing
coupon rationing of fuel oil which will
reduce consumption by 25 percent.
Machinery for the program will be
set up by October 15. The area affect
ed includes the 17 eastern states and
the District of Columbia, where gaso
line rationing is already in effect, as
well as Minnesota, Wisconsin,, Illi
nois Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri,
liowg, Kansas, Nebraska, North Da
kota, South Pakofa and Kentucky.
The Office of Price Administration
said apartment houses and commer
cial, industrial and institutional estab
lishments able to convert oil burning
furnaces to coal, but which refuse to
do so, will be denied fuel oil rations.
Only hospitals, where such a move
would present serious health hazards,
will be exempted. Special provisions
will be made in the rationing program
for sections of the country with “un
usual” climate. The OPA said consum
ers in the ratjoned area may fill their
tanks up to 275 gallops between pow
and September 30, but oil purchased
during this time will be deducted from
their allotments for the entire heating
season.
Agriculture Secretary Wickard, act
ing on authority from Mr. Henderson,
issued a temporary order to ration
new farm machinery and equipment,
appointing Fred S. Wallace, AAA Ad
ministrator, to administer the pro
gram at the national level. OPA plac
ed a printing order for the first issue
of 150 million “All-Purpose” Ration
Books, Jo bp called War Ration Book
Number 2 designed for rationing any
article or commodity, and to distribute
throughout the nation probably before
Christmas. William M. Jeffers, Presi
dent of the Union Pacific Railroad,
was appointed Rubber Director by
President Roosevelt and V PB Chair
man Nelson with “full responsibility
for and control over the Nation’s Rub
ber Program in all of its phases.”
Labor Supply
War Manpower Chairman McNutt
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1942.
said he considers adoption of National
Service Legislation inevitable in order
to place talents where they will best
serve the war effort. The mere exis
tence of power to force an individual
to serve where he is most useful is
probably all that will be necessary, he
said. Labor shortages are becoming
more acute and now exist in 35 centers
of war production, he reported. Selec
tive Service Director Hershey said
that to keep production going and at
the same time furnish men for the
armed forces, industry should estab
lish now an orderly replacement pro
gram.
The WPA and the U. S. Employ
ment service set up a system whereby
capable, certified persons on WPA
rolls will be directed to jobs in in
dustry and agriculture as needed. Ap
proximately 850,000 persons were em
ployed or awaiting assignment to WPS
Projects July I—2o1 —20 percent of the to
tal active file of the Employment
Service.
Transportation
At the request of WPB Chairman
Nelson, the Defense Plant Corpora
tion authorized Henry J. Kaiser, West
Coast Shipbuilder, to construct three
giant experimental cargo planes at a
cost of $18,000,000. The first is expect
ed to be completed in 15 months, the
second in 20 months, and the third in
25 months. Mr. Kaiser also was asked
to draw up plans for a factory in
which the planes could be produced in
volume in the event they are needed.
The Senate passed and sent to the
House legislation authorizing the Gov
ernment to acquire private or public
transportation facilities for the carry
ing Federal employees and war
workers to and from their jobs—only,
however, when existing facilities are
entirely Inadequate.
Farm Prices
Price Adminstrator Henderson said
if farm prices are allowed to rise un
der existing price regulations the cost
of food to the American people will
be increased by two bilion dollars in
the remainder of this year. Agricul
ture Secretary Wickard said cash farm
income this year will give the farmers
a per capita income 33 percent great
er than they received on an average
in 1909-14 —jn large part due to
greater per capita production.
The Commodity Credit Corporation'
will finance an Agricultural Market
ing Adminstration Program to pur-,
chase pork products processed from'
approximately 1,000,000 hogs, design-;
ed to relieve the price squeeze on small j
packers and to assure large supplies'
of processed products from the re- i
cord 1942 spring pig crop. Small
packers are considered those who kill
ed less than 250,000 hogs in 1941, in-!
eluding slaughtering by affiliated,
companies, and who cannot continue j
to process hogs profitably. The OPA (
announced it will place its first ceil-;
ings on fruit at the producer stage
on dried prunes and raisins.
Army
War Secretary Stimson told his
press conference that the health of I
the Army in training in the U. S. is |
better than ever before during war
time and it is expected the general
hospital admission rate will be about
ten percent more in 1942 than in 1941.
Throughout 1941 and so far this year,
the death rate has been the lowest
in the history of the Army.. Through
the Army Administration Officer Can
didate School, enlisted men who have
been accepted for limited service and
enlisted men between the ages of 45
and 50 may receive commissions and
if they have equal qualifications, they
will be given preference over men eli
gible for combat duty, the War De
partment said.
Selective Service
Selective service Director Hershey
said the size of the Army this year
has been increased from the 4,500,061?
total announced as the 1942 objective
by Chief of Staff Marshall jn June.
Gen Hershey said he expecte«l married
men with children would be called “the
last quarter of 1943 at the very ear
liest, but I would like to hedge to the
extent that the Army’s requirements
may go up”; 18 and 19-year-olds must
be drafted next year, or $1,000,000 or
1,500,000 family men” will be taken;
and it is expected unmarried men with
dependents will be called this year-
New Regulations
Govern Releases
A change in regulations with ref
erence to release of registrants to en
list in other branches of service was
received by the local board this week.
The new regulation reads as fol
lows :
“Local Boards may provide written
release to registrants who desire to
enlist in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, or Coast Guard, after order
1 to report for physical examination by
the armed forces has been mailed or
j following such physical examination
J but prior to the mailing of an order
i to report for induction, provided how
-1 ever, that such release shall not be
' granted where such action will inter
; sere with the complete filling of calls
1 by the local board.”
I Registrants are urged to bear in
| mind these new regulations and make I
' their plans acordingly,
14 Grades Fertilizer
In 1943 Announced
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD BANS
SALE OF ANY OTHER
GRADES.
1 Grades of commercial fertilizer that
will be available for use by Georgia
farmers during the 1943 planting sea-
1 son were listed this week by E. C.
Westbrook, Extension agronomist for
■ the Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
Fourteen grades were recommend-i
■ ed for use in Georgia by the agrono
-1 mist following an announcement by
,the War Production Board of a sharp
• reduction in the number of grades to
jbe manufactured, Grades selected
1 were recommended by agronomists
■ of the Georgia Agricultural Extension
! Service, the University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture, the Georgia Ex
periment Station at Griffin, and the
Coastal Plains Experiment Station at
I Tifton.
“Special effort is being made,” Mr.
I Westbrok said, “to eliminate grades
1 of fertilizer which require filler and
' to reduce unnecessary freight as much
as possible.
“Since we are faced with the possi
bility of having only 80 per cent of a
normal supply of mineral nitrogen
next year,” he continued, “various
states that use commereial fertilizer
have agreed that they would reoom
mend that no mineral nitrogen be
used on small grains at seeding time,
except where the small grain is to be
grazed.”
County agents and teachers of vo
cational agriculture in all Georgia
counties have been mailed charts
showing the grades of fertilizer to be
manufactured next year and the ones
recommended for various crops in
north and south Georgia. Fertilizer’
grades that will be available, Mr.
Westbrook said, are 0-14-10, 2-12-6,
3- 3-9-0, 3-9-9, 3-10-10, 3-12-6,
4- 4-8-8, 4-9-3, 4-12-4, 10-0-10,
4-2-10, and 4-8-6.
21 White Men Are
Called Into Service
Seminole county* quota of white
men for September left this week for
Fort McPherson where they will be
inducted into the army. They will re
main in Atlanta for three 01 four days
undergoing complete physical exami
nations, after which they will be per
mitted to return home for fifteen
days. At the expiration of that time
they will return to Atlanta for induc
tion into the army.
The group leaving this week In
cluded the following: Perry Ocie
Hill, Joseph Glisson, Rufus Roscoe
Ross, Felix Junior Lynn, Jessup Dan
ford, Earl Carson McLendon, Robert
Deese, James Edward Clemmon, Roh
ert Guy Brimlow, Stjon A- Alday, O,
H. Littleton, Rufus Benjamin Odom,
Nelse Livingston, Edward Preston
Evans. James Albert Ross, Morris
Lavell Johnson, Buford W. Peters, An
drew Harvey Thomas, James Alfred
Skipper, Robert Wayne King, and
Henry Edward Adams.
Mrs. W. O. Butler had a* ber guests
Sunday Mr. and, Mrs. Rudolph But
ler, and children, and Miss Elma But
ler, of Columbus,
>. 10% OF INCOME
* IS OH QUOTA
15 WAS B-3HSS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Scrap Drive To Be
Held All Next Week
ALL-OUT EFFORT TO GATHER
SCRAP TO BE PUSHED
BY LIONS.
Plans have been completed here for
an all-out effort to collect all scrap
iron, stell, copper and brass in the
county, with every patriotic person in
the county cooperating in the drive.
Plans for the drive were complet
ed at the regular luncheon of the Lions
Club held on Tuesday, with the Club
calling on teachers and pupils of the
schools, pastors of churches and other
individuals to assist in the effort.
Talks are to be made to the school
children and pledge cards distributed
to the pupils which they will take to
their parents. The scrap should be
collected about the premises and piled
up so that it will be easily accesible
to trucks which will call for the scrap
and pay the owner for it. Prices are
higher on scrap now than ever before
and many can turn their scrap into
nice sums of cash by selling it now.
By signing the pledge cards and
turning them in or mailing it to the
committee, trucks will be sent for the
scrap. In this way many who have no
way of transporting the scrap to town
will be able to sell the iron and steel
which is virtually worthless to the
owners.
Pastors of the local churches will
be asked to make short talks at their
services next Sunday and pass out the
pledge cards to those attending to be
signed and the committee notified of
their scrap and when it will be avail
able,
Ellison Dunn, chairman of the drive,
has been advised that the need for
scrap is most urgent and he urges
every patiotic citizen in the county to
get behind the drive. Put off other
things and collect your scrap and no
tify the committee at once.
The drive will Jontinue through&ft
next week. City trucks will aid in
picking up the scrap in the city, home
owners being requested to collect their
scrap and place it on the sidewalk
where the trucks can get it.
AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
Services Sunday at 12:00 noon and
8:30 p. m. Topic for Sunday morn
ing will be “May Be”.
Members and visitors invited.
Miss Hilda Bivings returned to Val
dosta this week to resume her studies
at G. S. W. C.
OLIVE
THEATRE
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Saturday Only
Wiliam Boyd, In
“OUTLAWS OF THE DESERT”
Monday and Tuesday
Lewis Stone. Mickey Rooney and
Cecilia Parker, In
“The Courtship Os Andy Hardy”
Wednesday Only
Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman and
Kay Kyser, In
“MY FAVORITE SPY”
Thursday and Friday
Spencer Tracy - Katharine Help
burn, In
“WOMAN OF THE YEAR”
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MIDGET THEATRE
Anne Shirley, In
“UNEXPECTED UNCLE”
NUMBER 35.