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OYER THE TOP «FOR VICTORY with 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. COMMERCIAL STATE BANK // . /ASft maximum ((ML < n I Sr W/ INSURANCE O | li ST' FOR 6401 '-%!! § J W DEPOSITOR W/ onnalsnniitilr Nma 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 •f/’* . ’f, **r 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” ■■■■■■■■■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■a MIDGET THEATRE Anne Shirley, In “UNEXPECTED UNCLE” NUMBER 35.