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UNITED STATES WAR
BOROS-STAMPS
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVI.
Col R. E. L. Choate
Was Speaker At '
Lions Meet Tuesday <
Col. R. E. L. Choate, commanding
officer of the Bainbridge Basic Flying
School, was the guest speaker at the
regular Tuesday meeting of the Don
alsonville Lions Club, held Tuesday
night at the E. T. Kelly camp site
about 6 miles South of Donalsonvile.
An enjoyable chicken supper, pre
pared by Mr. Kelly, which is always
a most delicious dish, was served to
fifteen club members and the guests.
Following the supper, Col. Choate
mad? an informal talk to the club, ex
plaining many phases of the war ef
fort in which aviation is playing such
an important role. He told of the
step-by-step long training period re
quired to train a pilot for combat
service, of the enormous ground crew’
necessary to keep the planes in the
air and of the success of American
pilots in the war zones, which he at
tributed to the efficient training re
ceived at the many training bases over
the nation.
He also told of the enormous task
involved in providing all necessary
facilities for the air school, and handi
caps that confront the officers in ob
taining materials.
“One major problem of the Bain
bridge Base is moral of the hundreds
of men stationed there,” the speaker
said. He urged the cooperation of the
people of Donalsonville in this effort,
suggesting that invitations to dinners
dances, and other forms of entertain
ment be extended to the boys. They
will be selected and permitted to at
tend such events.
He also asked for donations of mag
azines, books, and any reading matter
to be placed in the recreation rooms.
Coat hangers w’ere another item bad
-5y needed at the base which the men
are unable to obtain.
His message w-a Luth entertui.iing
and instructive, and at the conclusion
President P. E. Shingler thanked the
speaker, expressing the sentiment of
the club as being deeply honored to
have him as their guest and to pledge
rhe services of the club in any man
ner that it could render aid.
Major W. K. Skacr, of the base, ac
companied him and made a short talk.
Business items of the club were
suspended for the evening.
Roscoe Williams of the I . S. Navy
has returned to Brooklyn, N. Y. to as
sume his duties after spending several
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Williams in Jakin.
Bay 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
i have a checking account, and this
Bank is a good place to put it.
COMMERCIAL
STATE
BANK
I 15,000
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INSURANCE\W; o)j
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Magazine And Book
Donations Are Asked
Col. R. E. L. Choate, commanding
officer of the Bainbridge Basic Flying
School, issued an appeal to the people
of Donalsonville and Seminole county
to donate magazines or books for the
recreation rooms at the base, that the
young men may enjoy reading during
their leisure time.
Old books or magazines are accep
tible, as well as new ones.
Please bring your gifts to the Don
alsonville News office, and Colonel
Choate states that he will send a truck
for them when collected.
Col Choate also requested donations
of coat hangers for the boys, saying
the need was urgent.
Scrap Drive Is Big
Success; Next Drive
Is Announced
With full cooperation of a large
number of patriotic citizens, the Semi
nole County Scrap Drive produced
most satisfactory results last week.
Although a complete check on the
drive has not as yet been completed,
i a conservative estimate fixed the total
scrap collections for the period at ap
proximately 100,000 pounds, or fifty
tons. Some estimates of the total ex
i ceed this figure as much scrap was
brought in and sold to local buyers of
which the records were not immedi
ately available.
Thursday afternoon of last week
was proclaimed a half-holiday, all bus
iness houses closing, and business men
rode trucks over the county to collect
the scrap. Eighteen trucks were busy
; hauling throughout the afternoon, but
i much territory in the county remain-j
ied untouched when darkness drove
’the tired workers in. Numerous re
ports of additional scrap which was
I not collected in the drive, have been
i reported to Chairman Ellison Dunn.
I On Tuesday night, Dunn made a
l brief report to the Lions Club, at the
; same time advising the club of the ad
i ditional scrap that should be collected.
I The club voted to call another drive
ifor all day Thursday, October 29th,j
and to secure a proclamation from ‘
i City Council ordering all stores to j
| close, and to spend the entire day in'
. the drive.
| Chairman Dunn issued a call for
i volunteer trucks to aid in the drive
immediately following the meeting.
Approximately 30 trucks will be need
ed to successfully cover the county and
everyone owning a truck, large or
; small, who will aid by furnishing it
and a driver, are urged to see Mr.
Dunn at once. Several truckers have j
i already volunteered their trucks, these i
being: Seminole Drug Co,, H- G.
Wood, T. N. Burke, P, E, Shingler,
and two city trucks. Others are asked
to contact the chairman at once and
list their trucks.
The Lions Club is asking all scrap
l owners to donate their scrap for the
Seminole County Livestock Show fund.
The scrap will be sold and funds will
i be used to pay prizes in the show next
| spring.
Full cooperation of the schools will
' again be sought. In the drive last
! week various schools of the county
I entered into a contest, the two grades
:in each school making the best re
cords in collecting scrap were enter
tained as guests of the Lions Club
at the Olive Theatre at a special show
i Tuesday afternoon. The pupils were
'also given popcorn, candy and apples.
’ 265 pupils attended the show from the
: Donalsonville, Iron City and F. D- R.
white schools gnd the Donalsonville
’colored school,
i
BIRTHDAY PARTY
i THURSDAY.—
Miss Betty Godfrey honored her
sister, Rita, with a party celebrating
! her ninth birthday Thursday, October
Bth.
The following children enjoyed P U V*
door games: Lottie Blair, Wilma Tom
Odom, Cleone Nickleson, Luvenia
i Moody, Annie Jo and Harriet Simpson,
Raley, Patricia Richardson,
James Harvey Jeffcoat, Tom FW*
cloth. Robert Lynn, L. J. Eason. iler
rjon King, Sue Clarie Jenkjps, Dajsy
Nell Rich, Gloria Daniels Jackie
Hughes, Henry Mabie Godfrey.
After the games refreshments were
served in the dining room and candy
favors were given each child.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
U. S. Army headquarters in Britain
reported that 115 American bombers,
in their first large-scale daylight
sweep over occupied France, shot
down 48 Nazi planes, probably de
stroyed 38 more and seriously damag
ed at least 19. Never before had sc
many planes been shot down in a
single operation over Western Europe
as were brought down by the massed
fire of the American flying fortresses
and consolidated B-24’s. Only four
American ships were lost and the crew’
of one saved. The bombers made a de
structive attack on the Lillie industrial
area.
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in
Australia announced October 12 that
Lockheed medium bombers scored two
direct hits on a large Japanese sea
plane tender in the Solomon area be
tween the Bismarcy and Solomon Is
lands. The Navy reported October 10
a Japanese destroyer was sunk and a
heavy cruiser and destroyer were dam
aged by American airmen during
continued enemy attempts to land re
inforcements on Guadalcanal. The
enemy under cover of darkness made
several small landings in the Solo
mons, but U. S. forces shot down 21
Japanese planes, torpedoed a cruiser,
and bombed and strafed enemy troops
and equipment on Guadalcanal. Gen.
MacArthur’s headquarters also an
nounced that the biggest force of fly
ing fortresses ever sent against a tar
get in the Australian Zone made an
unusually destructive raid on the larg
est Japanese base in this area, Rabaul.
Australian troops continued to drive
| the enemy back into the Owen Stanley
Mountains and removed the threat to
the allied base of Port Moresby,
From new bases in the Andreanof
group of the Aleutians, Army Bomb
ers, escorted by Alracobra and lightn
ing fighters, kept Japanese-held Kjska
—less than an hour’s flying time away
—under “continual fire” during the
week. The Navy reported aerial recon
naissance showed the Japanese ap-
• parently had give up their hold on
i both Attu ami Agattu in the Western
I Aleutians and concentrated onu Kiska.
War Taxes
The Senate passed and sent to con
ference with the House the 1942 War
Revenue Bill which the Treasury es
timated will yield $9 billlion in new
revenue annually. Os this total, ap
proximately $1,706 million would be
refundable because the bill provides
an extra 5 percent “Victory Tax” on
jail individual incomes above sl2 a
■ week —part of which would be re
funded as a credit on other taxes a
year later or as a post-war refund.
The pew bi}l wil) make 42 to 44 million
persons subject to federal taxes, com
pared with 28 million at present, and
will bring total federal revenue up to
$26 billion a year,
Rationing
Price Administrator Henderson an
nounced a five-step government plan
to keep every passenger car “rolling
for essential mileage” throughout the
War: (1) rationing of used tires and
recaps, and new tires now in stock,
to provide as far as possible the mini
mum essential mileage to each of the
Nation’s passenger cars. (2) Actual
control of each car’s mileage through
the rationing of gasoline to prevent
unnecessary driving and to hold the
• National average down to 5,000 miles
per car per year". (3) compulsory per
iodic inspection of all tires t° guard
! against abuse and to prevent wear
fapyond the point where they can be
■ recapped. (4) Denial of gasoline and
of tire replacement to cars whose
drivers presisteqtly violate the nation
al 35-mile-anrhour- speed limit. (5) ca
pacity use, through car sharing, oi
every car on every trip so far as pos-
j sible.
Fue| oil consumers in the 30 States
affected by ojl rationing will be able
itq obtain their ration application
forms from their dealers soon after
October 13 and should fill them out as
| soon as possible and mad or deliver
’ them to local war price and rationing
boards, OPA said. Fuel oi| ration cou
pons for private dwellings will be
Worth 10 gallons each for the first
j heating period—October and Novem
ber —the OPA announced. Coupon
sheets for the entire five periods of
the heating season will be issued
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 1942.
A WEEK < .WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
shortly, OPA said, bat only those for'
the first period will be assigned a de
finite gallonage value in order to “as
sure flexibility” in fuel oil allotments.
Maximum Prices And Rents
The OPA reported October 11 that
it is extending the Government rent
control program to embrace practical
ly the entire urban population of the
country, and orders reducing and sta
bilizing rents on November 1 for all
living quarters of 97 more defense
rental areas are being issued imme
diately. The orders bring under feder
al control the residential rents inj
every large city in the Country with i
the exception of New York City. Rents
are being cut back to the levels pre
vailing last March 1 in all the areas
—Orlando, Fla.—where the maximum
rent is being moved back to October
1, 1941.
Price Administrator Henderson an
nounced a new alternative pricing for
mula Effective Octobei’ 15, for the fol
lowing groups of food products:
breakfast cereals canned fish, coffee,
sugar, cooking and salad oils, canned
vegetables, dried fruit, lard, rice, hy
drogeneted shortenings and other
shortenings, the action, which will re
sult in “slightly higher prices” for
consumers, was taken to relieve pres-1
sure on wholesalers and retailers
caught between March quotations un
der the general regulation and the a
mounts they must pay producers.
Mr. Henderson said the groups of'
foods afected represent about—ls per- j
cent of all food purchased in the Na
i tion’s 575,000 food stores. Mr. Hender
son said American housewives should
check ths prices of food brought under
Pric<\ Control last week hv making a
list of the prices paid from September
28 to October 2 for the various items
of the same quantity and quality.
Civilian Supply
The War Production Board cut the;
production of flashlight batteries 50,
percent and other types of dry cell ;
batteries 10 percent from last year’
levels. The Board announced that con
i struction using non-metallic materials ;
I and equipment to insulate buildings so;
i that fuel can be saved may be under
taken without specific authorization.
The order will not apply to construc
tion begun prior to January 1, 1942.
No heavy forged hand tools, such as j
bars, hammers, picks, tongs, etc.,;
which do not conform to the size, type,
grade, finish, weight and quality es
tablished by WPB, may be produced
except on approval of the Bqard. The.
WPB ruled that plastic tubes a?? pet
acceptable as turn-ins for pew tubes
of toothpaste and shaving cream, and
cut the percentage of tin which may
be used in toothpaste tubes aad shav«
jng cream tubes.
War Communications
The Board of War Communications,
ordered long distance telephone calls
relating to the War effort and public
safetiy be given priority over all other j
calls, effective November 1. Calls con-i
cerning moving aimed forces during |
combat operations urgent orders for|
the armed forces, immediate dangers
due to presence of the enemy, disast
ers materially affecting the war es-j
fort or public security, will get first!
priority. Operators will give prece
dence to priority calls at all times.
War Crimes
President Roosevelt stated “The
Barbaric crimes being committed by
the enemy against cjviian populations
in occupied Countries” are continuing,
and “I now declare it to be the inten
tion of the Government that the suc
cessful close of the war shall include
provision for the surrender to the
United Nations of war criminals, , , .
The perpetrators of these crimes shall
answer for them courts of law.”
Tri-StateSingToße
Held Here Oct 18
The Tri-State Sacred Harp Singing
Convention will convene here pt th?
( Courthouse on the Third Sunday in
October, it was announced this week
by D. H. Miller.
The sing is self-sustaining and Mr.
Miller states that everyone in the
county is invited to come and spend
the day and enjoy the singing.
i
Mail Xmas Packages
Now To Overseas Men
Postmaster Robin L. Cox this;
week again urged the early mailing of
! packages to men in the armed services ,
i outside the continental United States, i
The deadline for acceptance of
i
; Christmas packages with assurance ,
' of delivery has been set at November i,
1. The postoffice department has giv-!;
en the assurance that all packages j;
mailed priox’ to that date will reach *;
the boys in the foreign fields, no mat- ; ]
ter where they may be stationed. i 1
It should not be necessary to re- • :
mind the senders of these packages <
not to mail perishable goods, for they
will not keep fox’ the long distances to :
be traveled. !,
1
City Primary Will
Be Held Wednesday
Os Next Week
No opposition developed in the races |
for Mayor and two Aidermen for the
City of Donalsonville for the ensuing ,
two years when the entries closed on
Saturday of last week. Mayor M. M. (
Minter qualified to succeed himself ,
and Aldermen B. B. Clarke and R. M. j
Holman both qualified fox- re-election (
without opposition. ,
Mayor Minter is serving his third j;
term as Mayor at the present time, he
having boen mayor on former occa- j ■
' sions, and having served as an alder- (
man for more than 20 years.
Alderman Holman is now serving
his third term and Aiderman Clark is
j completing his second term.
Other members of Council are R. I. j
Evans and L. W. Martin.
The primary will be held next Wed- j
nesday, at which time a referendum,
will be held on Sunday movies for;
Donalsonville. The polls will open at!
j 10 a. m. and close at 3 p. m.
Meanwhile, new residents of Donal
j vil|e who have never voted in a City,
i Election are warned that they must;
j register by 0 o’clock p. m. Saturday
of this week to be eligible to vote in
j the primary next week. Registration
; in the county does not qualify voters
‘to cast ballots in city elections. They
j must register in the city also.
The official ballot for next week’s
i primary will be as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
City O.* - Donalsonville, Ga.
October 21st, 1942
For Mayor?
M. MINTER. SR
I
For Aidermen:
(Vote For Two)
B. B. CLARKE
R. M. HOLMAN
Sunday Movie Referendum:
(Erase the one for which you do not
wish to vote)
FOR SUNDAY MOVIES
AGAINST SUNDAY MOVIF.S
Local Youth Enrolls
In Pre-Flight School
Athens, Ga —William Clifton Ro
i land, Donalsonville, Ga., is now enroll- j
!ed in the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight.
j School here. He attended the Univer-j
sity of Georgia, where he majored ac-.i
i counting. Has had previous exper
ience in Navy C. P. T,
Successful completion of the work
here wjll send Roland to one of the
Navy’s primary flight centres, then on
to advanced instruction and finally-,
an operational base. The entifa pilot;
training period covers, months.
The four rire-Flight Schools
are the Navy's answer to the need;
! fw physically-toughened, conditioned
airmen to whip the Axis. In addition
to the southern school, located on the,
I Univeristy at Georgia campus, others j
; have been established at the Univer-j
sity of North Carolina, East; Univer-j
sity of lowa. Mid West, and St. Mary’s!
College in California, West.
I When the Pre-Flight School at
Athens reaches its full strength, it
will include nearly 1900 cadets, 200
offers and instructors and 125 enlist-!
•d personnel.
OF SNCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
is WhR bohbs
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Kerosene And Fuel
Oil Registration Set
For October 22nd
N. P. Malcom, Chairman of the Lo
cal Rationing Board, and Superintend
ent of Seminole County Schools, an
nounces that registration of fuel oil
and kerosene for domestic lighting
and cooking will be held at the school
houses Thursday, Octobei' 22, between
the hours of 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. The
school teachers will act as registrars
on that day.
All users of kerosene and fuel oil
for domestic lighting and cooking are
urged to register on that date during
the time designated.
Please do not go to the school bous
es before 2:00, because school will be
In session until that time.
Users of fuel oil and kerosene for
heating should do the following four
things in order to be ready to register
for their Fuel Oil Ration.
(1) Check the amount of Fuel Oil
in your tank on October Ist. You wil!
be asked for this figure later when
you apply for your Ration.
(2) If you have not been able to
obtain up to 275 gallons of fuel oil,
j’ou may receive a delivery from your
dealer by promising in writing to turn
over to him coupons totaling the a
mount of delivery as soon as you get
your Ration.
(3) Ask your Dealer for a certified
statement on the amount you purchas
ed from him last yeai’ for the 12
month period ending May 31, 1942.
(4) Measure the rooms in your
house that are used as living quarters
to determine the floor area. This will
be a basic factoi' in determining youi’
Ration.
Citizens holding “B” or “C” supple
mentary gasoline books are again re
minded to registei- for gasoline with
the clerks of the Rationing Board dur
ing the week, October 19 through 2-1,
inclusive. y
MRS. SHINGLER IS /
HONORED.— ' ?
Mr. M. P. Shingler was a gracious
host Saturday evening when he hon
ored his wife with a surprise dinner
party at their lovely home here.
In the living room vases of roses
were tastefully arranged. The dining
table had for its center piece a howl
of pretty yellow cosmos.
Seated at the beautifully appointed
table were: Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hol
man, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Stapleton,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Dunn and Mr.
and Mrs. Shingler.
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Saturday Only
Don “Red” Barry, In
“THE CYCLONE KID”
Monday and Tuesday
Paulette Goddard and Ray
Milland, In
“THE LADY HAS PLANS”
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Wednesday Only •
II
Micrael Ames and Julie Bishop, In
“I WAS FRAMED”
Thursday and Friday
Barbara Stanwyck, Geo. Brent and
Geraldine Fitzgerald, In
“GAY SISTERS”
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MIDGET THEATRE
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s i Walter Brennon, \\ alter Houston
and Anne Baxter, In
“SWAMP WATER”
NUMBER 38.