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SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVI.
Pecan Prices Are
Boosted Under
Cooperative
M. P. Shingler Is Leader In
Securing Program For
Pecan Growers.
In order to handle the federal pe
can marketing program, just an
nounced by the Commodity Credit
Corporation, Washington, D. C., the
American Growers Association, is es
tablishing eastern headquarters at
Albany, Georgia, receiving stations
through the states North Carolina to
Texas and Oklahoma, and will estab
lish a western headquarters, probably
at some point in Texas or Oklahoma.
The Association is a southwide or
ganization, with members in all pe
can producing states, whose affairs
will be managed by the General Man
ager Morrison P. Shingler of Donal
sonville and Albany, Georgia, under
the direction of a Board of Directors
composed of prominent pecan produc
ers, five East of Mississippi River
and four West of the river. Hinton
Booth of Statesboro and H. O. Cum
mings of Donalsonville, Georgia are
the Directors from Georgia. Promi
nent producers from this state who
are named as organizers of the As
sociation Messers Williams from Cor
dele and H. A. Bailey of Ashburn and
Mrs. Halie B. Shingler of Donalson
ville, Ga.
The Association will pay to growers
of pecans the prices fixed by Com
modity Credit Corporation and that
corporation has aside several million
dollars for the use of the Association
in operating the program. The prices
range from two to several cents per
pound above prices which were receiv
ed by growers during the past several
years.
The general operation of the As
sociation wil by along the same lines
as the success fully operated G. V A.
Peanut Association in the Southwest
ern States, with which pecan produc
ers are already familiar since peanuts
and pecans are largely grown in the
same area.
The full Board of Directors of the
Association: W. S. Price, Austin, Tex
as, President; P. B. Day, Johnston, S.
C., Vice President; J. Hill Fullilove,
Shrevepost„La., Vice President; Paul
L. Smith, Prattville, Ala., Vice Pres
ident; H. O. Cummings, Donalsonville,
Ga., Secretary; A. S. Bussey, West
Palm Beach, Fla., Counsel; Hinton
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DO YOU MEAN IT?
Or are you just another street
corner talker ?
Remember —you said you wished
you could do something to help put
those Nazis and Japs where they
can’t murder, torture and starve
innocent people. Alright you can
do something—you can do some
thing today—
BUY A BOND
And help supply the Guns, Planes
and Tanks To clean up this mess.
Doesn’t it make shivers run up and
and down your back to read about
how our boys bring those Flying
Fortresses home — even when men
and plane are shot half to pieces ?
Wouldn't you like to help buy a
new plane to send over? Here’s a
chance.
BUY A BOND
And next time you hear some
guy shooting off his mouth about
what ought to be done and how he
wished he could do it—just ask
him has he bought a Bond, an dis
he hasn’t just tell him to
PUT UP OR SHUT UP!
Bond Sales during the month of
November Sponsored in Georgia
by the American Legion
COMMERCIAL
STATE BANK
Bnttalfintttrilb Nmi
124 Whites, Negroes
Inducted In Army
The local Selective Service Board
released statistics this week reveal
ing the number of registrants drafted
from Seminole county since the board
was appointed.
The figures reveal that 93 whites
and 94 colored have been inducted. 18
whites were rejected at the examining
office, while 15 colored were reject
ed, leaving 75 whites and 49 colored
in service. These figures do not in
clude the volunteers.
Os the first two registrations 37.7
percent were colored, revealing that
inductions of colored amount to 40.7
per cent of the total number induct
ed.
Group Marketing
Urged For Local
Farmers
Big Increase In Income Can
Be Secured By Variety
Os Crops.
Seminole County’s 950 farm opera
tors can increase their cash income as
much as $7,500 a year on fruits, nuts
and vegetables alone by working with
retailers in developing group market
ing programs, it was estimated today
by a leading distributor of Georgia
crops.
“With approximately 15 farmers in
this county and 3,000 farmers through
out Georgia using farm marketing
; cooperatives to help streamline war
time distribution, the general trend
toward group action in marketing is
one of the most important agrjcultur
i al developments in the state,” accord
ing to Earl R. French, marketing di
rector of A & P’s produce-buying af
filiate, the Atlantic Commission Com
pany.
“Our experience shows that grow
ers can boost their income 10 to 15
per cent by working together to pro
vide adequate volume and standard
grade and pack, and by working with
distributors to cut out unnecessary
handling operations and costs. This 10
to 15 per cent would bring approxi
mately $5,200 to $7,500 extra annual
ly on fruits, nuts and vegetables a
lone to Seminole growers, who in one
recent year received $52,488 from
their sales of these products. Growers
could similarly increase their pash in
come from other crops by group Act
ion in preparing their products’ for
market and in completing the actual
marketing job,” French explained.
As an indication of the effective
ness of cooperation between growers
and distributors, French said econo
mies worked out through group mar
keting programs were one important
factor helping to boost cash returns
to Georgia growers and shipers 59
per cent to $1,689,286 last year com
pared to $1,059,696 in 1940 on fresh
fruits and vegetables sold through
the Atlantic Commission Company,
With’ wartime food supply condi
tions emphasizing the need for short
ening commercial distances between
growers and consumers, group mar
keting progress can aid not only the
“Food for Freedom" program but also
provide a vitally important key, to
post-war farm prosperity, French de
clared.
He pointed out that the ground
work for building these programs is
already well prepared in Georgia,
which “group-markets” pecans, cot
ton, dairy products, peaches, water
melons and potatoes in addition to
other fruits and vegetables.
Mrs. Wurst Named
Cashier Os Bank
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the Commercial State Bank
held last week, Ellison Dunn was
named Executive Vice-President and
Mrs. O’Meara M. Wurst was elevated
to cashier. Dunn was formerly vice
president and cashier, and Mrs.
Wurst was assistant cashier.
Mrs. Wurst, a valuable and cap
able employee, enjoys the distinction
of being the first woman to ever hold
such a position in Donalsonville and
perhaps in this section.
PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
War Production Chairman Nelson
reported overall munitions production
in September was seven per cent a
bove August, with airplanes up to
10 per eent, ordnance Up seven per
cent, Navy arid Artny vessels up 22
per Cent, and merclra'nt ships up 10
per cent.
The report stated that the WPB in
dex of munitions production increased
24 points in September to 381 —four
times the production rate at the time
of Pearl Harbor, The Treasury paid
out $5,500 million for war purposes,
an increase of S3OO million over Au
gust. This amounted to 40 per cent
of all payments made in the United
States .for goods and services during
the month.
Mr. Nelson’s report said four-en
gined bombers rolled off assembly
lines very nearly on schedule. The
output of heavy aircraft showed a
marked increase over August, with
the output of light, trainer-type plan
es held’ below August. Some new
plants which came into production re
cently made a much better than anti
cipated showing, Propeller production
continued a major problem, although
enough propellers have been made
thus far to fly all planes.
While merchant ship production
was 10 per cent above August, actual
tonnage delivered was 34 per cent a
bove August—l,oo9,ooo deadweight
tons compared with 753,000 in Au
gust, This was 12 per cent above first
of the month forecasts and approach
ed closely the total production of
merchant shipyards last year. During
the month, 12 major combat vessels
were launched, the report stated. De
liveries of major vessels were great
er than forecast, but deliveries of
other types were behind expectations.
The Army Specialist Corps, which
had inducted approximate! 1,300 men
was abolished, the War Department
announced, and all future commis
sions directly from civil life will, be
given in the Specialist Reserve until
the men commissioned have complet
ed a course of military training.
Then they will be commissioned in ap
propriate grades in the Army, Mem
bers of the Corps already in the ser
vice will be tendered commissions in
the Army of the United States, if
qualified,
The change was made, the War De
partment said, because It was found
inadvisable “in the interest of effi
ciency, uniformity of operations, dis
cipline and the avoidance of duplica
tion of effort” to have two uniform
ed services. Applications now on file
for the Specialist Corps will “continue
to be available for consideration for
appointments in the army of the Unit
ed States,” the Department said. Un
der the new rules no person under ,
35, without previous commissioned
service, will be appointed unless he
has been classified 4-F for physical
disability. No person without pre-
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1942.
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IN NOVEMBER
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
vious commissioned service who is be
tween 34 and 45 will be accepted if
his classification is 1-A or 2. Excep
tions will be made to these rules only
where there is “critical need" for the
applicant’s services.
War Secretary Stimson reported
the Alcan Highway js now open to
trucks carrying munitions and ma
terials to troops in Alaska for its
entire length of 1,671 miles. Formal
opening will probably take place No
vember 15, he said. Mr. Stimson said
the furlough period of two weeks giv
en newly inducted soldiers will be re
duced to one week. Approximately 3,-
400 tons of mail, including more than
1,000,000 Christmas parcels, were sent
to U. S. armed forces overseas during
the first 25 days of October.
The War Front
Army Chief of Staff Marshal, in a
letter to Commander in Chief King of
the U. S. Fleet, said the “skillful Sea
manship” of the Navy has already es
corted 800,000 soldiers safely “across
the submarine-infested waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific,”
The Navy reported November Ist,
that two enemy aircraft carriers, two
battleships and three cruisers were
damaged and 100 airplanes destroyed
in a great sea and air battle 250 miles
northeast of Guadalcanal, Navy Secre
tary Knox said the Japanese fleet
units have retired from the scene in
the Solomons and the “first round”
of the battle is over,
In the Battle the |U. S, lost an un
identified Aircraft Carrier and the
Destroyer Porter. Following this bat
tle U, 8. Naval units shelled enemy
positions on Guadalcanal, On the
ground U, S. Marines and Soldiers
repulsed all Japanese attempts to
dent their positions around Hender
son Airfield. Gen, MacArthur’s head
quarters in Australia reported No
vember 2 that fresh bombing raids
on Jap bases at Buin and Faisi were
believed to have sunk or damaged
seven more enemy surface ships.
Labor Supply
President Roosevelt told his press
conference that a compulsory regis
tration for American women to de
termine their availability for war
work is being considered. While no
compulsory drafting of women for
war industries is contemplated, he
said, there is need for information
which a compulsory registration could
not be completed until close to the end
of the year.
Labor Secretary Perkins reported
4,500,000 new workers must come in
to the labor market before the end of
1943 and an additional 3,000,000 by
the end of 1944. War Manpower
Commission Chairman McNutt said
that about 500,000 workers will be re-1
leased to war industries when nation
wide gasoline rationing becomes ef
fective November 22nd.
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Light Vote Is Cast
In County Tuesday
A light vote was cast in the biennial
general election held on Tuesday in
Seminole county, only 212 votes being
cast. Os this number the balloting
was unanimous for the Democratic
nominees,. One ticket was not prop
erly marked and could not be counted.
The voting was light all over the
county, 126 votes being cast in Don
alsonville, 35 in Iron City, 5 in Rock
Pond, 14 in Steam Mill and 32 in
Spring Creek.
Ellis Arnall won the governorship
by a wide margin over two indepen
dent candidates and Richard B. Rus
sell swamped his opponent for U. S.
Senator, state-wide returns showed.
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At Conference
Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Nease left this
week for Savannah where they will
attend the South Georgia Conference
of the Methodist Church.
The Conference op.ened Thursday
morning and will be concluded Sunday
when appointments for the year will
be announced.
Rev. Nease has been pastor of the
local church for the past year, and
many friends here anticipate that he
will be returned for another year.
’Phone Exchange
Is Sold This Week
Announcement of the sale of the
Seminole Telephone Company, local
exchange owned by E. R. Jordan, of
Ellaville, to J. C, Gissendaner, of
Chattahoochee, Fla., was made this
week, the deal having been consum
mated on Tuesday.
The exchange has been owned by
Mr, Jordan for the past several years,
and many improvements have been
noted in the exchange.
The Gissendaner, who has been in
the telephone business for several
years, is a prominent business man
and civic leader of Chattahoochee.
He does not plan to move here for
the present, he states.
Mr. Gissendaner made no comment
relative to the personnel of the ex
change, though it is reported that the
same force will be retained.
Is Sharpshooter
FORT MCCLELLAN, ALA.:—Pri
vate William C. Lynn, son of Mrs.
Ruby Odom Lynn of Route 3, Donal
sonville, Georgia, has qualified as a
sharpshooter on the rifle range at the
BIRTC here, shooting a score of 150
out of a possible 175. He is a member
of Company A, 7th Battalion.
Private Lynn was inducted August
27 and was sent to Fort McClellan to
receive his basic training. Before en
tering the army he was a farmer.
Private Lynn la stationed at the
Training Center, which gives a course
of basic military training to condition
each trainee, physically and mentally,
for advanced work in the particular
arm or service of the Army to which
he may be assigned. Men are sent
from this camp to all branches of the
service, according to their qualifica
tions.
Fort McClellan is near Anniston,
Alabama, northeast of Birmingham in
the southern tip of the Appalachians.
Its layout of ranges for firing rifles,
machine guns and automatic rifles at
ground and aircraft targets is one of
the most complete, for regardless of
his place in the Army, the American
soldier must learn to shoot—and
shoot straight.
Is In Training
Aviation Cadet Bonnell P. Coach
man, formerly of Donalsonville, Geor
gia, recently reported to the Green
ville Army School, Greenville, Missis
sippi for further flight training.
After completing his training at
Greenville, Cadet Coachman will be
sent to another field in the Southeast
Army Air Forces Training Center for
the final phase of training. Upon
successful completion of this course,
he will receive his “wings” and a
commission as a Second Lieutenant in
the Army Air Forces.
>lO% OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WAR BONDS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Ration Board Issues
Warning To Local
Merchants
Must File Cost-Of-Living
Commodity Statements,
And Ceiling Prices.
The local War Price and Rationing
Board and its, Chairman, has been in
formed by C. B. Deßellevue, State
Price Executive of the Office of Price
Administration, that investigations
have disclosed the fact that in some
localities dealers have not complied
with the OPA Regulations by filing
their Cost-of-Living Commodity
Statements, posting of ceiling prices
and making of base period records.
Says Mr. Deßellevue: “The Gener
al Maximum Price Regulation places
a ceiling price on practically every
commodity that retail dealers sell. A
dealer’s highest prices as of March,
1942, are his ceiling prices. A great
number of items are designated as
Cost-of-Living Commodities. A state
ment of the ceiling price of the Cost
of-Living Commodities handled by
the dealer should have been filed with
the local War Price and Rationing
Board on or before July 1, and the
ceiling prices of trese commodities
should have been properly posted in
the store. A base period record of all
commodities regulated should have
been made and kept in the store. It
is the responsibility of dealers to
learn the details and comply with the
regulation. Failure to do so subjects
them to the penalty of the law.”
You must file a copy of the state
ment of prices of all commodities and
service in your Local Board of the
War Price and Rationing Board. Your
local Board is in the County Court
house Donalsonville, Ga. If you open
a new business or offer a new service,
a similiar statement must be prepar
ed within 10 days and filed within 20
days.
If you have not rlaced your,
“March 1942” prices up and also have
a copy in the Local Board office, you
must attend to this immediately or
be subject to legal action by the OPA.
If you do not understand what to
do and how to do this War commodi
ty job, you may go to the Local Board
on Monday and they will there ex
plain it to you and give you such in
formation as will aid you to meet
this law.
LOCAL BOARD,
J. A. Timmerman,
C. W. Shepard,
Phil Spooner.
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NUMBER 41.