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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVII.
Canned Goods To
Be Rationed After
March Ist
Rationing of canned goods on the
•'point system” as announced by the
Office of Price Administration will be
gin on March Ist under War Ration
Book No. 2. All stocks of canned
goods will be frozen at midnight, Feb.
20th and will remain frozen for one
week before rationing begins.
Preparations have been underway
for weeks to issue War Ration Book,
No. 2, but as yet no definite announce
ment has been given out by the local
rationing board as to how the new
books will be obtained.
Before obtaining War Ration Book
Two, each individual must report all
canned and bottled foods bought and
on hand and coupons will be taken
from the new books for all over five
cans or bottles per person. Rationing
has become necessary so that each
person may be assuerd of a fair share
of canned goods.
Tentative plans, which may be
changed, call for the new books to be
issued in connection with but not nec- j
essarily at the schools. Volunteer'
staffs of worker# must be trained on
the methods of issuance. The books
can go only to persons holding War
Ration Book No. 1, now used for su
gar and coffee, which will continue
valid for sugar and coffee and must
be presented when WRB No. 2 is ap
plied for,
HOLIDAY NOTICE
Friday, February 12th being a le
gal holiday, the following banks will
be closed and no business transacted.
COMMERCIAL STATE BANK
MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
Richard (Dick) Ward, of Jakin, has
recently been pijwotcd to Corporal,
it was announced by the Bainbridge
Basic Flying School, wher« Jie is sta
tioned.
NEW BANKING
HOURS
Effective this date the under
signed bank will be open for
business during the following
hours.
9:30 A, M. To 12:00
1 P. M. To 2:30 P. M.
Your Patronage Appreciated.
// , ZaSlk maximum
I Sv INSURANCE NflH O
FOR EACH
l\ LU DEPOSITOR W/ £• I
COMMERCIAL
state bank
FOR EFFICIENT
Cleaning, Pressing And Dyeing
LEON’S CLEANERS
CALL 30 . MRS. LEON BARBER, Prop.
Smtalfinttiriih Notb
Red Cross Meeting
Mrs. J. L. Dickenson, Home Serv
ice Chairman of the American Red
Cross, Seminole County Chapter, an
nounced this week that Mr. A. W.l
Touchton, general field representative;
of the Red Cross, will visit Donalson-1
ville on Tuesday, February 16th, and
that a meeting wil be held at the
Methodist Church in the afternoon
with a view of enlisting workers for
the coming War Fund Campaign.
Mr. A. J. Jones has been named
chairman of the local chapter, with]
the ministers of the city, Rev. C. L-
Nease, Rev. E. Ross Sanders, Rev.
J. A. Timmerman and Rev. M. C.
Liddell, as the executive committee, i
Mr. Touchton urges that everyone!
be invited to attend the meeting,.
whether or not they have ever been
connected with Red Cross. An open
meeting is desired by Mr. Touchton,
aiid he will give a talk on the services,
of (fee se<j Cross.
16 Fann Families
Receive Awards
I Sixteen farm families in Miller and
Seminole counties have received merit
■award aartificates from the Farm Se
| curity Admjjrisivatjpn for their effort
I in producing “food for in-
pounces Hugh E. Gieatpw, un||
' supervisor.
! The following TP and RR families
i were presented awards by E. C. Young
i state director of farm security, of
i Athens:
Olen J. McMullen, Marsette S. Wad
ijpJh Itson Batchelor, Jim D. Miller,
Jay G. (ialagn, Leslie Cato, Fred L.
Runnels, William *i. faßty Penyer
R. McMullen, Sylvanus Burke, Lewis
J. Hicks, Wesley Braswell, Sidney
if, Bodiford, James D. Wiliams and
Fred Coachman.
These families gardens,
can a variety of foods for home u»x,i
raise poultry and eggs have plenty of
milk and butter, pise hogs sufficient
for meat and lard and do other things
to f**W(J. uce their own living and food
for others.
One of the most giatKyjpg results
' of this program has been the eager
' net# flf the farmers to raise more food
for the It is evident that
there is a growing «f respon-
sibility to themselves and to their
country — a feeling of the highest pa
triotism ip a live-at-bome prqgrgm,
by which they make themselves
i .self-sufficient and at the same time
of things which make the
Nation strong*#/' s£pj Mt-
Many ojher families to
the minimum goals ses, apd the 16
families receiving awards equalled or
surpassed goals set. All the families
; realize that eg* at th® really impor
; tant ways jn which they gpp partici
pate in the war effort is tp Prepuce
food and mor# food-
The plans w* ary mftkjflg po\y for
our next crops paji f«r gyefl larger
I goals, said Mr. Gleaton. The produe
; tion of the small independent farm
family who has enough family labor
to succesfully produpe fpr the war ef
fort Is the hope of this nation in this
great empfgppcy. Qur fighting men
must be wpl| fed, opr workers in the
factories must have strength and en
ergy from gyod f<wd: Oms Allies.
; whose lands air torn by shells »n d
' bombs, mnat be fed sp (hat they can
keep on fighting apd we must haye
plenty at home.
Income Tax
A representative of the Internal
• Revenue Department, income tax di
i vision, will be in Donalsonville at the
local post office on February 18-19-20,
to assist local citizens in preparing
their 1942 income tax nt'diS*-
Amt peldou <Jes>|f|n§ tAe'fielp of the
officer should arrange to see him on
those ‘ dates between 9 'a. m. and 5
I
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
Maknassy, the point at which Allied
forces in Central Tunisia are driving,
has a strategic importance to noth the
Allies and the Axis. If the Allies
take Maknassy and press on 34 miles
to Graiba, they will have driven a
wedge between Marshall Rommel’s
Afrika Korps and the Axis forces of
Colonel General Von Arnin in the
Northern Sector of Tunisia, and the
Afrika Korps will be trapped between
the British Eighth Army and the
Central Allied wedge.
Graiba dominates the coastal road
that runs up the Eastern side of Tu
nisia, and its capture would also sep
arate the two vital Axis supply ports
of Sfax and Gabes. Last week, two
American columns, driving on Mak
nassy from the Northwest and the
Southwest, showed considerable gains.
The f F om
the area of Sidi Bou &d, JU pulgs fyqm
Maknassy, progressed without “ex
ceptionally heavy” opposition. The
second column, striking Eastward and
Nqrtb from Gafsa, met heavy air and
artillery resistance at Sened, 22 miles
Southwest of Maknassy, bpt captured
fhW StfilHsS positions
about a mile east. Allied infantry
have attacked enemy positions at Faid
an important mountain pass in Cen
tral Tunisia where the Germans con
trol a high ridge running North and
South and extending almost to Mak
nassy.
Continuing this drive on the Tu
nisian East Coast, Allied on
gttacked an
Axis airdrome at Gabes and enemy
targets near the Coast, destroying
six enemy planes but losing eight.
Secretary of WaJ Stipisqp op Thurs
tteyi IWw f, m th ftt
British and A®tf r i ea « Piauea arc al
ready using Axis-made airfields at
Tripoli to cary out -round-the-clock
raids against Rommel’s retreating
columns and on Axis shipping in the
Mediterranean. The land fighting in
Shoe Rationing Is
Started Tuesday
The highlights of Uncle Sam’s new
shoe rationing plan which became ef
fpctive at 12:01 $ . m. Monday, were
today by N. P- Mplcgm,
chairmaii gs County
War Price and Rationing Board.
“Wartime demands for leather and
manpower have slowed down the pro
duction of shoes for civilians,” he
sa|4 ; afJdHjQF| m«f? qf th e TSmifl
ing supply is needed fur «ur <*med
forces. With spppljeg aaaree, our ra
tioning program will divide what we
have fairly among consumers and at
the same time enable merchants to
maintain reasonably adequate and tr
anced stocks/’
fiJPropi qqgf op, Mr. Malcom ex
plained, consumers must present
stamp No. 17 from War Ration Book
One (the su.itfH hpqk) to buy a pair
of The sfamp in each book
wil| be good for one pair of y«i
til June Is, he said-
taught bpfofa February 8,
wrapped, marked, shipped pr held for
delivery, ipqludipjf th<J3Q put aside in
the layaway department, may be de
livered or given to a carrier for de
livery any time before midnight
Thursday, February 11, without the
surrender of a ration stamp,” he said.
"Customers may exchange pai r
of shoes for surren-
dcF'i&a * e - sa & ‘‘However,
ft tKe'y return a pair of shoes for re-!
fund or credit, merchants must give
them stamp
or credit to buy an
customer
must present the. receipt of credit slip j
with the teosq stamp.’’-
WWW a** extreme care
to. shop staipjta and certificates
that customers give them,” Mr. Mal
com added,
“Retailers, wholesalers, jobbers and!
consumers who want additional in- 1
formation on the ration plan can get
it from the local war board”, Mr.
Malcom said.
Bay Bonds And Break The
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 1943.
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
Tunisia, he said, appeared to be grow- j
ing in scope, but had not yet reached
anything like the proportions of a
major battle.
In announcing the Japanese effort
to regain control of the entire Solo
mons area, the Navy said air and sur
face engagements between U. S. and
enemy forces were continuing. Both
U. S. and Japanese forces had suffer
ed losses, the announcement said, but
the military situation did not permit
publication of more details at that
time. Secretary of the Navy Knox
described these engagements as a pro
cess of “feeling out” by both sides—
preliminary actions involving “recon
naissance in force." Navy communi
que No. 271, issued Thursday, Febru
ary 4, shed no new l|ght op |lie
sta *ibg on|y
between U. S. and
Japanese air and surface forces will
not be announced as long as such in
formation might jeopardize the safe
ty of our forces in the area of opera
tions. Japanese planes bombed H. S.
feftMtlops o R fiudftlShPßi. V, 'S.
plapgs continued their attacks on Mun
da and General McArthur’s air force
kept up its almost daily attacks on
Rabaul and on enemy shipping in the
vicinity.
On his return from a three weeks
trip to the South Pacific, Secretary
Knox said that substantially all or
ganized by Japanese ground
forces op Guadalcanal had been clean
ed tIP and that American, now
completely dopiinatg lb?
area. Qp Mopdpy apd Tuesday, Feb
ruary 1 apd 2, U. S. ground fprpoa on
the Island poptinued tbbil- t 0
the HMS.avd the Bonegi River
(one-half mile East of Tassafaronga
and about 10 miles West of Hender
son Field), occupied elevated positions
West of the River, captured eonaidW’
able enemy equipmep| apd kilied about
100 Japapftsft
TP Families Held
Meeting Saturday
- Members of 39 Miller qnd Semifl<dv
■ County TP families, pjct on
> Mr. Irby Br|mjo\y's fern on the So
i Wcga Subdivision about five miles
r north of Donalsonville, for their an
nual TP meeting.
[ The group was welcomed tp (fee
. meeting by Hugh Ql*aU»p, local
> ufl(t B- H- who acted as
. tnaswr qt peremnjes throughout the
| following program:
Discussion by group of income and
> expenses of 1942, led by la
; glis, area specialist.
, Demonstration on how many of
. fv,ous bought can be produced at
home, by Miss Carrie M. QrdSn, local
home management supervisor.
pf Soil Conservation
’ its on your farm by McArthur
’ Sloan, soil technician tex Milter C\k
Hogs a.Rd then- place on thv farm t
Henry G. Woods, |qoal A*s*t. ItR
supervisor.
Farm ownership, by Joe G. Wood
. ruff, regional chief, TP V section of
Montgomery, Ala.
Comments on plans for 1943 produc
tion, by William R. Mallard, district
RR supervisor, Albany,
Summary of pavg-ram, by E. C.
Youngs director FSA, of Athens.
Announcements were made by Mr.
Gleaton and a committee appointed
to make plans for t-hv wtt annual
meeting. AtftWf those present were
Joe y. Seminole county TP
committeeman; Chartea C. Justice,
assistant RR supervisor, and Oralla
Tompkins, assistant home manage
ment supervisor.
After the program a delicious pic
nic dinner was enjoyed by the group.
This dinner was planned and arranged
by the following: Mrs. James C.
Spooner, chairman, Mrs. Jay G. Gol-j
son, E. H. Lord, Denver R. McMullen,!
! Marsette S. Wadell, Freddie F. Hoot- ;
i en and Arthur J. Hill.
Pvt. Wayne King, of Camp Bland-!
ing, Fla., is spending thjs week with;
his wife. *ad other relatives and
-friends here. ,
“March Os Dimes”
As a special feature of “March of
Dimes Week,” which opens Thursday
of next week at the Olive Theatre,
Miss Greer Garson will appear in a
short-short film apropos of the drive
to help the fight on Infantile Paraly
sis.
Miss Garson, one of the most suc
cessful of the film stars, volunteered
her services because of her keen in
terest in the work on behalf of the
crippled children being done by the
National Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis, of which President Roose
velt is sponsor.
In 1942 the movie industry turned
in $1,450,000 for the fund. The drive
will be held in 15,000 theatres thru
out the United States Feb. 18-24, free
will offerings being taken at each
show.
NYA School Helps
Many Seminolians
Mrs. Oscar C. Smith, youth person
nel representative of the NYA Master
Project at Carrolton, has returned
from a visit to the project. Mrs.
Smith, whs wp* preaunt at a meeting
of advisory committee of the pro
ject, and who has been named a mem
ber of the committee by Mr. Bouis
feillet Jones, regional administrator,
wishes the parents of the Seminole
county children who are attending the
project training to know some
of the facts about the school.
It is located at West Georgia Col
lege. In a recent meeting (he ad
visory council, Vtw»*Jeu6 Ingram of
the Gvirohon, stated that
by had been advised from Washing
ton that the Garrqlten project was
doinf % job in training youth
*haa my- project of the Southeast
i UFft states. Carrolton serves 29 coun
ties near the western border of
state and Seminole county has
more youths at the (r** nln g center
than any of counties.
Tfcu eoliege is located on a hill and
lights from the buildings can bu aven
for miles around. AN huihl|H«s arc
modern and aichitoeture.
There $ a well planted campus.
NYA yvutha have access to the beau
tiful library, gymnasium and dining
hall as well as all ourtdoor sporty
Miss Dorothy Doster is fewtasw for
the girls dormUwy Mr, McWil
liams, pvstructw in electric
ha# of the boys’ bar
rfcfctal. The machine shops of the
NYA are all new, equipped and. su
pervised by most expert QvaiNtCtorfr.
Gates to the enttwßfc the abor? are
kept IqqM iwi Vbltort identified
receiving adfui.ssion.
Mrs. Smith states that she saw
each one of the Seminole youths at
work and found them happy and en
thusiastic o,y*>r their work. Some will
b$ peady for jobs in a few days. Oth
ers say that they want to stay at the
project until each trade is mastered.
Special emphasis is placed on the
homy life at the college and boys and
girls are well taken care of by the
splendid personnel of the teaching
staff.
No Stock Show
County Agent W. C. Rushing in
formed The News this week that the
annual Seminole County Fat Cattle
and Livestock Show will not be held
this year. The show is not neces
sarily postponed for the duration, but
cannot be held this year due to the
lack of entries for the show which are
essential to attract packing company
buyers here.
Last year’s show saw a number of
entries from Jakin, which helped to
increase the number of cattle offered,
but it is learned that Jakin has no
cattle this year to enter.
Quite a few local grown steers
were being groomed for the show.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Embalming—Funeral Supplies
Ambulance Service Vaults.
FOR CASH BURIAL INSURANCE SEE R. I. EVANS
EVANS AND SON
R. L EVANS. R. I. EVANS, JR.
Day Phone 34 Night Phone 139
>lO% OF IMCOsV?E
IS OUR QUOTA
IH WAR BGHDS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Payments To Be
Made For Increase
In Production
(By W. C. Rushing, County Agent)
A program of “Incentive” payments
to farmers, designed to insure full
production of essential war food and
fiber crops this year, has been ap
proved by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The plan would make available a
fund of $100,000,000 for payments to
farmers who produce between 90 and
110 percent of their individual farm
goals for certain crops. Payments
would range from 50c a bushel for
potatoes to $50.00 an acre for ap
proved truck crops.
Secretary of Agriculture, Claude R.
Wickard, in announcing the program,
pointed out that the rate of payinenc
would depend upon the actual amount
of appropriation made by congress.
The “incentive” payments are part
of the department's broad program to
give farmers the greatest possible as
sistance in producing maximum n
mounts of essential farm products.
The increased production asked for in
connection with the plan are above,
the high levels previously requested.
To get this additional production
will mean that farmers wil need more
wij| mean that farmers will need molt
labor and material, which naturally*
means that their production costs will
go up. This additional assistance will
be necessary, also, for fanners who
have, not had experiences in growing
some of these crops. The program
incentive payments is being offered
compensate farmers for added costs
in achieving the increased goals.
Increased national goals and the,
proposed payments are as follows:.
Peanuts: Goal remains at
acres, gomparetl with 3,690,000 acres
harvested last year. Payment will be
$30.00 jjer acre.
The increase in oil crops ia nt’ vfed
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’ Saturday Only
Buck Jones T-im McC'.-y, n
“BELOW THE BORDER”
Monday and Tuesday
Greer Garson - Walter Pidge •• '
“MRS. MINIVER”
Wednesday Only
John Howard - Heather Angel, ; i
“UNDYING MONSTER”
Thursday Friday
“HI, NEIGHBOR”
MIDGET THEATRE
Saturday
Lloyd - Carole Landis, In
“MANILLA CALLING”
NUMBER 3.