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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVII.
Register Next Week
For Ration Book 2
Dates And Places
Are Announced
Chairman N. P. Malcom, of the
Seminole County Ration Board an
nounced this week that registration for
War Ration Book No. 2 will take place
next week, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, February 23-20,
between the hours of 9:00 a. m. and
3:15 p. m. each day.
"Every person should register for
War Ration Book Two, whether he
needs it at present or not,” Mr. Mal
com cautioned residents of Seminole
county.
“Reports to the rationing board in
dicate that farmers who raise and can
their own fruits and vegetables and
meats are under the impression that
they will not need to register for the
point ration book. On the contrary,
Uncle Sam wants every man, woman
and child in the United States to have
a ration book, since the rationing pro
gram may include not only its present
phases, but other possible develop
ments in the future.
“T want to emphasize the necessity
for every person—whether he lives in
the town or country, whether he pre
serves his own food or relies on the
corner grocery, to register for War
Ration Book Two during the four day
period, February 23-26, Mr. Malcom
said. *
"At the same time, persons who eat
their meals in restaurants or other
publie, anting places, who do -not at
present need War Ration Book Two,
si ould register for their point books
without fail,”
Mr. Malcom further stressed the
to
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.
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Cleaning, Pressing And Dyeing
LEON’S CLEANERS
CALL 30 MRS. LEON BARBER, Prop.
Bmtaljaimtrtlk saw
importance of following specific in- j
structions in order to alleviate in-;
conveniences in registering for the:
I books. The following instructionsi
should be carefully read and adhered j
to in applying:
1. Go to your nearest registration;
site (see places and dates below) on ■
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday orj
Friday, February 23-26, between the
hours of 9:00 a. m. and 3:15 p. m.
2. Bring your W'ar Ration Books 1
j (sugar books) for the entire family.
3. Know how many pounds of cos-j
J fee you had on hand November 1,
19-ie.
4. Know how many cans of store
bought canned goods you now have
on hand. (Home canned goods do not
count.)
5. Do not wait until the last day
to register.
Registration Places
< The registration sites are as fol
lows:
For Whites—F. D. R. School build
ing, Iron City School building and
; the Seminole County Courthouse.
i Registration will be held for Ne- ■
' groes on Tuesday and Wednesday at ■
jthe following named schools: Rock!
. Pond School building, Desser School i
i building, Reynoldsville School build-'
jpg, Jeffrey Chapel School building.
Registration will be held Tuesday, j
Wednesday and Thursday at the fol- ’
lowing named Negro gpftqqls: Grisel-i
da, Fairchilds, Dry Creek.
Registration will be held on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day at the following named Negro
schools: St. -John, Carthage, Iron
'City, Leila, Donalsonville.
Since high school seniors are to
; conduct this registration and all other
' school work will be carried on as usual
' it will be necessary for this registra
! tion to be h.eld during school hours.
| All hours designated are Central War
Time.
19 White Men Are
i Called For Service
19 White men have been ordered ;
to report for induction this month as j
the February quota for the army |
from this county.
A call was also sent for 11 colored i
men, but the local board did not have
the necessary men ready to meet the
call due largely to farm deferments.
The white men ordered to report
are as follows:
Edward Thomas Brackin, Winton i
James Glisson, Ralph Lamar O’Hearn,
Alva House, Joseph Franklin Parker,
Wilburn Wallace Herring, Robert
Forrest, Jr., Wayne Harold Avirett,
William Cater Culpepper.
Alva Coleman, J. D. Thursby, Alton.
McLendon, Thomas Edison Morris,!
William Rufus Kirkland, James Ed-;
sei Vickers, Kenneth Charles Shef-'
field, John Richard Thurmon, Durrell I
Franklin Easom, Merrell Robinson.
War Jobs Offered
In a page advertisement this week
captioned “What are you doing to help
win this war?”, the Bibb Manufac-
I taring Company, of Macon and Co-
I lumbus, is seeking employees for its j
plants which are turning out defense ■
equipment.
Good pay, good working conditions!
and attractive living quarters are of-*
sered to their employees.
Interested parties should read their
advertisement and write the person-!
nel department at Columbus, Ga.
PAY Y’OUR SUBSCRIPTION
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY 7 OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY O F DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
State Wide Salvage
j Drive February 24
General William Bryden, Command
' ing General of the Fourth Service
Command, has instructed post com
j manders in Georgia to assist in the
■ state-wide salvage drive of the Army,
' Navy, War Production, State and
j County officials, February 24th.
The participation of the Army, Gen.
: Bryden said, means that army trucks
! and men, wherever possible, will be
I sent by the post commanders to near
i by towns and communities on Febru
! ary 24, to assist other trucks and
' workers supplied by civilian agencies,
* in collecting the heavy scrap and as
sembling it at points to be designated
by the WPB salvage chairmen, ready
for immediate shipment to war indus
try plants.
; “In the making of steel today in
ouj- cqujßfy, more than 50 per cent
produced comes from scrap metal,”
said General Bryden. H The battleships,
tanks, airplanes, grenades, guns or
bayonets being used so effectively
against our enemies, were made in
part of scrap metal from the homes
and farms of our citizens.
“As the war progresses, more steel
is needed. This means that more
scrap is required in order to keep our
steel mills running at full capacity. It
is therefore, up to each and everyone
of us to keep feeding this scrap metal
; (q gur steel mills as the demand in
[ creases,
! “Every post commander jn the State
i of Georgia under my control has been
; directed to co-operate in every way
I possible with the War Production
Board and the State and County sal
| vage committees in the collection of
I civillian scrap and old ‘jalopies.’
.“I have also requested all exempt
ed stations not under my direct com
mand in Georgia, to render every
help possible to the civil'«n commit.
arid the War Board
in the collection of civilian scrap
metal and I feel certain that the
commanding officers of these sta
tions will render every possible as
sistance.”
It was pointed out by General Bry
den that when scrap metal is col
lected, the job is only half done, as
he stressed the importance of getting
the scrap to the steel mills.
“When a pile of scrap is collected.
. that is not enough,” said General
I Boyden. “It doesn't accomplish its
purpose uptj| it is loaded on freight
cars and delivered at the steel mills.
j and that is why at Army camps the!
| salvage officers have instructions to
i keep their salvage yards clean of
| piled-up scrap.”
Jan. Bond Sales
Total $43,206.75
D. F. Wurst, executive chairman of
Seminole county for the sale of war
bonds, announces that $43,206.75 in
Bonds was sold during the month of
January. The county quota was only
i $8,000.00.
Seminole county made an extra es
! fort on acount of replacing the Cruis
\ er U. S. 8. Atlanta, and the bond com-
■ mittee wishes to thank the people of
Seminole county for their splendid
• cooperation in this special drive.
The War Savings Staff has an-;
nounced that the February program
will be sponsored by the insurance
i agents throughout the state of Geor-I
gia. The quote for February has as
yet not been announced.
! Passes Wednesday
Funeral services for Miss Margaret
' Nancy Kirkland, 74. of Jakin, who
died at her home Wednesday night, |
were held Thursday morning at the
residence with Rev. Charles Allen, of I
Arlington, officiating. Interment was;
in the Jakin cemetery.
A member of the Jakin Baptist
Church, Miss Kirkland had lived in
Jakin all her life.
Surviving are a brother, J. H. |
Kirkland, of Donalsonville; two sis
ters, Mrs. Jim McDaniel, of Jakin, and
Mrs. W. M. Ryals, of Ashford, Ala.
Active pallbearers were Clark Mose-j
ly, L. O. Runnels, T. G. Harvey, Jr., i
C. C. Pruitt. H. A. Ivey and Walter
Hudson.
Mrs. Carl Yarbrough visited rela
' tives in Arlington last week.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 1943.
* WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
The battle for Guadalcanal, which
ended at sundown Wednesday, Febru
, ary 10, represents a complete Ameri
can victory. Just six months after
the Marines' initial invasion of the
| island, American forces surrounded
, the last remaining Japanese, captured
1 large amounts of armaments and
j equipment, and took unchallenged
! control of the entire island. The con
clusion of the fighting was announced
by Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch, Com
mander of American forces in the Sol
omons.
The strategy which farced Japa
nese capitulation was described by
Secretary of War Stimson. A flank
ing movement was carried out at sea
with naval support, and U. S. Army
1 forces were landed at the Northwest
tip of the island. After this landing,
accomplished about February 4-5, the
Japanese were pinned on a 15-mile
strip of beach near Cape Esperance.
The American forces which landed
west of the Japanese, and other Amer
■ ican troops approaching overland
j from the East, joined on February 9
i at Cape Esperance after overcoming I
j the Japanese forces.
i The value »f this victory was out
lined recently by Secretary of the
| Navy Knox. Complete American
; domination of Guadalcanal, said Mr.
; Knox, has both negative and positive
I value—it brings U. S. forces within
! distance of some of Japan’s
J most important bases, and it denies to
i the Japanese the opportunity to raicj
U, S, communications tn the urea.
I But Guadalcanal Is not the only
'. Ator,,- t*e V. S. has won in the South
Pacific. A little better than two
weeks ago, Gen. MacArthur announced
the crushing of the last organized
enemy resistance in Papuan, New Gui
nea, and Papua became the first com
plete geographical unit to be won back
from the Japanese. Since that time,
, U. S. forces have been moving north
along the North. Eastern coast to New I
! Guiqga, preparing for the next step I
in the campaign—-the battle of Huon 1
. Gulf.
On Thursday, February 11, a com
munique from Gen. MacArthur’s head-
—». - ■.
Jakin Visitor Has
5 Sons In Service
I
Mrs. F. S. McDuffie, formerly ofj
Arlington, now residing at Mont-i
gomery, Aia., was a recent visitor in;
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clark I
Mosely, of Jakin. She was en route j
i from Atlanta where she went to wit-1
ness the enlistment of her youngest
son, William R. McDuffie, in the U. S.I
, Army.
In 1942 Mrs. McDuffie was a ward -
! ed an emblem of honor by Mayor Cy
; rus B. Brown, of Montgomery, for the.’
; distinction of having four sons in the •
; armed forces of the United States. |
Her eldest son. Master Sergeant S
' K. McDuffie is at present stationed at
; Roswell Flying School, Roswell, N. M.,
i where he is taking advanced training
at a glider pilot. He expects to grad
uate from this branch of service with-!
iin the next two weeks. He was for-|
merly stationed at Maxwell Field,,
' Ala., Napier Field, Ala., and Spence 1
i Field, Ga., where he was in charge i
of Radio Schools,
Carpenters Mate Fred S. McDuffie,!
of the Navy, has been stationed on
! Guadalcanal for the past several
: months, moving in with the Marine
; Corps and the initial landing. He re
ceived his basic instruction at the
; Technical Training School, Davisville,:
Rhode Island. In civilian life he wasj
, employed at a civil engineer by the
road department of the State of Flori
da, with headquarters at Tampa.
, John H. McDuffie is navigator on
an Army transport operating in the
Atlantic. He attended the Maritime
Training School at Alameda, Calif.,
where he was graduated as an En
i sign early in 1942. He was formerly
employed in the Marine Division of
the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey,
where he had worked for seven years
(Turn To No. 2 On Last Page)
quarters reported that Allied troops,
charging under cover of a heavy ar
tillery barrage, hurled the main Jap
anese force six miles back in the Wau
region of the Northwestern New Gui
nea front, inflicting one of the sever
est setbacks the Japanese have had
since they moved against Wau Air
drome from Mubo, approximately 23
miles to the Northeast.
- Air warfare continues in the Pacific
with U. S. army and navy planes at
tacking Munda on New Georgia Is
land, Celebes in the Dutch East, In
dies, Kolumbangara Island in the New
Georgia group, and Kiska in. the Aleu
tians, A New Dutch squadron is now
operating with Gen. MacArthur’s air
forces, and last week this squadron
was part of a formation that sank or
damaged six Japanese ships and shot
down five or six intercepting planes
in a series of shattering attacks on
an 1,800-mile front covering the en
tire Australian zone.
Several of these raids were aimed
at Dubo, Japanese-held port in the
Aroe Islands between Dutch New
Guinea and Australia, and the third
ra’4 “virtually wiped aui” this stia
. tegic port,
j Elsenhower Assumes Command
Consolidating Allied forces on the
North African front, Lt. Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower formally assumed his new
post as Commanding General of the
African theater, with three of Great
Britain’s outstanding Mediterranean
war leaders i\| |jjs cammaud set-up—
Sir Harald IL L. G. Alexander will
be Deputy Commander in Chief; Air
Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder will he
Allied Air Commandei;
Sir Arthur B. Cunningham will be su
preme Allied Naval Commander in the
Mediterranean.
Although there has been little to
report from Allied ground forces on
the Tunisian front, U, S. planes have
covered wide areas of the Afiican-
■ Mediterranean theater, bombing Bi
| zerte, Gabes and Soussee, on the Tu
' nisian Coast, and Axis Air Bases ami
i ports in Sicily, Sardinia and Crete, in-
■ dieting heavy damage and taking a
high toll of enemy fighters attempt
ing to intercept.
$138.80 Is Raised
A total of $138.80 was raised by
the local committee for the infantile
paralysis fund it was announced Wed-
morning,
The children of the Seminole coun
ty High School raised a total of $98.55
and the birthday ball on Tuesday
evening brought in an additional
$40.25 to the fund.
The Olive Theatre offered a free
pass to the picture show to all chil
dren raising SI.OO or more for the fund
and the response was most gratifying
to the committee. Supt. C. B. Rick
man handled the campaign through
the school for the committee.
The money has been forwarded to
state headqaurters for the fund.
Plant Peanuts
The Donalsonvile Grain & Eleva
tor Company, in an advertisement in
this issue, urges the planting of in
creased acreage of peanuts for food
to help win the war.
The advertisement points out the
increased returns to the growers and
“incentive” payments offered for pro
duction in excess of quotes.
Peanut farmers should study the
message contained in the advertise
ment carefully.
Buy Bonds And Break The Bondage
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Embalming—Funeral Supplies
Ambulance Service \ aults.
FOR CASH BURIAL INSURANCE SEE R. I. EVANS
EVANS AND SON
R. I. EVANS. R. L EVANS, JR.
Day Phone 34 Night Phone 139
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jl' IN WAR 88.153
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Local Youth Gets
“Wings” At Ns; ier
The commanding officer of Napier
Field, near Dothan, Ala., announces
that Second Lieutenant’s b: >•' ami
the silver wings of a Army Air 7 ■ ices
pilot now graces the uniform of Avia
tion Cadet Bonnell I’. Coaelm
Donalsonville, following his • lua-
tion Tuesday from the Ar Air
Forces Advanced Flying Sch< Na-
pier Filed.
Lieutenant Coachman ai her
members of his class were r ited
at ceremonies in the Post (' 1 at
the field with Colonel James Dan
iel, Jr., Commanding Officer sid
ing. The oath of office was adminis
tered by Major Herman L. Harris,
post adjutant.
Cadet Coachman’s graduation cul
minated training that has carried
him through primary, basic and ad
vanced schools. Having received his
diploma from Colonel Daniel he is
now entitled to take his place in the
ranks of the young men who are fly
ing throughout the world for the U.
S. Army Air Forces.
The son of Mrs. B. P. Coachman, of
Donalsonville, Lieutenant Coachman
attended Seminole High School, Flor
ida Military Academy in St. Peters
burg and The Citadel in Charleston,
South Carolina. He was a student at
the University of Georgia when he
enlisted for flying training March 16,
1942. He held a private flying license
before entering the Air Forets.
Attending the exercises at which
Cadet Coachman received his wings
were Mrs. Li. P. Coachman, L. H.
Johnson, Mrs. I. B. Jones, Miss Louise
Jones, L. E. Spooner and Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Rawls, of Albany.
Mi s Mah’e Grsnt has returned to
her home 4»ere uftr;- spending . fiiu
past three months in Lynn Having
Fla., with h» >- sister, Mrs. I.e: ter
Bush. Mrs. Bush and Miss (rant
were employed in the Wai: w i ;ht
shipyard at Panama City.
fbPBH I
luZilk
Saturday Only
! John Kimbrough-Virginia Gilmore
-In-
"SUNDOWN JIM”
i
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Monday and Tuesday
Clark Gable - Tana Turner. I.
!
“SOMEWHERE ILL FIND YOi !
V ednesday Only
Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts and
Aline MacMahon, In
“TISH”
— , ■■
Thursday Friday
I Red Skelton - Ann Sothern, In j
“PANAMA HATTIE”
MIDGET THEATRE
Saturday
J. Carrol Naish - John Sheppard, in
“DR. RENAULT’S SECRET”
NUMBEI 1.