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[ilroad Day” 29th in
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has been set aside as
19 Gov
id Day' in Georgia
liver? has is sued a proc
that effect, and on
n to railroad
thousands of
jy jin Georgia, will
all over
Atlanta for » day of fes
in Lakewood Park
,t woman suggested
Atlanta and Mayor Wm. B.
i Dsv. has pro
ld of Atlanta which
it, to° So the city
wooden stake driven
rom a mark the
earth m 1338 to
o! its first railroad is
] to the people oi
|o pla! host Atlanta
lustry which made
importation hub of the
’ i' railroad blood in the
^ s Georgians. A
a lo t of
backward will disclose that
f US had some ancester or
at one time or another,
n pioneer rail
dped build the
r worked on them,
he present time there are
[han 27.000 Georgia fami
railroari payrolls. The rail
are Atlanta's largest em
Their monthly payrollh
$ 900,000 and the yearly
amount to more than $10,
while the total state pay
L the $40,000,000 mark, it
town.
idea of “Railroad Day” was
,t inman Yards in Atlanta,
the train crews report to
i the bills of lading of their
or turn them in after a
ip<nerti\e divis*
li_ r 7 Gorman,
vknown a- Miss Leila,
en a member of the
fer nearly 25 years,
to a conductor,
1-day picnics; and outings
njoved in yesteryear. Sh“
tY minute and then
can't we have them again?”
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Better Times Are
j„ Store Despite
War, Says Babson
Economist Looks For an Era
Of Better Business This
Year for U. S
This country is headed for an
world’s foremost trade analysts,
who delivered addresses in Atlanta
last week.
But after the war will come ec
nnomic revolution with changes
of bewildering magnitude, he
said. Mr. Babson predicted that
the new era will bemarked
totally different standards of liv
ing, longer hours for work, abol
ition of labor unions and com
plete revamping of public edu
cation.
One o fthe difficulties with
age, he asserted, is that the un
employed “are taught cheers
stead of chores.” Our schools
not preparing youth for life
era of better business this
regardless of what happens in
European war, in the opinion oi
Roger W. Babson, one of the
johs, he continued.
Mr. Babson, who is president
ial nominee of the New Prohibit
ion Party, said that sooner or later
the people will see that they have
“been fooled by the two major
parties,” and that in “two or four
or eight years we will have a
party to which they can turn in
stead of the Communistic Patty.
i Mr. Babson said he “eould not
assume that ,, , Hitler i_r ,, will 'it win this ,. -
war, “that England will not give
up oven though France is con
quered.”
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Over 13,500 pure bred hogs were
secured by Georgia 4-H club mem
hers in 1939 through assistance of
1 the Extension Service.
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Chevrolet Builds Its 900,000th 1940 Car
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Here is the 9(W),()(MMh car of Chevrolet’s 1940 model
production, as it left the assembly line at Flint. Mich.,
June 12, less than one month after No. 800,000 was
completed. Beside the car are M. E. Coyle, general
manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division (left), C. E.
Wetherald, general manufacturing manager (right), and
Arnold Lenz, assistant manufacturing manager, who
were present in the plant when the car was produced.
Business—Government
Cooperate To Mobilize
All Industrial Power
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Advisory ... Commission _ . . .... Works
Toward Double
Objectives.
Wheels are turning fast here as
this Government prepares itself
to deal with any threat that may
grow from trouble abroad. For
the first time since NRA days,
business is back in harness, pull
ing with Government. The result
is to be a quick mobilization ol
industry for large scale produc
tion of defense equipment.
President Roosevelt now be
lieves that the youth of this ocun
try should, through compulsory
military training, learn to use this
equipment. As yet, there is no
evidence that the President will
be able to sell Congress at this
session on compulsory service.
Here, as in other fields, he de
cision will depend upon the out
come of Europe’s war. • Defeat for
the Allies would force the United
States to a continental system of
defense, stressing universal serv
ice.
Organization of industry for war
equipment production cannot wait
upon the war’s outcome. The or
! ganization is driving ahead with
two objectives: (1) aid for the
Allies if they hold; (2) preparation
| for the hold. United The States National if the Allies De
i do not
THE COVINGTON NEWS
“Chevrolet has built .‘500,(MM) cars in less than three I
months.” Mr. Coyle pointed out. “The 600,000th of
these models was built on Marrh 21. the 700,000th on 1
April 16, the 800,000th on May 13, and the 900,000th
on June 12. This production rate closely parallels the
consistently heavy sales volume since the introduction
of the 1940 models last October, sales during March,
April and May alone totalling 307,345.”
fense commission, Commission inaigea charged With wiui
gelling action from industry di
reeled at those objectives, is oper
ating under full authority from
the President to get results.
Both William S. Knudsert and
Edward R. Settinius are devoting
full time to their tasks. Mr. Stet
tinus is busy now surveying and
preparing plans to acquire stocks
of raw materials in which the
United States may be deficient.
Mr. Knudsen is engaged in seek
ing to develop order and stand
ardization out of comparative
chaos in airplane and military
equipment types,
The task of Ralph Budd, in
dealing with transport problems,
an d of Leon Henderson and Ches
ter Davis, will come later. Mr.
Henderson is charged with watch
j n g prices to warn of any danger]
signs of a runaway. Mr. Davis has 1
the important task of finding mar
j^ e j. s f 0 r the surplus production of
American agriculture.
Until now there has been no
test of the authority possessed by
the Defense Commission, Mem
bers of the commission hope and
expect that they will receive from
industry a co-operation that will
make unnecessary a use of broad
authority that the President
could invoke under the National
Defense Act of 1916, if he should
decide that war is imminent.
There already has been study of
whether the powers of this act i
cannot be invoked under the pro
elamation of limited emergency
issued by Mr. Roosevelt last Sep
ternber. Some legal advisers say
it can; others that it cannot.
However, President Roosevelt
last Friday told newspapermen
that he had not yet run against j
orities in manufacture of equip
ment for defense If and when
he does-which may be soon-he |
may invoke section 120 of the De
fense Act, This section gives the
President these powers:
1. To place orders with any
factory in the United States and
to require that factory to give
precedence in producion to go\ -
ernmont orders.
2. To requisition and to operate j j
the plants of any producer who
refuses to comply with the request!
of the government.
To punish with jail sentence
and fine anyone who refuses to
fill a government contract under
the terms of the law.
It is under the Defense Act of
1916 that authority is given to
create and enforce a plan of in
dustrial mobilization The War
Department has such a plan. But
President Roosevelt's decision is to
operate in event of an emergency
through existing Government
agencies, supplemented by the
the problem of determining pri
National Defense Commission.
The result is t ocentralize power
in the White House, leaving in the
hands of the Presiden he decisions
concerning matters of broad
policy while the members of the
Defense Commission, working
through the Army and Navy, as
well as through the RFC and AAA
and SEC and Treasury and FSCC j
and other agencies, will see that
these policies are applied
lively. the
It must be remembered that
President, as a result of lceisla
tion in recent years has been
given authority over banking and
finance and agriculture ad com- j
j munieation and labor. !
This broad authority, according i
1 nrc^'bnt plans will be used 1
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sparingly. Officials are quick to
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Versatile Mulberry
Tree Sprouts Corn
What one ear of corn said to the
other; “Here we grow ’round the
mulberry bush,” This conversa
tion probably took place at Milan,
where Mr. H. H. Williams is dis
playing a mulberry tree that's
sprouting several ears of corn, Mr, *
SVilliams says that the curious sit—
nation occurred when grains of
corn scattered for the chickens
were consumed by the tree instead
Stalk of Rye Is
Six Feet High!
This lassie is coming through
with her rye. Miss Lucy Pool, of
Warthen, grows stalks of rye six
and one-half feet high! The Wash
ington county farmer-ess has six
teen acres of the grain, and anti
cipates a yield of 240 bushels Miss
Pool switched from cotton to the
“high rye” to escape the boll wee
vil, she states.
tobacco demonstrations
C ; G - Garne L extension mar
^ting economist, reports that
nearly 4,000 Georgia boys have
been taught how to grade to
bacco this spring as a result of
64 youth demonstrations conduct
ed in 14 counties of the state’s
tobacco belt. In addition to those
for boys, two farmers’ meetings
These demonstrations, conducted
by the extension service and the
tobacco section of the U. S. Ag
ricultural Marketing Service, were
designed to aid boys and farmers
in recognizing the different grades
o ftobacco, we well as do
grading
point out that none of them has
a desire to become a “commissar,"
whether of prices, of transpor
tation, or agriculture, or labor. So
long as it appears that the U. S.
is to avoid war, emphasis will
continue to be upon voluntary)
co-operation.
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The one present determination) .
is to s P epd production of war
materials in American industry,
for preparedness at home
and for aid to the Allies.
On pasture areas, it is well to
protect hill land from erosion
The Extension Service says this
may require terracing, contour
^ging or furrowing. _I
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PICKOUTS
- By -
TON KINNEY
War news, hot weather and the
sport page has kept the Pickout
Man so busy of late that a lot
of things have passed unnoticed
around our old town! , . Glenn
.
Payne is not married. However,
there are several who think he
is , . , Jack Worsham will wait
a little longer ■ . . There will be
an interesting orchestra at Rain
bow Lake tonight , . The Es
.
quires from Atlanta . , . The dance
is sponsored by the American
Legion and a good crowd of gals
and boys is expected out for the
evening of fun and frolic • Who
. .
was talking so sweetly to Pete
Mask Tuesday afternoon? .
.
The A1 Bledsoes are inticipating
. . . Ditto for the Ralph Watkins
' • • Evelyn had company from
Newnan Saturday . who sent
. .
her the box of candy 0 ... It was
not Brother Small Change! 'ery
Was Cecil Collins ' gal re al]y
n * Sunday night? What wv,i a,a d d he i,.
tell her ... Did Annett Carter
cry when Ralph Hilley broke his
arm? The Firemen softball team
almost did—Ralph played short
stop for the Firemen . The Joel
. .
Bowens are anticipating . , . Wal
ter Day took in a movie with
the Arnold Brothers Saturday
night—Amie was at the Lake , . .
Have Doris and P, D, parted? . . .
The Reynolds-Hardy romance is
in full bloom! . . Martin and
Hewitt were in town Friday night
together—beats us! . , Ann
and Mary were at the skating rink
Tuesday night with some admir
ers. . . . Who was Mary Carter
looking for Saturday? . . . John
Brown had to cut his baseball
playing short Sunday in order to
fill a date in Greensboro . He
. .
made the trip with Fred Lott .
Who did Ruby White date Sat
urday night? . • . What girl said
to tell Grady Carter to go to (one
word censored here). , . . Tommy
Callaway is back from Florida.
. . He has been brushing up
how Uncle Sam’s army spends a
vacation (?) • . . Bonham
son has some good reading books!
. . Who was the blonde
for Kay Lunsford Tuesday
NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE
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SAME LOW PRICES A
EXTENDED TO WH01ESAIERS. Youf
1936 STD. CHEVROLET TOWN
SEDAN—Built-in trunk, 4 ex
cellent tires, clean in Ul Q
side. Was $345. Now «P >7
1939 CHEVROLET Dx. SPORT
SEDAN — Low mileage, new
tires, this car equipped with
radio and heater, in excellent
condition. Was $700 ^ a* CA
Now
1937 FORD 60 COUPE—Deluxe
model, motor thoroughly re
conditioned, tires good, a real
bargain, Now ___________________ was $395 $295
1937 OLDSMOB1LE 2-DR, SE
DAN Built in trunk, new
oaint job, tires good $395
was $550, now____
Ginn Motor Company
Phone 280 Covington, Ga,
GET A REAL USED CAR BARGAIN FROM YOUR
CHEVROLET DEALER yzH
. . . Who was Epp Harris putting
the “eye” on at the Lake Saturday
night? ... Did Buck Brown get
a post card from Florida? , . .
Bill White, Amos Payne and Glenn
Payne know how to make the
blackberry jam joke g- over big!
. . . The very idea of Bill White
seying blackberry jam makes him
sick ... it is sour and etc.—Bah!
. . • Isn’t it about time for two
more, Bertha? . . . Who bought
! Sadie and Bertha a sandwich Sat
urday night at the Alcove? . . .
Mr, and Mrs- Doc Vining and
friends were eating at the Alcove
Saturday night . . , What social
lady did the wife of Governor
F,d Rivers call on in Covington
last. week. . . It was a social visit!
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1937 CHEVROLET 1W - TON
LONG WHEELBASE — New
tires, stake exchange body a real motor buy $350
1,933 FORD TRUCK— A special
bargain for only ^ ro O P
Your old truck taken
for down payment.
1938 CHEVROLET 1 '•4 -TON
LONG WHEELBASE — Tires
|how its low mileage, motor,
oeen checked OK, paint new
arakes, axle all have been
checked. O. K. $395
Paint new _____
1937 CHEVROLET SEDAN
DELIVERY Excellent me
chanical condition, good tires,
will repaint color to suit you
A at real only---- bargain $295
PAGE THREE
. , ■ Thanks for the ride to town
Wednesday, Walter . , Preston
German says the gals in Kings
port, Teon,. liked him all right but
the baseball people didn't, he. he.
. . • That's funny—Preston makes
a hit with the girls in Kingsport
and in Covington he makes a hit
with the baseball . . , There are
plenty of cutie pies bowling at
Pee Wee's every night . , . Roy
Sorrels, pitcher for the Boy Scouts
at Covington Mills, has written
the following on their baseball
team:
By Roy Sorrells
The Covington Mill boys base
ball team walloped the Coving
ton high school team, 7-1 Monday
morning behind the three-hit
pitching of Roy Sorrells. The hit
ting was led by George Hopkins,
and Raymond Brown
The Covington Mill Scout team
lineup is as follows: Billy Arnold,
3b; Ray Sorrells, ss; Raymond
Brown, 2b; George Hopins, lb;
Julius Johnson, c; Richard Loyd,
cf; Charles Stinchcomb, If; Wil
born Aaron, rf; Roy Sorrells, p.
Later on a complete record of
the Covington Mill Scout team will
be given.
1937 CHEVROLET COACH—
Black finish, good tires, hy
draulic brakes, valve-in-head
engine, this bargain won’t last
long. Was $395 $295
Now___
1938 CHEVROLET TOWN S9
DAN— Blue finish, new tires,
1940 license, complete accessor
ies, tip-toe-matic clutch, a writ
ten guarantee, only $445
$95 down. Was $500
1936 STUDEBAKER 4-DR. SE
DAN— Powerful engine, clean
interior, paint black finish, a
real value in a used car, punc
ture proof inner tubes $295
Was $400, now ______
Many Other Models
to Select From.