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By THE OFFICE BOY
Oh Me Gosh: Fellow Country
men . . . Patriotic Souls ; you say
ye Be! Well, if you read this i you
are going to get some of the
edicine we have taken for about
ten days . . . You see we had to
come to the Aid of our Country
. . . and it's FIRST AID! And we
are chatting with you on Tuesday
night . . . because after Wednesday
morning there might not be any
left of us! Why, well be gory.
after answering questions for 10
long days, two hours each day
NOW we have to stand a TEST in
the morning, Wednesday morning!
And dear readers my “Patellas”
(oh that’s your little triangle shap
ed bones called knee caps) are
shaking right now until we can
hardly hold our pen in- hand.
Our cranium, (and that's the up
per portion of the skull which is
formed of eight immovable bones
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Cotton Ginnings
Show Big Decrease
In Newton County
Six thousand, ninety-three bales
of cotton were ginned in Newton
County from the 1941 crop, prior
to January 16, a report, made this
week by L. H. Cook, special
agent for the Department of Com
merce, Bureau of Census, reveals.
This figure is 5,117 less than total
ginnings to the same date last
year. Other major developments
of importance to the Cotton Belt
, states included the sharp rise of
cotton prices to the highest point
in almost 13 years with an ad
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Charter Day Is
Observed by E.A.O.
Charted Day exercises featured
the Monday morning chapel period
of Emory Junior College when
four student leaders reviewed the
history of old Emory College from
Its founding to (he present day
outstanding Emory University.
After the devotional by John
Cobb, of Newnan, Williard Grant,
of West Hartford, Conn., and
Thomas Burdette, of LaGrange,
summarized 'the history of the Col
lege and University. Both Grant
and Burdette brought out many
interesting but little known facts
in connection with the early life
of Emory. Jack Hightower, of
Jacksonville, Fla., read “The
Creed of Emory,” written by Dr.
Stewart R. Roberts, ’02.
The exercises were closed with
the singing of Alma Mater, led by
' Professor Virgil Y. C. Eady, di-
1 rector of the Emory at Oxford glee
club. Dean George S. Roach acted
as master of ceremonies.
Rotary Club Plans
Drive For Airport
The regular . meeting ... of . the Cov- „
ington Rotary Club was
Tuesday noon at the Delaney
I Hotel with President W. C, Me
Gahee presiding.
Two guests of the club was in
troduced as follows; Jimmy Dixon
and Mr. Fuller. The meeting was
then tu-ned over to program
Chairman Fletcher Dudley who
j introduced the speaker, Mr.
Hawkins, of this city.
Mr. Hawkins made a most in
j teresting talk on the “War in the
Philippines” and compared the
present war wtih the Spanish
American War in which he served
as a soldier. He stated that he
served under Arthur MacArthur,
father of the present General Mac
Arthur who is now defending the
Philippines. He paid 'tribute to
the American soldier and to the
Philippine soldiers and added that
they were both loyal to the end.
J H. O. Whelchel then made a re
port on the Airport project
plans were made to start a drive
for an army or navy airport in
Covington. Mr. wheichei stated ...
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chance to secure help from the
government.
Legion Meeting Is
Planned Next Tues.
Newton County Post No. 32, cf
the American Legion and mem
bers of the Auxiliary will meet
next Tuesdav night at the Legion
Hal' at 7 30 o'clock, according to
an announcement made this week
A special motion picture has
been planned and a large attend
ance ; s u - ged by officials of the
Post
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DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION TO BE LIMITED TO ABOUT
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( ’ENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD CHINESE GENERALISSIMO
^ WAVELL. hero of Libya, ap- ^ CHIANG KAI-SHEK, now
pointed Supreme Commander of all Commander of all Allied land and
Allied force* in the southwest Pa- air forces in China, Burma and
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1 IEUT. GEN. GEORGE H. ADMIRAL THOMAS C.
! BRETT, former Chief of the HART, Commander of the
U. S. Army Air Corps, now serving U. S. Asiatic Fleet, now serving a*
as Wavell. Deputy Commander under Gen. Commander of all Allied Navies in
the Far East.
! j DANCE PLANNED AT LEGION HALL AS
| PART OF POLIO DRIVE IN COUNTY
Goal for Newton County
Placed at $400; State
Objective I* Given As
$100,000.
Confidence that Newton county
will easily get its quota in the
President’s Birthday Celebration
to raise $400.00 in the fight against
infantile paralysis was voiced to
day by J. B. Weaver, county
chairman.
“The magnificent achievement
of our state chairman, Mrs. Cason
Callaway, in securing sixty $1,000
contributions from s ; xty outs'tand
jng citizens and leaders of busi _
ness and mdustry in Georgia
should inspire every worker in
this great cause to his best ef
j forts ” said Mr. Weaver. leader that, “We
i ca nnot fail such a as
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that w hi c h he leads. We now
bave assurance of victory in
reaching our goal of $100,000 for
the state, and this will be far ex
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Farm loan Group
j To Meet In City
' The annual meeting of the
j Newton County National Farm
Loan Association will be held
next Tuesday at ]0: oo A. M'„
Court House 8t Covington,
ac cord,ng to
ment made by W. H. Bronson.
Secretary-Treasurer. Reports
the past year ,_ operations wi „ bP
madf to members of the as.socia
tioR anrf one direc tor elected by
them for a term of three years.
Ixing-term farm mortgage loans
made by The Federal Land Bank
of Columbia in Newton County
are serviced through the facilities
of the Newton County Associa
tion. At the present time the as
sociation has 36 loans oustanding
amounting to $59,100.00. The
Columbia Bank has ample funds
at this time for lending to quali
fied farmers and the present con
-fact rate of interest in All
or any part of the loan may be re
paid at any lime and future pay-
Th« C'orinfton Star, lit 1874.
Geor (f!» Enterprise. fat. 1S64.
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Ground Limestone and 20 per
cent Superphosphate can be re
quested now for early delivery
through the AAA. You can get
the limestone delivered at your
farm in lots of at least 5 tons.
Superphosphate is at healhead on
iy.
The deduction rate on ground
limestone is $3.25 per ton. This
limestone may be applied to any
cropland or pastureland. The
AAA pays $3,00 per ton for the
application of this material.
^0 percent superphosphate may
be secured at $15.00 per ton. The
material will come in 100 pound
bags. If this material is applied
within the specifications of the
AAA you Will receive a payment of
$13.75 a ton. The main crops that
acid can be used on early are
lespedeza, crotalaria. kudzu and
pastureland. For detailed speci
fications refer to page 4 of the
1942 AAA Handbook for Georgia.
If you do not have a copy of this
handbook one may be secured at
this office. We will mail requests
to the State Office for thi* materi
al , about ^bruary _ . 10 1fl therefore ,
!f y .°“ ^ any °< ^.s mafenal
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Enemy Aliens ...... Will
Dnpielpr On Foh reD ‘ “ Q
The Alien Registration Division
of the Federal Government this
week issued an order requiring all
aliens of enemy countries, Ger
many, Italy and Japan to register,
E. L. Stephenson, postmaster said
this week.
The registration will start on
February 9, continuing through
February 28. he added. Aliens will
register at the post office and cer
tificates of identification will be
mailed to them. The 1940 census
lists 12 foreign born persons in
Newton County.
COVINGT6 N
Sugar I* First Food To
Be Rationed During
War; Commercial Use
To Be Curtailed.
Covingtonians, along with mil
lions of other American citizens,
this week prepared to cut down
on the use of sugar, following an
announcement that a government
rationing program for sugar
would begin early in February
with each person limited to about
a pound a week.
Announcing the program, Price
Administrator Leon Henderson
said it was proposed, too, to re
cover excess stocks from persons
who have hparded supplies.
The p ros p ec , ive allowance of
one pound per person a week
pares with average ner cBDita 1
! home IHn ' sumpUon of , 1 Vi
pounds , a week in 1941.
Mr. Henderson said there was
an actual shortage of abt ut one
third in the sugar supply, and
that this, rather than hoarding,
necessitated this first food stuff
rationing of this war.
Rationing books have been de
signed and printing of them will
be started in a day or two, he said.
Then, in a direct word of warn
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Stone Mountain
Baptist Group To
Meet In Conyers
A conference for all Baptist
2SHE o’clock
at 3 on Feb, 5, 1942.
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groups: Associational officer*
and general officers of the local
Training Unions - b y Revp w - H -
Faust: young people and adults,
by Dr. Noble Van Ness; Inter
mediate leaders and workers, by
Miss Mary Strickland; and Junior
leaders and workers, by Mrs. W. C.
The afternoon message,
“Every Church Member Growing”,
will be delivered by Rev Byron
Kennerly.
A picnic supper will be served
by Conyers Church for all who at
tend at 6:00. This will be follow
ed by an important conference for
the associational officers.
The evening session will begin
at 7:00. In addition to the con
ference period as of the afternoon
j session, there will be a presents
tion of goals for the coming year
by the director, a presentation of
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Big Guns Prepared to Defend Alaskan Coast
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i meet any attempted invasion. A sentry symbolize* Amcncan alcrtnc-s*.
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x.* which keep the Axis forces in North Africa sup- ■P 4 '
plied with fuel vital to their panzer division* and *
dive bombers. Below, the result of a machine gun ■E
attack by British bombers: The trucks aflame and '
blocking the single supply road between Homs and
Misurata along the Gulf of Sirte. The truck’s crew
tries to hide behind the nearest telegraph pole.
TIRE RATIONING BOARD APPROVES PURCHASE OF
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Group Also Issues Certificates For
25 Tires and 15 Tubes Now Obsolete
The Newton County Tire Ra
tioning Board, composed of A. M.
Campbell, P. W. Pratt and J. T.
Cook, issued certificates for the
purchase of 23 tires and 36 tubes
during the first 28 days of Jan
uary, a report, released yesterday
reveals.
The Board also issued buying
certificates for 25 tires and 15
tubes in obsolete classifications, as
well as a permit for a tractor tire
and tube.
A total of 33 tires and 22 tubes
were sold in the City during the
month for use on passenger cars
and light trucks, 22 tires and 13
tubes being obsolete types.
For trucks and busses, 15 tires I
and 29 tubes were certified, three j
tires and two tubes being obsolete,
The City of Covington was the I
largest user in this classification,
receiving permits to purchase two
tires and 20 tubes.
The complete list of certificates
issued is as follows;
For Passenger Cars and Light
Trucks—Town of Mansfield, four
tires and four tubes; Dr. W. J.
Huson, one tire and one tube; II.
B. Floyd, four tires and four
tubes; J. C. Boswell, four tires
(obsolete); Henry J. Wright, two
tires and two tubes (obsolete);
Mrs. H. L, Rollins, one tube (ob
solete); Robert Singley, two tires
and two tubes (obsolete); B. H.
Willingham, two tires (obsolete);
S. P, Potts, two tires (obsolete);
| Johnnie Holder, two tires and two
tubes (obsolete); H, R. Clarke,
two tires and two tubes (obsolete);
,T. T. Uennard, two tires (obso
lete); Fred Roquemore, four tires
and four tubes (obsolete); and
City of Covington, two tires for
City Police Car.
For Trucks and Busses Atlan-
11c Ice and Coal Co., one tire and
une tube; D. G. Hinton, Newborn,
one tire (obsolete); Newton Coun
ty, one tire; City of Covington,
two tires and 20 tubes; A. E. Hays,
two tires and two 'tubes (obsolete);
P. L. Knight, two tires and two
tubes; Henry Odum, Jr., three
tirts and three tubes; Meyer Jack
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Tax Experts In
City Next Week
Field representatives of the
United States Department of In
ternal Revenue will be in Coving
on Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week to assist taxpayers in
preparing their current income
tax returns.
E. L. Stephenson, Covington
postmaster, said that, the repre
sentatives would make their head
quarters in the post office. It is
expected that a number of local
citizens will take advanage of this
opportunity to obtain expert ad
vice.
Cooperation of the public by
early filing of returns is request
ed try federal and state officials.
THIS PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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Dean Roach Will
Represent E.A.O.
j j At College Meeting
j j Dean George S. Roach,
executive of Emory Junior Col
i lege at Oxford, will spend to
i morrow and Saturday in Atlanta
as a representative to the annual
meet of the Georgia Association
of Junior and Senior Colleges.
Much importance is attached to
the meeting of the Association this
week in view of the fact that def
inite plans are expected to be out
lined for the future operation of
Georgia junior and senior col
leges It is practically assured
that Emory Junior College at Ox
ford will go on a four-quarter
basis, offering work this summer
for the first time iri many years.
Proposed changes will material
ly shorten the time required for
college graduation without sacri
ficing in any way the quality of
academic work done. High school
students of superior calibre who
have completed their junior year
will be particularly favored in the
proposed new regulations regard
ing admittance to college fresh
man classes.
Final action on the “speed-up”
program is expected to be taken
next week, when a called meeting
of a committee of the Southern
Association of Schools and Col
leges meets in Atlanta,
Dean Roach will be accompanied
to Atlanta by Professor R.
Thorne, registrar of Emory at Ox
ford.
Victory Book Drive
Underway In City
A Victory Book Drive for New
ton County, part of a nationwide
' move to secure books for the men
m the armed forces, got under
| way Hawkins, here this week, Mrs, C. E.
County chairman, an
nounced this week.
The purpose of the drive, as out
lined by Mrs. Hawkins, is to secure
the donation of books for use in
libraries maintained in the various
army and navy centers and in the
U.SO centers throughout the na
tion.
Carnp librarians report that the
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Liberty Cemetery
To Be Cleaned Up
The Methodist Church of Ber
ieidale announced this week, plam
for cleaning up the old Liberty
Cemetery, located near Porterdale.
Any persons in Newton County j
having relatives buried in the
Cemetery are requested to have
their lots cleaned off and to take
part in cleaning and beautifying
the Cemetery. j
NU MBER 5
U. S. PLANES SINK
TRANSPORT IN
MACASSAR STRAIT
Invader* Are Caught In
Trap Set by Dutch; Lo»»
Of Japanese Lives Run*
Into Thousands.
Giant American four-motor
bombers, smashing anew at a
Japanese invasion armada in Ma
cassar Strait, sank a big transport,
set another afire and scored a
direct hit on a cruiser, it was of
ficially announced yesterday.
Pounding home Japan's greatest
naval disaster of the war. United
States fliers thus boosted to at
least 36 the number of Japanese
ships sunk or damaged in a five
clay battle.
Macassar Strait, the roadway to
Java, headquarters of General Sit
Archibald P. Wavell's United Na
tions command, lies between
Dutch East Borneo and Celebes
Island.
A communique acknowledged
that the Japanese had apparently
occupied the burned-out oil center
of Balik l’apan, East Borneo port
on Macassar Strait.
It was apparent, however, that
the invaders had been lured into
a deadly trap, set by the Dutch
more than a week ago when they
announced that Balik Papan'*
great oil fields had been destroyed
and implied that land defenses
had been withdrawn.
In accepting the “invitation,’*
the Japanese armada unwarily
sailed into a hornet's nest of Al
lied submarines, bombers and sur
face wareraft. No immediate es
timate was available on the los*
of Japanese lives, which presum
ably ran into thousands.
While the Dutch listed only 30
Japanese troopships and warships
sunk or badly damaged, American
accounts put the five-day toll at
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Victory Meeting
I At Porferdale Is
[ Scheduled Sunday
Complete plans for a Victory
Rally and joint supper for the
Night Hawk and Four Square
Clubs of Porterdale were, an
nounced this week.
The supper for the member* of
the two organizations will be s«rv
ed between 6:30 and 7:30 o’clock,
with the Victory meeting follow
ing immediately after.
Everyone in the community i»
urged to be on hand for the Vic
tory Meeting which is being held
in the Julia A. Porter Memorial
Gymnasium.
A special program has been
and all attending are as
wired of an evening of entertain
ment. Highlights of the program
are as follows: Prelude, a song,
“Victory Ahead”, sung by the
Choral Group; "America’', sung by
the Choir and the congregation,
Scripture reading, by Rev. J, H.
Reynolds, Invocation, by Rev. L.
M. Lyda, “Faith of Our Fathers”
by the congregation, offering.
^P«'‘al singing by a choir of 100
voices, sermon, by Rev. Guy T.
Pittman, a song by the congrega
I 101 ', and the benediction, by Rev,
Cloud.
Mrs. Fowler On
Kiwanis Program
Dean Geo. S. Roach, in charge
of prorgams of the Covington Ki
wanis Club for January and Feb
ruary, announced this week that
Mrs. R R. Fowler, Jr., will be the
Club’s guest artist at the luncheon
meeting today noon at the De
laney Hotel.
Mrs. Fowler has appeared num
erous times before the Kiwanis
Club and each time has won
hearty applause through her
charm and superior musical tal
ents. Her rich, colorful soprano
voice has delighted other local
audiences many times,
Mr Fowler is immediate pa*t
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