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SNOWED UNDER? Foot! You
uVhter see your Meets Office Missionary Boy! Knit
nf , Circle . . .
irf j e Meets ... Week of Prayer
wo n't you get up the program?
0! Sez I . • • and Golly the lady
mught 1 let her down ... but
,1ns house where three live its
le up and two down . , . and we
ink we swallowed one of those
iroat tr. “ on^of 1
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■ issionary Circle meetrn (not
■ eanmg to be sacreligious) but
I | pm prayers circle didn’t That reach Office Boy the
niitin . . .
rr be Snowed in . . . but we’ll
Mrm him up sez they ... (or
1 about what we think . . .
I, w ith one sweater just off those
■ eary needles and every stitch
a pearl there (no matter how
■ le e got the thing there . . . that, by
way is our secret) and another
| Tf) Cross sweater just about
adv to come off the needles . . .
| it they send another whole men’s bag
■ yarn , . . enough for two
I I (eaters . . . put that other one
iwn ... it was on my needles,
I Ini that was no excuse . . . they
me more needles . . . knit
li.ee | two sweaters in three weeks
Holy Smoke . . . and with
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e Boss in bed . - , and snow
revering the (a* . . steam
■at ■ going full blast in the house
i gave him the thread to i
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I J nd into balls and now I AM
3 owed under with Yarn . .. Navy
il le Yarn . . . you’d think I was
the Navy . . . Never again will
I turn him loose to wind yarn
vAile I’m knitting the other end
of I it just to save time . . . How
much credit have you, sez he??
jmvt you get a service button or
something? Service Button, sez
I? I’ll do w r ell if I just make the
grade in getting these sweaters
out in two weeks to warm “those
boys who are on the front ...
WELL, he has the nerve to advise
mr “You SEE to it that I get a
SERVICE button for all the
Head winding I’ve done, for
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gricullural News
liven By Newton
lounty Farm Agent ;
We have just received a very
»d bulletin from Extension
pvice k- You on peanut culture in Geor- call
may get a copy by
e for it at the office or writing
r it. Please call for Bulletin
^Jmber ^■ved . 490. letter Last about week you re
■ a the increas
peanut goal for Newton coun
ts We are asked to plant 1500
■"ps of peanuts this year to help
■ slpply our nation with needed ]
' and oils. Try to plant most !
■ your cotton acreage allotment j
■'i then a few acres of peanuts. |
■t only will this be a help to
■ir country, but will be addi
^■nal ■'ll in cash the income for your farm,
^Bended card showing your
acreage of peanuts as
will help us determine th»
^■nber ^Hinty. of pickers needed for the
V 1 you have any scrap iron
^Bnd ' s rusting away? If so, sell
^■cturers help win the war. Our man
need the materials to
b®d guns, tanks, battleships and
oiler war materials. This ma
^Hal machinery is also needed and to parts build needed new
^Bthe I"’'e repair of of used machinery.
our local 4-H Club boys
anc girls will be on the WSB
program Saturday morning
^■6:45. ^Br them. Turn Miss on Emmie the radio Nelson, and
■ ■ istan t 4-H Club Leader and
Prance will be in charge.
if. Cook Named
i bmaster Here
W. S. Cook, Jr., was re
I elected ,
v Cubmaster of the
l< II organization of Cubs,
a
n t'h of the Boy Scout program,
ording to an announcement
1)0 this week, with Mrs. Leon
i f°n , elected to serve as Den
(her.
, he Pack committeemen were
i pod as; r. p Campbell, Leon
Pn and W. C. MeGahee.
' s - R- P. Campbell is the re
’K Den Mother and under
J ance the Cubs have made out
ldln g progress. A number of
I'xis have been sponsored to
' e money and defense stamps,
ln g $21.60 have been purchas
,!le stamps being divided
r n 8 the members,
it the present time the Cubs
active in the campaign to col
scrap and waste paper.
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U. S. TROOPS LANDED IN
Gov. Talmadge SpecfKZ* ut Porterdale
WALLACE BUTTS
SINKWICH
JQ ^ PRESENT
Special Community
Night Being Sponsored
By Night Hawks and
Four Square Clubs.
A record attendance is expect
ed Saturday night at Porterdale,
when Governor Eugene Talmadge
visits Newton County to take part
on a Community Night program
being sponsored by the Four
Square and Night Hawks, meres’
social clubs of Porterdale.
The big program is scheduled
to start promptly at eight o’clock
(EWT) with two full hours of en
tertainment by talented artists of
the County on the program.
The guest of honor for the eve
ning, Governor Talmadge, is
scheduled to make a short but in
teresting talk. Other outstanding
features of the program includes
a sports interview with Wallace
Butts, of the University of Geor
gia, and Frankie Sinkwich, Geor
gia football star, who was selected
to several all-American teams this
past season and who sparked his
team to a brilliant victory in the*.
Orange Bowl.
S.JV1. Hay, prominent magician,
will nave a part on the program >
rendering several feats of magic.
Free prizes, donated by the mer
chants of Newton County and
other friends of the two sponsor
ing clubs, will be given away to
the holders of lucky numbers.
Surprise acts in the audience will
tend to liven the entertainment
at unexpected moments.
The purpose of the program
Saturday night, as explained by
officials of the two clubs, is “to
entertain the people of Newton
County and encourage a spirit of
good fellowship between them.”
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend. No admis
sion fee is being charged and
everyone attending will havf an
opportunity to win a valuable
prize and at the same time are
assured of an evening of fjpod,
clean entertainment.
Defense School Is
Now Underway
At Rutledge Camp
A fire and defense training
school for men representing all
the southeastern United States
National Park areas opened this
past Monday at the Hard Labor
Creek Recreational Demonstration
Area, near Rutledge, according to
an announcement by Blanton
Clement, manager of the Hard
Labor Creek Area. The school will
be brought jo a close tomorrow
afternoon.
Classes and demonstrations are
being given in Civilian Defense,
Air Raid Defense Organization,
Chemical Warfare, Forest and
Building Fire Fighting and Medi
cal Service Organization. Stu
dents are all Chief Rangers, Fire
Chiefs and Superintendents of Na
tional Park Areas and they will
apply techniques learned at the
school in organizing defenses at
their own parks. One of the high
lights of the school will be a prac
tice blackout at CCC Camp NP-6
at Rutledge with the school fur
nishing the c rf ws for the various
emergency stations.
Thirty men from Florida, Mis
sissippi, Kentucky, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Tennes
see and Georgia are in attendance.
The instructors are from the
Branch of Forestry in the Wash
ington, D. C., and Richmond, Va.,
offices of the National Park
Service and are men who have
completed training courses with
the Army Chemical Warfare
School, Fire Departments,~'\and
other Civilian Defense Training
centers. The Hard Labor Creek
course includes all southeastern
Park Service areas within bomb
ing range of the coast and is both
for protection of the parks and
for giving assistance in communi
tie s near the parks. Other courses
for the parks in th e northeastern
United States and in the west will
follow.
Th« C'OTington Star, lav 1874.
Georgia EnHrpriia, Eat. 1864.
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at the Boston Navy Yard. The U. S. S. Guest is another link in our
two-oc.,„ Navy, now tain, rnsh.d ,o completion .. an unprece
dented rate.
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TOM LINDER SAYS PARITY PRICES
Secretary’s Figures Are
Only 60 Percent Parity;
Farmers’ Costs Are
Increased 95.5 Percent.
Tom Linder. Georgia’s Commis
sioner of AgrMte <hl., «.k,
m continuing his fight fot the
American farmers, charged that
parity prices, as determined by
Secretary of Agriculture, Claude
Wickard, were too low, not being
true parity, and urged Congress
to compel Secretary Wickard
carry out the duties of his office,
or replace him with someone who
‘“would give the farmers a square
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In an editorial, written by Mr.
Linder, in the current issue of
the Georgia Market Bulletin, the
Agricultural Commissioner
that parity prices, as fixed bv
Secretary iq Wickard, represented
onlv only a a oer per cent cent increase increase ox over er
prices in the base period, 1910 to
1914, while the price of commodi
ties ties, purchased purenaseo bv by tne the larmer farmer
,oday > have increased 95.5 per
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“The Agriculturla Adjustment
Act of 1938,” Mr. Linder said
will give the farmers’ products
“requires as parity a figure that
the same purchasing power that
they had during the base period.”
“The act of Secretary Wickard
in fixing fake parity prices at
starvation figures has defeated the
Continued on Page Seven
j j Kiwanians Get
| ! Interesting Letter
Secretary C. Lee Harwell of the
Covington Kiwanis clut this week
has released for publication a let
ter addressed to the Kiwanians
from Private First Class Ralph E.
Marks, a Newton county boy with
the nation’s armed forces at Camp
Joe. T. Robinson, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Private Marks insists that “the
finest people in the world live in
Newton County”. He writes that
though at the Camp he has been
in contact with boys from all parts
of the country he “is the only one
who has feceived a message from
a civic organization.”
The letter from Private Marks
came in response to a communi
cation addressed to him by the
Covington Kiwanis Club at its
Thursday meeting. The club mem
bers regularly during lunch write
their own service members and
other Newton County boys in the
armed forces whose names and
pictures are placed about on the
tables.
Numerous replies are being
1 received from our Newton Coun
ty boys who seemingly appreciate
Continued on Page Seven
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
' $738 Paid Newton
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Ul ? en l£ loyment benef ! ts amount_
‘ ng to $738 00 were paid to New
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^of , Be^THu^as^an*
Labor * Ben T * HUiet has an
nounced , - Number of checks issued
™ lota "f"'* l payments •* ™- for the month,
e ,° W ^’ es ^ amounted since August to
| 0 . ’ ’ , en , j’ Aalf
-,,.' more an a
! ” 11 lon 0 ais was disbursed, and
'"” ease of a PP'c*cimately
$125 ’ 000 over » , h e previous month,
Post _christma s lav-offs and ‘ u dis
s su m g r ” m 1 e war
P roductlon . . accounted , , largely for
(hg increasei Commissioner Huiet
said.
Within the past few weeks, num
ber of claims for benefits filed
have shown a decided increase.
Georgia’s unemployment trust
fund to ease the burden of cur
rent and future unemployment
contained $33,869,270 at the close
of business February 18, Com
missioner Huiet reported.
The Fund, built up by contri
butions of 2.7 per cent paid by
covered employers on their pay
rolls, is on deposit in the federal
treasury and is used exclusively
for the payment of benefits to
eligible workers, Withdrawals
are made as needed to pay bene
fits.
Commissioner Huiet said total
Continued on Page Seven
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in the Pacific northwest coastal area. On the alert, a gun crew mans a 37 mm ant’-aircraft piece. I
Planes in the background would be in the an at once in case of alarm. L
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THURSDAY, MARCHS, 1942.
J|R[ PERMITS !
TOTAL 28 FOR
PAST MONTH
27 Obsolete Tires and
24 Tubes Sold During
The Month; 8 Tractor
Tires Also Sold.
Certificates to purchase 11 tires
and nine tubes for passenger cars
were issued during the month of
February by the Newton County
Tire Rationing Board, as were cer
tificates for the purchasing of 17
I tires for trucks and 25 truck tubes.
Permits were also issued for 27
i tires and 24 tubes, listed as obso
lete and for six recapped tires,
Eight tires and five tubes were
sold in the County for use on farm
tractors and other farm imple
ments.
The February quota for the
County was 11 tires and nine
tubes for passenger cars and 17
tires and 30 tubes for trucks. This
quota was completely used with
| the exception of truck tubes, the
quota being 30 and only 25 cer
; tificates being issued. The quota
fnr fLTe" +h „ month ‘wee “ U arA Lte” ' he
News.
The complete list of persons re
ceiving tires and tubes during the
past month follows;
For Passenger Cars—W. M.
Loyd, for Newton County, one tire
and one tube; Isaac Robertson, for
Newton County, one tube; Edgar
Wallace, two tires and two tubes;
C. C. Cowan, two tires; Rev. Nath
Thompson, two tires and one tube;
H. C. Hicks, one tire and pne
'tube; Hjev. John Crutchfield, one
, tire; Dr. W- D. Trains, two tires
and two tubes, and Rev. John H,
King, one tube.
Obso.et. were so.d ,ol
| lows: B. F. Jones, two tires and
two tubes; j B nv ^ two tires
anrI n tuh w r navis two
tires and two tubes- ’ R n ’ Dorsev
tj R M R ne , ire
and one tube; C. L Garrison, two
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tubes; william E. Simmons, two
tires and two tubes; C. W. Thomp
son ^ two tires and two tubes; Hen
ry Latham, two tires and two
tubes; George Dickerson, two tires :
anc j tWo tubes, and J. D- Boyd,.
two tires and two tubes.
For all Trucks—Bibb Manufac
turing Company, three tires and
one tube; J. O. Allen, two tires and
two tubes; State Highway, for
Continued on Page Seven
1 Plan Radio Show
NGXt TllOS* Night ®
The r£dio salute to Newton
County, sponsored by radio
station WSB. of Atlanta,
scheduled for this past Tues
day night, was postponed for
one week because of extreme j
bad weather in all parts of I
Newton County.
The show will go on as
planned next Tuesday night.
March 10, at the gymnasiupi
in Porterdale. starting at 8 i
o’clock. Make your plans
now to attend and see how a
radio show is carried out. ■
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Georcia Georgia farm farm leaders leaders, facing facing a a
food P roductlon program of stag
gering proportions, are mapping
war strategy to repel all obstacles.
S ^ disaster of P earl harbor
suited from not being thoroughly
T"?; T nten d be Georgm caught fanners likewise. do The not
army and navy are exertin § them
«'«• •« very limit, of human
endeavor, industry is rapidly
g e a rin S itself for a pace and ca
pacity of production almost be
y° n S comprehension. Agriculture
can do no l ess -
In spite of all control methods
and campaigns since 1933, over
production of food for 1942 is just
simply not possible. There is at
present enough short cotton and
wheat, but demand and ever
growing need for other farm pro
ducts is comparable to Mr. Roose
velt’s figures for planes and tanks.
What are we expected to pro
duce?
Georgia goals have been set for
1942 as follows: milk, 1,180 mil
lion pounds; 50,917.000 dozen eggs:
301,063.000 pounds of pork, and
525,000 pounds of sheep and
lambs. We are asked to prooduce
123,504.000 pounds of beef and
raise chicken and turkey produc
tion by 9 per cent and 15 per cent
respectively.
Our quota of soybeans is 50.000
acres and we harvested only 13,
000 acres in 1941. We are expect
ed to raise as many peanuts for
Continued on Page Seven
PAPER IS COVINGTON’S
INDEX TO CIVIC PRIDE
AND PROSPERITY
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gun on are
enemy air raiders if and when they come. Ready to go into action,
each member of this big gun’s crew takes his respective position
immediately after the first warning.
j "MacARTHUR DAY" SCHEDULED HERE
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SATURDAY; PLAN SCRAP METAL DRIVE
4-H Clubs
Drive In All Schools
County; Everyone Is
Asked To Take Part.
Newton County citizens, in
determined drive “slap the
off the map”, this week com
bined their efforts, naming Sat
urday as MacArthur Day in the
County, setting the day aside for
a concentrated drive to move
scrap metal left laying in yards,
attics, and on the farms of the
County, will only rust, but that
it can be used to help in the war
if turned in at this time.
Citizens are warned not to throw
away things that can be used to
advantage, this applying especial
ly to the farms. Ufeable repair
parts should be saved but scrap
iron and steel that will* not be
used should be turned in so that
it may be used to help win the
war.
Persons having large amounts of
scrap arc aked to call a dealer.
Continued on Page Seven
Emory Student Is
Rotary Speaker
The regular meeting of the Cov
ington Rotary Club was held
Tuesday noon at the Delaney Ho
tel with President W. C. MeGahee
in charge.
Dr. S. L. Waites introduced his
guest, the Rev . J. Foster
Young, of the Covington First
Methodist Church. James Gard
ner made a brief talk on the Aux
iliary Fire Department in Newton
County under the Defense Pro
gram and stated that a 35 hour
course would be given all interest
ed persons. Forty men are needed
for this defense program course
in this county.
President MeGahee made sev
eral announcements and then
turned the meeting over to
Charles Forester who presented
the Rotary button to new member
B. D. Cain, of Porterdale. The
Treasurer’s report was then given
by Hoke Randle and approved by
the club.
Program Chairman Forester
then introduced John Cobb, an
American who spent many years
in Japan, John is a son of are
turned missionary and now a stu
dent at Emory at Oxford. He is a
member of the international re
lations club at Emory. He made
a most interesting talk on the his
tory of Japan and stated that the
Japanese were a strong, united
of people. He added that
they were a people who would
fight together regardless of their
feelings toward the government
and that they had been preparing
their military machine for a num
brr of years. Questions were ask
Continued on Page Seven
NUMBER 10
CONTINGENT IS
LARGER THAN
PREVIOUS GROUP
Sixteen Nurses and Six
Red Cross Workers Also
In Group; First Troops
Arrive in London.
Thousands more cheering, hus
ky United States fighting men
have arrived in a Northern Ire
land port to augment the force
that has been in Ulster for more
than a month, it was announced
yesterday.
Details of the landing of the
fleet of transport and supply ships
were withheld until the soldiers,
their guns and their other fight
ing equipment had been scatter
ed to the secluded spots through
out the six Northern Ireland coun
ties and the ships had left port.
Compared with the ceremonial
landing of the first contingent of
the AEF to Europe's part of the
World War last month, the latest
arrival was a routine job carried
out with typical Army and Navy*
clockwork precision.
Like the first contingent, most
of the latest arrivals are Mid
westerners who had been in train
ing in Southern Army camps for a
year. But there are some repre
sentatives of every part of the
country.
They came in full field equip
ment and with their guns ready.
The white-haired troop com
mander was a colonel from the
Middle West, a veteran of artillery
campaigning in the first World
War and five years commander of
the same unit, which was with the
Rianbow Division.
First ashore from the first ship
load, the colonel saluted MaJ.
Continued on Page Seven
Three Essays Are
Submitted From
Newton County
Three essays, written by Bert
Vardeman, Carolyn Robertson and
Van Cochran, were selected from
among those written by the senior
students of the Covington High
School to represent Newton
County in a state-wide contest,
sponsored by Rich’s Inc., of Atlan
ta
The three essays will be en
tered in the contest and the win
ning essay writer from this Coun
ty will be given a $25. defens*
bond. All three papers are eligi
ble in the state contest, the^grand
prize being a four-year scholar
ship to some college.
The subject for the essays was,
“The. Citizen of My County Who
Has Made the Greatest Contribu
tion to the State of Georgia.” Th*
students selected their own
Continued on Page Seven
Charles C. King
Gets Commission
Charles C. King, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. King, of this City, ha*
been graduated from the Officer*
Candidate Department of the Sig
nal Corps School, according to in
formation received here this week,
having completed the course on
February 27.
He received a commission as
2nd lieutenant in the Army of the
United States after having suc
cessfully completed an intensive
three months’ course. During that
time he proved to the satisfaction
of his superior officers that he
possessed the ability to lead men
and the mental, character and
technical qualifications necessary
to the making of a good Signal
Corps Officer.
Lieutenant King is in the City
at the present, visiting his parents
and friends in the community, be
fore returning to active duty.
Lieutenant King was inducted
as a selectee on February 20,
1941. Before entering the army
he was employed as State Super
visor by the Georgia W. P. A.
He attended the Covington pub
lie schools, Emory University and
the Atlanta Law School,