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Average I. S. Ship
Is 19.7 Years Old
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’Merchant Fleet’s ‘Age’ Up
Sliphtly From 1940.
NEW YORK. Despite the in
crease in merchant ship construc
tion during the last year in the
United States, the average age of
vessels in the American merchant
fleet is higher than last year, ac
cording to the latest bulletin issued
by the American bureau of shipping
.wi the subject.
A breakdown of age figures on
the 1.123 ships in United States
•ccan-going merchant service on
October 1, 1941, shows that 79.2 per
cent are more than 20 years old.
Only 39.9 per cent of the vessels
owned by other countries are past
the 20-year mark. Eleven per cent
ji the American ships are less than
five years old, while 17 per cent of
the foreign craft are within this
das;.
The average age of merchant
sihips flying the United States flag
us 19.7 years, one-tenth of 1 per
cent more than at the time of a
similar survey completed on Octo
ber 1, l'J4O.
These figures do not give a true
picture of the potential quality of
-cur merchant fleet, however, and
it is expected that as the long-range
emergency shipbuilding programs
of the United States maritime com
mission progress this country will
have a first-class fleet of cargo car
riers, with a gradual increase in
Tbe number of new vessels.
On the basis cf these age figures
ft is difficult to realize, for exam
ple, that the number of ocean-going
.-steel merchant ships completed in
the first 10 months of this year i*
nearly double the total for the same
period in 1940.
On October 1 of this year, 1,011
vessels were under construction or
contract to the bureau’s classifica
tion On November 1, 1940, there
were only 302 ships listed.
ißuss Levy Special Tax
On Unwed and Childless
MOSCOW.-The Supreme Soviet
Las levied a special tax on unmar- !
rufd persons and childless couples,
tfce Moscow radio said.
Those affected are men from 20
ta 30 years of age and women from
M to 45.
Exempt from the tax, whose
,-ioaount was not given, will be those
with armed forces, students
isnal pensioners.
Mrlal-Shy France Now
Grabs Ancient Jalopies
VlCHY—Because of the lack of
m**a! all automobiles of models
manufactured prior to September I,
l r 33fi unless used as trucks or i
iwmwes, must be sold to the govern
mctxL, which will salvage all the met
al they contain.
Owners wno fail to comply will be
foard and their cars confiscated.
Absent-Minded Burglar
Pays for Mental Lapse
CML’.V YORK—This burglar had an
idea but suffered a mental lapse.
He removed the door lock on a
pfiannacy, replaced it with one of
he* own, and went in.
A policeman tried the door and
entered as the man was gathering
up 51,000 worth of fountain pens.
He had forgotten to snap the lock.
Blacksmith for Five
Generations in Family
NEWMARKET, N. H.-It seems
ttaerc will always be a blacksmith
Bamrd L-aing.
Prank E. Laing, 77, retired after
SS years work in his smithy and
sanctioned off his tools. But his son
Harold—the fifth generation in the
family to be a blacksmith—is carry
ing on the trade.
'Anglicized Jazz’ Brings
Hamburg Orchestra Ban
BERLIN —The Hamburger Tage
blatt said that a well-known cafe
orchestra bad been deprived by the
authorities of its right to give pub
tor performances because it played
“Aagitcized Jazz music.” Hundreds
of phonograph records of similar
miwic were reported confiscated in
Hamburg cafes.
Ants in His Pants? No!
It Was a Bee! Really
YELLOWSTONE PARK.—A fat,
nsitidle-aged gentleman suddenly re
moved his pants in front of the
B4.s*nmoth hotel.
“I was taking a picture when sud
cfcnly a bee flew up my pants leg,”
txe told Ranger Frank Kin. ‘‘Mod
esty had to be shoved aside.”
German Generals Hit
By Ban on Monocles
BERLIN. Hundreds of Ger
man generals and other high of
ficers are hit by the latest econ
omy measure—a ban on mono
cles. Most opticians have run out
- zi them and are informing pros
pective clients that production of
. monocles now is regarded as un
necessary, and therefore is for
bidden by the authorities.
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, I Bustle of Army
Irks Icelanders
I |
Stolid Folks of Reykjavik
Resent Intrusion of
Military Rule.
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
Reykjavik, a capital that has al
ways wanted to be alone; has a war
jammed down its throat like a hot
potato and doesn't quite know how
to swallow it.
Many of its citizens, stepping into
the streets to avoid crowds of stroll
ing soldiers and jumping back to
dodge honking army trucks, wish
the old days would return, when
the only foreigners were an occa
sional crowd of cruise tourists and
there wasn’t a soldier in Iceland, j
It is a strange mixture, the rem
nants of a backwater Old World
civilization overrun by the strident
activity of the British and Ameri
can armies of occupation.
Sunday afternoon strollers listen
with a touch of bewilderment to the
creak of winches and shouts of sol
diers unloading one ship after an- i
i other in the little harbor. Long- j
| bearded naval officers roam the
streets, waiting for the next convoy
to leave. American, English, New
Zealand, Norwegian and Scottish
men crowd the restaurants so Ice
landers frequently cannot even re
serve tables.
Military Rule Resented.
Iceland’s 120,000 residents lived j
virtually cut off from the world I
until the island suddenly became a
key spot in the Battle of the Atlan- !
tic. They are extremely proud that
their country was the world’s first
democracy, started in 930 A. D.
with the founding of the Althing
(parliament), and they find natural i
difficulty in accepting the necessary
rule that military authority super
sedes normal civil life in such a
front-line fortress.
Many of them, however, are prof
iting handsomely from their virtual
ly uninvited guests. Stores are do
ing rushing business, taxicab’ com
panies are reaping miniature for
tunes, tables must be reserved in
the best restaurants hours in ad
| vance and getting a haircut often
I requires an hour’s wait.
The city's two motion picture
houses are operating entirely on a
reserved-seat basis, and it is virtu
ally impossible to obtain tickets for
an evening performance after 1 p.
m. The theaters are known as
‘‘Bio,” apparently a derivation of
the early Biograph days, and cur
rently are showing such American
features as "Drums Along the Mo
hawk” and ‘‘Dance, Girls, Dance.”
English Books Stocked.
Bookstores have stocked large
' supplies of English books and
weeks-old London newspapers to
meet the heavy demand.
Postcard sales have been so
I heavy that it is difficult to find views
of Reykjavik and famous land
marks. The supply now consists
largely of an Iceland pony standing
on a hill and James Cagney in a
cow’boy suit.
A treeless, drab city of concrete
and corrugated iron buildings,
Reykjavik suddenly became an in
ternational host at an embarrass
ing moment, since many of its
streets were torn up for the installa
tion of pipes to bring water from
a near-by hot springs into a city
wide steam heating project. The
pipes were a casualty of war,
however, and never left the dock in
Denmark.
The streets were filled up in the
best manner possible, but the inces
sant pounding of large British and
American army trucks—augmented
by heavy rains—has made them
muddy washboards.
Transportation demands are so
great that it is not an uncommon
sight to see American army majors
hitchhiking rides to and from the
city.
Airplane Is Used to
Tabulate Animal Herds
BELLE FOURCHE, S. D. Be
cause antelope can run between 60
and 70 miles an hour, the state
game- and fish commission is using
an airplane to take an antelope cen
sus.
The flying game wardens rout the
antelope herds from protected gul
lies into the open where they have
little trouble tabulating the speedy
animals.
The game commission is taking
the census to determine the feasi
bility of an open season next fall.
Near Spcarfish one aerial census
crew witnessed a head-on collision
between two fleeing herds of an
telopes.
‘They met head-on at the top of
the ridge traveling about 60 miles
an hour,” Clyde Ice said.
‘‘They crashed like a couple of
trains and nearly 100 antelope piled
together; but a minute later they
were gone and we couldn’t even
spot a cripple.”
Rural Youth Put Movies
First in Entertainment
LAFAYETTE, IND.—Movies are
the biggest lure in the entertainment
program of rural youth, with danc
ing a weak second, according to a
survey made by Dr. Lynn Robert
son of Purdue university.
Dr. Robertson said that rural
young men see an average of 36
motion pictures a year, and young
women about 34. He estimated that
the farm youths spend about $43 a
1 year on entertainments.
AGRICULTURE GEARING FOR !
WAR PRODUCTION NEEDS
Georgia farm loaders, facing
a food production program of
: staggering proportions, are map
ping war strategy to repel ail
obstacles. The disaster of Pear!
Haibor resulted from not being
thoroughly aroused. Georgia
farmers do net intend to be
caught likewise. The army and
navy are exerting themselves to
the very limits of human endeav-j
or, industry is rapidly gearing
I itself for a pace ard capacity of
production almost beyond com
prehension. Agricultaie can do
' no less. I
In spite of all control methods,
and campaigns since 1933. over;
! production of food for 1942 isi
i just simply not possible dhere is (
at present enough short cotton
and wheat, but demand and ever
growing need for other larm
ion.ducts is comoarable to Mr.
Rx>sevelt’s figures for planes
and tanks.
What are we expected to pro
duce?
j Georgia goals have been seti
' for 11J42l l J42 as follows: Milk 1.180
j million pounds; 50,917,000 eggs;
'301,003.000 pounds of pork, and
525.000 pounds of sheep and
; lambs. We are asked to produce
123.504.000 pounds of beef and
i raise chicken and turkey produc
tion by 9 percent and 15 percent
respectively.
Our quota of soybeans is 50,-
•XX) acres and we have harvested
| only 13,000 acres in 1941. We
1 are expected to raise as many
peanuts for nuts as we did last
| year and to increase our acreage
lof peanuts for oil nearly seven
! limes. We should produce 29'
ipercent more vegetables for pro-!
cessing.
Of course the hay, feed and
pasture to produce this meat and
milk must be grown. Every
family should have a garden pro
ducing as many vegetables over
as long a period as possible. Cot
ton and corn acreage will remain
; about the same as last year, and
tobacco will gc up a little. More
lumber, wood pulp, and naval
stores are requested.
How can we do it, what assis
tance will we have?
First, the greatest asset on any
! farm is soil.So we should use and
conserve soil carefully. Soil pro
tection implies, lime, phosphate, i
potash, legumes, manure, organ
c matter, cover, rotation, etc. |
To insure success we must use
the best seed, plenty of fertiliz
er, plant on time, prepare land
well, prevent disease and insect
damage, and carry out other
practices local planning commit
tees and leading farmers recom
mend.
What difficulties will we very
likely encounter?
Getting supplies delivered and
getting produce to market or to
processing plants looks now like
it will be at least one trouble
spot. Marketing is also going to
be a problem. There will be a 1
lot of new producers of many ]
commodities, processing plantsi
will be overworked, sacks, boxes j
and other package materials are j
going to be scarce and price sup-1
ports will be difficult to keep ad- 1
justed and applied.
There will probably be as much
farm equipment available this j
year as is needed, but equipment
of all kinds and especially parts,
are going to be more and morel
difficult to obtain. Nails, roofing,;
(baling wire, paint, and similar
items, while they can be had in
reasonable quantities, will not;
be as plentiful as they have been.
Probably there will be enough
seed this year, but certain species
will be scarce and high in price.
A few varieties of vegetable seed
and clovers may give out. Wise'
farmers will obtain good seed as
far in advance of planting as
possible and plan to save plant-:
ing seed from here out.
Fertilizer in mixed grades will!
likely be plentiful. Prices will
possibly be up a little. There is
plenty of potash and phosphate,
if the sulphuric acid supply holds
out. Nitrogen is the item most
likely to get scarce. Its use for
some purposes, maybe sidedress
ing, will be curtailed, perhaps as ■
much as 50 percent. Saving
measures might well be an item
in every farm plan. All farmers
should take advantage of AAA’s
provisions for obtaining phos
phate and lime in order to grow
more legumes. :
Farm labor is another trouble
spot. Many farm boys have and
will be called to the array. In
dustry and business have lured
others away. Work should be
planned so’ that maximum re
sults may be obtained from avail
able labor.
All this may appear as an al
most impossible task with few
tools and little help. Georgia'
| TAiSiNC
oiA
WHEELER TOLBERT
FROM THE
JfAHN
Cy Ccr.
OF INDIANAPOLIS
TTV/ Jt; At Our Store
Wed. March 11
Special Showing
Fine New Suitings
Made-to-Order
1
Here’s your opportunity to
choose frorr "suit-size” sam
ples—large-enough to give an
accurate idea of ho-.v they v"l
look when tailored. Every new
color, pattern, and weave
hundreds to select from . . .
Whether you are hard or easy
to fit, you will enjoy th: services
of an expert, assuring perfect
clothes styled with individual
ity and fine custom character.
Be While 7k is Tdere,
Immediate or Tuture Delivery
MOORE
Dry Goods Co.
> Phone 140 Perry, Ga.
PEACH MARKETING j
A Federal marketing agree-'
ment program for peaches grown
in Georgia is before the industry
! for approval, with closing date
March?. Already approved by
I Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard, the proposed program would
! regulate interstate handling of
i peaches produced in Georgia.
If adopted the program would:
establish an Industry Committee
,of eight growers to administer
. the program, and a Distributor’s
Advisory Committee of seven
handlers: assess handlers to cov
er administrative expenses; regu
late shipments of immature
: peaches; regulate shipments by
grades and sizes or by combina
tions of grades and sizes; require
Federal-State inspection of inter
state shipments; require handler
reports to the Industry Commit- 1
tee; and call for a referendum
each tw T o years on continuation
of the program.
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher
Jr. said the report submitted to
him by the Highway Department
indicated that the department
would end the fiscal year June
30 with a debt of $8,710,318 com
pared with $20,527,920 when
Governor Talmadge took office on
January 15, 1941.
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farmers, however, will show the
same spirit and tenacity that the
marines did at Wake and Gener
al McArthur so gallantly displays
or Luzon. Very few, indeed, will
: fail to show up on the plus side
of the ledger. Georgia farmers
lare mobilized and rapidly moving
into line.
On the food front, Geergia will
hold her position, realizing full
well the major part that food
will play in "Winning the War”
and "Writing the Peace.”
By Director Walter S. Brown,
Georgia Agricultural Extension
! Service.
The Home Front I
While the nation pours its strength and energies into I
our national war effort—one might lose sight of I
another most important front—the home front. I
The Perry Bank has much more than a convention- I
al interest in our homefolks. For 3 % years this bank I
has been a partner to their hopes, desires and needs I
We have had a part in their progress and under the I
stress of new conditions will stand by with every f a . I
cility at our command to give them friendly en- I
couragement —dependable counsel—as well as ma- I
terial aid. I
For what we do for the home front-—we do for these I
United States of America. * I
“You’ll Find (Js Friendly” I
Perry Loan & Savings Bank I
ESTABLISHED 1889 PERRY, GA I
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation I
g Maximum Insurance for each Depositor $5,000.00. I
“KEEP ’EM ROLLING” I
You can help conserve and release I
vital materials for the Army and I
Navy if you have your I
AUTOMOBILE OR TRUCK OVERHAULED I
AND SERVICED REGULARLY I
The “tuning-up” of equipment many times saves I
replacements of vital parts; replacements of parts I
promptly saves the use of more parts later; prop- I
er use of grease saves replacements; and proper I
wheel alignment and changing wheels saves tires.
Do as many others—let us give you a complete I
check-up at regular intervals.
Union Motor Company
Phone 136 Perry, Ga.
Bellflowers Garage
and Machine Shop
Announces the Addition of a
BLACKSMITH SHOP
Equipped for Farm Machinery
Repair Work, Body Building for
Trucks, Horse-shoeing and
General Blacksmith Work.
The Blacksmith Shop and Equipment df the late W. A.
Curtis has been purchased by us and moved to our loca
tion on Carroll St. We have capable workmen to han
dle all types of Blacksmith Work. Your patronage in
this line will be appreciated.
WRECKER SERVICE, DAY and NIGHT
Portable Welder makes it possible to do
Welding Work Anywhere.
Call Us for Service. Phone 42. Perry, Ga.
A E. F. BELLFLOWERS
Robin Pie Before Trip
i Travelers in the Fifteenth cen-
I tury ceremoniously ate robin pie be
fore starting a journey as the robin
| 1 was supposed to have an unerring
sense of direction.
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‘I Principal Crimes
Principal crimes in the United
| States in 1940 in order of their fre
| quency were larceny, burglary, as
! sault, driving while intoxicated and
; embezzlement or fraud.
Skunk in Hero Role
' j The lowly unpopular skunk has
’ been hailed as the new woodland
> hero of the land by the American
Wildlife institute. Grub worms were
I i harboring on the New York con-
I I servation department’s Saratoga
J Nursery, world’s largest forest tree
, production plant. Along came the
skunk and found himself over
whelmed with a delicious plenty of
' the things he holds best in life.
1 And grub worms make a tasty mor
sel for skunks.
Largest Producer oi Hops
With Germany’s acquisition of ft®
Sudetenland, it became the world s
largest producer of hops.
First Blood Bank ,
Hospital blood banks were starte
in this country in 1935 at the Coo
County hospital in Chicago.
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Law of Gravity
If a person were to take two roun
balls each five inches in diame e <
with one heavier than the other, a
dropped from the same . L
under favorable weather conditio >
the two balls will strike the eartn
the same time since conditions we
fixed so the resistance was n
same on each. The earth's P ul
every small particle of like ]|
equal. The force on the heavier
is greater than on that of the hg
ball but since the mass of the he
ier ball is greater than that o
lighter ball in the same proportio
the accelerations on the two
will be equal, consequnetly tn
I reloqities are equal.
