Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, July 27, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHouston Home Journal VOL. LXXlll. No. 30. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870 IT. DANIEL WRITES OF D-DAY INVASION Lt. Frank V. Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix G. Daniel of Perry, has written his mother about his experiences during the invasion of France. Lt. Daniel served as reconnaissance officer for his Battery, which meant that he went ashore six hours ahead of the Battery to find a po sition in which to set up an anti aircraft battery of guns. Lt. Daniel writes that he picked the most logical spots from sand tables and then went ashore to see if these places had been mined by the Germans. With him this officer had one man, a jeep, a few hundred pounds of T. N. T. to be used to blow up any obstacles. After being given the informa tion as to his invasion duties, Lt, Daniel was kept in camp in Eng land with others of the invasion forces who were given maps and sand tables of the French coast to study. A few days later the invasion forces were placed on ships which remained in harbor for several more days before sailing, the Perry lieutenant writes. Excerpts from his letter fol low: “When this greatest of all ship armadas moved out into the channel, it was a sight to see. A huge city seemed to be mov ing out to sea. We sailed a few hours before dark and a few hours before dawn we anchored a short distance from the French coast. A few minutes later, the Navy opened up and the invasion began. It seemed that all hell had broken loose. “It wasn’t long before the. smaller boats were bringing wounded men back from the Peach. They were hoisted aboard our ship for treatment. “A couple of hours later a call came over the ship’s P. A. sys tem for all reconnaissance of ficers to man their jeeps. A few minutes later we were lowered over the side into the smaller boats which shoved off for the beach. I said a silent prayer and I know the others must have done the same. “The sea was rough and the small boats tossed about quite a bit. It was quite a show, sitting on a jeep and watching battle ships, cruisers, destroyers, and everything else the Navy had toss shell after shell over your head and see them burst into flame on the hills beyond the beach. And to top it off there were hundreds of planes every where. “As we neared the shore the Germans got our range with ar tillery fire. As the skipper of the boat swung her around to dodge artillery fire, we struck an underwater obstacle, began to take on water in the engine room, and started slowly sinking. A ferry was signaled alongside. With the use of an acetylene torch, the side was cut off our boat and we drove the jeeps aboard the ferry and headed toward shore again. “The beach was still subject to cross fire from machine guns and artillery fire and I saw men be ing swatted out like flies. The doctors were there but they could only take care of the wounded. The dead were left to be rolled about by the tide. “The beach consisted of a flat streak of sand about 100 yds. wide, bounded by steep hills with a few valleys cutting into the beach at odd intervals. The en gineers cut roads up the valleys. “The Germans were dug into the hills and had to be smoked out with flame throwers. “The ferry struck bottom about 100 yds. from the water’s edge but we were prepared for that. The jeeps were water proofed so they would run in four feet of water. As we drove ashore, all that could be seen was our head and shoulders. We drove across the beach to the edge of a hill which offered pro tection to us from enemy fire. “It was here that I learned to hate and despise anything that resembles a German. There I saw our men, wounded,rows of them; dead, piles of them; some with out arms or legs; some burned to a crisp; some crazed by battle shock, hundreds of them. “From there we moved up the SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS 11 ByG. F. NUNN j League fans were treated to I | one of the very best games of ; j the season Sunday when Mgr. Glea Gray of the Parrots and ' Mgr. F. Nunn of the Eagles ■ Jokingly tied up in pitcher’s bat- I tie that turned out to be a 17 in ’ ning marathon, with neither pitcher, willing to admit that he i was tiring and both going the ■ complete route. And strange to • say, though neither had pitched before, each d i d surprisingly ■ well, giving up the same num ber of hits, walking only one man each, but Mgr. Gray’s Par rots emerging with a 2 run vic tory, 6-4, after 17 gruelling in : nings. Both teams gave fine support afield. Pierce on third 1 for the Parrots was outstanding, picking up ball after ball that could have gone for a hit, while Massee in short field for the Eagles robbed H. Braddock of a potential homer with a beautiful leaping stab of a tremendous . smash, and was all over the dia mond in accepting more than a dozen chances without an error. Walker led both teams at bat with five hits, while Massee was close behind with four. While nothing can be taken from the fine play of the Parrots, the game was decided on a freak play in the seventh inning. With two out, a man on third and a man on second, Massee lined a scorching drive through the box for what looked like a sure hit. But the ball struck the extra balls lying behind the umpire and caromed off to the second baseman for an easy put out, with the winning run dying on third. ’Tis said that the victory, his fourteenth in a row, cost i Mgr. Gray his full day’s earn ings at the lucrative trade of packing melons Monday, as he had to spend the day in a tub of rubbing alcohol after his prodi gious pitching feat, but your cor respondent is sure the victory should be worth it. The Sunday double header was a loose affair between the Hawks and Owls, with the Hawks taking both games by sizeable scores. Mgr. Skellie of the Owls has lost heavily of his talent because of injuries, and finds himself with only the skeleton of a team. Steps have been taken to strengthen the Owls for the stretch drive as the better com petition they can afford the rest of the league, the more fun there will be for all. The scores i of the Sunday games were 6-1 and 8-3, but there was never much of a contest as the Hawks stepped out front in both games and were never headed. Wilson i pitched well for both victories, while Mgr. Staples led his team at bat with five hits and Chap man bagged four. C. Hardy with i three hits was the only attack i the Owls had, and Mgr. Skellie ! will welcome back the big bat of A. Hardy when he is able to re turn to the lineup. Next Sunday features a con ■ tinuance of the Parrot-Eagle i feud as they tangle in the day’s! 1 doudle header, while the Owls and Hawks meet in the single » opening game. Two teams have I a chance to share the lead with the high-flying Parrots next Sun ! day and you can bet that both r will be out to win and throw the ■ ’ ad into a three-way tie. Don’t ;! miss the fun. [valley which the infantry had | cleared of Germans. When I [ | reached the first French village I and saw the streets lined with dead Germans, I felt better than ! I had in some time. In fact it II made you feel good to see them. ■Since then I’ve seen lots of them !in that shape. The more I see [lthe better I fee). ’j “My outfit was unable to land * on D day so I put up with the ,[combat engineers tor the night ;land joined my group the next i day. We got the first German plane in France. 1 [ “Since then things have been (easy for me. Had my driver ) shot and my jeep shot up by ma t[ chine gun fire but it missed me. [ At the present I’m enjoying this ’ war. } “The airforce is good, so are 3 A A and the Navy but the credit goes to the Infanty. They are 3 winning this war.’’. I Mary, Maty, Quite Contrary, How Does Tour Garden Grow? RATIONING INFORMATION After July 26, farms and other non-institutional employers of seasonal workers may obtain al lotments of rationed foods for feeding temporary hired workers for terms of employment up tc 60 days. Previously allotments were available only for wotkers em ployed 80 days or less. Employers must continue to collect ration points from workers employed for more than 60 days. After July 25, all service men on furlough will get a gallon of gas a day, up to 30 days, rather than the 5 gallons flat, per fur lough, allowed previously. Fuel Oil Renewal applications for next season’s fuel oil rations have been mailed. As soon as cou pons are received, fuel oil tanks should be filled. Period 4 and 5 coupons for current season good until Sept. 30. Period 1 coupons for next year now valid. Canning Sugar Sugar Stamp No. 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar un til February 28, 1945. Apply at local board for supplemental ra tions. Meat's and Fats Red AB, thru Z 8 (Book 4) valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens, indefinite period. Processed Foods Blue A8 through A5 (Book 4) valid indefinitely at 10 points each, for use with tokens. Sugar Sugar Stamps Nos. 30, 31, and 32 in Book 4 good for five pounds each indefinitely. Gasoline No, 10 coupons in “A” books expire Aug. 8. Rationing rules now require that every car owner write his license number and state in ad vance on all gasoline coupons in his possession. Shoes Stamps 1 and 2 on “airplane” [sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair leach indefinitely. LIBRARY NOTES Carolyn Miller, Georgia’s first author to win the Pulitzer prize with her book, “Lamb in His Bosom, has a new novel. The (setting for “Lebannon,”is South Georgia a century ago, “Joseph the Provider, by Thomas Mann is the final volume of the life of the great biblical character of this distinguished author. Critics say it will be the jmost lasting novel of this decade. ■j Filled with adventure and ro jmance is “Storm to the South,” jby Thelma Straebel. Few mys- I tery writers have gained the, : popularity of Mignon Eberhart. j “Escape the Night,” proves to : | be one of her best. :| Non-fiction recently added: /Culbertson, Contact Bridge; ! Hillyer, Aids to Worship; Meyer, I Party Games; Rutledge, Peace in 1 the Heart. 1 • To meet the increasing demand ■ | for children’s books many new . ones are being added. Library open every afternoon except Wednesday from 1:30 to ! 6:30 p. m. Verniece Beavers, Librarian. k . .. : To be trusted is a greater com ' pliment than to be loved. —Geo McDonald. NAVY RECRUITING SERVICE HONORS HOUSTON COUNTY The U. S. Navy Recruiting Service honored last night(Wed.) the citizens of Houston county on a special broadcast from WMAZ. This was second in a series of broadcasts entitled “Something for the Girls” which is a Navy Recruiting feature and which will run for seven weeks every Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 and Saturday nights at 9:45 CWT over Station WMAZ. The war contributions of Hous ton county were given recogni tion by the announcer. Special attention was paid the county’s agricultural interests, lumber in dustry, the local cement plant, lime rock company, and air field. The more than 600 men and wo men in the service received men tion. Houston county’s representa tives in the WAVES are Grace Smith, Sara L. Thompson,Thurla Clayton, Marqueda Whaley, Hel en Dakin, Helen Pipkin, and Mary E. Laird, The Navy Re cruiting Station in Macon an nounced that additional Wave en listments are needed from this section to assist in the vital work being done by women in Navy blue. ERIC JOHNSON LIKED BY RUSSIAN PEOPLE Eric Johnson, president of the United States Chamber of Com merce, is one of the most re freshing personalities that has appeared upon the American ho rizon in years, Johnson is a real ist and speaks the realist’s lan guage undefiled by convention or by popular appeal. In a recent speech delivered in Russia, John son instead of prating of “broth erhood and understanding”, frankly told the Russians that there was a vast difference be- \ tween the Russian way of life and the American way of life. He did not suggest to the Rus sians that they adopt our way of life or that the United States would ever adopt Communism. “You are state minded,” he told the Russian people. “We are ‘private minded,individual mind ed.’ We are determined to re main so, or even become more so.” There are active Commun ist leaders in America, he ad mitted, but asserted they have been wasting their time annoy ing our trade unions more than our employers. Th e Russians liked his speech and cheered it. They cheered it because it was a tough realistic speech that ap pealed to them. Both countries, Johnson admitted, had been in error before the war. The Rus sians were certain that America’s free system of enterprise could never meet the problem of war production. On the other hand Americans had little confidence in a regimented economy like that of Russia. But, each is do ing its full share in winning the war. While the two countries are far apart in ideologies, they are cooperating in the face of a common danger. In the same way Johnson believes, each can retain its individuality while working for a lasting peace. Coming at a time when there is« good deal of idealistic flounder ing in our thinking the Johnson speech is a wholesome expression of clear thinking. FSA SOON TO VETS UNABLE TO BET CREDIT ELSEWHERE E. G. Cook, Jr., County Su pervisor of Peach County said yesterday forty-eight veterans of World War Two had applied for assistance of the Farm Security Administration in Georgia to aid them in getting a new start in farming or in the purchase of a family type farm of their own. Of this number, he said, ten had been approved by the local county committees for enroll ment in the rehabilitation pro gram, and three have purchased farms under terms of the Bank head-Jones Farm Tenant Act. In some instances applications were filed too late to enable them j to make a crop this year. In Peach county no applica ' tions have been received thus far from veterans of World War Two. Six veterans in Peach county and four veterans in Houston county of World War One are enrolled in the program. Within the limit of funds avail able the rehabilitation program is open to veterans who are un able to obtain credit elsewhere to enable them to farm, All veterans with a farm back ground are eligible for considera tion by the county FSA commit tee for the purchase of family type farms of their own under terms of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. earlTtreatment tends to REDUCE CANCER DEATHS The State Health Department is attempting to reduce the more than 2,000 deaths annually from cancer by emphasizing the im portance of securing an immedi ate and complete explanation of symptoms which might indi cate the presence of early malignant disease. Pain is seldom a symptom of early cancer, according to Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, health depart ment director, who said that any departure from normal good health should be made the occa sion for a visit to a physician. The Health Department has is sued the following danger sig nals and urges the public to be come familiar with these symp toms as they may mean cancer: any sore that does not heal; a painless lump or thickening; ir regular bleeding or discharge; progressive change in color or size of wart, mole or birthmark; persistent indigestion: persistent hoarseness, unexplained cough, or difficulty in swallowing; any change in normal health habits. Dr. Abercrombie urged that any cancer symptoms be investi gated by a physician at once since most forms of the. disease are curable if treated in time. He pointed out that from 75 to 95 per cent of early cancer and 25 to 40 per cent of moderately advanced cancer was considered curable. State cancer treatment centers are conducted in Americus, At lanta, Augusta, Canton, Colum bus, LaGrange, Macon, Savan nah, Thomasville, and Waycross. Last year 2,047 people were treated for cancer at these centers. METHODIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Church Services, 11:30 a. m,. and 8:00 p. m. Church School-10:15 a. m Young People’s Service. 7:00 p. m. Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor. BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. Morning Worship Service 11:30. Training Union, 7:30 p. m. Evening Worship 8:30 p. m. Prayer Service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Rev, J. A. Ivey, Pastor. National timber requirements for 1944 have been estimated to include 36 billion board feet of lumber and 14 millions cords of pulpwood. Planking the decks of the U. S. S. Missouri required approxi mately 300,000 board feet of lum ber. Some 30,000 pounds of pa per were needed to drart plans for the battlewagon. FARM SAFETY WEEK BEING OBSERVED The week of July 23-20 is be ing observed as National Farm Safety Week, Director Walter S. Brown of the Agricultural Ex tension Service, pointed out this week, appealing to Georgia farm families to “save farm manpow er for warpower.” Director Brown has been se lected by the National Safety Council as Georgia state chair man of a drive to make people aware of the toll of manpower wasted through farm accidents. President Roosevelt has offici ally proclaimed the week as Farm Safety Week, Mr. Brown de clared. In issuing the proclamation, the President requested “all per sons and organizations concerned with agriculture and farm life to unite in an effort to stimulate among farmers a full realization of the need for constant atten tion to the old and familiar pre cautions of their undertaking, and also to awaken in thetn a sense of responsibility for the proper instruction in rules of safety the many young and in experienced persons now being employed on farms.” All agricultural and many oth er agencies are being asked to cooperate in the campaign, Di rector Brown pointed out, de claring that “safety of farmers and farm workers is vital to vic tory now, but safety is important all the time to the well-being and 1 happiness of farm people.” Each year, according to the , Safety Council, approximately 18.000 farm people are killed and 1.500.000 injured by accidents. This farm toll includes work, home, motor vehicles and other public accidents. Fire annually destroys between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000 worth of farm pro perty. More farm people were killed by accidents in America’s first two years of participation in the war than the number of fighting men killed in the war itself, the Safety Council revealed. Mr. Brown said that there will be a great need for teaching safety rules this year to new farm workers as Georgia farm families are appealing for the help of 200,000 non-farm workers to help make and harvest vital war crops. Many of these will be inexperi enced and more than half may be women and children. Extra attention for their safety will be required. Last year more than 135.000 people helped out on Georgia farms and the accident rate was “remarkably low,” the safety week chairman said. Available information indicates that machinery is the chief source of farm work accidents, i with livestock close behind. Falls are in third place and falls are the chief source of farm home 1 accidents with burns second. SAFETY SLOGANS Some one in every swimming party should understand first aid and understand how to get a ■ drowning person out of the ; water. Acquire sun tan gradually. Do not drink water from 1 streams or wells that are not 1 known to be typhoid free. Drink ice water moderately. Don’t go off and leave a trash fire burning. A spark from it ) may destroy your neighbor’s home. It is foolish to try to save sec onds and hazard lives. Most people by starting a few minutes earlier could reduce their driving to a safe speed. It is dangerous, highly danger ous to clean clothing in gasoline. Silk or wool fabric will generate a sufficient spark to ignite the ' gasoline. Remember it requires but one careless act to receive a burn that may mar one for life. Don’t jay walk, cross streets • at intersections. Try to be as > careful as you expect the car : driver to be. f If your vacation takes you where a doctor is not readily available be sure to take along a , simple first aid kit. If your vacation takes you • where there are mosquitoes an • insect spray will add much to s the comfort of the camp at night.