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VOL. LXXIV. No. 31
PUBLIC INVITED TO !
ROBINS FIELD AUG.I|
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Preparations for 10,000 visitors 1
are being made at Robins Field)
for an open house that Warner!
Robins Air Technical Service!
Command will hold Wednesday,
August 1, celebrating the 38th
anniversary of the Army Air
Forces, it was announced by Col.
Thomas H. Chapman, WRATSC
commanding officer.
Local residents will be ad
mitted to exhibit and demonstra
tion areas at 12:30 p. m. CWT,
and from then until Bp. m. will
have an opportunity to get ac
quainted with the operation of
the huge aircraft maintenance,
supply engineering and procure
ment installation.
Plans are being made to ex
thibit the famed B-29 Superfort
ress along with all the other
planes that are mentioned daily
in news stories of the war and
some that are not mentioned
such as experimental planes, in
cluding the freakish-looking
XP-55, a modified “flying wing”
which gives the impression of
flying backwards.
Demonstrations of maintenance
operations and the famous cen
tral station fire control system
that operates the deadly guns of
the B-29 are expected to draw
wide attention. Other features
will include demonstration flights
of various aircraft and aerial car
go dropping operations and ex
hibits prepared by the Mainten
ance, Supply, Chemical Warfare,
Quartermaster, Ordnance, Dis
trict Procurement, Personnel and
Base Services and Chaplains’ di
visions and sections.
Visitors will be allowed to walk
through the aircraft maintenance )
shops until Bp. m. to witness,
work being done in modifying!
B-24 Liberator bombers for Cen-1
tral Fire Control. The modified j
planes are being used in training
crews that will be assigned to
Superfortresses.
The cantonment area will be
open and exhibits may be seen
of training methods used by the
Air Technical Service Command
training school, the Medical Ser-
V vice training school, the Signal!
I Corps school and training of ser
j vice group personnel. A retreat
■ parade of all troops stationed at
I Robins Field will be held at 4
p. m.
August 1, designed as Army
Air Forces day by Gen. H. H.
Arnold, commanding general of
the AAF, is being observed
throughout the world on the an
niversary of the Signal Corps
order creating the Division of
Aeronautics, Aug. 1, 1907. The
Army bought its first plane in
1909 and the first military air
drome was established a short
time later at College Park, Md.
General Arnold was the 14th
student assigned to Army flight
training and was one of the first
three officers to earn wings
when the rank of military avia
tor was established,
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, General H. H. Ar
nold, Commanding General of
the AAF, has designated Wed-|
nesday, August 1, as Army Air
Forces Day, and:
Whereas, Robins Field will ob
serve this 38th anniversary of I
I the Army Air Forces, with an
I open house from 1:30 to 8:00 p.
m., CWT, to which ail of Cen
tral Georgia is invited by Col.
Thomas H. Chapman, Command
ing Officer of the Warner Robins
[ Air Technical Service Command;
Therefore, I, S. A. Nunn,May
or of the City of Perry, do here
by proclaim Wednesday, August
1, as Army Air Forces Day in |
this community, and 1 urge thej
I people of Perry and Houston l
County to accept the invitation j
of Col. Thomas H. Ch apman and
visit Robins Field. This will (
give many of our people an ex-j
cellent opportunity to see per-1
sonally the tremendous war job |
which Robins Field has done and!
is doing.
This July 23, 1945.
S. A. NUNN,
Mayor, City of Perry.
lra™liicT
Sunday School—10:15 a. m.
Church Service—ll:3o a. m.
Owen Gumm
Supply Pastor.
Houston Home Journal
OPA INFORMATION
Ration Book Five
I War Ration Book Five, “small-!
|er than a dollar bill’’ and con
taining just half as many stamps
jas the last hook issued, will be
j distributed in December, Chester
Bowles, OPA admr. announced
Tuesday. At the some time the
new ‘A’’ Gasoline Ration Book
will be issued.
Distribution will take place at
school houses or other public
buildings throughout the Nation
from December 3 through De
cember 15. OPA District Of
fices will fix the exact time for
each local area. The new “A”
Gasoline Books will go into use
December 22, and War Ration
Book Five will be used soon af
ter the first of the year for food
rationing and for rationing shoes.
“C” Book To Be Discontinued
On Oct. 1, boards will discon
tinue issuing “G” gasoline cou
pons. The change is being made
to simplify accounting at boards
and ration banks and to reduce
the cost of printing and distribut
ing ration currency. Elimination
of “C” coupons and the issuance
of all supplemental gasoline ra
| tions in “B’ ( coupons will not
change the amount of gasoline a
driver receives.
“C” coupons will continue to
be valid for some time even af
ter their issuance is discontinued
so motorists will not have to ex
change those they hold now or
are issued before October 1 for
“B” coupons.
Automobile Rationing
All 1942 automobiles have been
removed from rationing in order
to move the few remaining cars
in stock in anticipation of re
sumed manufacture of new cars.
Details of the rationing program
for 1945 model cars will be an
j nounced shortly.
Temporarily, the same eight
[groups of essential drivers will
be eligible for 1946 models as
were for the frozen 1942 cars.
These include officials engaged in
fire-fighting, law enforcement re
lated to the public health and
safety and transportation of
mail, physicians, surgeons, li
censed veterinarians, public
!health nurses, ministers and
members of the armed forces or
state military forces for official
business only.
Low Price Clothing
The joint OPA-WPB program
to place more low priced essen
tial garments on the market is
showing results. A good many
different types of clothing pro
duced under the program . . and
easily identified by the manufac
turer’s ticket carrying the retail
ceiling price ... are beginning
to appear in local stores. An in
creasing number of garments in
the lower priced field are ex-:
pected to be in stores by fall.
It is important to remember
that the program does not in
crease the total supply of cloth
ing, but does provide more of
what is available in the lower
price ranges.
Military requirements for fab
ric continue large. The Pacific
war has increased demands for
cotton goods for clothing for
tenting and coverings. Woolens
also will also be in scarce supply
as a direct result of military re
quirements. Some easing of the
j supply of woolen fabrics may be
j apparent during the first part
I of 1946.
Gasoline
A-16 coupons valid June 22
thru September 21. Good for 6
gallons each.
Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write hisj
license number and state in ad
vance on all gasoline coupons in
■ his possession. i
Processed Foods
Blue T-2 thru X-2 valid thru j
July 31.
I Blue Y-2 thru C-l valid thru!
I Aug. 31.
Blue D-l thru H-l valid thru j
Sept. 30.
Blue J-l thru N-l valid thru
Oct. 31.
Meats and Fats
Red K-2 thru P-2 valid thru;
I July 31.
Red Q-2 thru U-2 valid thru;
!Aug. 31.
Red V-2 thru Z-2 valid thru
Sept. 30.
Red A-l thru E-l valid thru
Oct. 31.
Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 36 good for
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY, JULY 26. 1945
j GEORGIA NEEDS THE NEW CONSTITUTION
(EDITORIAL) ,
On Tuesday, August 7, an election will be held throughout
the state of Georgia for the people to vote for or against the
ratification of the proposed new Constitution. The first pro
posal on the ballot is the amendment, numbered No. 1, which
revises the Constitution of Georgia.
For the first time in the history of the state, the people
themselves will pass on the proposed new Constitution despite
the fact that seven constitutions have been adopted, the latest
one being the famous “constitution of 1877,’’ which has been
amended 296 times since its adoption in efforts to make it
more flexible.
That the revision of this present Constitution was needed,
many Georgians have declared for years. Gov. Ellis Arnall
made a new constitution a cardinal point in his platform when
he campaigned for governor. The 1943 General Assembly pro
vided for a Revision Commission whose membeFship comprised
members of both branches of the legislature, members of the
appellate courts and of the superior courts, certain constitu
tional officers of the state, and representative citizens of
Georgia.
This commission of twenty-three members'edited the ex
isting document, harmonized its text, removed “dead amend
ments,’’ and modernized the basic law. Their work was sub
mitted to the General Assembly which studied and debated its
every proposal. Gov. Arnall says that the document prepared
and approved by the legislators, “while retaining the venerable
traditions of Georgia’s institutions, is a document that breathes
a modern spirit that will help our State on its way to prosperi
ty and economic advancement in the postwar period.’’
Included in its notable reforms are: (1) establishment of
an effective budget system which will abolish the present allo
cation system for state taxes and require all funds to be ap
propriated by the Assembly, (2) elimination of the poll tax
and the establishment of a genuine literacy test for voters,
(3) creation of a constitutional Veterans Service office (which
has been endorsed by the American Legion), (4) safe-guard
ing of penal reform through creation of a constitutional board
of corrections, (5) elevation of the Commissioner of Agricul
ture and the Commissioner of Labor to constitutional status,
(6) elimination of special tax exemptions to favored corpora
tions, (7) requirement of publication of notice of local legisla
tion with certificate of publication as part of the Act itself for
the law to be valid, (8) reorganization of county school sys
tems (approved by the state Dept, of Education), (9) im
provement of sections relating to state and county finance (ap
proved by Association of County Commissioners), (10) in
crease of powers of the general assembly which should result
in fewer amendments to the constitution, (II) provision for
home rule for cities and counties, (12) provision for state
wide merit system, (13) power given to legislature to require
jury service of women, (14) provision for a lieutenant
governor.
All existing local amendments are continued in force.
Homestead exemption is continued as it now exists. The Gov
ernor is forbidden to veto constitutional amendments.
The county-unit system of voting in Georgia will not be
affected by the proposed new constitution. “The unit system
is provided by statute and the statute is unaffected by the pro
posed new constitution,” says J. Lon Duckworth, chmn, of
the State Democratic Executive Committee of Ga.
Debtors are not offered less protection but possibly more
under the new state constitution, according to Attorney Gen
eral T. Grady Head in a reply to critics who charge that the
“pony” homestead exemption is eliminated by the new con
stitution.
The proposed Constitution contains fifteen articles which
may be read in detail in the Constitutional Supplement of
this newspaper.
Every citizen of Houston county should be interested in
and familiarize themselves with the articles of the new Con
stitution. Those qualified to vote should go to the polls on
August 7 and vote for the amendment revising the constitu
tion (No. 1 on the ballot) in order to insure progressive gov
ernment for Georgia under a new and improved Constitution.
STATE BALLOTS FOR
AUG. 7 ELECTION SENT
Copies for the official ballot for
the August 7 general election
have been mailed out to county
officials by the office of Secretary
of State John B. Wilson.
The ballot is two and one half
feet long, and contains 12 pro
posed amendments to the state
constitution.
With 28 counties still unre
ported, Georgia has 488,040 per
sons qualified to vote in the Aug.
7 election, the secretary of state’s
office announced. There were
562,684 qualified voters in the
1944 elections. ,
The first amendment revises
the old constitution by substitut-,
ing the new constitution for it.
The question is stated: “'For'
amendment revising the consti
tution,” and ‘‘Against amend-!
ment revising the constitution.’*
The other amendments are in-|
[tended to change the presenti
1 constitution in the event the new!
(constitution is not ratified by the
(the people, They will not bej
[needed if the new constitution,
jis adopted.
j
NOTICE
The Red Cross will hold a
| meeting Friday night, July 27, 8,
[o’clock at Perry school All con
tributors to the Red Cross are
I eligible to attend.
J. P. Etheridge,
Acting Chmn.
j 5 lbs, thru Aug, 31.
Shoes
Stamps 1,2, &3 on “airplane”
sheet in Book 3 now valid for one
I pair each. No. 4 Stamp becomes
valid August 1.
SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
By G. FRANCIS NUNN
After a Sunday of rain, the
League snapped back into a full
afternoon of play last Sunday
and put on a good exhibition,
with the Blues taking a sound
beating from the rejuvevated
Greens, and the Reds smacking
the Browns a doubleheader.
In the opening game, Jack
1 Wilson returned to the mound
I for the Greens and hooked up
I with Roberts in as fancy a pitch
i ers battle as you will ever see
for seven innings. The Greens
scored once in the first and
again in the second, and that
looked like enough to win as
Jack was pouring it on, but then
the Blues came up with their
only two hits of the ball game in
the same inning, the sixth, and
! pushed across three tallies. The
Greenies were not to be denied,
| however, and came roaring back
i in the eighth to shove across
j eight runs and completely grab
the nanny of Pitcher Roberts,
1 who walked three men and al
lowed five hits during the spree.
I The final score was 10-3 and with
(nine Blues fanning the ozone,
three of them in one inning, there
was never much doubt of the
outcome.
Manager Walter Skellie led his
! rampaging Reds to a two-ply win
lover the Browns, who were play
ling minus their stellar manager,
j Bubber Pierce, The payoff in
the opener came when Frank
I Armstrong marched up to the
platter in the fourth with three
men on and whammed a home
run off the delivery of Bob Mas
see. In the second game it was
Howard Chapman, who smashed
out a triple with two on in the
first, one! then big A, Hardy
SERVICE MEN UNO WOMEN
Fifth Air Force, Philippine Is
lands—-Sergeant Lawton L. Dan
iel has recently been assigned to
the 3rd Attack Group in the
Philippines. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Felix G. Daniel,
Route 2, Perry. T h e young
graduate of Perry High School is
in the engineering section of the
Grim Reapers, veteran A-20
spearhead of the Fifth Air Force.
Shortly after graduating, Sgt.
Daniel entered the Army and af
ter completing his basic training
attended Buckingham Gunnery
School where he won his gun
ner’s wings last November. He
has two brothers also serving in
the Armed Forces, Frank is a
lieutenant with the Artillery in
Germany and Felix is a private
first class at Keesler Field, Miss.
2nd Lt. Cecil R. Armstrong,2o,
of Clinch field, Ga. is now sta
tioned at Fort Sumner Army Air
Field, Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Lt. Armstrong, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H, C. Armstrong, entered
the Army in 1941. He was a
student in civil life. Lt. Arm
strong is a trainee pilot at Fort
Sumner Army Air Field.
Corp, Harris Chapman has
landed safely in the Pacific war
area according to message re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Chapman.
ARMY BRIEFS EDITORS ON
JAPANESE WAR PROBLEMS
ALBANY, Ga. —“Task Force
30” composed of Army combat
veteran officers and enlisted men,
explained to South Georgia news
paper publishers, editors, radio
station operators and broadcast
ers how the United States armed
forces defeated Germany, and
outlined the strategy to be used
against Japan and the problems
confronting this country in the
prosecution of the Pacific war, at
a conference here Saturday,
Through the use of motion pic
tures, lectures and charts, the
Army men drove home the les
son that Japan is no easy oppo
nent, and delved into the terrific
logistics problem which must be
solved before the Rising Sun is
made to set.
Holding two sessions at the
Hotel Gordon, the group adjourn
ed for luncheon to the American
Legion clubhouse, where the
famed K rations of the Army
were served for lunch and were
labeled surprisingly good by
munching editors and commen
tators —ii nut taken us a steady
diet.
Personnel of “Task Force 30”
includes Col. Cyril Bassaich, of
the Field Artillery, who served
22 months overseas in Africa and
Italy, with the British First Ar
my, and at Dakar in French
West Africa and with tfie Ameri
can mission: Maj. Harry R. Van
Arnam, of the infantry, Fourth
Armored division, who recently
returned from 14 months over
seas where he participated in
the historic break through at St.
Lo, France, aided in relieving
the besieged garrison at Baston
ge and won the Silver Star, the
nation’s third highest decoration;
Sgt. William K. House, 22-year
old combat infantryman who
participated in amphibious as
saults on Leyte and Okinawa
with the veteran 96th Dixision,
winning the Silver Star and the
Purple Heart; Capt. James G.
Pate, Field Artillery, public re
lations o ffi ce r representing
Fourth Service Command head
quarters and a veteran of the
Aleutian Islands campaign of
1943; and Lt. Col, Harold Tyler,
former Georgia news editor of
the Associated Press, now public
relations officer of the Fourth
Service Command.
Among those present were Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Hodges of the
Houston Home Journal, Perry,
Ga.
Pvt. Eugene Lashley Jr. of
Las Vegas, Calif, is at home on a
two weeks’ visit.
throttled the Brownies for a near
shutout. The scores in the two
games were 12-4 and 5-1.
Next Sunday the Browns and
Reds open play with a single
game and the Blues and Greens
tangle in the twin bill.
ESTABLISHED 1870
FARM SAFETY WEEK
BEING OBSERVED
, Farmers in every state in the
(Nation are observing National
Farm Safety Week during the
week of July 22-28, Director
Walter S. Brown of the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service.
1 pointed out this week.
During the safety week ob
servance. designed to call atten
tion to accident hazards on farms
and in homes, an effort is being
made to teach farm people to
recognize hazards and to guard
' against and eliminate as many of
them as possible.
“The need for safety work is
underligned by the fact that an
average of between 40 and 50
farm dwellers are killed by acci
dents each day,” Mr. Brown
said, “making an annual deah
toll of from 15,000 to 17,000.”
Calling attention to the fact
that the skill and labor of Ameri
can farmers is a vital factor in
winning the war, President Tru
man proclaimed the week of July
22-28 as National Farm Safety
Week.
Machinery, livestock, and falls
are the principal sources of farm
1 work accidents. Falls and burns
are the chief causes of accidents
in farm homes. The annual death
toll in farm homes is around
7,000.
Each of the 7.000,000 farm
families in the United States has
almost one chance out of five of
suffering from an injury to some
member of the family this year
unless extra care is taken at
work, in the home, at school and
; on the highway.
The average time lost because
of accidents in 1943 was about
four days per farmer. A farm
or farm building catches fire
every 15 minutes during the day
in this country and the cost of
farm fires totals around $250,000
every day.
STATE BONDS PAID
When the State of Georgia
July 1 paid off $1,698,000 state
bonds that were issued originally
over 100 years ago—and have
cost four and a half times the ,
principal In interest—it reduced
the indebtedness to only $226,000
from the original $5,000,000 in
bonds issued for the construction
or the state-owned W. & A.
Railroad.
Gov. Arnall has indicated that
this balance will be paid ahead of
time (its due on July 1, 1946), as
the money already is set aside in
the sinking fund.
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher
Jr. estimates that the state has
paid out over $25,000,000 in in
terest on the original $5,000,000
bond issue for the W. &A., since
the bonds have been refunded
twice. The state collects ap
proximately $600,000 annually
I from rental of the W. &A. pro
perties.
METHODIST ANNOUNGEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.,
Church Services, 11:30 a. m,
and 8:00 p. m.
Young People’s Service, 6:30
p. ra.
Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
8:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
BIBLE SCHOOL ENDS
The ten-day Vacation Bible
School came to a close Sunday
night with exercises at the
church services. Rev. J. A.
Ivey, pastor, brought an appro
priate message to the children.
Each department gave a dem
i onstration of what had been
taught at the School and had dis
plays of their work.
A generous offering was made
i for the Ga. Baptist Children’s
Home at Hapeville.