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28 VOLUME XL1VI
ATLANTA, Ga.—All restrictions
the use of electric power in
on lifted until Sep-
Oeorgia were Georgia Power
temb er 1 by the
Company last week. It was stat¬
ed that increased stream flojys
caused hy heavy rains in Geor¬
gia, A1 bama and Tennessee had
removed, for the time being, the
nee d for curtailment of the use
of power which had been in ef¬
fect for nearly two month* to
aid National Defense production.
C. A. Collier, vice president in
charge of sales, stated that the
lifting of restrictions is effective
immediately. Industrial plants
are now free to resume their
full schedule of operations and
commercial consumers can make
unrestricted use of store and
window lighting and restore their
air conditioning, elevator and
other electrical services. Restric¬
tions on street lighting, use of
electricity for night baseball,
softball and badminton, and fo*-
residental uses also are lifted.
However, Mr. Collier pointed
to the fact that it may be neces¬
sary to resume some form of
curtailment after September 1,
if August is a very dry month
and if the power needs of the
defense program are greatly in¬
creased. He therefore urged all
consumers to use electricity
prudently and economically and
to pvoid waste, even though
formal restrictions had been re¬
moved.
The power situation was ex¬
plain^., . follow? by Mr. Collier:
1. i )4 T ->r for aluminum pro-
ductif^'^d requirements other national de¬
fense was given the
right of way during the recent
period of power shortage. Heavy
rains throughout the area, which
began on July 4 and have con¬
tinued intermittently since then,
have made it nosible to supply
for the time Iwing at least all of
the power needed by defense in¬
dustries without any curtailment
by non-defense industries and the
general public.
2. The Georgia Power Com¬
pany’s storage lakes are still ab¬
normally low for this time of
year. Their water storage is
equivalent to approximately 75,-
000,000 kilowatt hours at the
present time, whereas under nor¬
mal circumstances the storage
would be about 130,000,000 kilo¬
watt hours at this season. It is
important to continue to conserve
water in the reservoirs, but with
the high stream flows the Com¬
pany believes that it can supply
the needs for power for the
time being from its run-of-
stream and steam electric gener¬
ating plants without depleting
the reservoirs.
3. The second unit of Plant
Atkinson, the Georgia . Power
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ATTENTION CALLED
TO CLOSING DATES
UNDER TRIPLE-A
Georgia farmers assigning 1941
agricultural conservation pay¬
ments after October 31 and until
the close of the AAA program
year, November 30, may do so
on >y to secure payment of ad¬
vances made in connection with
carrying °ut soil-building prac-
' Ces James A. Greer, Dade
>
°unty AAA, administrative of-
lc er announced this week.
art I of assignments given
° r a] l other purpose, Mr. Greer
•am, must be made and filed in
e county Agricultural Conser-
d ion Association office
before on or
October 31.
n all cases, he said, whether
S'nents rl’Ci. are advances mtde for to secure
ina m t \ nNbuilding carry-
fc j practices or
cr dancing the making of a
ed k mus t be made and fil-
y the above-indicated dates
0r ,
- v ' ,1e time application for
Da * . made whichever
the s > is
ne earlier
DRIVER’S LICENSE DEADLINE
“TENDED UNTIL AUG. 10th
h?^ r 'n T r !(^ ,ei liSSioner T d the dpte J°hn E. Goodwin
line driver of the dead¬
n ’ s licenses extend-
er A ust
he ‘ l I g 10, at which time
aDnli^f- S ,
eomS a11 driver’s license
1 ? 5 now on hand will be
a ^ d ret ' jrned *° thc
win * Commissioner Good-
St°l mfu e I ed ckecks the Sta at te Patrol minute to
after Ier midnight . August one
on 15, as
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GEORGIA’S << SUNNYiVIOONERS , ’~“ That k ^> Honey, is for c: us¬
ing us to have the best week of our lives at Daytona Beach Flori¬
da-” Byron Wood, Atlanta, plants a bridegroomingly kiss on the
willing cheek of MrS Wood afte • tin y have been adjudged Geor¬
gia’s “typical honeymooning couple” in a contest conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce of the famous summer resort city, Dayto¬
na Beach. Their joint reward far winning the contest was a
grand and glorious week at Daytona Beach during “Sunnymoon
Week.” It was called a “Sunnymoon” because it was a second
honeymoon in quick succession. Byron caught a big red snapper
during a deep-sea fishing trip ou ! from Daytona Beach.
This Week In
Defense
Acting Secretary of State
Welles said present Japanese ac¬
tivities directed toward Indo¬
china endanger “peaceful use by
peaceful nations of the Pacific...
jeopardize the procurement by
the United States of essential
matrials such as tin and rubber
____necessary for----our defense
progress----” He said the safe y
of other areas, including .the
Philippine Islands, also is en¬
dangered. President issued a start
The United States has
ment .that the Japan
been letting oil go to
“with the hope — and d da
worked for two years — of keep¬
ing the war out of the Sou.
Pacific The for our own good, and i'-r
defense of Great Britain
the freedom of the sea ®v
Mr. Roosevelt told his P’j—
conference events m the * a -
East are bringing to the America
public a greater awareness of the
danger of the whole world situ¬
ation. But as yet, he said, tn
public is not sufficiently cogniz¬
ant of the perils of the situation,
more than it realizes the
any of in the Wes
dangers war
ARMY
Secretary of War Stimson said
production of vital items has
been increased with the coopera¬
tion of American industry dur¬
ing the past “100 cruical days
as follows: light tanks, 475 per¬
cent; medium tanks, 46 < P
cent; smokeless powder, 1 27 ^ per¬
cent; machine guns, 93 P°rce ,
TNT, 92 percent; training planes,
55.7 percent; bombers, 17.3 per¬
cent. Department . saia .j
The War
Army production has progress?
faster in the past year than the
manufacture of modern weapons
but since it is more important
to know how to employ a wea¬
tactically rather than to
pon fire it, “little train¬
know how to substitu¬
ing value is lost by the
tion of a stove pipe for a moit i
or an oak bow for a machine
gun.” If a company has fewer
than men, the guns are io-
guns chance
tated so each man has a
to learn how to hand.e them.
said it _
The War Department is
giving four types of tests to dl f”
cover a trainee’s abih1> o’ 1 the ,,
.
help find his “right” place m
Armv. Selective Service Head¬
quarters twenty-one-year-olds announced that registered 75--^
on July 1.
HIGHWAYS
Congress passed a $320,000,00 >
defense highway bill for con¬
struction of roads and experimen¬ and
tal airplane landing strips
to pay states for damages
Armv and Navy maneuvers.
‘Square and on the Square’
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1941.
AID TO BRITAIN
Federal Loan
Jones anpounced the RFC
authorized a loan of
to the United Kingdom of
Britain and Northern Ireland
pay- for war supplies Great
tain ordered before the Lend-
Lease Act was passed. Mr.
said Great Britain has put
coliater 1 which includes
ties of U. S. corporations,
stock of 41 British owned insur¬
ance companies worth
000, and the earnings of U. Si
branches of 41 British
companies which have assets
approximately $200,000,000. Tin
loan matures in 15 years
bears intere=t at 3 percent
year.
POWER
OPM Director General
named J. A. Krug. OPM
Consul' nt. head of a special
er unit to assure an
ed supply of electrical energy
reducing consumption in non-
fense industries, and , if
sary. by rationing power
shortages are threatened.
Mr. Krug said vast
pools” will be created to
; dequate supply of
for aluminum and
plants now under
He said ore has already
formed for aluminum plants
Tennessee and others are
considered for Arkansas,
homa, Texas, Louisana, th°
| them sections rf Kansas and
souri, 'section and for the
including the New
land states, New Yo"k,
j Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Oil-
Defense Petroleum
Ickes requested a voluntary
of 33 1-3 percent in motor
! consumption in the
| Ccaet States to avoid rationing
Congress passed a bill
fedeial fid to private firms’
| constructing interstate recommended
and Mr. Ickes
L the petroleum industry
S70.nnp.nno pipeline from
! Texas to the Atlantic coast
a dailv cameitv of 250 000
rels. He also asked the
to construct 40 to 50 drrrge.
speed oil tankers in addition
1 139 now on order.
CIVILIAN SUPPLY
Price Administrator
announced a tentative
; t , cu t production in the
tive, domestic mechanical
I erator and mechanical industries
laundry eouinment
make more materials
for defense. He said the cut
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CA. COUNTIES
lTiUi MI 1ST GET MB
FROM STATE
The problem of St’ te finance
in Georgia admittedly is compli¬
cated by the problems of local
finance, especially in the coun¬
ties. A situ; t on that was already
serious in county finances gener¬
ally has been complicated still
more by conditions arising from
the national defense program-
For example, one of the prin¬
cipal r nd most stable sources of
county income is a share of the
gasoline tax revenue. Payable
monthly, this revenue is the bas-
h; for the counties’ maintenance
of loc: 1 roads. Federal restric¬
tions on the consumption of gas¬
oline threaten to throw into
chao s the finances of many coun¬
ties.
It muse be remembered that
county budgets were strained in
the years of depression and re¬
covery, since the counties bore
most of the Georgia cost of re¬
lief during the peak period.
Homeste: d exemption curtailed
revenue from ad valorem taxa¬
tion and the budgets of a ma¬
jority of counties now present a
serious problem of local gevern-
ment to citizens.
State Aid Inevitable
Some assistance to the counties
from the State apparently is in¬
evitable. Legislation looking to
that end has been considered by
the legislature in the last two
sessions, and its ultimate passage
is certain. In one way or another,
the State ultimately must find
two million dollars, at least, for
county aid. *
But the State tax system, pre¬
dicted upon an absolete ad va¬
lorem tax, a series of uncertain
excises and a variety of licenses,
with only the excellent income
tax law and the productive tax
on gasoline presenting bright
spots, will not raise enough to
provide for the State, much less
allow money for grants to local
governmental units.
Stable Tax Needed
The decline in the revenue
from the gasoline tax, certain
this year, is due to an emergency.
Normally, the yield of this tax
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WPA ANXIOUS
ABOUT FENCE IN
SOUTH GEORGIA
Atlanta, Ga.—(GPS) — Some
weeks ago the WPA in Georgia
offered to fence highways of
Southeast Georgia against the
traffic hazard of loose livestock.
Since that time much has been
said and written on the subject.
Generally, the proposal has re¬
ceived favorable reaction from
the public, particularly in the sec¬
tion where the cattle are roaming.
However, the WPA now wants
a definite answer. Officials of the
Federal agency have called the
commissioners of these counties
to inform them of what action
they will take regarding the offer
to fence in the bloody highways.
The WPA is prepared to pay
a major percentage of the total
cost of the project in each of the
counties. The share which each
county will have to pay may be
covered largely in many cases by
equipment and materials—such
as fence posts, for example—thus
doing away with the outlay of
any heavy amount of cash. State
Administrator Harry E. Harman,
Jr., of Atlanta, said that as soon,
as the commis ioners Inform the
WPA that they are interested in
the fencing proposal, officials of
the agency will confer with them
on the cost ; nd general naiure
of the project in their lespective
counties-
Mr.' Harman expressed “deep
appreciation' to the people of
Southeast Georgia for the atti¬
tude they have iak'm toward the
fencing proposal Said he:
“The response to the sugges¬
tion thr t the WPA is ready and
willing to undertake a project
for the fencing of the highways
in South Georgia against a men¬
ace of free-ranging cattle has
been very fine. Individuals.
Chambers of Cnn-merce, local
authorities ar.d the press seem to
agree that the idea is an ex¬
cellent one, and it is remarkable
that up to thi- time I have not
had a single criticism of the plan.
Tt spr-ms to us that a starting
point is for some interested
county to co-ODerate in putting
on a "demonstration project along
a few miles of heavily traveled
highway to show how it will
work, wh' t the problems are
and what the cost will be. This
can be done, however, only
through f he snonsorsbin of a
local government agency.”
Writer Says ‘No’ to
Will Send No Anti-war
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YORK CONGRATULATES LINDBERGH’S COUSIN
The No. 1 hero of the A. EL F., Alvin C. York (right), recently
elected Tennessee chairman of the Fight for Freedom Committee,
Augustus F. Lindbergh, Alabama Satae Chairman, at a
rally. The latter, leading attorney of Birmingham, said
of his cousin, Charles A. Lindbergh, leader of the isolationist
America First Committee, that “he has failed to meet the test of a
true American at a time of national emergency.”
MITCHELL CHARGES GOV.
1ALMADGE
IN COATES MURDER CASE
DALTON, Ga.—Superior Judge John C. Mitchell said here
last week he wouid not set a new date for the execution of
Charles Coates, convicted of killing a Georgia highway patrol¬
man, until he was given positive assurance that ‘ Governor
Talmadge will quit meddling in the case.”
“I’m going to wait at least two
for assurance that Tal¬
will not commute the
before I take any furth¬
er action,” declared Judge Mitch¬
the trial judge-
Coates was convicted at Ring-
in February and was first
sentenced to die in March. An
appeal for a new trial in March
and an unsuccessful State Su¬
Court appeal in May auto¬
delayed imposition of
the execution date twice.
In Atlanta Governor Talmadge
said he did not think he could
be “accused of meddling” be
cause he had issued onljr one
stay of execution and tha't this
w; s done in conformity of his
constitutional duty.
“I have set two or three exe¬
cution dates already,” Judge
Mitchell asserted. “Each time the
124 COUNTIES ARE
VISITED IN BEER
CLEAN-UP PROGRAM
ATLANTA, August 2.—(Spec-
ial)—Extending the self-regula¬
tion program of the Brewers and
Beer Distributors Committee of
Georgia into all parts of the state,
field representatives of the com¬
mittee have inspected the opera¬
tions of retail beer outlets in
124 counties, it was announced
today by Judge John S. Wood,
state director. This total includes
every county which
contains licensed beer places, as
well as some other counties
where beer retailers are allowed
to operate without permits.
lit all, 2,652 retail outletes have
been scrutinized for possible law
violations or other conditions
inimical fto the welfare off the
public and of the law-abiding re¬
tailers-
Pointing out that the vast ma¬
jority of beer retailers want to
operate along lines in keeping
with a reputable, legitimate in¬
dustry, Judge Wood stated that
it has been found necessary to
take disciplinary action against
only 313 retailers since the com-
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ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTY.
Governor has interfered with
stays of execution. If he wants
to commute the sentence to life
imprisonment, let him make up
his mind in the next two weeks.
“The Governor first granted
Coates a 30-day stay of execution
for the State Prison Commission,
but they declined to recommend
clemency- Then he ordered an¬
other 30-day reprieve to con¬
sider the case himself, and later
extended the stay for two more
weeks. m
“I’m going to wait for the
Governor to make up his mind,
Judge Mitchell stated when Cap¬
tain J. J. Elliott, of the State
Patrol, asked him when Coates
should be returned to Dalton for
resentencing. “There is no need of
hauling the prisoner up and
down the road until the Governor
decides what he is going to do.”
HIGHWAY PATROL
INSPECTING ALL
SCHOOL BUSES
The Georgia State Patrol is
Inspecting all school busses, so
that the inspection will be com¬
pleted by the start of the com¬
ing school year. The reports com¬
ing in show that there are a few
unsafe busses in the State of
^Georgia. A sticker is placed on
*the windshield of each bus that
is inspected and found to be safe-
School Superintendents and Coun¬
ty Board of Commissioners are
urged to see that their school
buses are made available to the
State Patrolmen, so that they
may be inspected, and if found
to be safe, approved before the
school session starts.
Commissioner states that there
has been a large reduction in
school child fatalities, owing to
the activity of the Patrol in in¬
specting buses and organizing
school boy patrols to guide the
children to and from school and
while at school.
Major Goodwin stated that the
Patrol i s meeting with splendid
cooperation by all of the school
officials and by the bus drivers
and he urged the drivers to co-
$1.50 PER YEAR
Wheeler;
to FDR
The writer of the following
letter received one of Senator
Wheeler’s post cards and imme¬
diately voiced his opinion of such
tactic to the Senator. The follow¬
ing letter was published in the
Rossville Open Gate last week,
and we pass it on to our readers:
Hon Burton K. Wheeler,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
So you want me to write to
President Roosevelt that I am
against our entry into the Euro¬
pean war. tell him
So you want me to
that I expect him to live up to
his campaign pledges, and keep
us out of the European war. Have
you, by any chance, heard the old
felictous expression, “A fool
never changes his mind?” A sen¬
sible man by all means may and
does, Mr. Wheeler?.
Do you mean to say that you
want our good President to take
lightly the present most danger¬
ous crisis and go about his busi¬
ness as though all were well, at
least with his country.
Do you mean to say that you
want our most farsighted Presi¬
dent to stick his head in the sand
like an ostrich and then say that
the maniac hunter of lives, Hitler
will not get him and those under
his protection?
Do you, by any chance, prefer
to live as a possible slave to Hit¬
ler than die a free man?
Can’t you understand that Hit¬
ler is bent on the conquest of the
world, and nothing less will satis¬
fy him?
What country do you think
comes next on Hitler’s plan of
invasion, now that he has begun
butchering Russia? Turkey? No
Hitler can at short notice make
the cowardly Turks double-cross
Britain or do almost anything he
wants them to.
Does Spain come next on Hit¬
ler’s chopping block? No. Spain
is too weak to resist Hitler in
carrying out his ambition of
world domination.
It is none other than the Unit¬
ed States. Yes, Mr. Wheeler, we
are next in line on his plan of
division and conquest. But thank
God, notwithstanding the Isola¬
tionists and defeatisHs like you
and your crony, the flier; and de¬
spite the pro-German activities
in this country, we have become
more united than ever before to
protect and preserve the Amer¬
ican way of life at all costs un¬
der the leadership of a keen and
fearless statesman.
History will speak of our pres¬
ent President, Honorable Frank¬
lin Delano Roosevelt, as one of
the three great Presidents of the
United States
President Roosevelt is a true
patriotic American. He has done,
he is doing and he will continue
to do everything possible for the
good of his country, come what
may.
If at long last he advocates
war, it should be war. He knows
best believe me. He is not going
to sit down and watch Hitler con¬
quer us. No, not President Roose¬
velt.
As for yourself, you will be
rendering a great service to your
country, if, from this day on, you
would decide not to try to ob¬
struct the Administration’s var¬
ious plans. Cease your antagonis¬
tic activities aganst the'President
and you will be liked and honor¬
ed by the people of the United
States. Neither you nor anyone
else can deviate our President
from doing his duty to his be¬
loved country. He cannot be soft-
soaped or fooled. So why keep on
harping when you know your
words avail very little, if any,
with the true American people?
And because your writing has
a foreign stench, I am delighted
to inclose a copy of my poem
“Song of Liberty.” Read it. It
may do you good.
Incidentally, have you heard
one of my own expressions of
1917? If not, here it is: “Pull with
the United States or pull out.”
Yours sincerely,
V. A. AVAKIAN.
COTTON FARMING MAY
BE REVOLUTIONIZED
Atlanta, Ga.—(GPS) — From
nearby Montgomery, Ala,, comes
word that cotton farming may
be revolutionized by a war-born
invention—a flame thrower. Cap¬
tain Price McLemore, who has
been called from his farm to
Gunter Field as a reserve officer,
is the inventor. Already jets of
2,200 degree flames are replacing
cotton croppers on an expansive
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operate with the patrolmen in
correcting any defects found in
the buses for the protection of
children. ’
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