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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1944)
Clerk lines Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. Published Weekly — Since 1901. Dade’s Only Newspaper. NUMBER 15.—VOLUME 44. DAIRYMEN WILL BENEFIT FROM TARVER BILL Georgia dairymen will be sav¬ ed some fifty thousand dollars a years and those of the nation over two million by the state’s successful activities in combat¬ ing the War Food Administra¬ tion’s levy on milk distributors, according to State Milk Control Director Alton Cogdel following unanimous passage of Congress¬ man Tarver’s appropriation bill which would have the federal treasury instead of the milk pro¬ ducers pay for administration of the WFA milk conservation pro¬ gram. Cogdell praised not only Con¬ gressman Tarver but the entire Georgia delegation and the state legislative committee for their fight against the “unjust” WFA levy of one and one-half cent per hundredweight of milk dis¬ tributed. He predicted Senate passage of the Tarver legislation. This was the second victory Georgians have won in connec¬ tion with aid from Washington. The same groups headed the movement that recently doubled the feed subsidy to producers in Georgia and other states. Although WFA so-called effi¬ ciency experts charged Georgia with being the only state to op¬ pose the new tax, Cogdell point¬ ed to the fact that the House unanimously passed the Tarver Bill, and said he was proud that Georgia could save the dairymen of the whole nation from pay¬ ment of this “unjust levy.” x Thanking Marvin Jones, head of the WFA, whom he said was unaware of the “unjust assess¬ ment,” the milk control director asserted: “I am advising dairymen to mail their reports to the WFA and keep their money in their pockets until we hear further from the Georgia delegation.” Cogdell said that since the sub¬ sidy has been raised from forty to eighty cents per hundred¬ weight he has received applica¬ tions for six or eight licenses for dairymen to enter the business. He added that reports received from throughout the state are highly encouraging, in that dairymen are adding from one to six cows to their herds. “I am of the opinion,” he said, “that if we cai have the subsidy extended, we can get the dairy¬ men back on their feet and can increase milk production in Georgia.” State Purchasing Agent Highly Praised The State Department of Pur¬ chases, under Superintendent W|. N. Pate, has been commended highly by Governor Amall for the “finely efficient” basis on which it is being operated. “There has been no rumor or scandal or corruption,” the Gov¬ ernor asserted, “and this is a great source of gratification and comfort to me. Supt. Pate is the soul of courtesy, honor, fairness and good business ethics.” Furthermore, he has reduced the annual cost of operating his department by $7,000.00 without impairing its efficiency, Amall added. State Faces Crisis- In Meeting Expenses Following conference with State Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr., and other officials, Gover¬ nor Arnall asserted that “it will ^ be nothing short of a miracle if we get by in meeting state ex¬ penses.” Recent flood damage to roads and bridges, as well as heavy - roadway repairs, postponed dur¬ ing the second and third quar- ers because of bad weather, has just compelled an increase in the State highway budget of a- bout a million and a quarter dollars for the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year. Furthermore, the Governor said the recent estimates on in¬ come tax revenue were most probably too optimistic, and that the decline may be nine million dollars below the 1943 figure in- State Budget Bureau Will Not Approve Raises For Employees Announcing a possible loss of more than nine million dollars in state income taxes during the present year, State Auditor B. E. Thrasher, Jr., has notified all department heads that “the members of the budget bureau will not entertain in any manner any raises for state employees.” “The members of the budget bureau,” he advised, “cannot be placed in a position of blowing hot and cold with reference to this matter; that is, telling one group that the state is not in a financial position to raise sal¬ aries and then in turn, approve salary raises for other groups of employees.” “The state,” the auditor as¬ serted, “is really taking a beat¬ ing in income tax collections. The deposits of income tax to date from the March 15 returns have been $99,158.94 as compar¬ ed to $2,380,456.49 up to the same date last year. It is hoped that the collections will pick up but the trend at present is not pleasing." The state’s big loss in income tax is caused by the increase in federal income tax payments and the provision in the state law which permits deductions of federal income taxes in figur¬ ing income tax returns. All heads of state departments and institutions were called up¬ on by Auditor Thrasher to liqui¬ date all current accounts pay¬ able by March 31st. He declared that the accounts payable of $2,251,841.80 at the end of the last quarter “were entirely too high.” He directed department heads to trim their budget re¬ quests to as law as possible, with explanations of any unusual ex¬ penditures contemplated. Volunteers Again Needed To Harvest Crops In Georgia If volunteers are not found to aid farmers in harvesting, mil¬ lions of dollars in Georgia crops may be lost this year, according to Governor Ellis Arnall. In a recent speech to a war services council, the Governor added that “in the case of some crops, the harvesting and pick¬ ing must be completed in a five- day period.” Warden Selected To Head Forest Fire Patrol The appointment in the State Forestry department of Paul W. Groom as State Forest Fire War¬ den to head up a state-wide system of forest fire patrol has been announced by Director J. M. Tinker. Mr. Groom’s duties will be to develop the State Forest Fire Patrol so as to eventually give the whole state adequate forest fire protection. Warden, As State Forest Fire Mr. Groom will be responsible also for forest fire law enforce¬ ment, and is expected to develop adequate state forest fire laws. The appointment of a State Forest Fire Warden is hailed as a progressive step in forest fire protection in Georgia and a recognition of the popular de¬ mand for something to be done about the promiscuous setting of woods fires. Mr Groom is a native of Geor¬ gia, graduate of the George Fos¬ ter Peabody School of Forestry at Athens, and until his recent assignment was District Forester at Macon, having charge of the Forestry department’s activities in the Sixth Congressional dis¬ trict. _— stead oTlTpreviously estimate four million. from In addition, revenues taxes on gasoline, liquor, beer and wine show a downward trend, it was announced by the Auditor. The looss on gasoline taxes alone for the 1943-44 fis¬ cal year ending June 30 will, he estimated, be in the neighbor¬ hood of eight million dollars. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944. f Jifl ^ v .^ < ... ..j DESTITUTE RUSSIANS APPEAL TO GEORGIA CHIL¬ DREN:—Another “Share Your Clothes With Russians” col¬ lections begins April 17 through Georgia schools under the sponsorship of the State Department of Education, Georgia Education Association and Congress of Parents and Teach¬ ers. Millions of families, like the one pictured above, were left homeless and almost naked by the Nazi invader. Geor¬ gia’s goal this year is four pounds of clothing and a pair of shoes per pupil. Let’s do it for the Russians who have done so much for us on the fighting fronts. ODT Says Broken Down Trucks Can Be Put In Repair CHATTANOOGA, April 13.— Hundreds of broken down trucks and buses are lying idle through¬ out the southeast because their owners and many small garage- men have not yet learned how to go about getting the critical parts needed for their repair, the Office of Defense Transportation and the War Production Board reported yesterday. In a joint statement, district offices of the two federal agen¬ cies pointed out that despite war time scarcities, parts are now available to keep essential ve¬ hicles in operation. However, the two agencies pointed out, many small truck operators, including a large number of farmers, have not yet learned how to go about getting the needed parts. Here are the rules listed by E. A. Bettes, ODT District Manager in Chattanooga, for the guidance of garagemen, parts dealers, and owners of essential vehicles: 1. Do not attempt to get a needed part if the old part can be repaired or reconditioned by local or nearby facilities. 2. If the old part cannot easly be reconditioned or repaired, contact all local or nearby part distribution jobbers, deal¬ ers and used parts dealers. 3. If the part cannot be lo¬ cated, then have a dealer, job¬ ber, or parts distributor fill out a WPB “Certificate for Emer¬ gency Repair Order” and for¬ ward it along with his order to the manufacturer of the part. This WPB order will receive a factory priority over all stock orders and delivery will usually be made within two weeks, Sometimes, however, the needed part has gone out of production or other circumstances prevent the order being immediately fill¬ ed. In this event, operators of commercial motor equipment may then: 4. Appeal to the Mainten¬ ance Specialist at the nearest District Office of the Office of Defense Transportation. Through an elaborate system set up for searching for critically needed parts, the ODT can usually lo¬ cate the wanted part within several days. If the district of¬ fice is unable to locate the part, it will forward the request to the ODT regional office, which will, in cooperation with the War Production Board, take steps to Special Committee Set Up To Aid AH Returning Veterans Georgia servicemen returning to civilian employment will be aided in this through special machinery set up in the form of a Veteran’s Advisory Committee, with Jackson P. Dick of Atlanta, as chairman. At a recent meet¬ ing the committee was address¬ ed by Governor Ellis Arnall and Colonel J. N. Keelin, Jr., state selective service director, both urging the necessity for such organization and pointing to the large scope of the work before it. The Governor said that “noth¬ ing can contribute more to the welfare of the state and nation than to care for these returning servicemen and find employment for them.” “This is the biggest job,” con¬ tinued the Governor, “yet taken over by the selective service. It is an easy task to take a man from his job and put him in the Army, but it is much more diffi¬ cult to take him from the Army and put him back in his civilian job.” Although it is now compara¬ tively easy to find employment for a discharged veteran, Gov¬ ernor Arnall pointed out that the problem will become increasing¬ ly difficult, and that there will also be the problem of placing some veterans in better positions than they held on entering the service. This will rise from men maturing through experience and developing ability that will fit them for better jobs, as re¬ sult of Army training. Colonel Keelin asserted that apparently a million and a half servicemen already have been discharged for disability and in¬ adaptability to military service. Also, he said, an estimated two million more will be demobilized within a year after Germany is defeated. Furthermore, twenty million war workers will have to be relocated. Thirty-four offices of the Unit¬ ed States Employment Service are located in Georgia, with a veterans’ employment represen¬ tative in each. A veterans’ di¬ vision is maintained in the five largest offices, in Atlanta, Aug¬ usta, Columbus, Macon and Sa¬ vannah, and returning veterans are referred to them directly. The veteran receives preferential treatment, acording to Pay Kel¬ ly, state veterans’ employment service director of the USES. FISHING LICENSES PLACED ON SALE Fising licenses for 1944-45 have been placed on sale by dealers in all of Georgia’s 159 counties, according to the Game and Fish Commission, which an¬ nounced that 1943-44 licenses expired March 31. The Commission said that the Department of Revenue is in charge of sale and distribution of both fishing and hunting lic¬ enses through legally appointed and bonded agents. Charlie Elliott, director of the Commission, reported that re¬ ceipts from 1943-44 licenses ex¬ ceeded those of the previous year by over $1,000. He express¬ ed hope that there would be a greater increase this year, in¬ asmuch as increased revenue would go a long way toward fi¬ nancing the expanded hatchery program designed to produce 10 million fish for liberation this fall. Elliott explained that licenses are required of all fishermen, with the following exceptions: Persons under 16 years old, and persons fishing in their county of legal residence with worms. Use of live bait, minnows, or artificial lures requires a license of all citizens over 16. The general season on fishing will be closed April 15-May 31, inclusive, but fishing in the wat¬ ers of 18 North Georgia counties will be legal during this time. These trout waters opened April 1, and will remain in use until November 15th. Elliott announced that Rock Eagle Lake will be open through¬ out the year, as will Jackson Lake and all North Georgia power lakes except Nottely and Chatuge, commonly called Hia- wassee Lake. Wildlife rangers will rigidly enforce the new size and creel limit regulations on game fish, according to the Commission, which listed the following limits as a reminder: Rainbow and brook trout, 10 daily; 7-inch minimum; red- Continued on Page Six Trenton Drug Store Installs Modern Refrigerator Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Wil¬ liams, who recently assumed the management of the Trenton Drug Sundries last week install¬ ed a modern and uptodate re¬ frigerator. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are operating a restaurant in connection with the business and this addition enables them to keep fresh meats, vegetables, fruits, etc., for their customers. The installation of new equip¬ ment was a considerable ex¬ pense, however, the manage¬ ment is making every effort to accomodate the public in the best possible manner. Mr. Wil¬ liams says that nothing but the best available meats and vege¬ tables will be kept. He also stat¬ ed that as soon as war condi¬ tions will permit, the dining room will be enlarged to better take care of the ever increasing number of patrons. Head Rules 17-Year Olds Eligible To Vote Any person who will be 18 years old November 7, is eligible to register and vote in the gen¬ eral election on that date, ac¬ cording to ruling by T. Grady Head, the state’s attorney gen¬ eral. This means also, he ruled, that a person, although still 17, may register and vote In the Demo¬ cratic primary to be held in July, if such person reaches the age of election. 18 before the next general expedite delivery from the fac¬ tory. “However, the ODT points out, ODT service is strictly an emer¬ gency measure and will be made available only after other at¬ tempts to locate the part have failed. The service is for essen¬ tial commercial vehicles only and not for privately owned passenger automobiles.” $1.50 PER YEAR. Old Time Mountain Music Show At Rising Fawn Saturday Night Everything is all set for the “Old Time Mountain Music” show to be put on at the Rising Fawn School Saturday night. J. Laurel John and his Moun¬ taineers will be here and ready to go with about two hours of the best entertainment of its kind in the entire country. This will be a show you can’t afford to miss. As you recall, Mr. Johnson and J. L. Jr., are the ones who have given their time and effort in making the last several Fiddlers’ Conventions held here great successes. He is bringing along Charley Bowman, one of the outstanding musicians and comedians of the south, and a complete line up for a clean and uptodate entertainment. “Check” the Alabama Kid, with all his clever stunts and guitar will be there to go his part in keeping you in an uproar. You’ve seen these fellows perform, but you haven’t seen ’em go all out. Now you have a chance to see some real entertainers “open up” and go to town. Grady Bradford and Elbert Forester will be there helping out. Charley Bowman will get more out of a “fiddle”, banjo, guitar, “french harp”, boxes and what not, than you ever thought was possible to come out; to say nothing of his stunts and come¬ dy acts. You may rest assured that the entertainment will be the best. This will be one of the best entertainments of its kind ever put on in Dade County and a packed house is expected. The event is being sponsored by the school. Be there . . . Your money will be cheerfully refunded if you are not entirely satisfied with what these fellows have to offer you. Fats Salvage Rises, Quota Still Far Short The collection of used kitchen fats during January set a new record of 690,200 pounds for Re¬ gion VIII of War Production board, L. E. Walters, regional salvage chief, announced yester¬ day, but revealed simultaneously that the collections were still the lowest percentage of its quota yet attained. The figures were released in a new effort to increase the household salvage of this vital war need. The collection of fats in Janu¬ ary of this year was nearly 200,- 000 pounds greater than in any previous month. The total col¬ lection in this region, however, was only 690,200 pounds as com¬ pared with a quota of 2,245,000 pounds. Fats and greases, he said, probably play as great a part in the war effort as a 11 other known chemicals put together. Fats are needed to produce high-powered explosives and for use in the compounding of vac¬ cines, sulfa drug ointments and the like. Glycerine, a by-product of soap which is made from fats, is used in the manufacture of cellophane, a grease-proof pap¬ er, synthetic rubber, synthetic resins and lacquers. Oleic acid, a basic ingredient of fats and greases, is essential as a combining agent for the many ingredients that go into the manufacture of synthetic rubber. It is also used in the manufacture of textile fabrics and the fabrication of synthetic fibers now in demand for mili¬ tary uses and for a number of other purposes. Stearic acid, a by-product of oleic acid, is the ingredient used in candies to make them drip¬ less and is used in making syn¬ thetic rubber, highly specialized lubricants and metallic soaps. “Both tin cans and waste fats are urgently needed and will continue to be needed for at least the duration of the war,” Mr. Walters said. “By cooperat¬ ing in this program, housewives Continued on Page Six
