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Slygo News
Re 1 * Edward Steffner filled
his r yV'ar appointment here
Sund Jr morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hughes
entertained the Epworth League
Saturday night with a social on
the lawn at their home. Games
were played and refreshments
served to about 25 guests.
Miss Clara Opal Moore spent
Sunday with Miss Elba Earl Cole.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sham-
baugh and children, Gene and
Wanda Sue, were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Dugan.
Mrs. Tom Slaughter has been
ill at her home here.
Miss Allie Dugan of Chatta¬
nooga, Billy and Carolyn Dugan
spent Monday night with rela¬
tives here. Mrs. Nellie Dugan
accompanied them home Tues¬
day.
Miss Betty Lee Miller spent
Saturday night with Louise
Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moore,
J. W., Helen, Cynthia and Bessie
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Pharr in Chattanooga Valley
Larry and Donald Pharr ac¬
companied them home for a
week’s stay.
Mrs. Della Genung has re¬
turned to her home in Eastdale,
after having spent several
months with her daughter, Mrs.
Leighton Street here.
“Buzzy” Koger and Jimmy
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. El-
vin Cureton recently.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Dabbs and
Sgt. Frank Dabbs, Jr., were the
guests of Miss Pearl Street Mon¬
day. Sgt. Dabbs will leave for
his camp in Greenville, Pa.,
Thursday.
M.r. and Mrs. Bud Garner and
children visited relatives here
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bird and
children, Johnny, Richard and
Jerry, of Chattanooga, visited
here Saturday afternoon.
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SACRIFICE FOR
(By Booth Tarkington)
Invasion! What other word j
is so continuously in our i
minds? If for us today inva¬
sion meant the opposite of
what it does mean—that is, if
America instead of Europe !
were the direction taken by
the invasion—how would we :
be behaving? How would we,
for instance, be responding to \
the United States Treasury’s
Fifth War Loan drive?
Of course the answer is that
if America were being invad¬
ed we’d be giving our bottom
dollar and our last shirt, be¬
cause naturally we’d rather
save our skin than our shirt.
George Washington said:
“Labor to keep alive in your
breast that little spark of ce¬
lestial fire, called conscience’’;
and, since nothing said by the
Father of his (and our) coun¬
try should go unheeded, every
one of us might properly in¬
quire of our own consciences:
Should we now be lending to
America all the money that we
would if a mighty invasion
were rolling across the Atlan¬
tic toward us, not away from
us?
In order to answer this ques¬
tion another quotation from
George Washington may be il¬
luminating. Our first Presi¬
dent wrote of patriotism: “A
great and lasting war can nev¬
er be supported on this prin¬
NOW fOR THE
FRONT, TCC! ' '*~~v \ ,
ON THE HOME
rr HIS IS IT! This is the big push buy is so much more P™er be-
X you have been waiting for! hind the big push...t and Tojo re puj ob- i
This is the "zero hour”! Our fight- will send Hitler into
ing men are ready—ready to strike livion.
anywhere anytime anyhow Get behind the invasion _ drive.
... . • •
...BAR NOTHING! Invest MORE than ever before!
What about you? Are you ready Double . triple . . • w hat you ve 05 I3AH
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match this spirit with your War done in any previous drive 1 he
to job big—you ve got to r/ g. ^
Bond purchases? Every bond you is
Bird Me Mad/- BUY MORE THAN OErCRE
This Sponsored Ad By the Following Individuals:
J. M. CARROLL RUFUS W. MASSEY JOHN W. MURPHY
Representative County Treasurer
Ordinary
H. F. ALLISON FRED A. FORGAN W. F. MORRISON
All Kinds of Insurance Your Watkins Man
GRAHAM HALE Tax Commissioner
l M. ALLISON
School Superintendent Clerk, Superior Court
REEVES BESS CURETON
DR. J. L. GARDNER BELLE Welfare Director
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1944.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
WORRY ABOUT
POSTWAR JOBS
WASHINGTON.—Everyone seems
r.clined to worry about postwar
jobs.
A guiding line of national thought
Sas been established in that direc¬
tion. The President is talking and
longress is acting as if there may
ie widespread unemployment, un-
ess great steps are taken. Stock
narketeers anticipate some kind of
iepression.
Some large investors have gotten
iut of the market in anticipation.
The CIO is making politics out of the
dtuation, "educating’' the public to
relieve there will be no jobs for re¬
turning soldiers unless their man
jets into every office.
In some degree, all the front
page news of speeches and state¬
ments reflect this outlook—an
outlook which is strained and
fanciful when measured against
the provable, but not widely rec¬
ognized facts.
The truth is bank deposits
have been rising lately at the
rate of $200,000,000 a week-
cash In the hands of the people
is being stored at that amazing
rate. The total of bank deposits
now Is above $110,000,000,000. In
addition there is $20,000,000,000
(yes, billions) of cash held out¬
side the banks.
The amount of cash thus stored
d> the people already in this war
is above $130,000,000,000 — good
spendable long green money with no
strings on it, a stack higher than
the people ever held before, nearly
IVi times as much as they had in
the big boom year of 1929.
* * *
AN ‘UNPRECEDENTED RISE’
The dean of government econo¬
mists, E. A. Goldenwiser of Fed¬
eral Reserve, said In a speech to
the Illinois bankers last week the
“unprecedented rise in bank depos¬
its” would reach between $125,000,-
300,000 and $150,000,000,000 by the
end of this war. He estimated war
expenditures to date at $210,000,-
000 , 000 .
Now, in addition, the people nold
war bonds already amounting to
more than $70,000,000,000, bonds
which can be cashed for postwar
spending.
Thus the amount of spendable
money and bonds in private hands
today amounts to more than $200,-
000,000,000, practically the same
amount as the government has spent
on the war.
R may be unbelievable but it is
true—the private purse today al¬
ready has swollen to the unprece¬
dented fatness of the government
war cost so far, and this trend will
continue. It will be $250,000,000,000
by the end of the war.
As everyone knows, furthermore,
the people are short every item of
living. Together this vast hoard of
the people’s cash and the equally
vast backlog of the people’s needs
constitute an irresistible force for
amazing business. Indeed this force
is so great, the problem is the op¬
posite of unemployment and depres¬
sion.
• • *
KEEPING PRICES DOWN
The job ahead is to keep prices
down, scarce materials allocated
equitably, and buying orderly so as
to avoid a runaway inflation. In
short, instead of a government
spending program, there must be a
people’s spending program, not de¬
signed to get them to spend, but
to restrain them to orderly spend¬
ing.
Instead of their being any¬
thing in the CIO political claim
that there will be no jobs for the
soldiers unless their man is
elected, the truth Is there is a
danger of business bidding for
labor no matter who is elected
to any office.
I know one of the government
economists has told congress there
will be 19,000,000 unemployed. An¬
other is saying the first 18 postwar
months will see 8,000,000 let out of
the armed forces and probably
11,000,000 more lose their jobs in
war plants by the cessation of
work.
But they are counting the trees
without even seeing the woods, or
the long green leaves thereon, which
practically reach up to the sky.
What they only really see is a prob¬
lem of a shift in employment, a
technical problem of readjustment
under an Irresistible dynamic eco¬
nomic force which belies their wor¬
ries.
• * •
PROBLEM ‘NOT SPECIFIC’
There will be many women, aged
and other workers who will want to
retire from the industrial field, and
many soldiers who will not desire
their old Jobs back, but will want
new ones (fully half will seek new
employment In my opinion). The
farm boy who has become a flier
will not want to go back to the plow,
or the machine gunner to the shoe
store. The labor problem therefore
will be specific, not general, not “un¬
employment” but shortages here,
sumluses there.
(patriotism) alone. It
must be aided by a prospect
of interest or some reward.”
No one can accuse George
Washington of cynicism; his
whole life would refute so ab-
surd a charge. Therefore we
take it that he spoke so-
berly and we may be sure that
there exists no better modern
exemplification of his sober
wisdom than the War Bond.
The rewards for patriots
who support this “great and
lasting war” with War Bonds
are plain. Intangibly, we gain
the emotional steadiness that
comes from a clear conscience,
from knowing we have done
the best with dollars to back
up our men with guns. By
buying and holding War Bonds
we share in the fight, calm our
own nerves, strengthen our
land, and furthermore we pre¬
for peace by storing up
that later, when our
War Bands mature, we can
for ourselves and our
at a time when peace
have made spending use¬
rather than weakening and
Of course the answer is yes!
Of course we must put our
dollar and our last shirt
into War Bonds, just as we
would if we were being invad¬
ed instead of invading.
George Washington’s patri¬
otism “makes sense”!
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. Warren Yates and son,
Tommy, spent Tuesday with
Mrs. Viola Yates and family at
Morgan ville.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rosser and
family have moved to Menlo,
Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Fleming
spent the week-end with her
uncle, Andrew Jenkins, and Mrs.
Jenkins in East Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gilliland
and son attended the party giv¬
en for the employees of the
Combustion Engineering Co., in
Chatanooga Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mauline Morrison is here
recuperating from a tonsil op¬
eration.
Mrs. R. E. Cole and her daddy,
Mr. Boydston, spent the week¬
end with relatives on Sand Mt.
Little Barbara, Aaron and
Herbert Gray of Panama City,
Fla., are visiting their grand¬
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gray
and family Miss here.
Little Kathleen Morrison
had a very unusual experience
June 18th (Father’s Day), by
helping to decorate with flowers
the graves of her grandfather,
one great-grandfather and two
great-great-grandfathers, all in
the Brock family cemetery.
Miss Willie Brown has sold her
home, “Lookout Lodge”, near
Trenton, and has gone to make
her home in Atlanta and Florida.
Mrs. W. E. Steakley of Atlanta,
and Mr. and Mrs. Tebe Steele,
of Crescent City, Fla., have re¬
turned home after visiting rela¬
tives here.
Miss Della Jean Horen, of At¬
lanta, is the guest of Miss Helen
Wright. .
Mr. and Mrs. James Austin of
Chattanooga, were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Jimmie Austin and Sybil.
Mrs. Ruby Smith and Mrs. A.
J. Newell spent Sunday with Mrs.
C. E. Combs and family.
Mrs. I. O. Wheeler, Jr., an¬
nounce the birth of daughter,
Sherry Opal, June 14th.
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Broome
and son, of Chickamauga, Ga.,
Sgt. and Mrs. James Morrison.
Lucille and Charles Morrison of
Marietta, Ga., were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Morrison and family in North
Trenton.
Mrs. Carl Scruggs attened the
Grand Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star in Macon, Ga.,
last week. Mrs. Scruggs repre¬
sented the James G. Nethery
Chapter, and served the assemb¬
ly as Page. This is the third time
this honor has been brought to
this District by Mrs. Scruggs.
Many beautiful courtesies were
shown the representatives in
Macon.
Hooker News
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Massengale
Miss Rluby Clingan and Bobby
Douglas spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Massengale, Jr.,
at Tiftonia.
Mrs. Millard Durham and
children were recent guests of
Mr. Lawrence Guffey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams and
family attended a family re¬
union at Bridgeport, Ala., Sun¬
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hall and
son, David, of Hale’s Bar, visit¬
ed Mr. and Mrs, C. M. Smith
Sunday.
Rev. M„ Latham, pastor of the
Hooker Methodist Church, filled
his regular appointment Sunday
at 11 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kirch-
meyer and son, Ernest, have re¬
turned from an extended stay
in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Mae Haswell and daugh¬
ter, Laura Frances, spent Sun¬
day with Mrs. Bill Drew at Wild¬
wood.
Pvts. Bill Ballard and Willie
Pilgrim have returned to Camp
Butner, N. C., after spending
furloughs with their parents
here.
Cave Springs News
Pvt. James C. Holder, formerly
of Parris Island, S. C., has re¬
turned to Camp Lejeune, New
River, N. C., after spending a
10-day leave with friends and
relatives here.
Miss Thelma Holder spent Fri¬
day in Chattanooga.
Mrs. Lester Forester and Helen
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Steele.
Barbara Holder of Chattanoo¬
ga, is visiting her cousin, Thel¬
ma Holder here.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Holder and
children. Mrs. Exir Forester. Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Forester, Bar¬
bara Holder and Clara Belle
Steele spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Wallin and children. Harris¬
Mr. and Mrs. John B.
on hove been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Will Bradford.
Miss Bessie Powell, who has
been spending a few days in
Chattanooga, has returned to her
home here.
^WITII WMilpdj^k-
WAR BONDS
The War This Week
June 19, 1944
We have sealed the Normandy
peninsula, and will soon have
the fine harbor of Cherbourg,
relieving us of the hazards of
landing men and supplies on
shallow beaches; the Reds have
cracked all of Finland’s major
defenses after only nine days,
presaging a cyclonic end of the
Finnish phase; the French Col¬
onials have about mastered the
Tsle of Elba. The hellish robot
planes are wreaking no im¬
portant military effect.
But state affairs are running
true to the old pattern. Many
months ago the president, prim¬
ed. I believe, by Gen. Eisenhower
and one Robt. Murphy, resolved,
by the use of Gen. Giraud, to
dispose of Gen. DeGaule. Now,
Giraud is a good man, but De¬
Gaule had to make a hobo out
of him. Which he did. In Italy,
we backed Badoglio and King
Victor Immanuel. The wave of
the present made hoboes out of
both. King Peter of Yugosla¬
via, is now saying “Mister” to
Tito. All of these effects, I be¬
lieve, have been in spite of the
efforts of our State Department.
We cannot control France.
They don’t want us to. And to
do so by force would require
some American Himmler’s and
Heydrick’s. We would find some
of these, but American feeling
would not tolerate them.
There is plenty of time to
whip Germany this summer, pro¬
vided our Tory political policies
don’t complicate the matter.
—W. C. SKAGGS.
Brown Family Reunion
Held Near Mentone, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brown held
a family reunion at their home
on Lookout Mountain, near Men¬
tone, Ala., Sunday, June 18.
A barbecue with ail the trim¬
mings was a feature of the day.
The young people enjoyed swim¬
ming, fishing and boating.
Those present were: Mrs. A.A.
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Paul B.
Thomas, Ida May, Charles and
David Brown Thomas, Mrs. Dyer
Thomas, Mrs. Gordon Mallory
(formerly Ella Jean Thomas),
'ind Mrs. Lewis Mallory (former¬
ly Cornelia Norton), of Besse¬
mer, Ala.; Mrs. Emma Kaiser,
Mrs. Bessie Little, Mrs. Bertha
Allen, Mary Emma Allen and
Mrs. Pearl C°le, of Birmingham,
Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Tebe Steele,
of Crescent City, Fla.; Mrs. W.
E. Steakley. Miss Willie Brown
and Miss Della Jean Horne, of
Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. E. G. Wright,
Miss Helen Wright and Jimmy
Wright of Trenton: Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.
Elbert Thomas. Mrs. L. R. Brown
and Dr. Gardner of Sulphur
Springs, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Brown, of Ft. Payne, Ala.; Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Brown, and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Dixie
Brown and sons and Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Brown of Valley Head,
Ala.
Rising Fawn News
Mr. W. C. Vice of Birmingham,
Ala., spent Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Woodin and Miss Ed¬
na White.
Rev. T. A. Hadden is attending
revival services in West Virginia.
Miss Mae Cureton of Auburn,
Ala., is spending her vacation
with Miss Bess Cureton and Mr.
Walter Cureton here.
Among those that were shop¬
ping in Chattanoaga last week
were: Mrs. Ben Castleberry, Mrs.
Wiley Dean, Mrs. Edna Good¬
man, Miss Clara Bell Steele, Mr.
S. W. Woodin, Mrs. M. R. Wilson,
and little daughter, Jackie, and
Mrs. Ray Smith.
Little Miss Patsy Jane Lassiter
has returned to her home in
Chattanooga, after a visit with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Hitt.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Little had
their week-end guests, Mr. Ken¬
neth Woodyard, of Knoxville,
Tenn., Mrs. Eual Little and chil¬
dren of Phenix City, Ala., and
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Little and
baby daughter of Gadsden. Ala.
Mrs. J. L. Fricks and Mrs. R.
P. Fricks attended the W. S. C. S.
at the Trinity Church in Chat¬
tanooga Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Thomas
and Mrs. W. A. Barton of Birm¬
ingham, Ala., spent the week¬
end with relatives here.
Mrs. C. W. Hitt spent Satur¬
day with relatives in Chattanoo¬
ga.
Little L. M. Allison, Jr., is con¬
valescing from a tonsil operation
at his home here.
The Home Demonstration Club
met at the home of Mrs. J. L.
Fricks Thursday, June 15th, with
Miss Kathryn Berryman in
charge. Miss Berryman demon¬
strated milk drinks.
Rev. Herbert Woodyard of
Mercer University, Macon, Ga.,
will preach at the Rising Fawn
Baptist Church June 25th. at 11
a. m„ and 7:45 p. m. All memb¬
ers and friends are invited to
attend these services.
King Peter ’lows he is king by
the “Grace of God.” Now he has
ernno tn spp if Tit,n will let. him
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