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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1944)
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1944. SOLDIER VOTES MA YDELAY RESULTS OF NOVEMBER 7th GENERAL NEW YORK. — Because 11 states will not count their sol¬ dier votes on election day, Nov. 7, it is possible that the outcome of the 1944 presidential elec¬ tion will remain in doubt for several weeks after the polls close. Should the election be unusu¬ ally close, the winner might not be known until as late as December 7, when the canvass of Nebraska's absentee vote could determine whether the state's seven electoral votes would be cast for President Roosevelt or Governor Thomas E. Dewey. These possibilities grow out of an Associated Press survey which indicates that more than 2,000,000 men and women in the armed forces have applied by the most conservative esti¬ mates of state election officials approximately twice that numb¬ ‘CABINET POST’ TALK IS SCOTCHED BY GOVERNOR ELLIS ARNALL LAST WEEK Governor Ellis Amall last week scotched reports that he plans to resign as governor to accept a cabinet post under the present or next national ad¬ ministration. "I am very happy in my job as Governor of Georgia and have no intention or relinquish¬ ing my position, no matter what happens at a conference I ex¬ pect to hold with President Roosevelt," Gov. Amall said. The chief executive stated that he had been requested by the President to come to the White House at his earliest convenience, but he did not know what the conference would be about. Seeks Freight Rate Talks "I am trying io arrange con¬ ferences with Atty. Gen. Biddle and Sol. Gen. Fahy on the freight rate case the state of Georgia has pending in the U. S. Supreme Court," the gover¬ nor said. "The Department of Justice has been very helpful to the state of Georgia in that connection. "If Atty.-Gen. Biddle returns fyoimtee* to Help Pick Georgia’s Cotton for \fo!wci-75,000 Tteedectf EVEN THOUGH Georgia’s cotton crop is smaller this — beginning in Middle Georgia — and soon will begin than last, it will not be completely harvested for in North Georgia. If you can spare some time, you can year and boys and girls, help the war effort by picking cotton. Victory unless 75,000 men women, volunteer to help pick it! Plan now to join the cotton-picking army in your sec¬ is mighty urgent matter, for Uncle tion! Help gather the cotton just as soon as it’s ripe, so And its harvesting a of 11,000 made it will be of superior quality for war requirements. It Sam’s War Department makes use items cottonseed. Vital items of food, fab¬ must be picked before it becomes soaked by rain and of cotton fiber and stained by soil, it will be of poor, less useful, less and construction materials. Items t tat or ric, munitions, throughout the profitable quality. will give comfort to our armed forces world —and equip them for final victory. Georgia farmers must have the aid of 75,000 volun¬ Despite the abnormal rainy Spring and the unusually teers to help harvest this cotton crop! If you can spare folks managed to plant and cul¬ a few hours or a few days for this vital task, see your dry Summer, our farm I his County Agent. He will place you with some nearby tivate 1,379,000 acres of Georgia’s greatest war of crop. if farmer who needs your help. And you will be paid pre¬ is expected to yield 638,000 bales cotton effort! acreage If 75,000 townspeople volunteer to gather it an vailing wages for your patriotic get it to the gin. Georgia Cotton picking i. already under way in Sooth AGRICULTURAL DIVISION GEORGIA POWER COMPANY cooperation with the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service in furtherance of Georgia’* Farm Labor Program.) (TMs advertisement published In er will vote in November. The soldier vote is likely to be decisive in most of the 11 states which do not immediate¬ ly tabulate it, and the 11—in¬ cluding California Pennsylvania, with' 36, with 22 and Missouri with 15—-have a combine elec¬ toral vote of 116. President Wil¬ son's electoral margin over Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 was only 23. In Pennsylvania, where offi¬ cials expect 200,000 to 300,000 soldier ballots, the absentee vote will be counted November 22. "The votes of 100,000 to 125,- 000 persons could easily swing a close election," commented a member of Governor Edward Martin's official family. "We may not know who has won until the absentee votes are for absentee ballots and that, counted." next week from the Pacific coast I will go to Washington. Otherwise, I will wait until he does get there. While I am in Washington on the freight rate case I will pay my respects to the President at the White House." Shortly before the Democratic National Convention Gov. Ar- nall was summoned to the White House for a political con¬ ference. After that conference he predicted that the President would announce his intentions regarding a fourth-term nomi¬ nation before the convention and would express a prefer¬ ence for Vice President Henry A. Wallace as his running mate. Both of these predictions came true. Gov. Amall cast the vote of the Georgia delegation for vice president Wallace, giving him his only Southern support. Last week the vice president visited Gov. Amall for three days. • Political opponents of Gov. Arnal! immediately spread the report that the Georgia execu¬ tive "had been promised some- Sand Mourtdn News By Mrs. Una Belle Stone The Church of Christ continues to meet at the home of Mrs. M. E. Daniel at 3 o'clock p. m. each Sunday. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. We are very sorry to report that Charley Gass is in an At¬ lanta hospital, seriously ill with a badly infected knee, which he cut with an ax. Attis Lee has returned to his home in Illinois, after spending several days with relatives here. Mrs. Millie E. Daniel had as her guests last Monday, her two brothers, Joe Gas of Mt. Olive, Ala., and Payton Gass of Toledo, Ohio, and her neph¬ ew, Alvin Gass of Ala. | Murrel Guffey and her aunt of Gadsden, visited Mrs. Una Belle Stone Saturday a. m. Mr. and Mrs. John Graham of "Big Woods", visited Mrs. Millie E. Daniel and Una Belle Stone Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Johnston and son, Kenneth, visited Mr. and Mrs. Arney Carroll Sun¬ day afternoon. Mrs. Grace Greene and neph¬ ews visited Mrs. Millie E. Dan¬ iel Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Reba Tinker and child¬ ren spentMonday with Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Daniel. Gladys and Juanita Daniel and Dorothy White of Chatta¬ nooga, visited their parents last week-end. Mrs. Liza Horton and daugh¬ ter, Lorena, and Myrtle Daniel visited Mr. and Mrs. Waymon Horton Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. J. L. Johnston and son were in Trenton shop¬ ping Saturday. thing" for his support of Mr. Wallace, and that he would re¬ ceive a high federal appoint¬ ment as a reward. "I have never wanted to be a member of the President's cabinet and I would not acept such an appointment if it were offered me, which I do not ex¬ pect," the governor told news¬ papermen when the matter first came up. "If the national ad¬ ministration wants to do any¬ thing for me, I prefer that it do something for the state of Geor¬ gia." Great Is Hooker Happenings By Mrs. Thelma Bell Mr. and Mrs. Ordell Ginn an¬ nounce the birth of a daughter, September 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Prill Strawn of Chattanooga, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Strawn. Mr. and Mrs. Brad Doyle of Whiteside, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Davis of Chattanooga, were recent guests of relatives here. Wilma Kilgore spent Sunday with Mrs. Thelma Bell at Wild¬ wood. Pvt. Lonnie Drew is home on leave. Pvt. Woodrow Massengale is spending a furlough with his family here. Jr., Mrs. J. E. Tittle, J. E. Tittle, and Miss Elzada Tittle of Chat¬ tanooga, visited here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kilgore and family visited relatives at Tiftonia, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lawson of Woldwood, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawson of Clinton, Tenn., Mrs. Maggie Bennett and daughter, Betty, of Chattanoo¬ ga, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ordell Ginn Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mayhew and Mrs. C. M. Smith visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mayhew at Trenton, Sunday. Mrs. Lillian Strawn and son, Howard, spent Monday night, with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Massen¬ gale and family were called to Tiftonia, Saturday on account of the death of Glenda, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Massengale, Jr. FOR SALE—Shogoin Turnip Seed. White Globe, heavy tops, upright growing, fine quality Turnip, $1.00 pound. — W. J. WEST, Rising Fawn, Ga. Mr. andMrs. Waymon Horton announce thebirth of a son last week. PAGE THREE of Germany to Be Launched Nazis Break Under Pounding From Three Sides, and Now Seek to Get Easier Peace The Battle of France has been won, even if some fighting remains, and the contending armies are now seeking positions for the impending Battle of Germany, which will be the last great mammoth engagement of the European war. While we aie apt to think of the fight to defeat Hitler in terms of the prgoress made in western Europe the circle of armies that steadily press in upon Germany includes the Rus¬ sians and our fighting men in Italy, as well as brave patriots of occupied nations who have contributed their mite. The debacle that has attended German fortunes in the past three months has not been miraculous. It is the result of intelli¬ gent war-making by forces farsuperior to those of the enemy. The strategic application of this power has brought its inevitable reward and the same factors will present us with complete vic¬ tory before many additional weeks go by. Great Offensive Began in May The Allied offensive began in Italy on May 11th. It was followed by the invasion of Normandy on June 6th, the great Russian drive on June 23rd and our invasion of southern France on August 15, just two weeks after the sensational break-through that led our mechanized columns sweep through Brittany and outflank the German defenders of Normandy. Results attained in August have been magnificent. Not only have the Nazis been forced from the Normandy peninsula, but the drive east into France led to the liberation of Paris and open¬ ed the way for the advance across the Seine which has unhing¬ ed the entire German position in France. The southern front has developed successfully, compelling the Nazis to give up the bet¬ ter part of French territory. In the East, the Russians, held up in central Poland, turned toward Romania and in a week of hard-fighting knocked the Romanians out of the war. Capture of the Ploesti oil fileds rep¬ resents a heavy loss to the Germans who have also lost their strong position in the Balkans, where surviving soldiers fight desperately to escape. Nazi Losses Have Been Enormous The German armies have not been defeated but they have been badly hurt. Isolated segments still reveal the willingness of well-trained Nazis to fight and die for the Fatherland. Probably 200,000 square miles of territory have been re¬ claimed. Nazi losses are estimated at close to 1,000,000 men on the extended battle-line that now virtually surrounds the Reich. Strong positions have been relinquished since early Spring, in¬ cluding the Channel, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Vistula and positions in Romania. Precious raw materials have vanished. In recent weeks the front on the west has been extremely fluid, without accurate information being available as to the ex¬ act location of Allied units. No estimate of the strength of the Armies moving rapidly toward Germany is at hand, but events move so fast that war-maps must be constantly revised to keep up with the advancing Anglo-Americans. The invasion of Germany is near at hand. It is a danger that overshadows Nazi concern about the fate of armies, whe¬ ther in Romania, northern France or the Baltic region. From east and west powerful and victorious armies move closer to the in¬ ner citadel of the Hitlerites where the final fate of Germany will be written by the end of the year. This is not a figure of speech. It is a calm appraisal of the exact military situation. There is doubht, even now, that the re¬ treating Germans will be able to check the rapid progress of Gen. Patton's fast-moving columns. Few barriers stand between the Red Army which is about due to begin another offensive surge across the plains of Poland. Military experts, on both sides, seem to agree that the only purpose of German,resistance, at this time, is an effort to per¬ suade the United Nations to grant more favorable peace terms. The Germans believe that a last-ditch, all-out defense will inflict such heavy losses that the Allies will conclude that the cost of "unconditional surrender" is too high and that it would be better to make a settlement with the Nazis. Early Moves Forecast In Pacific The war against Japan, as September, offers expectations of new drives, probably to ward the Philippines but maybe against islands closer to the Japanese mainland. Palau and Halmahera offer likely targets for offensives designed to open the gates to¬ ward recapture of the Philippines whose strategic importance cannot be overestimated. There have been several announcements of interest in re¬ lation to the growth of the U. S. Fleet that has advanced its bases into the heart of the enemy's island empire. Aerial activity is increasing, with bombing attacks gradually knocking out Jap¬ anese island defenses and, at the same time, destroying produc¬ tive facilities. We will not speculate as to the nature of the next move in the Pacific but it is well known that immense forces are being steadily amassed in the arena. Not only has our naval and aerial strength increased but the probability is that the number of fighting men is moving upwards very fast. ATTENTION FARMERS Paints - Roofing - Bridles - Check Lines - Cement - Farm Tools * * # * Chattanooga Hardware Company 2615 South Broad Street Chattanooga, Tennessee An Ad in The Times Will Bring Results
