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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1944)
Give to To the War Fund... Those Who are For Us! Devoted to The Best Interests oi Dade County and Georgia. NUMBER 46.— VOLUME 44. Appeals Made To Georgians To Producr and Buy own Products Urgent appeals to fanners of Georgia to produce more of the food and feed-stuffs being con¬ sumed in this state, and to Georgians generally to purc¬ hase these home-grown pro¬ ducts instead of shipping in many millions of dollars worth from other states, were made by speakers who addressed a luncheon at the Atlanta Wo¬ man's Club held in observance of "Georgia Products Dinners Week," sponsored by the State Conservation Division and pro¬ claimed by Governor Arnall. Addresses were made by Mrs. R. C. Fryar, Jr., of Man¬ chester, president of the Geor¬ gia Federation of Clubs; Charles J. Haden, gen¬ eral chairman of the Products Week state observance com¬ mittee; Miss Katherine Lanier, state home economics execu¬ tive, and others. Mrs. Fryar asserted that important did she regard food and feed-stuff production Georgia that "when my young son returns home from overseas, it is my sincere wish that he will abandon chemical engineering course, undertaken as preparation service in the Army, and courses that will enable to be a successful farmer." Mr. Haden said Georgia the heaviest rainfall of stale in the union east of on; that "water is fertility, Georgia has more tillable than Georgia, the island he of continued, England."^ the one state of the union as the U. S. Department Agriculture in Washington, ports, can grow agricultural every useful duct grown in the United "One result is that the of Georgia in financial among the forty-eight states that it is among the three. A Georgia state of now sells at a premium cents on the dollar, which exceeds that of any other bond of the entire galaxy." brought that It was out hundred million dollars of food and feed-stuffs is shipped into Georgia from outside every year, and this is a hard blow to the state economic setup. These ducts could be raised here this stale and not only farmers but the whole enriched, it was declared. Miss Lanier called to the importance of packaging and standardizing Georgia's farm acceptable products, make them more the markets not only here home but throughout the tion. Georgia Products were held throughout the and officials declared the servance week "a great cess." Judge Eugene Cook, commissioner of revenue, dressing a dinner of the cees at Macon, declared during the first six months this year, Georgia two and a half million of fresh sweet milk, in to thousands of gallons of densed, skimmed, and powdered milk. The Department of Agriculture forms us that we need to tically double our dairy ducts output to supply our consumption." asserted that Cook also ing the first six months of abbattoirs in Georgia slaught ered approximately hogs, head of cattle, sheep and goats. Of this er approximately slaughtered sixty of the were There were shipped of into gia 5,546,818 pounds this calves. In addition to were shipped into the state 974,338 pounds of ed meats and 66,912 pounds horse meat. REPAIR OF FARM MACHINERY URGED BY COUNTY AGENT Pointing out that "it is highly important that farmers extend the life of their equipment by giving it the best of care," County Agent L. C. Adams this week urged them to repair their farm machinery in November "to keep production rolling." Mr. Adams offered these sug¬ gestions for getting longer ser¬ vice out of farm machinery: 1. Store machinery under cover. 2. When storing the mowing machine, remove the sickle, grease it, and order new sec tions if any are broken or miss ing. Straighten bent, tighten loose, and replace broken guards. Block up mower, and support the long tongue on a block. 3. After harvest, take off and store binder and the combine canvas in dry place safe from rats. Repair or replace tom or worn slats and canvas straps. Give sickle same care as that given to mower. Grease and oil knotter, strighten bent or sprain¬ ed parts, and replace broken parts and worn parts that look as though they may not last through next harvest. Order re¬ pair parts. 4. Clean plows, grease parts, or cover them with old crank¬ case oil. Sharpen shares and have some extra shares on hand. Remove, sharpen, and grease the cultivator shovels. Tighten or replace loose or de¬ fective parts of the frame. Order repair parts now. When cold weather arrives, either drain water from cooling system of tractor when it is not in use, or add anti-freeze mix¬ ture. Check ignition system- magneto, breaker points, wir¬ ing and plugs. Clean dirty plugs and space the points. Ad¬ just carburetor to save fuel in winter operations, use good oil, and change it regularly accord¬ ing to manufacturers' instruc¬ tions. Check inlet and exhaust valve clearance. Order repair parts now. > vt. Ralph Lawson nd The Dog Mike Mentioned In Story Pvt. Ralph Lawson of Trenton _md the dog Mike, a member of he famed First Marine Dog platoon, are mentioned in "Dogs ^ at War", by Clayton G. Going, ust published by Macmillan. The introduction is by Lowell Thomas. The book is a story of the war irom an unusual angle. It gives for the first time full accounts of our dog heroes that have saved the lives of hunderds of American boys in battlefronts hroughout the world. Mr. Going, who spent half a year in collecting and writing the stories for "Dogs at War", gathered much of his material ay visiting the camps where jombat dogs are trained, talk¬ ing with their handlers return- ng from the fighting zones, and from officials of the War De- artment, Marine Corps and Coast Guard who cooperated n furnishing hitherto unpub- ished information. the The author obtained from parents and wives of the hand¬ lers letters which give a touch¬ ing picture of the relationship between the men and their 4- ooted soldier companions and heir experiences together. who Stories of the "4-F" dogs the have raised money to keep others going, of the Russian English and Swiss use of dogs in war, and a little about post- war prospects for the members of our canine army are also included in the book, which is illustrated with dramatic photo¬ graphs. Geor¬ During the year 1943, gia bought 720.000 tons of com¬ mercial feed at approximate added. cost of $56,000,000," he Published Weekly — Since 1901. TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1944. Their Bonds and Stamps Buy a Jeep “We’re buying one,” yelled youngsters at the Whittier School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, when they saw the jeep above. Actually they expect to have bought enough war stamps and bonds by the middle of December to pay for two jeeps for the armed forces. The army sergeants in the picture motored over from Sioux Falls Air Field to show the boys and girls just what their savings are purchasing. (Army Photo) Allies Increase Pressure on Nazis FSA FARMERS WILL BE HONORED 30TH On November 30, a dinner will be tendered about 100 for¬ mer tenants and share croppers of Georgia who have become full owners of their farms under terms of the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act, at an Atlanta hotel. The dinner will be sponsored by the state advisory commit¬ Ad¬ tee of the Farm Security ministration. Governor Arnall, who will be the main speaker, will award the mortagage deeds to the paid-up borrow¬ ers, it was announced by Louie L. Morris, Hartwell editor, who is chairman of the arrange¬ ments committee. Agricultural and business leaders and edi¬ tors will attend, by invitation. Morris said these farmers are not only property owners, free of debt and on their own, but "they are no longer tied to a one-cash-crop economy. practice diversified They have year-round poultry from livestock, dairying. Every one of them from the beginning has ed a carefully planned soil servation and improvement gram." result, he said, "their As tries are stocked with a whole year's supply of canned and meats and vegetables. They are substantial purchas¬ ing powers in their communi¬ ties in sharp contrast to the meager sums they had to when they were renting share farming. They are and ored in their communities participate in church and munity events. Their now attend the same and are growing up with children in the community, stead of moving from place place, and school to school, they once had to do. ^ Arnall Main Speaker *t Governor’s Conf. Governor Ellis Arnall will the principal speaker at November 24th opening of the Southern. Governors' ference in Biloxi, Miss., it announced by Governor tice Cooper of Tennessee, ference chairman. Post-war problems, iobs for returning veterans, be discussed at the session. Work on the home front those on the battle front Give to the United War NOW! Miss Ollie Johnson of nooga, was the recent guest I her father and family here. PRFLIMINARY MOVES IN¬ DICATE BIG OFFENSIVES ARE NEAR; JAPS FIGHT HARD FOR LEYTE. The attack on Metz, principal German position west of the Maginot line, came some six weeks after our rapid advance through France was halted by supply problems. It followed the clearing of the Schelde estuary which promises to provide an adequate supply route for Birt- isb and American troops through the great port of Ant¬ werp. Metz, a heavily fortified trans¬ portation center, the hub of thirteen roads, served as the northern hinge of the Nazi po¬ sition opposite Gen. Patton's Third Army. Until captured it presented a threat to our arm¬ ies, being excellently located for the launching of a danger¬ ous counter-attack. METZ FORTRESS GUARDED GERMANY The reduction of the enemy position was an essential item in any planned attack upon the Germans. So long as the Nazis were in Metz, the Maginot line, to the east, and the Siegfried line, further eastward, were not endangered. The advance the Third Army menaces Saar- bruecken, the Saar industrial area and may reach the Lor¬ raine plain but much hard and costly fighting lies ahead of our men. To the north, the First Army, under Gen. Hodges, works its way below Aachen through the Huertgen forest, seeking reach the plains stretching to Cologne and extending beyond into Germany. On another sec¬ tor, the British in Holland, mov¬ ed strongly in a local action to protect their left flank and this offensive will probably con¬ tinue into the Zuyder Zee. All along the Western front the Germans continue to ex¬ hibit a determination to pre¬ vent any large-scale penetra¬ tion of the Reich. The of certain localities without ter resstance reflects only local conditions, not any apparent weakening of Nazi resolve. collapse can be anticipated un¬ til the enemy suffers another setback on the scale of the fer¬ ritic defeat in France. FED ARMY'S WINTER OFFENSIPES On the Eastern front the ap¬ proach of freezing weather, which will harden muddy high¬ ways, reminds us that the sians have, for three years, uti¬ lized November weather launch an annual offensive. was so in 1941 before Moscow, in 1942 at Stalingrad and 1943 along the Dnieper line. It will probably be true again this year. I There has been something a j u jj j n £ a st Prussia where ( Germans cling desperately Dade County’s Only Newspaper. Pfc. Coy C, Daniel, funded In Italy, n Atlanta Hospital Private First Class Coy C. Daniel of Star Route, Trenton, who was wounded in the fight- ng above Rome, is now assign¬ ed to Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, for further treat¬ ment. The soldier, son of Alan Dan¬ iel, is no whome on a furlough irom the hospital. Fighting with an infantry unit, the soldier was hit by shrapnel last June 14. His leg was seriously wounded and it was necessary to amputate the leg. A former truck driver, Pvt. Daniel entered the army May 6, 1943, and went overseas the following October. He went to North Africa before moving in¬ to Italy. The soldier has been award¬ ed the military order of the Purple Heart. The Davis Community 4-H Club met November 17 and elected officers for 1945. The following were elected: Dudley Davis, president; Gil¬ bert Dunn, boys' vice-president; lettie Echols, girls' vice-presi ent; Thelma Ivey, secretary- treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ballard re re chosen as 4-H Club ad visiors. i Baltic anchor and in the Pol ish sector where the opposing armies have faced each othei without major attack for more han two months. To the south, he Red army drive on the Hun jarian plains is giving the Naz¬ is considerable concern. Here, he Russians move toward the Danubian back door into Ger many. Marshall Stalin, in a recent peech reports that the Red army has killed or captured 790,000 Germans in its summer offensive. He says 120 Nazi di¬ visions have been smashed and that the coming offensive will maul the 180 divisions that the Germans employ in the East. Difference of opinion exists as .o the location of the Soviet of¬ fensive, with observers divided between the three fronts. Some expect an effort to link the Red army in southern Poland with units on the Carpathian front. BATTLE OF LEYTE FIERCELY FOUGHT In the Pacific area the spot light continues to cover the Philippines, where the battle for Leyte has been fiercely fought. The Japanese not only risked their navy in a triple¬ pronged manoeuvre but threw heavy aerial strength in an ef¬ fort to overwhelm our carrier planes. Then they shifted troops from other islands, seeking to block our seizure of the west coast of Leyte. The enemy naval attack was a major undertaking and, for more than a week, the enemy threat was real. Now, however, firm landings have been made and considerable artillery, and other supplies, have been land ed. When occupation of the is land has been completed and tir fields constructed we will be able to move on other islands under more favorable circum¬ stances. The word, "aggressive", used by Marshall Stalin in reference o Japan, has caused much speculation as to the possibility of Soviet intervention in the war against Japan. This would speed the end but only if the Red army can mount a strong offensive against the Japanese forces in Manchuriaa which would guarantee the safety of Russian air bases. These bases wiuld minimize the necessity of amphibious landings on For¬ mosa or the east coast of China. $1.50 PER YEAR. Communities Begin Active Work Gi War Fund Drive Dade County's War Fund Drive is getting off to a "perfect¬ ly good" start and contributions have begun coming in. The eople of our county, as has al¬ ways been the case, realize the importance of raising the $1200 quota and this amount is ex¬ pected to be "coming up" on schedule. Judge J. M. C. Townsend -farted the "ball rolling" in the Wildwood community by "plunking" in $25.00. Mrs. Mary Townsend, who is in charge of he drive at Wildwood, says he hopes to give everyone an epportunity to contribute to the und and is sure that a fine bowing will be made there. Fred Morgan, Gus Forester, lyde Patterson and others lave each pitched in a "ten pot." In the meantime, Tom Renfroe, president of the Dade County Lions Club, states that the Lions will come "roaring" through with their part. Alos, the local post of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be ihero with the "goods." These iwo organizations are always outstanding in patriotic drives. L. M. Allison, Supt. County Schools, has visited the schools and each has set a goal. The school children and teachers, heretofore have done a splen¬ did job in promoting war pro¬ grams and they WILL do the -:ame this time. Elbert Forester, county chair¬ man, says he hopes the drive can be closed on December 10. m this connection, Mr. Forester reminds everyone to "stop, look and listen!" for the Annual Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, quartet sing, etc., which is scheduled for December 8th and jih. J. Luarel Johnson, the Georgia Blue Ribbon fiddler and lamous violin maker, says he will be on hand with a couple of car loads from various sec¬ tions of the country. Charley Bowman, John Patterson, Leslie Blevins, Bob Douglas and many others, including Saw Mill Tom Smith, are being contacted and booked." On the Oiher hand, Grady Bradford is rounding up entertainers, quartets and sing¬ ers and will have plenty to offer. Well, everyone in Dade County and throughout this sec- ion knows what such an event means.. .and they'll be there .. . yep, all of 'em! If you haven't made your contribution to the War Fund, do it right now! Help those who are fighting for us when you give to the War Fund. It is a ,ob for those on the home front .. .We are on the home front and this, like all other patriotic ,obs in Dade County, will be ione and DONE WELL! Whe- .her your contribution is large or small, it will help and it will help where the help is badly needed. Irnall Welcomes Dewey To Georgia Welcoming to Georgia Gov. Dewey of Mew York, defeated lepublican presidential candi- late, Gov. Arnall sent the fol- owing telegram to Dewey at 3ea Island, Georgia, where he governor and his family are /acationing: "The people of Georgia are lelighted to have you visit in he Empire State of the South* We hope that your visit will orove restful and pleasant. If there is any service hat I can lender you or your party, please comand me. Regards." You help our Dade County boys when you contribute to the United War Fund. Make your contribution today! The American dollar continues to be the best currency in the world; who remembers the doleful prophecies of the fi¬ nancial wizards when the gold content was changed?
