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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1945)
Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. NUMBER 2.—VOLUME 45. USO Conference To be Held Jan. 12 In Atlanta A USO sate conference set for January 12 at the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, will bring together national and re¬ gional leaders and key volun¬ teers from all parts of Georgia, according to Mrs. Howard See, acting USO state chairman. "The theme of the confer¬ ence," said Mrs. See, "will be a re-dedication of volunteers to continue service for USO in dif¬ ficult days to come; and now more than ever we need vol¬ unteers." The need has become more urgent, the acting USO man explained, because of changes in the types of service made necessary by the shift¬ ing course of the war. "In the beginning," she said, "most of the servicemen who visited USO clubs and lounges were undergoing basic training. Now the majority of these boys are overseas, but we still serve vast numbers who are getting initial training for battles, also boys on furlough, ambulatory patients and men who have been discharged as well as those waiting for discharges." Since the new groups require more individualized services than the mass activities devis¬ ed for men n trainng, re-training of volunteers already on the ob and recruiting of others are, said Mrs. See, of utmost import- ance. USO Three speakers from the National headquarters in New York City will address the con¬ ference, the first of the kind in Georgia. They are Chester I. Barnard, president of USO, Mrs. Maurice T. Moore, chairman of the National USO Council, and J. L. Swingle, director of opera¬ tions. Mrs. Bernard will speak on the subject, "USO Faces the Future"; Mrs. Moore on "The Role of the Volunteer in UCO”; and Mr. Zwingle, formerly re- cional executive in Atlanta, on "Adusting USO Services to Changing Needs." The program will include a panel di cussion and round¬ table discussion on program- pi anning and re-training of vol¬ unteers. Sixth War Loan Drive Continues "If you are satisfied with way the war is being won, you think Eisenhower, Arthur and more than 10 lion GI Jones and Joes are ing a swell job, let them it," says Ordinary J. M. chairman of the 6th War drive in Dade County. "It's easy for civilians to dorse the conduct of the war," Mr. Carroll said. Fighting and women have used War Bonds as a guage civilian support of the war fort. "The Sixth War Loan, formally closed Dedember It's is continuing in Georgia. possible to overestimate the couragement that a oversubscription by will give her sons and ters serving overseas. “We still have a few left to buy bonds and age our friends and to buy War Bonds in the War Loan. The bonds now will make this the possible New Year for those way from home. They ute to hurrying the New that will be spent at home." The Trenton Coffee Shoppe entertained their patrons and friends with a Christmas tree on Christmas eve night, and a "real" Santa Claus. Gifts were exchanged nd the real mas spirit was manifested. freshments were served to large crowd, and a time was had by all those ©nt. TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1945. HEADING FOR SOVIET RUSSIA OVER NEW NORTHERN ROUTE Cannon-carrying P-63 Kingcobras, bearing the insignia of the Red Air 1 Buffalo, Y., waiting be Force, are lined up at Bell Aircraft Corporation, N. to ferried to Russia. These planes will be flown over the Northern Route to Fairbanks, Alaska, where they are turned over to Russian pilots who fly them across Siberia to air bases on the Eastern Front. For two years, the United States has been feeding military aircraft in a ceaseless chain to its fighting ally, Soviet Russia. And more than half of those fighting and bombing planes have been flown over the famed Northern Route, which leads up through Canada and Alaska, across Siberia to Russia. Although the temperature in the Klondike and Yukon territory has been known to drop as (Fahrenheit) low as 67 degrees below zero , Army Air Forces engineers and the aviation industry have made tre¬ mendous strides in equipping planes to combat the severe cold. Since early 1942, aircraft in ex¬ cess of 10,000 units have been fer¬ ried from various sections in the United States to Great Falls, Mon¬ tana, jumping off spot for Canada d points north. Edmonton, Al- Governor Arnall Makes Forceful Address to 1945 Session of Legislature Makes Pledge To Veto Tax Bill Renaming the same presid- ing officers, Senate President Frank Gross and House Speak- er Roy Harris, who headed the 1943 legislature, the 1945 Gen- erai Assembly this week ed its sessions with every evi- dence of harmony. many measures, including an Administration sponsored vet¬ erans' program, face consider¬ ation, interest centers upon con- stitutitnal revision, which may occupy more than half of the time of the session. Gov. Ellis Arnall delivered message to the Assembly fol¬ lowing its organization. The mesage contained a forceful comment upon State finances, an outline of the accomplish¬ ments of the past two years, and recommendations for speci¬ fic legislation at this session. In the course of hs message, Gov. Arnall revealed that the State debt, which stood at about $36,- 000,000 when he took office, had been reduced to a little less than $7,000,000. However, the chief executive warned that the outlook for state revenues was gloomy, re¬ iterated his pledge to veto that any tax measure, asked no revenue measure be abolished and requested that the present Appropriations Act be left un¬ changed except for making pro¬ vision for the Teachers Retire¬ ment System approved by the voters in 1943. The governor asked approval for emergency increases in the common school budget of $3,348,000 through concurrent resolution of the As¬ sembly. Payments Welfare Turning his attention to oth¬ er departments, he revealed that Welfare payments to the aged and dependent children had been increased an aver¬ age of fifteen per cent, with many additions to the rolls, but with a 25 per cent reduction in administrative cost. He point¬ ed to the fact that Georga was providing more funds for edu¬ cation than ever before, with a common school budget of more than than $21,000,000 SZi, u uu,uuu this year. He r esenr^ fundpu ^ 1 ^ Published Weekly — Since 1901. berta, is the next important sec¬ and tion on the Northern Route between there and Fairbanks, Alas¬ ka, emergency fields are situated at convenient intervals. The Army Air Forces Air Trans¬ port Command handles the assign¬ ment of getting the planes to Fair¬ banks. Russian pilots carry on from there, making the 500-mile flight to Nome before cutting across the narrow Bering Strait into Siberia. Fighter planes built by Bell Air¬ craft Corporation have constituted 50 percent of those flown over the route. Thousands of P-39 Aira- cobras, each bearing the red star of the Soviet Air Force, were fer¬ ried from Buffalo to Moscow over this route and when P-39 produc¬ tion was halted, Bell’s higher and faster P-63 Kingcobra followed in the slipstream of the Aira- cobras. and the Administration's debt- paying policy in defending the stringent economy program sponsored by the budget corn- mission, and pointed to the ings of the Agricultural and austrial Development Board to postwar needs in in urging the Assembly to en- act legislation to assist in fi- nancng State and local Gov. Arnall ponted to the cess of penal reform, reform the pardon and parole stration/establishment of partisan supervision over cation and the other in his 1943 "ten-point In presenting his views the question of Revision, Gov. Arnall xied his attitude upon the ter of the gubernatoral term." "The limitation is not a tation upon the ambition of man," mun # he lie ueuuicu. declared. "It xi is 10 ^ a tation upon the right of the pie 1 of C___~ Georgia in to choose ever citizen the people of gia want for Governor. All us here kno wthat the of the 'four year term' in its isting form was a political and the repetition of a ver that had failed six earlier. I opposed the term' when it was suggested. am against it now. I hope you will eliminate it from Constitution. It violates the prin¬ ciple of democratic free choice." Indicated Support that Gov. Arnall revealed number of members of the semhbly had informed him they would support the if he desired to be a for re-election. Clarifying position on this phase, he formed the Assembly that hoped the provsion would discussed without of personalities and that he not "ask that the rules changed for my beneft." "Let me urge the to adopt this reform; I that it will be good for gia," he said. "Make it with the next occupant of 1 : Governor's chair and not me Do not sacr ifice a Trenton Garden p lab Meets With Mrs. W.H. P o:!; The Trenton Garden Club met Thursday afternoon at the home ofMrs- W. H. Brock, with Mrs. Luther M. Allison presid¬ ing. A vote was taken to transfer money which had been collect¬ ed for a war bond to a general fund for war purposes. A con¬ tribution was made to the coun¬ ty's USO quota. A report was qiven on the sending of Christ¬ mas greens and potted plants to the Battery General Hospital in Rome. Mrs. Douglas E. Morrison, lo¬ cal home service chairman of the American Red Cross, came before the club in an aopeal for full cooperation in the roll-call drive to be held in March. Mrs. W. F. Morrison talked on the womans' work of ARC in the county, asking for more work¬ ers. The program was conducted by Mrs. Carl Scruggs in the ab sence of the chairman, Mrs. G- Wright, whi is ill. Mrs. Scruggs gave practical informa- ton as to what to do in the gar¬ den at this time of year, her own garden showing outstand¬ ing achievement during the past season. chaplain, led Mrs. Sells, a special prayer for local men on the battlefields and for fami¬ lies which have lost sons. Mrs. J. P. Carpenter gave the month¬ ly nature proem. committee A nominating E. G. compised of Mesdames Wright, E. A. Ellis, and W. H. Brock was appointed by the president, the election to take place this year in February in¬ stead of May, as requested by the state federation. The he/ tess served a Christmas plate with coffee at the social hour which followed the meeting, as¬ sisted by Mrs. E. A- Ellis. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this oppor¬ tunity to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and after the death of our loved one, Mr. Joe Jenkins. Also, for the beautiful floral of¬ ferings. May God bless each one of you. —The Jenkins Family. leform by consideration of per¬ sonalities." The governor urged the As¬ sembly to write "home rule," a meri tsystem, an independent prison agency and the outlaw¬ ing of special tax concessions into the new Constitution. Besides these sections in the Constitution, his advocacy of a broad program o aid veterans in their postwar readjustments, and measures dealing with State finances, the chief execu¬ tive v ^ urged careful vv ** w '** study —1 of — the ---- poll tax and of the election laws /-rv»/4 and indorsed TofniTTl reform Ptf of rules OT of court procedure, measures and to aid Georgia's two ports, creation of authorities to assist veterans and to fanance public works programs in the postwar period. In speaking of the poll tax, Govenor Arnall insisted that if it were eliminated as a pre¬ requisite for voting, registration laws be changed so that bien- nal registration would serve as a safeguard aganst manipula¬ tion of elections. A passage in which the gov¬ ernor reported on the progress of Georgia's suit in the United States Supreme Court to t I reight rate discriminatons a gainst Southern shippers drew applause from the Assembly and the crowded gallaries. Finally, Gov. Arnall, praising the 1943 Assembly predicting that the 1945 body would achieve as much for the state, riterated his Administra¬ tion's pledge against down" legslation, corruption Government and of State agencies for gain or political advantaqe. "I am conscous that the cess of my administration, -------- my success, will depend Dade County’s Only Newspaper. General Assembly Bps w* i t j if M a illllllltllllltllllHIMlIHlMlllillHIHHIIIIMtllHIIIMIIIHIItlli Pvt. W. D. Patton Gets Wings and Boots' FORT EENNING, Ga.—Pvt. W. D. Patton, son of Mrs. Bertha Patton of Star Route, Trenton, has won the right to wear "Wings and Boots" of the Unit¬ ed States Army Paratroops. He has completed four weeks of imp training during which time he made five umps, the last a tactical jump at night involving : ombat problem on landing. Jumping at The Parachute School has been steadily de- olored to a recognized wa- : n e. American Paratroopers have been recognized through¬ out the world for their meritor- ous actions against the enemy- In addition to producing ■umpers, Parachute Specialist Training is given to qualified men in Communications, Demo Hton, Riggers and Parachute Maintenance, vital skills for air¬ borne troops. Lt. Buford B. Street lit Ccurtland, Ala. COURTLAND, Ala.—2nd Le. Buford B. Street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Street, of Slygo, has reported to the AAF Pilot School at Courtland for specialized four-engine training. The B-24 or Liberator , /hich the student officer learns o handle at Courtland is ame four-engine craft that been biasing the innermost : enses of the enemy on fronts. The student aried training course bombardier, navigation, ngineering study. The Army Air Forces chool (Spec. 4E) at Courtland, Ala., is a part of the Army Forces Training Command. Night and day the "Keep 'em lying" for victory. Rising Fawn WMS Meets December 30 The Rising Fawn WMS December 20, at the home Mrs. Ruth Reeves. Mrs. W. West, president, presided. i. Z. Bobo gave the Bible Aiter the program Mrs. was presented her gifts by Santa, who was Miss Melba Reeves. Six members and six visitors were present. Service Postponed At Morganville Due to the bad weather service planned for the ganville Methodist Church Sunday night, at which Mrs. Ollie Hough was to have en, was postponed. he weather is reasonably Mrs. Hough will speak on next Sunday evening at the Morganville Church at 7:30 clock. Connected with the radio vork of the Rev. T. Perry non, Mrs. Hough is well in the Chattanooga area as evangelist and spiritual leader. On this next Sunday the pastor will preach at Slygo Church at 10 o'clock, at the Morganville Chunrch 11 o'clock, on he subejet, Visions for a New Year." holding fast to those which are true, to those wnch are honest, to those which are just, and to things which are of good port," he concluded. $1.50 PER YEAR. Georgia's State Legislature convened in Atlanta this week for one of its most eventful and historic sessions. Questions of high moment will be settled or passed upon. A new or revised State Constitution among other things will spotlight the session and when or if its expected ad¬ option results and it is then ap¬ proved by the people, Georgia will be high on the road to con¬ crete progress and advance- issues of long standing—and some not so old—will come men, it is declared. onh for deiioeiauon, decision and settlement, and the memb¬ ers of this Assembly, which governor Ellis Arnan said last , t-cK compose the finest per¬ sonnel yet to gather under the legislative roof, will be in a position to make history of a nghly definite and valuable maracter. The session's opening finds GeGoigia's young governor ex¬ ercising a vigorous, vital lead¬ ership in behalf of progressive measure deemed essental for the State to take its place along with its sister commonwealths in the nostwar struggle to meet he vast problems that will be¬ set America and the South. Not only is he making strong plea for adoption of a more modern State Constitution, but he is vigorously standing on his posi¬ tion that new tax bills should not be passed nor State govern¬ ment appropriation increased, m tact, he has definitely ad- ised that he will veto any new ax bits if such are enacted. If the State departmental ap¬ propriations are increased, he asserted, the money will have to derive from funds earmarked .or eachers' salaries. Teachers’ pay, as it now stands after be¬ ing increased last year, will re¬ quire forty-eight per cent of the expected revenue. In stressing the necessity for economy, Gov. Arnall pointed out that the nation is now just beginning to feel the effects of he war; that business and in¬ comes are expected to suffer a falling off this year and State revenues will therefore do so iikewise. Thus, it is necessary for the State to think in terms the Legislature with whom he of economy, and members of has discussed the situation are ! in full agreement on the score, he said. One of the important ques¬ tions facing this Assembly will be that of whether or not a governor should be permitted to have a second term. Many are others favor letting the people for such; some are against it; decide the question. In the past, all the State's constitutions have been adopted by consti¬ tutional conventions, and this is the first time one has been then to the voters. A revised submtted to the Legslaure and draft of the 1877 document, now I in effect, has been prepared by a 23-member commission named by the Governor- Com¬ mittee hearings and debate on the subect are expected to re¬ quire a month or more of the assembly session. House speak- | er Roy Harris and Senate Presi¬ dent Frank Gross have indicat¬ ed that no attempt will be made to hurry the proceedings, but the different provisions will be carefully deliberaed and dis¬ cussed. Each suggested change will be voted upon as it comes up, they said. Aubrey Dyer returned this week to the Baylor Military Academy at Chattanooga, after spending the Christmas holi¬ days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Dyer, here.
