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Dade County Times
TRENTON, GEORGIA
Entered at the Postoffice at
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D. T. BROWN. Owner
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Thursday, April 12, 1945
Freedom Of The Press
After The Praise, What?
Eulogies on the magnificent
wartime performance of the
American railroads have be
come a common occurrence.
They are unquestionably re¬
ceived with pleasure by rail¬
road men. But no industry can
live on compliments alone.
Cold figures show that this
country may have to do more
than pass out compliments if it
wishes to keep the rail trans-
poration sysem it praises so
lavishly-
Under the impact of rising
costs over which the railroads
have no control—such as taxes
and wages—net earnings are
showing a marked downward
trend. Comparison of the first
nine months of 1943 with 1944,
shows that while total operat¬
ing expenses rose 15.3 per cent.
With this greater rise in costs,
net, net railway operating in¬
come dropped 1.7 per cent dur¬
ing the latter nine month pe¬
riod. Net earnings have been
falling since 1942, despite
the heaviest volume of traffic in
history.
A recent railroad advertise¬
ment shows how every dollar
received by the rails in 1944,
was expended. Thirty-eight
cents was paid out in payrolls;
29 cents went for materials and
supplies and other operating
expenses; 19 cents was for
taxes; 7 cents was paid out for
interest , rents and other
charges; 2 cents was paid in
dividends to stockholders; 5
cents was left over to be used
for restoring roadway and
equipment after the war, pay¬
ing off debts, and providing re-
juajd jo jueuieAorduit ioj seAJes
and modernization of service.
Little wonder that we can be
lavish in our praise of the
American railroads! Never be¬
fore did the nation receive such
a quantity of transportation for
so little cost. Never before did
the government collect so richly
in taxes as a result of railroad
operating efficiency. The least
that the nation can do in return
is to see that the railoads get a
fair competitive break and are
not taxed to death in the years
to come.
Improvements
The improvements made by
Mr. D. T. Brown, on the Dade
County Times property is com¬
mendable in Mr. Brown. The
buildings have a new roof and
a new coat of much needed
paint. Notice the Odd Fellows
building have also received a
coat of much needed paint. I.
O. Wheeler is also painting his
store building and the office of
S. I. Hale. Some how or other
this cleaning up business is
catching; hope every property
owner in town catches the,
shall we say the disease? Yes,
we hope every property owner
in our town falls victim to the
same trouble; call it disease or
whatno t.
We understand that the
mother of A. L. Dyer who has
been real sick at the home of
Mr. Dyer is gradually improv¬
ing arid we hope will soon be
herself again.
We see our old friend and
Post n . Master m W. H. Brock d , back ,
on the ob; and he looks him-
se again.
Well, the first Sunday in May
will soon be heer again, and
for many years it has been
Memorial Day at old Sarah's
Chapel and when it was first
inaugurated, back inthe days
of the Rev. R. L. Killian, who
was one of the first to advocate
this day of memory for our
dead; that was more than a
half century ago. We are won-
aenng if anybody will arrange
a program this year, so that we
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12 , 1945.
Food Rationing
CalenJar
Week of April 9, 1945
Processed Foods — Blue
stamps C2, D2, E2, F2, G2, now
valid; expire April 28. H2, J2,
K2, L2, M2, now valid, expire
*'une-e. N2, P2, R2, S2„ now
valid, expire June 30. T2, U2,
V2, W2, X2, now valid, expire
July 31.
Meats an d fats- Red stamps
T5, U5, V5, W5, X5, now valid,
expire 28; Y5, Z5, A2, u2, w*..
D2, now valid, expire June 2;
E2, F2, G2, H2, ~J2, now valid,
expire June 30; K2, L2, M2, N2,
P2, now valid, expire July 31.
Sugar—Sugar stamps No- 35,
good for five pounds, expires
June 2.
Shoes--Airplane stamps No.
2, No. 2, No. 3, now good.
Fuel Oil—Periods, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 valid for ten gallons each.
Gasoline—A-15 coupons val¬
id through June 21. Rationing
rules now require that each car
owner write his license number
and state on each coupon in his
possession as soon as it is is¬
sued to hmi by his local ration¬
ing board. Your mileage ra¬
tioning record must be present¬
ed to the board when applying
for supplemental B and C gas¬
oline rations.
Hew Food Stamp Validation
The Atlanta District Office of
Price Administration called at¬
tention this week of the new
OPA policy in issuing food
stamps. New red and blue
food ration stamps now become
good on the same date; the first
of each calendar month. Blue
stamps and red stamps will be
validated in blocks of five, mak
inga total of 50 blue points for
canned fruits and vegetables
and 50 red points for meats and
fats each month.
Infants Shoes
To meet critcal needs, shoe
rationing will be extended
May 1 to include the entire size
range of infants' leather shoes,
a spokesman for the Atlanta
District Ofifce of Price Admin¬
istration announced. He point¬
ed out that infants shoes, sizes
0 to 4, which are not rationed,
may be reurned to a dealer
after May 1 in exchange
for other shoes without sur¬
rendering a shoe rationing
stamp, and that a dealer may
not give a special .shoe stamp
for the return of shoes which
were purchased prior to May 1
as unrationed merchandise.
Filing Date MPR 580 Reports
A spokesman for the Atlan
ta District Office of Price Ad
ministration today remindec
all merchants dealing in wear¬
ing apparel and home furnish¬
ings of the April 20 deadline for
filing reports under maximum
price regulation 580. Every re¬
tailer dealing in commodities
covered by this regulation must
file two copies of his pricing
chart with his OPA District Of¬
fice by April 20, he said. He
further cautioned that if by May
4 the dealer has not receivec
from OPA a letter or post care
acknowledging the receipt o:
Free Industry Did It
There are a lot of things the
people of the United States
have to be proud of, and not the
least of these arethe industries
that stand as a monumen to the
individual initiative and enter¬
prise of American citizens.
How well the petroleum in¬
dustry has served our country
in meeting military and civil¬
ian needs is brought out by a
special report submitted Jan.
2, 1945, by a sub-committee of
the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce of the House
of Representtaives. On the
subect of oil supply, the report
said:
"The industry, our many gov¬
ernmental agencies involved in
this program, and the nation as
a whole have achieved remark¬
able results, especially when
measured by the difficulties in¬
volved. The production of
crude oil, the basic supply of its
products, though handicapped
by a shortage of production ma
terials, of labor supply, over¬
loaded transportation, and
without any rise in price com¬
parable to other industries, has
reached the greatest volume in
our history-
"The United Nations entered
the war with a very small pro
duction of 100-octane fuel. The
United States has achieved the
almost impossible by stepping
up its daily production from 45,-
000 barrels in December, 1941,
to more than 500,000 barrels.
Oil, from the standpoint of its
inherent value, is one of the
cheapest products that money
can buy.
"For this magnificent accom¬
plishment, unstinted praise is
due to the genius and produc¬
tive capacity of the American
petroleum industry, production
and refinement; to all the trans¬
portation agencies concerned;
to competent military planning,
for supplies, for the right kind
at the right time, and at the
right place.'
"The tragic history of recent
years has shown us vividly that
freedom of the press cannot ex¬
ist wherethere is no political
freedom; but the corollary to
this basic truh is perhaps even
more important—political free¬
dom cannot exist without a free
press. An electorate fully in¬
formed on issues is as funda¬
mental to representative gov¬
ernment as the election itself.
And full informaion through the
press is the bulwark of the peo¬
ple's power to check up on their
repreesntatives between elec¬
tions." — Thomas E. Dewey,
Governor of New York.
can all meet and have a real
day together and at the same
time, commemorate our loved
ones who have long since
passed over.
Lots of real estate changing
hands. Good time to sell. More
property changed hands in
Dade County in the past two
years, than in any five years
before. Sign of prosperity, in¬
flation or something; better
think carefully before you act.
The following report may be
of interest to the people of Dade
County at this particular time
when we are thinking more or
less of contributing to the Red
Cross, which is such a worthy
cause, when considered in con¬
nection with our valiant sol
diers who may be woundec
and suffering on the battlefields
of war tom Europe.
The following report comes
tous direct from the battlefront
in Europe, through Mrs. Ruby
Bailey, whose son, Kenneth re¬
ports directly from his station
that during he Christmas holi¬
days and on other occasions
he has received parcels from
the Red Cross containing to
bacco, cigarettes, pipes, tooth
paste and tooth brush, and
manly qther things valuable
and interesting to a soldier in
action.
He further states that during
the Christmas holidays he re
ceived a C hrismas box con
t a i n j n g turkey, candy, nuts
cherries, fruitcake and many
other nice things that a boy
would expect to receive if he
were home in America.
All these things mentioned
the came through the hands
merciful and service-
Red Cross. This
urged all other fathers
mothers to contribute as
as hey can in order
insure comfort for the wound-
and necessities of life to
those who are still fighting.
in proper
form it will be illegal for him to
sell or offer for sale or deliver
goods covered by the regula¬
tion-
(Note: War Price and Ration¬
ing Boards will gladly furnish
detailed information).
Fure Drug's—
Drug Sundries
EVERYTHING YOU NEED
Your Prescriptions Are
Carefully Filled at Reason-
Prices. Dade County Citi¬
zens. make this Your
Home Store!
Lee Pharmacy
South Broad Street
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Tire j
Certificate
Tire certificates for all types |
of tires, dated prior to Decern- j
ber 1, 1944, became invalid on j
tioning April 1, oficer OPA in Disnct Atlanta Tire pointed Ra- j
out this week. This action was
made necessary because
cations b ythe War Production
Board for April production of
passenger car tires amount to
less than 65 per cent of those
available for March, he said.
New Car Stock Pile
Recent national survey of
1942 new pasenger automobiles
now remaining shows that the
April stock pile of such cars is
now reduced to 5,000 instead of
the 8,000 which had been anti¬
cipated, a spokesman for the
Atlanta District Office of Price i
Administration said this week.
"This figure, measured against!
the numbf-r of automobiles that j
are wearing our each day em¬
phasizes the responsibility of
automobile owners to take
every possible care of their
cars,' the spokesman said.
Resale Surplus Property
Retailers are now requ red to
keep their customary records,
and all other sellers must keep
specified records, on any sales
they make of government sur¬
plus prope rty for which ceiling
prices have been established in
special orders. Heretofore, no
record keeping was required
in any special orders setting
ceilings on different items of
Government surplus property
sold for civilian use.
Non-Processing Included
James M. Roberts, OPA's Dis¬
trict enforcement attorney, in
Atlana, warned non-processing
meat slaughterers today that
they are still included under
the regulations. "In a recent re¬
consideration of its decision,
which excluded non-processing
slaugherers are covered by the
regulation," Mr. Roberts said.
This action obviously removes
any doubt that may have aris¬
en, and enforcement attorneys
have been instructed to pro¬
ceed with all meat investiga¬
tions and prosecutions as if the
original judgment, which was
vacated by the consideration,
had never been, issued," he
said.
j NOTICE, TAXPAYERS!
j TAX COMMISSIONER’S SCHEDULE
} Meet me at the following places listed below for the purpose
) of making your 1945 Tax Returns. Everyone who is eligible for
^ the Exemption must make return and sign application. If you
j| ^ a M to do this, we cannot give you the exemption.
^ If you cannot see me at Trenton, I will appreciate you meet-
> ing me at one of the places listed below:
| Wildwood (974th Disk)—Townsend's Store 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. April 2nd
* Wildwood (974thDist.)—Wallin's Store 2 P. M. to 3 P. M. April 2nd
* Morganville (974th Dist)- E R. Well's Store 10 A. M. to 12 Noon April 4th
J Morganville New Eligland (974th 1 1 037th Dist.)—Cross's Dist.)—Forester's Store 12 Noon to 2 P. M. April 4th
> Store 10 A. M. to 11 A. M. April 6th
> New England 0037th DisL)_Lockmiller's Store 11 A. M. to 12 Noon April 6th
> New England (1037th Dist)—Brown's Store 2 P. M. April 6th
j Byrds Rising Cha Fawn el (1038th (375th Dist Dist.)—Slaton's )—All Store and P. O. 10 a.m. to 3 p. m. April 7th
\ P Store, 10 A. M. to 12 Noon April 9th
, Cave Springs (1129th Dist.P-Will Bradford's, 10 A. M. to 11 A. M. April 11th
I Cave Springs (1129th DistJ-Amos' Mill 12 Noon to 1 P. M. April 11th
Sulphur Springs (1129th Dist.)- J. G. Forester's 2 P. M- to 3 P. M. April 11th
New Salem (1214th Dist)—Leon Moore's Store 10 A. M. to 12 Neon April 13th
Hooker (1069th Dist.)—Winfrey's Store 10 A. M. to 12 Noon April 16th
Head Biver (1129th Dist.)—Post Office 11 A. M. April
Cole 18th
City (1222 Dist)—N. T- Patton's 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. April 20th
Cole City (1222nd Dist)—Christian's Store 10 A. M. to 12 Noon April
Cole City 21st
(1222nd Dist)- Avans' Post Office 1 p. M. to 2 P. M. April 21st
Cole City (1222nd Dist.)—Crisp's Store 3 P. M. A
Slyg (8?3rd Dto «- W pril 2 i st
° - P * Home 10 A- M. to 12 Noon April 23rd
a
Lookout Mountain (1037th Disth-D. G. Hale's 10 A. M. 11 A.
to M. April 24th
Lookout Mountain (1037h Dist.)— H. B. Griffin's 1 P. M.
April 24th
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MY BOOKS WILL CLOSE APRIL 30TH 1945
W. F. MORRISON
Tax Commissioner, Dade County, Georgia
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TRENTON, GEORGIA
Mrs. W. N- Tatum has gone
gone to Birmingham to visit her
daughter, Mrs. G. R. Climer and
Mr. Climer.
Miss Mary Hawkins Wright
of Oak Ridge, Term., spent
Thursday and Friday with her
aunt, Mrs. W. H. Brock and Mr.
Brock.
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