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vnKON WILL WL M0RE
V1N5U NAVAL MEW
Cob*'"" H ** d To A>k
°of 5,000 To Mob Now Worship*.
ffuhinRton, Dec. 9.—A move to
increase i
ival enlisted personnel by
5000 to ninn new warships to bo
; n tc. commission in 1934
j^nned in the coming: congress by
fiiiraan Vinson, democrat, Geor-
• 0 f the house naval committee.
Vmson intends to initiate hia ef
fort When the annual naval supply
brought before the honse In
jtnusry.
The navy now has 79,900 enlisted
B , c compared with a peace-time
force of 100.000 in years past. Vin-
said he had been informed by
jifh naval officials that with the
now ships albout ready for service
do personnel situation had become
Kate.
Vinson said he also would seek
u increase or about 2.000 in mnrine
corps personnel, which has been re-
doced in the past two years to less
to 15.000 'men.
\ftilo the budget bureau was re
ported t have approved an Increase
! to 80,000 in the navy enlisted force
I f °. r j V®. C ° WnK fiscal fear it was
| said to nave rejected the depart
ment's original request t or 4.000
more men.
,We need an increase in enlisted
personnel to man the new ships and
mu* have it." Vison declared, add
in* he thought congress would ap
prove increasing the forces above
that approved by the budget ..aivau.
A high naval off : cia! today said
5,000 additional men would “barely
be enough to let us scrape by on the
new ships and if we don’t get that
many we will have to rotate opera
tion of ail naval vessels.”
1934 LICENSE TAG BUYERS
MAY FILE APPLICATIONS NOW
ArrangmrenU Made to Handle An
nual Rush Rapidly a* Potsibla.
Arrangements have been made to
handle the annual au'omobile tag
rush as rapidly as possible, but no
taps will be delivered to applicants
until January 1, it was announced
Saturday by Chairman Paul Doyal.
of the State Revenue Commission,
d Marcus McWhorter, director of
THE UNION-RECORDER, MILLEDCEV'LLE, GA-, DECEMBER 14, 1933
the Motor Vehicle Bureau.
Automobile owners who have cars
registered now can mail in their
19P4 applications for January de-
livery, but ..uch an applicr.ton does
not entitle them to operate an auto
mobile prior to January 1 without a
1933 tag. Chairman Doyal pointed
out ^ 'i'H
The two officials pointed out that
the appropriation or the operation
of the tag department has been cut.
and urged applcants to get in their
claims as early as possible in January
so that there would not be a big
rush on the-last day of the month,
when the grace period expires. All
1933 tags are good until February
1, 1934.
The department has asked Gover
nor Talir.adge tp require 15 cents
postage in addition to the (3 fee on
taps that are to be sent through the
mail, but the governor has not yet
ected on this ' equc»t. The postage
hill of the department is appioxi-
mately $20,000 annually, it was said.
Up to December 1, the tag depart
ment has sold 342.086 tags, an in
crease of more than 45,000 over the
296,929 tags sold during the f : rst
eleven months of 1932 The reve-
PURCHASE a SALES CO. AIDS
IN CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Special Display of Attractive and
Utafal Gifts Selvas Many Gift.
Problems.
IWith Christmas only a few days
in the future. The Purchase A Sale
Co. offers an unusual opportunity
to the shoppers of this section of
Georgia to make attractive and use
ful gift selections at unusual say
ings.
Mr. A. W. Watkins, manager, has
made a special »tfort to aide in gift
lections and has selected a most
nue, however had decreased from
$3,816,690.98 tt> $1,030,167.87 as
the result of the action of Governor
Talmadpe in cutting t* • cost of tags
from a minimum of $11.25 and a
max nium of $1,125 to a flat rate of
$3 for both pnssenger cars and
trucks.
The cheaper tags resulted in the
use of more cars and brought the
state gasoline tax collections this
year up from $11,127,488.10 to
$11.310,.311.72 an increase of 0183.-
000.
attractive stock for his store here.
The advantage of buying for the
home this year was pointed out by
the manager. Prices are advancing
and it is real economy to make this
ChristmLs a tmo to furnish the
home. No gift that can be selected
can Ibe more practical and useful
and the low prices prevailing make
it possible for everyone to give some
thing for the home this year.
In connection with the pre-holiday
offerings, The Purchase £ Sale Co.,
is making a special showing of the
new kitchen funrtnro recently
introduced by Sellers. The
store here has been selected as one
of a few in the nation to present
this unusual display for public in
spection before, the furniture hsa
been actually placed on the market.
It is an advance showing and Mr.
Watkins is inwling the housewives
of this community to inspect this
new creation in furniture design and
then to g've him their opinion so
that he miy in turn send it on to
the factory.
Attention is al.-n brought to the
public of the fact that electric re
frigerator prices are to advance
January 1st and n «nec : al Christmas
offer is made on the famous Frigi-
daire, Norge electric refrigerateri
that are sold exclusively by this store.
Crrisbmas* shopping will be made
easy by a visit to the Purchase and
Sales Co.
WANTED—Cora ie (back aad »alva>
bo... in pod. W. H. Ivoy, MUladge-
villo, Go., Pboao 182.
CALL W. H. RIVES MULE CO.
For Reliable bfonmfisa Absat
Main u4 Horan
“AMERICAN”
and who's behind
theJine oifAniarch!
AMERICAN OIL CO.
& faker of American Heating and Range Oils, Amoco-Gae,
Orange American Gas, Amoco Motor Oils
Branch Cffice T. H L nnis, Hancock St., Phone 4
r "9 wtio It behind "AMERICAN*’ MARCHES
AHEAD—and what it mean* to you—that
counts!
Let’s look at the faets!
The American Oil Company is an important
C ember of the Pan American Petroleum A
anspert Company group, a major factor in
the oil industry. Principal companies of this
■roup are i
American OH Company
Mad can Petroleum Corporation (Mo.)
Psa Amor!can Mniig Compsny
Pm American Pipeline Company
Mexican Pstreieum Corporation ef Oiorgls
Lord Baltimore Filling Station* Inc.
These companies represent one of the large
and important oil units of the country. Very
big resources, large available crude production
and extensive pipe line systems, refineries, com
plete research laboratories, large tank car and
motor truck fleets, numerous ocean terminals,
many hundreds of bulk plants, and thousands
of service station outlets.
Where and How They Serve
In addition to its refining and allied activities,
Pan American Petroleum A Transport Company,
through its various companies named
above, does an extensive business along the
entire Atlantic Seaboard, from Maine to Flor
ida, and elsewhere. They market a big volume
of various petroleum products—motor fuel,
gaaoline, lubricants, kerosene, range oil, heat
ing oils, heavy fuel oils and asphalt. A complete
petroleum service 1
One of the companies. «V>* M—lean rptrsleuiu
Corporatlan, is one of the largest sellers of
heavy fuel oils in the United States. It numbers
among its customers a host of nationally im
portant concerns. Likewise, Mexican rstialsnm
Csrpsratlan is the second largest producer of
asphalt on the Atlantic Coast. Because of its
great scientific knowledge of heavy fuel oils and
asphalt requirements, Meilcan Pstrslsum Csr-
psration will continue to handle this important
phase of the group’s activities.
★ ★ ★
The American Oil Campaay is an outstand
ing institution of public service in its old terri
tory.* Its growth and development form an
illuminating chapter in the history of Atnerican
enterprise. Our next announcement will tell
more about the American Oil Company itself.
The American Oil Compsny direct and through
subsidiaries, is taking over and will in the
future operate all the marketing facilities
of the consolidated companies in Northern New
Jersey, New York and New England, Georgia
and Florida. This includes the many bulk stor
age plants, service stations, pump and tank
outlets in this vast region. These it will improve,
remodel and modernize. For American service
must be worthy of the name!
★ ★ ★
But above all, the coming of American
means that hereafter its famous products —
among them AMOCO-GAS, the original -j*°rr«f
motor fuel; Orange American Gas, the best
gasoline selling at regular gas price; and
AMOCO Motor Oils—will be available along the
entire Atlantic Seaboard, from Maine to Flor
ida, and elsewhere. And that means new fuel
economies to motorists in our new territory*
and extended service to motorists of our old
territory*.
Now you know who’s behind—and what’s
behind—the pump!