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Italian Surrender
A Decisive Event
ITALY BECOMES “SECOND
FRONT” IN EUROPE WITH
NAZIS FACING NEW DIF
FICULTIES
The unconditional surrender of
Italy is one of the definite turning
points of the war in Europe and
may be the forerunner of an Axis
collapse in the Balkans that will
pave the way for the surrender of
Germany.
The tendency to minimize the
break-up of the Axis partnership
hardly takes cognizance of the far
reaching implications that follow
the successful Mediterranean cam
paign which began, many months
ago, at El Alamein.
The surrender, it is true, does not
mean the occupation of all of Italy
without battling the Nazis but it
places the full burden of the war
upon the Germans. The second
front in Europe becomes a fact on
the soil of Italy and the Nazis must
meet an added peril which cannot
be ignored.
Occupying Strategic Italy
Some weeks will elapse before the
full significance of the surrender
can be guaged. Much depends up
on the speed and extent of Allied
occupation and the use of the new
ly won bases for further extension
of the campaign.
From Italy aircraft can pound
German centers, an invasion can
be launched against the Balkans
and, eventually, a campaign against
southern France can ease the risk
of a cross-channel attack.
The future course of Italy may
be important. It has been evident
for months that the heart of many
Italian soldiers was not in the fight
against the Anglo-American armies
and it is not beyond the possibili
ties that an Italian army will even
tually join in the attack upon Ger
many.
It is worth noting that the ar
mistice terms were signed by rep
resentatives of Great Britain, the
United States and Soviet Russia and
that the Italians, in agreeing not
to oppose the Anglo-American
armies agreed to resist attacks
from any other quarter, which may
result in actual warfare with Ger
many.
Russian Victories Continue
The campaign in Russia con
tinues to oust German invaders
from vast areas of Russia. The
Red army presses forward, making
full use of the few weeks that re
main beiore the rainy season will
impede communications in the
south.
The efforts of Berlin to create
the impression that the Nazi re
tirement is “according to plan”
cannot conceal the steady with
drawal of German soldiers. This
retirement has been effected in
good order, with stubborn fighting,
but the motive for the retreat is
supplied entirely by the pressure of
the Red army, not the strategy of
the Nazi high command.
It is impossible to thoroughly ap
praise the situation in Russia be
cause of the many factors that are
relatively unknown. The Moscow
reports indicate that the Germans
have suffered a terrible defeat, with
the entire Nazi line blasted by ad
vancing Russians, and that decisive
disaster dooms the Hitlerites.
Red Army Has Some Help
While Russians tend to believe
that the victory has been won
without the aid of the democracies
the truth is that considerable as
sistance has been received. The
blasting aerial offensive undoubt
edly weakened German air forces
in Russia to husband their re
serves.
This battlefield-assistance has
been supplemented by the great
campaign in the Mediterranean,
the mounting flow of supplies to
Russia, and increasing pressure
upon Japan may have been the
means of preventing an attack in
Siberia.
Good Progress in the Pacific
The war against Japan expands,
with far-flung activity ranging
over a vast area which already;
strains the enemy’s defenses. From|
the Indian ocean to New Guinea
and northward to Japan and the
Aleutians the orientals are being
stabbed by aerial and naval thrusts
that threaten the outer ring that
guards the home islands.
The Japanese have been strictly
on the defensive for many months.
The course of the war has been
steadily going against them and
unless they have already accepted a
defensive strategy, the time for an
offensive move is fast expiring.
Island-Hopping is Assured
The slow campaign in New
Guinea and the somewhat more
successful advance in the Solo
mons are necessary preliminaries
to more ambitious advances, in
which the island-to-island stra
tegy will be replaced by an island
hopping attack that will compel
the enemy to risk decisive battles
or give ud its extended conquests.
While the full force of the Anglo-
American alliance cannot be exert
ed against the Japanese, until the
war against Germany is concluded,
there is no reason for us to be dis
couraged over the splendid prog
ress that has been made by our
fighting men. The Japanese air
force, its fighting fleet and its
cargo shipping have been hard-hit
The Summerville News
VOL. 57; NO. 31.
Agricultural Workers
Seek Jobs Without
Registering With USES
Dr. B. F. Ashe, regional director,
War Manpower Commission at At
lanta, said today that reports com
ing into his office here indicate
that large numbers of agricultural
workers from all sections of the re
gion are going into key industrial
centers to seek employment with
out registering with their local of
fice of the United States Employ
ment Service. Some of these work
ers come from great distances and
at considerable expense only to
find that they cannot obtain em
ployment until they clear with the
USES —and where a worker has a
Selective Service classification if
11-C or 111-C, he must obtain a re
lease from his local draft board be
fort accepting industrial employ
ment.
Dr. Ashe points out that workers
who formerly have been employed
on farms can save themselves time
and expense by consulting their lo
cal United States Employment
Service office before seeking em
ployment in other localities. He
further points out that clearance
with the USES is absolutely neces
sary in the case of agricultural
workers who wish to obtain indus
trial employment.
The local United States Employ
ment Service office will not consid
er agricultural workers for referral
to other essential war industries
until the local county agent or the
Extension Service Placement Cent
er has been consulted to determine
if suitable agricultural employment
is available for the worker and
that the requested release will not
interfere with the food production
program. If the agricultural work
er is other than self-employed it
will be necessary for him to obtain
a release from his most recent farm
employer for consideration for oth
er employment. After consultation
with the county agent or the Ex
tension Service representative, the
local United States Employment
Service office will interview the i
worker to determine his qualifica
tions and to classify his highest
skill.
An agricultural worker who wish
es to obtain a permanent job in an
industry other than agriculture
must meet one or more of the fol
lowing requirements: (1) Reliable
evidence must be presented that
the worker is competent to perform
higher skilled work than that in
which he is engaged in agriculture;
(2) where the worker is not being
employed and has not been em
ployed in full time employment or
where agricultural employment is
not available; (3) where the work
er would be subject to undue per
sonal hardship because of his being
required to remain in the agricul
tural industry.
Any agricultural worker who has
a Selective Service classification of
11-C or 111-C must secure from
their local draft board a release on
either a temporary or permanent
basis before seeking employment in
another industry. It is the workers
responsibility to present sufficient
evidence justifying such a change
of classification as may be required
by the local board. In each case
the worker will be required to no
tify his local draft board of the re
ferral to an industrial job and of
his new home and business ad
dress. If the request for a release;
is denied, the worker will not be
considered for further referral to
industrial employment.
The agricultural worker may ob
tain temporary industrial employ
ment for a limited time by con
tacting the local United States Em
ployment Service office which will
determine by consultation with the
county agent or the Extension Ser
vice representative in the commu
nity that no opportunities for farm
work are available. If the worker
is other than self-employed, he
may be required to secure a tem
porary release from his most re
cent farm employer. After the
worker has been determined to be
available for other employment, he
will be referred to essential war
jobs within the local area, unless
temporary work of a more essen
tial character is available in other
localities. Agricultural workers with
a Selective Service classification of
11-C or 111-C will be required to ob
tain a release for the period of the
temporary employment from the
local draft board or risk being re
classified without further consid
eration of their occupational defer
ment.
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FIREMAN. SECOND CLASS
George Hardy Copeland, 19. son
of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cope
land, Summerville Route 2, won the
advanced rating of fireman, sec
ond class, upon the occasion of his
recent graduation from the Naval
Training school for Dieselmen lo
cated on the campus of the Univer
sity of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1943.
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STATE BUYS WAR BONDS—Governor Ellis Arnall and State Treasurer George B.
Hamilton (far right) happily exhibit the $2,500,000 check with which the state purchased
a large order of war bonds to inaugurate the Third War Loan in Georgia. Others in
the picture, taken in the governor’s office, arc (left to right) F. W. Blalock, president
of the Fulton National Bank; J. D. Robinson, president of the Fi National Bank,
both of Atlanta, through whose institutions the bonds were purcha and Charles A.
Stair, Georgia state chairman of the War F.nance Committee. The srnor expressed
the hope that counties, towns and other governmental subdivisic would follow the
example set by the state.
Ensign Espy and
Mrs. Divine Guests
Os Lions Club
The Lions had as their guests last
Tuesday evening Mrs. Divine and
Ensign Espy. Mrs. Divine having
been asked by our program commit
tee to tell us something of plans
being made for a health unit in
our county. Mrs. Divine gave us a
picture of health conditions in our
"ounty and of some of the things a
health unit could do for us. The
Lions went on record as endorsing
this movement. Ensign Espy spoke
to us very interestingly about his
work and experience in many parts
of the world.
We were glad to have him with
us. Prof. Dyer had as his guests,
Profs. Martin, Davis and McClure
SERGT. JAMES D. ABNEY
GRADUATES FROM
GUNNERY SCHOOL
Fort Myers, Fla.—Sergt. James
D. Abney, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Abney’ of LaFayette, Ga., and
husband of Mrs. J. D. Agney, of
Menlo, Ga., was graduated Monday
from the Army Air Forces Flexible
Gunnery school at Fort Myers, Fla.
Now qualified as an aerial gun
ner, he will become a member of
one of the thousands of bomber
crews which will be sent overseas
in a few weeks to battle the Nazis
or the Japs somewhere “over there.”
He will receive his crew training at
an operational training field in the
United States.
Sergt. Abney entered the army
10 months ago, having been in the
grocery business at Summerville.
He is a graduate of the army’s ad
vanced airplane mechanic’s school
at the Vultee Aircraft plant out
side Nashville, Tenn.
WHO KNOWS?
1. How far is the moon from the
earth?
2. Are “National” holidays pro
claimed by congress?
3. The average number of tor
nadoes in the United States is 37,
64, 138 or 220 a year?
4. What is the height of the high
est mountain?
5. Where is the deepest place in
the oceans?
6. Did the Constitution, as orig
inally adopted, count negro slaves
in apportioning seats in the House
of Representatives?
7. Foreign-born whites, in the U.
S. in 1940, were 6,400,000, 9,400,000
or 11,400,000?
8. What is the negro population
of the U. S.?
9. The U. S. is building 19,000,000
tons of ships in 1943; what was the
tonnage of the world’s merchant
fleet when the war started?
10. Greenland is the largest is
land; which is next in area?
(See The Answers on Inside Page)
AMERICAN LEGION
ACTIVITIES
The regular meeting of the
American Legion will be held
Thui,.lay night at 7:30. All mem
bers are urged to be present at this
meeting; the various committees
will be appointed and also a visitor
will be present to discuss a project
that is of vital interest to the en
tire county.
STUDENT NURSE
RESERVE ESTABLISHED
A law which carries an appro
priation of $60,000,000 annually
administered by U. S. Public Health
Service is in effect—to cover tui
tion, maintenance, uniforms and
books for students entering nursing
schools. (Many hospitals confer B.
S. degrees in nursing, fields for
competent registered nurses, public
health, war plants, schools, camps,
department stores, hospitals.)
Foreign service for nurses is al
ways volunteer. Those courageous
nurses on Bataan volunteered and
would do it again.
The American Legion Auxiliary
of Chattooga County Post 129 will
obtain complete information for
those interested.
GARDEN CLUB MEETS WITH
MRS. JAMES U. JACKSON
The Chattooga County Garden
club held the August meeting in
the home of Mrs. James U. Jack
son, with Mrs. James Hawkins and
Mrs. J. H. Shumate as co-hostesses.
The president, Mrs. A. F. Mc-
Curdy, opened the meeting and di
rected the business period, with
Mrs. Berlon Lovingood as secretary.
Mrs. J. L. McGinnis had charge of
the program for the afternoon. The
following members gave interesting
facts about flowers and shiubbery.
Mrs. Frank Prince, Mrs. Madison
Short, Mrs. Eugene Rackley, Mrs.
James U. Jackson, Mrs. James
Hawkins and Mrs. N. V. Dyer.
During the social hour a white
elephant sale was enjoyed by all
the members. In conclusion, deli
cious refreshments were served by
the hostesses.
JAMES F. KELLETT, JR.,
ENROLLED AS AVIATION CADET
AT MAXWELL FIELD. ALA.
Maxwell, Field, Ala.—James F.
Kellett, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Kellett, Sr., Summerville, is now
enrolled as an aviation cadet in the
army air forces pre-flight school
for pilots at this field, located on
the outskirts of Montgomery, the
capital of Alabama.
. Here the new class of cadets is re
ceiving nine weeks of intensive
military, physical and academic
training preparatory to beginning
their actual flight instruction at
one of the many primary flying
schools in the army air forces east
ern flying training command,
Last Ball Game
Os Season Be Played
Here Sunday
The Merrimacs, of Huntsville,
Ala., will meet the Summerville
team at Summerville diamond Sun
day afternoon at 2 o’clock for a big
double-header, which will be the
last game of the season.
This game promises plenty of
excitement as the Merrimacs are a
strong team and haven’t lost a
game this season.
Buck Rich will pitch for Sum
merville.
NEWSPAPERS ARE FIRST
IN ARMY’S READING
The newspaper is probably the
reading material most widely de
manded by service men, says Miss
Alica J. Garwood, assistant librar
ian, Second Service Command.
In an article on “Reading Inter
ests of Service Men,” Miss Garwood
said home town papers were re
quested most often.
The unabridged dictionary is the
most popular book in army libraries
because “it settles more arguments
on the use and misuse, spelling
and pronunciation of words, and
helps to get more letters in the mail
than Mr. Webster ever dreamed it
would,” the article continued.
Approximately 189 service men
and women from Chattooga county
are now receiving The News.
Age Limit Lowered
For Drivers’ License
As result of the manpower short
age in Georgia, Gov. Ellis Arnall
has reduced the age limit of a
licensed automobile driver from 16
years to 15 and for a licensed
chauffeur from 18 years to 17. The
governor’s order was issued on rec
ommendation of the Department of
Public Safety and the Motor Ve
hicle Unit of the State Revenue De
partment, as a temporary meas
ure.
Arnall said the manpower short
age in Georgia made it necessary
to make available the services of
younger citizens in driving auto
mobiles, trucks, buses and other
conveyances during the time of na
tional emergency.
The State School Department, ne
asserted, has found it impossible to
obtain drivers for school buses
without using boys younger than
the law has permitted.
BUSINESS WOMEN S CIRCLE
TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Business Women’s Circle of
the First Baptist church •will meet
Monday night at 7:30 at the home
of Miss Alma Zada Eilenburg, with
Mrs. James Jackson in charge of
program. All members are urged
to be present.
$1.50 A, YEAR
Revival Services To
Start Sunday at The
Trion Baptist Church
We begin our revival Sunday
morning, Sept. 19. Bro. R. Lee
Knowles, pastor of First Baptist
church, Lindale, Ga., will be with
us Sunday evening and each service
following. We will begin our serv
ices promptly at 7:30 p.m. There
will be no morning service except
on Sundays. Let us be much in
prayer that our hearts be revived
and that the lost be saved. We es
pecially invite and urge the pres
ence of all members of our church,
and very cordially invite the mem
bers of other churches.
We will have on next Sunday
morning, a memorial service for Al
bert Mason. This is the first cas
ualty from our church, as reported
by the United States navy.
S. L. WALKER, Pastor,
First Baptist Church, Trion
4-H Club Member
To Speak Over WSB
This Morning
Chattooga County 4-H clubs are
being recognized in Savannah this
week at the christening of the 4-H
club Liberty ship, the S. S. Hoke
Smith.
Helen Owings, the well-known
4-H club member who spoke the
words valued at $250.00 at the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary club, will
speak at the christening exercises
in Southeastern Shipbuilding yard
at Savannah. This program will be
broadcast over WSB radio station
on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 10:00
o’clock a.m.
Miss Owings and Miss Nell Par
ish, 4-H club leader, left Wednes
day to be present at the launching
exercises.
Two Tin Cans And
A Soldier’s Life
Did you ever hear of the “Sy
rette”? Probably not. It is a
small hypodermic consisting of a
tube one inch long with a needle
attached to it. The tube contains
one-half grain of morphine. Each
soldier as he goes into combat is
provided with a “Syrette.”
The “Syrette” is used to allay
wound shock, which is killing more
of our men than the actual wounds.
A soldier, wounded, gives himself
the morphine injection, or one of
his comrades does it for him. The
result is to quiet him until the ef
fect of the shock is over and he can
receive medical aid.
What does that mean to us?
Simply this. Chemically pure tin
is the only material from which
the tube containing the morphine
can be made. The tin allocated to
these tubes is reclaimed from the
tin cans turned in by the house
wives to the grocers.
The tin from two No. 2 cans will
provide enough material for one
“Syrette.”
There are a thousand things
which we, the people for whom our
boys are fighting, can do to back
them up. Here is a simple one but
terribly vital. With each two tin
cans, properly prepared for han
dling, we can say— “Perhaps with
these I am helping to save the life
of an American boy.”
DR. MARVIN C. BRICE DIES
IN OKLAHOMA HOSPITAL
Dr. Marvin C. Brice died Sept. 7
at a hospital in Oklahoma City,
Okla. The funeral was held at
Rock Springs Saturday, Sept. 9.
He is survived by one nephew,
Cicero Smith, of Tulsa, Okla.; six
nieces, Mrs. Jim Parker and Mrs.
Joe Comer of Summerville; Mrs.
Geo. Underwood, of LaFayette;
Mrs. Paul Ford, of Teloga; Mrs.
Jimmie Justice, of Cedartown, and
Mrs. Ernest Johnson, of California.
HOMECOMING DAY
Sand Mountain Chapel Baptist
church, Sunday, Sept. 10, 1943.
Baptismal service at 9:30.
Sunday school, 10:00 a.m., Emory
Mathis, superintendent.
Preaching at 11:00 by Rev. W. A.
Taylor.
Basket dinner at 12:00.
Talk on “Homecoming” by the pas
tor. Rev. W. F. Conn at 1:00.
Preaching at 2:30 by Rev. S. L.
Walker, of Trion,
Everybody is invited to come and
worship with us.
Little Miss Rose Ann Knox was
week-end guest of Alma Zada
Chandler.
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Mrs. Dorene Powell and Helen
Chandler attended the price ceil
ing meeting at the courthouse in
Rome last Tuesday.