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NAZIS ARE LOSING
THREE CAMPAIGNS
NAZIS RETREAT UNDER PRES
SURE IN RUSSIA, TAKE
AERIAL BEATING AND
LOSE ITALIANS
The Russian armies, in the East,
are advancing steadily, capturing
considerable territory and some
booty. In the southern area the
Germans are in the midst of a
large-scale abandonment of con
quered lands.
This Russian victory is reassur
ing, offering convincing evidence
that the Red army is not beaten
and that there is no danger of the
Soviet being whipped. It dissipates
the fear that, unless an immediate
invasion is launched in France, the
Russians will be forced to make
peace with Hitler.
We should not be misled by the
announcements of hundreds of
populated places reoccupied by the
advancing Red army. The objec
tive of military operations in the
east is the destruction of armies,
not the possession of land. While
the Russian advance is gratifying
there is little indication that the
German army has been given a
dangerous, much less mortal, blow.
The conviction is inevitable, aft
er considering the communiques,
that the Germans are in the midst
of a somewhat successful retire
ment, which is being accomplished
without excessive losses, either of
men or materiel.
The story that comes from Russia
which says that the Red army be
lieves that it shou’d have credit
for the collapse of Italy, is natural
but it is more probable that the
Anglo-British campaign has a more
definite influence upon German
plans in Russia. The Nazi with
drawal was dictated, we believe, by
the necessity of regrouping Ger
man forces to meet a rising danger
in the west.
This seems to be true, even if we
accept the Moscow statement that
no German divisions have been
withdrawn from the Russian front.
Let us not overlook the correspond
ing fact that Germany has been
unable to dispatch reinforcements
to the eastern front, where they
were need to repulse the Russian
attack.
The second great campaign at
this time involves the determined
effort of the Anglo-American air
forces, operating from Great Brit
ain and making a desperate effort
to stage a successful war of attri
tion against the Nazi air force.
The heavy bombing attack has
caused the Germans to concen
trate heavily upon defensive meas
ures, especially the production of
fighter planes. Flying Fortresses
have been knocking out the fight
ers. On one day, Aug. 7, these big
machines knocked out 187 Nazi
fighters.
In the entire month of August
the U. S. Eighth air force shot
down 631 Nazi fighters. In addi
tion, British aircraft inflicted
losses and the luftwaffe also suf
fered on the battlefronts in Russia
and the Mediterranean.
Plainly, the air strategists are
looking to the day when Hitler’s
means of defense will be elimi
nated and open the way to unlim
ited and devastating blows against
his remaining vital centers. Now
that the United Nations have aerial
superiority, they are using it to
wear down Nazi strength, knowing
that the Nazis must thwart these
tactics or accept utter defeat.
It is too early to count the luft
waffe out as a defensive force over
Germany but it is being stretched
tight, as well as the job of guarding
Germany. Hitler, in his latest ut
terance, tacitly admitted its in
ability to protect German cities
from heavy bombing. As the Ital
ian campaign develops, with the
United Nations’ air forces from
North Africa thrown into the bat
tle, the odds will be increased
against the Germans.
In Italy the opposing forces are
setting the stage for a third, des
perate and, perhaps, decisive cam
paign. ’
Despite fierce German resistance
in the Naples area, it is too early to
determine exactly where the Nazis
will attempt to establish them
selves. Certainly, the Germans
have decided to fight in Italy
which means a “second front”
which will involve considerable
German forces.
Anglo-American soldiers, oper
ating in Italy, will have a difficult
supply line, but they will be operat
ing under more favorable conditions
than in Northern France. The Ger
mans will have to supply their sol
diers over a route that is longer
and more difficult than would be
the case in Northern France.
The elimination of Italy means
that Hitler must tax his remain
ing strength to maintain a new
front. This will strain Nazi re
sources just as much in Italy as
anywhere else.
The occupation of Italian ports
on the Adriatic sea. opposite Al
bania, confronts the Nazis with an
other threat. The United Nations
can launch an expedition from
Brindisi and Bari, just as the Ital
ians did a few years ago.
The campaign in Italy will com
pel the Nazis to use soldiers which
would otherwise be available .in
Northern France. They will have
to replace more than 300,000 Ital
ians garrisoning the Balkans, oth
ers on guard duty in France and,
perhaps, some of the Italian work
men in Germany.
PFC. HENRY E. CLARKE
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK
Brookings. S. Dak., Sept. 22.—Pfc.
Henry E. Clarke, of Shelbyville.
Tenn., was graduated from enlisted
branch No. 3. army administration
schools, Brookings. S. D., this week,
and has been assigned to duty with
the army air forces as an admin
istrative clerk.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Clarke, of Summerville, Ga. Be
fore entering the army he was
with Shelbyville Harness company.
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VOL. 57; NO. 32.
GEORGIA GOVERNOR
ASKS EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR WEST AND SOUTH
Gov. Ellis Arnall returned this
week to Atlanta and resumed his
study of Georgia prison conditions
after attendance at the Western
Governor’s Conference, where he
delivered one of the principal ad
dresses. “The Unity of Interest of
West and South” was the Geor
gian’s topic before the Denver ses
sions.
Pointing out that existing dis
criminations in freight rates and
in the distribution of federal grants
for state projects were impoverish
ing the western and southern
states, Gov. Arnall made a plea for
unity of action in both sections to
correct the abuses before they im
perilled the national safety.
“I am opposed to governmental
control over every phase of life,”
Gov. Arnall declared. “I am op
posed to government tipping the
scales against any competitor in
any honest enterprise.”
Asserting that the railroads, un
der the present rate system, have
hindered southern and western
progress, he declared, “they have
arrogated themselves the authority,
wholly denied to congress and to
the state governments by the conr
stitution of the United States, of
setting up internal tariff walls
within our nation.”
Gov. Arnall pointed out that,
while the cost to rail lines of mov
ing freight was the lowest in the
'•mithern states and the highest in
the east, the lowest freight rates
were in the east, with southern and
western class rates ranging from 39
per cent to 71 per cent above those
in the east.
In consequence, the governor de
clared, even in the awarding of
war contracts the eastern area has
been given great advantages over
the south and west.
“More defense awards were made
to factories in the • little states of
Maryland and Connecticut than in
all the states in the southern ter
ritory, or all the states in western
trunk-line territory,” he revealed,
citing recently admitted figures
from official sources.
The “matching system” under
which southern states with low per
capita incomes are discriminated
against in the distribution of fed
eral grants for public assistance
and highways, also was subjected
to caustic analysis.
Gov. Arnall’s speech, made on
behalf of the Southern Governor’s
Conference, made a profound im
pression on the western group.
RED CROSS TO MAKE
KIT DAGS FOR ARMY
The Chattooga Red Cross chap
ter has accepted a quota of 144 kit
bags to be given the soldiers as
they embark for overseas duty.
The material for these bags has
arrived. The delay of this ship
ment of material was caused by a
shortage of olive drab twill used in
the making of the soldiers uniform.
The equipment for these bags will
be furnished locally. One dollar
will equip a bag if ordered whole
sale. All equipment should be of
uniform size. Each bag must con
tain the f o'lowing articles:
1 sewing case.
1 small soap box and soap.
1 package of cigarettes.
1 shoe polishing cloth.
1 small pencil with cap.
1 small package of envelopes and
paper.
1 small box of hard candy.
1 pair of tan shoe laces.
1 waterproof match box.
1 package of double-edged razor
blades.
1 small book.
Here is vour opportunity to make
a personal gift to a soldier. These
kit bags are highly appreciated by
our armed forces. They can be
used as bedside bags in the hospital.
If you have not contributed your
dollar to equip a bag, please do so
this week as we wish to place an
order for the equipment. You may
give your contribution to Mrs. Paul
Weems, Mrs. Baker Farrar or to
me. KATHARINE HENRY.
Summerville Students
Go to College
The greatest number of students
from anv senior class in she his
tory of Summerville High school go
to college this fall. This bespeaks
of an advancement in scholarship
for the school. Those who go are
Robert Earl Davison, to Emory uni
versity; Jimmie Hudson. LaGrange;
Joe Dodd Cook, University of Chat
tanooga; Marv Tripp, G. S. C. W.;
Betty Dyer, Helen Dyer. Anita Di
vine and Jeanette Echols, West
Georgia.
Rev. M. D. Agerton
To Preach At
Menlo Presbyterian
Rev. M. D. Agerton of Perry, Ga.,
will preach at the Menlo Presby
terian church next Sunday, Sept.
26th at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. All
are cordially invited, and the mem
bers of the churches of the Menlo
group are urged to be present.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1943.
BOND RALLY AT
COURTHOUSE
SATURDAY 4 P.M.
There will be a rally in front of
the courthouse Saturday afternoon
at 4:00 p.m. in the interest of the
Third War Loan. Col. Fletcher, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., will be the
main speaker. Col. Fletcher has
five sons in the service. There will
i also be a memorial service for those
who have made the supreme sacri
fice. A wreath will be placed on
the “Roll of Honor” Board in honor
of those who have died in battle.
I am sure there is not one of
you within Chattooga county who
will not agree that the most im
portant obligation facing each of
us today is the job of winning this
war!
That big job, the job of victory,
stands mountain-high above any
selfish interest of' individuals and
institutions. It is a matter that
concerns you and me in our homes
and our business; it touches the
lives of very man and woman; it
pierces to the heart of every mother
and father; it now hangs like a
gigantic question mark over the fu
ture years of our children.
We want to win the war, we must
win the war—but it is not enough
simply to say so.
In its simplest terms, victory on
the seas and the battlefronts is
dependent on two things;
First, on the strategy of our high
command, on the military and na
val leaders who have in recent
months so clearly demonstrated
their abilities.
Next—to carry out that strategy
—our men must have firepower.
Firepower has been and will be
the difierence between victory and
defeat on any front —in minor skir
mishes or in major battles.
And it is you and I who must pro
vide that firepower—-in increasing
and improving amounts, until the
last echo of battle has died away
around the world.
Supplying that firepower to our
men is different from most trans
actions you and I are accustomed
to making.
Suppose, for example, one of our
able generals wants to discard a
thousand anti-aircraft guns that
cost $50,000 apiece—and supplant
them with better, more efficient,
more powerful guns that cost twice
as much.
Thoughtless people might call
that wasteful—as measured by our
comparatively insignificent opera
tions at home and in our business.
But in war it is not waste —it is
defense—or it is attack! Our armies
and our navy must be constantly
improving their capacities for driv
ing the enemy back —and still far
ther back.
And that is one reason why our
job here at home grows bigger as
victory comes closer.
We are now entering an extreme
ly vital phase of that job—and this
will be the biggest task our home
iront has ever been asked to tackle.
Fifteen billion dollars third war
loan drive in September.
Let mfe repeat that—fifteen bil
lion dollars, to furnish the planes
and guns and ships and other es
sential materials to help our boys
carry on the attack on all our far
flung frorfts.
The people of Georgia, of course,
have been asked to supply their
share of this tremendous sum.
The people of Georgia have been
asked to raise a ,to f al of $137,000,-
r»oo—Chattooga county 469,000 —
during the Third War Loan—with
in the three weeks between Thurs
day, the 9th, and the last day of
September.
I am certain the people of Chat
tooga county will raise their share
—and more. Georgia stands at the
ton in patriotic zeal Georgia
stands high among the states in
the number of men who have vol
unteered for service in the army,
navy and marines—and Georgians
at home, since Pearl Harbor rocked
the world, have demonstrated their
unitv in our country’s fight.
This campaign must call into ac
tion every ounce of that spirit—it
must reach every man, woman and
child within the borders of our
state —every county and every town.
It must reach into every factory,
office and store. It must havesup
port from every home and from all
the people in all of Georgia’s homes,
on the farms as well as in the
cities
We are asked to do this job be
cause of war—and we are also bet
ter able to do the job because our
country is at war.
H. M. WOODS,
Chairman.
Menlo Youth On
New Casualty List
The name of Stacy Romine, son
of Tom Romine, of Menlo, was in
cluded today in a list of 26 casual
ties, including two dead, one
wounded and 23 missing, announced
by the navy department. The an
nouncement did not specify as to
how or where Romine’s death oc
curred.
CECIL H. COX PROMOTED
Friends of Cecil H. Cox will be
interested to know that he has
been promoted to corporal. Corpl.
Cox has received his aerial engi
neer rating on the B-24 bomber at
the Fort Worth, Tex., army air
field and has received his silver
wings.
Corpl. Cox is now in training for
aviation cadets at Miami Beach,
Fla.
i MEN ACCEPTED FDR
MILITARY SERVICE
AT FORT M’PHERSON
The fo'low'ng is a list of men ac
cepted for the navy:
Deloid Con Greeson.
Leroy Ware.
Jimmie Jack Thomas.
Henry Andrew Jackson Housch.
The following is a list of men
accepted for the marines:
Ernest Cruse.
Lester Clifford Parker.
Lesley Cruse.
James Edward Phillips.
The following is a list of men ac
cepted for the army:
Amon Au ton White.
Claude Collins.
James Bonnyaman Crowe,
i Charles Howard McGinnis.
Waldon Wise Hammonds.
Charles Edward Elrod.
John LaFayette Bryson.
Edward Blackmon.
Robert Lee Forrest.
Elmer Rudicle Dodson.
Joe Hill Hammond.
William Hansel Penland.
Edward Jackson Bush, Jr.
Dillard D. Bailey.
Albert Hinton Logan.
Alfred Allen Stewart.
Raymond David Clowdis.
VOTEFORSCiOIIUSE
BONDS SEPTEMBER 25TH
On Feb. 26 Summerville had the
misfortune to lose her schoolhouse
by fire. All regret this calamity.
The teachers and children have
carried on under adverse circum
stances. As to the need of a new
building no one can question. Plans
have already been made to con
struct a modern fireproof building.
It is the intention of the school
authorities to install an automatic
sprinkler system whereby fire haz
ards and insurance costs will be
lowered. The building is to be of
solid brick walls with asbestos roof
ing. Sufficient class room space
and an auditorium that should take
care of the school needs for many
years is being provided. Summer
ville and Chattooga county will be
greatly benefitted by this school
house both from an educational
standpoint and a business outlook,
ft will be impossible to carry on a
high school and keep up the South
ern Association accrediting stand
ing for very long under the pres
ent conditions.
Remember Sept. 25. If you stay
away from the polls and do not vote
it is the same as a vote against a
schoolhouse.
POSTWARPLANS
FOR PEACE
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at
the Baptist church there will be
given a series of talks on the "Kind
of Peace We Want.”
Each citizen is asked to contrib
ute a share in thinking, studying
and talking about how to win the
kind of peace we want.
The Commission to Study the Or
ganization of Peace has issued a
call for all communities to plan for
tomorrow. It calls upon you to
share in this plan, ‘What will it
take to bring about world peace?”
Public sentiment will do it. Public
sentiment cannot fc>e created with
out the help of each of us.
Mrs. .Robert Harlow will have
charge of this program. The pro
gram will consist of a series of
talks on winning the war on the
soiritual front and patriotic songs.
Evervone is cordially invited to this
meeting.
Homecoming At
South Summerville
Baptist Church
Old-time homecoming Sunday,.
September 26th, at the South Sum
merville Baptist church. Dinner on
the ground, good speaking, good
singing and special quartets.
At the 11 o’clock hour Rev. S. R.
Stansberry, of Chattanooga, will
preach. In the afternoon at 2:30
Rev. Williams, former pastor, will
bring the message.
John Cox is in charge of the
singing. Everyone is welcome.
Rev. Herbert Morgan, Pastor.
SILK AND NYLON HOSE
CAMPAIGN WILL CLOSE SEPT. 30
The only reason for calling off
this campaign is that the propor
tion of silk and nylon to the total
poundage collected is on a declin
ing scale due largely to the fact
that little or no hosiery of silk or
nylon has been manufactured in
recent months.
A total of 46,000,000 pairs of
stockings weighing more than 2,-
300.000 pounds has already been
collected and a whirlwind finish
for Sept. 30 is expected to swell
this amount substantially.
NOTICE
Special services wi’l be held Sun
dav morning and night at the Four
Mile Baptist church. Rev. Ray
mond Bailey will be guest speaker.
Everyone is invited to be present.
GEORGIA LAGGING
IN SUPPORT THIRD
WAR LOAN DRIVE
The following telegram has been
received from C. A. Stair, Georgia
state chairman, finance committee
of the Third War Loan Drive:
“Listen, Mr. and Mrs. Georgia—
This is for you—sometime soon the
greatest battle in the history of
the world is going to flow over Eu
rope. When that’s all out, fight
begins. More men are going to die
than have died on any battle field
n this war. When that battle be
gins more cannons are going to
hurl a greater weight of shells
against the enemy than any ar
tillery ever fired before.
“More planes are going to drop a
greater weight of bombs. More
ships are going to haul more food,
shells and medicines to men in the
fight than ever supplied an army
since wars began.
“We are plunging headlong to
ward that showdown fight, and we
are getting ready for it as if it were
going to be a skirmish.
“We who are right here at home.
Me, you and you, and you are send
ing our boys into hell armed with
an eye-dropper. We are holding
back, when we ought to be giving
all out as they will be going all out
when the chips are down.
“We are playing air raid warden
and feeling patriotic, we are dig-
I ging in a victory garden and feel-
I ing like somebody ought to give us
a medal for it. We are buying a
few war bonds now and then and
patting ourselves on the back about
it. Who? You, brother? You and
you and you! You with that fat
savings account in the bank that
ought to be going into war bonds.
You. with that case of whisky
stacked away in the closet, how
many war bonds could you have
bought with that money? You,
with that new fall topcoat that
cost you the price of 3 bonds. You,
with that new permanent wave the
girls at the Bridge club admired so,
you should have been out there
where your son is, sister—you’d
have seen things that would curl
your hair free. What’s it adding up
to, this half-hearted effort you are
making? It’s adding up to this, and
the answer isn’t pretty. Georgia,
a state that sent more volunteers
into the armed services than any
other state based on population, is
buying less than half the war
bonds she ought to buy. Georgia,
who went over the top in the sec
ond war loan is falling shamefully
behind in the 3rd war loan drive.
They insulted a proud and patriotic
state, did they, when they set Geor
gia’s auota at just one-hundredth
of the national total. We’re insult
ing ourselves now by getting less
than half of that. What’s the an
swer? Mister, it’s just as simple as
ABC. Tell your boss to double
the amount he was taking off your
salary for war bonds every week,
go down to the bank and rob that
fat savings account and put that
money in war bonds. Quit pam
pering yourself and live lean and
hard for awhile like your boys are
living and put the money you have
into war bonds.
“Remember you are lending, not
giving. Put Georgia on ton. Raise
that measly $167,000,000. That is
all Georgia is asked to lend out of
a 15 billion dollar national total.
Then sit back and watch the boys
tear Hitler’s Europe into little
pieces.” I -
C. A. STAIR.
Georgia State Chairman of the
War Finance Committee.
A. F. Brooks, 91, Dies;
Oldest Lyerly Citizen
A. F. Brooks, 91. Lyerly’s oldest
resident, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Wilson, after a
long illness. Mr. Brooks was well
known throughout this section and
had been a resident of Chattooga
county for many years.
He is survived by two sons, How
ard Brooks, of Alabama City, Ala.,
and Carl Brooks, of Phenix City,
Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. J. L.
Wilson, of Lyerly; Mrs. James Bag
ley, of Alabama City, Ala., and Mrs.
Annie Easterwood, of Phenix City,
Ala.: two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Owens,
of Blakely. Ga., and Mrs. R. C.
Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla.
WALNUT GROVE CHURCH
Layman Charles E. Bell, of Trion,
will conduct services at Walnut
Grove Presbyterian church Sunday
Sept. 26, at 3 o’clock p.m.
JAY C WHITLEY GETS
ADVANCED RATING
Honored with the advanced rat
ing of fireman, second class, Jay C.
Whitlev. 19 son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Whitley, Summerville Route
1, was graduated recently from the
naval training school (electrical)
located on the campus of lowa
State college, Ames, la.
The bluejacket’s proficiency in
electrical work was proved by a
series of “boot training” aptitude
tests. His completed course in
cluded laboratory work in the use,
operation and maintenance of elec
trical tools. Principles of electric
ity and radio elements comprised
the theoretical curriculum.
The newly graduated bluejacket
is awaiting his active duty assign
ment to a fighting ship or to a
'naval shore station.
PROF. C. E. BELL
TO FILL PULPIT AT
FIRST BAPTIST
Prof. C. E. Bell, superintendent
I of Trion school system, will fill the
i pulpit of First Baptist church here
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, in
the absence of the pastor.
Prof. Bell is known throughout
this county and state as one of our
outstanding educators with a quar
ter century of service in the edu
cational field in this county.
The evening service will be in
charge of the W. M. U. ladies of the
church. We understand this prom
ises to be a splendid program. The
public is cordially invited.
PROMOTION DAY
FIRST BAPTF - URCH
BE HELD SUNDAY
Sunday is Promotion Day in the
Sundav school of the First Baptist
church. We are inviting especially
all those who are to be promoted
in the different departments to be
present and on time.
Each teacher and UUt xl ewly elect
ed ones are urged to be in the de
partment to carry out the planned
program.
All members who are to be pro
moted next Sunday should be vis
ited this week by the teacher who
will receive them.
MADISON D. SHORT, SR.
Pastor
E. H. Hurst, 80, Dies
At Home of Daughter
E. H. Hurst, 80, died at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. J. C. Smith,
near Centre, Ala., Tuesday night,
Sept. 14, following a two weeks’ ill
ness.
Funeral services were held from
the Alpine church near Menlo, Ga.,
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock,
with the Rev. Herbert Morgan con
ducting. Burial was in the family
lot, Perry Funeral Home directing.
Surviving Mrs. Hurst are three
sons, six daughters, two brothers
and one sister. Twenty-six grand
children and sixteen great grand
children also survive.
More Timber Needed
For the War Effort
“For the successful prosecution
of the war, it is necessary that
lumber production be maintained
at the highest possible limit,” Ed
L. Reese, project forester, said to
day. “With this purpose in mind,
plans have been set up, under tim
ber production war project, to
initiate and consummate such ac
tion.”
“Regional, area and district of
fices have been set up to stimulate
the production of lumber and for
est products vitally needed in our
war effort. In this organization
there is a field force of men trained
in timber utilization and forest
management and who are familiar
with regulations relating to the pro
duction of forest products. The ob
jective is to furnish advice and in
formation regarding sales, equip
ment and financial aid, and to as
sist in marking timber. Every for
est and woodland owner is urged to
avail himself of this service.”
Mr. Reese, with headquarters in
Gainesville. Ga., is in charge of the
project in thirty-five counties in
north Georgia. Mail address care
U. S. Forest Service, P. O. Box 643,
Gainesville, Ga.
Gigantic Railroad
War Job Explained
To Shippers Board
Atlanta, Sept. 22. (GPS).—Rail
roads are moving about 2.000,000
members of the military forces a
month, C. R. Megee, of Washing
ton, manager of the open car sec
tion of the Association of Ameri
can Railroads’ car service division,
told the Southeast Shippers’ Advis
ory Board at its recent convention
in Atlanta.
Mr. Megee said railroads also are
handling 1,500,000 tons of coal a
day and are bring to the eastern
territory more than 40,000,000 gal
lons of oil a day, which is 200 times
as much as normally came into this
territory by rail. The railroads are
handling “this stupendous business
without congestion or delay,” he
added.
TO NAVY FROM
COAST GUARD
Upon the completion of a stiff
physical examination William E.
Allen, U. S. coast guard reserve, will
be transferred to the U. S. navy for
flight training as a naval aviation
esdet
The class consists of 21 months
of training and upon completion
members will be commissioned as
ensign. U. S. N. R
Seaman 2-C Allen has had a year
of active duty in the U. S. coast
guard and is at present stationed
at Savannah, Ga.
$1.50 A YEAR