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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 This seems to be true, even if we accept the Moscow statement that no German divisions have been withdrawn from the Russian front.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. Six jßutßWWilk 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