Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, August 18, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDEVOTED, TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OFALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY- Volume 31 kilim mun saw HE IN NORMANDY HEADQUARTERS, European The ater of Operations.—Supervising the operations of all United States Armj Transportation Corps railway units to operate on the continent from France, the Second Military Railway- Service, commanded by Brigadier General Clarence L. Burpee, 3010 Jolly road, Jacksonville. Fla., has been active in Normandy since the end of June. The advanced section of the organ ization landed first, and after estab lishing headquarters immediately be gan reconnaisance activities. The re connaissance group included General Burpee. ..... The party moved about in jeeps, including a special rail reconnais sance jeep, the tires of which had been removed, enabling it to run on its rims. Damage to the French rail system caused by bombings of the Allied Air Forces and by tlje destructiveness of German rearguard actions was quite extensive. Regions that hadn’t been ruined by demolitions and bombings * were heavily mined, and had to be cleared by army engineers. In its search along the American beachhead, the reconnaissance party found large quantities of serviceable equipment. Locomotives from sev eral different countries have been discovered, including several World War I models. Box cars in good con dition have also been captured, plus tons of coal which is urgently needed for the steam locomotives. French civilian railroad men re turned to Cherbourg after the American occupation of the town and reported for work in the yards and roundhouse. They told of German plans to sabotage engines by running them, with full steam up, along a track that sloped into the channel wa ters. The impact of the cold water would cause the steaming engines to explode. However, bombings by the Allied Air Corps that destroyed the track leading to the water foiled the Nazi plan. One member of headquarters, Mas ter Sergeant Kenneth A. Trayes, 10 Island avenue, Rumford, R. 1., lived in a caboose that had been converted into a rolling working office for Gen eral Burpee for more than a week. During his wait in the English port he was visited by Major General Frank S. Ross, chief of transporta tion in this theater, who good-natur edly threatened to seize the caboose from General Burpee. Another member, Captain Curtis D. Buford, 3611 Fulton street. N. W., Washington, D. C., is the son of a vice president of the American As sociation of Railroads, C. H. Burford. Some Georgians in the headquar ters of the Second Military Railway Service are listed below: T/4 Robert W. Tuten, Jr., Alamo. Pvt. Robert R. Craft Jr., Atlanta. T/4 Ansel E. Hitt, Augusta. Pvt. William H. McLendon, 112 Sycamore street, Cedartown. S/Sgt. Chester L. Minter Jr., East man. „ Pvt. Robert Crenshaw, 236 Carling avenue, Macon. Pvt. George F. Robert, Rout^ 2, Marietta. S/Sgt. Robert W. Sheffield, 1307 60th street, Sast, Savannah. TWO PRIVATE SIT NEXT TO PRESIDENT AN ADVANCED ALEUTIAN IS LAND BASE, Aug. 3.—(Delayed)— (UP)—Pfc. Ferdinand Rutscher, of Irvington, N. J., and Pfc. William Goff, a red-haired marine from Batesville, Ark., were the happiest— and most envied —men in the Aleu tian Islands today. . Rutscher and Goff, two of 200 sol diers, sailors and marines chosen to lunch with President Roosevelt dur ing his visit here, won the right to sit on the left and right of the chief executive, with an army general and a navy captain at their sides. They sat at the head table in a quonset-type mess hall, named “The Bayside Restaurant,” with President Roosevelt in the center. The other 198 servicemen, selected to represent various units, filled the other tables. HAGER GROUP RULED REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION The “White Republican” group headed "by Clint W. Hager was ruled by Secretary of State John B. Wilson to be the regular Republican organ ization in Georgia and having the right to file the Republican candidate list for electors in the November general election. By this ruling, following a pub lic hearing at the State Capitol, the group headed by Wilson Williams, Republican national commiteeman, which had been given the recognition of the Republican national commit tee and the credentials committee of the Republican national convention, was eliminated from the ballot. A court appeal would be made, accord ing to Chairman W. R. Tucker, of the Williams faction. After the hearing, Hager’s group changed the names of six of the can didates for electors, substituting six candidates that were on the Inde pendent Democratic ticket, which had previously adopted six of the Repub lican candidates. This made the can didates of the two groups identical. WHEELER COUNTY MEN OFF TO THE IARMY MONDAY The following white selectees left Alamo Monday- morning, August 14, for Fort McPherson for their physi cal examination. If they are accepted they will return back home, to be called later as they are needed. The list is as follows: Otis Harrell, Scotland. Lamar P. Elkton, Alamo. William H. Sightier, Stuckey. William W. Adams, Alamo. Willie E. Couey, Glenwood. A. J. Harville, Jr., Glenwood. James A. Joiner, Alamo. James L. McMillan, Alamo. Benjamin O. Sharpton, Alamo. Robert Moon, Alamo. James F. Smith, Alamo. Truit H. Crawford, Alamo. Reece C. Browning, Alamo. Hugh E. Harville, Alamo. Charles H. Peavey, Alamo. Romas V. Faircloth, Alamo. Willie Lee Tanner, Alamo. Terreance V. Brown, Jr., Glenwood. Dubert E. Carter, Glenwood. Leon G. Newton, Glenwood. Fred P. Smith, Alamo. BUY WAR BONDS NOW I’ll tell you a story, so listen now: If you want to stay free, I’ll tell you how: Get busy. Buy War Bonds now! Just eighteen dollars and seven-five cents Is a little bit of money- that’s mighty well spent., So spend it. Buy War Bond now! Let’s keep Old Glory away up high. She’s hanging there for you and I. .Salute her. Buv War Bonds now! I Just think of our boys away over there; They’re fighting for us; they’re doing their shark. Let’s help them. Buy War Bonds now! When you buy a bond you pay for a shell. You heln send Hitler right on to— (Heaven I hope). Get busy. Buy War Bonds now! Our timejs short, our nped is great. Let’s keen ourselves'from a terrible fate. I Get /. Buy War Bonds now! Now, friends, as vou sit around your fire tonight, Just think of our men that are hav ing to fight. Let’s help them. Buy War Bonds now! God made our country, and Me made it free. Jie put up the flag for you and me. Let’s keep it. Buy War Bonds now! By MRS. LOUISE DURDEN. (This poem can be shung to the tune: “Boogie Woogie Blues.”) The above poem was sent to The Eagle this week by Mrs. Louise Dur den, of Stuckey, and it is dedicated to Guy O. Stone, Jr., and Jack Twil lie, who was killed in action in Sep tember, 1943, in North Africa. TRis young man came to this county from the Methodist Orphans’ Home in Ma con. This is the first thing that The Eagle has heard of this young man since last September, when The Eagle wrote of his death. At that time The Eagle suggested that some Methodist church in Wheeler county hold a memorial service for this young soldier who died in the battie for our God-given freedom. Since no services of that kind have been ren dered, The Eagle takes great pleas ure in restoring honors on all young men who have made the sacrifice of this young man, who has paid the price in full for our God-given free dom. JOE POPE AGAIN NAMED TO HEAD UNITED WAR FUND IN COUNTY Mr. J. A. Pope, of Alamo, has been named general chairman for the United War Fund campaign for Wheeler County. The campaign starts on October 9. Mr. Pope was chairman of last year’s acmpaign for the above organization. In commenting upon his reappoint ment, Mr. H. B. Emrey, state chair man, United War Fund of Georgia, said: “Mr. Pope performed an out standing job of leadership in 1943 and may be counted on to repeat the performance in Wheeler County this year.” The United War Fund of Georgia conducts the annual war-time cam paigns for funds to finance the USO, War Prisoners’ Aid, United Seamen’s Service and the various allied relief agencies. In many Georgia counties this year’s campaign will be combin ed with the Community Fund drive; in others the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other local agencies will raise their funds also in the joint cam paign. Mr. Pope says he will soon per fect a county-wide organization to handle the. campaign. The Georgia organization is affiliated with the Na tional War Fund and Mr. Pope be lieves that every person in the coun ty should be given the opportunity to assist in the humanitarian aims of the agencies financed in this one united drive. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1944 The Farmer and War Bond Purchases by Charles W. Holman, Secretary The National Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation A M ERICAN farmers have a A great deal more at stake in purchasing War Bonds than sim ply a patriotic urge to assist in financing the war so that it may be prosecuted to an early and vic torious conclusion. Modern war demands governmental expendi tures far in excess of those which may be met by current revenue receipts. This means Government borrowing. If a large part of this I borrowing Is through commercial i banks additional inflationary I spending power is created through 1 the expansion of credit. On the other hand, if the borrowing is largely from individuals much of their excess funds are drained off. Hence, the pressure on prices re sulting frbm unusually large funds bidding for limited amounts of goods and services is relieved, and thus inflation retarded. A tremendously Increased agricultural production and some increase in average prices received above those paid by farmers have raised the net income of all United States farmers from the 1935- 39 average of $4.7 billion to 56.3 billion in 1911, $9.4 billion in 1942, and an estimated 512.5 billion in 1943. With available supplies of farm machinery re placements anti building ma terials limited, Agriculture has a fund available for cither debt retirement, savings read ily liquidated for future pur chases of machinery, build ings, etc., or for present ia ' vestment in land. A marked decrease in farm mortgages in recent years indi cates that much of this fund has been properly applied to debt re wement. However activity in' land sales and a very marked in crease in land values demon- WARNING FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT Immunization against diphtheria, whooping cough, smallpox and ty phoid fever is recommended for chil dren entering school this September by the State Health Department. “It is a msitake for parents to needlessly subject their children to these dis eases for which specific immuniza tions are available,” according to Dr. T, F. Abercrombie, state health di rector. State health figures show that 47 children died from diphtheria in Georgia last year and 170 from whooping cough. The majority of these deaths could have been pre vented by immunization against these diseases, Dr. Abercrombie said. Immunization against diptheria and whooping cough is recommended by the Health Department for children at about six months of age. Chil dren who were immunized against diphtheria as babies should be tested to determine if a supplementary dose of diphtheria toxoid is necessary to strengthen immunity before they enter school, Dr. Abercrombie added. Any young child who has not had whooping cough immunization may be vaccinated against this disease, the health director explained. In some instances school children pre viously immunized are given single injections of whooping cough vaccine to continue protection. Typhoid fever immunization is par ticularly recommended by the Health Department for rural children who may come in contact with carriers of this disease while attending school. While no deaths from smallpox were reported in Georgia last year, health records show that epidemics of this disease occur when large groups of the population remain unvacci nated. REVIVAL MEETING BEGIN AT SHILOH The annual revival meeting wil begin at the Shiloh Methodist Church next Wednesday evening, August 23rd. Rev. Leland Moore, of Dublin, the District Superins tendent, will do the preaching in assisting the pastor, Rev. R. L. Harris. It is planned to make this one of the greatest reviva] meetings in the history of the old historic Shiloh Church. Every one has a special invita tiou to attend this meeting. Mondell L. Beach, C. Phm USN, North Atlantic is spending a few days here with his wife and baby. Pvt. Bu rnbam T. Pope, of Gamp Rucker, Alabama, bis here on a ten day furlough visiting bis mother. Mrs. L. M. Pope and family strate that farmers are probably diverting a large part of this fund into land purchases. From March 1, 1943, to March 1, 1941, average land values per acre rose 15 per cent, with the larger part of the rise taking place m'the last four months of the period. The in crease during this four-month pe riod was the highest on record, being 20 per cent greater than the average monthly rate of increase for the 1919-20 boom year. Aver agevalues per acre have increased mote than one-third in the past 3 yeafs. In the 1916-19 period the rise was about the same. It appears that an overcapitali zation of probably temporarily - high farm commodity prices is in Erocess just as in World War I. arge mortgage debts incurred now, at high levels of income, will prove disastrous when botii total agricultural production and prices fail. Land values are based on the net return to land. With the end of the war in sight and with the prospect that farm labor and other costs will require a relatively larg er return leaving the return to land less, the logical course for land values at present would ap pear to be downward rather than ' upward. Therefore, it appears that sari '.ers weald do well to in vesi. every available ucllsr, beyond that needed for debt retirement, in Ciovernnumt Boßds. These c; i be held against the day \.kcn neces sary farm replacements wilt be available and when farm land values will have becoiwo more stable. In this way the individual farmer may assist in hastening the day of return of his son, ami also have capi tal available io help finance him in ventures of his own choice. U. S. Treasury Department WHEELER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 The Wheeler County High School will 4>gen on Wednesday, .August 30, with p. fiJII corps of teachers on hand, according to Prof. C. A. Estes. He also stated that all of the students who are expecting to attend at the opening of the school must have the typhoid shots and the vaccination for smallpox, and this must be done be fore school opens. This precaution is made only that the children’s health may be safely guarded. Every Friday afternoon, from 2 to 5 o’clock, there will be a physician and a nurse in the county health of fice to give the shots aiid vaccina tions that are needed. Prof. Estes came to the Wheeler County High School last year and had a very successful school term. Ue was re-elected at the close of his last term for another year, and since that time he has worked very dili gently in securing a competent corps of teachers for this term, and we predict for him a full co-operation of the school board, teachers, patrons and pupils which will warrant us an other successful school year. J. LEE COX IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT J. Lee Cox, a former resident of Alamo, was in an automobile acci dent on last Tuesday of last week. The accident occurred near the Geor gia and South Carolina line, near Augusta, where he and his family has been residing nearly two years. His arm had to be taken off above his elbow. He is in the hospital doing as well as could be expected. Dr. Rivers Honored Friday at Reception Glenwood, Aug. 16. —Dr. W. A Rivers, beloved physician of Glenwood, was honored by a re ception at bis home here Friday night, August- 11, the occasion being the celebration of his 77th birthday. Dr. Rivers has been practicing medicine here for many years and is loved and con fided in by everyone in the ( county. , His only son, R. E. Rivers, is with the revenue department in Atlanta. lie has two grandsons in the armed forcas. Don Gross, of the United Strtes Navy, is here visiting his mother, Mrs. J. H. Gross. He has been transferred from sea duty to an electrical engineering Philadelphia Pennsylvania Miss Jean McDaniel, of the University Hospital, Augusta, ia visiting her parents here THE ALAMO LIONS CLUB IS SPONSORING AN HONOR ROLL The Alamo Lions Club is sponsor ingan honor i. II Board fur all of the boys ami girls that are in the armed force:, of the United States. Tia people of this county are rally ing to the support of this worth" cause. This honor roll is a token of the appreciation to them and the splendid w.c’ they are doing for their country to preserve the great I liberty and freedom. The* Lions Club will appreciate am | cm.tribi.' • Cat any one m Wheel'-! er c-’ei;,/ rd donate in money o’: I material to help the Lions Club com- ; plate th!: honor roll at an early date. I You can leave your contribution at | the Peebles Pharmacy, io .•are of T)r. i I. P. Peebles, or any other member i of the Lions Club. A complete list of I the parents, relatives and friends I will he made and published in The i Wheoior- County Eagle at a later! date, so that they might be given full I credit for the help they give in help I mg with this worthy and appreciated ' cause. Let’s put this over the top. v r 'to 4 ' ■ ' W’i SG I’. HARLOW CLARK Killed in Action in France July 18, 1944 HIDDEN TAXES BRING IN ADDED REVENUE Fifty thousand dollars in “escape” .axes have been collected during 1944 by the State Revenue Department, and it is now in the field to bring in thousands of dollars from other hid den taxes dating back for six years. State Revenue Commissioner J. Eugene Cook, in a report to Gover nor Arnall, sets forth also that these taxes arc due on stocks and bonds 1 '..Kose owners either were ignorant of the law or neglected to pay the intangible taxes. The amount of such taxes was dis covered by the department through checking at the source and from cer tificates from corporations listing Georgia stockholders. MRS. MCNEAL GETS FIRST BALE COTTON Mrs, Inez McNeal and sons> farming on the farm of Sheriff Sears, between Alamo and Scot land was the first farmer to bring the first 1944 cotton to the gin. The cotton was ginned at the Car’-01l and Hattaway Elects ric Gin here. The bale weighed 430 pounds. Mrs. McNeal came in latter on with the second bale. The first bale was ginned last Friday afternoon, and both bales were stored in the Carroll and Hattaway Warehouse here. Ernest Jenkins Home On 30-Day Furlough Ernest T. Jenkins, Q. M. l:c of the United States Navy is borne visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Jenkins and family on a3O day furlough. He i ha* had 20 months oversea duty, but it has been 27 months since he has visited home. He served 20 months in the Pacific and some time in the Atlantic Sample Copy 5c Number 15 Ml EM IS RECIPIENT «f IHBEE (IRTifICATES I • tu , Hie Eagle gladly e knowledges the arnval of three u.L ned Certificates tor services rendered in this war ciit)rt. Recently one came direct from Hou. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secre tary of the United States Treasury ami it is an attractive card slating that it was sent in appreciation of the efforts .if The Eagle in running I and giving up so many inches during ■ lue bond campaign. 1 Another one is from the Georgia ' ohmteers War Service Council, sav mag that the ‘citation of Merit as'a • Own for distinguished. faithful and patriotic service to community state and national war effort.” This one is signed by Governor Ellis Arnall, Di rector Lon Sullivan, and Elbert Fos ter, director of war campaign. , The third one is from the Army ■ervice Force, of Atlanta, and is a very neat certificate indeed and one - Very ‘'^Bly appreciated by I ne Eagle. It is sent “for public service rendered and it is signed by M i<>r General F. E. Uhl, of the I । ted States Army, Atlanta, Head imrters of the Fourth Service Com mand. All of these certificates are in The 1 :gle office and we will be glad for you to see them at any time. DEDICATION OF CHURCH TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 3 She dedication of the new Brown- Vlmho.list Church, located on the U:mm Spring Hill public road, will >e held on September 3, according an announcement of Rev. R. L. 'mrp, the pastor. The dedication crmi .n will bo delivered bv Rev. Le and Moore, district superintendent. At the noon hour a basket dinner 'ViII be spread on the church grounds, 'o v. R. L. Harris will be master । ceremonies, of which the following ■ irogram will be a part: tweia] music . w. E. Currie he Church School Mrs. C. M. Jordan Vh 't I Think of a Country ( hurch” Jeter Hurtz beautifying Church (.rounds” Mrs. Johnny Clements (m-operativc Community” 1 J. H. Walker ■ Ilie revival meeting will start on . ;; simo day. .September 3. Rev. j hosier Gilbert, of Davisboro, will ■o the preach irj throughout the fol owvtg week. *<N. Gilbert is a for ner resident of Alamo and has many verm friends here who will no doubt to and hear him at Browns new hurch. Everyone has an invitation if attend. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep ppreciations to our many friends of Wheeler County for their >indiie»B, after receiving the telegram our son and brother, Paul Nelms was killed in France.' We recall his favorite poem which was written by his sister, Mrk. Guetrude Cravey, of this county. PREPARD SOLDIER Mother I am going to battle It breaks your heart I know But if God calls before downing He will find me ready logo, Tell my gray haird daddy 1 f I never see him any more I expect to clasp his hands Over on that Golden Shore ind to see ail my friends and love ones. After I have gone away There will be no war in Heaven, Meet me there some sweet day As for you my dearest mother I am truly satisfied. I know about all others You will meet me on the Other side. Mr. and Mrs, Tom Nelma and Family. A Happy Meeting Held By Wheeler Soldiers A happy meeting by three old friends was held a few days ago somewhere in the Pacific, was when Marshall Gillis, Garland Sumner and Edsel Joiner all three spent the day together. The three were friends while here in Alamo in civilian life. Coal has been known for over 2,000 years.