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The Official Organ
Baker County
Established 1912
VOL. 31. NUMBER 48.
Chastain, Escape Artist,
Is Apprehended By Law
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From The Camilla Enterprise
Otto Chastain, south Georgia es
cape artist who is fast gaining a rep
utation which rivals that of Leland
Harvey, was apprehended Wednes
day night at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
where he had been working as a civ
ilian barber at the post exchange
there, Sheriff W. M. Harris reported
today. Chastain was wanted by
Mitchell County authorities since his
escape from the Mitchell County jail
early this year. Chastain was lodged
in the Mitchell County jail along with
two companions, Charles McCurry
and Red Wilkes, for the wholesale
robbery of Sale City merchants.
Since their escape from the Mitchell
County jail the three men have been
sought by officers of the law in three
or four southern states where the
men committed a series of thefts.
McCurry was caught in Tennessee
on June 12 but escaped and is still
at large. Wilkes was “not so slick”
with his escaping, said Sheriff Har
ris, for when he was finally caught
he was brought to the Mitchell jail
where he was later sentenced to serve
time in the federal penitentiary in
Atlanta.
Sheriff Harris said that McCurry
was apprehended through the efforts
of a former resident of this county
who is at Camp Blanding and wrote
the Mitchell Sheriff t^at he believed
there was a man working there who
fitted the description of McCurry.
Mitchell law enforcement officers
with the assistance of FBI men from
Jacksonville went to Camp Blanding
and caught McCurry.
The sheriff said that McCurry will
be brought to Camilla and lodged in
the Mitchell County jail and that he
“didn’t believe he was going to get
away this time.” He said McCurry
will be placed in the “bull pen” which
is operated by sliding doors. The
doors are opened only by a control
in a downstairs hall. The control
box has to be opened with a key. The
sheriff said that the bull pen is inside
a larger cell which has a series of
locks. .. ..-t .
Supply Os Edible
Peanuts About Gone
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The food distribution administra
tion of the U. S. department of ag
riculture reports that the demand for
peanuts in the sbutheast “continues
very good but only a few cars are
available for the edible trade.”
“Apparently shelters stocks are
about cleaned up until the new crop
comes in,” the agency’s weekly pea
nut survey said.
“A number of mills have discon
tinued operations for this season,”
the FDA added.
Generally, “growing conditions are
now favorable in all peanut producing
sections,” said the report. “In the Vir
ginia-Carolina area planting of Vir
ginia type peanuts is practically com
pleted and Spanish are now being
planted.
“In those areas of Oklahoma and
Arkansas which were flooded earlier
this month, replanting is progressing
satisfactorily. It is expected that
much of the acreage which was flood
ed out will be replanted. Some cotton
acreage which was flooded out will
be replanted. Some cotton acreage
which was lost from high water will
also be replanted to peanuts.
“In the southeast conditions have
been unusually good and the crop is
making excellent progress.”
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@ln Time
Os
WAR ;
It becomes the clear duty of
every American citizen to obtain
and preserve the best health
possible that he may, without
hindrance, shoulder his full
share of our nation’s burdens.
Let each strive to avoid placing
on himself and on others the
handicap of sickness due to care
lessness and neglect.
U-Save-It
Prescription Shops
Exchange Bank Bldg, and
208 Pine Ave.
ALBANY, - GEORGIA
“Save Here Every Day In
The Month”
She Baker ©mmty Nms
Tire Rationing
Report Given
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The report of the Baker County
Tire Rationing Board for the»month
of May is as follows: GRADE ONE
PASSENGER TIRES: Cecil Bullard,
two; M. C. Screws, two; P. L. Odom,
one; P. G. Wilkerson, one; H. M.
Brunson, one; Mrs. A. H. Adkins,
one; J. H. Fulford, one; D. G. Jones,
one; Call Hall, Jr., one; Geo. T. Dur
ham, one; Winthrop Bancroft, one;
A. E. Sheffield, one; Mrs. C. B.
Wright, two; G. E. Redmond, one;
Eugene Butler, one; R. L. Hall, one;
M. C. Screws, two; Celius Sheffield,
one; Annie Mae Hall, two; D. Duke,
one; W. B. Timmons, two; Mrs. Ossie
Belcher, one; Asia M. Clark, one; W.
0. Musgrove, two; W. E. Jones, four;
W. 0. Musgrove, two; W. E. Jones,
four.
TRUCK TIRES: G. E. Etheredge,
two; M. A. Mcßainey, one; John C.
Durham, one; R. L. Hall, two; Hill
Blackett, two; A. C. Killebrew, two;
W. H. Haddock & Co., one; J. W. Bul
lard, one; Charlie S. Ray, one; J. C.
Yarbrough, one; Winthrop Bancroft,
one; Carlton Griffin, one; Baker
County Road Department, one; Si
mon Gay, one; Sim Brown, one; Ich
uaway Plantation, four; L. D. Law
rence, one; H. T. Rentz, three; J. T.
Davis, one; W. E. Rooks, one; D. G.
Jones, one; W. I. Newberry, two;
Sing Oil Co., two; T. A. Rogers, one;
J. B. Davis & Co., two.
TRUCK TUBES: G. C. Etheredge,
two; H. T. Rentz, two; Baker Co.
Road Dept., one; M. A. Mcßainey,
one; John C. Durham, one; A. G. Kil
lebrew, two; W. H. Haddock & Co.,
one; Winthrop Bancroft, one; Carl
ton Griffin, one; Baker Co. Road
Dept, one; Riley Wooten, one; L. D.
Lawrence, one; W. E. Rooks, one;
Sing Oil Co., one; J. B. Davis & Co.,
two.
GRADE THREE PASSENGER
TIRES: Oliver Parker, three; Carl
Broadway, two; James Hawkins, one;
Jake King, one; Abraham Putnam,
one; Odessa Trice, one; Clarence
Douglas, one; Theo Dunbar, two;
Henry Cumber, one; Primus Baldwin,
two; Mary Eliza Williams,, two;
Thomas E. Draper, one; Joe Arline,
two; Ran Burns, one; Hattie Johnson,
two; Rich Hawkins, one; W. R. Bax
ter, two.
PASSENGER CAR TUBES: Carl
Broadway, two; James Hawkes, one;
Odessa Trice, one; Henry Cumber,
one; Mary Eliza Williams, one; Car
olyn H. Jones, one; Cecil Bullard,
two; Joe Phillips, two; M. C. Screws,
two; P. L. Odom, one; Lillie K. Mans
field, one; P. G. Wilkerson, one; An
drew Gibson, one; Mrs. A. H. Ad
kins, one; Winthrop Bancroft, one;
L. A. Craft, one-; A. E. Sheffield, one;
Mrs. C. B. Wright, three; G. E. Red
mond, one; Eugene Butter, two; Mrs.
Ossie Belcher, one; Asia M. Clark,
one; W. O. Musgrove, two.
RECAP TIRES: Simon Gay. two;
Jim Tom Hilburn, one; Howell E.
McNeill, two; M. A. Mcßainey, one;
T. A. Rogers, one.
The report of the Baker - County
Tire Rationing Board of the first two
weeks in June is as follows: GRADE
ONE PASSENGER TIRES: George
E. Redmond,- two; George L. Davis,
three; Charlie Parks, one; A. L. Bush,
one; L. R. Heard, one; Wyatt H.
Brooks, four; Cal Hall, Jr., one; C. L.
Bullard, one; Carl Broadaway, two;
Eugene Butler, two; Carlton New
berry, two; John Wright, two; L. T.
Hatcher, two; J. S. Shiver, one;
GRADE THREE PASSENGER
TIRES: Primus Grant, one; Jake
King, two; Charlie Etheredge, one;
Clifford Dunbar, one; Kitty Holt,
three; Lillton White, two; Isiah Hall,
two; Genie Williams, three; Orange
Hawkins, one; Joe Phipps, two.
PASSENGER CAR TUBES: Carl
Jones, one; Joseph Phipps, one; Or
ange Hawkins, one; W. T. Tabb, two;
Johnnie Johnson, one; Joe Arline,
one.
TRUCK TIRES AND TUBES: J.
O. Chambless, tire and tube; J. M.
Freeman, two tires; Henderson Burch,
tire and tube; D. G. Jones, tire; W.
T. Brooks, tire and tube; J. H. Bul
lard, tire and tube; C. L. Cross, five
tires and four tubes; R. J. Griffin,
tire.
RECAPS: W. Carlos Mills, two
tires; Don P. Sanders, tire; Robert
Phipps, three tires.
All Day Sing At
Bethany Church
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On Sunday, June 27, there will be
an all day sing at the Bethany Church.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend
and help out with the singing. The
sing will be on a self-sustaining basis.
NEWTON, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1943.
Mediterranean Mystery: Is Italy The
Invasion Aim?
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Invasion is brewing in the Mediterranean, but it’s still anybody’s guess
where the initial attack will come. Mountainous Italy is the obvious ob
jective, and her flat beaches, long coastline, broad river valleys and good
rail communications are inviting to invasion. Allied bombings of Italy
and the stepping stone islands seem certain prelude to attack, but strat
egy here may be to deceive the enemy. Map shows the terrain of this in
vasion arena. Three Italian Islands have already surrendered to the Al
lied Nations—-Pantelleria, Lampedusa and Linosa, which is located just
above Lampedusa on the map.
Town and Farm In Wartime
Weekly News Digest Prepared By The Rural Press
Section, OWI News Bureau)
LOWER MEAT PRICES
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' Effective June 21, meat prices at
' retail will be lowered from 3 cents to
7 cents a pound by order of the OPA.
New prices for cured and processed
! pork will go into effect on July 5.
Reductions in price are smaller on
. cheaper cuts and larger on the more
expensive. As in the case of the roll
back of prices on butter, the lower
ing of meat prices will not directly
affect the farm producer. Subsidies,
which began June 7, will be paid to
anyone who slaughters 4,000 pounds
of meat or more per month.
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WRITE TO MEN IN ICELAND
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“American soldiers in Iceland are
not getting nearly enough mail from
home,” said a chaplain, who recently
returned after two years of duty
there. “In spite of the fact that the
array delivers the mail with prompt
ness and regularity to every army
post in Iceland, folks at home are not
taking full advantage of this service.”
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RATION REMINDER
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Sugar—Coupon No. 13 good for 5
pounds through August 15.
Coffee—Stamp No. 24 (1 pound) is
good through June 30.
Shoes—Stamp No. 18 (1 pair) be
came valid June 16.
Meats, etc.—Red stamps J, K, L,
M, good through June 30. N. becomes
valid June 20.
Processed foods—Blue stamps K,
L, M, continue through July 7.
* * *
ICE BOX PRICES
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Retail price ceilings on new ice
boxes have been established by OPA.
Present prices will be lowered in
many cases.
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COFFEE BY MAIL
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Coffee drinkers who order their
blends by mail may now enclose de
tached ration stamps with the order
rather than the entire ration book,
OPA has announced. Formerly, con
sumers were required to forward their
war ration book to the retailer or
wholesaler for removal of stamps.
* * *
DATA ON PRISONERS
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American soldiers officially report
ed as prisoners of war in enemy coun
tries to date total 17,083, the War
Department has announced. Os
these, 11,307 are held by Japan;
8,312 by Germany and 2,464 by Italy.
Information from the War Depart
ment indicates that the basic diet of
; an American soldier in German pris
i on camps is largely potatoes, cabbage,
. fish, and an indefinite amount of
I meat.
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i LEATHER FOR CIVILIANS
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Manufacture of many civilian leath
■ er products, which was prohibited af
ter June 1, can be continued through
, 1943 out of manufacturers inventor
। ies, under a recent WPB amendment.
; Among products affected are dress
gloves and mittens, brief cases, new
upholstery, radio cases, pocketbooks,
handbags, cigar and cigarette cases,
tobacco pouches, watch straps and
dog furnishings.
* * *
GAS COUPONS CHANGED
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A new “IT” gasoline coupon, which
replaces the present “T” coupon, will
become valid for use on July 1. The
. old type of “T” coupon will be invalid
on and after July 1. OPA expects
the change in design to help take up
“slack” mileage and remove potential
sources of black market gasoline.
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MUST REPORT FOREIGN
HOLDINGS
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Every American citizen who had
an interest in any property in a for
eign county on May 31, 1943 must file
a special report at Federal Reserve
Banks. The information so obtained
will be of great importance in the
formation of post-war finiancial pol
icies involving this country and for
eign nations.
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COUNTRY SHIPPER REPORTS
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“Country shippers” of dry beans,
peas, and lentils must report their
purchase sales, and transfers for the
month of May to the Washington of
fice of tjre OPA before June 20. A
“country shipper” is the first person
who acquires dry beans, peas, or len
tils from a grower, or who imports
them for the purpose of selling them
to the wholesale trade.
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TO SUBSTITUTE TIRES
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Farmers needing farm implement
or front wheel tractor tires will be
permitted to purchase suitable sub
stitutes when they are usable to find
a dealer with tires designed express
ly for their purpose, the OPA has an
nounced. Dealers may also sell pas
senger tires and tubes of a slightly
different size than is called for by
the rationing certificate.
Food Supplies In The
South Are Holding Up
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Food supplies in the south are hold
ing up well and the situation is sat
isfactory in all but a comparatively
few instances, according to the May
food distribution administration re
port issuel recently. The statement
showed a marked improvement over
a month ago.
Although a shortage of beef exists
generally, pork products are available
in most instances and rationing seems
to be leveling off supplies to a point
where all coupons presented can be
honored, the FDA reported.
Next to meat, the greatest shortage
is in canned milk. Florida and Ala
bama are hardest hit of the nine
southern states.
The report for Georgia, based on in
formation supplied by local food in
dustry committees, follows:
Georgia—No critical shortages are
shown. Beef stocks continue low in
seven of the 12 trale areas. Fresh
pork reported available in all terri
tories. Butter, cheese, canned milk,
and rice stocks are shown as low, but
replacement stocks being received.
bethany!
NEWS
—By—
MRS. W. Z. ROOKS
Correspondent
SING AT BETHANY
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On Sunday, June 27 (4th Sunday)
there will be an all day sing at Beth
any church every one is invited.
The sing will be on the self-sustaining
basis.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bigbee and
family, of Fort Gaines, were guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. David Jones.
l&essrs Trapp Settles, Clarence
Bryant, Ronald Weathersby “and Al
bert Crapps, of Arlington, have re
turned to their homes after a fishing
trip down at Dead Lake, Fla.
Mrs. John Etheredge and Mrs. L.
W. Parr went to Brunswick for a
visit with Miss Delora Etheredge.
They all spent sometime at Sea Is
land Beach and St. Simons Island.
Mr. .Dewaine Phillips, of the U. S.
Navy is on furlough visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Patt Phillips. He
has been stationed in The Panama
Canal Zone.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Rooks and Bet
ty Jean Rooks visited Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Timmons, of Rowena, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. P. G. Wilkerson, Mr. Aubrey
Killebrew and Mrs. W. E. Rooks, were
transacting business in Newton Mon
day afternoon. Mrs. Maggie Law
rence, of Damascus was a recent vis
itor in the home of her son, Mr. L. D,
Lawrence and Mrs. Lawrence. Mrs.
Mittie McLendon, Mrs. W. Z. Rooks
and daughter, Betty Jean, were vis
itors in Arlington Monday afternoon.
Mr. Pat Etheredge, of Moultrie,
spent the week-end with homefolks
here.
Mrs. P. G. Wilkerson, Mrs. L. D.
Lawrence । and Mrs. Marvin Ethredge
chaperoned a party of children on a
picnic and swimming party at Nant
ze’s Springs Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Duff Lewis and children of Birming
ham, Ala., and Mrs. Aldene Ethredge,
of Albany, have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamill for sev
eral days.
Mrs. Leslie Ray and Mrs. Charlie
Ray were visitors In Edison Tuesday.
Judge Crow To Hear
Lewis Retrial Motion
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A motion for a new trial in the case
of J. Bennett Lewis, prominent Mitch
ell County farmer found guilty of the
murder of C. F. Brimberry, Jr., and
sentenced to life imprisonment, will
be heard here Saturday morning at
ten o’elock by Judge Carl E. Crow.
The motion for a new trial was to
have been heard last Saturday morn
ing but attorneys for the defense
asked the court for a continuance of
the motion because of the fact that
briefs on the case were not finished
and sent to the attorneys for the de
fense until several days before the
motion for a new trial was to have
been heard and the lawyers stated
they were not ready for the hearing.
E. T. Hughes of Camilla and Robert
B. Short of Newton are attorneys
for the defendant. I
A County of Good
Farms, Good Schools,
Good Churches and
Good People
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$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Lend-Lease Not
Responsible For
Shortage Os Beef
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Lend-Lease buying is not responsi
ble for the current shortage of beef.
So says T. Walter Hughes, state su
pervisor for the War Food Adminis
tration.
WFA figures for the purchase of
food during the first four months of
this year show that only 8 million
pounds of beef with a value of sl,-
951,850 were purchased for lend-lease,
territorial emergency. Red Cross and
other FDA programs. This was less
than one-half of one percent of total
beef slaughter for the same period.
Heavy purchases of various pork
products were made during the same
four-month period, amounting to a
valuation of $183,133,566. The total
for lamb and mutton was $8,284,850,
and for canned Army ration $7,282,-
300.
Importance of eggs and dehydra
tion in shipments abroad was indi
cated by the fact that dried eggs were
the most valuable single commodity
purchase amounting to $136,461,424
for the 113,431,380 pounds. A pound
of dried eggs equals about 40 whole
eggs. All dairy products totaled
$170,157,215, bringing the total since
March, 1941. to $774,896,243. The
grand total for food is $2,515,959,127.
Purchases of fish for lend-lease and
the other programs noxy total SBB,-
246,514; fats and oils, $223,130,244;
fruits and fruit products. $108,435,-
678; vegetables, $119,832,359; grain
and cereal products, $98,753,045;
seers, $25,826,022 soya products, sll,-
474,039; vitamins, $14,718,504; mis
cellaneous foodstuffs, $102,600,875,
and non-foodstuffs, $75,660,635.
Revival Meeting
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The Revival Meeting of the New
ton Baptist Church will begin Sund.
June 20, with Rev. Bert Joyner, of
the Hill Baptist Church, of Augusta,
Georgia, assisting the pastor, Rev.
R. H. Forrester. Rev. Joyner will be
gin with the evening service Monday
at 8:30 P. M.
The subjects as announced by the
pastor for Sunday will be:
Morning worship—ll A. M. “What
kind of a Revival Do You Want’”
Evening worship—B:3o P. M. “What
Kind of a Revival Does God Want?”
This series of services will continue
through Sunday, June 27, and every
one is urged and has a cordial invita
tion to be present at every service.
Rev. Joyner is one of the outstanding
ministers of the state and no one will
want to miss any message he will
bring to the people of Newton and
surrounding territory.
(ft Ninety-six cents out of
every dollar goes for Wai
expenditures
The other foui
cents ffoes foi
..MSaPffjfcyL Governmen*
expenses “as
For Freedom’s Sake usual.”
Saturday, June 19
Buck Jones and Tim McCoy, in
“Below The Border”
Also Comedy and Serial.
Saturday Night—lo:3o P. M.
Edmund Lowe and William Henry,
—in—
“ Klondike Fury”
Also Comedy.
Mon. and Tues., June 21-22
George Murphy, Anne Shirley and
Carole Landis, in
“The Powers Girl”
Also Comedy and News.
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Wednesday, June 23
George Sanders and Tom Conway,
—in—
“ The Falcoln’s
Brother”
Also Comedy and Serial.
Thursday and Friday—
Gene Tierney and George Mont
gomery, in
“CHINA GIRL”