11 GENEVA "QUEEN OF THE WIREGRASS" VOLUME 4X Mat 4 GENEVA, ALABAMA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 142 12.00 PER YEAR IN JNTY Launch Three Destroyers in 35 Minutes Ducking Shells in Egypt Battle Lice. J. DczzZtry MtatUzg in Actlzn; sister uvc uere 2nd Lieut James Alex Daugh- try, aged 26, U. S. Army Air Corps, a son of U.
S. Commissioner J. W. Daughtry and Mrs. Daughtry, of South College Street, Dothan, and brother of Mrs.
J. S. I a ml I tl kill -Jf' 5 SLJUs HJdl a Om of the Imperial troop fighting on th Egyptian battiefront la shown taking ft quick diva for rarer aa an Axis shell bursts close to him nesr El Alemain. Despite heavy attacks the British soldiers, aided by Australians and New Zealanders, are holding fast and in some spots eren making rains. This is a radiophoto.
These three trim destroyers, the Navy's newest tfQftfe threat to Axis subs, slid down the ways at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company yards in Kearny, N. within thirty-five minutes. The new ships and their sponsors are from left to right: Damion (618) sponsored by Mrs. Gregory Davison of EdwanU (619) sponsored by Mrs. Edward Brayton of Fall River, Saufley (465) sponsored by Mrs.
Helen O'Rear Scruggs of Frankfort, Ky. "Tatar" White Writes from Got Three Jap Planes Joins Up Again at 80 OfflcUl ft. Nmr photo A veteran of the days when iron men fought in wooden ships, Chief Boatswain's Mate George Sander son, 80 year-old veteran, is shown after reporting at the Washington navy yard for duty. He was a gunner in the Spanish-American War and would line to see action again in that post, but the U. S.
Navy rules on age forbid it. Two County Men Join Up During the past several days two Geneva county men are reported as having joined Uncle Sam's fighting forces through the recruiting stations at Dothan. Nathan Eugene Farrell, of Geneva, is reported as having enlisted in the Navy, while Albert Ray Hendrix, of Hartford, joined up with the Marines. I VN. I It Sty th Island Most all the young folks in and around Geneva remember Jack V.
"Tater" White. Well, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. White, heard from him for the first time in quite ft while, and this time from far-away England.
He states that he is doing fine, but there is no use of us telling what he has to say, for through the courtesy of his parents we reproduce the letter as is: Dear Mama I am sorry for not writing be fore, but if I had, you would not have gotten it any sooner. I am getting along fine and get ting plenty to eat. I am in England and it is a very pretty country. We get to go to town every now and then. I can't understand the English talk very well, but I am catching on pretty well.
I have gotten two letters from you since I got over here. They are pretty old, but I still like to read them. Don't do any worrying about about me for I will be O. K. Tell Charlotte hello.
Love, JACK. Those friends of "Tater's" here in Geneva who would like to' write him should use the following address: Pfc. Jack Y. White, 340 Bomb Squardon, 97 Bomb Group, U. S.
Army, APO 875. ''in mii ZmjLmmX Wid.ul Weeks The body of Widsul Weeks, aged 24, who died in a hospital in Gaston ia, N. Monday, July 20th, following a brief illness, was returned to his former home in Mt Pleasant community on Thursday for funeral and burial. The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stina Weeks, of near Coffee Springs, he had spent the greater part of his life on the farm there. Recently he had been employed in an industrial plant in Gastonia. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lois Blair Weeks; two children, Melba and Mary Susie; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stina Weeks; and two sisters, Miss Onyx Weeks, of Geneva, and Miss Annie Will Weeks, of Coffee Springs. Interment was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Rev. B.
C. Glenn and Rev. B. R. Justice, of Enterprise, were officiating ministers.
ock W. H. Thurman Funeral services for W. H. Thurman, aged 74, of Graceville route three, who died at his home Sunday, night following an illness of two weeks, were held at the Union Church, near Ozark, Tuesday at 11 a.
m. with Rev. C. C. Balcom directing.
Burial followed in the church cemetery. Surviving are: Three daughters, Miss Ocle Thurman, Mrs. Arleto Kirkland and Mrs. Daisey Balcom, all of Graceville route three; two sons, Carleen Thurman, of Oxford, and Roy Thurman, of Graceville route three; two brothers, Oscar Thurman, of Graceville route three, and Joe Thurman, of Jay, and one sister, Mrs. Ada Aderway, of Phenix City.
urn Negro Found Dead in Road Sunday night about 10 o'clock the dead body of J. D. Lee, aged about 32, was found on the Geneva-Hartford highway in the Oak Grove neighborhood by another autoist by the name of James Mc-Ginnis. Evidence indicated that the Negro had been run over by an automobile some time before. -J Coroner J.
W. Abbolt is investigating the case, but as yet has rendered no official decision. Alexander, of Geneva, has been reported missing in action in Alaska. Commissioner Daughtry said Saturday the War Department had! advised him that his son could not be accounted for following an action in which he took part in the fog-shrouded Aleutian area on July 18th. The message merely stated Lieut.
Daughtry was "miss ing in action," and advised Mr.) Daughtry that he would be ac quainted with any further develop ments as they became known. Lieut. Daughtry, who was one of i four brothers with the armed forces, thus becomes the first Do than boy to become a casualty in the present conflict. Other Houston county youths killed or missing in earlier actions were from areas outside Dothan or other com munities in the county. One of eight sons, Lieut.
Daugh. try joined the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet in May, 1941. Prior to entering the service, he was a school teacher at Malvern, and Black, Ala. He first was assigned to Randolph Field, for pilot training, but later was transferred to the navigator-bombardier sections. In this latter capacity he took training at Maxwell Field, and Turner Field, Ga.
He also had tactical training at Eglin Field, and Fort Myers, Fla. Commissioner Daughtry reported that his son was transferred some months ago to the West Coast and then sent to the Alaskan zone. A recent letter home indi cated he had been in action short ly after arrival. The three brothers of Lieut. Daughtry now with the armed forces are Ralph, 21, former member of The Eagle news staff, now a Navy yoeman, third class, on duty in the Caribbean area; Ray, 37, also with the Navy, and J.
B. Daughtry, 34, U. S. Army, who is awaiting assignment to an officer candidate school. Lieut.
Daughtry, ajiative of Slo comb, graduated from the high school there, and Troy State Teacher's College. He received his degree from Troy in 1937 and taught school from that time until his enlistment as an Aviaion Cadet. -OCR- Cffee Springs Boy Reported Missing in the Philippines According to a recent communication to Mrs. J. T.
Thames, of Coffee Springs, from the War De partment, her son, Corporal Robert R. Thames, has been reported as "missing in action" since the sur render of Corrigedor on May 7th. Corporal Thames, who enlisted in the Army thre years ago, has not been heard from by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Thames, since February, at which time he was serving "somewhere in the Philippines." The communication from the War Department states: In the last days before the surrender of Batann there were casualties which were not reported to the War Department. Conceivably the same is true of the sur render of Corrigedor and possibly other islands of the Philippines. The Japanese Government has in dicated its intention of conform ing to the terms of the Geneva (Switzerland) Convention with respect to the interchange of information regarding prisoners of war. At some future date this Government will receive through Geneva a list of persons who have been taken prisoners of war.
Until that time the War Department cannot give you positive information. "The War Department will con sider the persons serving in the Philippine Islands as "missing in action" from the date of the sur render of Corrigedor, May 7th, 1942, until definite information to the contrary is received." rjPR Fairview Revival Success Rev. J. F. Powell reports that the revival which he had been holding during the past week at Fairview, up in Coffee county, ended as one of the most successful ones this season.
Thirty-one members were added to the church 26 by baptism and 5 by letter. This week Rev. Powell is conducting a series of meetings at Black. Preaching services are at 11:00 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. (old time) each day. Bible School is being held each morning at 9 :30 (old time). The public is cordially invited to attend any or all these services.
Insurance Co. Buys $25,000 Bond UOclal U. a MiTy rhott A single U. S. Navy dive-bomber type of plane ordinarily given little chance to defeat enemy fightershas just been credited by the Navy Department with shooting down seven Jap Zero planet in two days in the Coral Sea battle.
Rear gunner John Liska (above), 19, of Los Angeles, accounted for three of the Jap fighters while pilot John Leppla, 26, of Lima, Ohio, bagged the other four. Better Buy Coal Now The public is being advised to buy its winter's supply of coal during the summer months before the demand on the mines and transportation of all kinds becomes its heaviest during the winter months. It is stated that the peak demand on the railroads is reached as early as middle September, which will, of a necessity, hamper the transportation of coal for civilian use. From sixty to seventy-five million more tons of coal will be used by the nation this year than heretofore, owing to the unprecedented demands of defense industries. Inferior Court Calendar Listed below are cases on the Geneva County Inferior Court calendar both Criminal and Civil Dockets which will come up for hearing on Monday and Tuesday of next week, with Judge G.
A. Ward on the bench: CRIMINAL DOCKET Lula Clark, A. B. Cleveland Clark, A. B.
Jeremiah Edward Roberts, vagrancy. J. W. Speigner, reckless driving. Rebecca Snell, drawing a dangerous weapon.
Earl Barnes, reckless driving. Robert Horace McCoy, reckless driving. Euless Swinton, A. B. Charlie Devane, improper trip ticket.
Willie J. Avant, Cuthbert Martin, alias Cuff Martin, Dan Adki-son, Claude Jones, and Jackie Simmons, alias A. J. Simmons, violating election laws. CIVIL DOCKET Peaslee-Gaulbert Corp.
vs. C. C. Holley, assumpsit. C.
C. Ward vs. J. D. Day, detinue.
H. K. Tippins vs. C. S.
"Spud" Brown, assumpsit. H. K. Tippins vs. C.
S. "Spud" Brown, Troy-Elba-Do-than Bus Line, J. R. Crow, garnishee, garnishment on summons. R.
L. Faust vs. C. H. Danner, defendant, Gulf Ice Cold Storage Ozark, garnishee, garnishment on judgment.
D. O. Vaughan vs. I. N.
Isler, attachment. Cecil Howell vs. C. D. Chapman assumpsit.
E. C. Boswell vs. George Hughes, assumpsit Mrs. Bama Broxson vs.
J. C. Brannon, detinue. Geneva County Motor Co. vs.
Cleatus Langford, detinue. Cardinal Hat Co. vs. D. R.
Du-rant, assumpsit James Manufacturing Co. vs. J. T. Boyette, et al, assumpsit.
Bata Shoe Co. vs. Sam Blumen-feld, et al, assumpsit David Williamson vs. Goldstuck-er Burial Association, assumpsit. J.
R. Taylor, vs. American Life Insurance assumpsit. Mrs. Florence E.
Ritch vs. American Life Insurance Co, assumpsit. J. D. Pilcher vs.
American Life Insurance assumpsit. Mrs. Marie H. Hardy vs. American Life Insurance assumpsit.
Raymond Kornegay, vs. American Life Insurance assumpsit Geneva Sportsmen to Meet Friday, August 7th The Geneva Sportsmen's Club will meet in their regular monthly session at the Agricultural Building on Friday night, August 7th. All members are urged to be present as an interesting program is in the offing, as well as a good feed. In the order of business the annual election of officers and committees will be the feature. new MARRIAGE LICENSES White Rrvan't R.
Hidle and Katie Lou Killingsworth, both of Slocomb. John F. Parrish, and Madeline Laird, both of Ft. Walton, Fla. Thomas E.
Churchwell and Bessie Jean Sanders, both of Samson. Ralnh Justice and Feaca Mae Cook, both of Geneva. (No colored licenses issued.) Camfsml'a Tnlr i hoftt tar fnnTI- tain pens and steel pens. For sale at tne Keaper onice. Saturday, August 1st Buses Will Take on Passengers at Bus Stations! On account of the heavy passenger business and the slow-down in bus schedules brought on by the nation's war effort it is necessary that the buses make as few stops as possible.
After August 1st all buses will make no stops except at the designated bus stations. Bus station in Geneva is at the City Drug Company, on Main Street. J. F. Collins, General Agent for The Franklin Life Insurance Company of Springfield, 111., purchased $25,000 of War Bonds for the Company through The First National Bank of Hartford, Ala.
The above picture shows Mr. Collins (center) tendering the Company check for the bonds to Mr. John Albert Hughes, president of The First National Bank. Mr. Jim Andrew (right), chairman of the Geneva County War Bond committee, is watching the transaction.
This unusual demonstration of the Company cooperation with a local agency was tendered Mr. Collins in recognition of his outstanding work during the month of May 50 Million Month for the Company. Mr. Collins was awarded a cup for individual volume, and one for new representative. He not only paid for more business than any other new agent but led the entire Franklin field force of the 58-year-old company.
The Franklin Life Insurance Company is currently investing a large portion of its income in Government bonds to help in National Defense, according to the president of the company, Charles E. Becker, who says: "In this National Emergency we feel that life insurance serves the double purpose of being a direct investment in the underlying human value of the Nation, and one of the chief sources of financing the war." adv Florida-Alabama Motor Lines Alaga Coach Lines, Inc. BUS STATION AT CITY DRUG COMPANY Geneva Alabama.
