- THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1946
Filipinos in
Dire Need Says
Their President
Millions of Filipinos, rich and
poor alike, enslaved and terrorized
by three years of Japanese oppres
sion, are barefoot, ragged and
homeless, President Sorgie Osmena
said in an appeal to America, ac
cording to a report today to Vic
tor S, Bryant, Durham, Chairman
of the United War Fund of North
Carolina.
President Osmcna's appeal is as
follows: “For more than three years
my people have suffered under the
oppression of the Japanese. Never
in that time did they waver in their
loyalty to America; never did they
cease resisting the invader by ev
ery means in their power."
“Like a swarm of locusts, for three
years the Japanese army lived upon
homes, seizing their supplies of
the people of the Philippines, eat
ing their food, confiscating their
clothing. With the beginning of
liberation, the suffering increased.
Enraged by Filipino support of
American arms, the Japanese de
liberately destroyed everything in
their path of retreat, killing civili
ans, burning houses and public
buildings, destroying food supplies |
and clothing, cities, towns and
villages have been completely de
stroyed.”
“I saw the path of destruction
left by the Japanese. I saw the'
pitiful survivors who came strag- j
gling back to the ashes of their I
homes. Barefoot, ragged, almost;
naked, they came, looking in vain j
for wives, mothers, husbands and j
children who had died.”
“For them I am appealing to
America for help."
In answer to President Osmona's
appeal, Philippine War Relief,
which is financed by contributions
to local war funds, has begun ship
ments of clothing, shoes and emer
gency food rations.
“legal notice ~
NOTICE
Summons Hv Publication
NORTH CAROLINA.
PERSON COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Odelia B. Williams:
vs.
Jack L. Williams :
The defendant Jack L. Williams
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenc
ed in tlie superior court of Person
County, North Carolina, to obtain
an absolute divorce on the grounds
of two year:; separation and the
said defendant will further take no
tice that ire is required to appear
at the office of the clerk of the sup
eriod court of said county in the
court house in Roxboro, N. C., with
in twenty days after the 7th day of
May, 1945* and answer or demur to
tire complaint in said action, or the
plain t iff will apply to the court for
tile relief demanded in said com
plaint .
R. A. BULLOCK,
Asst. Clerk of Superior Court
of Person County.
Tliis llth day of April, 1945.
Apr. 12. 19. 2(1, May 3.
SALE OF GOOD LAND ON
HYCO
On Saturday, May‘s, 1945, at 12:00
o'clock, noon, the undersigned will
sell to the highest bidder for cash
at the Person County Court House
door in Roxboro, North Carolina,
the following described tract of land,
viz:
Lying on the waters of Hyco Riv
er, containing 173 7-8 acres, more
or less, formerly owned by the late
J. W. Winstead, and known as the
Barker place, adjoining land of
Green Williams, the Estate of A.
Stanfield, the Bolton place and oth
ers. This tract of land was sold un- J
der a division of the J. W. Winstead j
Estate and purchased by H. W. J
Winstead and J. J. Winstead, and)
by them later conveyed to J. D.
Winstead and K. C. Wagstaff. A
surveyor's description by metes and
pounds will be exhibited at the sale
and incorporated in trie deed to the
purchaser.
The rent for 1945 is reserved. The
purchaser will have possession in
time to prepare for next year’s crop.
The allotment of tobacco acreage
will be announced at the sale. This
sale will be final. It will not be left
open for other bids.
Other announcements will be
made at the sale.
This April 10, 1945.
J. D. Winstead,
Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff,
Owners.
F. O. Carver, Attorney.
April 12, 19, 2G, May 3.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Clem Holloway, de
ceased, late of County, North
Carolina, this is to ltstify all per
sons having claims agairtst the es
tate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or be
fore the 19th day of April, 1946, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery, All persons indebted
to said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This 16th day of April, 1945.
W. A. Holloway,
Administrator of Clem Holloway.
Wm. D. Merritt. Atty.
Apr. 19-26, May 3, 10, 17, 24.
Scott Desires
One Ceiling For
Ail Products
I Raleigh, April 25.—“1 strongly
urge that the Office of Price Ad
ministration be required to have one
ceiling price for a given commodity
during the entire marketing season.
If tliis is done. It will bring about
an increased production of many
commodities,” said Agriculture Com
missioner Kerr Scott in a statement
given to the Agriculture Committee
of the U. S. Senate.
The Scott statement was present
ed by Randal B. Etheridge, head of
the Markets division of the State
j Department of Agriculture.
Quoting figures to show that the
ccst of producing watermelons,
sweet potatoes, and other truck
crops is as high in North Carolina
as in the states further south, Scott
declared that ceiling prices should
bs allowed to drop when this State’s
marketing seasons for these crops
I occur.
| Charging that the OPA has es
tablished ceilings arbitrarily and
j without sufficient consideration and
I knowledge of the various phases of
I production and sale, Scott asserted
'that the setting of ceilings below
producing costs has discouraged
production of many crops.
"Establishing a maximum price
| below the cost of production pro
| motes black markets, but the men
|in the OPA don’t seem to realize it
| and don’t seem to care. And the
sad part of it is that the situation
lis rapidly growing worse,” said
Scott.
Nation Grows
More Tobacco
Raleigh, April 25.—Growers of to.
bacco throughout the United, States
this year plan to increase their acre
age in this crop 4.1 per cent, as
compared with only 2.5 per cent for
■North Carolina, the Statistics divis
ion of the State Department of Ag
riculture reports.
Tiie acreage for the United States
is expected to reach 1,782,00 acres,
j Present, intentions point to a North
Carolina acreage of 713,500.
If this acreage is planted and
harvested, it would be exceeded on
ly by (lie 1939 acreage, when there
was no Government control and
about 2.000.000 acres were planted,
according to Statistician J. J. Mor
gan. ‘
"Production of tobacco products,
particularly pigarettes, is continuing
at an exceptionally high level. Sup
plies of cigarettes for use in this
country have declined below the
level of last year, but shipments to
tlie armed forces abroad have in
creased," declares Morgan.
He reports that stocks of most
types of tobacco are low in relation
to tlie present high rate of con
sumption. Morgan is of the opinion,
however, that “with the large 1944
crop now in the hands of manu
facturers and dealers, stocks at the
end of the present season should be
larger than last year."
"Production in 1944 was even
greater than the estimated 1944-
1945 season’s disappearance, and
cigarette manufacturers were per
mitted to purchase more tobacco
from the 1944 crop than they used
last season," says Morgan.
Indications outlined by Morgan
point to acreage increases for all
classes of tobacco this year, the
largest being in burley.
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isfy the eyes
$2.00 to 18.00
THE NEWELL®
Jewelers
Roxbnro. N. C.
Straus Fears
Empfrfe Tobacco
Raleigh, April 25.—Regarding the
increase in the production of tobac
co in Canada and other, countries,
Harry H. Straus, president of the
Acusta Paper Co., manufacturer of
cigarette papers at Pisgah Forest.
N. C., has written Agriculture Com
missioner Kerr Scott that he is
“grieved at the way British Empire
tobaccos are replacing our own ex
ports, and how in recent years our
own State has been taking the lead
in reducing production and aggra
vating this steady loss of exports".
"Exports have -always been a big
factor in maintaining a good farm
er average, and, for the protection
of our own, we must recapture this
export market with quality and
quantity, most expecially the latter.
"If we let this period slip without
stocking our domestic manufactur
ers, and being in position to export
heavily, and recultivate the foreign
appetites for our own flue-cured to
baccos, we shall miss a golden op
portunity. Unless still greater quan
tities are produced, we are playing
right into the hands of the promot
ers of Empire tobacco. I feel it will
take five years of maximum produc
tion to fill domestic manufacturers’
storages and provide adequate ex
ports at the end of that period,”
said Straus.
Sentinels of Safety!
Every hour of the clay and through the night, freight and
passenger trains are speeding over die heavy steel rails
of the Norfolk and Western Railway. Track conditions
are excellent . . trained employees are on the job
alert, vigilant . . . electric; signals wink their colored
lights . . . and traffic speeds swiftly toward many desti
nations. But there are other unsung and comparatively
little-known watchers on duty the electrified slide
detector fences.
Scarcely noticeable along the right-of-way as trains
flash by, these automatic guards for your safety notify the
crews of approaching trains if, when and where track
obstructions occur.
On certain divisions of the railroad., there are tunnel
portals or deep cuts, where slides might occur during
rainy seasons and send earth and rock toward the tracks.
But before reaching the tracks, the loose earth and
THE COURIER-TIMES
Farm Wages At
Average Os $3.20
Raleigh, April 25.—Farm wage
rates in North Carolina this spring
average $3.20 per day, 50 cents
higher than the $2.70 paid farm
laborers a year ago. the Statistics
division of the Stale Department of
Agriculture reports. Tlie average
for the nation tliis April is $4.12.
Wage rates in South Carolina are
$2.10. or sl.lO lower than in this
State.
Tlie highest farm wages are being
paid in Washington, where tlie av
erage is $7.70 pci day. Fight states
have lower farm wage rates Ilian
those paid in North Carolina.
Egg Demand
Very Strong
Raleigh, April 25. —The demand
for eggs diving , the. past three
months has been unusually strong
at or near Ceiling prices, and this
situation probably , will continue
throughout tlie spring and summer.
This is the •opinion, of Curtis Tar
leton. State Agriculture Department
statistician, who added that “prices
received by "farmers for eggs in
1945 will average moderately above
last year, when they averaged 33.3
cents per dozen."
According to Tarleton’s estimate,
supplies of eggs available for Civil
Senved...
Honorably discharged serviceman and women of World War II are wearing, and entitled to
wear, this gold emblem which attests their service to their country. Watch for it, and recognize
V 1/ '• and give the wearer a smile of appreciation. Help make tlie small gold badge“the emblem
everybody knows." ■
RAILWAY
PRECISION TRANSPORTATION
jians this year may be larger than
last, primarily because of the de
cline in War Food Administration
procurement—even though output
will be about 10 per cent less than
in 1944.
o
Big Peach Crop
To Be Expected
Raleigh, April 25.—Present pro
spects ] joint to the largest early
crop the Nation has had in 20 years,
according to the Federal-State Crop
Reporting Service of the State De
partment of Agriculture.
The peach bloom was exceptional
ly heavy in the 10 Southern early
peach states, and growers are now
concerned about getting the fruit
thinned, Earlier-than-usual market
ing of the crop throughout North
Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina,
and Arkansas, where the bulk of
tlie crop originates, was foreseen.
o
POULTRY HEARING
Raleigh, April 25. —A hearing on
the new poultry regulations adopt
'ed by the Legislature was held in
Raleigh on Tuesday.
Plans for the long-range, $40,000-
per-year program were adopted for
subsequented presentation to the
State Board of Agriculture.
rock must first strike the slide detector fences, thus
breaking the circuit of electric current which operates
the signal system. The broken circuit places the signals
in "STOP” position on both sides of the obstruction,
and locomotive engineers proceed slowly, prepared to
stop short of the obstruction.
The first slide detector fence on the N. & W. was erected
in 1926. With the installment of many additional fences,
they have been further developed and improved. Today,
more than 30 miles of these silent watchmen are on duty
every minute of the day and night. Undramatic, yes,
but since they have been in use, these guardians of life
and property, have detected every slide that might have
affected train operation on the N. &W. —a proven contri
bution to your safety, the safety of your freight, and another
contribution to the operating efficiency of the Norfolk
and Western.
Coltrane Calls
For High Wages
Raleigh, April 25. The war has
taught the American farmer that
full industrial employment at high
wages virtually assures prosperity
for agriculture, D. S. Coltrane, As
sistant Commissioner of Agriculture,
told Rotarians at Liberty last week.
“The greatest problem of the post
war world will be the maintenance
of industrial activity at such a pace
as will call for somewhere near the
present production of our American
IN NORTH CAROLINA
■
'farms. The farmer, consequently, is
interested In the well-being of in
dustry and labor as never before.
He can no longer be an isolationist,"
said Coltrane.
He declared that "farmers who re
fuse to produce at the lowest possi
ble cost and to adopt the most
efficient practices of production
cannot be considered in the agricul
| tural policies of tomorrow.”
Coltrane was introduced by L. H.
Smith, Jr., who was in charge of
the program. Several farmers were
present as special guests of the club.
PAGE THREE
THE URGE TO KILL
Missoula, Mont. —Highway patrol
men stopped a speeding motorist
and the latter’s wife said:
“Oh, thank you. officers,” smiling
sweetly. "I've been telling him all
the way over from Helena (117
miles awayi he was driving too
fast."
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