N. C. Weekly
Roundup
TOWN AND FARM IN
WARTIME"
A weekly news digest prepared
by tlu* rural press section (),YVI
News Bureau.
ST A HI LI Z AT ION HIGH LJGHTS
.Highlights of recent significant
economic stabilization orders in
clude (a) President Roosevelt's or
der tJiat 'the 48-hour work-week
be generally adopted, (b) Econo
mic stabilization director James F.
Byrnes' . program stipulating that
there shall be no increase in wages
except to rectify "gross inequi
ties" and "substandard" wages. Mr.
. liyrmes also said that changing the
parity formula would affect fann
ers adversely in the long run ?
that farm and dairy workers who
had gone into industry should be
urged to return to agriculture and
that recalcitrants should be depriv
ed of their of their deferred draft
status. All Americans were urged
to obey, price controls and ration
ing regulations as part of their
contribution to winning the war.
High taxes, Mr. Byrnes s^id, are
absolutely necessary, but he be
lieves firmly in limiting profits to
prevent exorbitant costs to con
sumers and government alike.
RULES POR DISCHARGING
? MEN OF 38 j.
Men over 38 years old will be
discharged from the Army accord
ing to these rules and require
ments: 1. He mu>t be at least 38
years old; 2. Enlisted or inducted
on or before February 28, 1943; 3.
Ha> submitted voluntary request
for discharge .to his com
manding. officer; 4. Has submitted
statement from responsible persons
showing that he will be employed
in essential industry, including ag
riculture. 5. Release of soldier must
not seriously effect the efficiency
of his unit.
Some kinds of shoes are not
covered by the rationing order that
went into .effect February 9.* Un
rationed are soft and hard-soled
slippers' and bedroom slippers, in
fant's soft-soled shoes, ballet slip
? pers, ordinary waterproof footwear,
gaiters, work, dress, clog, and toe
rubbers, and lumberman's over
shoes. ?
Those rationed (one pair per
person between now and June 15,
obtainable through stamp 1? of
war ratiotr l>ook oine) include all
types of boots and shoes mode irt
whole or in part of leather, ami
all rubber- soled shoies.
Shoe stamps are transferable,
(and can be used by ' any member
of the family. In emergencies locail
ration boards will issu,e a shoe
purchase certificate.
18 MILLION VICTORY
GARDENS
Victory gardens ? -18 million of
them ? will be needed in 1943 to
help meet expanding food produc
tion goals. Plarmers are pushing
for th,e biggest food production in
history under handicaps of labor
and material shortages. A victory
garden is every family's direct
contribution to the wiar effort.
FARMERS PAY OFF LOANS
Farmers repaid $28, (XX), (XX) on
loans administered by the emer
gency crop and food loan offices
in 1942, compared with $19,500,000
they borrowed during the yeaa*.
V-MAIL FOR SAILORS
You V-Mail letter to a sailor
will have a better chance p f get
ting to him without delay now,
for the Navy has expaind-ed it*
V-Mail services. Four new V-Mail
'stations, have beejn sent abroad.
Small, portable machines that can
be quickly set up in remote areas
?will now be available to speed up
the delivery of V-Mail to sailors.
RECRUIT FARM HELP
Labor to Ivelp, with production
ami processing in canning- areas
will be recruited in ?a campaign
beginning immediately, says the
U.S. Department of Agricultural
agents, the U.S. Employment Ser
vice, the Office of Civilian tl>efense
and looaJ operators of canning
plants will all cooperate. Urgency
of the situation makes necessary
the help of local clubs, businesses,
churchs and schools.
COMMITTEE ON SUBVERSIVE
\ ACTIVITIES
President Roosevelt, by execu
tive order has created a five-man
inter departmental committee, func
tioning within the Justice Depart
ment, to pass on all complaints
pi subversive activity by federal
employees. Members of -the com
mittee are assistant treasury sec
retary Gas-ton, solicitor Brown of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration, assistant interior secre
tary Chapman, Rudolph M. Evans
of the Federal Reserve Board, and
legal adviser Cannon of*?he Civil
Service Commission.
? Continued From P?f? On? ?
rate records and better breeding.
The meeting was dominated by
the earnest effprt to develop pro
duction, placing emphasis on poul
try, egg?, milk aad iriih poutoei
MGNUTT ON MANPOWER
. RULES
Three requirements have been
enunciated by War Manpower
Chairman, McNutt. They are: (1)
Persons now .engaged in essential
work must stay where they are
or transfer to siill more essential
jobs where their talents are need
ed. (2) Persons unemployed or
working in non- essemtiaJ jobs must
transfer to essential activities. (3)
AH persons must raise their pro
ductive efforts to the highest pos
sible levels.
MOKE HARNESS LEATHER
Harness leather, demajnd for
which has increased greartly be
cause of enlarged food production
goals, will be taken from the arm
ed forces to supply farmers. WPB
Order M-273-A will have thait ef
fect, in an attempt to meet farm
ers' serious need pf haimess for
horses and mules, more ? of which
are being used because of drastic
restrictions on manufacture of farm
machinery, including tractors.
J>AVE 400,000 TIKES
About 400,000 passenger car tires
were saved by tire inspections dur
ing thev first two months. Those
tires aeeded immediate repair and*
would have been beyond rej>air for
future in^e if they had not been
taken out of service.
NEWSPRINT CUT COMING
Readers may find it hard to get
a copy of their favorite newspaper
after April 1, when the second 10
percent cut in newsprint paper is
likely to become effective. WPB's
printing and publishing* divison be
lieves the supply of newsprint, if
equitably distributed, will prevent
undue hardship upon any publica
tion. A newspaper's essential ser
vice in wartime is important and
it is hoped will not be materially
lessened by ithis necessary reduc
tion in materials.
HAVE YOU ANY MANILA
ROPE
Mamila rojue, 3-16 of an inch
or larger, is indispensable for cer
tain, military purposes. The gov
ernment will pay 10 percent above
owner's net cost for all it cam get
in lengths of 200 teet or more.
Owners, whether business men or
others are requested to communi
cate with Murry Cook, 155 E. 44th
St., New York City.
PRICES FOR ONIONS AND |
POTATOES
Prices have heem established by
OPA for dry onions as follows :
Maximum price for all varieties
of early dry onions except white,
$2.60 per 50 pounds ? for those har
vested Feb. 8, 1943, through March
1913 ? $1.65 per 50 pounds for those
harvested June 1 tp June 30, 1913.
For white dry omions, country
shippers may add 15 cents per
50 pounds ito maximum staged
above. For early dry onions of
white boiler or white pickler var
iety, country shippers may add
$1 per 50 pounds. If onions are sold
in bulk or the purchaser's con
tainer, country shippers mnst de
duct 15 cents per 50 pounds.
WHO VOTED FOR ALARM
CLOCKS?
Alarm clocks styled for "war
time" will be on the market by
April I. They will bie spring-wound
to save critical materials, and
enough will be made to take care
of civilian ineeds. The alarm clock
has. been found to be a "tool" erf
production for ithe war worker:
U. S. Cauaualties
Total 65,380 Men
The office of war information
reported today that announced cas
ualties o the armed forces have
reached a total of 65,380 kilted,
wounded, taken prisoner, missing
and interned in neutral countries.
The combined total for all the
armed forces was reported as 10,
1 50 dead ; 10,959 wounded ; and 44,
11 missing, plus 90 interned. The
army list was complete through
February 7 and the navy list up
to February 19, but the navy totals
included only casualties whose next
of kin have received notification.
Army casualties after 14 months
of war were 41,948, of which 3,53 3
were killed and 6,509 wounded,
there were 25,684 missing, 6,132
prisoners of war and 90 interns.
Of the wounded, 743 have returned
to active duty. ' .
The army's casualty toll includes
>2,500 Philippine scouts, most pf
whom were assumed to be prison
ers of war. -
Navy department casualties ag
gregated 23,432. They were divided
as follows :
Navy ? Dead, 5,0R3; wounded 2,1
087; missing 10,197; total 17,367.
? Marine corps ? Dead, 1,483;
wounded 2,344; missing, 1,9W; to
tal 5,281.
Coast guard? Dead, 51 ; wounded,
19; missing 174; total 244.
"So you met Alice today?"
"Yes, I hadn't sees her for ten
years."
"Has she kept her girlish fig
ure?"
"Kept it ? She's doubled it."
"You must find debt collecting
a thankless job. Nobody wants to
see you, do they?"
"On the contwry, they all wk
mt to a!' *f?i? "
Classified Advertising
1JAVE you anything around the house
* * or farm you would like to sell? Try
a classified ad. The cost is only a few
cents and there are probably a lot of
folks looking for just whatever it is you
no longer have use for. ->
CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS
Rate*: One and one-half cents per word ? 30 cents minimum.
FOR SALE ? White Spring- a*nd
Columbia seed oats, onion sets
and garden seeds. "Nitrate of
soda", "Knox Potato Grower"
and other grades of fertilizers.
Also carry complete lime of Way
ne dairy, hog, and chicken feed.
Timothy hay, C. S. meal and soy
bean m,eal.
Ray Grocery and Feed Co.
F25 ? tn
WANTED TO BUY? Late model
used cars, trucks and pick-ups.
l>uncan Motor Co., Franklin,
N. C.
Tn.
LOST ? Child's silver bracelet stam
ped with flowers, Sunday after
noon, between Angel'* Drug
Store and Postoffice. Finder call
95 for reward.
ltp.
LOST ? Between Baptist Church
and Main Street, a coin purs*
containing biUs. Return to the
Franklin Press.
ltp.
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FOR RENT? Garage aiaartnient.
See Mrs. Bill Bryson, Bank
Buildifng.
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Last Rites For
Henry C. Bates .
Henjry Creaton Bat.es, 72, died
at the home of his daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Guest, in east Franklin, last Thurs
day, February 18, at 12 p. m. He
had been in declining health for
over a year.
Mr. Bates had lived in Ma^cou
county practically all his life. Jlis
wife, who was Miss Ada Clocr,
died some time ago. They were
the parents of 14 children, nine of
whom are living. He was a mem
ber of the Coweta Baptist church.
Surviving are four daughters,
M<rs. Guest, Miss Myrtle Bates,
of Franklin, Mrs. Bessie Blackwell
of Westminister, S. . C., and Mrs.
Emma Holt of S.eneca, S. C. ; five,
sons, Mack, Lee, Ted, Roy and
Tom Bates of Franklin, and a
number of grandchild r.ejn and great
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. J. C. Swaim at the Coweta
Baptist church, Friday, F.ebruary
19, at 3:30 p. m. and burial was
in the Coweta cemetery.
Pallbearers were Reid Elliott,
Roy Kinsland, Coley Guest, Ray
Arnold and Walter Cunningham.
QUESTION : Can alfalfa hay be
fedd to laying flocks?
ANSWER : Where alalfa hay is
available and can be secured at
reasonable prices, the feeding of
such a supplement has much to
commend it, says R. S. Dearstyne,
head of the Poultry Department.
It is rich in vitamins A and G,
as well as supplying other neces
sary nutrients. The hay should be
well cured. It is usually placed in
racks attached to the wall of the
laying house.
?
TWO (JOGD ? used pianos in your
community that are to he repos
essed. Can be had for the bal
ance due and on easy) terms.
Write Mjigness Pia<no Company,
Hendersonville, N. C."
K18 ? 3tp ? M4
WANTED ? "Home cured country
hams", middling meat, shoulder,
corn, wheat, cow peas, dried
fruit, syrup, onions, chickens a?nd
eggs.
Ray Grocery wtd Feed Co.
I F25 ? tn
FOR SALE ? Grass and cVover hay.
Near Riverside, Route 2. J. S.
Gray.
lip
LOST ? Antique cameo ring, near
car lot adjoining theatre. Reward
if returned to FnanJcKn Press,
ltp
FOR SALE ? Two mules ? ages 2
and 3 years old. W. L. Corbin,
Otto, N. Cf
1?P
FOR SALE ? Just received a few
dozen John B. Stetson hats, and
several doztn reblocked hats,
$7.50. Also several spring dresses.
LEE MASON.
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MORE WELDERS
NEEDED
More trainees for welding oourse
are needed at once. A special bus
will leave Asheville on Tuesday
for the NYA training center at
Wilmington. Girls are now accept
ed, but must be between the ages
of IS and 25; boys 1C to 25. In
terested youths should see Mrs.
'Margaret Ordway, Saturday ,on
Main Street.
? Continued From Pat* On?
Cpl. Bob Sanders, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sanders, has re
turned to Camp Blanding, Fla.,
after spending a ten day furlough
with his parents in franklin.
Cpl. Bryamt McClure, who is
stationed at Camp Hood, Xcxas,
spent his furlough with Mrs. C. H.
McClure.
Pfc. Walter H. Moses, son of
Mfs. Fannie Moses of Gneiss, is
now serving overseas.
? *?
Cpl. William Guest has written
to his cousin, Mrs. Fred York
that he is in N.orth Africa and is
w.ell and happy. ?gl. Carl York
is also in North Africa, accnrding
to a cable sent recently.
?if?
Homer L. Green, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Green of
Franklin, received his call Feb. 6
to report to Miami Beach, Fla.,
for training as a Flying Ca4et in
the Army Air Corps.
He was working las junior clerk
vi the Supply Office at Fort Mc
Pberspn, Ga. and did not have
time to visit his family before
leaving.
Noted Artist Paints War Poster
Urging American, to "Keep 'am Flying" through the purchau of more
War Bond,, the above poller will toon make U, appearance In eauaral
hundred thousand , lore, and dUplay ,poU throughout the country, it wa,
pointed by George, Schreiber, internationally known artiet, tehota picture,
hlng to the Metropolitan and Whitney Hmwmi In Nam York and other
mu,eum, In earlou, elite,. C. J. X'lf-'? DW?
, At The Theatre
"China Girl" is a powerful new
adventure picture im which George
Montgomery and Gene Tierney are
co- starred >\-ith Lynrn Bari in a
20th Century-Fox production. A
beautiful, daring girl and a flying,
fighting Yank in the battle-scar
red Ea.st provde the thrills of this
picture.
"Gentleman Jim" is a Warner
Bros, film based on the life of
James J. Corbet t, prize fighter of
the gay nineties, tp whom the
famous johpi L. Sullivan lost the
heavyweight championship. The pic
ture stars Errol Flvnn as Cnrbett
and Alexis Smith as "Gentleman
Jim."
Miss Tim Sloan, director of ed
Atlanta, (ia., visited her mother,
Mrs. J. S. Sloan, and other rela
tives over the weekend.
Corporal Elizabeth Setser of the
WAACS, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Setser, of Fort Ogle
thorpe, (ia., where she assists in
ttainkng recruits, is visiting her
parents this week.
Press Ads Pay
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified at executor of
Laura K. Bryson, deceased, late
of Macon county, N. C.. this is
to notify all persons having claims
1 against the estate of said defeased
! to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or befbre the 24th dliy of Feb
ruary, 1<W4 or this notice will be
plead in bar of recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
plea?r make immediate settlement.
This 25th day of February, 1(M3.
RALPH BKYSON,
Executor.
F2S ? f>tp ? AI
About three- fourth of all sports
equipment now being manufactured
goes to members of the armed
services and to those receiving pre
indiictbn military training. ?
ADVERTISING
Makes a
Small Business Bigger
and a
Big Business Better
From where I sit . . .
Joe Marsh
The other day we were talking
about George Washington ?
who besides being a great gen
era] was a surveyor, a farmer,
and a wise statesman.
"And he made mighty good
beer too," says Grandma Hos
kiiih. "His private recipe's filed in
the New York Public Library."
Now Grandma Hoskins
knows her history? and she
told us how other famous men
believed in beer and modera
tion. William Penn, for instance,
who had his own brewery and
James Madison, who "urged the
manufacture of beer in every
State of the Union!'
When the dark years of Pro
hibition came along, they
proved how right those early
American statesmen were ?
that no law ever takes the place
of moderation.
They were right about a lot
of things? Washington and
Adams and Penn ? and the
others who founded America.
And from where I sit they were
certainly right about moder
ation too.
MACON
THEATRE
WHERE WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT COSTS SO LITTLE
WEEK DAYS? 3:4S ? 7:1S ? 9:30
SATURDAYS? Continuous ? 1:00 P. M. to 12:00
Sunday and Monday, Feb. 28 and March 1
HEART FLAMED WITH THE
FU*Y OF HATE . ... AND IOVS1.
? "? "? ?rfc*a
6ENE TIERNEY
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
LYNN BARI ?
Also News and Comedy
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 2 and 3
"The Great Gildersleeve" with
Harold Peary Freddy Mercer
Also Captain Midnight ? Last Chapter ? and Comedy
Tuesday Night ? ONLY ? March 2
On our stage ? IN PERSON ? The 50 1st Parachute
Infantry Swing Orchestra from Camp Tocooa Ga.
All Admissions will be 30c. DONT MISS THIS!
Thursday and Friday, March 4 and 5
ERROL ALEXIS
WTnm ? smith
f jsssa
r '4a',A|%l i
I / 1 1 '? yjl The Story of James J. Corbett 1
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Saturday, March 6 ? DOUBLE FEATURE
Johnny Mack Brown In "Silver Bullets" and
JINX FALKENBERG, Kay Harri., In Luck Leg*
Alao Jungle Gir,l No. ,11
OWL SHOW 10:30? Out 12:00
Ann Miller Jerry Culonna
In "Priorities On Parade"
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS