Government Seeks
Higher Production
Bill Knudsen's reported belief that
the 19,000 additional military planes
sought by President Roosevelt can
be delivered by October, 1941, in
dicates a wide difference of opinion
between government and aviation
circles concerning the potential
speedup of aircraft production. Avia
tion executives figure it'll take un
til January, 1943, to reach the ini
tial objective of a 25.000-plane force
?assuming the war continues. Cur
rent production is about 500 planes
a month, which would have to be
quadrupled to reach the President's
goal. The confidence of the govern
ment in doing this apparently rests
largely in the belief that the auto
industry will assume a terrifically
important supplementary role in air
craft production by next year.
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Street (lur Stages
Great Comeback
H?e street car, once thought doom
ed by auto and bus competition, is
staging a spectacular comeback with
a "four-S" program of streamlining,
speed, silence and service. The sleek
new vehicles are called PC.C. cars
because their designs and engineer
ing advances were worked out
through a cooperative development
program of the President's Confer
ence Committee of the street rail
way industry. Fast as autos on the
"pick-up," rolling on rubber springs
and rubber "sandwich" wheels, 1,
023 of the PC.C. cars are now
service and have brought revenue
gains up to 33 per cent. St. Louis
and Pittsburgh have just installed
fleets of 100 and 301 of the. new
cars. To garner the ladies' shopping
trade, the St. Louis Public Service
Company streamlined its cars from
stem to stern, put in soft seats, even
made steps conform to the average
feminine stride. The designs have
also been adapted to subway and
elevated cars, and Chicago is now
reported ready to place an order for
1,000 units which will give it the
world's most modern rapid transit
system.
farm And Hume Week
Will Begin On July 2^th
?
The Farm and Home Week at
State College will be officially open
ed with an evening program on
Monday, July 29. and continue on
through Friday, August 2 Registra
tion offices will be open all day on
July 29 in the Y.M.C.A. for women
without their husbands or for sin
gle women, and in Pullen Hall for
-men and couples Rooms will be
assigned in dormitories on the cam
pus or at Meredith College.
Big Percentage Of Chicks
Raised By 4-H Members
Approximately 97 per cent of the
day-old chicks placed with 4-H
club members of Polk County this
year are living and growing nice
ly, reports Assistant Farm Agent S.
H Dobson.
Birds Aid Mine Rescuers
Nick Circoslw tWfU and Prank C.riflUh, members of-the rescue squad
seeking to reach minors entombed in the Willow Grove Coal Mine, carry
canaries into the pit mouth. The birds, highly sensitive to gas, giv?
warning of deadly fumes in the shaft. St. Clairsville, Ohio, officials have
virtually abandoned hope for the men trapped by the blast.
Screen Writer
A high school junior, Joanne Bene
dict, 16, accomplished what thou
sands of writers dream of but never
accomplish. She sold a screen story
to a Hollywood firm for $1,500. She
lives with her parents on a cattle
ranch near Handford, Calif.
Aircraft Makers
Speed Up Program
Once more resourcefulness of Am
erican industry is proving itself
equal to rise to any emergency the
needs of the people may dictate, this
time in the swift gearing-up of U. S.
aircraft manufacturers to meet the
nation's defense building program.
Newest ally of aircraft engineering,
credited with stepping up mass pro
ducttoh methods in the building of
planes, is a revolutionary process.
By it, engineers' drawings are di
rectly reproduced, photographically,
on large sheets of aluminum alloy,
the surfaces of which have been sen
sitized with a special emulsion.
When the aluminum sheets are "de
veloped" the photographed drawing
appears in all its preciseness on the
surface in exact scale. In a matter
of minutes, any number of drawings
which might have required days in
red rafting can be reproduced.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
A photo-electric phonograph?in |
which a photo-electric cell is used'
to amplify the vibrations of a "float- j
ing" sapphire needle in the rfgrord |
groove. They say tone and repro- j
duction fidelity are improved over]
the standard type pick-up. and that
the floating needle increases life of
records by 900 per cent A tiny
automatic fire alarm for homes? i
no larger than a person s hand, and j
set off by a thermostatic device!
which has mercury as the activating |
agent. A ladder-shoe for workers !
who stand for long on ladders. Steel- ?
soled, it supports the whole foot
while providing a sure, non-slip grip
on the ladder rung ... An insulation
material made from peanut hulls?
said to be almost as efficient as cork
and. if produced on large volume.
35 per cent cheaper At fairs.
sport* evej^ and Kt nes of emer
r~3"^in
gmciesr a ^randy new number is a
bus equipped with telephone boots
?they're operating at the ^New
York World's Fair now
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Latest Additions To The
Enterprise Mailing List
Listed among the recent additions
to the Enterprise mailing* list are the
following:
Mrs. J. W Green. Williamston; R
G Harrison, Henderson; Buck E.
Rogers. Williamston; Arthur Cherry.
Kobersonville; L. M Brown. James
ville; F.dgar Hayes, Plymouth. Joe
Everett, Norfolk. Henry Handy, Wil
liamston. Mrs. W. H. Bowen. Wil- ;
liamston. Joel Muse, Ransomvilje;
Willie Johnson. Robersonville; J.
Dawson Lilley, Williams ton; Anna
Jones. Williamston: J. C ftmith Rd
ersonville; Seth Bailey. Williamston;
Asa Hardison. Jamesville. Charles
Herriott, Washington; W S. Hunt,
Washington; J. C. Mobley, James
ville.
Mrs. John L. Bailey, Williamston;
Wilbur Barrett, Oak City. W. M.
Harrison, Williamston; Wheeler La
tham, Williamston; Tom Roebuck,
Robersonville; Buck Rogerson, Wil
liamston; J. H. Roebuck. Parmele;
J. M. Cratt, Williamston; W R. Rob
erson, Long Island, N Y ; C C.
Bailey. Williamston.
GETTIN' GOOD!
(Robcrsonville Herald)
According to William Gray,
local officer. Iklnp in general
have been pretty quirt around
Kobersonvillr during the pact
week. In fart there hain't been
a single accident or arrest?not
even a drunk, to disturb the
city's peace during that per
iod." Chief Gray stated.
The rhief said. "It's getting
mighty slow and it's not be
cause peoplr are afraid of us.
but because they are getting
good. Why we haven't even had
a bent fender in the last seven
day a"
Increttaea Corn Yield In
Turning Under Hia Rye
On land where he is turning un
der rye as a green manure crop.
Wesley Melton, Jackson County dem
onstration farmer, says his com
yield has been increased five-fold
in the past five years.
DR. V. H MEWBORN
OP TOM-E-TRI8T
Please Note Date Changes
Robersonville office. Scott's Jew
elry Store, Tuesday, July 23.
Williamston office, Peele's Jewel
ry Store, every Wed., 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Plymouth office, Liverman's Drug
Store, Every Friday. 10 a m. to 4 p.m.
Eyes Examined?Classes Fitted
Tarboro Every Saturday
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Reita Theatre?Washington
Suiidu> MiHuUy July ?l
"I'll \ YI'OM KAIDKKS"
it illi M alter 1'iilzt tni anil Homier Kice
Tuesday DOUBLE FEATURE July 23
mi IJan'l Kind ^ our W ifi*", J. KllUnn and I.. Ball
"VI ilil llnrsi' \ allev"
Wednesday-Thursday July J4-25
"QIKKN OK 11IK MOB"
mill Knl fill Bellamy anil J fan (tifiney
E'riday-Saturday July 26-27
?s i \<;k to ciiino"
with (?eorfie O'Brien
VOTE
TOR if^AHS
Tobacco Growers
VOTE
l <>K .1 YKAIIS
OUR GREATEST CRISIS NOW AT HAND
In September, 1933, flue-cured tobacco 'rowers, facing bank
ruptcy on account of low prices, met in Baleigli and de
manded that tobacco warehouses he closed. The (i. S. gov
ernment, at the growers' urgent request, came to our rescue
tlien. after growers agreed to regulate their production i 11
line with needs of domestic and foreign manufacturers.
In 1939. the growers failed by a small percentage of the vote
to carry the referendum. With the program defeated ami un
bridled production in 1939, a surplus of four hundred million
(400,(KM),000) pounds was piled up in one year. Depressed
prices (eight (8c) cents below previous year), prevailed be
fore the British buyers were withdrawn from the markets on
September 8th. Sales were suspended overnight; growers,
warehousemen, bankers and business men went to Washing
ton, D. C., again invoking the aid of the Federal govern
ment in that emergency. The government responded a n d
again prevented ruin and disaster to the growers and to the
general business public.
Next Saturday. July 20tli, we arc to larr the <{rcatcHl crisis
which haw ever confronted the tohncco "roKcrs. This same
friendly federal government. knowing the flue-cured grow
ers have no market for the uwnal cxjiort fjrailcs (oxor half
the crop) on account of the European war, haw again offered
to wii|>|>ort the market if the referendum is approved hv the
growers. Should the referendum he voted down there will
he no financial government assistance and prices will col
la| iwe this year helow prices of 1930, I*>'?I. I<).'{2.
We urge you to let nothing prevent you from coming to the
polls, with all of your tenants, ami VOTE FOR VffltEE
YEAR PKOIiKAM. protecting the welfare of your own fam
ily and the family of your neighbor in this the greatest em
ergency the Tobacco growers have been called upon to face.
Martin County Merchants & Business Men