Air Raid Shelters Studied By USHA Apace with today's troublous trends. United States Housing Au thority engineers are studying dem onstration air raid shelters with a view to possible inclusion in low rent housing projects USHA engineers have discarded the suggestion of reinforced floors above cellars because such con struction in Europe has been inef fective. They now are studying two types of "pill boxes" built by the Vacuum Concrete Corporation of New York City for testing by the National Bureau of Standards. One type is oblong with a parabolic cross section tapering towards the top The other is dome-shaped. The lat ter should give more protection from gunfire and bomb fragments, USHA engineers say. but no "pill box" so far devised provides much protec tion from a direct hit by a bomb The idea of reinforcing the floor above the cellar was dropped after consultation with Michael Rosen auer, noted British architect, who is visiting USHA projects Mr. Rosen auer studied air raid shelters in Spain. France and England. In Spain he says, debris of buildings demol ished by bombs frequently blocked entrances to bomb-proof cellars and occupants often were suffocated be fore they could be removed. Roberson County leads in land planted to crops with 200.96U acres in cultivation^.the-Stale Department of Agriculture reports ih the 1940 farm census ? taxsrt* IW Yes, check the flavor, the quality, the uniformity of BAMBY HOME MADE STYLE BREAD. See for your self what marvelous, golden-brown toast it makes. You'll appreciate its loose, open texture ... its soft, tender crust. And flavor? Why. you'll love it. Right now?TODAY? order BAMBY HOME MADE STYLE BREAD. ...,, )( CKOCtR^ 1 THE IDEAL BREAD FOR TOAST HOME MADE STYLE BREAD ROYAL BAKING CO.. BAMBY BAKERS, RALEIGH, N C We See That You Are Well Suited ? W K FKVITKK (Allege I'iirk intl CUKLEE SUI1S FOR MEN AND VOI N<; MEN Our Mill* arc iiiatlt* from M'ltt'lt'tl Moral ill*. iHfcdi, rbeviola anil ahetlunda. Tailor oil lo our om ii riftitl HjHt'if ieution*. Fuab ioiiublr ilrapt' model* for every built! of mun . . . Regular*. long*, abort* and *tout*. In smartest fall coloring* and mixture*. BUY A SUIT AT OUR POPULAR PRICES?SPECIAL ALSO $14.50 AND $16.50 OUR POPULAR $19.75 Daiden's Dept. Stoxe 45,000 Tons More of Defense The keel of the 45,000-ton battleship Jerney is laid at the League Island Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Charles Edison, former secretary of the navy, welds the first two plates of the keel. Actual tests prove that w hen sun drying fruits are covered with light weight cotton mesh there is little danger of the insect infestations so common whv nthe fruits are left un covered. Exemptions Under The Conscription Act Are Explained Loral Draft Boards ill Have To Kulr on Conscientious ()bjeetorft' Cases Perusing the conference report on | the selective training and service act ) of 1940. one finds that Congress hereby declares that it is impera tive to increase and train the per sonnel of the armed forces of the United States. To this end, and principally to build an army and navy of such size and formidableness as to frighten the living daylights out of any other people who would entertain ideas of poaching on * us, the compulsory training system is soon to go into ef fect. It might be well to point out some : of the items under various sections I of the Selective Training and Serv ice Act. The conference report is far | too involved in legislative language to make interesting reading, but the thing is potent with meaning for thousands of men between the ages of 20 and 'M, their employers and their families. To those scanning the avenues of draft-dodging (there are probably none, certainly not in Martin) the act continually mentions State and Federal jobs "concerning public health, safety or interest". It appears that these are the only jobs the draft cannot touch. But oth er than those jobs clearly outlined by the conference report as "neces sary to the maintenance of the pub lic health, safety or interest," it will be up to the local draft board to pass on. " ~ , Here is who is exempted: Commissioned officers, warrant of ficers, pay clerks and enlisted men of the regular Army, the Navy, the Ma rine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Pub lic Health Service, the Federally rec ognized active National Guard, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Regular Army Reserve; cadets, United States Military Academy; midshipmen, U. S. Naval Academy; cadets, U. S. Coast Guard Academy; Reserve Of ficers' Training Corps or Naval Re sorve Officers' Training Corps, di plomatic representatives, technical attaches of foreign embassies and legations, consuls general, consuls, vice consuls, and consular agents of foreign countries, residing in the United States, who are not citizens of the United States. While holding office, the following are exempted: the vice president of the United States, the governors of the states and territories, members of the legislative bodies of each, judges of the courts of record of the states and territories and the Dis trict of Columbia. And now let's look at the part of the act that has to do with conscien tious objectors: "Regular or duly or dained ministers of religion, and stu dents who arc preparing for the min istry in theological or divinity schools recognized as such for more than one year prior to the date of the enactment of this act, shall be exempt from training and service (but not from registration)." All these are the automatic ex emptions, local draft boards must sustain other conscientious objectors. Those whom the local draft board sustain can be drafted into non-com bat training and if they are still con scientiously objecting can be assign ed to work of national importance under civilian direction. An objection not sustained by the local board can be appealed to the appeal board and then to the Depart Jment of Justice. The appeal board can (but needn't necessarily) follow the recommendation! of the Depart ment of Justice. What the local board recommends is about the de ciding factor regardless of appeals. That more or less covers the con scientious objectors and now let's see what the act says about getting your -ORN RAINS i\ MnM?MitaHv M Cold Spot Corn Rollof For Solo At Davis Pharmacy job back after the year's training Boiled down, it states that anyone who leaves a job or position in order to perform the training will be on a sort of furlough or leava of absence during his period of training. If at the end of that time he is still quali fied to perform his duties he shall be restored to his position or to a po sition "of like seniority, status, and Court will know the reason why. If the process of pleading by the person entitled to the benefits of such provisions as these is upheld the em ployer will be required to compen sate such person for any loss of wages or benefits suffered by reason of such employer's unlawful action. j In other words, the drafted man is bound by law to get his job back at ,the old salary or one just as good if the employer is still in business I That's the employer's only out: the jact says "unless the employer's cir cumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so." The United States District Attor | ney will act and appear as attor ney for such employees. No court costs or fees will be taxed against the person applying for his old job or for benefits he missed during his l period of training. The conference report is 24 pages long It is impossible to cover all provisions, but it is noted that there is to be no race or color discrimina tion?either in selection and training or in execution or interpretation of the other provisions. Farm income in North Carolina for the first six months of 1940 is 20 per cent greater than for the same period last year, reports Russell P. Handy, junior statistician of the State Department of Agriculture. Saved St. Paul's A member ot the Royal Pa mill? Engineers, Lieut. R. Dariaa, 46, di rected the "auicide aqoad" which worked four daya and nighta to extricate a one-ton German time bomb buried in a etreet near St. Paul'a Cathedral and threatening to demoiiih the famous structure. The bomb later waa exploded haraa leaaly in a swans. Sprat* Week-en Mr. Haydn Hungerford. of Char lotte, will tpend this week-end here with friends. NOTICE OF BALE North Carolina, Martin County. In The Superior Court. Couaty of Martin vs. Shepherd Rice and Others. Under and by virtue of an order of sale in the above entitled pro ceeding made by L. B. Wynne, Clerk I ol ihe Superior Court of Martin County, on the 30th day of Septem ber, 1940. the undersigned commis sioner will, on Monday, the 4th day of November. 1940, at twelve o'clock noon, in front of the courthouse door in the town of Williamston, Martin County, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following de scribed real estate, to wit: A certain lot with improvements thereon on the Northwest corner of Church and Sycamore Streets, FRFFI itMIMUiuafStemach I 1VLL ? U|nl|< India?ti on, Bloating ,Ga?, Haartbura, Batching. Nmim, got a frmm aampU of UDCA ?ndtfrM intonating booklat at DAVIS DRUG STORE navinga frontage of 57 feet on Syca more St., and running down Church St. 210 feet, it being the same prem ises occupied by Shepherd Rice dur ing the past several years. This the 2nd day of October. 1940. ELBERT S. wn ? ?4-4t Commissioner. 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