Draft Age Changes
Being Considered
Washington? President Roosevelt
told reporters this week that war de
partment and congressional commit
tees had under study the advisabil
ity of changing the draft ages later
in the year.
Any - change would be predicated
on a showing that the present range
of 21 through 35 has provided suffi
cient man power and adequate tech
nicians.
The President said no decision had
been reached and that senate and
house committees might take up the
matter in early June, so there would
be plenty of time for legislation if
any is deemed needed.
These observations came in reply
to a question whether the minimum
age would be lowered to 18. The
President said both ends of the age
limits might be changed, indicating
that if adequate manpower in the
lower age brackets could be obtain
ed under the present system the top
limit might be lowered to the low
er 30's.
He left the impression that the
government would prefer other
changes before trying to go below
21.
He said the question of extending
the present service of draftees to
longer than one year had not yet
been discussed
The value of British purchases in
the United States during 194U
amounted to $1,010.845,000. a total
twice that of the preceding year
which amounted to $505,404,000.
County Township
\ ital Statistics
Births outnumbered deaths in |
Jamesvilie Township three to one
last year, according to a review of |
the vital statistics tor the district re- !
cently filed in the office of Register I
of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger. T^iere
were fifteen deaths and forty-five
births recorded.
Six of the fifteen deaths were |
( among the white population, the vie- 1
tims living to be about 51 years on
an average The nine colored per
sons at their deaths averaged only
about 33 years of age. Two of the '
white persons passing on to their
I reward were over 70 years of age.
1 and two were well advanced in the
sixties. Only one of the colored per
sons dying last year in the district
reached the age of 70 years, several
of the others dying at infancy or at
a tender age.
A varied cause was listed for the
deaths, the statistics showing that
not more than one person died of
the same trouble except in two in- ;
stances. Pneumonia claimed three
lives and there were two untimely
deaths. Other causes of death includ
ed bronchitis, cancer, apoplexy, an
gina pectoris, nephritis, myocardi
tis. asphyvia, carcinoma, dysentery.
Of the 45 births, 22 were white and
one of them was listed as illegiti
mate. Four of the 23 Negro births
were illegitimate. Tweuty of the 23
colored birth certificates bore the
name of a midwife, indicating that j
nearly all of the colored mothers I
were without the services of a doc
tor.
This Week In
Defense
President Roosevelt. answering a
puss conference question, said the
American public does not appreciate
the extreme seriousness of the Eu
ropean war and its implications re
garding the United States. Public
understanding of the significance of
the struggle is gradually increasing,
the President said, but thus far has
been inadequate.
Defense Production
OPM Director General Knudscn
said the nation is now about 70 per
cent retooled for defense and there
should be "clear sailing" ahead.
OPM Production Director Biggcrs
said mass production will begin with
in 100 days.
IjInh Wages
Labor Department announced av
erage earnings in manufacturing in
dustries have risen to new levels ?
(>9.2 cents per hour or $28.ISO a week
?-because of increased overtime pay
merits, increased employment in de
fense industries, and wage increases.
Average hours 'for each worker per
week have advanced to forty, with
many defense employees wobking 50
hours per week, the department
said
Department of Agriculture report
ed expansion in industrial employ
ment. together with military con
scription. had raised average farm
Wages to $1.70 per day. without board
highest level since 1931 I. si West
wage was reported in Georgia and
South Carolina less than $100 per
day Tlie highest $3 13 was'report
ed in Rhode Island and Connecticut
Price Stabilization
Administrator Henderson of the
new Office of Price Administration
froze steel prices to prevent price
rises. Mr Henderson said steel price
rises would inevitably be followed
by other price increases.
OPM Director of Purchases Nel- !
son said, in a radio speech, that with |
much of the nation's production di- j
verted into defense channels, civil
ian buying would soon surpass the
output of civilian goods and a "run
away rise m living costs" will result
unless taxes are increased and the
government borrows from private
savings to cut down the volume of
civilian spending
New Taxes
Treasury Secretary Morgcnthau
estimated Federal expenditures for
the next fiscal year to be $19,000,000,
000. and proposed that two-thirds be
raised by taxation and one-third by
borrowing. Expecting revenue from
present taxes to be $9,223,000,000,
Mr Molgenthau submitted to Con
grcssiotial leaders a program for $3,
444.000.000 mi new taxes Individual
and business taxes would be increas
ed one-third and taxes would be
levied on many persons previously
exempt, Mr. Morgcnthau said
Army and Navy
War and Navy Departments an
nounced a tot/il of 1.504,759 men in
active service Navy 242,654. Mar
ines 51.505. Army 1,210,600.
The War Department announced
seniors in accredited medical schools
would he given an opportunity to
obtain conynissipns as first lieuten
ants in the Medical Corps Reserve
The Department also announced that j
2.300 enlisted men would be trained 1
each month for reserve officers' com
missions
Air Raid Spotters
War Department announced plans ;
to enroll between 500.000 and 600,000
civilian volunteers to cooperate with
the Army in a nation-wide network
to warn uguinst air--attack-r Group*
such as the American Legion, its
women's auxiliaries, the Coast
Guard, forest fire wardens, weather
observers, and the CCC, will be in -
(luded hi the network, the Depart
mclit said.
Selective Service headquarters an
nounces that all information con
corning registrants, except that
which the regulations specifically de
tine as confidential, is a matter of
public record open to anyone making
a legitimate inquiry.
The United Service Organizations,
representing national religious and
welfare organizations, will attempt
to tie together the services of exist
ing organizations Federal Security
Adininistiatoi McNutt said "Its pur
pose is to meet leisure time needs
of men in our urrnedv forces and hi
defence industries " President Roose
velt said I cannot emphasize!
too strongly my conviction that this
work is of utmost unportanee
Lcase-Lend Activities
Navy Secretary Knox told his
press conference the Navy is giving
Great Britain war materials "almost
daily" from U. S supplies on hand
He also said British warships in need
of repair would be arriving in Amer
ican shipyards in increasing number. !
IJ S Maritime Commission announc
ed transfer to the British of four Am
eriean cargo ships, first to be loaned
U. S. Coast Guard
Calls Volunteers
The United States Coast Guard is
now accepting applications for en
listment. from young men between
the ages of 18 and 28 years Appli
cants must be citizens of the United
States, of good moral character and
meet the physical and educational
requirement*.
Base pay for original enlistment
| is $21 per month and usually in
creases to $36 per month at the end
of four months in a training school.
The average boy is advanced t?? $54
| per month usually after the end of
; his first year of service. Each man
on his first enlistment is given $112 75
clothing bounty allowance for uni
' forms, etc Enlistments are made for
a period of three years
School* are maintained to teach
approximately 25 different trades
under the Lease-Lend Act
Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture
urged farmers to increase egg pro
duction during the next fifteen
months by about 6 per cent and an
nounced a program for increasing to
mato production for canning by 50
per cent Both moves, the department
said, are to assure ample food sup
plies for the U. S and Great Britain,
to meet probable demands under the
Lease-Lend Act. and for distribution
by the Bed Cross, for school lunches,
and relief.
and every man is encouraged to study
-ome specific trade, which will give
him an opportunity for broader, gt?n
rrai and professional education
Euch man is granted thirty days'
leave of absence with pay each year
and shore leave for a brief period
not to exceed forty-eight hours. Free
medical attention is provided for
members of the service
This service of 15b years of tradi
tion offers, career, adventure, edu
cation and action.
For further information apply 111
person or by mail to the U. S Coast
Guard Recruiting Office. Rtnim 226
Post Office Building. Norfolk. Va
To Sell Bonds For
Financing Defense
Muffing the opportunity to aid
suffering- humanity in wa?-stricken
countries. Williamston citizens and
others, too, are again being called on
for support in the nation's all out
defense program.fThv problem of fi
nancuig the greatest undertakings
in all history is now before the peo
ple. and its solution will he effected
only by men. wohie.n and children
throughout the land.
Several types of United States
bonds are to go on sale here the first
of next month. Only one type. Ser
ies K. will be offered for sal' here,
but Die poStoffice plans to appeal to
the general public and urge large
pui ehasi s Bonds may be purchased
I'm as little as $18.75 ami on up t.
$750. the bunds to bear interest at
the rate of 2 9 percent. Other types
of bonds ranging up to $10,000 may
be purchased from Federal Reserve
Banks or direct from the treasury
We have talked at length about
others delaying defense, about what
this country and that country should
do. Now. it is our turn to act. Are we
going to strike or hold out for high
er interest rates?
The full faith and credit of the
United States Government is pledg
ed for payment of both principal and
interest on these United States Sav
ings Bonds Your money will be put
to work at once in the national de
fense program to protect the free
dom and safety of the United States.
I^LTd
l'nr< of lard during the coming
\( u probably will be strengthened
b> government purchases under the
4^ t ,umonne? d program fur sup
port and stabilization of hog prices.
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One reason for thr |>eanut marketing quota referendum, in which
15.000 North Carolina growers are eligible to vote Saturday, is illus
trated by the above chart. E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer of N.
C. State College, explains the chart as follows: In 1933 the edible
trade took 312.710 tons of the 409.K10 tons produced, leaving about
97,000 tons surplus for oil and miscellaneous. In 1940, 825.817 tons of
peanuts were produced, and the edible demand was for 450.000 tons,
leaving 375.817 tuns for oil and miscellaneous. Marketing quotas are
designed to put production more nearly in line w ith the demand of the
cleaners and shelters, and thereby stabilise prices.
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Wouldn't a sprinter or a long
distance runner look silly trying
to race with a clothespin (irmly
clamped on his nose!
Yet, in a sense, something (airly close
to that happens in nearly every car
that lacks Buick's sensational Com
pound Carburetion.f
For your engine has to hreathe in huge
quantities of air to be mixed with gaso
line before it is burned in the cylinders.
But single-carburetor fuel supply sys
tems can handle only a given volume
of air.
To that extent, then, an ordinary en
gine has a clothespin on its nose ? a
limitation on air supply for big power
operation.
We remove thai clothespin very simply
? by having two carburetors; one that
handles all casual driving smoothly
and efficiently, another to jump in with
more air and more fuel when you call
for extra power by stepping on the
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Simple? Very simple indeed.
And simply marvelous in the extra
Fikebai.i. wallop it gives you and in the
gas savings you get ? as much as 10%
to 15% over pre
vious Buicks with
the same-size en
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water heater works by itself; you never have to switch a switch; thero is noth
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operating costs moderate. ^
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