Allies Beat Nazis
To Little Country
Of Iran This Week
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ing down from the north were said
to have six or seven divisions
Late reports state that the Iran
campaign is gaining momentum, that
the opposition is subsiding
Over on the eastern front and es
pecially in the center lines, the Rus
sians are offering a stiffening resist
ance to the German invaders, late
reports stating that an important
city, held by the Germans for five
days, had been recaptured after
fierce and costly hand-to-hand fight
ing in the streets of the city unoffi
cially identified as Gomel. Rain is
boggtng down the German blitzkrieg
m some areas, but in,,* desperate
move the Nazis are pressing their
push on Leningrad
Aged Mgrshal Petam is apparent
ly making little progress in his
movement to have his people bow
down to the invaders, late reports
stating that at least 10(1 men promi -
nently connected with the French
government in the past had turned
and were opposing the Petam got
ernment arid the German program
in general. Sabotage is being report
ed on a greater scale
All Mexican consulates ui Ger
many have been ordered closed, in
dicating that relations between the
two countries hoy, font,.,.
strained
In the h ai Last. Japan's cabinet is
squirming under the tightening of
economic relations with Britain and
the United States.
In Washington income tax exemp
tions have been lowered from $800 to
$750 for single persons and from $2.
00U to $-1,500^ for married persons
The Senate, i? pushing a resolution
calling for an investigation of the
reported gasoline shortage and plans
are going forward for the stahiliza
tion (?f gasoline prices.
Proposed Program Is
Similar To Plan For
Storing Peanut Crop
(Continued from page one)
loans to them by Commodity Cred
it Corporation The assurances of Mi
Hutson were entirely satisfactory to
the group, and the group left the con
ference with the feeling thai the to
bacco growers' interest would be
amply and quickly protected under
the loan provisions of law to insure,
at least prices equivalent tu 85 pel
cent of parity for the 1841 tobacco
crop
Recovering in HoxpitaJ v
W C- Mfiniiing is recovering Iroin !
an attack of malaria in a Rocky
Mount hospital and is expected home
the latter part of this week
- ?
John Miller, Jr. and Bennie God
win have returned from a week's
stay at Carolinu Beach.
This Week In
Defense
(Continued from page one)
defense industries and the conver- j
sion of auto production machinery
to defense work along the same lines j
as similar moves in the silk indus
try.
Defense Contracting
The OPM announced changes in
Army and Navy purchasing policies
to combat unemployment in plants
and communities threatened with
shortages of materials because of
priority action and to utilize more
of the nation's productive capacities
through subcontracting. The Govern
ment can negotiate contracts at
prices up to 15 per rtTF^
rent quot^j4ji?^^8c;d with joint
gtuups nTsmall contractors, elimi
nate bids and performance bonds
when necessary, inspect products at
the plant to facilitate prompt pay
ment and call for bids to be brok- j
en down into optional units to per- |
nut smaller firms to bid.
Agriculture
Price Administrator Henderson set ;
ceiling prices of burlap.-used in the
packaging of feed fertilizer and j
agricultural products at approxi
mately 20 pei cent below recent New (
York quotations.
OPM announced 35 to 40 new egg- j
drying plants will be built by pri
vate interests at a cost ofXfrom $50.- j
000 to $100,000 each in Illinois, Iowa.
Indiana. Kansas. Minnesota, New
York Tennessee, Wisconsin and '
Ohio, increasing capacity from 12.
000,000 to more than 100.000.000
pounds annually to provide dried
eggs to Great Britain. Similar proj
eels are under consideration to ex
pand milk drying, cheese and other
concentrated food production for
American and British requirements
Civilian Defense
Civilian Defense Director La
Guardia arranged for the first State
wide "blackout" to be- held the night
of September 12 in New Mexico
Twelve towns will be "bombed",
fires will be started in vacant lots
and othei emergencies will be re
hearsed
Mr.. LaGuardia alio announced a ,
training program for 100,000'volun
teer nurses' aides with the collab
oration of tiie lied Cross and local ;
hospitals. The Public Health Serv -
ice called for 50.000 young women
to begin professional nursing train-j
ing this fall to meet a future short- |
age At present, the service said. '
then are 10,000 vacant positions for :
registered nurses in the nation's hos
pita Is.
Credit Control
The Federal Reserve Board issued ;
tentative regulations which it said j
will probably be placed m effect in >
September to -increase the required j
size of down payments on install j
ment buying (they will be from 15!
to 33 per cent) and to shorten to 18 j
months the time tor payments on
autos. airplanes, power boats, inu
toreycles, refrigerators, washing ma
chines, stoves, air-conditioners, ra
dio sets and similar household ap
pliances
Oil
Deputy Petroleum Coordinator Da
\ies reported only a 10-day supply
Io Clamp Down on
Civilian Industries
long bandied curtailment of passen
ger auto production?with OPM and
DP ACS "compromising" on 26 1-2
per cent* cut for four months and
greater cut downs later -signalizes
the time has arrived for more strin
gent clamping down on civilian in
dustries. all along the line, to help
assure men, materials and machines
for defense goods. Washing machines,
refrigerators, and the like will soon
get similarly definite restrictions.
Aside from mandatory cuts, measur
ed in specific percentages, many oth
er lines.of consumer durable poods
are finding that hteir output is be
mg ledueed?some-to the com pie to.,
stopping point? by reason of raw
material priorities which simply
make it impossible for manufactur
er* to get thr materials they.iiPiid-iiL
keep going at normal speed. Threat
of w hole peacetime industries being
dried up for lack of materials is no
longer a remote bugaboo, but an im
mediate possibility. Hence feverish
efforts are being made, within in
dustry and by state employment
services, to do everything possible to
effect an orderly transfer of work
ers from drying-up non-defense jobs,
into positions in defense work.
a
Professor Eugene Collard, who
will teach in the local school this
coming term, accompanied by Mrs.
Colfcrd. reached here today. They
are making their home with the
Dewey Haymans on Smithwick
Street
of gasoline reserves on the Atlantic
seaboard and Price Administrator
Henderson ordered a 10 per cent cut
in deliveries to filling stations in
East coast states. Filling station op
erators were told to reduce gas sales
to their customers "equitably" but
to allow necessary fuel to commer
cial, public and health vehicles.
Ships
Maritime Commission Chairman
Land, speaking in California, said
the immediate goal in ship produe*
tion is more than 1200 merehant
ships by, the end of 1943 and the U.
S would be producing an average of
two ships a day until then.
The Navy launched the sixth sub
marine since January 1 and an
nounced that during the first half
of August two minesweepers, two
torpedo boats and two district craft
w ere launched and 18 keels laid.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
Newspaper ads by Wool worth, the
big five-and-dime folks, for the first
time-?a test campaign on same in
Utica, N. Y., turned up convincing
results . . . Advertising billboards]
which feature the flashing, to a pass
ing auto, of that auto's exact miles
per-hour?a couple of leectric eyes
are so placed as to measure, calculate
and flash, all in a twinkling . . Soap
that comes in paper-thin rolls, so
that each user can tear off a small,
individual sheet for himself . . Cig
arets that come packaged in a rigid,
crush-protection transparent plas
tic case?the stiff plastic case is in
place of the customary cellophane
wrapper. . . Also in the plastic line,
a molded sandal for women?a fea
ture bein gthat it expands with the
heat of the foot (because the foot ex
pands then, too ) . . .
16,580 Pounds Sold
In First Half Hour
For $5,074.48 Gross
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pMif on the warehouse floors here to
day. Just when the block can be
cleared, Mr. Johnson explained, was
difficult to determine. The sales or
ganization is working smoothly, IflCL
early observations sugpu*4--thtrt?plh
lon that tjifi,WiHiamston market is
Mttm h'fwnat appears to be its most
successful season in many years.
The following sales will give an
idea of the price trend, by lots offer
ed by the farmers early today:
612 pounds for $226.08; 278 pounds
for $20.53; 356 pQUnds for $77.38; 634
pounds for 188.60; 1,078 pounds for
$395.22; 474 pounds for $169.80; 482
pounds for $132.22; 472 pounds for
$129.53, and 390 pounds for $146.47,
making a total of 4,786 pounds for
$1,475.83, or an average of $30.84 per
hundred pounds.
While all companies, including
most of the independents, were cla
moring for tobacco, the Reynolds
Company, represented by Mr. Mc
Clure, and the American, represent-!
ed by Mr. Dale Harper, were believ
ed to be the principal buyers.
Larger crowds, including a num
ber of visitors from Michigan and
other northern states, were on the
market today, and the activities in
the little town reminded one of a
busy beehive. Mr. and Mrs. Charles I
Ross, of Detroit, and others witness
ing a tobacco sale for the first time
were much interested in the activi
ties on the market and the price av
erages.
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Handling Of Tobacco
Field* After Harvest
Jack Rowell, extension entomolo
gist, says tobacco fields should be
plowed and planted to a good cover
crop to aid in the control of tobacco
insects This will prevent the devel
pment of tobacco suckers which
furnish a food supply for hordes of
flea beetles, horn worms, bud worms,
and other pests until frost. Cotton
farmers should follow the same
practice to fight weevils.
Mr and Mrs. Guilford Flowers,
Mrs. John Miller and Mrs. J. O
Manning. Jr., visited in Norfolk yes
terday.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Count a group of twenty of
your loved ones or dear friends,
and at the rate we are traveling
one of that group will either be
killed or maimed in an automo
bile accident' before the next
five years are spent. Already ?
year, 46 persons havo-bfPn in
juretj and ttrrrr' killed in this
"tounty. The injured count will
push on toward a hundred, and
the number of dead will ap
proach an even dozen if we
maintain the horrible record un
til 1942 We have heard pleas for
greater safety and gas rationing,
but the bloody business on the
highways is gaining from week
to week over the record of a
year ago. Only last week, a
small child had both legs broken
and lies, last reports state, criti
cally ill in an hospital.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
34th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1941 3 1 0 $ 145
1940 0 0 0 00
Comparison To Date
1941 61 46 3 $17,680
1940 57 38 2 6,800
Increate In Federal Excite
Gat Tax ff'ould Affect Farm
Approximately 73 per cent of
North Carolina's population is rural,
and by far the biggest cash income
of the State comes from agriculture.
Yet. transportation costs constitute
the biggest single service expense
North Carolina farmers have to pay.
A higher tax on gasoline would in
crease farm transportation costs in
North Carolina by approximately
$3,406,000 more.
In addition to operating 18,000
trucks and several times that num
ber of passenger vehicles, the tobac
co growers and farmers of North
Carolina require gasoline in their
22,600 tractors and in their stationary
engines for plowing, harrowing, to
bacco planting and cultivation,
pumping water, sawing wood, grind
ing feed and spraying their crops.
FOR RENT ?BEDROOM NEXT TO
bath with shovger. Call 323-J or
343.
Wants
FOR RENT: BEDROOM, NEXT TO
bath with shower. Call 343, or
323-J. aM-2t _
FARMS FOR SALE: IF YOU WANT
to buy or sell, contact me. D. L
Ttirnage, phone 2715. Greenville, N.
C al9-22-26
FOR RENT ?STORE NOW OCCU
pied by A and P Company. Main
Street, Williamston, on September
1st. See J. E. King, W. L Skinner
Compnay. al9-4t
PEANUT HAY AND CORN FOR
Sale. J. S. Meeks. Williamston R.
F. D. 3. al2-19-26-s2
CLARK'S MALARIAL TONIC
For Chills and Fever. Guaranteed,
or money refunded. Clark's Phar
macy. m23-tf
GIVE EXIIM A RING?354-W, AND
he'll have your sandwiches ready
when you reach The Martin, home
of good eats.
APARTMENT FOR RENT?ELOISE
Bennett.
FOR RENT ? FURNISHED BED
room. Convenient to bath. Hot
water. Men preferred. Telephone
19-W. a26-2t
WANTED ?50 GOOD USED SUITS
in trade on new ones We will make
extra good allowance on your old
tut! if traded at oiiee Piltmon Clean
ers Phone 159
HATS ?HATS ?DON'T THROW
them away. Have your old hat
renovated at Pittman's. Two-day
service on cleaning and blocking
hats. 50c Pittman's Cleaners. Phone
159.
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-BT^V?EitfWVI?
PITT M A N'S
Full is just around the
corner and again we of
fer you the most com
plete selection ??f Men's
Suits, Topcoats, Hals.
Shoes and Furnishings.
Our stocks are larger and
more vuried than ever he
fore.
W e also have in stoek
this season a large selec
tion of Student Suits to
select from. Sizes 11-20
with one or two trousers.
(.ome in and tee them
without obligation ?
to buy . . .
Men's Wearing Apparel
?BEAU BRUMMELTIES
?LAMBKNIT SWEATERS
?FREEMAN SHOES
?WING SHIRTS
?BERG HATS
. ?shorts!
?SOCKS
?suns
PITTM AN'S
Telephone 159 For Expert Dry Cleaning
Practices What He Preaches
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes pastes a sticker reading, "I'm
using one-third less gasoline" onto his car in Washington. The stickers
are to be issued to motorists who make that pledge as part of the cam
paign for gas conservation in the East. They will be distributed by
filling stations from Maine to Florida. Ickes is Petroleum Co-ordinator.
Freckle Champ
And here is the freckle champion of
1941. He is John Rotchford, 13,
winner of the most-freckles contest
at the Charlestown branch of the
Roy's Clubs of Boston, Mass.
RADIO
REPAIRING
Bring iin your Radio
for RepuirN. All work
guaranteed. Reason
able Charges.
Western Auto Store
W. J. Miller, Owner
Tobacco Is Selling Good
At The New
Carolina Warehouse
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Ill (act, it is selling higher than at any time since the last waf . . .
I hiring the first half hour this morning ? Tuesday. August 26 ?
we sold 16.680 pounds for 85,071.18 at a guaranteed average of
880.61. The quality of the lohaeco sold was only fair tumedium
and the priee trend seemed to he upward as the sale progressed.
Individual averages were reported in the high thirties.
PLAN NOW TO SELL YOUR NEXT LOAD WITH US ON
Monday, September 1-First Sale
We Are Anticipating Another Great Day That Day
Johnny Gurkin, W. D. Odom, Sylvester
Lilley and John A. Manning
At the New Carolina Warehouse
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
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