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VOLUME XLV?NUMBER 38 Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 12, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1899
Rationing Board In
County Allots More
Tires To Motorists
Large Number Applications
Carried Over For Future
Consideration
After allotting certificates for the
purchase of eleven tires and fourteen
tubes, the Martin County Rationing
Board carried over current applica
tions requesting allotments for the
purchase of nineteen tiroa aoH nine
tubes. Briefly stated, the board is
filling hardly more than two-thirds
of the demands. It is now estimated
that the accumulated applications
will total well over 100 units. And
reports from reliable sources state
that the rubber situation is rapidly
becoming more acute, that it is now
"perilous".
With the sugar registration just
completed and a number of late com
ers seeking rationing cards for the
tooth sweetening, and with the gas
olina rationing program getting un
derway. the rationing board mem
bers were as busy as one-legged
shortstops on a ball team. Those who
failed to get their names in the su.
gar registration bowl were advised
to return later, the board centering
its attention on tire rationing in the
early part of the day and to gas ra
tioning that afternoon. It is now ap
parent that the rationing board of
fice will be a veritable beehive of
activity ere long.
Certificates of purchase were
granted to the following
For Trucks, J. T. Gurganus, Wil
liamston. two tires and tubes for
fuel deliveries.
Daylite Bakery, Williamston, tire
and tube for wholesale bread deliv
eries.
Martin County Transfer Company,
Robersonville, two tires and tubes
for common carrier.
Biggs Funeral Home, Williamston,
two tires and tubes for ambulance.
S B Lilley, Williamston R.F.D.
1, two tires and tubes for hauling
lumber.
Auto tires and tubes were allotted
to the following
John W Hardy, Williamston, one
car tire tube for ministerial work.
Kelly L. Rawls, Robersonville. two
tubes for mail delivery.
R. H. Salsbury. Hassell, two ob
solete tires and tubes for farming
Current applications were filed
by the following and carried over
for future consideration:
Minnie M Motley, Williamston.
four recapped tires for use as assist
ant WPA supervisor.
Ira Jones, Williamston, two recap
ped car tires for farming
Alvin Lowe Thompson, Williams
ton, two recapped tires for use in
lumber business
Jack Kvcrotl, Parinele, two tires
and tubes fur use in selling.
W. H. Brillon, Williamston RFD 3,
two tires and tubes for farm work.
C. M Hurst, Robersonville, two
tires and tubes for ice and fuel de
lluerlea
Daylite Bakery, Williamston, one
tire and tube for bread deliveries.
Carolina Telephone Company, Wil
liamston, two truck tires and tubes
for maintenance work.
Rogerson Brothers, Robersonville,
two tires and tubes for gas, oil and
meal deliveries.
Will Draft No Men
From Old Group
No men will be drafted from the
third group of registrants to fill the
white quota in early June, according
to information coming from the of
fice of the county draft board this
week. Clerk Marion Cobb explained
that it was necessary to call only two
men from that registration pool and
that those places had already been
filled by volunteers. Chas. Lee Stan
ley, of Dardens and Dobson, and
Jesse Vernon Edmondson, of R.F.D.
No. 2, Robersonville, offered their
services some time ago. They have
been examined and are all set for
the call. At least two dozen or more
men will be drafted from the fiat
and second registration groups to
round out the county's white quota
for June, it is understood.
It was unofficially learned that
a call for colored selectees had been
received, that a fairly large number
can expect to get orders to report the
latter part of next month. During
the meantime, the personnel of the
May call is to be announced, possi
bly by the latter part of this week.
Their sailing" date was not disclos
ed. No call for white selectees was
received for the month of May.
Apparently anticipating larger
calls later on, the county draft board
will meet Thursday night of this
ween to classify more men in the
third registration group.
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Mule Killed On Highway
125 Near Here Yeiterday
A young mule, belonging to Agri
culturist W. Harrell Everett, wai
killed on the Hamilton Highway
yesterday afternoon. Breaking away
from his driver, the mule dashed
down the road and started to croai
the road when he slipped and fel
down. A large Smith-Douglass fer
tilixer truck driven by Edgar Para
more, of Washington, struck anc
killed the animal instantly. The mull
was valued at l>00
Commercial Fishermen Close
Successful Season On Roanoke
Commercial fishing on the Roan
oke at Camp Point and Jamesville
was completed for the season last
week, the owner-operator, Mr. C. C.
Fleming, stating yesterday that the
operations were unusually success
ful in every way. The catches were
up to expectation and the demand
for the breakfast delicacy was far
greater than usual. Very few shad
were taken during the season just
ended, but large numbers of rOck
were caugnt. The disappearance of
the shad is just about accepted as a
certainty in the Roanoke! No one
can venture a plausible explanation
for the marked decrease in the num
ber of shad in the river.
No authentic count was kept of
the catches from day to day, but Mr.
Fleming estimated that more than
a million and a half herring were j
taken from the Roanoke at the two !
plants during the season just ended.
Record sales were made direct from
the battery and the last of the 1942
catch was delivered to waiting cus
tomers a day or two ago with prices
ranging from $5 per 1,000 for the
fish just as they were taken out of
the water to $18 per 1,000 for those
prepared and packed.
The only drawback experienced
by the operator developed when the
few days. The plant was forced to
hold its nets out of the waters at
times when the run of herring be
came so large that the catches could
not be cared for properly. Mr. Stew
art Ange. rounding out his forty
sixth season as manager of the
Jamesville plant, said yesterday that
the year had been a very favorable
one despite the trying rush during
short periods.
Reduced Activity On
Illicit Whiskey Front
IN AUSTRALIA
There's little doubt but what
Martin County is well represent
ed. certainly in quality if not in
bif numbers, in various parts of
the world, but the first official
information that one of its sons
is gunning for country and loved
ones was received here last
week-end. Walter Cooke advised
his mother, Mrs. John S. Cooke,
in a Mother's Day message, that
he was well and doing nicely in
Australia.
Young Cooke is a gunner on
a big bomber. Several other
Martin County hoys have not
been heard from in recent weeks
and it is believed they are now
in foreign service.
Demonstration Club
Federation To Hold
Session Here Friday
Several Hundred Member*
From Seven Lotinlie* Fx
peeled to Attend Meet
Several hundred women from the
counties of Hyde, Tyrrell. Pitt, Ber
tie, Beaufort, Washington and Mar
tin ore-expected to attend tire annual
Sessions of the Fifteenth District
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs in the high school auditorium
here on Friday of this week, Miss
Iyira tv Sleeper, Martin home agrn(7
announced today.
The first session of the day will
open at 10:30 that morning with Mrs.
T. G. Whedbee presiding and with
Mrs. J. Eason Lilley in the secre
tary's chair. The visitors will be wel
comed by Mayor John L. Hassell and
by Mrs. H. A Early, president of the
Martin County Federation Home
Demonstration Clubs. Mrs. Charles
W Seawell, administrative director
of the Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau, Chicago,
will deliver the main address. She
will be introduced by Mrs. Estelle
T. Smith, assistant State home dem
onstration agent.
Luncheon will be served at one
o'clock, and several numbers by the
local high school band will be offer
ed as aii added feature on the enter
tainment program.
Following the lunch recess, the
federation representatives will par
ticipate in a song program and hear
various reports. Among the features
scheduled for the afternoon session
is an address by Miss Vera Pearl
Williams, Martin County young girl
and a student at East Carolina Teach
ers' College, Greenville. She will
talk abouT "What The JaiieS. Mc
Kimmon Loan Fund Means to Me."
While the gasoline rationing pro
gram will go into effect that day, of
ficers of the federation are expect -
(Continued on page six)
NO PRESERVING!
Preserving of early fruits and
berries is almost out of the ques
tion in this county, according to
a report coming from the county
rationing board. Arrangements
for issuing rationing cards for
preserving fruits, berries and
vegetables are being delayed
pending the receipt of proper
application forma. Sugar Ration
ing Chairman Herbert L Roe
buck said.
Only five pounds of sugar for
preserving rae allowed each per
son applying for an extra allot
ment, and no great amount of
food conserving is possible with
that limited amount. The pre
serving schedule will have to
be advanced without sugar or
minute quantities, apparently.
The public will be notified when
the proper forms, No. R-115, are
Manufacturing Now
Is Apparently On Its
Way Out In Comity
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Copper Scarcity and Shortage
In Sugar Forcing Opera
tor* Out of IliiKincHH
It has not been mentioned in the
war rationing program one way or
another, but illicit liquor manufac
turing is now believed on its way
out in this county, according ot ABC
Enforcement Officer J. H. Roebuck.
There has been a marked decrease
in activities on the illicit liquor front
during recent months, the business
shifting to the legal stores where
all types of rationing have had little
or no apparent effect to date.
Threatened and hounded with al
most clock-like regularity by the
strong arm of the law, the illicit
manufacturers in this county long
ago were convinced that the busi
ness was too great a gamble and that
it was false economy to invest a siz
able amount of money in anything
that was subject to be wrecked and
torn up the next day To aggravate
tin- uncertainty, priorities on cop
per and sugar rationing came along
and are, more or less, in full effect
now. Possibly a few copper stills liriL
still in operation, but they are mighty
few. And then there are a few per
sons who won't or cant' do anything
else, so they are setting up poison
spurting plants by using gas drums
and sneaking around for sugar. But
gas drums are now about as diffi
cult to get as copper is, and it would
appear that while illicit liquor man
ufacturing was not mentioned as a
worthless business to be done away
with it was hit a meaningful blow by
priorities and rationing.
Filing his monthly report a few
few days ago with the County ABC
Board, Officer J H. Roebuck ex
plained that most of the work was
handled during the early part of
April, that there had been a mark
ed decrease in the business since
that time. During the period, the of
ficer and his co-workers wrecked
?4ght stills, having a combined value
of about $200. Eight partial distiller
ies were destroyed, the equipment
having a combined value of about
$80. The officers poured out 2,900
gallons of beer or about $725 worth.
Sixty-eight gallons of liquor, having
a potential tax value of $272, went
down the streams and gutters at the
hands of the raiders. Three persons
were arrested and convicted in the
courts, the fines alone amounting to
$200.
It is estimated that the reported
4aber shortage on live farms can and
very likely will be relieved by the
voluntary or forced transfer of illi
cit still operators and workers to the
fields.
Officers are continuing their vigi
lance, but have met with little suc
cess during recent raids.
Band Is Planning A
Number of Concerts
At the request of several high of
ficials in the Home Demonstration
department of the 4-H organization
the Williamston High School band
will give a marching and playing
demonstration on the local high
school grounds Friday. May 15th, at
1:00 o'clock. The band will perform
its repertoire of intricate drills be
fore this group in its first appear
ance since the successful trip to Ral
.eigh recently. In addition to this per
formance, the band will appear in
parade on the local streets sometime
in the near future and also a concert
will be given the latter part of the
month.
All band members are asked to re
port to the high school Friday at
12:30 in order to prepare for the
day's program
War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
WPB Takes Steps To Remove
Steel From Civilian
Life Soon
Steel is the raw material of vic
tory, steel is perhaps the most im
portant single material in modern
warfare. All the tanks and the how
itzers and the machine guns that
will drive the Axis from Europe and
Asia are epitomized in that one
word?steel.
Most Americans know this well
and probably weren't surprised
when the War Production Board last
week took steps to remove steel from
civilian lift and divert it almost en
tirely to war production. But the
order which halts the use of iron
and steel iti tin- manufacture of more
than 400 major commodities con
tains some real surprises for the
Home Front, at that.
One of these surprises is to dis
cover the vast amounts of vital steel
which went into the manufacture
of very little things?of such things,
for instance, as toilet articles?man
icure scissors and nail files and nip
pers and cuticle pushers, hair pins
and bobby pins and tweezers and
gadgets for squeezing blackheads.
Altogether the items on the above
list consumed 1.815 tons of steel in
1941, enough to have made more
000 pounds of steel which went into
000 pounsd of steel which went into
blackhead squeezers alone would
have made four such big guns.
Many Items To Disappear
WPB's steel order is so drastic and
far-reaching that as time passers it
will work major changes in our way
of life. Scores of things we had come
to accept as essential to our standard
of living no longer will be made af
ter a 90-day tapering off period and
gradually will disappear from deal
ers' shelves.
The business man will find his sur
roundings changed by the choking
off of office machinery of all kinds,
advertising novelties, letter shutes,
openers and trays, lockers and tele
phone booths. The housewife will
be unable to buy new book-ends,
(Continued on page six)
Recent Regulations
Call For Change In
Deferment Policies
l? Almost Killed
Out Ah Claim To llt'frr
lui'iit from Army
?Ill a .sptTUll IiUIIi-iiii ivccivt'd by
the Mailin County Draft Board a
few days ago, the Selective Service
pointed out that the induction of men
into the iirnv'd soon
exhaust, the supply of physically-fit
men for military service and that
changes in the deferment policies
art? to he expected. However, the
change will hardly affect the class
ifications in this county immediate
ly for the supply of available 1-A
men is still fairly large In some
counties married men and married
men with dependents are subject to
call soon.
The following paragraphs are
taken from the recent rules and reg
ulations released by the Selective
Service:
Men with Dependents
Will Be Needed
The Nation realizes sufficient men
must be provided Tor ftie armed
forces. The Nation also realizes the
yeed for persons to1 maintain war
production and other essential ac
tivities. Induction of men into the
armed forces may soon use up the
supply of physically-fit men avail
able for military service under cur
rent policies. Already there are
shortages of trained, qualified, or
skilled persons for essential war ac
tivities To fill the needs of the arm
ed forces and essential activities, we
must look in a large part to those
(Continued on page six)
PERILOUS
Most notable quote of the
week was this, by Senate Mili
tary Affairs committeeman af
ter hearing seven high-ranking
government officials, in closed
session, spell out the rubber sit
uation: "Actually perilous from
a military standpoint!" . . These,
the strongest words yet uttered
on the subject, were given firm
backing by the action of officials
In urging the Senate committee
to recommend the most drastic
step that has been proposed in
the U. 8. toward commandeer
ing private physical property
and hurling it into the war drive,
namely the legislation authoris
ing requisitioning of autos and
tires . .. Admittedly it's the need
for saving rubber that lies be
hind the car-requisitioning pro
posals. Some members said they
expected "nothing drastic" in
the way oi requisitioning in the
near future, but you esn paste It
in your hat that the threat of
drastic measures Is definitely
here "from now on."
Gas Rationing Off To
Slow Start In County
Registration Going
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Forward In Several
Schools Three Days
Karlj KcporN Point To Mark
<?<1 lii<'<|iialitio in the
Rationing Plan
Registrations for gasoline ration
ing cards won- off to a slow start in
tlo county according to scattered re
ports reaching lure from the seven
registration centers at Jamesville '
Farm Life, Bear Grass. Williams
ton. Robersonville, Oak City and
t armele Registrations for colored
car owners in Jamesville. Williams
ton and Parmele are being handled
under the direction of the colored
school principals. In other eenters
all car owners will be rcgrstcred in
the white high schools. Most of the
registration places are opening at a
a. m. and closing at 5 p m The regis
tration places will receive applicants
during today, tomorrow and Thurs
day
Attending a special school here
yesterday afternoon, the approxi
malcly 25 registrars could luirdlv I
agree on the methods for handling
the registration. Willi no definite ra I
tioiiing quota to determine their ar
turn, the registrars finally agreed to]
let each rationing card applicant de
clare his needs under oath and issue
the type of card that fits the case. No
rationing cards arc necessary for
trucks and farm power machinery,
and especial consideration will be
given those persons who operate cars
with trailers attached
Unofficial reports coming from
some of the registration centers eurlv
today indicated that the rationing
system has the earmarks of a gaso
??' -survey, tl.at a few are having
then- consumption threatened while
others are being subjected to noth
ing more than a series of questions
us to how much gas they wall need
and what they use it f,,r the pres
cut program, advanced as a tem
porary measure for trial purposes
was designed to eliminate useless
and excessive pleasure riding Its ac
complishmcnts, ,f any under the
present rules and regulations, are to
be determined beginning on Friday
Of this week when purchases may be
made only with rationing curds plus
he necessary rash, of course.
Based on a unit of three gallons.
'!"? a. II 1, 11-2, and 11 3 cards per
"id the purchase of from twentv
f'fly seven gallons of gaso
line between next Friday apd June
?II. the detinue allowance being us
follows by types of cards. A. 21 gal
'oris; H I, 33 gallons; 11 2, 45 gallons,
and H 3, 57 gallons Then then- is
a*i-X cunt pcrniittu>g-tlie pur, hiise
of unlimited amounts, hut in those
cases the gasoline must be used for
designated purposes. The joy rider
Without any use whatever for Ins ear
IN business will be given an "A"
card The types* of business and
amount id necessary travel will de
termine the distribution of the other
types Of card Certain classifications
arc set up to care for doctors, am
ho lances, taxis, public conveyances
ministers, nurses, government em
ployees, and a few others. But the
regulations point out that the con
sumption of gas in those cases must
>?? all or -substantially, all" used for
the designated purposes
35 'A) of the United
Criminal Code makes it a
criminal offense, punishable by a
maximum of ten years' imprison
men , $1(1,out) fine, or both, to make
a false statement or representation
in applying for a gasoline ration
ing card In addition to citing the
penalty, the rationing book of rules
and regulations issued the following
warning: "Please note thai any offer
to transfer gasoline in violation of
die Gasoline Rationing Regulations
will be considered a violation of the
regulations. If there is any question
udiuut the legality of any Iraniiuc
tion the matter should be referred
to the rationing board."
It is understood that a person
with an X card allowing unlimit
ed purchases will be subjected to
ten years In prison and a $10,000 fine
(Continued on page six)
No One Injured In
Two Car Accidents
No one was injured and no great
property damage resulted in two au
tomobile accidents near here over
the week-end. Detailed reports on
the accidents could not be had im
mediately, Patrolman Whit Saunders
stating that investigations had not
been completed. v
Driving near the (air grounds lute
lust Saturday night, Albert Peel, of
Rear Grass, apparently lost control
of his cur und crashed into an elec
tric light pole. Damage to the car
was estimated at about $30.
Joe Moore's car went out of con
trol and landed in the Sweet Water
Creek swamp late Sunday after
noon. As far as it could be learned
no one was hurt and little damage
was done to the car.
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PACKING
Enjoying what some think will
he their last Sunday outing in
an automobile, for a while at
least, motorists greatly increas
ed the How of traffic in this sec
tion over the week-end. In some
of the communities, filling sta
tions sold out their gas at an
early hour Sunday morning.
The motorists literally packed
the fluid in their gas tanks, one
old and apparently rich codger
stepping on the bumper of his
long and costly car in an effort
to shake the fluid down and
make room for more. He then
reached in the rear compart
ment, produced a can and had
that filled. Quite a few individ
uals filled their gas tanks to ov
erflowing and then put a sur
plus in other containers.
!Sugar Registration
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\ irtnalIv Complete
Tor Martin County
More Than Persons
\|?|>lv for (Quotas; HO.?
Kefiiseil Kation Hook*
I That Martin County volunteer reg
istrars did an able job in receiving
applications tor sugar rationing
bonks is reflected in the unofficial
but virtually complete reports com
ing from all of tin- thirty-three reg
i.stratum places The reports show j
that 25.023 persons 12.802 white
liid T2T22T colored registered fori
sugar quotas ~tn this county during J
the four registration days last week
Comparing the registration with I
the 1040 census figures, it is estimat- j
ed that about 1,000 persons in the
county do not have their names in '
the sugar bowl at the present time
Their applications will be received
by rationing board clerks in the
county courthouse on most any day
now except Monday- between the
hours of 8 30 a m. and 5:30 p m. A
few of those who failed to register
last week for individual consumer j
allotments or who did not apply for j
trade quotas the week before have
reported already to the county ra-1
tinning board for rationing hooks.
According to tin- preliminary re
j port released by Hoard Secretary
Mrs Irene Blount, 805 applicants^
i 784 white and 21 colore*I had Bu?ir
rationing hooks withheld when they
' pointed out that excessive amounts
j of the sweetening Were on hand. Un
official reports state that several |
[applicants will noi qualify for ra
tionmg hooks during the next two]
or three years, that the present su
gai supply h? Id by them will last
that long One applicant was told
that tie could not expect a hook un
til the war was over. It was claim
ed that the applicant had enough su
gar to lust even if the war lasted I
for years. Those persons with excess |
amounts of sugar on hand may re
turn it to the retailer or keep it. If |
they keep it, the amount amount de
clared will be charged against them
at the rate of one-half pound per
week. If a family of four has 100
pounds of sugar on hand no hook
will he given for almost a year The
family may use th.. ?tqg?r Ui??y j
please, hut it they use it all in
month of two they wfll not be elig
ible to buy more until the qutoa has
been fully credited which at the
present is based on one-half pound
eac h week per person
Stamps are making their appear
ance in fairly large quantities at the
stores. Some of the owners are fuss
ing a t>it about the extra trouble
they experience in handling them,
blit the merchants are not complain
ing as a rule. The first four stamps
in the books have a fixed value of
owner is entitled to buy one |x>und
of sugar when he presents his hook.
In a family of two or more pound I
purchases may he made with each I
No 1 stamp on or before Saturday |
(Continued on page six)
CONVENTION
Apparently skipping the pre
eiiiet meetings, the Democratic
leadership in Martin will at
tempt to organise its (orres af
ter a routine fashion at a coun
ty convention to be held in the
courthouse Saturday of this
week at 12 o'clock, noon. "In ev
ery precinct where no meeting
was hrld last Saturday, all duly
qualified democrats will be rec
ognised as delegates to the
rounty convention," Elbert S.
Peel, chairman of the party ex
ecutive committee, announced
today.
The convention will name del
egates to the State convention
which convenes in Raleigh on
Friday, May 22, and to name
committees and to transact oth
er business that may come he
fore the :
Sun Breaks Through
War Clouds On Far
Flung Battle Fronts
\a\al Bat lit' in tin- Coral Sea
Kales \* (ireatent in His
torv uf 1 nited Stales
Heartening news pureed the
clouds hovering over the tar-flung
battle areas of the world during re
cent days, and while they offer a
?Hiumd Impt1. the encouraging re
ports ari' not to be taken to mean
that the war is nearing an end or
that a decisive turning point has
been reached There's a lot of fight
ing yet to be done, and we ain t seen
nothing yet when it comes to sacri
ficing and altering <>ur ways
Routing the yellow Japs off Aus
tralia last week, Amencah forces,
supported by their Allies, scored
what has been described as the
greatest naval battle in American
history No official report on Allied
h?sses has been released, but it is
iu?w well established that the Japs
lost at least 21 ships and thousands
of soldiers in the week-long scrap
Driving as an advance unit toward
Australia for an invasion attempt,
the Japs are believed to have had
their plans upset Future courses of
action will be revealed by time
alone To think that the war is neat
ing a close is mere wishful thinkuig
when some observers point out that
an attack on American territory in
the north is imminent More and far
reatd+mir developments ar?rTnT)c ox
pec ted both in the Pacific and Rus
sian areas Observers are fearful
about Alaska, and Hitler can be ex
pected'to strike again before many
more weeks pass
Following closely the favorable
reports on action in the Coral Sea,
conies news, telling of. other sinkings
by American submarines Another
warship and two more cargo vessels
have been sent h? the bottom for the
.l.ips by the subs operaTTng in Faj
Eastern waters Tht-Chinese, unrfrr
the direction of their American lead
er. routed Jap forces and sent them
reeling back out of China into Bur
ma The fighting in Burma, how
ever, is not at all encouraging for
the Allies, but the fighting Chinese
along their own border are appar
ently making life miserable for the
invaders India, despite its'announc
ed policy of non-resistance, is said
to he ready to aggravate the Japs in
their far-flung march
Aside from the action at the front,
there's serious talk about gas war
fare. Preparations are weH-adv awe
t d for attack Russia with the pois
onous and horrible death dealing
material. Prime Minister Churchill
has warned Germany that if a gas
War is Started, England will scat- ..
tor It over every nook and corner _
TrrGTTmany. ismall amounts are said
to have been released on the Rus
sums in the south. It is known that
extensive preparations for gus war
fare hiiAn:?been and being madr?
by .ill the warring nations, and.those-.
who have studied the problem from
every angle predict that the poison
will be used before the war is
brought to an end.
France, under Laval., is hovering
ever closer to Germany and there is
talk of joint military cooperation be
twecn the two countries But while
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hiking Steps To
Check Inflation
Definite steps have been and are.
still being laken to cnrcft inflation
in this country, some observers stat
ing that within the next six or eight
months conditions similar to those
in the early thirties will obtain
throughout the land.
Huddled under the wing of Gen
eral Maximum Price Regulations,
civilian business activities will ab
solutely be made secondary to the
wai- effort. While the business front
as we know it will be bogged down
in inactivity, the war production
front will have reached a record
stride The regulation is a war nv^c
u're issued to stop further increases
in the cost of living and in virtually
all other prices. War will cause vast
numbers of business enterprise to
suspend operations for the general
public. The action, if uncontrolled,
will cause inflation, and the regula
tion has fixed price levels as of
March, this year. The new regula
tion, going into effect next Tuesday,
lists about 100 groups of items with
the prices posted by the retailer.
It is a big undertaking, but gov
ernment officials have agreed to try
to head off inflation and profiteer
ing. In other words. It is better to
control pfices and the cost of living
now even if such action hurts than
it would be to permit inflation now
and dive into a depression later on.
1
Varmele School (lonc.%
Very Succensful Term
' *
The Parniele colored school closed
a very successful term last week.
Principal Chance stating that the
commencement programs were well
attended. Dr. L. R. Meadows, presi
dent of the East Carolina Teachers
College, Greenville, delivered the
main address. Dr. A. Elder, dean of
State College, Durham, and Former
Congressman John Smell also ap
peared on the finals program,