Half -Year Point
In World War II
At this half-year point in the glob
al war, a general "communique" on
the U. S. economic front would sum
things up something like this: Uncle
Sam has settled into a reasonably
steady stride, with war industrial
production running well on sched
ule, surpassing all but the most
widely-optimistic forecasts; civilian
trade has slowed down greatly, the
result of a three-way pressure ?
(1) war bonds and stamps are tak
ing an ever-larger share of income,
(2) present and future taxes discour
age spending, and (3) the gradual
disappearance or unavailability of
many majof articles of purchase . .
Of course, we must anticipate still
more drastic changes, even on the
business front?more pinchings of
priorities, more rationings, more
taxes, more substitutions . . . But a
principal?if rather intangible?de
velopment is that at least the Amer
ican people by now have reached the
point where they have a fairly good
idea of what to expect in the way
of war's economic kickbacks.
War Puts Emphasis
On 'Selling Service'
An unusual example of the new
emphasis that war has put on "sell
ing service" when priorities or oth
er obstacles blast product-selling
opportunities was related to the na
tional sales executives convention.
Tire selling overnight has broaden
ed into a "consultant profession" so
far as the truck field is concerned,
earning fees on the basis of actual
vehicle-mile performance.
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U. S. Sea and Air Units Guard Atlantic Convoy
One of the biggest ahipa in an Atlantic convoy (top) is seen hazily through an early morning mist as it
ploughed towards one of our far-flung battle zones carrying the sinews of war Keeping watch over the
ship is a Navy blimp. Two fire control men are shown at their post nboai ' an escorting warship (bottom).
(Central Prest)
Driers Interesting
Tips On The Times
Federal Reserve Board's adjusted
index of industrial production shows
174 for April ("100" being the 1935
39 average), two points up from
March, whereas a year ago there
was a three-point decline in that per
iod .. . At dedication of new West
inghouse merchant marine plant Ad
miral Vickery of the Maritime Com
mission said America now has more
'active shipbuilding capacity" than
all-the rest of the world combined
. . Incidentally Westinghouse re
ports 95 per cent of its total product
ive capacity in 30 plants is now in
war work'i . . Baldwin Luunnotive's
dollar volume of orders in April
was around $106 millions; a year
ago it was only 7 millions, and even
in March of this year the total was
merely 19 millions.
Interesting Bits Of
Business In the VS.
Nation's department store sales for
Ihe last four weeks are only four per
:ent ahead of same period of 1941,
in dollar volume ... a big Cleveland
rafeteria says it can handle 30 per
rent fewer patrons during the noon
rush on account of having to have
in employee dole out sugar by the
spoonful . . . Philadelphia restau
rants notice on upsurge in milk
drinking . . . State fairs are a war
time casualty, what with transporta
tion problems and farmers busy try
ing to raise record crops'; many are
being cancelled Maple sugar
production was up 66 per cent this
spring, on account of the sugar
squeeze
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We will not alter our delivery service
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Leathernecks Land in Ireland
Where there's a light you'll find the leathernecks. United States
marines, in full war kit and wearing new typo combat helmets, arc
headed for their encampment somewhere in North Ireland after landing
from one of the transports which carried the largest AEF contingent
to cross the Atlantic in this war.
ft ar As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
This is another one of those times
nrt they will, conn- increasingly as
/e get further into our victory stride
/hen we nught he tempted to relax,
sioking back over the road we have
raveled in the lust six months, we
ave proof of great accomplishment,
'oday, with our civilian economy
eorganized, our warships and our
uldiers poised for action in every
uarter of the globe and our war in
ustries reaching out toward the
'resident's goals in tanks and planes
nd guns and ships, we can be for
iven pride in what we have done.
But it would be the most damag
lg sort of folly if this pride in past
chievement were to bring ahout
ny lessening in our combined effort
-in our united fight. On the con
ary, now is the time when we must
msecrate every bit of energy to our
isk, now when we near the top of
te divide, now when our newly
ishioned machine of war approaches
te point at which it can overwhelm
Lir enemies?now is the time for us
) sacrifice as wc have not sacrifiqed
efore.
After a little more than six months
F war we are turning out ships and
?capons at a rate that must give Hit
t and Hirohito nightmares. But if
?e are to win the war and win it
uickly, we must do more than mere
r keep up this rate. We must turn
at ships and weapons even more
ipidly.
There is a cloud on the production
orizon. There have been such clouds
efore that they will come again be
>re we win, that is the way of war
ad it cannot be helped, but we can
eed their warning, we can prepare
gainst the downpour.
This cloud is the growing shortage
r metals and materials. The short
ge of metals threatens to close blast
imaces which work for war and
very blast furnace shut down means
;wer steel plates for cargo vessels,
inks for the front, and weapons for
ur fighting men.
Here is a situation which concerns
U of us. A part of the answer to the
letals shortage?and to the short
ge of rubber?is scrap, and every
ne can help collect scrap. America's
ldustry, both war industry and that
isential civilian industry which re
lains in the midst of war, have done
nd are doing their part to see that
very bit of scrap metal and mater
ils finds its way back to the mills
nd furnaces and the processing
lants.
Here are some of the things we
aay expect in the coming months,
omc of the ways in which we will
Sent Last Messages
Tho War Department announced
that Bernard Baruch, chairman of
the War Industries Board In the
laat war, and three industrial lend
ers will serve on a voluntary advi
sory staff to Maj. Gen. Levin 11.
Campbell, Jr., new Army Chief of
Ordnance.
ic asked to change our lives so that
var industry may have materials
ind there may be the means to trans
xirt them. We shall have to change
iur habits of eating and our habit
if traveling, we shall have to dress
lifferently and many of us must be
ome accustomed to n different sort
if habitation for the duration.
These things wc must not do
ve must not hoard food, we must not
>uy too much food at one time, we
nust not waste food. Not only must
ve eat fresh fruits and vegetables to
ave tin (there is enough tin in a
ingle tin can to provide the lndis
lensable tin required for two army
ompasses) hut we must try to find
ocally grown vegetables and fruits
n order to cut the load on our rail
vays and on our trucking system
Vnd we must find substitutes for fish
ind pork. There are plenty to be
lad.
We won't have to ration clothing
his year? at least it doesn't look
hat way now. But look for further
hanges in style along tho lines of
hose we have had already, in a
urlhcr effort to save cloth for the
\rmy and Navy. The wool prob
em grows more serious in the face
if military need for wool and it is
irobable that we'll all wear a great
leal more cotton than we did in
ime of peace. Leather is a problem,
oo, although civilian shoe stocks arc
till adequate. There is one sure
hing about changes in clothing,
The General Is All Smiles
Supremely confident, Gen. Douglas MacArthur beams as he walks
through a cheering crowd in Melbourne, Australia. He is accompanied
by Brig. Gen. Patrick Hurley, secretary of war under Herbert Hoover,
and now U. S. minister to Now Zealand.
however, and that is that they will
affect everybody.
The transportation shortage is go
ing to hit the Eastern states in an
other way. The Eastern states an'
going to be short of fuel oil for ex
actly the same reason that they are
short of gas?because Axis subs have
cut the tanker route from the South
western oil fields and the railroads
can haul no more tank cars than |
they are hauling now. It will he dif
ficult to get enough fuel oil into the
East to heat homes and apartments
next winter and at the same time
keep war factories and power plants
going. Anyone in this region who is
using fuel oil now and can shift to
coal should do so right away. And
buy the coal now?we may not be
able to spare the cars to haul the
coal by Autumn.
The needs of total war dredge up
some strange materials from the in
dustrial seas Recent War Pro
duction Board orders, for instance,
have dealt with istles, waste waste,
osnaburg, and "dotted women's foot
holds" . . . Dotted women's footholds
are the bottoms of women's rubber f
galoshes with rubber dots in them for
decorative purposes . . . Istle is a
Mexican fiber used as a substitute
for jute and other fibers we used to
import from the Far East . . . Osna
burg is a loosely woven cloth . . .
Since the summer of 1940 we have
spent $30.0IS.000,000 on the Army
and Navy and last month we were
spending at the rate of $148,000,000
a day . . . The "Victory" bicycle has
been put under a price ceiling by
the Office of Price Administration?
The highest retail price in the East
is $32 50. in the Middle Zone $33.50
and in the Far West, $34.50 . . . These
bicycles, as all other bicycles, will
be rationed by OPA ...
If you have pawned your type
writer you can gel it back'If you pay
the pawn broker . . . OPA so inter
preted Rationing Regulations recent
ly .. . Use of tin for unnecessary ci
vilian purposes will be cut another
ten per cent July 1, because of ur
gent military and civilian needs . .
And people in 38 of the largest Unit
led States cities soon will be saving
fats and greases, too . . . Most of Am
erica's milk trucks will be off the
streets in less than two years unless
further steps are taken to save their
tires . . . After September 1, no mat
tresses or pads may contain iron or
steel . . . There is going to be a lot
of substitute material in electric light
bulbs from now on, but WPB says
their efficiency won't be affected
. . . WPB estimates that the order
requiring the use of substitutes in
Ordnance Adv iser
Tho War Department announced
that Pvt. Irving Strobing of It rook
lyn, N. Y., sent I ho final series of
radio measures which described the
last hours of Corregtdor before its
surrender to the Japs. Strobing
pictured the grim plight of the
Americans, shelled and bombed
until "it was too much for guys to
take."
\ ciuts To Co To
Pearl Harbor Now
Minneapolis A little, old man
calked into the Red Cross chapter
lOuxe here and bellowed, "I want to
;u to Pearl Harbor, and I want to
o rigid away!" When asked if he
cas willing to wait a few minutes,
replied. "Yes. i,f it ain't too long.
in sick and tired of living on
tension I want to fight for my
ou 11 try."
\7 J ark son I armors Make
Cooperative Cfttf Shipatents
Approximately 75 different farm
rs are bringing their eggs to the
ounty agent's office in Jackson each
reek for cooperative shipment, rc
lorts IT. G. Snipes, Northampton
'ounty assistant agent.
nuking light bulbs will save a mil
ion pounds of brass, 40,000 pounds of
upper and .10,000 pounds of nickel
. . WPB has prohibited use of eel- I
ophane for packing animal food, j
ubber nipples, candy and window
aids.
Bookmobile Starts
Trip Next Monday
? -
The BHM Regional Library Asso
i'ietion-i& endeavoring to eaeey en?
a program of War Information Serv
ice with its regular book service.
Each library in the region is getting
special pamphlets and books on ci
vilian and military defense. These
libraries are ready to cooperate with
the defense leaders in this section in
an effort to get the essential inform
ation to the public. Tlie bookmobile
also has many pamphlets on defense
activities for circulation to its bor
rowers.
During the month of May, 175 new
borrowers were registered for book
mobile service. This made a definite
increase in circulation also. When
the bookmobile makes its trip in
Martin County June 15th, there will
lie a special section devoted to ci
vilian defense and world affairs
The schedule follows:
Monday, June 15 9:15, C. B. A1
Ion's Service Station; 10:00, Hamil
Ion Bank; 12 MO. Johnson's Service
Station (Gold Point); 2:10, Ruber
son.ville Public Library.
Tuesday. June 10 - 9:15, Ayers'
Store (Everett ?; 10:00, Cross Roads
Church: 11:00, Parmele Post Office;
12 30. Ha s, 11 P,. t Office; 1 15. Bar
rett's Drug Store (Oak City); 2:00,
Smith's Store (Palmyra Road).
Wednesday, June 17 - 9:30, Jor
dan's Store (Pardons').; 10:25, Brown
ings' Store; 11:00. Atige Town; 11:30.
Poplar Chapel Church; 1:00, Brown's
Store (Jamesville).
Thursday. Juno 10 9.30, Manning
and (lurkin Service Station (Farm
Life); 10 -15. Wyim's Service Station;
1130, Corey's Cross Rotid; 12:45,
Terry Bros. Store (Bear Grass).
Shift
Thousands of farmers of the Unit
? d States are shifting from the pro
duction and marketing of cream to
tin4 production and delivery of whol*
milk, reports the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
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