War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for W eek
(Continued from page one)
said that these rumors caused
grounds for concern lest they bring
about a slackening in the nation
wide salvage drive This we cannot
afford, this we cannot tolerate. Al
ready, in some factories, production
has slackened because of a short
age of materials. Anyone who con
tributes to this shortage of scrap,
anyone who knows of the existence
of a scrap pile and does not act to
see that it gets back to the furnaces,
is helping our enemies.
One by one the metals and mater
ials were drafted for war One by
one their use has been prohibited ex
cept in the most necessary civilian
production. Until, as scarcities grew,
only gold and silver?ironically?re
mained as metals worthless for thfc
job which is today our only job.
Last week gold stuud alune 111 Uii*?
strong box reserved for useless met I
al. Silver took its place in the war |
effort with the issuance by WPB of
an order restricting civilian use of !
foreign silver and directing supplies
of that metal into essential produc- j
tion. Domestic silver, purchased by |
the treasury as monetary metal, was j
not affected by the order except that j
silver produced before July 1, 1939.1
and secondary metal produced since j
and sold by the processor were in
cluded in the category of foreign sil
ver. But the order did not forbid the
purchase of silver by private users.
Silver Goes To War
The silver which, is going to war
will replace scarce copper and scarc
er tin in many uses. It will turn up
in soldiers, in engine bearings, in
non-corrosive machinery parts, and
in electrical installations. Two
months from now foreign silver may
not be used in making silverware,
watch cases and jewelry, badges and
insignia, hooks, and eyes, buttons
and snaps, pens and pencils, toilet
sets, musical instruments and church
goods. Until October 1, manufactur
ers of such articles may be limited
to using either 1-12 of the weight of
the silver they used in 1941 or l-6 of
the weight they used in the first six
months of this year.
We are not fighting this war for
gold or silver or even for the values
these metals traditionally represent.
The peoples of the United Nations
are fighting together to preserve
their freedoms.
Anglo-American Pact for
Production
The unity of purpose of the United
Nations is matched by unity in ac
tion. Last week Great Britain's dep
uty to the newly combined Produc
tion and Resources Board. Sir Rob
ert Sinclair, arrived in Washington
with full authority to cooperate tow
ard welding a single industrial war
machine out of the joint resources of J
the U.S.A and Britain Canada's war
production already has been linked
to ours and Canadian boats on the
Great Lakes will carry ore between
U. S. ports this season so that we both
may have more steel
Nazis Fear Food Shortage
None of the United Nations which
have been overrun by the Axis has
really been conquered. Last week
brought new testimony to the un
conquerable spirit of our Allies in
the form of a communique from the
Jugoslav army under the command
of General Draja Mikhaiiovitch. In
this communique, confirmed by Ax
is admissions, the Jugoslavs said
they'd retaken a Lost territory in "oc
cupied'' Jugoslavia and had captur
ed 1,200 prisoners Badgered and
harassed by the continued resistance
I
Men are dying for tke Four
Freedoms. The least we can
do here at home is to boy
War Bonds ?19% for War
Bonds, every pay day.
of the peoples of occupied Europe,
the Nazis now are afraid of a food
shortage, according to an enemy
broadcast from Germany. Apparent
ly the Nazis are having difficulty in
taking all the br?*ad from the mouths
of the enslaved countries and Hein
rich Himmler. chief of the Gestapo
has moved in on the German food
front?presumably to silence com
plaints in the manner the Gestapos
know so well.
Seasonal Commodities Rise
On Price Scale
On our own food front foods not
under OPA control have risen sharp
ly in price during the past few
months Lamb, for instance, the price
of which is not controlled, went up
more than 10 per cent between mid
May and mid-June and roasting
chickens went up nearly 9 per cent
in the same period. Apples, which
aren't controlled, went up 25 per
cent in that period and this fruit
now sells at prices 50 per cent above
? of l-.vt M-.rv-h n? t >t hur
hand, the price of controlled beef,
veal, and pork, fell off and prices
of other foods which are under the
price ceilings either remained steady
or dropped. Price Administrator Leon
Henderson says that Government
control of price and rents where they
are in effect are doing a good job of
holding down the cost of living, but
that uncontrolled price's show a def
inite tendency toward dangerously
high levels. Nevertheless, Henderson
said. "The President's program will
prevail and the battle against infla
tion will be won."
Coal To Replace Oil As Winter Fuel
The next few months are the
months in which we must prepare
for winter. They are the months in
which we must lay up a store of coal
and of fuel oil to keep our industries
going and our homes warm. With the
East Coast under strict gasoline ra
tioning?OPA says the new ration
ing system has taken many cars off
the roads in the East?the OfficeoT
Defense Transportation is making
every effort to get fuel oil to the
Seaboard States. In a few weeks
now. oil will be moved from the oil
fields in solid 60-car trains running
on fast-schedules, and throligliouf The
Middle West great gangs of men are
busy laying new pipe lines.
With all fuel deliveries for operat
ing heat and cooling equipment sus
pended between August 3 and Sep
tember 15th. and fuel oil for hot wa
ter heaters restricted, the Atlantic
Seaboard is in a position to begin
building a stock pile agairat The cum
home owners in that rationed an a to
home ownes in "that rationed area to
convert to coal if they can. and stock
up with coal immediately, too. Now is
the time for home owners on the At
lantic Seaboard who can't convert
and use coal to take every possible
step to reduce oil consumption, by
weather stripping and by making
sure that their burner operates at
full efficiency.
It is obvious that our railroads are
carrying a staggering burden, and
carrying it well What's not so well
known is that that goes for bus serv
ice. as well. Buses now are carrying
50 per cent more passengers than
formerly and the Office of Defense
Tarnsportation recently pointed out
that the need for buses is as great
as the need for railway cars. ODT
now is checking local bus and rail
passenger service for duplications
and to release cars and buses for oth
er services.
Our fighting men are doing
their share. Here at home
the least we can do is put 10%
of our income in War Bonds
for our share in America.
Grow Wheat in Public Squares in Italian Cities
This photo, just received from London, was taken in Naples, Italy. It shows a couple of laborers tending
if rain in one of the big flower beds in the Piazza del Municipio, principal public square in that city. It ie
reported that every piece of available land is cultivated in the Axis nation as the spectre of famine spreada.
This year's crops are said to be far below par. (Central Pr?)
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
For the third consecutive week
no automobile accidents, at
least no serious ones, were re
ported on the highways of this
county. When the motorists in
a whole county travel for three
weeks without an accident, they
have really -aceempRshed-some
thing and are really making
news. It will be recalled, howev
er, that the number of accidents
was held to a small figure dur
ing the three corresponding
-weeks in 1941* ??
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.
31st Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1942 0 0 0 0 000
1941 1 0 0 35l?
Comparison To Date
1942 44 27 1 $ 5,943
1941 54 44 2 17.210
Offer Latest Tips
On The Times
National Industrial Conference
Board, surveying 25 manufacturing
industries, finds total payrolls for
May at an all-time high, 31.1 per cent
higher than for May a year ago, and
77.8 per cent higher than in 1929
Average weekly earnings in these
industries have risen 36.4 per cent
since 1929 . . . The meat shortage
will be only temporary. Department
of Agriculture studies of some time
ago foresaw periodic shortages and
tight squeezes in certain types of
meat, but showed that our total meat
supply?even after prodigious lease
lendings?will be only one per cent
below that of 1941. which was an all
time high, and 15 per cent higher
than the average through 1931-40
The trend is definitely away from
any further rationings of consumer
goods?at least until after the elec
tions.
Joins Up Again at 80
Official U 8 N?tt Phota
A veteran of tho days when iron
men fought in wooden ships, Chief
boatswain's MuU George Sander
son, hO year-old veteran, Is shown
after reporting at the Washington
navy yard for duty. He was a gun
ner in the Spanish-American War
and would like to see action again in
that post, but the U. S. Navy rules
on age forbid it.
(/roup Leaving Soon
Largest To Be Sent
From Martin County
(Continued from page one)
Benjamin Franklin Roberson, RFD
1, Robersonville.
Harvey Holleman Yates, William
ston, and Minniwaska, N. Y
Rannal Taylor Gardner, RFI) 1,
Williamston.
Robert Urbin Gurganus, RFD 2.
Williamston.
Jim Brown Holliday, Jamesville,
and Triangle, Va.
Charlie Birt Wynne, Williamston.
Clyde Buie Bailey, RFD 2, Wil
liamston
Henry Herbert Pope, Jr.. Rober
sonville.
William Clayton Whitley, RFD 1,
ADOPTED
1
J
Meeting in regular session last
evening, the local town commis
sioners handled the little busi
ness in a hurry and ran for the
open air. It was one of the most
listless meetings the board has
held in many months.
The proposed budget, calling
for a $2.40 rate, was formally
adopted. Official action was lim
ited to the one business item.
Robersonville,
Rupert Russell Rawls, Oak City.
Alonza Hassell, Williamston.
Major Barber, RFD 1, Williams
ton.
Chester William Edmondson, RFD
1. Oak City.
Lester Sylvester White, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Dayton Bryant. Parmele.
Luther Gordon Leggett, Jr., RFD
3. Williamston.
Ctifford- Npvi 11 e Mobley, Oak City.
Eugene Mayo Hardison, RFD 3,
Williamston, and Norfolk.
Leandrew Hardison, Jr., RFD 1,
Jamesville,
James Garland Barnhill, William
ston.
Frank Saunders Cherry. RFD 2,
Williamston.
Thad Mayo Roberson, RFD 2. Rob
ersonville.
Louis Henry Gardner, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
Mack Wynne, RFD 3. Williamston.
Earl Leamon Ward, Robersonville.
Elie Lenwood Williams, RFD 1,
Robersonville.
Edwin Horace Carson, Jamesville.
Simon Coltrain, RFD 1. Williams
ton.
Jesse Wed Curtis, Robersonville.
Carlyle Lanneau Cox, Greenville.
Jimmie Jackson Sills, Oak City.
Verner Walter Harrison, RFD 2.
Williamston.
John Garland Hardison, RFD 3,
Williamston.
Ellis Saunders White, RFD 3. Wil
liamston.
Joseph Payton Sykes, RFD 1,
Jamesville.
James Norman Hollis, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Sugar Consumption
About Equal To The
Available Supplies
?
Stocks Have Been Reduced
About 16 Percent in
The Past Year
America's sweet-tooth, under ra
tioning, is consuming sugar at only
slightly less than our rate of pro
duction and imports, the Office of
Price Administration revealed July
12th.
The small excess of supply will en
able the Nation to bring its carry-ov
er stocks, now considerably below
normal, back to a sound level. Then,
if there is any remaining excess, ad
ditional ration allowances can be dis
tributed to the consumers.
The figures reveal also that the
sugar rationing plan is working well
throughout the country, and has al
ready prevented a national sugar
disaster by bringing sugar consump
tion within the sharply curtailed lim
its of our supply. It must be contin
ued on approximately its present
basis in order to assure everyone of
a fair share of the commodity, OPA
said.
Basing its estimates on the figures
supplied by the War Production
Board, the Department of Agricul
ture, the Shipping Priorities Com
mit and upon its own studies, OPA
said the Nation, under the present
rationing plan, is consuming about
475,000 tons of sugar per month in
cluding Lend-Lease and the armed
forces, and is being supplied, out of
its own crops and all imports at the
rate of about 504,523 tons per month.
The bulk of this supply is brought to
this country in ships from Cuba and
Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and as
long as we are able to maintain the
rate of imports of the first half of
1942, our sugar situation, with each
customer on a restricted ration, will
be considered basically sound. If
warfare cuts down this rate of im
port to any great extent, for any
length of time, or if the 1942 U. S.
mainland yield falls short of ex
pectations, then the rationing sys
tem will have to be lightened, OPA
officials said.
Giving the over-all picture of our
sugar situation, under rationing,
OPA said visible sugar stocks on
hand now are 1,654,000 tons against
1,968,000 tons at this time last year,
a decrease of- 16 per cent. In May
and June, however, we imported
about 200,000 tons more than ration
ing officials had counted on. When
the War Production Board recently
reported that 3,435,000 short tons of
sugar would be available for distri
bution to civilians between July 1
and December 31 of this year, OPA
ordered an extra allotment of sugar
to all consumers, totalling 200,000
tons.
?
Rea/tecled Colored
Woman Panne* Here
Ida Spruill Whitley, respected col
ored citizen, died at her home here
on Griffin Street Sunday morning
at 10:45 o'clock following a two
year illness. Her condition had been
critical for nearly a month. She was
59 years old.
She leaves two children, James
and Ollie Whitley and several grand
children, two brothers, Joe and
Hezekiah Spruill, and a sister, Ra
chel Purvis.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed tomorrow and burial will follow
in the Odd Fellows Cemetery here.
FOR SALE ? 2,000 BUSHELS OF
corn. Bags exchanged Mobley's
Mill, near Williamston. a4-2l
Russia Stiffening
Its Defenses Along
The Eastern Front
(Continued from pace one)
lessening danger to the supply line
to China. A showdown in the Indian
situation is expected within a few
days, and telling action on the out
come in the battle of Asia will fol
low within the next six or eight
weeks.
An isolated area of Iceland was
bombed by a German plane, but the
damage was dismissed as being
slight.
The fate of the eight German sab
oteurs is in the hands of President
Roosevelt who is studying the trial
reports and sentence. It is not like
ly that a decision will be made pub
lic today, some quarters believing
that the sentence will be carried out
before public announcement is made.
?A shake-up in the War Production
Board is due, and as a result all in
dustry not directly connected with
the war effort can expect further
curtailments in the delivery of steel
goods. Steel shortages are now ad
mitted to be threatening production
goals, making necessary increased
collections o fscrap metals and the
cancelling of important ship-build
ing contracts.
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