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Importance Of Oils And Fats Stressed For the War Effort Nearly Eleven Billion Pounds Of Fats and Oils Are Used Last Year By GUT A. CARDWELL Not counting petroleum and es sential oils used in perfumes, there are more than 1800 fats and oils; SO are important in peacetime life and are grim necessities of war. War or peace, fats and oils are necessary for food; for soap; for paints and varnishes; for printer's ink; for industrial lubricants; for the manufacture of metals, textiles, and leather goods, and for glycer ine. Nearly 11 billion pounds of fats and oils were used in the U, S. in 1941; 7 billion of these were eaten; 2 billion made into soap; a billion used in paints, varnishes, printing inks, and linoleum products; and half a billion pounds went into in dustrial purposes. Most of these fats and oil were produced in the lTnitert States but the Philippines, Africa, Argentina. Brazil, Dutch East Indies and Malaya are important sources. TTie United States usually pro duces food fats for itself and for ex port; but production is 1-4 short of the fats and oils needed for scrap; more than 1-3 short for miscellan eous industries; and almost 1-2 short for paints and varnishes. Farmers have been asked to grow in 1642-43 more vegetable oils than they are now producing: 600 million pounds more of peanut oil; 300 mil lion pounds more of soybean oil; 100 million pounds more of linseed oil; and 100,000 more of cottonseed oil. If farmers reach their hog goals and meat packers change their fat trimming practices, the country should have available an extra 600 million pounds of lard, the U. S. De partment of Agriculture estimates. In normal times the U. S. imports 1.5 to 2.5 billion pounds of fats and oil yearly. The year before the war imports of 12 of the principal fats and oils totaled 1.7 billion pounds. These are cut off, and our allies have asked for about a billion pounds in ,942 ? Acreage of oilseed crops in culti vation^ July 1 is reported at 47.5 mil lion, 8.4 million more than a year earlier. Production of cottonseed soybean^i^eanut, and linseed oils GIRLS ANI) WOMEN WANTED! TO WORK IN OUR SAUSAGE ROOM ROBERSON'S SLAUGHTER HOUSE U. S. Launches Plane Carrier The Essex, first aircraft carrier to be completed since the United States entered the war and the first of a large fleet of such carriers hnil.iiny and planned, ia shown sliding down the ways at Newport News, Ya. The 25,000-ton carrier was completed fifteen months and three days after her keel was laid. Mrs. Artemus L. Gates, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, christened the new ship. (Central Press) from 1942 acreage may total 3,750 million pounds?about 1,150 million pounds more than from 1941 acreage. During calendar year 1942, produc tion of vegetable oils from all do mestic materials may reach 3,150 mil lion pounds, about 350 million pounds more than in 1941. With a record spring pig crop totaling nearly 62 million head, following a record fall ?rop in 1941, lard production is ex pected to be about 350 million pounds greater this year than last. Addition *1 animal fat will be obtained through the household fat recovery program now in operation. This year 2 billion pounds of inedible tallow ind greases, 450 million pounds more than last year, may be produced. Wholesale prices of edible fats and lils and of linseed oil were some what lower in June than in May. Vol ume of consumer purchases of fats ind oils in finished form will prob thly ho greater in 1942 than m 1941. rotal disappearance of primary fats Cuba Stamp Warning FiHHint* KlMHK2?Xi> Here's one of the series of postage stamps issued by the Republic of Cuba to publicize the need for all Cubans to fight fifth column and espionage activities of the Axis. This three-cent stamp carries tha warning in Spanish: "Beware! Tht fifth coh"mn is spying o.i you!" (Central Press) Garbage A survey of the nation's garbage pile shows that the waste totals 302 pounds a year for each person in 412 cities having an aggregate population of 53,000,000. 1 Dairy A greater quantity of dairy prod ucts was manufactured during 1941 than in any other year on record, ac cording to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. and oils in 1942, reflecting heavy | consumer purchases is likely to equal or exceed 1941 total of 11 bil I'lion pounds. I AN INVITATION TO ALL TRUCK OWNERS AND OPERATORS ? : JOIN THE : : U.S. TRUCK : 1 CONSERVATION CORPS See your Chevrolet dealer, who is acting as official service station forTruckCon servation, and get the offi 1 cial emblem for your trucks ?' Your truck ?off trudct ? are essential to America's war pro gram. . . . Let your Chevrolet dealer help you to "Keep 'em At to keep 'em rolling.". . . . See him for a thorough service check up today?and see him for skilled service at regular inter vals. . . . Remember?Chevrolet dealers are America's "Truck Conservation Specialists.'.! ,<Jjg CHEVROLET Roanoke Chevrolet Company HIXTY SIGt -he wants ter bow, Ef Confucious was to come a-gin to dwell on earth, would he hob-nob with ther "smart" tricksters, or would he settle down mongst thcr "ignorent" and umble? Yas-sir, ther Big Boys has sprung a-nuther leak in thay pork-barrel. Hit looks lak thay cant git ther lasses still to runnin thay way thouht x posin all ther tricks in ther trade of trappin ther d-coys necessary to ther art. This time thay hav hooked into thay holdins a man name Jay Ig lauer. Ther last part sounds lak he is a-tryin to use his ig-norencc to law ther innocent; and thcr fust part slums Hut all tlii'i J.ns aim out 111 ther sticks; sum of 'em sho air a runnin around with ther Big Boys. This one says ehs head of ther tax commity of a big tradin-company, and he claims to be a fi-nan-cier and knows per-zaclly now to handle tlier dimes of ther dirt-diggers sos to keep down inflashun jf ther prices ther big boys puts onto ther manfactured article, after thay hav took ther raw material frum ther dire-afflcted, at minus. He says he knows more-better bout how money makes ther mare go round, than does ther President, or ther Secahfy of ther Treasury And when hit comes to taxes, he knows pcr-zactly whar to git 'em, and to put 'em, sos to re-lieve ther Big Boys of sum thay burdens. He says ther war needs air jes' erbout 2 1-2 billion short, and that, hits ma-raculus co StaLe Leads Region In Farm Income North Carolina led all other states in the East Central Region, AAA, in total farm income, includ ing cash income, value of products consumed in farm households, and government payments for 1941, ac cording to a report received by E. Y. Floyd. AAA executive assistant of N. C. State College. The reporl shows North Carolina's total farm income for last year as approximately $384,000,000, as com pared with $288,000,000 in 1940. Second in the region was Kentucky with a total of $206,000,000, and Ten nessee was third with $264,000,000. Other states in the region, and their total farm income, were listed as incidence that a 5 percent war-sales tax will jest erbout even it up. He is so much of a garl-darned city Jay. that he cant see that most folks kin see that ther Ways and Means com mity wants a sales-tax, and figgered mi just a 5 pel tent slunuigi' when thay pervided fer what thay mout call ther long-age. Hit all duv-taiis in together to make that Mr. Jay Whatu-may-call-'im. a jack-ax of ther fust-water. And while most folks dont even claim to be fi7iian-ciers7 thay do claim to know thay cant pay tax thout sumthin tir pay tax Tvfthr and ther millions thats got a in cu'm lessen $10 a week, cant pay thout robbin thay stumicks that air a-bein robbed now. Course that dont take in ther Big Boys thats gittin morn 25 thousand a year. He says ther way to keep down inflashun, is to tax folks sos thay'l have less mon ey to pay high with. Then why not tax ther big incums that 90 per cent direct, sos ther hi-and-mity kaint buy so many sea-shores and goff links? Caus none ther little-fellers air a-patroni/in $25 a day hotels. 7S*? (tiMi Neutral Spirit* 16 PROOF GW FIVE STAR 1.10 Zr ' *-2.15 FULL PUART COODERHAM A WORTS LIMITED, PEORIA, ILLINOIS follows: Virginia, $223,000,000; Mary- < land. $110,000,000; West Virginia, < $82,000,000; and Delaware, $42,000,- < 000. < "These figures," Floyd said, "re- < fleet a steady improvement in the < financial position of North Carolina t farmers. This can be attributed to several factors, among which are |t I improved farming practices, soil con- 1 iservation practices, and the market ! ing quota programs of the AAA. | "Conservation practices carried ( out in this state during the past sev- i oral years under the AAA program : have helped increase tin* per acre | ] yield of cotton and tobacco, two of 11 North Carolina's principal money :rops. Through tb? AAA marketing quota programs, farmer* have pro duced farm commodities In line with demand, and therefore have receiv ed better prices for their money mops. Removal of land from produc tion of these crops has made more land and labor available for produc tion of crops which were used on the farm." Recent figures show, he said, that per acre yields of cotton have in Ereased from about 250 pounds dur ing the 1928-32 period to more than 150 pounds in the past three years. Likewise, tobacco yields have been increased from 885 to 980 pounds per icre. Time Marches On And So Do Tax PENALTIES Pay Now & Save V penalty of onl\ five per eent is be ing eliarged on 1 11 taxes during the inontli of \ngiist. I>111 on September 1st the penalty will rise. Pay ymtr taxes during the remain ing days of August ami save the additional Cost. THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSTON pemlr W uiUk . ...? >y}.-' Let'? blast Japan?and Germany?and Italy?with the chain lightning of destruction that can be built from the scrap in our cellars, attics and garages, on our farms and in our places of business. Scrap iron and tteel, other metals, rubber and waste materials. It will all be used to make tanks, ships, planes and the fighting weapons our boys must have. It is needed it once. Sell it to a Junk dealer?give it to a charity or collection agency?take it yourself to the nearest collection point?or consult the Local Salvage Committee... If you live on a farm, and have found no means of disposing of your Junk, get in touch with the County War Board or your farm implement dealer. Throw YOUR ecrap into the fight! This message approved by Conservation Division WAR PRODUCTION BOARD The mjvertksmsst paid for by the America* UntHa Sa/vegm Commit!.. trsprmselleeQedtririthmdepreyUedby^mipselhadiagimtushlaleaiKarm). JUNK NEEDED FOR WAR Scrap Iron and Steel needed for all machines and arms of war. Fifty per cent of every tank, ship and gun is made of scrap iron and steel. Other Meta/s?Rubber? Rag*? Manila ffope?Bur/ap Baga Needed for making bombs, fuses, binoculars; planet; tires for jeeps; gas masks; barrage balloons; wiping rags for guns; parachute flares; insulation for elactrlo wiring. WASTE COOKINQ FATS?When you get a pound or more, strain into a large tin can and sell to your meat dealer. NEEDED ONLY IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES-Waste paoer and tin cans- wanted only in certain areas, as announced locally. NOT NEEDED (at this time)-Ra?or blades - glass. Local Salvage Committee- KILL SPIVEY, Local ami County Chairman TELEPHONE 315 WILLIAMSTON
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