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