State Aid Granted
Regional Libraries
For Second Period
Bookmobile To Make Sched
ule in County Five Days
Next Week
By MISS ELIZABETH HOUSE
(BHM Librarian)
Martin County should be con
gratulated for being one of the first
in the state to become eligible for
State-aid for public library service.
This was made possible through the
cooperation of Martin, Beaufort and
Hyde Counties. The three organiz
ed into what is now known as the
BHM Regional Library Association;
the first of its kind in the state with
full-time bookmobile service. The
counties own one of the 43 bookmo
biles now operating throughout the
state and share in the service to ov
er one million of the one and a half
million people without library serv
ice in 19400.
Wtih gas and tire rationing, peo
ple enjoy other forms of entertain
ment less and are turning to books
more and more. They find this rur
al service supplies them with books
for information, inspiration and rec
reation.
The bookmobile service begins its
second year in this county October
5th. During the first year, over 1400
books were purchased directly for
the county. Many were borrowed
from the library commission and
from WPA. In spite of a shortage of
books, the total circulation for this
first year was well over 14,000 vol
umes. Many of these were read sev
eral times while circulated to one
person.
Thus far the bookmobile has been
operated by WPA help under the di
rection of a trained librarian for the
region. The regular schedule now
made once each four weeks includes
21 public stops and all the schools
in the county.
mis service Is endeavoring to aid
with the distribution of War Infor
mation also. Materials on military,
industrial and civilian defense are
now available from the bookmobile.
Request for special materials are
welcomed. If the item is not owned
by the region, the librarian will try
to secure it from other agencies for
use in the county.
The schedule for next week fol
lows: Borrows will please note the
change in schedule. In order to serve
the schools, It is necessary for us to
return to the five day schedule used
last winter:
Monday: 9:15, C. B. Allen's Serv
ice Station; 9:30, Everett's Service
Station; 10:00, Hamilton school;
11:05, in front of Hamilton bank;
12:45, Gold Point school; 1:35, Jim
Johnson's Service Station; 2:10, Rob
ersonville Public Library.
Tuesday: 9:30, Hassell school;
10:20, Hassell Post Office; 11:15, Oak
City school; 1:05, Wilbur Barrett's
drug store; 1:45, Smith's store on Pal
myra road.
Wednesday: 9:00, Williamston high
school; 9:45, Everetts school; 10:35,
J. S. Ayers store, Everetts; 11:30,
Cross Roads church; 12:30, Element
ary school, Robersonville; 1:45, Rob
ersonville high school; 2:30, Parmele
post office.
Thursday: 9:00, Williamston Ele
mentary school; 11:00, Farm Life
school; 12:45, Smithwick's Creek;
1:15, Corey's Cross Roads; 2:00, Bear
Grass school; 3:00, Terry Bros, store.
Friday: Jordan's store, Dardens;
10:25, Browning's store; 11:00, Ange
town intersection of road; 11:30,
Poplar Chapel church; 12:45, James
ville school; 2:20, Brown's store,
Jamesville.
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Interesting Bits Of
Business In U. S.
Hardly any major field of produc
tion?in manufacturing, mining, or
farming? can boast freedom from
man-power shortage problems now.
They are cutting heavily into many
a retail business and service estab
lishment, too ... Henry Kaiser's Ore
gon Shipbuilding company shatter
ed all shipbuilding records with a
10-day Job on a Liberty boat, whoae
launching preceded by four days Mr.
Kaiser's first anniversary in the
ship construction business . . . Ma
chine tool production of National
Acme company has increased 700
per cent since 1939 . . . Nearly 10
per cent of New Hampshire's auto
service stations have closed . . . Car
negie-Illinois Steel is recalling its
pensioners and allowing workers
who otherwise would be retiring at
65 to stay on the Job, as a step tow
a^^wlvini^h^nan-powe^roblem.
Patrol Plane Dives For Goseup of Sinking Ship
This is a Douglas A-20 bomber-fighter on the north Atlantic patrol flying in a wide circle to get a better
look at the hulk of a merchantman rapidly breaking up on a reef. These planes patrol the Atlantic con
stantly at a cruising speed of 300 m.p.h. Much of their flying is at heights of between 10 and 50 feet
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I Peanut Harvesting
New Job For Many
North Carolina farmers, growing
peanuts for the first time this year,
will profit by following approved
methods of harvesting, as described
by Dr. E. R. Collins, agronomy ex
tension leader of N. C State College.
Experienced peanut growers use
stack poles about thrbe inches in
diameter and eight to nine feet long,
he says. These poles are set two feet
in the ground with cross pieces three
feet long nailed at least 18 inches
above the ground.
Three important things should be
remembered when the stack poles
are used: First, cross bars are from
18 to 20 inches from the ground; sec
ond, shake all dirt from the nuts be
fore placing on the stack; and third,
stack plants with the nuts against
the pole, keeping the center of the
stack higher than the edges.
Dr. Collins said the stack is
brought to a peak at least 18 inches
above the top of the pole. It is sug
gested that the stack be capped with
building paper and grass or straw
to guard against water damage.
The State College agronomist ex
plained that peanuts are ready for
harvest when most pods are filled
and when the inside of the hulls
turns dark and veins show. Peanuts
are plowed up when the plant is
dry.
Then dirt is shaken from the roots
and the plants allowed to remain on
the ground until the leaves wilt. This
usually takes from three to four
hours. After this, the peanuts are
stacked.
Stack poles should be scattered
widely over the field to avoid group
ing, and large stacks should be
avoided. Peanuts left in the stacks
cure in from four to seven weeks, de
pending on the weather.
New Plastic Mask
Various war plants are now using
plastics in industrial masks in an
effort to cut down accidents that
slow up production. June Barnett
is pictured in Los Angeles wearing
one of the new masks with plastic
?yeguards and dust respirator. For
protection against various fumes
different filters may be used with
the respirator.
(Central Preu)
War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
Increased labor costs and the un
controlled prices of farm products
are exerung sieauy pieMuie ngajiaL
price ceilings. From January, 1941,
through May, 1942, unit labor costs
in American industry went up 1.1
per cent a month. Prices received by
the farmers, on the other hand, went
up 85 per cent between August, 1939
and August, 1942, while prices paid
by farmers rose only 22 per cent In
the same period. In our attack on
our enemy?high living costs? we
cannot, as Navy Ordnance Chief
Blandy said of U .S. forces in the Pa
cific, hold the balance of striking
power "by merely holding. We've
got to keep pushing ..." Farm pro
duction in 1942 is expected to be 15
per cent higher than in any previous
peak year, but it will have increas
ing handicaps from labor shortage,
inadequate supplies of farm machin
ery and equipment, fertilizers, in
secticides and other materials ... By
January 1, 1943, all war production
will be geared to the most gigantic
job of scheduling ever attempted.
But the President has warned us
that we must strip our civilian econ
omy to the bone, if we are to do out
full share toward winning the wai
for freedom.
The 42nd Week
Of The War
(Continued from page one)
islands announced. Reinforcements
and supplies have reached the Ma
rines U. S. Army Bomber Com
mander Eaker in London stated U.
S. and British airmen will work to
gether in day and night raids to give
Germany a long winter of bombing.
He said, "I believe it is possible to
destroy the enemy from the air.
There is hardly a corner of Germany
we cannot reach."
War Production
Maritime Commission Chairman
Land, in a progress report to Pres
ident Roosevelt, said that from Sep
tember 27, 1941, through September
deliveries of completed ships total
ed 488, aggregating about 5,450,000
deadweight tons.
"September deliveries to date to
tal 90 ships of approximately one
million deadweight tons, an average
of three ships a day . . . Schedule de
liveries for the remaining three
months of 1942 should bring us to
the 8,000,000.ton goal of your di
rective," Admiral Land told the
President. He also said the 1943 di
rective of 16,000,000 deadweight tons
"appears reasonably certain of ac
complishment."
War Production Chairman Nelson
said "right now approximately 40
per cent of our entire production is
going for war By the middle of next
year that proportion has got to be
around 60 per cent." WPB Vice
Chairman Knowlson said at present
war production is three and one-half
times that of 10 months ago. "We're
beginning to recognize the truth of
the situation, to know we've been be
hind the eight-ball," he said.
Transportation
WPB Chairman Nelson directed
the Office of Defense Transportation
to set up a priorities system gov
erning movements and use of all
tank cars, with priorities to be giv
en, first, to shipments of materials
for the Army, Navy, Maritime Com
mission and the Lend-Lease admin
istration; second, to 390 specifically
listed chemicals, foods and other es
sential products; and third, to pe
troleum and petroleum products in
to the Eastern shortage area.
The ODT said congestion on rail
and bus lines over the week-end is
still growing. Weekly passenger
travel must be shifted from the
week-end to the middle of the week
by at least another 8 per cent, the
office said.
Food Requirement*
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
said that unless the nation acts
promptly und with energy "our food
situation will become serious . . . our
supply is rapidly diminishing." He
outlined a six-point program to help
alleviate the farm labor shortage. In
cluded were proposals to retain on
farms as many as possible of the ex
perienced managers who understand
year-round farm operation, to trans
port workers to farms, and to use
greater numbers of women and
young people on farms. He estimated
agriculture would lose 1,000,000
workers between July 1, 1942, and
July 1, 1643, if an 8,000,000-man
army is mobilized by the latter date.
In order to implement the wartime
meat program, the WPB food re
quirements committee: (1) placed the
limit of total packer-deliveries dur
ing the last quarter of 1942 at the
following percentages of such deliv
ies during the final quarter of 1941
-beef and veal 80 per cent, lamb and
mutton 95 per cent, and pork, 75 per
cent. The committee asked all civil
ians to hold their meat consumption
to 2 1 -2 pounds per person per week.
Printing Prices
The OPA set ceiling prices for the
sales of 175 printed products, as
well as for the printing services used
in producing them. The regulation
covers services for and sales of such
articles as greeting cards, loose-leaf
binders and fillers, tablets, pads,
composition books, etc. The articles
and services listed by the regulation
are exempt from all price control,
however, when sold by printers
whose total gross sales in 1941 ol
printing and printed paper products
were $20,000 or less. The regulation
covers about 25 per cent of the in
dustry's $2,500,000 volume of busi
ness.
The army issued a call for 3-A men
up to and including the age of 44 to
volunteer for anti-aircraft officer
training. A nationwide quota of 50fl
such candidates per month was set
for the anti-aircraft school at Camp
Davis, N. C. Selective Service local
boards will supply detailed Informs
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-Ke wants tcr know.
When your house ketches fire, and
you calls ther fire-patrol, do you
means fer 'em to smuther it down,
or do you means fer 'em to put ther
durn thing out?
Arthur B. Gillam, of Windsor, N.
C., writin in ther News and Observ
er on ther German People, talks lak
he's gittin tough towards ther pesky
pikers that keeps pickin at ther peace
of ther world. Fact is, Arthur aint
gittin tough. Arthur has dun gone
got tough, and ther tougher hes got,
ther righter he be. He dont charge
nor credit all this here hell-stink to
Hitler and his Hi-command, but lays
ther power and ther will, right on
ther German people as a whole. Ef
thay-all want willin, thay wouldnt
be puttin in ther power, and Mr Hit
ler would be a paper-hanger right
on. But thays never bin a German
yit that ceeded anybody-else ther
light to hav a pinion difrunt frum
thay own, caus thar aint no listners
in thay make-up, thay air all?you
hear-me's?so ther tougher you gits
with 'em, ther better you air to 'em.
And when thay throws up thay hands
and hollers Kam-rad, hit means thay
air a-hopin to save thay hides frum
ther horrable things thay would like
to be doin to you And when ther A1
lies marches into thay holy-land and
dont make a bone-yard outn evry
square-inch of it, thay air disgracin
evry boy thats bit ther dust fer free
doms sake, dyin with ther hope that
them thats left berhind mout polish
off ther job; and ef thay dont, then
thay air jest layin a nuther nest-egg
fer a-nuther hul-a-baloo, fer a-nu
ther gineration of boys to bite sum
mo dust. So?
Hurrah fer ther ire, of rathy Ar
tliur Gillam, He's got ther will to kill
'em; No pussy-footin still 'em; Less
en it be in Satan's fire.
tlon, the Army said.
War Secretary Stimson announced
the Canadian-Alaskan military
highway will be ready for use about
December 1st, several months ahead
of schedule. Ballot applications have
been sent to soldiers overseas and in
army camps in this country, the War
Department announced. The Depart
ment said members of the Army
Nurse Corps will not be permitted
to resign because of marriage unless
replacements are available.
Navy Secretary Knox announced
a new navy recruiting drive, ending
October 3, in connection with the
launching of the new aircraft car
rier Lexington September 28. A new
training station for Seabees (Navy
Construction Battalions) accommo
dating 26,008 officers and men and
constituting the Navy's largest con
struction training station, will be
gin operation about October 15 on
the York River naer Williamsburg,
Va.
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War Production
Affects Electricity
American industry has been de
pending more and more heavily on
electric power for many years, but
with the nation's entry into the
world-wide production race the con
sumption has been leaping like one
of those man-made lightning bolts.
Figures released by one major war
goods producer, Pullman-Standard
Car Manufacturing company, for
three of its plants are typical of the
coast-to-coast trend. One plant had
been closed-down freight car works
before it began making army trans
port plane wings, so power consump
tion in that case went from zero to
several hundred thousand kilowatt
hours. At the plant at Butler, Pa.,
power use has zoomed tiOO per cent
since ordnance work began, and at
the Hammond, Ind., works the boost
has been 1,600 per cent. Known
mostly in peactime as a builder of
streamlined trains, this company is
also a major producer of freight cars
for peace or war. Bight now 95 per
cent of its facilities are in war work.
More Care Advised
For Fall Pig Crop
This fall's bumper pig crop holds
possibilities of increased trouble for
North Carolina farmers unless they
can give greater care and attention
to each litter, says Dr. C. D. Grin
nells, veterinarian of the Agricultur
al Experiment Station at N. C. State
College.
More pigs generally mean less at
tention per pig, the veterinarian
poffited out. Yet fall weather condi
tions are ideal for a great number
of swine disease complications.
Every hog house should be disin
fected thoroughly, well bedded, and
ventilated properly. Precautions
should be taken to prevent pigs from
piling up at night, with consequent
chilling in the morning.
Sunless days in the late fall in
crease the danger from rickets and
vitamin deficiency diseases. Rations
should be checked with this danger
in view, the State College livestock
authority advised. Wet weather al
so increases the threat of pneumonia
and influenza. Proper housing and
prompt control measures in case of
sickness are the best steps against
these two destructive killers.
Dr. Grinnells also observed that
there has been ?n increase in fall
outbreaks of hog cholera in the past _
few years. In view of this apparent
upward trend in the cholera fycle,
all fall pigs should be vaccinated by
a veterinarian around weaning
time.
"There is no object in having larg
r farrowings and ending up with
fewer pigs saved from each litter,"
Dr. Grinnels said. "Yet this may hap- *
pen easily on many farms unless the
owners make up their minds to
watch their fall pig crop more close
ly, and to take every precaution to
overcome the various diseases and
risks which always threaten."
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Visits Here Wednesday
Mrs J L. Hoffler. of Windsor, vis
ited here Wednesday.
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Last Call For
TAXES
WE AHE NOW PREPARING THE
ADVERTISING LIST FOR DELINQUENT
TAXES
For Tlic
County of Martin
WHICH WILL BE ADVERTISED
OCTOBER 9th, 1942.
Save Additional Cost By
Paying Your Delinquent
Taxes As Promptly As
Possible
L. M. PEEL
Tax Collector.