Weekly War Review
For North Carolina
Gasoline Appeals?Farmers awn
ing trucks who wish to appeal their
mileage allowances under their cer
tificates of war necessity should see
their USDA war boards, according
to State OPA Rationing -Officer
Hance Hofler.
No Fireworks, Please?Christmas
should be celebrated without fire
works, says the North Carolina Of
fice of Civilian Defense. Powder
used in fireworks can be used to bet
ter advantage on Japs and Nazis,
says OCD.
Rations During Holidays?Persons
who sftnd the Christmas holidays
away uum their present place of
abode should take their ration books
with them if they hope to get sugar
or coffee while away, says John K.
Simmons, State OPA food rationing
officer. This applies to college stu
dents who have turned over their
books to their college dining halls.
Four Face OPA Charges?Bernice
Godwin, Lamar Johnson, J. E. Al
len and Earl Raynor, all of Dunn,
have been charged by the Office of
Price Administration with unlawful
possession of gasoline ration cou
pons. Godwin and Johnson are
charged also with unlawful trans
fer.
Rationing in Tarheelia?3,346,316
North Carolinians received War Ra
tion Book No. 1 during the initial
regstration for sugar rations. Hold
ers of Book No. 1 will be eligible to
receive Book No. 2 which will be
distributed early in 1943. Only 12,
77J No. 1 or sugar stamp sheets were
issued in this county during the first
registration.
Idle Tire Turn-ins?The Charlotte
warehouse of the Defense Supplies
Corporation has received 172,061
tires under the "idle tire" turn-in
plan. Nearly 8,000,000 tires have been
received by warehouses throughout
the nation.
In Butte, Mont., traffic fines may
be paid in scrap?25 to 50 pounds.
&
*
War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
(Continued from pafe one)
have had to file with their local
boards ceiling prices on fewer than
200 items of food, clothing, furni
ture, hardware, and fuel?all of them
of greatest importance in the family
expense budget. If extra time and
labor are involved in these opera
tions, they pay immense dividends
in the billions of dollars saved by
consumers. And everyone is a con
sumer.
Replacements Must Be Women
Employers of labor, on the other
hand, must keep detailed records of
their current labor supply in order
to meet production schedules?rec
ords as thoroughly itemized as those
for a military "task force." Next year
it is estimated, one out of every five
men now employed in war plants
will go into military service. A plan
?known as the "manning tables"
system ? has been worked out so
that this can be done without slow
ing war production. The plan involv
ed a listing of 35 necessary war ac
tivities and industries, a list of neces
sary jobs within each of these in
dustries, and preparation of sched
ules in each department of a war
plant or war-essential service show
ing just how long it will take to
train a new worker to replace one
taken into service.
Replacements must be women?
they will be needed to fill about 30
per cent of all war jobs?older men
and others not subject to the draft,
handicapped persons, and those who
previously have been denied em
ployment because of racial or other
prejudice. Under this plan, war
workers who would be called into
service may be deferred until their
places are filled by trained substi
tutes. But in order to avoid further
over-crowding in war industry areas
it is important that each locality
make use of its own local people for
war work. Rural workers seeking
war jobs should apply to the near
est office of the U. S. Employment
Service if there are no local war in
dustries, so that they can be sent to
places where there is the least con
gestion.
Planning Better Use of Labor
In the meanwhile, more efficient
use of our present labor force is be
ing developed through the work of
labor-management committees in
1,700 war plants?by means of pro
grams for training and upgrading
workers and a multitude of time-sav
ing operations. A labor-management
group, representing the railroads, is
working on a plan for temporarily
shifting labor from one road to an
othe to meet shortages, and another
plan calls for organizing a mobile
PENNIES
WANTED!
There is an acute shortage of pennies
throughout the country. If you have
u surplus on hand, kindly bring them
to us. We give you credit or rash for
them?or if you prefer we'll gladly is
sue a Bond for them.
BRING US YOUR PENNIES
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
WILLIAMSTON, N. C
Attention Motorists!
WE HAVE SEVERAL
Automobile Heaters
Alto
Anti - Freeze
Permanent Type
WAR TIRES
Grade Numbers 1, 2 and 3. All you
need to purchase one or more of these
tires is a certificate.
DIXIE MOTORS
INCORPORATED
WILLIAMSTON, N. G
Yes, Virginia, There Is a (Lady) Santa Claus
The manpower shortage has made itself felt right into the ranks of Christmas Santas, so'Mrs. Anna
Michaelson, mother of eight children, has decided to do her bit for many of the children who live in Union
City, N.J. She puts on her wig (left) before making an appearance in a home town store and (right) as
she looks when meeting the children. (Central I*res*)
Point Ration Book No. Two
Mr. and Mrs. America, this is the point war ration book number two
you'll receive early in 111-13. Under this system, coupons will be used to
?ecure rationed items. The point system of rationing has been used Suc
cessfully in "??)
f* Gave His Life
Re*. Clement M. Fslter, C.PP.S.,
formerly of St, Joseph's College,
Collegeville, Ind., ie the firet Ameri
can Catholic chaplain known to be
killed in the present offensive action
on foreign soil. Father Falter was
killed by enemy action while landing
with his men In North Africa.
(Central I'reet)
corpa of experienced farm workers,
aided by local volunteers, to meet
peak-season labor demands.
Traffic on the country's rural
roads in this first month of nation
wide mileage rationing is expected
to be 3S to 40 per cent less than a
year ago . . . Traveling salesmen en
gaged full time in the sale of prod
ucts essential to the war program
may receive up to 65 per cent of their
last year's gasoline consumption, or
a mileage of 8,600 miles a year,
whichever is less . . . More coal and
wood-burning stoves are being made
available for those who want to
change over from fuel oil heating
equipment . . . There'll be no war
time regulations imposed on Christ
mas trees, and war workers are ad
vised to make Christmas Day a hol
iday, if possible, since there have
been no other full holidays in war
production since the fight for free
dom began.
Christmas Dinner
In The Army Camp
Seymour Johnson Field, N. C. ?
Tons of turkey, together with 21 oth
er "fixin's" will vie with "whut mo
ther used to make" when men at
Seymour Johnson Field line up for
Christmas dinner.
To compensate for what will be
the first Christmas away from home
for many of the personnel at this
technical school, a tempting menu
has been prepared for the men who
are learning to take their places as
ground-crew members of the Army
A1r Forces Technical Training Com
mand The meal will be strictly a
pleasure cruise for the Army that
"travels on its stomach."
Tomato juice, noodle soup, crack
ers and shrimp cocktail will whet the
appetites for what's to come. With
the turkey will be served giblet gra
vy, sweet potatoes, fresh frozen
peas, whole kernel corn and the in
evitable cranberry sauce.
Over a ton of combination salad
will comprise the next course togeth
er with celery hearts. Fruit cake and
pumpkin pie with sliced cheese will
be offered for dessert. Parker house
rolls and raisin bread will take care
of the in-between bites, and coffee
will finish off the feast.
In case there is still room for more,
there will be a ton and a half of
mints on hand. And just to make the
whole thing complete, every man
will get a package of cigarettes. ,
?
Manufacturers of straight razors
are now turning out commando
knives.
TOPIH/fl
ie*'i
BUY WAR BONDS
Corey Family in U. S. Air Forces
The Corey family U wall upr?ilal in the U. S. Army all forces.
MaJ. Warner B. Corey (left), engineering offlcer at Boiling Field,
Washington, D. C., la ahawn congratulating the latest member of the
family to join Uncle Sam's sky soldiers. Left to right: MaJ. Corey,
Prta. Shsrrlll V, 18; Warner L., 84; Donald L., 80. MaJ. Corey, father
of the three air-minded boys, eras a nasal flier in World War I. The
entire family ia stationed at Boiling Field.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Motorists on Martin County
highways chalked up another
perfect record of operations last
weke, Highway Patrolmen
Saunders and Thompson stat
ing that all was quiet and with
out inicdent on the mam high
ways, by-ways and paths. And
so motorists travel toward the
end of another year with the
accident figures standing con
siderably below those of a year
ago. But a simple warning is
timely now that the holiday sea
son is at hand.
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.
50th Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Itam'ge
1042 0 0 0 $ 000
1941 3 0 0 300
Comparison To Date
1942 01 38 4 $ 7.808
1941 105 58 0 22,670
Fertilizers
American farmers'will be able to
get most of the fertilizer they need
to meet crop production goals next
year, according to the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
fluj/
W* BONOS
TOP THAT \0%\
William Smith In
Army 3,412 Strong
Atlanta, Ga.?You're in the Army
now, Mr, Jones. But . . which Mr.
Jones? For there were only 28,050
Mr. Jones in the last war, so, who
knows how many in this one? John
Jones doesn't help too much, for |
there were thousands of Johns, and
hundreds of those Johns had wives
named Mary, which wasn't much of
a help when the War Department
tried tracing down a Jones.
If you think there were a lot of
Jones', consider then the Johnstons,
53,200 strong, 2.000 of whom were1
named William. And the Smiths with j
51,900, among whom were 3,412 Wil
lies; the Browns with 48,000; the
Williams, 47,000; the Andersons, 22,
000; the Walkers, 18,500, and the Mil
lers 2,500.
What's in a name? Not much, ac
cording to the Army records, if it
isn't accompanied by a serial num
ber. And the War Department con
tinues to stress the importance of re
membering those serial numbers.
When you think of that man in the
service, think of his serial number
too, for without it he might not get
his mail and you might not get your
allotment, according to Colonel John
H. Bush, Army Emergency Relief Of
ficer, headquarters, Fourth Service
Command.
Colonel Bush pointed out the many
cases of mix-ups in allotment and re
lief checks due to improper state
ments of names, serial numbers,
rank and addresses, and he stated
that much time would be saved the
individuals and the government if
more care were taken in these mat
ters.
A scrap collection drive ir, Miner
al Wells, Texas, netted three million
pounds in three hours.
GlFB
All The Family
Vi c can outfit every Mingle member of'
the family with the finest gifts imagin
able. ..We even have giftM for the boys
in the service.
Ladies' Winter Coats
Vie still have a few WINTER COATS
left. Personally selected and made
from the finest materials.
OUR CONTEST WINNERS
For Saturday, December 12th
IhI Prize?PLUM JENKINS
2nd Prize?SHIRLEY COREY
Large Shipment of
COLONIAL SALT
f ine ? Medium ? Coarse, See us at once.
Martin Supply Co.
williamston, n. c.
FURMTURE
You Can Buy Furniture
From Our Stock for Less
Why pay more for your furniture when you eun net it here for
lett?? We have a building three Moricx high parked and jammed
with quality furniture. Vie have almont anything you eould wish
for in the furniture line. When Stopping in Willinnihton, make
it your huniiirhh to visit our store. We'll absolutely guarantee to
have you money on any piece of furniture bought in our store.
We have a large slock and many of the items we have for sale
cannot he duplicated in ?|nulity and workmanship. TRY IIS THE
NEXT TIME YOU BUY FURNITURE!
Don't buy elsewhere until you inspect our stock and
gel our prices. You can depend on this one import
ant matter ? We'll make the price right. Try Us!
NEW SHIPMENTS ARRIVING EACH WEEK
V
J. B. Cherry and Bro.
Successor to Gootl and Bad Furniture Co.
WIELIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.