War As It Relates
To Home Front Is
Reviewed for Week
(Continued from page one)
workers taken into the armed forces.
Under this plan, skilled miners or
other experienced workmen would
not be inducted until new workers
had been secured and trained for
their jobs.
The fuel situation in the East has
become more acute as cold weather
sets in. The number of those who
could change over from fuel oil to
coal and have failed to do so is an
indication of indifference to a very
grave situation. And in New Eng
land users of soft coal are slow to
stock up for the winter. Every ef
fort is being made to take the edge
off the fuel shortage. About 1,500
railroad tank cars will be released
for Eastern service on completion of
300 new 4.000-gallon petroleum trail
er trucks for use in the Middle West.
The movement of railroad tank cars
is being put under strict control,
with so-called "symbol" trains oper
ating on through schedules straight
from the oil fields to the East and
unloading time shortened to an av
erage of 15 hours.
Tire Inspections Underway
To meet possible coal shortages,
control has been extended to all ves
sels in the Atlantic coastwise coal
traffic. In addition, coal and heat-J
ing stoves have been rationed in the
fuel oil rationing area, first choice
on coal heaters going to household
ers who will use the new stove to
replace oil heating equipment. But
all these measures will still leave
the main part of the fuel-saving pro
gram up to the consumer, who must
employ every possible means of sav
ing fuel and tightening up living
quarters against the cold.
Tire inspection?an essential part
of rubber saving?now is in prog
ress throughout the country. All mo
torists must complete the record of
their first tire inspection by Janu
ary 31, 1943, and owners of com
mercial vehicles must be ready for
tire inspection by January 15?Mem- j
bers of car-sharing groups will not
be subject to insurance liability for
carrying passengers, through agree
ment with more than 200 compan
ies writing the bulk of automobile
liability insurance? After January
19, 1943, S0h\e 2V,UUv* items oi build
ers hardware will be reduced to 3,500
types, sizes, weights, and standards,
saving metyls and production costs
?Consumers of sugar and coffee
who eat 14 or more meals a week at
the same boarding house or restaur
ant must give up their ration book
one to the proprietors, but they will
get them back temporarily in order
to secure Ration Book Two?Matches
must be used sparingly, they use up
vast quantities of wood, besides be
ing needed by the armed forces ? j
An instrument has been developed
that will make it possible for blinci
persons to make precision inspec
tions of certain machine products? j
And a high-power "X-ray eye" is!
used to test die castings used in mak j
ing ammunition?New Year's Day |
will not be a holiday for war work
ers or government employees.
Women are draftsmen and lever
men qn railroads and they are want
ed as flagmen, gatemen, patrolmen, j
watchmen, foremen and section men.
Russians Pushing
\ A Third Offensive
Against The Nazis
(Continued from page one)
west of Buna, but they were ham
pered by Allied bombers.
High-ranking officials, including
Byrnes, Eastman and Henderson are
meeting this afternoon in Washing
ton to formulate new rules and reg
ulations for gas and fuel rationing
and for general transportation. Some
drastic changes are considered like
ly. Already the value of B arjd C
gas coupons has been reduced.
When sales were resumed Monday
morning, the A book coupon still had
its old value of three gallons per un
it, and the same value has been plac
ed on the B and C coupons.
County Court Made
Splendid Financial
Record Last Year
?
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mately twelve months on the bench,
the court handled a few over 400
cases. Seventy-five percent or 305
of the defendants either pleaded
guilty or were adjudged guilty upon
prosecution by Solicitor Paul D.
Roberson. Thirty-three persons, fac
ing the court, were adjudged not
guilty, and about 31 cases were nol
pressed when the evidence was con
sidered insufficient to support the
charges. Several other cases were
sent to the high courts for trial, and
two or three were remanded to the
lower and juvenile courts for at
tention.
A Denver, Col., bank vault, weigh
ing one ton, went to the city's scrap
drive.
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When Algiers Suffered First Nazi Air Raid
These buildings in Algiers were damaged by bombs dropped from German planes in the first raid which
the Nazis staged on the city after it was Occupfed by Allied forces. Damage was reported to be slight, as
the raid was in the nature of a "token" bombing. (Central Press)
Highest Award for Navy Hero
A citation by President Roosevelt is read by Admiral Ernest J. King,
commander in chief of the U. S. Fleet, who decorated Comm. Bruce
Mc(landless (left), 31, of Long Beach, Calif., with the Congressional
Medal of lionor on the deck of the battered cruiser San Fruncisco, on
the West ('oast. McCandless is the officer who, when his superiors were
killed, took command of the flagship and brought It through victoriously
in the naval battle north of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13. The cruiser sank
a Jup battleship, cruiser and destroyer. McCandless was wounded.
This is an official U. S. Navy photo. (Central Press)
Top-Scoring Pilot
This is the first photo taken of Capt.
Joseph Foss, U. S. Marine Corps
flier, since he was credited with be
ing the highest-scoring fighter pilot
of the Pacific Fleet. He shot down
22 Jap planes, including 16 Zeros,
during 50 flights covering six weeks
of combat service over Guadalcanal.
This is an oltlcial U. S. Navy photo.
(Central Press J
Law Limiting Hours
For Viine Stores Is
Asked by Grand jury
(Continued from page one)
owners.
We wisli to recommend that Hugh
G. Horton and Clarence W. Griffin
pass a law at next State Legislature
for all wine stores to observe same
regulations as A B.C. stores in re
gards to Sundays, holidays and clos
ing hours if the legislature legalizes
the sales of wine.
We checked Justice of Peace re
ports and find their reports filed
and funds remitted to the county
with exception of J. A. Davenport,
Hamilton; A. Corey, Jamesville, and
C. L. Nelson, Hassell, and it has been
reported that Mr. Nelson has been
sick for several months and is un
Prisoners Will Not
Go Hungry in North
Carolina Next Year
(Continued from page one)
perimented with at the Caledonia
prison farm.
On the brighter side of the ledger
is the intensified canning program
being carried out under the super
vision of Edgar L. Shearon, canning
expert with the prison department.
With prospects of harder times for
the future, Shearon has built up a
surplus store of canned vegetables
during the past two years, and if
cans are still'availablc, he expects to
can the crops as they are grown dur
ing the coming year.
Grain crops grown in the east will
supply the western camps, while
produce grown in western North
Carolina will be exchanged.
Already great strides have been
made in raising beef cattle and hogs
at Caledonia prison farm. Most pris
on camps have small numbers of
hogs as well as dairy cattle. In all
cases the number of livestock will
be increased to the peak capacity of
the particular camp. Poultry raising
is also in for a large increase in pro
duction.
"The state has entrusted the pris
on department with the responsibil
ity of keeping prisoners well fed,"
Pitts said, "and though it means
large numbers of the men will have
to be shifted to farm work, it is the
only way in which we can hope to
feed the thousands of hungry men
and women."
Ride sharing groups have been or
ganized in all of Connecticut's 469
war plants.
able to file any reports.
We visited the county prison and
found same in very good condition.
We visited the Register of Deeds'
office and found same in good con
dition. and all records and bonds in
good shape, and we wish to recom
mend that the Register of Deeds
present official bonds at next grand
meeting, as new official bonds are
In transit. The clerk advises all
guardian and administrators' bonds
I are solvent.
Special Agricultural
War Courses Offered
Three special short courses to train
women and girls, and draft-exempt
men and boys for war-time agricul
tural jobs will be offered by N. C.
State College, it is announced by Dr.
I. O. Schaub, dean of the School of
Agriculture. The courses will start
January 15 and will last for three
weeks.
Dean Schaub said that training
will be given in (1) Animal produc
tion, including the feeding and man
agement of all types of livestock, in
cluding dairy cattle; (2) meat cut
ting and merchandise; and (3) test
ing of milk and other dairy products.
The tuition fee will be only $5.00
for each of the courses, and applica
tions should be sent to Dr. A. O.
Shaw, head of the Animal Industry
Department, N. C. State College,
Raleigh. "Students" will be able to
obtain rooms off the campus, and
meals at nominal cost in the college
cafeteria.
The agricultural short courses, de
signed to relieve the labor shortages
caused by the war, were suggested
by Governor J. M. Broughton at a
conference with Colonel John W.
Harrelson, administrative dean of
State College, and Dean Schaub. The
Governor expressed special concern
over the shortage of trained labor on
dairy farms and in dairy processing
plants.
Dr. Shaw said that chain stores and
other food dealers have pledged
their cooperation in sending new
workers to the college for training
in meat cutting and merchandising.
"It is hoped," he said, "that a num
ber of women and girls will enroll
to learn the art of butchering to re
place men who have been called
from meat markets into the armed
Things To Watch
For In The Future
A substitute for household am
monia, becoming scarce, called "Ze
ro" . . Felt washers to slip over the
top of mason jars come canning
time and rubber rings are unobtain
able ... A new cleaning fluid in tab
let form. Known as "Tru-Clean,'
one merely drops whatever tablets
are required into a specific amount
of water.
Lincoln Farm Families Stay
Under Weekly Meat Ration
M. S. Roberts, assistant farm agent
of the N. C. State College Extension
Service, says Lincoln County farm
families have never averaged more
than 2 1-2 pounds of meat per per
son per week.
S ?
Only 12 American cities, including
New York and San Francisco, use
as much water in the course of a day
as is used daily by one of the big
new smokeless powder plants.
British Service Men
Assigned Homes For
The Holidays Here
(Continued from page one)
this than to spirits. But don't for a
moment imagine that their chief in
terest in life is concerned with what
they will get to drink. As a matter
of fact these are nice boys and I feel
sure that you will enjoy meeting
them. I'm so delighted to feel that
they are getting their Christmas and
New Year's in homes instead of the
Navy Yard, especially as most of
them have not been home for ages."
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Firemen Called Out
Last Saturday Night
Local volunteer firemen were call
ed out about 10 o'clock last Saturday
night when fire, starting under the
seat, threatened the destruction of
Frank Carstarphen's truck near the
Standard filling station. The fire did
very little damage.
It was the first call the firemen
have had during the current cold
weather. Apparently the population
is conserving fuel despite tempera
tures ranging as low as eight and ten
degrees.
Combines In Greene
County Increase In 1942
The number of combines in Greene
County increased from 14 to 34 this
year, according to J. W. Grant, as
sistant farm agent of the N. C. State
College Extension Service.
Buck Saunders, stationed with the
U. S. Army at Fort Eustis, Va., was
here last week-end.
Wants
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AMERICA NEEDS NURSES ?
Rocky Mount Sanitarium, Inc.,
Training School of Nursing. Fully
accredited. High school graduates of
an accredited school. Age 18 and ov
er. No tuition. Next class, February "
10, 1943. For information write the
Directress of Nurses, Rocky Mount
Sanitarium, Inc. Rocky Mount, N. C.
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garment. Suits, coats and dresses, U
cents, cash and carry. 69c delivered.
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FOR SALE ? FRESH EGGS AND
frying-size chickens. Available at
all times. V. G. Taylor's farm, Wil
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FOR SALE: NEW BUGGY HARN
ess, used less than half a dozen
times. Reasonable price. J. W. Gheen,
Wiliiamston. dl8-2t
WANTED ?TENANT FARMER TO
farm on halves, with enough help
to tend a 3-horse farm. C. H. Ayers,
Wiliiamston RFD 2. dl8-2t
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family. Address Box 503, Greenville,
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