TOWN and FARM ft in WARTIME (M Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION MEATS, FATS ? Brown stamps T, W, and X are good through Jan uary 26. Brown stamp Y become? good February 13 and remains g^oc' through March 20. Waste kitchen fats are redeemed at two ration points plus four cents a pound. PROCESSED FOOD ? Green ?tamps G, H, and J in Book Four ?re good through February 20 Green stamps K, L, and M are good through March 20. SUGAR ? Stamp No. 30 in Book Four is good for five pounds through March 31. Stamp No. 4^ In Book Four is good for five founds of canning sugar through February 28, next year. GASOLINE ? A-9 coupons are good through May & TIRE INSPECTION DEAD LINE ? For A-coupon holders, March 31, and for B and C coupon kolders, February 28. FUEL OIL ? Period -3 coupons are good through February 21 in the South and through March 13 In all other area. Period 4 cou pons are good in all areas through September 30. Period 5 coupons ?re good in the Middle West and South and remain good through September 30. SHOES ? Stamps No. 18 in Book One and No. 1 on the airplane sheet In Book Three are each good for ?Be pair. INCOME TAX ? March 15 is deadline for filing returns. Earlier ftling is desirable. TRUCKS MOVE 98% OF FARM CROP Largely as a result of the co operation of farmers and truck operators with the transportation conservation plan, about 1,600,000 motor trucks, mostly farmer-own ed, moved 98 per cent of last year's huge farm crop at some stage of When Your Back Hurts And Your Strength and Energy Is Below Par It may be caused by disorder of kid ney function that permits poisonous waste to accumulate. For truly :nany people feel tired, weak and miserable when the kidneys fail to remove exccsa acids and other waste matter from the blood. You may suffer nagging backache,, rheumatic paina, headaches, dizziness, Setting up nights, leg pains, swelling, ometimea frequent ana scanty urina tion with smarting and burning is an other sign that something is wrong with the kidneys or bladder. There should be no doubt that prompt treatment ia wiser than neglect. Ubo Doan'f Pill*. It is better to rely on a medicine that has won countrywide ap proval than on something lees favorably known. Doan'i have been tried and test ed many veara. Are at all drug stores. Get Doan b today. D0ANS Pi LLS the journey from farm to market. NO METAL ICE BOX IN NEAR FUTURE Production of pre-war models of ill-metal domestic ice refrigerators will not be resumed in the near fu ture, mainly because reversion would involve a long change-over period. The hardboard and wood war-model is now being produced it almost four times the pre-war rate. . FOOD FOR U. S. CIVILIANS Civilians in the United States will have more frcz2n vegetable? during the next five months as a result of an expected all-time rec ord high production. AGRICULTURAL CONSERVA TION PROGRAM The 1944 program for U. S. agricultural conservation practic es, designed to guide six million farm families in getting maximum production from their land, ha? been announced by WFA. Among the most important practices are those dealing with application of lime and phosphate, which give the soil greater "fire-power," imme diately boosting production at low cost. LESS PAPER FOR PACKAGES Fewer package wrappings will be available for retail shoppers this year. Shortage of wood pulp for paper-making will not permit a normal supply. There will be enough bags for assorted groceries, WPB said, if housewives save these bags artd take them back to stores for their own re-use. WPB also advised that the shopping bag with handles must be used many^times to substitute for individual package wrappings. LIFE-SAVING TRAINING PAYS OFF Intensive training in life-saving enabled American merchant sea man of the SS Monterey to rescue 1,675 survivors of a torpedoed troop transport in the Mediterranean, ac cording to the War Shipping Ad ministration. Some of the 1,977 persons aboard the transport were saved by other craft, and only four persons were lost. GERMAN IT-BOATS LOSE THEIR PUNCH The amount of merchant ship tonnage sunk by German U-boats during January was among the lowest monthly figures for the whole war, according to a joint Anglo-American statement issued last week by the Office of War In formation. ROUND-UP Because of an increased demand for electric fence controllers, a substantially greater amount of Get Our * SIX STAR SERVICE SPEC/A I'TODAY j ?and keep your car or truck serving you I and the U.S.A. for the duration m & Today, it's more important than ever before to keep your car in A-l condition at. all times* ... Here are six things you should have done immediately and regularly to make your car run belter? last longer? serve for the duration. ... Come in today. Let us give your car this "Six-Star Service Special.** Let us help you to "save the wheels that serve America." Let's All Back the Attack! BUY WAR BONDS * Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Company EAST MAIN STREET Citation ?iven Local Woman For Faithful Service ? The Signal Corps has ju*t aw arded Mrs. M. Pauline AVarrer Wells an emblem for faithful ser vice for a period of six months M rs. Wells is the daughter of Mrs. Paul Warren, of Sylva. The letter accompanying the ci tation from Col. W. Preston Cord erman, read in part: "In accordance with authority delegated to me by the Secretary of War and by the Chief Signal Offi cer, I present you with the attach ed emblem for faithful service. "This emblem is awarded to in dicated officially that you havr over a period of six consecutive months, rendered faithful servic to the War Department. I hop that you will consider this awan1 as a recognition of the important part that you are playing in th accomplishment of our assigned mission. "Your continuing cooperation to effect the accomplishment of ou mutual task is deeply appreciated. Singing Convention To Meet Sunday, Feb. 20 The New Savannah Singing Con vention will hold it's monthly meet ing at the New Savannah schoo1 February 20th at two o'clock. Theo dore Sisk and quartet from Tococa, Ga., have promised to sing. The public is cordially invited to attend. these devices will be produced in he year ending June 30, 1944, thar in any previous year, WPB said. Manufacture of packing trunks with iron and steel frames, is per mitted for^civilian use, WPB an nonced. This year civilians in the United States will get about 6 out of every 100 pounds of evapo rated milk, 158 million pounds o' dried skim milk, and 19 million pounds of dried whole milk, WFA announced. These quantities ar less than the amounts received by civilians last year. Broom produt tion is seriously curtailed becaus* of acute shortages of broomcorr and handles, WPB reports, and broom handle production may even continue to decline. OPA has re duced the ceiling prices of fresh sliced codfish four to four and one half cents per pound in winter anr three cents per pound in summer Total U. S. war casualties as re porded by OWI February 9 wer 150,478, including 34,179 dead, 5 , 292 wounded, 34,746 missing, 30 261 prisoners of war. A shortage or large size tires may delay putting into use some of the newly com pleted farm tractors, accord'ng t' t^e Tractor Industrv Advisor Committee of WPB. Hosiery deal ers cannot force a customer whr wants to buy fine guage women' rayon rosiery to also buy coarse? or heavier guage women's hosiery OPA says. GETS MEAT POINTS FOR USED FATS MRS. VINCENT ASTOR, New York society woman, takes advantage ol the government's ofTer of giving civilians two meat ration points for every pound of used fat they turn back to butchers. This fat produces the glycerine necessary for the making of munitions. ( Inter iticmal) Forum Will Be Held On 18th At Cullowhee Church Members of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, a National orga nization in the fie Id of Education, ire sponsoring a forum to be held 'n the social rooms of the Metho dist church of Sylva, on Friday, February 18th, at 7: 30 p. m. The opic for discussion will be, "Guid 'ng~ the Adolescent." Merrbers of all the community organizations, and any interested lartirs are invited to attend th;s meeting and to participate in the 'iscussion of the problem of caring for our youth. Invitations are being extended o tve Parent Teacher Associations if Cullowhee, East La Porte, Web. -ter, Sylva, Dillsboro, Beta, and others; the Women's Federated ?lubs of Cullowhee and Sylva; the Rotarians and Lions Clubs; and he United Daughters of the Con federacy. The meeting is open to all inte ?ested parties. Early Planting Saves On Labor "Time" is one of the most impor lant elements in the farm produc vion schedule and it doesn't cost anything. Extension farm management specialists at State College sug Test that with corn, for example, he early breaking of the land, the application of ,'JOO pounds of fer il'zer per acre ahead of planting, and the preparation of a gocd seed bed, so as to get the crop in th? ground at the "right time" in early ?prine, will not only result in larg ^r yields but will also help to save in labor. Corn planted in a good, well pre pared seed bed has less chance of getting "In The Grass." Three hun Ired pounds of a high analysis fertilizer per acre at planting quickly "kicks the crop to knee high" so that it can be worked cu vithout interfering with the cash crop, when they must be given first consideration. Under average c n clitions, early planted corn has a better opportunity of making a good crop than that planted later The farm management specia lists also suggest slight shif s in ^rr,p acreages, which will add to he labor requirements in the o^ months and lessen the needed lab?r it pezk periods. Sowing lespe rleza in small grains now rather 'han a crop of cowpeas or soybeans 'his summer, may be a step in the right direction for gome growers. Another grower may dee'de tc nut in a few acres of sweet pota toes for the market and for hog State College Hints By Ruth Current, State Horn. Demonstration Agent N. C. State College. I Mud stains, especially on chil dren's clothes, are among the most frequent clothes cleaning problems in spring time. Mud stains are n~t ? difficult to remove if dealt with I promptly and properly. I Clothing specialists advise let ting the mud dry, then brush off as much as possible with a stiff brusi If the mud is on a wash garment soak in clear cold water then wash with soap and warm water. If the garment is not washable-, sponge the stain with denatured alcohol For rayon and colored clothes use | diluted alcohol. Twice as much | water as alcohol is the proportion. Mud often does more damage to leather than to fabric. If left to dry on shoes it may make a per manent stain. It should be re moved at once with a wet cloth or stiff brush. Polish shoes when dry. . No ironing. After washing over- ! alls in soapy water, rinse twice but I only wring out the first water. Hang on the line dripping wet. Yru will be surprised how smooth thny will be when dry. I wash my cot ton gloves this way. Does your pressure canner need to be repaired? If so, now is the time to send it back to the factory Manufacturers of pressure canners say that they can handle repair jobs on Canners faster before pro- j duction of 1944 canners gets into full swing. Repair parts will be available for all standard makes of 'canners. Don't return your can ner to the factory, if it can be re paired ?t home. The National Food Conference, recently held in Chicago, recom mended only steam pressure cin ning for all the low-acid vegetables and moults. Freedom of spe ch does not mean careless talk! Be the secret great or small the safq rule is don't tell it at all! A torpedo goes where it is point ed, don't poin the enemy's torpedos by car: less conversation! One of your big jobs is the safe guarding of military information; handle it well! feed. "There are many opportunities for increasing production through doing more farm jobs 'On Tim?' and changes can be made that will result in the saving of considerable labor," the Extension specialists point out. - q? VryP " SPECIAL COFFEE W,?SS> For Relieving Miseries ol Childrens Colds More than two generations ago ? in "an dm other's day ? mothers hrst dis overed Vicks VapoRub. Today it is he mos>t widely used home- remed y for jlieving miseries of children's colds, n j here is the reason . . . :*he moment you rub VapoRub on .c throat, chest and back at bedtime t starts to work two ways at once ? and keeps on working for hours ? to case coughing spasms, help clearxon gestion in cold-clogged upper breath ing passages, relieve muscular soreness or tightness. It promotes restful sleep Often most of the misery of the cold is gone by morningl That's why VapoRub is so good to use when coke strike. Try itl A Friendly Tij When you or your friends are in Waynesvilk, be sure to get some of . . . Pearce' s B etter Baked Goods PEARCE'S BAKERY Main Street ? Waynesville, N. C. TO GO ROUND THE V. - | pMtassm/tm tmrnmrnmmmm ? So that our soldiers, sailors, and marines everywhere can get their Camels fresh? Camels are packed to go round the world, to seal in that famous Camel flavor and mild ness anywhere. The Camel pack keeps your Camels fresh, too? pre serving for you the full flavor of Camel's costlier tobaccos. m \\V. t'A:: W I With men la the Army, Navy, Marin* Corps, and ^ ^ Coa&t Guard, the favorite cigarette is Camel. (Based Ml wtual sales recants.) Proper Fit Puts Spring In Your Step Natural Bridge Styles and materials that know no season . . . wear them now and through Spring . . . $5.45 Reqoires Ration Stamp 44 Loafers" A good little shoe that doubles for work and sport. . . . Brown only . . . $2.48 to $3.95 Requires Ration Stamp Oxfords School shoes designed to take it. . . . Protect your feet with shoes that keep their shapes. . . ? Brown and black. . ? . $2.48 to $3.95 Requires Ration Stamp Play Shoes Are Not Rationed Newest For 1944 Made For Comfort . . . Style and Long Wear. $1.98 to $3.95 All Sizes and Colors. . . ? Also Children's Sandals. Belk's Dept. Store ?The Home of Better Values'* MAIN STREET SYLVA, N. C. i . IT J