"ESSENTIAL" AND |
"CRITICAL" DRAFT
GUIDES.
War Manpower Commission
For Selective Service Revise
And Clarify Draft Rules
The guides set up by the War Man
power Commission for Selective Ser
vice in inducting men in the 26 thru
2S age group make a nice difference
between the "essential" industrial
employment and that which is con
sidered as "critical" to the war pro
duction program. Most smaller com
munities (excepting mining and spe
cialized manufacturing towns) which
ire closely related to their agricul
tural areas, will find that most of
"the men in the affected age group
fall in vthe category of "essential"
employment when they work in such
fields as the following:
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES: Com
mercial poultry hatcheries, seed' pro
cessing, animal breeding, crop dis
ease protection services, initial pro
cessing services of compressing,
threshing, cleaning, shelling, curing
and the like, irrigation services, farm
repair end maintenance services,- cus
tom and grist milling and ice harvest,
ing. No "critical" employment is listed
under the WMC guide for agricultural
services. The production of packaging
materials for shipping and preserving
essential products is also listed as an
essential class of employment.
In the category of "critical" em
ployment, as it may affect the draft
status of citizens of non-industrial'
smaller towns, is listed such work as
the repair of automobiles, buses,
trucks, tractors and farm equipment.
However, it is intended that in the
category of repair services considera
tion be given only to individuals
qualified to render all-round repair
services on the types of equipment
included in the essential list. Typfcs
ot repair service other than the above
are deemed "essential;"
In the field of health and welfare
services the critical classification is
applied to physicians, sUrgeons, den
tists, oculists, osteopaths, sanitary en
gineers, veterinarians enagged in
iarm live stock treatment, medical,
dental and optical labories, pharma
ceutical services, hospitals, nursing
services, and institutional cai%. Into
the "essential" class go mortuary ser
vices, auxiliary civilian welfare ser
vices to the armed forces, welfare
services to civilians, church activities,
accident and lire prevention services
and structural pest control services.
Only educational service considered
critical is the United States Maritime
Strvice Training Program; most oth
ers are listed as essential services.
In the forestry and lumbering fields
the only critical classifications .arc
those of timber tracts and logging
camps, cutting of pulpwood, wood
ior tanning extract, sawmills, veneer
and planing and plywood mills.
v Substantial^, the guide system set
up bj WmC, which is in accordance
-with the directive to Selective Ser
vice by the Director of War Mobiliza
tion and Reconversion, James F.
Byrnes, reflects the intensified de
mands on American resources of men
and materials to wage the war, and
the fact that the past years of war
have absorbed the more readily avail
able resources.
War Expenditures At New iHgh
Evidence of the demands of a vast
war effort is the fact that in Decem
ber, according to the Treasury De
partment and the War Production
Board, ww expenditures averaged
9813,400,000 a day ? a new high for
(he daily outlay. The daily rate last |
month was 14.8 per cent higher than
in November.
Consumer Front Little Changed
% The consumer front remained little
changed with continued tight ration
ing controls by way of fairer distrib
ution of limited wartime supplies . . .
Most consumers recognize that 1945
will be a "tight" year for most com
modities . . . Retail prices on smoked
porked loins and loin cuts have been
cut by OPA by one to two cents a
pound and retail cent-per-pound
ceiling prices were established on
both kosher and non -kosher cooked
corned beef briskets . . . Owing to the
critical manpower situation in the
Mansfield, Ohio, area, Westinghouse
Efiaetric 6c Manufacturing Co., vol
untarily stopped output of electric
irons nn its factory there (half of an
authorized 157,000 irons had been
completed) . . . Every town, every
business district is asked by the Gov
ernment to turn off advertising signs,
dim illumination and use electricity
sparingly to save coal for winning the
war.
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Pearl Harbor Today
PEARL HARBOR, T. H.? The scene
of America's first setback also has
ibeen the scene of the nation's equally
significant triumph ? Pearl Harbor
Way Yard, Uncle Sam's greatest ship
repair center. It is the locale of in
credible accomplishments in under
water salvage, reconstruction, and
refitting of w^r craft. It is the nerve
f
capt. Harold Stallcup Uets Third Cluster
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Captain Harold K. Stallcup, flight
commander with a heavy bomber'
group of the Eight Air Force in Eng
land, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stall
cup, of Whittier has been awarded* a
third Oak Leaf Cluster to his air
medal according to a dispatch re
ceived here.
The citation accompanying the
award read in part: "The courage,
skill, and coolness displayed by Capt.
Stallcup while participating in sus
,1 - x.' I >? ,?J
tained combat operations over enemy
occupied continental Europe reflects
credit upoon himself and the armed
forces of the United States.
A graduate of Swain County High
School, Capt. Stallcup attended Bre,
vard College before entering the ser
vice in February, 1943.
"His wife, the former Miss Nancy
Blanton, and twin sons are residing
v/ith her parents in Ellenboro. N. C.
Stallcup is standing at right in
group.
center of the United States Pacific
Fleet. It is the home of the city of
ships, .the heartbeat of the mightiest j
nautical power in the world's history. I
Because the Navy Yard workers
feel a personal obligation to enlarge
on the yard's many distinctions, they
have registered other spectacular ac
complishments too, the Navy Depart
partment reports. They take pride
in the fact that for some time the Pearl '
Harbor Navy yard has averaged longer j
? work weeks and more overtime than
I
any of the 10 yards in the United
States. In addition, they point out !
j that 95 per cent of the employes in- |
vest in War Bonds, with purchases
'averaging $1,000,000 a month. !
Pearl Harbor has had a colorful
i, history. It began 57 "years ago when'
! King Kalakaua granted . the United
j States exclusive rights for its use as
| a coaling and repair station for Amer- 1
j ican vessels. It was not until 1905,1
SPEEDWELL NEWS
| Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morrison and
family from Knoxville, Tenn., were
week-end visitors of Mrs. Oscar Ashe.
Mr. Alden Wilkes from Fontana is
spending a few days with his parents,
il?Ir. and Mrs. John Wilkes,
j Mr. and Mrs. Noland Adams and
I small son were week-end guests of
I Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pressley. Mr.
?Adams is employed in the ship-yard
I Sat Brunswick, Ga.
I Mr. Logan Taylor and Grover
, I Ashe, who were sent to Camp Croft
for physical examination for the
armed forces, have returned home.
, Both were accepted and will report
for duty after having a 21 -day period
at home.
Mrs. Jim West and son, and Miss
Mildred Wilkes visited their parents.
Both are employed in Waynesville.
The Baptist Missionary Society met
with Mrs. Bonnie Hopkins on Sun
day, Jan. 28. Several members were
present.
Mrs. Jim West has received a mes
sage stating that her husband, Pvt?
Jim West, has been slightly wounded
in action. Pvt. West, who is with
aii Infantry Unit in France, was
formerly employed by Velt's Cafe,
Sylva. His wife, the former Miss
Velma Wilkes, lives at Waynesville.
David Woodard has been given a
medical discharge from the U. JS.
Army.
Pvt. C. C. Hooper, son of Rev. and
Mrs. D. C. Hooper, of Erastus has
been given a medical discharge from
the armed forces. Pvt. Hooper has
been in the Pacific area for some time
where he has seen and taken part in
active combat duty.
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I QUALLA NEWS
Mrs. John Hyatt has been seriously
ill at her home here.
I Sgt. Penn Keener, who is stationed
rin Florida, is spending a furlough
with his father, Mr. Jim Keener.
"Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reagan and
| son, Tommy, called on Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Cordell Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs; W. P. Freeman, Mrs.
Alma Hamilton, and^n, Robert, Jr.,
and Miss Ruth Freeman spent the
week-end in Qualla.
Mr. Roosevelt Ward of Waynesville
spent Saturday night with his father,
Mr. Andrew Ward, who has been ill
for the past few days.
Miss Nancy Keener, who is em
ployed in Newport, Tenn., spent -the
v/eek-end with her father, Mr. Jim
Keener.
Mrs. Ottmar Rachm has been visit
ing relative? in Waynesville. ,
Mrs. Clarence Martin and Mrs.
Arlie England called on Mrs. John
Hyatt Saturday afternoon.
STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION ? Do we need to produce
as much food as last year
ANSWER ? President Roosevelt
says that "as we enter the new year,
tne demands for our food at home
and abroad are so great that it is
essential for every man and woman
h do everything to help in th? huge
task of getting the food produced and
seeing that it is conserved ahd shared.
Many of our favorite foods are scare.
To this end, I ask the people in cities,
towns and villages to assist our farm
ers in every possible way to reach
the food goals which have been set
lor this year."
! QUESTION ? How can honey pro
duction be increased?
ANSWER ? With practical manage
ment, bees in North Carolina should
| yield at least 3 times the average
\ amount ol' honey produced at present,
says Prof. Ross "O. Stevens of the
1 Zoology Department at State Col- 1
lege. His new Extension Circular
No. 274, entitled, "Practical Bee- 1
keeping," outlines the plan and gives
; practical suggestions for getting the
; job done. A free copy of the pub
I lication may be obtained by writing
1 the Agricultural Editor, State Col
jlege, Raleigh.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. James Ward of Whit
tier announce the birth of a daugh
ter on January 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Mason of
Sylva announce the birth of a daugh
ter Jan. 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Frizzell =an
nounce the birth of a daughter Jan.
20th.
Mrs. Carl Jones of Wesser, opera
tive case, is doing nicely.
Mary Jackson, colored of Bryson
City, operative case, is doing nicely. .
Mrs. Delia Mae Mathis, operative,
case, is improving.
Mrs. Pearl Moody of Whittier is
in for treatment and doing nicely.
Mrs. Turner Ball of Bryson City is
i.i for treatment. She is improving
Mrs. Don Buckner of Gay is in foi
treatment and is respona^ig nicely.
4-H Club At Glenville
School Elects Officers
In a recent meeting the Glenville
4-H Club elected the following of
ficers:
President ? Willis McCoy.
Vice-President ? Colene Bum
garner.
Secretary-Treasurer ? Willa Bess
Ho Id en.
Reporter ? Opal Norris.
Faculty Advisers ? Mrs. Elaine M.
Norton and Mr. Homer Wike.
There are eighty-live members en
rolled in this club. County Agent G.
R. Lackey and Home Demonstration
'Agent Miss Johnston called the meet
ing.
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