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TUB WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, APRn
This Week In Defense
The scheduled defense expendi
tures total nearly (40 billion, in
cluding $7 billion for British aid.
Nearly $30 billion represent appro
priations and authorizations al
ready made and the rest is in bills
now before Congress. Actual sach
pending from last June to March
17 amounted to three and a half
billion.
with primary skills in selected de
fense industries. Most workers are
in construction occupations, in
some metal trades none were found.
Only a "relatively small number,
were found for aircraft and ship
building work.
Catholic Honored
The Department of Agriculture
prepared to aid local committees
in determining and avoiding farm
labor shortage and dislocations
The Treasury announced incomes
tax returns reached $1,139,000,000
in the first days of March far ex-1 The U. S. Employment Service
ceeding estimates, U. S. savings I announced it would inform local
bonds and stamps to help finance
defense will go on sale May 1, the
Treasury said. Stamps can be
bought for as little as ten cents
and bonds as little os $25.
APPROPRIATIONS
President Roosevelt signed leg
islation authorizing additional
Navy expenditures of $340,526,383,
including $66,150,000 to complete
air bases in British possessions
Congress voted $75,000,000 more
for defense housing and $22,500,
000 for the National Youth Ad
ministration to train 450,000 youths
for defense industries.
The House passed and sent to
the Senate the fifth supplemental
defense appropriation bill provid
ing $4,073,810,074 for the Army and
Navy in fiscal 1942, including $1,
000,000,000 for 3,600 Army bombers.
Secretary of War Stimson stated
"steps must be taken" to reduce
delays on defense orders caused
by strikes. Under Secretary of
War Patterson said several strikes
were very seriously affecting the
Army re-armament program. In
terior Secretary Ickes said the
Allis-Chalmers tie-up was holding
back equipment to supply power to
defense plants.
schools which types of defense vo
cational training should be given
priority. The CCC announced it
to defense industries and that be
has speeded up training valuable
ginning April 1 It will enroll 65,
000 boys between 17 and 23.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
Selective Service anticipated a
shortage of certain experienced
merchant vessel seamen and recom-
mened their deferment to Class
11-A. An amendment to the Se
lective Service Act was approved
by the House to exempt former
marines, coast guardsmen and sail
ors. .-.
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William Thomas Walsh, educator
and author, has been awarded the
Laetare Medal of the University of
Notre Dame for 1941, highest Cath
olic honor for a layman in the U. S.
A professor of English at Manhat
tanvilla College of the Sacred
Heart, New York City, Walsh has
published authoritative books B
Spanish historical subjects.
SHIPS
Secretary of the Navy announced
award of contracts totaling $100,
315,682 for 239 subchasers, mine
sweepers and fleet tugs. Maritime
Commission awarded contracts to
taling $205,500,000 for 137 ships
in the President's 200-vessel emer
gency program.
A Social Security board survey
showed 851,000 available workers
PRICES
Recent rises in the prices of
sugar and quicksilver were unwar-
I ranted. Actually the supply of
sugar for consumers is larger than
usual, it was said.
The NDAC also set a ceiling on
rising aluminum prices and said if
similar unwarranted increases con
tinue in iron and steel scrap and
materials used in shoes, additional
price ceilings will be established.
LEASE-LEND
Congress passed and the President
signed legislation approving $7,
000,000,000 to provide Great Brit
ain and other democracies with war
materials. The OPM announced
200 tons of magnesium would be
delivered to Britain shortly.
The State Department announced
arrangements to send two ship
loads of flour to unoccupied France
under Red Cross supervision.
The Department informed the
new Jugoslav Government aid wast
possible under the lease-lend program.-,"
PRIORITIES
The OPM issued general prefer-
2-Day Electrical
Show A Success
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ing the high school band gave a
parade down Main street to the Ar
mory and then several numbers at
the show. They were the guests at
the barbeque in the afternoon.
R. E. Sentelle, project attorney,
and J.' Dale Stentz, took turns at
the public address system in keep
ing the informal program moving
along. Members of the board of
directors and the superintendent,
J. C. Moore, were presented to the
audience on both days.
Saturday night, Mr. Moore, Mrs.
Haines and Dr. C. N. Sisk carried
on a general discussion over the
address system on the value of
water systems in the home. Many
interesting facts were brought to
the attention of the audience by
this method of discussion.
Officials and engineers of the
Blue Ridge Co-operative at Mar
shall, were guests at the show
on Saturday afternon and night,'
A number of representatives of
electrical appliance manufacturers
were present during the two days,
and on Friday night, two of them
showed pictures about their : pro
ducts. After the formal closing on Sat
urday night, photographers took
charge and snapped pictures right
and left. Many of them will be used
in national publications. Movies
were also made of the crowd and
exhibits.
Many splendid compliments were
passed on the exhibits, and some
people went so far as to say they
compared favorably with similar
exhibits they had seen in large
cities.
In response to the question ask
ed publicly, "Will you stage an
other show next year?" represen
tatives of the sponsors, J. C. Moore,
of Cruso Corporation, and W.
Curtis Russ, of The Mountaineer,
responded; "Yes, bigger and better."
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ence orders placing British and U.
S. defense needs for magnesium,
tungsten and machine tools ahead
of civilian needs and providing that
civilian orders can be filled only
with special permission.
' POWER
Grand Coulee Dam, world's larg
est structure and greatest source
of hydro-electric power, was placed
in operation two years ahead of
schedule. The U. S. and Canadian
Governments DreDared dans for
the St. Lawrence power project
described in a Commerce Depart
ment report as an even larger pow
er source.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Predicting a local need for police,
men, firemen and health authori
ties trained in civilian defense, fcn
OPM committee recommended a
training program supervised by
local authorities with financial
and technical asistance from the
Federal Government.
War Secretary Stimson stated
formation of home guards should be
speeded to replace National Guard
units in the case of serious labor
labor disturbances or other situa
tions liable to retard the defense
program. He said home guards
are "under way or will bee-in soon"
in 23 states.
5 MILLION AIRCRAFT PROJECT
HATBORO, Pa. The Brewster
Aeronautical Cornoratinn hnvn
started excavating operations for
a (5,000,000 aircraft assembly plant
and testing field which, when com
pleted, will cover 367 acres and
employ more tnan 10,000 persons.
PARADERS MUST HAVE PER
MITS :,
WASHINGTON The Supreme
Court has held constitutional a New
Hampshire law under which mem
bers of Jehovah's Witnesses were
fined for parading without a license
with banners in Manchester.
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL
WASIIINGT O N President
Roosevelt signed a (191,478,544 de
ficiency appropriation bill which in
cluded $10,510,000 for building pro
tective works at the Panama Canal.
WANTS RETIRED MEN
WASHINGTON Secretary of
Wat Henry L. Stimson has asked
Congress for authority to place
retired Army officers, warrant of
ficers and enlisted men on active
duty in emergencies as well as in
war time.
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In the United States "for the spe
cial purpose of getting rid of fixed
British assets so we can buy the
things we need," Sir Edward Robert
Peacock, British financial leader,
arrives at New York by clipper
plan. He will liquidate holdings as
soon as possible, he said.
FORD GETS $1,4 17,000 JOB
WASHINGTON The Ford Mo
tor Company has been given a
11,417,000 War Department con
tract to build trucks, and the con
tract did not include a provision
stipulating compliance with labor
laws ''where applicable." The De
partment explained that the con
troverted clause was omitted be
cause the order was not a defense
contract.
The general impression is that
collectors are unpopular yet ev
erybody asks them to come back.
They Work While
We Sleep
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ed. I have noticed that the sick
always feel worse at that time
and life seems at its lowest ebb
during those hours of the morning."
To anyone who has kept vigi
lance over a sick person her an
swer is easily understood.
Ida Jean Brown started on night
duty one month after taking up
her work, and has had night duty
15 years out of the 20 of her service.
But her hours do not keep her
from taking an active part in the
community life. She is a member
of the Waynesville Presbyterian
church and attends the Business
Women's circle meetings in the
evenings.
As an active member of the
American Legion Auxiliary she
rarely misses a meeting, attending
before she goes on duty. As a mem
ber of the Waynesville Music Club,
with her pleasing mezzo-soprano
voice, she of ten adds to the pro
grams presented at the monthly
meetings.
And there is no wonder that Ida
Jean Brown like her work and has
never regretted her choice. She has
made a splendid record with the
company and her unfailing cour
tesy and effort to accommodate
hag won the lasting respect and
friendship of her patrons.
Hazelwood Baptist Women
To Meet This Afternoon
The Woman's Missionary Socie
ty of the Hazelwood Baptist church
will meet as a circle at the home
of Mrs. R. L. Cope on Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
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French freighters tied
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