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THE WAYNE6VILLE MOUNTAINEER
7.
TOWN and FARM
in WARTIME
Pr.por.d by OFFICH Of WAR INFORMATION
MEATS, FATS Red Stamps A8
through T8, good indefinitely. U8,
V8 and W8 become valid June 4
and remain good indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS Blue
Stamps A8 through V8, good in
definitely. MOST PLENTIFUL FOODS
Onions and eggs over most of the
country.
SUGAR Sugar Stamps 30 and
31, each good for five pounds in
definitely. Sugar Stamp 40, good
lor five pounds of canning sugar
through February, next year.
GASOLINE A-10 coupons good
through August 8.
SHOES Airplane Stamps 1 and
'2, good indefinitely.
OWI REPORTS ON FOOD
SITUATION
Although farm population of the
United States is four million less
than during the last war, Ameri
can farmers produced 47 per cent
more food in 1943 than in 1918, the
Office of War Information said in
reporting need for four million vol
unteer farm workers until after
harvest this year. With the aid
of the War Food Administration
and the Office of Price Adminis
tration, OWI reported on the cur
rent food situation. Comparing
this year with last: apples, peaches,
pears and cherries will be more
plentiful; slightly less fluid milk
and cream will be consumed; less
chicken will be available; eggs will
continue plentiful. Other high
lights: wartime increases of income
and food have enabled millions of
Americans to increase their diets;
rationing will be needed until the
war is won; current point-free
meats will remain reasonably plen
tiful, with some cut of better grad
es less plentiful; the present point
holiday on canned vegetables is
only temporary and on some meats
may be temporary; the 1943-44
citrus fruit production will be 10
per cent higher than last year; the
last half of 1944 will show less but
ter and lard, but more margarine,
shortening and vegetable oils than
during the first half; sugar supply
is adequate but no increase in
household allotments is in sight
this year. For nutritional reasons,
the report recommends home pro
duction of Vitamin C-rich foods,
guch as tomatoes, and consumption
f milk, meat and enriched cereals
as sources of riboflavin and niacin.
trol program, OPA says. More
than 40,000 price panel volunteers
recently visited 386,289 food stores
in this nation wide drive to tell
community grocers about price con
trol and help them comply with
OPA regulations. Some volunteers
in rural areas worked under con
siderable hardship, OPA points out.
On an island in Lake Michigan,
reached only by mail plane, ar
rangements were made with the
mail plane pilot to check the four
stores located there. In Plaque
mines Parish, Louisiana, boats
were used to survey stores in
swamp areas. And, in some rural
mountain communities, price panel
volunteers walked 10 to 12 miles
to carry out the compliance pro
gram. The survey showed 166,785
price violations on the 10 food
items checke and 448,041 price
posting violations.
GAS FOR FARM VOLUNTEERS
Persons who volunteer for spare
time labor on farms and in food
processing plants this summer may
apply for special gasoline rations
to get to and from this work, OPA
announces. The applicant must
arrange to carry at least four per
sons, including the driver (or as
many as the car will hold), and
must show there is no other ade
quate transportation.
VOLUNTEERS CHECK FOOD
PRICES
About 90,000 more volunteers are
needed to continue the price con-
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REEMPLOYMENT FOR VET
ERANS To be entitled to reemployment
rights under the Selective Train
ing and Service Act of 1940, the
veteran must be honorably dis
charged and must apply for re
employment "within 40 days after
he is relieved from training and
service, according to National
Headquarters of Selective Service.
A soldier placed in inactive status
and transferred to the Enlisted Re
serve Corps at his own request to
engage in essential industry, loses
his reemployment rights if he does
not apply to his former employer
for reinstatement within 40 days
after his transfer. A veteran has
recourse to the courts to collect
back pay if his reinstatement is
improperly delayed by the employer.
SUGAR STAMP 37 INVALID
Sugar Stamp 37 in vVar Ration
Book 4 will never be used, OPA
announced. Because many house
wives mistakenly sent this stamp
to their local boards when applying1
for home canning sugar, instead
of the correct stamp Spare Stamp
37 OPA has announced that
Sugar Stamp 37 will not be used
at all, so that no one will suffer
for this mistake.
PLENTIFUL FOODS
Eggs, white potatoes, canned
peas and canned green and wax
beans will be in plentiful supply
throughout most of the country
during June, the War Food Admin-
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MATINEE: Siuday 2 and 4 P. M.; Saturday 2 and 3:39 P. M.
NIGHT SHOW: 7 and 9 P. M., Sunday Night, 8:30
ADMISSION: Children Under 12 Years, 12c; Adults, All
Beats, 35c TAX: On Children's Pass, 2c; Adult Pass, 6c
Thursday June 1
"Tampico"
With Lynn Bari and Edward G. Robinson
Friday June 2
"The Heavenly Body"
Starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr.
Saturday June 3
"Haunted Ranch"
The Range Busters.
LATE SHOW 10:30 P. M.
"Sweethearts Of The U. S. A."
With Una Merkle and D. Novis.
Sunday June 4
"Between Two Worlds"
rVith John Garfield, Sydney Greenstreet and Eleanor Parker.
Monday-Tuesday June 5-6
"Buffalo Bill"
In Technicolor With Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara and
Thomas Mitchell.
Wednesday June 7
"Sraart Guy"
With Johnny Downs and Wanda McKay.
istration reports. Other plentiful
foods now include: oranges, frozen
vegetables; frozen baked beans;
peanut butter; citrus marmalade;
raisins; dried prunes; dry-mix and
dehydrated soups; soya flour, grits
and flakes; wheat four and bread;
macaroni; spaghetti; noodles; oat
meal; and rye breakfast foods.
SUGAR FOR HOME CANNING
Sugar consumers may apply for
their 1944 home canning allotment
in two periods, the Office of Price
Administration reports. In each
period, users may obtain up to 10
pounds of sugar per person in ad
dition to five pounds available with
Sugar Stamp 40 in War Ration
Book 4. Persons not applying in
the first period but who need sugar
in the second period, may obtain
up to their full 20-pounds-per-per-son
allowanc eif the application
Justifies that total.
ROUND-UP
After the recent lowering of the
age limits for Merchant Marine
trainees, more than 7,000 young
men between 16 and 17 Mi years old,
applied at U. S. Maritime Service
enrollment offices, and about 600
have already been ordered to re
port to training stations. All War
Food Administration restrictions of
farm slaughter of livestock and
delivery of meat have been remov
ed. WPB reports: A proposal for
limited resumption of the manufac
ture of shotguns, rifles, pistols and
revolvers have been submitted to
WPB. There is no prospect of
authorizing the production of any
new radio receiving sets for ci-
Warning Given Against Sudden Rise
In Prices Of Farmlands In The State
The much talked of boom in farm
real estate has struck North Caro
lina, with rapidly rising values al
most at the 1920 level, says Dean
I. O. Schaub of State College.
"Farmers should be on their
guard in purchasing more land at
this time because, if they do not
have the cash money to pay the
entire purchase price, they are al
most sure to lose the money that
they have put into the land, when
farm commodity prices are lower,"
the Extension Director warns.
"As I look at farm land values
over the United States, I am con
vinced that high prices for tobacco
are the cause of inflated farm land
values in this State," he adds. "The
greatest boom is in North Caro
lin, Kentucky and Tennessee. Out
in Iowa, farm real estate is less
than half of what it was during
vilians this year. A tentative pro
duction goal of 9,464,000 tons of
normal superphosphate for the
agricultural year, 1944-45, has been
approved by the Chemicals Bureau.
OPA says: Watermelon prices to
be established soon will mean a
sharp reduction at retail from last
season's inflated prices. Lard has
been removed from all rationing
restrictions, since the present sup
ply is considered adequate for all
civilian needs. The old-type B and
C gasoline ration coupons B-2 and
C-2 without serial numbers may
not be used by consumers on and
after June 1.
the 1920 boom."
He also points out that farm
land values are relatively high in
California and Florida, and sug
gests that this may be due to prices
received for citrus crops and truck.
During the past year land val
ues have been rising throughout
the country but the most rapid ad
vancement has been made in North
Carolina and California.
"War Bonds are a much safer
investment than farm real estate
and it is my opinion that growers
should pay off all their debts, make
no long-time purchases, and save
a nest-egg for the days after the
war when it will surely be needed
for making adjustments," Schaub
concluded.
Canton Man Given
Certificate Upon
Completion Of Course
Headquarters, Panama Canal De
partment Pfc. Lucius P. Pressley,
son of Mrs. Velma Pressley, Can
ton, was among 36 officers and en
listed men of the Colombian and
United States Armies who received
certificates of completion from the
Panama Canal Department Motor
Mechanics School, Army officials
here announced.
Pfc. Pressley, who worked with
the YMCA at Canton, is a graduate
of Canton high school at Canton.
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