Show Your Social Security
Card To Every Employer
M. H. Barney, manager of the
Rooky Mopunt office of the Social
Security Board advised all work
ers to show their social security
account card to every employer
for whom they work.
This is essential to protect the
worker’s wage record, which is
maintained under his name and
number for this future monthly
insurance benefits. For example,
there are approximately 57o,000
Smiths on the Social Security
Board’s records, a»nd therefore,
there are approximately 575,000
accounts under the name 01
Smith. It is important that no two
Smiths have the same number.
Employers are required to re
port each worker’s wages, under
both his name and number to
the Government every three
months. Then these wages are
credited by the Social Board on
each worker’s individual ledger
sheet, under both his name and
number.
For these reasons, all workers
in inuustry and commerce should
follow this advice:
1. Show your card to every em
ployer for whom you work.
2 Make sure that he copies both
your name and number correctly
so that your wages may be cred
ited to your account
3 Hang on to your card. Don .
lose it; but if you do lose it,
get a duplicate. Never get a dif
ferent number. Two numbers may
cause some less of wage credits
and consequently of benefits. I
you have more than one number,
go to the nearest office of the So
cial Security Board and see which
one you should keep. You need
only one number throughout life.
Processor Prices
Mean Retail Rise
Adjustments granted to manu
facturers and processors have re
sulted in retail price increases
on flour, certain cereals, macaroni
and noodles commeal, and hominy
grits, State OPA Director Theo
dore S. Johnson said today.
Johnson explained that the tem
porary ceiling price on flour rais
es the price on bread about one
cent per pound, with equivalent
increases on most other baked
goods.
As a result of an increase grant
ed processors, consumers will pay
about two cents more on the usual
8 - ounce box of macaroni and
about one cent on the smaller
packages of noodles, Johnson
said.
In a similar action, all major
types of breakfast cereals are up
ped one to three cents per pack
age with the exception of corn
flakes, puffed wheat and puffed
rice. These received correspond
ing increases on June 14, he add
ed. Cereals given the latest in
crease include bran flakes, malt
ed cereal granules, ready-to-serve
oaf cereal, not-ready-to-serve oat
cereal, rice flakes, shredded wheat,
wheat cereal, wheat flakes and
whole bran.
Corn meal and hominy grits, sold
mainly in 2 1/2 and ’-pound pack
ages are increased one to two
cents a pound at retail, following
an increase given millers to com
pensate for recent advances in
the prices of corn, Johnson said.
Cotton Report
As of August 1
Noith Carolina: Production of
cotton in North Carolina for 1946
is forecast at 485,000 bales accord
ing to the Federal-State Crop Re
porting Service in its first offic
ial estimate of this year’s cotton
crop. This represents an increase
of 13 per cent over last year’s
short crop but is 21 per cent less
than the 10 year (1935-44) aver
age production. The acreage plant
ed this year is 34 per cent less
than the 10 year average acre
age.
Based on conditions August 1, it
appears that 406 lbs. of lint cotton
per acre will be produced this
year. This is 37 lbs. more than
was realized in 1945 and 65 lbs.
above the 10 year average yield.
The acreage planted in 1946 is
place dat 580,000 or 3 per cent
above 1945. If abandonment is the
same as the past 10-year average
around 573,000 acres should be
harvested.
Cotton condition on August 1
was estimated by farmers at 76
percent of normal or full crop
compared to 75 per cent on the
same date last year. Boll weevils
are doing considerable damage
th;s year with heavy infestations
being reported in some areas of
the State.
TOWN TALK
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Boyd
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Merritt.
Mrs. W. H. Abrams of Durham
was the week end guest of W. M
Robinson.
Everette Davis spent the past
two weeks with friends in New
castle, Ind.
Mrs. Scott Clippard of Colum
bia, S. C., is spending sometime
with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gamer.
Miss Faye McLean and Miss
Maxine Mason of Raleigh spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Rona’d Everette.
Marine Carp
Deadline is
October 15th
The U. & Marine Corps has des
ignated October 15f 1946 as the
deadline for submission of applica
tions tor transfer of Marine Corps
and temporary USMC officers to
the regular Marines. With cer
tain exceptions applications from
individuals wifi not be accepted
after that date. This deadline does
not apply to officers who will
have completed less than one
year s commissioned service on
October 15 or officers who re
ceive their first commission sub
sequent to October 15. Applications
received on or before October
15 will be processed by local
boards and forwarded to the Com
mandant of the Marines. The Oct
ober 15 deadline applies to offi
cers on terminal leave and in
active duty as well as to officers
on active duty.
Elements that later made up the
Seventh Army spearheaded the
successful invasion of North Africa
the first blow struck by American
fighting men. agnist Hitler.
When Messina fell to the Seve
nth Army on August 15,1043, the
Sicilian campaign ended, just 36
days after the Seventh's initial
landing.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Lewis have
returned from a vacation spent
at Virginia Beach, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith have
recently returned from a vacation
spent at Virginia Beach.
I
HORSE RACING
CHOCKOYOTTE PARK I
BETWEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS - WELDON |
TWO BIG D4VS
SATURDAY ADD SUNDAY
AUGUST mh & 18th
NEW TRACK . ... NEW GRANDSTAND
I COME OUT AND SEE ABOUT 50 OF THE i
COUNTRY'S FASTEST HORSES RACE I
j
-
RACES START EACH DAY AT 2 P.M. I