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The Roanoke News Published by— The Roanoke News Co., Inc. 11 r. TURNER, Editor Publisher ONE YEAR <2y Mail) Postpaid. SIX MONTHS ... All Subscriptions Payable In Advance $1.50 .75 Entered at the Post Office, Weldon. N. C.. as second-cla-> Mail matter. >n Independent Weekly Newspaper devoted to the material, Educational, Economic and Agricultur al interests of Halifax and Northampton Counties BUY i .*■: V .* ■ •VT STORES - BANKS ami POST OFFICES l . >. DEFENSE S.W IN(iS BONDS and STAMPS <11.\ EK 1.1 \ 1 \ <. \V(> Americans must pull in our belts Fur a loiipr time we’ve been hearing that the time was coming when we'd have to do that Now tt*o time is here. Rationing of Automo biles and tires brings home the fact that as war production speeds up. there will be other shortages, and we’ll have to get along with less. In some cases, of course, we’ll be able to buy substitute products, for industrial re search has been busy developing new ma terials that will come in handier now than ever before, nl others we’ll have to do withut and gt more use fro mthe things we already have. Then are many ways in which we shall have to adapt our standard ot living to the necessities of war. As we do it, we can be glad of one fact: mst of the materials that we are doing without are going into weap ons fr the men in our armed forces; our shortages are a concrete reminder that in dustry is bust with war production to make our victory certain. \ROl NO THE CLOCK This year will be a c ritical one for A nierica. Everyone knows that. And everyone knows that we must work a.s we never have before to produce the weapons we’ll need to begin the offensive that planned tor V.Urt Akiyy ...panics are ahvady working the clock around to speed up war produc tion, and others will follow their lead. Money can’t 1)0 vo+ed into weakens, however, and plants can’t dhtinge over night to a 1G8 hour week. There are enormous problems involv I iu such a shift. How can we get skilled labor where we need it most? How car, w.- keep machinery irl constant repair so that breakdowns do not delay produc tion? Obstacles like these must be over come before defense industris can operate full time. Through its training programs industry is helping to eliminate the current shortage ot skilled workers, and, in addition, it is breaking down many complicated jobs so that -killed men and women can learn to 1 do them quickly. It is expanding industrial ! health programs in an effort to reduce ac cidents, illness and labor turnover so that I employees can work full time. And it is taking extra precautions to keep machinerv in constant repair. All told, it’s a complicated job, this 1(18 hour week. But indications are that indus try is aware of the problems involved and is working out solutions as rapidly as exist ing conditions permit. TWO FRONTS The United States inns' fight on two fronts. T irst, there is the military front, Amer ican soldiers, sailors and airmen are fight ing and dying in the Pacific. They are liv ing up to the highest traditions of this na tion’s military history. They must be given the finest battle equipment in the world, and they must be given it in lavish quantity. All the resources of this nation, human and material alike, must be used to that end. Second, there is the home front. We have said, time and again, that we are fight ing to defend and perpetuate freedom. That is true. Rut the defense of freedom at home as on the war front, demands more than lip service. It demands straight thinking from all. It demands a people who will look squarely at the facts, no matter how unplea sant they may be. It demands the kind of national ' toughness that knows precisely what we are fighting fr, and that will per mit nothing to stand in the cay ot victory on the home front no less than the military front. \Ve will, of neressity, demand and ac cept large measure of economic dictator ship during the war. Whether that dictator ship ends when the war ends, will depend upon the resolution and the understanding of the American people. The future of this country and this kind of government is in the balance. The people will decide which way the scales are tipped. The free enterprise system is at <tak m this war. Upon the maintenance of free en terprise all the other freedoms- freedom <>t press, freedom of speech, freedom ol reli gion—hinge and depend. Anything which ^ weakens and emasculates free enterprise i j th enemy of the nation. We cannot have an ever - expanding bureaucracy and have efficiency. We cannot allow non - defense; spending to go on unchecked and expect to avoid economic collapse. W e cannot pun ish industry and expect it to be able ’ > do its utmost. There is nothing dramatic about tin- ■ statements. They are simply homely truth. The winning of this war—and the whinnmg of the peace that follows - will depend on how well the America^ people unders'.aw them. There has never been such unity as this country has at present. Every American stands solidly behind the President in the pledge to wage war until international gang sterism is destroyed. The spirit of th“ ir Uo nis one of grim, uncompromising deP-r mination. But let all remember that th home front is as vital to war and to the p r petuation of our way of life as tin led front. There will b(. subversive inflin • on both fronts. ()nlv an awaken- d, \xa people can prevent their depreda’i. We fight for freedom, then. Ai.,1 wc must fight for it all the way - fighi i >r . here in America, no less th. n in tl 1 . reaches of the oceans and the land- Up; ml. G\ AKD The recent appeal of Dr. \'ictor (I Heiser well known medical authority for a Hotm Nutrition Guard of the “fifteen million worn en folk who prepare fhe food for the men ip the nation’s factories” emphasizes tie fact that today’s war effort extends to all fronts. Dr. Heiser. who is medical consultant to the National .Association of .Manufactur ers, points out that "the stamina of those industrial workmen is the absolute measure of our national stamina to support our sea power, airpower and land forces. "Our enemies, by a treacherous stroke at Pearl Harbor, reduced the vitality of our overseas fighting forces i„ a single day. Ifwever, a common enemy - underhealth - due to a gigantic diet deficiency has prac ticed that same treachery for decades with in our own borders, ndustrial management has fought and reduced the striking power] of this enemy with all the modern weapons | M its command-improved lighting, sanita-1 tion, medical care and a score of other de-; vices.” l According to Dr. Heiser these industrial i health campaigns will soon be supplement ed b\- a nation wide drive to guide the wives of our factory workers in the scientific plan ning of meals. The importance of such a : :irive can not be over - emphasized at this lipie. As a nation we’ve got to be sure that we eat correctly, that we get enough vita min.-- and minerals in leafy vegetables, fresh rruit. milk, meat and wholewheat or en riched white bread sothat our health will stand up under the strain of war. Efficient Use Of “Farmpower” Is For 1942 Keynote “Ration” Work, lime and Re sources to I)o Rest Job Possible To insure victory, the rationing' of goods and resources is the ra tion s keynote tor 1942. To insure maximum production necessary for victory, agriculture must ma ke the most efficient use of its acres, time, labor, livestock, feed stuffs and other resources. On each of tile nation's more than 000,000 farms and ranches, plann ing to insure maximum production will aid the “food for freedom' program, a.id aid the individual producer. “Rationing" nf resources and effort on farms and ranches will vary regionally, locally and with individuals, and no one plan fits th email. There are, however, cer tain fundamentals in increasing productive efficiency that most livestock producers can and shouln use in 1942. These practices, brief ly summarized here, are recom mended by County Agents, Voca tional Agriculture Teachers, Ex pel iment Stations and other agen cies that can supply detailed in formation about each method. In livestock production .efficien cy requires proper care and hous ing of livestock to maintian nro ductive ability; plenty 0f water and minerals at all times; feeding according to needs and productive capacity; management and feeding that prevent costly “letdowns” in condition or production; efficient use of pasture, grains and rough age properly supplemented with j protein and other essentials for: maximum production from feeds' and livestock; and other futida-' mentals of good livestock niana-1 Moment generally understood but | not always practiced. BEEF CATTLE produce mure! efficiently when: (1) The hreed’r.gj herd receives enough protein sup plement, along with pasture or1 roughage, to insure a large crop of strong, weighty calves; (21 Cal ves are kept growing and ganiing( through creep feeding; (3) Fatten ing cattle receive ample amounts of balanced rations to attain the weight and finish desired in min imum time. DAIRY herds produce more elfi- ] ciently when: (7) Calves, heifcs | and dry cows, often neglected, re-1 ceive care and adequate feeding to j maintain good condition and devel-■ op ability to produce milk; (2) | Cows m milk are fed, according to I production, a mixture adequate in ! Cottonseed meal and othei' feeds needed to balance the roughage j fed. j SWINE production, for greatest efficiency and economy, calls for (1) Feeding sows, before and af ter farrowing, and pigs rations containing ample amounts of pro tin, economically supplied by a half and half protein supplement of cottonseed meal and tankage; (2) Keeping fattening hogs gain ing, saving time and labor, by self feeding tankage and cotton seed meal, hanf and half, *' ith grain. Swine always need give i feed, water and minerals. SHEEP need year round cave and adequate feeding for goof wool and lamb production, aud| creep-feeding i« an effective tvyu | of getting early, rapid gains on • lambs. All livestock, in 1942 need the extra care that means extra pro-1 duction and greater returns from time, labor and feeds. FOKKSTRV Interest in forestry is increas ing steadily among 4-II Club mem is u; Wayne County, reports l». J. Murray, assistant fram agent of the N. C. State College Exten sion Service. — DISCOVERY B. W. Grady, Mt. Olive said he had no idea Iris farm expenses were so large until he summarized hi.s first set of farm records at the end of the year, reports L. F. Weeks, assistant farm agent . f Duplin County. Jo Relieve Misery [eve ,*£• ^LIQUID. TABLETS. SAi VP kntt LIQUID. TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE CROPS Ration Sugar To End Hoarding Sl’lTM HELD AMI’LL. Ill T I'ONSl MEliS OVERSroCK/Ni; Washington, Jan. 9--Thc gov“rn nii'iit may order sugar rationing fur consumers, authoritative sour ces said today, in order to halt an unwarranted hoarding epidemic. ] Disclosing that such action was It,, ng considered, these sources declared that the supply .Itis.itn.n in itself dill not requil'i rationing, but that regulation appeared nee-, cssary to assure equitable distri bution among all users. Dr -sent supplies were said to amp!''.1 aid prospects were that they; would continue suffice..: through-! out tne year. Nevertheless, officials reported many consumers have hi n buy-l ing .n excess of normal needs and storing the extra suppli for use in event of a shortage a ! higher prices, such as occurred in the first World War. It was ex plained that these prai a rs if, allowed to continue much longer might result in acute -aot'.ages' later for non-hoarders. Agriculture Department sugar| experts said heavy pinvhases for hoarding purposes began last year. This activity was reflected in record sales. Distribution in-' vreused from an annual average of about LOO pounds in the Hid:!-40 peine i to almost 130 pounds per pi i's in in 1041. Nutrition authorities, on the other hand, say an average of out sixty-five pounds is ample for a good, palatable diet. M tmerirans, they added, eat .. iv.- i,...,ul,_ Mi arding Inneesesary, •r Experts Say. ' :uui- experts take the position there is no justification for a rmal purchases of sugar. I r ey point out that consumeis. ;;ie protected against price ad-] ranees by a ceiliwr order, and t’ at prospects are fairly bright that supplies will be sufficient to mail tain a lull - pound per yeai cate of distribution. The war, of course has com plicated the sugar situation. The Minted States luis been depending m imports for 70 per cent of its requirements. The Philippine sup ply has been lost for the time being and Hawaii is not expected to send normal exports to this country because of shipping diffi culties. The experts state that produc tion in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, other Latin-Amer can areas and in the continental United States would be more than Ample under normal conditions to make up the Pacific deficit. How- ■ ever, this country may be called upon to share these supplies with’ Russia a= well as to furnish Great Britain with larger quantities than it has been getting from the Wes tern Hemisphere. Russia has lost rich sugar-beet producing areas to the Germans. Such developments, added to transportation complications and farm labor shortages in this coun try, could conceivably reduce sup plies below the normal level. Offi cials doubt, however, that the re duction would cut distribution be low ninety pounds per person. In the first World War, distribution was reduced to about seventy eight pounds under a rationing system. Officials said before inaugurat ing rationing, the government might appeal to consumers to lim it purchases voluntarily to norm al requirements. If such and ap peal failed to work, ration cards would be issued. Richmond News Leader, January 9, 19 J2. SUBSTI'ITTK FOR RATIONING Hoarding on the part of the fool ish and unpatriotic may be stim ulated, rather than reduced, by the announcement from Washington this afternoon that sugar ration ing is no^ necessary, but may be invoked if excessive buying con tinues. Every town, unfortunately, has a few thousand persons who are entirely willing to have every one else inconvenienced needlessly! if they selfishly can protect them selves. It always has been so; it may be till the end of time. Some will be found to drink their fill of; the last water on the lifeboa*. i One tiling only could produce a general shortage of sugar in this country A “ceiling” saves the consumer from unreasonable rises in price; Cuban production can and will be stimulated to make good tiie relatively small loss ol supply from the Philippines; stocks in this country are large; the na tion is protected to a figure well , above healthful individual require-; meats, which are sixty five p uinds ' annually per capita. All will be well unless the panic of hoarding spreads Irom the stupid, or selfish to the intelligent and normally ge nerous. A sensible substitute for Federal rationing already has been intro duced in some cities. It is volun tary agreement among the grocers that they will restrict sales to two pounds for any one customer or. a single visit to the store. We should like to see our Richmond grocers organized to put such an agree ment into effect if it is necessary. Still more to be desired is intel ligent restraint on the part of a patriotic people. The rule of right conduct is, Buy only as you need, week by week. Editorial: Richmond News Read er, Jan 9, 1912, I'NPATRIOTIC HOARDING The buying- of excessive quanti ties of sugar, golf balls, electric light bulds, rubber bands, wolen garments, tires or any other rare or reputedly tare commodity is unpatriotic and unworthy of Vir ginians. Those who “stock up” on such supplies are forcing others to do without. They should be willing to take their chances, along wit'll everybody else. There can be no objection to any one’s purchase of a commodity for which he or she has genuine need in the fairly near future. But the buying of a year's supply or two year’s supply of anything simply creates an artificial short age. It indicates that those who do it are more interested in them selves than in the country. Richmond grocers 'have just been quoted as saying that the sugar “shortage” is due primarily to ex cessive purchases by customers who are trying to get more sugar than they are entitled to at this time. Some are ‘making the rounds' and buying as much sugar as they are allowed to buy at each store visited. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. This is a war for survival, and it cannot be won, if citizens in large numbers seek selfish ad vantages over other citizens. That is u hat altogether too many are doing. Aside from the atrocious example they are setting, they are helping to create shortages where none existed, and are forcing up the price of everything, thereby aiding in bringing on inflation, lb w long will it take us to wake up to the need for sacrifice and self-denial? A lot of us are stiil I behaving as though this war were, a picnic, instead of a desperate, struggle for the preservation ofj civilization. Editorial: Times-Dispateh, Jan 25, 1912. | Pound Per Person Per Week Is Sugar Ration In February Washington—Government ration of sugar, it was announced las. right, will begin early next month! with each person limited to about' a pound a week. I Announcing the program, Pric ■ Administrator Leon Henderson, said it was proposed, too, to re cover excess stocks from persons who have hoarded supplies. i The prospective allowance of one pound per person a week compar ed with average per capita home consumption of about 1 1-2 pounds a week in 1941. Henderson said there was an actual shortage of about one-third hi the sugar supply and that this, rather than hoarding, necessitated this first food stuff rationing of this war. Rationing books have been de signed and printing of them will be started in a day or two, he said. Then in a direct word of warn ing to hoarders. Henderson assert ed: "Those who have stocks on hand are advised to start using j them now. "Consumers who are in posses sion of al i. ’finally large stocks of sugar are warned that they will not be permitted to gain an ad vantage from their supposed fore sight." He did not amplify on this state ment, but OPA officials stressed it as one of the most important in the rationing announcement. Ac-j lion against hoarders will be an important part of the rationing program, they said. "The most important reason for rationin; sugar,” Henderson What About The Sugar Situation The rule of right conduct is to buy only as you actually need it -- week by week. Do not buy sugar if you have a supply on hand — use up present stock first. Mr. Leon Henderson states that every user of sugar can help the government by restricting his purchases of sugar to min imum current requirements until the formal rationing system is instituted. We shall endeavor to be in position to supply our customers with their current sugar demands. We ask your coopera tion in buying as outlined pbove which will enable us to have a sufficient stock to care for all our customers, and which will tend to keep prices low by not creat ing an “ARTIFICIAL SHORTAGE”. I declared, “is to insure that ail the Customers are treated equitably. There fill be enough sugar for each person next year to supply all basic dietary needs. Until the formal rationing system is insti tuted, every user of sugar can help the Government by restrict ing his purchases of sugar to minimum current requirements. Retailers during this period in many cases may be expected to restrict the amount of sugar which can be purchased by any one consumer.’’ In connection with restriction of sales by retailers, the justice department had announced earlier that stores requiring consumers to buy a certain amount of other groceries in order to get sugar were liable to prosecution under anti-trust laws. A department of ficial said penalties up to $"> (iqq fine, a year’s imprisonment or botii were possible. uua i UApidiueu While the rationing to house holders will be on the basis of about one pound a week per per son, it is expected that arrange ments will be made so that house wives can buy large quantities at longer intervals. The overall goal is to reduce c'onsumption from an average of 7-1 pounds per capita in 1011 to 50 pounds in 1042. Supplies also will be rationed to commercial users. Industrial sugar consumption, averaging 40 pounds per capita in 1041 will be reduced to 27 pounds this year. “We hope, in working out the final details of the rationing plan to make provision for small com mercal users who make and sell sulh products as candy in their homes and who necessarily buy sugar in larger quantities that, those housewives who buy only for normal household use,” Hon derspn said. “I would also like to point out that under the war production board sugar order now in progres of revision, wholesalers will be asked to make distributions to their customers on the basis of their customers on the basis of their proportionate receipts in the past, thus making for equitable distribution as among retailers.” U. S. Sugar Supply Henderson said that the best available information on United States sugar supplies expected in 1942 indicated that the total would be about 5,200,000 short tors, compared with 7,989,000 in 1941. The RFC recently purchased Cuba's entire sugar crop, but Henderson explained this supply would be materially reduced be cause of shipments to our Allies. Further a large amount of th • Cuban sugar will be used in pro duction of alcohol for war needs. Normally-, this country impel 1 nearly 2,000,000 tons a year from the Philippines and Hawaii. This year it is expected the entire Philippine supply will be cut off. Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 25, 1942. Regulated Sugar Sales May Be Prosecuted \Vashington--Retailers who require consumers to buy a designated amount of groceries in order to obtain a limited a mount of sugar were said by the Justice Department yesterday to be subject to prosecution un der the anti-trust laws. Complaints of such a practice are widespread and are being investigated the department said in a statement. An official said in response to questions, that prosecution could be undertaken if the prac tice involved monopoly or a conspiracy of two or more per sons or concerns. The maximum penalty is So,000 or a year's imprisonment or both. ACME GROCERY COMPANY “WELDON’S MODERN FOOD STORE" PHONE W-344 AND W-345
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