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The ROANOKE News Published by The Roanoke News Company, Inc. B. K. Tl’KNER, Editor-Publisher SI. 50 .75 ONE YEAR (By Mail) POSTPAID - SIX MONTHS -- - - All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at the Post Office, Weldon, North Carolina as second class Mail matter. ______ An Independent Weekly Newspaper devoted to the materia!. Educational, Economic and Agricultural interests of Halifax and North ampton Counties. _____ Holy Smokes! We gotter git some I cash sorneware's so we km put 10°u | into War Bonds. Everybody's got | ter do that by New Y'ar's. GASOLINE VITAMINS” When spectacular figures on the performance of a new type military plane are released, there is a general tendency to overlook one important factor: Fuel and its bearing on the breathtaking record ot modern aircraft. For example, a standard airline transport plane can carry 2i pas sengers witfi 100 octane fuel operating on engines desig«*d for it. while the same ship flying with 73 octane fuel and comparable en gines can carry only 10 passengers. Our 2,000-horsepower engines would still be draftmen s dreams without the high test gas to tun them. And it takes a lot more than oil wells to produce that gas. Millions of dollars in research and de cades of painstaking laboratory experiment were required before the fuel was produced that could send the present efficient, high altitude, heavily armored bombers over our enemies. The oil industry was exper imenting with gasoline “vitamins” before anybody ever heard ol Hitler or Hirohito, or before there was any conceivable need for a super- gas oline. The experimenting was simply impelled by th spirit that keeps this country going so mu nificently, the spirit that was born of out heritage of freedom. \V e can lx* thinkful that it still exists. ATTITUDES The second front opening has changed American attitudes toward the war more than anything up to the present time. If there were some that doubted our sacrifice, surely that doubt has been forever dispelled wdth the landing o» our troops in Africa. W e have no* heard for a long time the voice of the isolationist-we predict that we shall ! never again hear such views. The second front has impressed upon os the real seriousness of this war--the meager sacrifice of rationing at home becomes so little in face of the present objetivs. Perhaps we have hereto-fore felt that the war might be won witn out our complete effort but that feeling is gone. We know we are fighting and w know the tremendous heart break, sacrifice and -ut tering that we must bear in the future months. W'e have promised fo*xl to the Allied nations and this alone means a burden that must be met at all cost. Officials have warned the Allies about striking a too optimistic attitude-we are dealing with destruction and Axis dom inating objectives. The task no matter how light means hardship. With the second front opening came the passing of the teen age | draft bill, pressing more strongly upon the minds and attitudes of Americans the intensity of this globial war. This is “marching -m more swiftly than ever before and events are taking place, constantly altering millions of lives. We cannot avoid the affecting conditions. Military, political and civilian pictures are changing-our lives are be in., ruled by the world forces today, and only until matters are com pletely in the hands of democracies will our attitudes be freed and our destines be our own again. NOW THAT WE'RE OLDER IT HURTS When we were boys we didn’t care, but now that we are business men we take a professional pride in being right all the time. What-, fvev is wrong, certainly no blame for omission or commission attaches t0 ^The slower we pay our bills the more self-righteous we become. The more employees who quit and go to work for the fellow across .he street, the more ungrateful we consider human nature If you want to get both ears full of this kind of talk, have a con fidential chat with the secretary of your Chamber of Commerce. Tae reason that gent’s in hot water is not because of difficulties giownii, out of his work, but difficulties growing out ot the lordinatc sanities jealousies, conceits of business men who will not stand being told that they are only 99.44 per cent right. HITLER MISSED THE TRAIN Railway transportation is as vital to war as a Wealthy circulate.y system is to the survival of a human being in the event ot a.lack by '''Julian A Michie, commenting on Germany's railroad crisis,^ m Reader’s Digest for November points to “Hitler’s gigantic misca.cu lation in deliberately neglecting the railroads before the war in order o perfect his pet schemes for superhighways.’’ Hitler’s promise was hat gasoline engines had replaced steam. But after Munish, wl cn L^.wehr experts finally convinced him that Germany’s railroads would" be a vital factor in the coming war, it was too late. For once war began, locomotive shops h ad to build tanks, and plans tor .eha ““S,4;"» U» Arm, » road system is struggu K during the Russian campaign. Brit inceased to staggering P1 ian(j an traffic between tain’s sea blockade has thrown back upon Jand all ^ ^ went ;:v"sTyThen<RC AtrF- Is" steadily and blitzing the weak spots in the already weak Nazi raUroad systenn of his rail. Hitler may have made aNational locialism, which “liquidate” any individual judgment other than hi? own. _ under private ownership with ws-s.»- — - - fight against the disease of war. the LITTLE MAN In the much discussed ‘‘American way of its simplicity byj^e q{ manufacturing and selling ace be ^ the increased shortages, and their failure to fman i-ially ti.le themselves through the duration. Also many of t u business men are of the young group and naturally me to hi material within a short time. .,»• Something should be done to pyreserve a few of the ' ” . group or our future economic standard will likewise®U ^jnunity man man is the middle class man and he is genet ally t • u that energetically organizes and aids hts own small ^ is the man that supplies his community and buys *nd s • ^ wjthin small boundaries, but financially he is finding tough g h , ana wutu 1 c„rAiv «ome government loan oi tion scheme if he no longer exists. Surely we* insurance plan could be compiled to save the little man at cast t ( fore the end of 1943 which will in all probabilities seal his doom. » cannot face shortages of raw materials or finished goods, ne.thu u. he survive long under a complete rationing plan. Especially now with fuel and good shortages, we need the little business man. He may not be an "essential” man in the war effort but he is needed by his com munity-lie is a part of our democratic American living. Schools Are Urged To Participate 100 Percent In Bond Drive Mis. J. S. Blair of Elizabeth town, Stale Education t hairman it the War Savings Stall' of the Treasury Department and Presi dent of the North Carolina Con gress of Parents and Teachers, ui. ges that all North Carolina school officials and students concentrate on the School at W ar program dry ing December and January. Schools with officials ami stu dents showing a 9U per cent par ticipation m the purchase of war bonds and stamps will lie award ed a Schools at War flag to fly over their schools. Every school in the State, if it has not already done so, shou.d elect students and fcaulty memoers to war committees which shall be responsible for the organization of i the school's wartime activities and preparing the school’s report to the nation, Mrs. Blair said. "Each school enlisting in the Schools at War program” she ex plained, "should keep a Scrap book containing pictures, wiitten reports, newspaper clippings or any other evidence of the working ■war organization within that school. The scrapbooks are to be completed on January 7 near t.ne time when the President usually makes his report on the state of the union.'’ Schools participating m the program should “organize its stu dents and teachers for seving, serving, conserving,” Mrs. Blair said. “To save in time of war, it is necessary to understand why sav ing- will help the individual and the nation. It seems that students not only will buy War Savings Stamps and Bonds regularly, but will learn why this is an act of patriotism and service. "The second command -- Sorv* —includes every kind of persona' service. That means training fot service. Many of our schools have already established such classes as first aid and accident prevention. Our schools have trained hundreds of student volunteer workers. "The final command— Conserve —really combines the other two. The boy who -gets in the scrap’ is serving, of course and at the same time, he is earning money for h.s War Savings Stamps, by selling the scrap he collects. "A certificate of distinguished service will be given by the Treas k Wine from the Lake Erie Islands Is pressed from America’s finest grapes. Serve E&K—and your choice is the finest wine from this district! Enjoy E & K Ohio Port, Sherry, Dry Sherry, Tokay and Muscatel...delicious with dessert or for afternoon or evening. By producers of the celebrated E&K Sauternes since 1863. Buy now... supply limited. Engels & Krudwig Wine Co, Sandusky, Ohio. ury Department to each school which shows that its students are saving-, serving, and consening. "After the scrapbook reports in January, the schools of each com munity are asked to arrange a joint exhibit of student war work. | Tile finest displays at the loca* j exhibits will be sent on to a gen oral state exhibit.” Farm Enlargement Loan Can Be Made Through FSA Here Farmers owning farms too small to be complete units now have an opportunity to borrow mcmey with which to purchase enough addition al land to enlarge their piesent farm to a complete unit. An an nouncement to this effect has been made by the County Farm .Secur ity Administration office. That part of the FSA program formerly known as Tenari: Fur chase Section, now known as Farm Ownership Section, lias enlarged its scope of work to include this new program, and will now make this new type of loan as well a.' continue to make loans to tenant farmers who art not now land owners. The regulations covering this loan are practically the same as those that have been used in the past for making tenant purchase loans. The farm must be a family ty'pe unit; that is of the proper size to utilize the family labor to the best advantage, and still not so large that they need to employ much outside labor. A purchase price limitation in each county puts a top limit on the dollar value of each farming unit, and this must include the value -f the small farm which the family now owns. It is possible through this pro gram to secure money with which to make needed repairs, in addi tion to the purchase cost. The pre sent improvements and repairs must be within the limitations of the War Board Order L-41, which at the present time limits any new construction to the dewlling tu $200 and $1,000 on agricultural buildings. If there is a mortgage on the present small farm, it is possible to have this refinanced providing no other federal agency is now financing the applicant, and providing the refinancing will be less than fifty percent of the total loan. Farmers who have small farms and are interested in secur ing funds with which to purchase additional land should get in tou ch with County Farm Security Ad ministration Supervisor Thomas J. Swain, or any member of the County Farm Ownership Commit tee who are: Mr. Thomas W. My rick, Mr. Archer L. Garnei and Mr. Lemuel G. Barnhill. New Sugar Ration Books Expected Soon RALEIGH. N. C\. December 17 A total of 3,346,316 persons In N. Carolina received War Ration Book No. 1 during; the initial regi.stra tion for sugar rationing held last summer. W. Hanee Hofler, state OPA ration officer, announced to day. Hofler said that holders of the No. 1 book will be eligible to re ceive the big No. 2 War ation Book which will be distributed 90on af ter the first of the new year. Per sons who do not have their No. 1 book must make application to their local ration board if they wish to be able to receive *he No. 2 book. A total of 54,757 persons receiv. sd the No. 1 book which is being used for the rationing of sugar and soffee in Halifax County last summer, Hofler announced. Halifax County Farm And Home News Home Demonstration Department MORE EGGS NEEDED: Statis tics show that North Carolina Farms do not produce enough eggs for our own civilians each year much less the armed forces and defense area population within our borders. We North Carolinians bring many train loads of eggs that hhould be sent to the dehy drating plants. All over seas forc es and our allies need dried eggs, and not yet we are using them fresh here at home. If Ilulifav County and tho oth er countries in North Carolina would produce all the eggs we need in li>43, those we have been importing could go to tie drying plants and help t.n supply the ev er increasing demand 'Mr dried eggs. You us farmers and vacant lot owners can start now to do something about this. Now is the time to get your houses -md equip ment ready. That should be the first reguirement. Then get good quality chicks, and feed and care for them properly. They should produce good pullets that will give your family all the fresh eggs it needs and a surplus to sell to those who cannot have chickens. Are you going to do your part jn helping to send dried eggs to the hoys in the Solomons. PRUNING: This is a good time to prune. Prune now vvmle you have time, such tilings as grape vines and late summer and fall blooming shrubs. Among these are Crepemyrtle, A bell a., Butterfly Push, Iiardv Hydrangea, "to. SPRAY; Look your evergreens over for scale. If any is present during the first warm spell spiay with a good mixture like orchard men use on peach or apple tree* for scale. Enanymous, Pyracantha, Capejasmine and (’amelia should he especially examined as they are very susceptible to scale. NOW IS THE TIME: ®ut all leaves and undiseased plant matter in a pile to rot, Add some super phosphate occasionally. When they are lotted they will help greatly with the fertilizer problem in your vegetable garden and a round your shrubbery. Wood ash es ale are also good to use ex cept around acid loving plants. Try transplanting trees auu shrubs now whenever you find tho earth in good condition. It will be a big help to you next spring when there are a thousand other things to do, and the plants will have time to get thoroughly settl ed in the ground before spring winds and dry weather set in When you transplant, remember that you must prune the plants i1 you expect them to live. FOOD BOXES FOR CAMP. The U. S. Bureau of Home Economic# says that there is a lot of trouble with food boxes that families are sending: to boys in the service. 3v all means send boxes but remem ber a few things when you do send them. Whether or not your gift is a success will depend on the food and the packing Both must be able to stand heat and cold and to be knocked about, for at least ten days. The food should not be moist, easy to break, greasy or sticky. Food that is doubtful as chocolate, doughnuts, cheese or any thing else that might soften with heat should lie sealed in waxed pa per carton or tight tin. Never pack in glass. Cookies that are firm but rath er soft and thick ship better than brittle one.-. Date bars and otiu rs with dried fruits ship well, also refrigerator cookies. Cookies should be wrapped well and packed tightly, Salted nuts, fruit cake, and dried fruits candies are good trav elers. Fudge may be made and poured into a tin can to firm and shipped in the can. Many other ihings may be made and shipped similarity. If you do this send i ong a wooded spoon or cheap tnife to use with the eating. Do not forget to use a strong lorrupted, or wood box and plenty if shredded paper or wood shav ngs. Also use strong curd and Main address. With these preeau :ions, your hoys should get a thrill ind uplift whenever a package ar rives from home. Send them often >ut send them in a way that the toys can get the contents instead if sadly consign them to the gar >age pail. 4-II-ers AT WORK: The girls 4. T clubs in the county are now busy it work raising money to help in -he North Carolina drive for the purchase of a 4-H Ambulance for he American Red Cross. Every :ounty is asked to contribute &15.00 as their part on the Am tulance. Extra funds beyond the jurchase price of the Ambulance vill be used for comfort kits. Halifax County girls are ex acting to exceed the small amount asked of them. Fine spirit these pills are showing and Halifax County is proud of them. Soil Conservation Service For the past few years a new summer legume has found a place in the improvement of our more sandy soil in the Coastal Plain Section. Yields of cotton and corn have increased and erosion has bee nslowed by the use of crotala ria as either an interplanted le gume with corn or broadcast in field planting. Like soybeans, the earlier you plant crotalaria the better growth i will be obtained and unlike hoy | beans this plant will make fair I growth on lands termed dead lue ! to depth of sand. Of course, the better the land the more growth will be obtained. Mr. A. L. Garner, Route 1. Hali fax, has for many years grown crotalaria with marked success. Mr. : Garner like many other farmers in Halifax County values the improve ment that crotalaria has given some of his sandy land. The two varieties of crotalaria most used in this section are spec tabilis and stnatta. Of the two, the striatta variety probably has -he most promise. It is hopeu that more farmers in Halifax County will take this short cut to land improvement in 1U-KL Ten pounds of seed broadcast over an acre of sandy land or three to five pounds sowed in rows around tne middle of April and worked once or twice will give surprising results. i Profitable Jobs | Now Open To Men And Women ■ RALEIGH, Dec 17-Director Ed I ward W. Ruggles of the State Col lege Extension Service said today jobs paying an annual salary ol $2,000 to start, with an increase to $2,600 possible within a few months, had been opened to an “unlimited number" of men and women who successfully complete any of the war-work short courses at the college. The openings are for Junior in structors in aircraft mechanics and the work will bo in North Caroli na, Ruggles said, adding that he was not at liberty to reveal pub licly the location of the jobs. Personel representatives visited the college this weak to interview men and women now in the va rious short courses. A new series f courses, lasting from 10 to 20 weeks and financed by the Federal government, will h,gin ^ ‘•My informant said he Wan all the men and women he c get immediately after they '°U" finished one of our courses” ** gles reported. ' The $2,000 salary will begin „ soon as the workers are sig„e up. They will spend three J months in a course i„ ^ mechanics or aircraft engi„f ‘ and then three months' stmi preparatory teaching. A{tery “ preparatory teaching period „ will be eligible for a S ' 7 $2,600 salary. to lile Only requirements are median,-, cal aptitude and completion of ,.„e of the State College short cou, es. A bulletin describing the series may be secured upon a0 plication to Director Ruggies' , fi.ee. .C°urse* in th« series, ^ of which will start January ig,k include aerial bombardment n , lection, aircraft inspection, are,p tectural and marine drafting cht mical testing and inspection, n geneering drawing, engineer™ fundamentals, fabric inspection ,! testing, fundamentals of machine, industrial safety engineering, terials testing and inspection,' p ' duction supervision, radio Vj, munication, surveying and war pi duction engineering and contra ing. Men and women of any age i eligible to apply for the cours. High school graduation is the mi imum educational requirement. A: expenses of the training exet,,; student's textbooks and subsiute., ce are paid by the Federal giy ernment, which began the progn, nearly two years ago to provu technically-trained workers for jobs vital to the victory effort. Ruggies emphasized that per. sons completing successfully any one of the courses are eligible for t he lucrative jobs as junior instruc tors in aircraft mechanics. A & P Stores Will Be CLOSED ALL DAY FRIDAY & SAT. DECEMBER 25 - 26 ENRICHED MARVEL Bread, lge. 1-2 lb. loaf 11c WH1TEHOUSE EVAPORATED MILK 3 Tall Cans ANN PAGE SALAD DRESSING Pt. Jar CHRISTMAS MIXED CANDY 1 lb. pkg. 27c 22c 11c fee H NUTS gsji ^ PECANS, U). _29c Lurgj WALNUTS, 1!>. -- -29c MIXED, lb. -- -29c ft BRAZIL, lb.-37c FRUIT CAKE BRAND CURRANTS 2, 8 oz. Pkgs. -- -lc LAYER FIGS 1 lb. pkg. . SEEDED RAISINS 1 lb. pkg. - -1 Produce Department $1.85 95c 1-2 Box Sweet Juicy ORANGES, bag 1-4 Box Sweet Juicy ORANGES, bag Large TANGERINES, doz. 15c - 20c Large Delicious APPLES, doz. Juicy PEARS, dozen. 35c Large Crisp LETTUCE head . • l5c Large CELERY, stalk.l7c 10 lb. Bag GRAPEFRUIT, bag 39c
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