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HENDERSON URGES PAY STABILIZATION Vil, ]>u| Mailer Before F. R. \oain If M ar Labor Board '[.'ails To Take Action By DONALD A. YOUNG WASHINGTON. May 16.— UP) — . j.v inistrator Leon Hender pncc ACU‘ “ ' told the house ways and son \ committee that if the War *ea , boav[j does not stabilize Tabpl ^ u.jU again put the mat v3°CS -i President Roosevelt with lcr Ue,emendation that “other ac » reff ,‘aken ” it was disclosed to ■ion be tdkei.. ^Testimony given by Henderson closed session <<f the commit f:.1“earlier this week showed that ie warned the congressional tax legislation experts Tat a grave in flationary danger existed in wage increases. His testimony served to quicken interest within the committee in proposals lor a general sales tax L pact of a program to raise the S8 700 000.000 which the adminis tration says it needs for revenue yand to help control inflation, "committee members estimated ,hr without a sales tax, they would write a bill to raise only about $5,000,000,000. Two opponents of atch a levy said that in that case the committee might have no alternative but to write a sales tax into the bill. "If we come up to the end a cou ple billion dollars short, the com mittee might be disposed to ap prove a sales tax,” Rep. Me Keough iD-Ill) said. “In that case, we would take the fight against it m the house where the chances of beating it would be better.” Rep. Healey ( D-Mass) concurred, expressing the opinion that the comm idee's total of corporate, in dividual and income taxes prob ably would fall at least $2,500, 000*000 short of the revised ad ministration's goal of $8,700,000,000. Henderson told the committee Diat "wage increases, if they were of the magnitude of last year, or if they were of the order that is contemplated by the applications now before the War Labor board, would be high enough to offset the additional taxation contemplated here." If wages arc not‘stabilized, Hen derson said, the nation faces a $7, COO.OOO.OOO additional inflation threat "that comes just from such things as the dollar a day that is asked, or by permitting the cost of living to increase.” 4 _ _xr Yoke Fellows Band To Note Anniversary Today The Yoke Fellows band of the Young Men's Christian association Kill hold its 33rd anniversary serv ice at the New Hanover County Home this afternoon. It was at the request of Miss Callie Mills, then living at the home and who still takes an active interest in the services there, that a group of ministers and laymen began holding services and this c ork has continued without inter rumion through the years. While the personnel of the band has changed greatly through the years, there are at present two of the charter members, K. W. Price and L. D. Latta. Others who have been active for more than 25 years are R. F. Coleman, Eli Cavanaugh, J. B. Huntington, E. B. Johnson, Ih B. Robinson and G. C. Bor deaux. The program, led by S. Baxley, presiident. will consist of Testi monies by members of the band and a message by Dr. Fred W. Paschall. pastor of Trinity Metho ds! church. A period will be de voted to a Memorial service in honor of the late charter member of the band, H. E. O’Keef. Cars "ill leave the Y.M.C.A. for this service a; 2:45 o’clock. 4 -V Nearing For Smith Boy To Be Conducted Monday A hearing for Reese Arnold wuth. 16-year-old Wilmington •outfl 'l'ho is being held under $5, ™ bond on a charge of a crime a§ainst nature, will be held in re coider's court here Monday morn ing. , Smitb. who was arrested at his '.orne at Pinecrest Parkway by . detectives Friday afternoon, , r P°hce that the crime, alleged r' asve been committed on an ■gnt-year-old girl, occurred at his borne on May 8. e declared that he didn't know tj.J , committed the crime and c:j ^tempted to commit sui ha,? immediately afterwards by in i!,,'§as from the stove in the tchen of his home. 4 T-V GrM°V "ei"ht Used for Gold t,.r,. ,s weighed by the troy sys thj!n "hich there are 12 ounces to v,e oi?0 u n d, while feathers are lirethe av°ii'dupois meas tn ii.Jn wbich there are 16 ounces -iiJ^Pound. attention VOTERS! REELECT WILLIAM HENRY ezzell CONSTABLE l>11.' War Bonds and Stamps CAROLINA BEACH SCHOOL ADDITION Hip liPifw mi? S U ''Ing addition to the Carolina Beach school is expected to accommodate the heaij influx ol children during the coming year. The addition, built by the Federal Works Agency as a wai public "orbs project, was completed recently. (Federal Works Agency photo by Zernick). WEEK’S PROGRAM PLANNED BY USO Includes Cooking Class, Beach Outing And Sev eral Formal Dances A cooking class for enlisted men, a beach program, quiz programs and several formal dances are among the activities scheduled for this week by the various USO clubs here. The week’s calendar: SUNDAY: Java club, 2nd and Orange, 9:00 a. m.; breakfast, 4th and Ann, 9:00 a. m.; breakfast club, 5th and Orange, 9:00 a. m., symphonic recordings (Wagner selections), 5th and Orange, 3:00 p. m.; beach party, 5t& and Orange, 3:00 p. m.; classical rec ords, 2nd and Orange, 3:00 p. m.; tea. (Service men, relatives, etc.), 2nd and Orange, 4:00 p. m.; com munity sing, 2nd and Orange, 5:00 p. m.; buffet supper, 4th and Ann, 6:30 p. m.; make-a-record, 2nd and Orange, 7:00 p. m.; movies, 4th and Ann, 7:30 p. m.; after church breakfast for enlisted men, 9th and Nixon, 10:00 a. m.; ship yard workers meeting, 9th and Nixon, 3:00 p. m.; quiz program, prizes, 9th and Nixon, 6:00 p. m.; informal activities, 9th and Nixon, 7:00 p. m. MONDAY: Nutrition, 5th and Orange, 10:00 to 12:00; bowling, 5th and Orange, 2:00 to 5:00; Girl Scout meeting, 5th and Orange, 3:00 to 4:00; first aid, 5th and Orange, 2:30 to 4:30; air raid war den’s first aid, 5th and Orange, 7:30 p. m.; service men’s council, (Camp Davis). 2nd and Orange, 6:30 p. m.; service men’s council, 2nd and Orange, 7:00 p. m.; glee club, 5th and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; progressive games, 4th and Ann, 8:00 p. m.; art class, 2nd and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; informal dancing and games 9th and Nixon, 8:00 p. m. TUESDAY: Red Cross Motor Corps, 5th and Orange, 10:00 to 12:00; knitting class, 2nd and Orange, 2:00 p. m.; cooking class, 5th and Orange, 2:00 p. m.; Brownie troop meeting, 5th f and Orange, 3:00 p. m.; social dancing, 5th and Orange, 7:30 p. m.; home nursing, 5th and Orange, 8:00 to 10:00; social dancing, 4th and Ann, 7:30 p. m.; citizens’ committee meeting, 9th and Nixon, 8:00 p. m., Ping-Pong tournament, attractive prizes, 9th and Nixon, 8:00 p. m. WEDNESDAY: Nutrition, 5th and Orange, 10:00 to 12:00; bridge club, 5th and Orange, 11:00 to 1:00; junior knitting class, 5th and Orange, 3:00 p. m,; first aid, 5th and Orange, 2:30 to 4:30; air raid wardens’ first aid, 5th and Orange. 7:30 to 9:30; dramatics, 5th and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; art class, 2nd and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; square dance, 2nd and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; bingo, 4th and Ann, 8:00 p. m.; knitting and crocheting, 9th and Nixon, 5:00 p. m.; dancing class for enlisted men, 9th and Nixon. 8:00 p. m.; bridge club, 2nd and Orange, 1:30 p. m. THURSDAY: Building man Farm Program Planned Until Spring Of 1944 By OVID A. MARTIN. WASHINGTON, May 16.—(Wide World).—A streamlined farm pro gram designed to meet the na tion's basic food needs and to provide supplementary supplies for its Allies until the spring of 1944 is being formulated by Secre tary Wickard and his Agriculture department aides. It would elimi nate all non-essential crops. The program is based on this general thesis: Americans must abandon any complacency they may have about the food situation, because short ages may develop. Production dif ficulties arising from the war may make it impossible for farmers to produce as much in 1943 as they are expected to produce this year. The demand for food, on the other hand, may be much larger. The program consequently will call upon farmers to concentrate on the production of such vital products as livestock feed crops, soybeans and peanu* i for vegetable oils, fruits, vegetables, sugar beets and sugar cane for sugar, meat animals, dairy and poultry prod ucts, and long-staple cotton. The 1934 production problem Will be laid before a conference of agricultural adjustment agency farmer committeemen from the 48 states to be held at Chicago on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday These committeemen will be ask ed to suggest ways and means of making Federal crop programs operate more effectively in secur ing the necessary food output. Their suggestions will be used by the department in the formulation of the 1943 AAA food program. Officials predict farmers will have to operate under extreme di ficulties next year, because of growing shortages of labor, fer tilizer. farm machinery eauipment. tires for tractors and trucks, gaso line, and other supplies. Because of these shortages, the 1943 farm program will provide for the mobilization of every tilled acre, every hour of farm labor, every sack of fertilizer, and every piece of farm eauipment or the production of those products need ed most. Production of unneces sary crops or of commodities of which there are surpluses would be branded as “wasteful” production. Officials said the Chicago confer ence would seek to ascertain the attitude of farmers toward a sharp change in financial phases of the crop programs. This year, as in every year since the programs were offered government benefit payments for curtailing production of commodities of which there were above-normal reserves. The ly43 program may cut uun.. on such oavments and offer instead “incentive” subsides for increased production of vital food products. Officials explained that under normal conditions, with the econo mic laws of supply and demand operating with a minimum of re strictions prices of the products needed most would tend to rise sufficiently to encourage their pro duction and to discourage the pro duction of commodities already in abundance or not needed in in creased quantities. Government price ceilings, how ever, tend to stabilize prices of all farm products at about the same level. Thus, prices alone may no longer offer sufficient incentives for farmers to shift from the pro duction of some crops to others or to put in extra effort to secure an enlarged output. Crop shifts and extra production often involve greater expenditures as well as changes in a farmer’s customary operating pattern. ^ # While approving price ceilings as a move to help prevent in.flatl°n; Secretary Wickard has said that they may, in some instances, dis courage the production of vital farm products. On the other hand, the price administrator’s office has indicated that it would be slow to make adjustments in price °r'-e^s because one change would lead to pressure for many others. Agriculture department officials say the 1943 program may provide one or several mechanisms which would permit the retention of pres ent price ceilings and yet prevent them from interfering with the food production program. First, the government might buy the products from growers, paying prices which would encourage pro duction of the vital products, and then sell those products to dis tributors at prices which would permit their sale at price ceilings This method would, of course, in volve losses for the government. Second, the government might at tempt to bring about reductions in Jhe profit margins of processors, distributors, shippers and retailers of foods so that a larger portion of the consumer’s dollar would go to the farmer. Third, government payment of direct subsidies for the needed pro ducts. Farm officials appear to favor the third method. No estimates have been made on the amount of money that would be required for incentive payments, but most of ficials believe that probably not more than $700,000,000 would cover all types of payments. They contend it would be much cheaper, from the national stand point, to pay such subsidies than to raise price ceilings to the point necessary to secure the vital pro duction. An increase in ceilings would involve, they said, a pyra miding by processors and distri butors, with the total cost to con sumers being made many times greater than the amount of the subsidies. The 1943 program may also car ry more rigid penalties for excess production of wheat, tobacco, and possibly cotton. Supplies of these crops are relatively large. It also may involve greater gov ernment control over the facili ties of production. Fertilizers, tires for trucks and tractors, insecti cides, gasoline, transportation fa cilities and government assistance in securing farm labor may be limited largely to farmers comply ing with the food program. Wheat will be more adversely af fected by the 1943 program than any other major crop. Because of prospects that this year’s crop and reserves from previous crops may provide a two-year supply, farmers will be asked to plant con siderably less than this year’s be low-normal acreage. Rigid mar keting quotas will be proposed for wheat as well as for tobacco and cotton. Carolina Beach Expects Continuous Flow Of Visitors This Summer Carolina Beach is only one gal lon—15 miles—from the intersec tion of Front and Princess streets in Wilmington, officials of the beach resort’s chamber of com merce pointed out to ration-handi capped motorists this week. Every convenience at the resort, groceries, motion pictures, novelty shops, rides, dance halls, bath houses, bowling alleys, hotels and many of the cottages, are all with in a six square block area, the officials declared. No cottage along the seven mile strand is more than one quarter of a mile, easy walking distance, from a grocery store. As a result of staggered vaca tion schedules and mid-week va cations, the flow of visitors to the beach, chamber of commerce officials believe, will be continuous from June through September in stead of being concentrated in week-end periods and the beach will thus afford ample accommo dations to all at all times. _v_ PREFABRICATED WALLS There are prefabricated walls to day weighing less than t h r ee pounds per square foot which are stronger than any tupe, of much heavier conventionally bni't walls. -V UNBROKEN ARMY MULES The word “shavetail” is soldiers’ slang for a recently appointed sec ond lieutenant — humorously so called with allusion to the young, unbroken army mules. MOORE BECOMES ENGINEER HERE Succeeds Lieut.-Col. Robert A. Sharrer As Head Of Wilmington District Lieut.-Col. Wayne S. Moore be came district engineer of the Wil mington U. S. Engineer district yesterday with the departure of Lieut.-Col. Robert A. Sharrer Fri day afternoon for other duties to which he had been assigned by the War department. Lieut.-Col. Moore, formerly the executive officer of the Mob'Ie, Ala., engineer district, arrived here early last week to familiarize himself with the duties of district engineer, which include supervi sion of all construction for the Army within the Wilmington dis trict. Outstanding project in the dis trict at present is the construction of Camp Butner, near Durham, where one of the Army’s new tri angular divisions will be based. Lieut.-Col. Sharrer, formerly the executive officer of the Los An geles, Calif., engineer district, ar rived here several months ago to replace Col. Earl I. Brown of Wil mington as district engineer. ^Several assistants to Lieut.-Col. Moore, as yet undesignated, will arrive here in the near future. 2 _v_ NAMED DEAN ST. LOUIS, May 16.—(/P)—The University of Missouri board of curators today named Dr. Frank Luther Mott of the University of Iowa as dean of the Missouri Journalism school succeeding the late Frank L. Martin. Mott, 56, has headed the Iowa Journalism school since 1927, won the Pulitzer prize for history in 1939 and has written several books. Latest Style ELECTRICAL FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES For Your Home or Office A. B. BLAKE 123 Market St. Phone 5189 “fm set for years I’ve just bought a brand ■»" finffiacr THE CAR YOU BUY today may have to last you a long, long time. That’s why a new 1942 Pontiac is a wise choice. Pontiac otters long lite witn remarKame ireeaora irum repair and upkeep costs, plus exclusive Triple-Cushioned Ride for greater tire conservation. Pontiac is still priced just above the lowest, and you can buy it on convenient monthly terms. AVAILABLE AS A SIX OR EIGHT IN ANY MODEL I IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO BUY A NEW* PONTIAC WE CAN HELP YOU In addition to physicians, nurses, ministers and those in certain civic services, all persons directly or indirectly connected with the war’s prose cution are eligible to purchase a new car. This regulation has behind it the patriotic pur pose of enabling these per sons to replace worn and in efficient cars with modern, economical transportation. If you are in any way connected with a war activity—or if your present car should he replaced —come in. We will help you determine whether you are eligible, and then help you get a "certificate of purchase” on a new Pontiac. ' * Produced late in 1941. At present Pontiac . is building nothing but arms Jor victory. HOWELL MOTOR CO. 7-9 North 3rd Street Wilmington, N. C. agement meeting, tod and Orange. 5:00 p. m.; advanced first aid, 5th and Orange, 7:30 to 9:30: weiner roast, 5th and Orange, 7:00 p. m.; home nursing, 5th and Orange, 8:00 to 10:00: formal dance, 4th and Ann, 8:00 p. m.; bridge hour for enlisted men and civilians, 9th and Nixon, 8:60 p. m.; shipyard workers meeting, 9th and Nixon, 8:30. FRIDAY: Sewing class, 5th and Orange, 2:00 p. m.; advanced first aid, 5th and Orange, 7:30 p. m.: bowling league, 5th and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; pool demonstration and Ping-Pong tournaments, 4th and Ann, 8:00 p. m.; movies, tod and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; camera club. 2nd and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; quiz program, 2nd and Orange, 9:00 p. m.; camera club meeting, 9th and Nixon, 8:00 p. m.; movies, 9th and Nixon, 9:00 p. m.: children's activities at Tracer Camp, 5th and Orange, 1:00 p. m. SATURDAY: Outdoor club-beach program, 5th and Orange, 3:00 p. m.; mending, 2nd and Orange, 4:00 p. m.; make-a-record, 2nd and Orange, 3:00 p. m.; public steno grapher, 2nd and Orange, 5:30 p. m.; formal dance, 2nd and Orange, 8:00 p. m.; informal dancing and games, 4th and Ann, 8:00 p. m.; open house, 5th and Orange: cook ing class for enlisted men, 9th and Nixon, 8:00 p. m.; open formal dance, 9th and Nixon, 8:00 p. m. -V— The first typewriter was produc ed for sale in 1874. DIM-( AREAS’ SI S ERECTED AH Motorists Requested To Cut Speed To 15 Miles, Use Parking Lights Temporary signs Indicating the limits of the state highway com mission’s 15-mile per hour speed limit-parking lights only zone for motorists have been erected on U. S. 74-76 to Wrightsville beach at the curve leading to Wrights ville Sound, at the Inland Water way bridge on U. S. 421 to Caro lina Beach and at the Inland Wa erway bridge on the highway lead ing to Fort Caswell and Long Beach in Brunswick county, Ser geant J. R. Smith of the state highway patrol said Saturday morning. Permanent signs will be put up as soon as the state highway shops complete them, the sergeant said. “All motorists are requested to obey the law by slowing to 15 miles an hour and traveling by the light of their parking lights only while within the zones indi cated by the signs,” the sergeant said. The dim-out of automobile lights on all highways within five miles of the ocean in North Carolina was voted by the state highway commission as a part of the cam paign to reduce lighting along the coast that might aid enemy sub marines in their warfare against Allied shipping. 2 BRUNSWICK’S REASONING In 1588, the Duke Julius of Bruns wick made riding in coaches by his vassals a crime punishable as a felony, largely on the ground that it would interfere with military preparedness, for men would lose their equestrial sull. -V WHEN A REPUBLIC Texas is called the > “Lone Star state” because of the single star in her flag which commemorates the independent existence of Texas as a republic. WALTER L. WOOD, SR. For Meter Adjuster Your Vote Will Be Appreciated Wahl's-. 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