PAGE TWO
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Washington
A Resume of Govemmerxlal Hap- i
penings in the National Capital
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Washington. April 23-?Lew Henderson,
nowlv appdiuted protector of
the public's pocket Look, is expected
to have his hands full in preventing
inflationary price tfjsfc's. hut the
poiyeics conferred upon him are considered
sufficient to stave off any
immediate price boon
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and civilian supply. which is thel
name of the office Mr. Henderson
heads, is authorized to :ix prices if!
necessary and to prevent products |
from being withheld from the mark- j
el for speculative purpos.s. Tin J
cliici duty the new office is to J
sec that we do not have a repetition I
of fiie imiaii-in una supply i rub-j
leans which disrupted our economy
during the last .car.
The President believes that slight
increases in prices ate expected anti
not undesirable, but he wants to
prevent tiny spiraiing of prices
which are out of proportion to in &
creased purchasing power. A 10'
increase in prices during the next
year will nrnhabiy be permitted but t!
greater increases will be fought. "
Mr. Henderson will probably use 0
persuasion rather than give orders a
at first in an etfort to keep price a
control on a voluntary basis, but his v
office will be prepared So take quick h
action if voluntary control gets out c'
of hand.
During the last six months our c
national purchasing power has in- c
lu^xaiv cuia win continue in- p
creasing each month throughout the s
summer. Wage increases in farm 1
regions seem to be keeping step '
with wage increases in production '
industries. The department of agriculture
states that farm wages now ~
are higher than at any time since !
1931, that tiny are 38 per cent above "
the if) 10 1914 average and that the '
majority part of the increase has., 1
come (lucee tlie past year whenj'
they have increased 24 per cent. jj
In many states the demand forj:
larin workers at Standard wag's x I,
cecds tlie supply, although the do- 11
partment :r.: ists that there - no *
dangerous shortage of farm labor. "
But does mean further increases
in wages.
Well aware of the trouble caused 1
by rapidly vising prices during the s
last war, tiie government intends to 1
see to it that those difficulties are Lnot
repeated. Not only will prices *
be controlled, but efforts will be :
made to control the spending of
money by the public. This will prob- i
ably lie done in three ways: (1) w ide
advertising and promotion to gel
people to invest a large proportion ;
of their increased incomes in gov- ,
eminent defense bonds, (2) heavy
taxes on the middle-income group J
so that part of their increased in- j
come, resulting from government
orders, will be returned to the government;
(3) educational appeals to
our patriotism to refrain from pur- ,
chasing things tlie production of
which might hamper defense pro- )
duetion. it is possible that we may .
get our first taste of a sales campaign
conducted f ,r the purpose or
persuading us not to n,,,. ?
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The delicacy of our short-of-war I
moves has been greatly increased j
by wo actions of our government j
which Axis authorities argue are|
breaches of international law?the j
refusal of our government to recog- j
nize a Nazi-dictated statement front;
Denmark \ oiding the agreement I
placing Greenland under U. S. pro-1
tection, and our seizure of Danish.
German and Italian ships. Secretary
Hull has sound arguments to show
thai ho is acting within this country's
righls in both of these moves
and he has made it clear that he
doesn't intend to do any backwatering.
In the Greenland episode he has
the backing of the Danish minister
at Washington who signed the
agreement and refused to be recalled
by his government on orders
"emanating directly or indirectly
from Germany." He stated that so
far as this country is concerned the
arrangement is clearly within the
feats Grower j
EACH PONY EXPRESS '
RIDER GALLOPED 33 !
AMIES 4MO CHANGED
HAVE *>U CHANCED f
YOUR AMTOR O<L / V?*S<>) I
w??g .
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Killing a \Iino
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v. ; ; < -w^r .. ;?>* : <v:? 1
While "Old rnjlandcrs" arc no
longer startled by the sight of a
floating mine, this one which bobbed
up near Wintbrop. Mass., gave U. S.
New Englandcrs quite a scare. It
uas discovered to be a "dud" from
nearby Fort Ilanks and a soldier
from that post perched atop it as il
uas washed ashore.
cope of our Monroe Doctrine.
The success of the Axis powers in
le Balkans has made congress and
ie President more determined than
ver to increase efforts of greater
id to Great Britain. Although we
re still avoiding supplying coneys.
the President authorized the
ransfer of 10 of our coast guard
utters to Great Britain to be used
>r convoy purposes and he has askd
congress for the right to purhast?
idle foreign ships deemed ncessary
for defense purposes. This
hip-buying plan is expected to be
ushed through congress to give the
resident the right to purchase the
reign ships already seized,
it is the present attitude of conress
that a defense production must
e more rapidly speeded up to the
laximuin capacity. Congressmen
onsider the problems of getting
material to England to be of a mi101*
nature?thai the all-important
hing right nov. is to produce as
nuch and as fast as possible.
Some congressmen feel ihat the
ull in tiie strike Munition after Easer
might represent a iull before a
term, as strikes are threatened in
ome of the largest plants in the
ountry. including U. S. Steel and
i choral Motors. But there does
eem to be a feeling that labor and
mployers are ready lo come to
piick settlements in the taco of
;rowing public sentiment against
til interference with defense.
1AMSEY TO DELIVER
LEES McHAE ADDRESS
Banner Elk. April 22.?According
ci an announcement made here by
'resident Edgar H. Tufts, the cornnencement
address at Lees-McRae
lollege will be delivered by D.
lidon Ramsey, general manager of
he Asheville Citizen-Times Coraiany,
on Monday, May 2.
The baccalaureate sermon, which
rill be given on Sunday, June 1,
.ill be preached by Rev, Samuel H.
lay, D.D., pastor of the First Presyterian
church of Morristown.
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GERMANS FIRE
UPON FLEEING
ITALIAN TROOPS
German tanks opened tire on i
about 1,000 Italian infantrymen j
when the Fascist troops turned and j
i led from an attack on this desert j
stronghold under a blasting of Brit- .
I ish artillery, wntes Jan Ymdricb. ;
| special ecorespendent of the United j
i Press, with the British forces at To- |
; bruk, Africa.
The sun-baked Australian and ,
British defenders of Tobruk who)
j have stood up against a battering
i lam of German and Italian tanks for j
isi.x days have made the axis siege of \
j the stror.gohld a costly one for the i
| enemy* j
lu those six ?ys of constant strug- I
gle beneath a searing African sum <
i the British imperial forces have dc- i
jstri.ved 33 German, nnd Italian ciinks.
sortu of it;'. in big monsters, takfc.n
l,5t:0 prisoners and piled the sands .
i outside Tobmk's ring of defenses j
j with dead arid dying German and j
| Italian soldiers.
The Germans and Italians launched
their seventh big attack on To- .
bruk. only to be hurled back again ;
after losing four German tanks,
seven Italian infantry guns and |
847 Italian prisoners, including 25 1
officers.
Furthermore at least 24 German ;
: planes have been shot out of the :
| sky over Tobruk.
The attack began about 2 p. m. !
- when 12 German heavy and cruiser' j
1 tanks broke through the wire barrij
cades of Tfthnik'c nnlur Wofimcnc !
UW.V.A.OW ,
from the direction of Acroma near j
I the spot; where British tanks and i
! Australian infantry smashed through
j in January to seize Tobruk from i
! Marshal Redolfo Graziani's Italian |
i army.
This sector has borne the brunt ol j
j most of the axis attacks during the
j past six days and the Germans ap!
parently are trying to repeat the :
! British tactics, believing that they
! can cut the semi-circular perimeter
defenses in two and strike through
j to the fortress itself.
These promoter defenses reach in
a 3<)-milo arc around Tobruk through
the desert covering the land side
while the British fleet keeps the
Mediterranean clear on the sea side.
After breaking through the wire
barricades the German tanks cruised
about inside the wire, shooting
at British defense posts and strong
; points.
I Three of the takns were knocked ]
! out by anti-tank fire and a fourth
was stopped by an Australian who
crawled up to the tank's blind side
anc' sticking a piece of angle-iron in
the caterpillar treads, brought it to j
a halt.
Tl. ^ *
iv:?t U'i UK* ULTmiin tailKS
turned back, harried by the fire of
British tanks which struck out in
pursuit.
Infantry following behind the
German tanks had come to within
300 yards of the outer British wire
but dispersed and withdrew when
fired on by British artillery.
During the previous night about
1,000 Italian infantrymen had been
seen moving into positions outside
the wire in preparation for the attack.
The British guns went into action
and threw the Italians back, whereupon
the German tanks fired on the
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FEDERAL. PROGRAM WILL
RAISE PRICE OF EGGS
A nation-v.ido drive to produce
every possible egg from present
poultry laying 3 locks should inter
est North Carolina fain-- people,
says Dean I. O. Sehaub. director of
the State College extension service.
The U. S. department ol agriculture
retreating Italians.
At this point the patrol of about
20 Australians until three Bren gun
ctirriers started the encircling attack
and captured the 817 prisoners.
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A MOTOR CC
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will make purchases of poultry p
ducts in connect ion with the defei
program in sucii a way a# to si
port prices of eggs at a level of
cents per dozen, on a Chicago ba:
" Tins does not moan." says Di
SehauK ' that all North Carol
fanners will receive 22 cents J
dozen for their eggs. In ihe fi
place, farm prices of eggs are lov
than prices quoted oil the Chic;
market: transportation problems <
ter into the picture. Also, the pri
throughout the country will v;
according to seasonal variations. ;
according to grade.
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Due to the rapid changes
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Thrit'U shoppers find tha
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advantage of our uiv
you develop this habit?
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Misses' Blouse:
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See your Dodge dealer for *
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<o change without notice.
IMP ANY
UN AT DEPOT STREETS
APRIL 24. 1941 \
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ro- 1 "But it docs mean." the extension
.so leader continued, "that tarm prices
ip- of eggs will increase. Perhaps net
22 immediately, but certainly by fall,
sis.! For this reason. North Carolina
an latin P'. ople should keep their
ma poultry houses filled to capacity >
3cr where they have home-grown feed
rst to spare."
iter Secretary of Agriculture Claude
tgo Wickard has launched the national
;n egg-producing campaign, and he
ces says the goal is to increase egg prolix
ductior. for the whole country in
,ttd the next 15 months about 10 million
dozc-n.
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EASTERN STANDARD TIME
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Sec these values.