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The Week Isa
Washington
A Resume of Governmenfal Happenings
in the National Capital
Washington. Aug. 13.?Women
standing six deep at the stocking
counters in department stores indicate
that the war really hit home
when American women we. _ informed
by defense authorities here
that tliev may soon be unable to buy
any silk stockings at all. Although
the protests wore lew, since most
Ami-near, women oppose doing
blisiness with Japan even if it does
mean the end of silk hosiery, the
buying pariie brought even closer
the day when "he supply will be exhausted.
Cutti: g off our 3100 000,000 annual
purchase of raw suit from Japan,
plus the great use for silk in parachutes
and other defense items,
probably means that silk stockings
will be unavailable by fall. There
will also be a major scarcity of nylon
hosiery, since nylon production
equipment is not able to fill more
than a small portion of our nation's i
demand for silk, and nylon is also ,
being used in defense industries.
Although this is in the nature or" a
minor 'rage-civ to fashionable worn- ,
en. a real tragedy faced the 175.000 I;
workers the siik weaving indus-i
try i.i this country who were threat- j'
er.ed '' ith loss of their jobs. To pro- I
tect them, the office of price admin- j;
istration issued an emergency order
that ali rayon yarn producers set
aside a portion of their stock and of .
their daily output tor a government [
pool which will supply the material
to silk null: so thai they may make
rayon stockings and dresses to replace
their silk production.
This ord. however, is creating a
scarcity rayon in the factories
which now make rayon goods,
which will call for further adjusting
and a future scarcity of rayon. It
also is likely to liud to major in- '
creaso s in the price ol silk, nylon and
raven stockings, unless prices .ire
curbed by government control.
The many complications caused
by a sudden scarcity of one material
are well illustrated by this crisis in
the hosiery industry. It is, however,
only one of many domestic industries
which is being disrupted by
similar scarcities, including such necessa:\
defense materials as aluminum,
steel, rubber, tin, copper, etc.
Another example is the situation
in the automobile industry which
Watauga
Livestock Market
Boone. Norih Carolina
Sale Every Wednesday at 2
o'clock, rain or shine, with plenty
of buyers.
Highest Prices Assured
-r, LESTER CARROLL. Secretary.
Your Home Sno
We carry a complete line to
new*, used or ar,
New 3edroom Suites, specia
Used Bedroom Suites ...
3-pc. Walnut rose-carved Be
Iron Beds and Springs as c!
50-lb. Cotton Mattress, while
SPFCIAI
Gold Seal Rug, 9x12, best g
Gold Seal Rug, 9x12, light1
Crescent Seal, 9x12
Bonnie Maid. 9x12
Weartex, 9x12
We carry a complete line of
New Cook Stoves and Range
Odd Dressers as low as
Odd Vanities, only
Dining Suites :
Odd Buffets and China Close
Special on New Chairs
Good usable Trunks _
Ward Robes
Secretaries
Desks, large or small
Book Cases
Victorian Ladies' and Gents
bottom Chairs, Poster Bedi
Tables, Grandfather Clocks
carved legs Banquet Table,
Pressed Glass, Milk Glasses
Gold Leaf and Walnut Fran
These are only a few of our
self. We gel a large supply
BURGESS AN'
PHONE 195
1
Anticipation?t
' ''
President Roosevelt is shown p
anticipation notes. These are being
convenience in setting aside regulai
taxes to be paid next year on this j
genthau is at center and Under Sec
was brought into the limelight when j
the United Automobile Workers of |
America asked that a program be
worked out by I he government to j
pope with the possible loss of jobs )
by hundreds of thousands of auto- \
mobile workers. Most of us thought j
rnese workers would be absorbed in. j
defense work if the threatened 50 j
per cent cut in automobile produc- I
tion goes through. But they point- |
ed out that the defense business'
would not absorb their workers,
since the reason for a drastic cut
::i automobile production would be !
a scarcity of material rather than
manufacturing facilities and manpower
and that they understood it
would lead to the closing of many
big automobile factories.
Curbs 011 gasoline in the east also
are expected to cause major disruptions.
due to need for less workers
in service stations and in delivery
work. The seven o'clock closing
idea is r.ot expected to cut gasoline
consumption enough and it is
now anticipated that rationing maygo
into effect after Labor Day.
Because of such situations as
these, a flood of control orders are
being issued here and legislation is
being sought to protect the interests
of both workers and consumers.
One of the major pieces of legislation
which has been heatedly debaled
is a measure making it possible
to put ceilings on prices and
on reins. The President has warned
that such legislation i.-: needed to
prevent prices from spiraling upward
on everything from automobiles
to food products.
The majority in both houses of
congress immediately saw the need
for such legislation, as analysis
showed prices on many products already
have gone up considerably.
Chief opposition came from the
farm bloc in congress, which didn't
object to ceilings on prices but also
wanted a floor on farm prices?a
sua.omuw mat pnutrs WOUlUll I gu
below a certain level. The suggested
ceiling on farm prices was 110
per cent of parity, which was satisfactory
to most farm groups.
Another major objection to the
uld Come First!
furnish everyone's home in
itique furniture.
I CQQ ~ orn ra
j - - - <pu.?.uu IU OU9.i)U
S15.00 up
:droom Suite $100.00
leap as ..... S4.00
; they last 6.00
ON RUGS
rade $5.95
weight S4.95
S4.50
... S4.10
$3.50
yard goods at, yard . ,42!?c
fs $14.00 to $65.00
Z $7.00
_ $9.00
$32.50 up
its $7.50 to $10.00
$1.00 to $1.20
$1.00
$7.50 to $25.00
$7.50 to $25.00
$5.00 to $39.00
$7.50 to $18.50
Chairs, Side Chairs, Cane
?, Whatnots, Marble Top
;; one large walnut fruitpriced
reasonably: Cut and
, Copper Lustre; Paintings,
les.
items. Come see for yourweekly.
TIQUE SHOP
BOONE, N. C.
IV AT AUG A DEMOCRAT?EVERY
ho Painful Kind 1
orchasinjc the first of the income tax t
offered for sale to taxpayers for their
"ly funds required to meet the hleher
ear's income. Sec. of Treasury Mor'!
of Treasury Bell at right.
measure which is being given serious
consideration, is that it does not i
call for any fixing of wages. It is I
evident that major wage increases;
would force prices up or force a :
loss to the manufacturer or pro- '
ducer.
The tax bill changes suggested by !
the President, which included re- i
ducing the income tax base to in- j
elude single persons with an in- ,
come of $750 and married couples j
with an income of $1,500. were re-;
jected by the house ways and i
i mean? committee, which already!
i i ? '
nau I'l- yjiufa a complete measure. j
ibut his suggestion will undoubtedly ,
influence the senate bill.
Congressmen face a difficult iob !
in pleasing their constituents over I
1 by In the price fixing bill and the |
tax bill, but because of the emergency
it is expected that both meas!
tires will be put through with a
minimum of delay. When they are |
signed by the President the eon- i
jsumers and business men of the nation
will have a much easier job
of making their plans for the future.
FRANCE WILL ACCEPT
NAZIS NEW ORDER'.'
VICHY ENVOY STATES
Vichy. Unoccupied France, Aug. j
10.?Fernand Brinon. envoy of .the I
I Vichy government in occupied j
| France, declared yesterday in an in- i
itorview in Paris, marie public in]
1 Vichy last night, that France has de- 1
!eided to accept the German version j
in! the new world order as opposed!
j to mat of Britain and the United j ~
; States.
i.. -->- 1
. < m uiv imv-i v u n witc nutue pun
lie (here was considerable speculaj
lion on the results of the day-long
' conference here among Chief of
i State Marshal Petain, Vice-Premier
I Jean Darlan, General Maxime Woy'gand,
pro-consul in Africa, and Defense
Minister General Charles
Huntziger on the future of the
French empire.
Throughout the day while the four
| conferred, informed circles insisted
that the marshal was studying the
! legal position of the government in
terms of the German armistice
I convention.
The four men met after postponement
of a scheduled cabinet meeU
; ing, which had been regarded as imj
portant.
EMPLOYMENT AT ALLTIME
PEAK AS 53.120.000
ABE PLACED IN JOBS
I Employment in the United States
! reached the highest peak in history
! during June, affording jobs to 53.j
120,000 workers, the national industrial
conference board estimated
Thursday in an employment survey.
This was 1.359,000 greater than
the number employed in May and 6,193,000
above the figure for June,
1940. It was more than 5,000,000
ahead of the 1929 average, a big
year for employment in record
books.
Unemployment, the conference
board reported, dropped to 2,536,000
in June from 3,348,000 in May.
reaching the lowest level since June,
1930.
NEUTFAL OBSERVERS SET NAZI
WAR LOSSES AT 1.500.000 MEN
Vichy, Unoccupied France. Aug. 9.
?Military observers in Vichy estimated
today that the Germans have
lost 1,500,000 men and the Russians
2,000.000 men on the eastern front.
The aggregate casualties thus far
were described here as having already
made the campaign the bloodiest
in history.
Because of the desperate nature
of the fighting, these observers added,
relatively few prisoners are being
taken by either side.
Losses, it was said, are running as
high as 70.000 daily. In the battle
oi Smolensk alone, Nazi losses I
were placed at 5,000 a day just in
men killed.
; As to losses in material, experts
! here described them as fantastic, ottering
this approximate tabulation:
The Germans, 7,500 tanks; 5,800
guns, 5,000 planes. The Russians:
9,000 tanks, 7,500 guns and 7,300
planes.
GOOD
Domestic market prospects for
most farm commodities continue
good, the U. S. department of agriculture
reports.
THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C.
MYA Student Work
Officer Coming Here
According to an announcement
trade today by Superintendent W.
I. Walker of the Watauga county
ehools, William Watkins. N Y A
cork officer, will be at the courtlouse
in Boone at 11:30 a. in. on
Tuesday, August 19. to interview
vhite students needing NY*A inchool
assistance in order to attend
he county high schools during the
:oming year. To qualify for the
TYA student work program a boy
>r girl must be at least 16 years of
ige and must need the funds to
iroperly continue his or her educaion.
Each year the NYA program
ias assisted thousands of worthy
nd needy lioys and girls in the
tate to enter or remain in school
. ho otherwise would find it difficult
o continue their education.
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MISSES' J
In order to make room
merchandise we are of!
quality Bathing Suits a
you already have one?
$2.98 Suits reduced t
$3.95 Suits reduced t
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MAIN STREET
JAMES I LA BINGHAM
' On July 25. 1941. James Ila Bingj
ham of Amantha. was called to the
i great beyond after a brief illness.
| Death was due to a heart ailment,
i The funeral services were held at
the home on Sunday afternoon. July
27, at 2 o'clock with the Rev. M. A.
Osborne, pastor of Henson's Chapel
Methodist church, in charge of the
services. The pallbearers and flower
girls were selected from among
the friends of the deceased. Interment
was in the Henson's Chapel
cemeteryMr.
Bingham was born May 11.
1886. and was 55 years, 2 months
and 14 days old. He was the son of
Mrs. Cordelia Bingham and the late
Dr. E. F. Bingham of Amantha.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Victoria Mast Bingham, three
daughters. Mrs. Henry Campbell,
Miss Annabel Bingham and Miss
Elizabeth Bingham of Amantha. his
TJAVTNG a checking accoun
^ venicnt ways we know o:
is safe, too, because you don
cash around with you. It. cot
tain a checking account, that
it any longer. Stop in today
a personal checking account
obligation of course.
Northwestern
1POSIT INSURANCE CORPORA
^AUGUST
MS?!
During the next few days
duetions on all of our Sun
Ladies and Misses. Some
dj reduced to actual cost. Bi
| LADIES'
V An absolute rlparartro
Ladies' and Misses' F
can be worn until la
dresses for street, spoi
wide variety of color:
must go I
i $2.98 Dresses reduce
L $3.95 Dresses reduce
*W $4.95 Dresses reduce
$6.50 Dresses reduce
$7.95 Dresses reduce
k $10.95 Dresses redut
' $14.95 Dresses redu<
5WIM SUITS
for new Fall shipments of
ering our stock of high
t greatly reduced prices. If
-then buy for next season!
o $2.33
o $3.33
to $4.33
Dress & Tc
AUGUST 14, 194!
i mother, four sisters, Mrs. Clyde
' Greene of Boone, Mrs. J. C. Mast,
Miss Edna Bingham and Miss Hattie
Bingham of Amantha: one brother,
Dr. W. O. Bingham of Roan Moun|
tain, Tenn., and one grandchild,
j Elizabeth Anne Campbell of Aman!
tha.
1 NEW RECIPES. HELPFUL
; HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
New ways to prepare dishes, hints
to lessen housework and other help|
ful aids for women will be found ia
the Housewife's Food Almanack.
I regular feature with the
THE AMERICAN WEEXLY
I
the big magaiine distributed
with the
BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
On Sale at All Newsstands
PAY YOUR
SILLS WITH
CHECKS
t is one of the most conf,
of handling money. It
t have to carry a lot of
;ts so very little to mainit's
foolish to do without
and get full details about
tor yourself. There is no
Bank
TION Boone, N. C.
mi
Is 1
we are offering drastic reimer
wearing apparel for
of the merchandise will be
ty now for next year!
nHFSSFC
of our entire stock of
"rocks. Many of them
te fall. You will find
:t and dress wear in a
; and sizes. They all
sd to $2.33
sd to $3.33
jd to $3.66
:d to $4.33
id to $5.33
:ed to $7.33
led to $9.33
>t Shoppe
BOONE, N. C.