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PAGE TWO The Home Front w The price ceiling covets all of ,s Main street now It stands above ,j the cash reg:ster in the shoeshine shop as well as the butcher's; it w has been extended until it shields s the man who wants a clock repair- i ed or his hat blocked quite as much c as it does the customer at the cor- c ner grocery or drug store. UDder this ceiling are the highest prices ^ which may be set by laundries and q furniture repairmen, the most that , may be charged by auto parking ^ lots and dry cleaners, locksmiths and j gunsmiths and morticians. ^ All these additions to the price control structure?the whole great list would fill innumerable pages? a fall into the category of what are called "consumer services." They k are controlled as of July 1 by a new u office of price administration regulation which transfers ali such serv- 0 ices connected with commodities ,, from the general maximum price r] regulations and sets them up under ,, a special system in recognition of t, the fact that they constitute special st problems. 0j F.oof Extended Widely The extension to the root which g( shelters lis from the high cost of living is a sizeable one. The num- ,j ber of establishments of one sort ci ,v another which are affected has been g; estimated at pretty close to 1,000,000. (_ while the total amount spent by the p buying public for the wide range of a services covered amounts to more n than $5,000,000,000 a year. v, For the most part the services j, controlled are services sold at retail, and hence the order is one which will be reflected?and happily?in ^ almost every family budget. t( It will, for instance, be reflected cj in what the average family pays for jj repaiis to all sorts of things. And c; repair services, with new goods be- jr coming scarcer every day, are going j v. to be increasingly important. oJ Price Ceilings Completed e< The new regulations complete the t;, entire system of price ceilings which | was begun April 28 with the an- -p nounccmcnt of OPA's general maxi- j, mum price regulations. May li'ai brought the ceiling which covered a| sales and services and commodities c. at the manufacturing anrl whole- : ,j sale level, one week later a ccilinii , V was erected over all sales of com- c, modifies at retail. So, in the space 1 j, of two months, we have set our economie house in order for war. we t have built solid barriers against1 Ihose rising living costs which could 0 Only mean, in the end, disaster to , the home front?disaster comparable to defeat an the field of battle. He sure you remember that the ,, new regulations .uiplv only to con - i f sumer services rendered "in Conner- jj tion with commodities." They've ; t nothing to do with the fees charged s by your lawyer or your architect, , your bather shop ov your beauty j parlor: | Temporary Idle Cause Problem One of the knottiest problems confronting us as we move to mobi- ] Jize our man-power for the war ( , production line is the temporary un- , employment of skilled and semi- , skilled workers caused by the shut- . l_ NOT Ti Thrcj I Any person expecting threshing of wheat, rj barley or any other sm notified that they mus' the Register of Deeds before they can opera! See Chapter 329, North Caro HELEN I Register of Deec r.g down of non-essential civil; idustries. Now York City, fill nth many small plants winch ca ot be easily converted to war woi : a prime example. There note 00.000 men. many of whom a ighiy skilled, are jobless, at a tit 'hen war production plants in otli ections of the country arc cryi or labor. A great deal of facte apaeity, some of which can hanged over to war work, also die. Last week New York Cit .lavor La Guardia. New \'c State's Governor Lehman. War M; lower Commission Chairman P; McNutt. and War Product! 5oard Chairman Donald M. Nels l;scusscd this problem. Protect Skilled Workers Mr. McNutt and Mr. Nelson to step last week which should spc killed, workers to war jobs a eep them there. In the past, if nemployed man in the automob idustry was summoned back to 1 Id job he was forced to report wit 1 a week for forfeit his seniori gills. Now if the worker has be ained for a new job he ir.ay choc i stay with his new employer ai ill rptn:r? hie enninrifv rirthfc ;t? t id plant. The vital stake of America's 1 10.000 negroes in the fight for fee am has been emphasized by ere on of a negro manpower servi ithin the war manpower commi on. Under the direction of Dr. . Weaver, an expert on negro er loyment, the service will carry o program of training and plac lent of colored workers. The u appy race discriminations of peac me are fast disappearing. ODT Opens New Front Transportation must not be ottleneck if men and materials a > move to far-flung fronts in suf; ient quantities to defeat the Ax iighiy-trained soldiers waiting rntonments, finished weapons p ig up on steamship docks, are of : alue on the battlefield. The offi f defense transportation has ope 1. a new offensive on the transpc ition front with the formation ol IT. S. truck conservation corp: his corps will enlist the owners a rivers of our 5,000,000 motor true nd thousands of others who servi nd supply them in a nation-wi impaign to save their machines a ieir fires. The President open te offensive, saying that "it lias t nine the patriotic duty of eve ruck operator in America to h< i every possible way to make I ruck and tires last longer.'' Q ruoKs, )iK<: on; passenger cars, a ur ttaxiis, must last for the du ion. Graveyards Help Cause Automobile graveyards yield ourt; than 383.253 tons of set i total in May, 10 per cent more tli n April and 100 per cent more th he monthly rate in 104! . . . L umavr'.i aluminum col'iccUon dr esulted in the recovery of 0,398.1 rounds, only 42!:r per cent of irtiount expected. MILKWEED Because ot milkweed's buoyan Which is claimed to be- five or dines greater than that of cork nay become a vital material in naking of life jackets. . ICE O nm a to be engaged in re, oats, buckwheat, all grains are hereby t secure license from of Watauga County te. Public Laws of lina, 1935. JNDERDOWN, Is, Watauga County. rdS-lE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT? EVER1 Builds 'Jeeps' ? ' . ! p|Qp - ^pamM m>Ok Qg| t~ ^^lllffllilff nc* Trctly enough to grace the front an line of the Roekcttes. Mary Urban- : ile ski prefers the job she has. She j helps build "jeep*' cars for the ! army at a big factory in Toledo, i These little cars are one of tbc iiy war's greatest developments, cn >s<; LEES-McRAE COLLEGE TO ENLARGE MEDICAL SECRETARIAL COURSE j ? % " [ Banner Eik. Juiv 7.?Because of c~ the increased demand for medicai ,l secretaries and record lihrarians co Lees-McRae College has decided to I expand the enrollment of students in this course for the college year. n" beginning in September. This an -' ut nounceir.ent has just been made by e" Dean Leo K. Fritchc-tt of the college. n" Military activities have called so many people from the ranks of hospitals and from the medical field, that the college has had more calls _a for these trained workers than it \e can fill. . The course for the training of V5' medical secretaries and record liin brarians is offered by the college in "" conjunction with Grace hospital. Unn0 der this plan the students receive co theoretical and practical training in n" college subjects, sciences, medical |r~ shorthand and typing at the college. a After two years they are transfcrs' red to Grace Hospital where they 1 work w ith the doctors and nurses in the actual taking of histories, kecp"i0 ing of records, learning simple laboratory techniques, etc. At the end ,1C* of a third year of work, or its equivalcnt, they are ready for jobs. All ,0" graduates of the course have been ''"i placed almost immediately upon fin"*!1 Lshing. Students in the course arc "s graduated only when they car, rc"ii" ;ve an unconditional recommenri.it. inn fr?r n iv&etunn The enrollment in the course has. up to the present time, been held to a small number uf students with 11 very high scholastic records and per"P spnality and intelligence quotients. i,n Kach year many have had to be reuin fused enrollment in the course be. cause the number to he admitted :vo had already been filled. This year, however, says D an Pritchett, tliere 1 has been such an increased number of tails for workers so trained that the college feels it can contribute substantially to the welfare of the '? medical field by admitting and s,x training a larger number 'han l'or1 " merlv. the " PLANS BEING MADE TO HARVEST PEACH CROP Raleigh. July 7?Preparations for intensive recruiting of labor to harvest the state's peach crop were made Tuesday at a meeting in Rockingham of the managers, farm placement interviewers in the local offices of Albemarle, Rockingham, Sanford and Lumberton, and the field supervisors in these peach areas, W. C. Carlton, state farm placement supervisor, and E. C. Matthews, head of the Peach Growers Association. Success of last year in centering the peach gathering placement work in the Rockingham office under direction of J. H. Petty, manager, resulted in a similar plan for this year. Three special farm placement interviewers will serve Albemarle, nocKingnam ana sanlord, one for each office, assisting the regular offices' forces of the U. S. employment service in rounding up pickers and packers, and seeing that their labor is used fully. Probably 15 or 20 per cent of the peaches, early varieties, have been gathered, but the picking will continue through July, the peak period, and August. Workers are scarce this year, but officials hope to save the entire crop by utilizing as fully as possible the time of the workers available. ARIA \ ^'OOO GRADE "A" MILK"" Be sure your Milk comes from an accredited herd. Ours is both U. S. and N. C. accredited. Bottles and all utensils are sterilized daily. ! New River Dairy { THURSDAY?BCKWRNvC. Dale Carnegie HOW TO LOSE \ SALE In China 1 once foi.ni.'' ?'o sen tecces ir. the Shantung Daily Mew: that I want *.o quote: "If you -.vant to kill u sale, jus: say or do something that make: your prospect feci inferior. Often i' is much smarter to say "airi t" thai "isn't"." Isn't it just as true of human ?a tore in Connecticut as in China? I you want to kilt a sale, criticizs |something your prospect has alrvadt 'bought. Show him what bad iudg ment he has used, what a fool he ha: been. Tel! him about the fine gol score you made last Saturday. ilak< him realize that he is 'such a dub h< ought to give up the game. 3ra: about the sales contest you won. I he starts to discuss politics?boy there is your chance! Open up will both barrels. Don't wait for him l< finish what he is saying. Butt righ into t ii- middle of a sentence. Le hint know that he is talking to ai economist who knows everything from how to solve the relief prob lent to how to balance the budget In other woraa. make him feel thcr oughly inferior. Do that ana vol will kill your sales and make you former friends cross the street t< avoid meeting you. One of the most disastrous defeat of the Civil war was cau ed vex; largely by a general who made hi: olficers and men feel inferior. Gen Pope had won a few battles out wes and then captured an island in tn< Mississippi. He felt he was a re incarnation of Julius Caesar. Hanoi bal and Napoleon all rolled inn one. The incompetency of Genera McClcllan had driven Lincoln al most to despair. He relieved Mc Clc'lan and gave the army to Pope The promotion went to Pope' head like a quart of Vodka. He be gan by rebuking the soldiers of tin army of the Potomac for their inac tion and he insinuated that the; were a lot of infernal cowards. Hi bragged about the victories he ha< won out west and swore that hi was used to seeing the backs of hi enemies. He declared that his head quarters would be in the saddle. Hi 1 issued so many proclamations lha he was soon called "Proclamation Pope. What effect do you suppose al this had on the soldiers who wer supposed to face death at Ills com ihand? 'Proclamation" Pope wa one of "he reasons for the dlsastrou defeat of the Union army at the set qnd battle of Bali Run?a defeat s ovoiwhelming thai if Lee had out pursued Pope's demoralized arm] he probably, could have captured fh array of the Potomac, taken Was! intrtfcn and New York, ar.d pnrhaf have -.von the Civil war for il' South. Is there a little "Proelamal.ioi TRAINED MECHAN ICS 1 QUALITY MATERIALS I LOW COST 1 TOUR CAR OR Tl SERVICED REGI He has trained ... He uses qi rials. ... He | service operatio able rates. ... It your Chevrolet car-saving servi Harrisoi WILLKIE AGAIN DECLINES governc TO NUN FOH GCVEHNOR intent in , waik N .v York, illy 2.?Wendell L -iWiilkie declared today thai he was; "a ' ? not a candidate : r the New York "T Star , ? Jisfaer, i , Pope iii your office or or, your soles . , |. force? If so. why not cut this out j er _s and tack it on the bulletin board? <'ac5" on . Don't be afraid of hurling hit. feel- , and ask ings. He probably will never dream q p. , that it was intended for ftiin. fered AUt YOU rcuilinnT&n Per fftnf af 1 your Income into U.S. , War Bonds i Stamps ? c 3 j 1 LITTLE. MAgV AVXUP- av " " ~ j f BE SURE TO GIVE ME w&NT - || THE CHANGE IN WAR *^pl ! | -SAVINGS STAMPS, PLEASE ^Sn-j-.-r | J I WANT TO HELP AMERICA IvL (UCK WILL LAST LONGER IF JLARLY?SEE YOUR CHEVRG 1 mechanics. for years, Chev uality mate- have had the I jerforms all ber of trade-ins ns at reason- fore, the wides pays to see in servicing all dealer for models. . . . B ce because, check-up toda) i Chevrolet Cc Boone, N. C. hwkwauawiwimiuiiii'piT'niio wiwuninLm. JULY 9. 1342 x-ship and that 'I have no n of becoming one." asked sponsors of the Wi'lkie committee.'' headed j ijey 11. Heinhart, book pub- ! met to run a newspaper adnent urging Willkic's candii the Republican party ticket ;ing Wilikie to accept the G. , semination should it be of:an market 5 NOW OPEN rir.g vour Beans to the )hnson County | uclion Market | JUNTAIN CITY. TENN. ive doubled our warehouse and can give you better t .son ever before. Sell beans with us the auction PL BLACKBURN, Mcr. . Pd. LONG, Auctioneer TC.M-BgimcegMOPP? LAD TO.. AAOST *l| AY CUSTOMERS- T U.S.WAR STAMPS]] TLESEDAYS^y|jI IRES SYMDICATE ' . ffr i ifiCTi B L B kV i* B RHMnkM ? a YOII UAVt IT _ - w m? v mm ay LET DEALER rolet dealers largest num; and, theret experience makes and etter have a r. Mil >mpany
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