PAGE TWO The Week In Washington A Resume of Governmental Hap| penings in the National Capital Washington. Aug. 4?Under a new program announced by I-eon Henderson. head of the office of price administration, a purchaser can sue' a retailer for at least S50 if the retailer charges a price higher than that established by retail price ceilings. Under Mr. Henderson's order, which is expected to aid greatly in the enforcement of maximum prices, a civilian can sue for treble the overcharge by a retailer, or for $50. whichever is .greater, and the retailer will also be required to pay court costs, lawyer's fees. etc. On many lines of goods the regulation is expected automatically to take care of enforcement, but there are still many difficulties which stand in the way of permanent price stabilization. The demand for freezing of farm prices and for the freezing of wages has increased greatly during the last month. The rapidly increasing costs of certain meats, plus the t auv4 iagc ui llicaib ill SUIIlt: CltlUS, IS j blamed on the lack of control over farm prices. Figures indicate that the cost of living continues to rise because of the food products which are not under price control. Ac- < cording to figures released by Mr. 1 Henderson, the price of uncontrolled 1 lamb rose '0 per cent between May i 15 and June 15. the greatest in- ' crease there ever has been in such a short period, the price of uncon- t trolled roasting chickens rose 9 per c cent. On the controlled foods, such as ' beef, bananas and canned fruits and ( vegetables, the price has declined : in most cases, but the increase in prices on uncontrolled items has off- ( set all reductions and caused an in- I crease in the total cost of living. i Although thousands of types of ; products are under strict control, 1 the cost of living, in the eyes of t most people, is measured primarily i by the cost of food. With food ( prices rising there is an increasing l demand that all food prices be put 1 under control of the OPA. But it is not likely that congress will agree ' to this?at least until after the election?because of the strong farm bloc in congress which insists on watching out for the interests of the farmers no matter how contrary men. pi uucoui l' may ue 10 uie interests of the nation as a whole. This attitude of congress was clearly demonstrated when both houses, despite presidential opposition, passed a measure to establish a separate government agency to encourage the manufacture of synthetic rubber from farm products. Because of the controversy over whether synthetic rubber should be made from farm products, from oil, or from both, congress decided to take this matter into its own hands and see that the group with the largest number of votes got the break, no matter which method was adjudged best by experts on the ****** ******* u u L^iWiy i i j I fl I How's your hardware and ll 1 tool supply? You'll find U ] that we have just about jj ] everything in the hardware {] ] line priced, reasonably. {| Why not make it a special 3 j point to buy your hard- jj j ware needs, now? J With government regula- J tions making some items I extremely hard to get we T are endeavoring to take tf 3 U I care of our patrons the very rr best we can. Please be !} just as patient with us as ?> you possibly can, if you call B. for something we do not jj I have. Just remember there 3 is a war going on. But our {] stock is well balanced and fj we can fill most of your {j requirements. Call and see Farmers Hardware j & Supply Co. BOONE. N. C. 9 " Polish Refugee X *' & M&eMSH Here a group of Polish refugi uncompleted Nazi machine gun fa firltish and Russians drove them c ft has now turned into a useful bu Tate To Head Tufts Memorial Associatior Banner Elk. Aug. I.?Dr. Willian J. Tate, prominent physician o Banner Elk. has been elected to thi presidency of the Edgar Tufts Me norial Association, the position lef acant by the death of Edgar H rufts on June 15 of this year. Hi vill take up his new duties immc iiately. The association consists of Lees ticRae College. Grace Hospital jrandfather Home for Children ind various allied enterprises. Dr. Tate has been chief e.f staff o Jrace Hospital since 1010. Unti he death of the Rev. Edgar TufU ts founder, in 1023. Dr. Tate was hi issociate and since that time he ha x-cn a co-worker with Edgar Tuft; he son. No one person is more fa Tiiiiar with the work of the asso nation, with the problems of th nountain people, and the close re ntionsnip of the two. Dr. Tate was born in Wauhatchii Tenn.. in 1885, and was reared i Knoxvillc. He was graduated b Ihe University of Tennessee Schoc of Medicine, and took his medic; internship at the Knoxvillc Gcncrr Hospital, and has had postgraduat work at various medical centers i the United States. In 1933 he w; elected a fellow of the America College of Surgeons, one of th highest honors that can come to on of the medical profession. During the 32 years of his stay i Banner Elk. Dr. Tate has bee war production board. The insistence of congress on d< ing favors for the farmers, no ma ter what the consequences to tl nation may be, is considered here i be the chief dangerpoint in our e forts to stem inflation and may ah interfere with our war productio as threatened by the synthetic rut ber move. The next most important threat I our emergency program is the ui willingness of the government 1 take a firm hand with labor. T) decision of the war labor board i increase wages in the "Little Stee industries by an amount equal the increased cost of living?a di cision which has set a formula f< the demands of all industry?is bi lieved by experts to be a mot which practically forces inflatio Under that formula, each time thei was an increase in living costs thei would be more demands for pa rises, manufacturers would have i increase their prices to meet the ir creased labor costs and a viciot circle would be put into operatio in which wages and prices woul iace upward together. All of the "Little Steel" compar ies have accepted the war labc board's ruling because they hat been forced under the threat of la ing their businesses if they didn comply. In a statement made fo lowing acceptance, the Inland Ste Company said: "In the name of patriotism, Ii land is compelled to do a thir which it believes to be wrong, b< cause the alternative would inte fere with war production. "The steel workers threatened strike if the company did not cor ply. The war labor board threatei ed to invoke the full power of tl President to compel the companj plants would be taken from it. Tl company had no alternative. It hi to comply." Hoping to let these siluatio: drift along until November befo the public's demand for action b comes too great, many congressmi and senators have left Washingti to go to talk to the homefolks see how the prospects are for vote The entire house of representativ and one-third of the senate is to 1 replaced or re-elected at the cor ing election and the members a extremely jittery about the votei reaction to what they have been d ing during the past year. They . want to get on the home grouni and learn what the people real think, but some of tllem also fe; they may irritate voters by beii at home when so many importai questions are now being decided Washington. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE Children in Iran cc children In Tehran, Iran, nsc an ictory for a schoolroom. Before the >ut, the Nazis started this project hut tiding by Red Cross supervision. jclosely identified with the civic a | religious life of the community, i 1 has been an elder in the Presbyti j ian church tor many years. He !. president of the Banner Elk Bar f one of the soundest financial ins ? tutions in the mountains. He i . been active in Red Cross and oti t humanitarian causes, and is the c amining physician for the selecti j service board of Avery county. 1 _ efforts, during all these years, ha been directed toward civic, educ . tional and cultural improvemei throughout the mountain area, a he always worked closely with t late Edgar H. Tufts along the f lines. il FIRE s Some 3.500 persons are burn s to death in fires on American fan ;. and in rural communities each ye - and the total loss runs to appro i- ntately $200,000,000. p It takes two flat cars to carry t 65-foot barrel for a 16-inch batt " ship rifle, n y : ' io le "What's it goot to 1" Guns, tanks, c part of a plane' Dr e " n. re re iy :o i- In the barnyards of farms and in tht A I _ 11.' T L " I u/iu umcs ui norm Junk which is doi >r where it is, but whi e 3- at once to help j' Japs and Nazis. el Scrap iron and steel, foi 1_ Even in peacetime, i about 50% of the raw mi r- It may be rusty, old " but it is actually refin to . . n_ most impurities removi ti- quickly melted with nel,e form of pig iron to p le quality steel for our wa id The production of >, ns up, up, UP, until tod re turning out as much ste e" of the world combined. j" least 6,000,000 addition to steel is uncovered proi !S. oe - Tfe tnei | WAR I rs' this odvarlifmant / o- (rapratantmg and wh dl 5 LOCAL * HARRY at in Phone IS IRY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. Army Will Purchase Idle Power Plants Owned by Farmer: Farmers of Watauga county \vh have small power generating plant not being used may have an oppor tunitv to sell them to the Unite< States army to meet the rapidl; growing need for such units, accord ing to W. W. Mast, chairman of thi county USD A war board. The power plants. Chairman Mas said, are wanted by the U. S. arm; signal corps for operating commu nicotians equipment, especially a remote bases where current is no available from established plants. The specific types of power plant i (both engine and generator) neede include gasoline, diesel, kerosene o fuel oil driven motors, operating 11 to 220-volt generators, alternatin j current only. Equipment of thi j type can be used in capacities frori | f>00 watts to 25 kilowatts and largei i mi netouiauons in connecuoi i with inspection and approval to purchase of such power plants wil be handled by signal corps repre sentatives in direct contact with th ; owner. Ownership of an idle plan does not necessarily mean the arm; ? . will purchase it. Appropriate in ncj jspection will be made by the signa j^e I corps to determine if the plant i ,r_ 1 suitable for army use. The count; " j. i war board will serve to report loca 1IC i lion of thesse plants to the army s ti- | ^^^ ier IXi Schc he ?se ed ins *>- For Sch QUEE] lc MIIHHHn kHitf ^Hjnei and gullies rate of production c I basements or increased; the net is is a lot of and cannot be ng no good _ The rubber . In spite of the rec chisne l . there is a continui smash .e quantities of scrap ru waste materials and example. cnpper, zinc, lead an ^ "ap provided Junk which y, aterial for steel. byindu3try from sen scrap" to you, lished- government-, ed steel?with Wil! you help? -'d, and can be First?collect all , v metal in the terial and pile it up. reduce highest Then?sell it to a r machines. Jt to a charity, take steel has gone nearest collection po 'ay America is ^h your Local Salel as all the rest If you live on a 1 But unless at County War Board < ?1 tons of scrap ment dealer. -ptly. the full nmmVoURsc, ^R?v"LVON ?o SALVAGE commi M. HAMILTON, Jr., Chi ??-?._____^^^^Boone, those which are desired may be inspected for possible purchase." < The chairman urged all farmers r your farm impleMATERh ap into the fight! Scrap Iron an Other metals 'IOn Old rubber. A R D Rags, Manila Tk/cTS tssssss sell to your meat de ITTEE w"i0ED0N"' Waste paper and ta lULLLin areas, as armouno Uriliall (at this time): Raze N. C. AUGUST 6. 1942 The 1942 commercial early crop if Irish potatoes is estimated to be 18.758.000 bushels, a 15 per cent in:rease over the 1931-40 ten-year iverage of 43.293 bushels. Do Thigs Fast! Stepped-up war production calls for alert minds, active bodies. See for yourself how full of life New River Dairy milk makes i you feel! And just wait till you taste its rich, creamy flavor! New River Dairy UR FAMILY member of f ANT BURIAL ATION . . BOONE. N. C. ling, after which the following lerly Yearly Benefit .10 .40 S 50.00 .20 .80 100.00 .40 1.60 100.00 .60 2.40 100.00 nges ir Agent IP ANY T War TTN. ; MAKES G WEAPONS i One old disc /? will provide Jy scrap steel /r needed for 210 Jy semi-auto- fjf ne useless old * * ' J? ire provides as @ ? ? ? ?uch rubber * * * * sis used in 12 0 JJ M 1J )ld shovel will help ^ ^y> 4 hand grenades. ULS NEEDED d steel, off all kinds. rope, burlap bags. ig Fats ? When you get 1 train into a large tin can and nler. ^ N CERTAIN LOCALITIES: i cans?wanted only in certain ed locally. NOT NEEDED r blades?glass.