OPA Price and Rationing News Ot?-Um Threatens Gu Rations Part of the recent - gas increases given A and motorists may have to be recalled because of a daily over -consumption of 3,318,000 gal lons of gasoline, L. W. Driscoll, OPA district director, said today. v "This over-consumption,- amount ing to 100,000,000 gallons a month ? enough for one and a half billion miles of driving ? is a serious drain on our still-tight gasoline supplies. Our reserves can't stand such tre mendous pressure much longer, and if the over-use isn't stopped by the motorist themselves, 'we undoubted ly face a reduction in rations," Mr. Driscoll predicted. ? ? ? Slaughter Increases Permission to slaughter 10 per cent more cattle, sheep and lambs during accounting periods beginning on or after July 1 was granted non f ederally inspected commercial slaughterers to attain a better bal ance in meat distribution, OPA Di rector Driscoll announces. This increase brings Class 2 slaughterers' maximum percentage up from 75 percent to 85 percent for cattle with sheep and lambs raised from the former 100 percent to 110 percent. Slaughter percentages for calves and hogs are unchanged, re maining at 75 percent and 50 percent respectively. ? ? ? Maternity Care for Servicemen's Wives Eight hundred and fifty thousand wives and infants of servicemen have received care or are receiving care under the emergency maternity and infant-care program, the chil dren's bureau of the U. S. depart , ment of labor announces. In May alone, 44,000 new cases were auth orized for care. Through this pro Corn Is Cultivated Shallow This Year More North Carolina farmers are practicing shallow cultivation of corn this year than ever before and more farmers are laying by tne crop earlier than is usually the case be cause of recommendations Of the agricultural experiment station at State College. "Any farmer1 who will ' examine the roots of com plants can con vince himself that shallow cultiva tion and laying the crop by early are two good methods for increasing yields," says Dr. Emerson Collins, in charge of extension agronomy at State College. He points out that relatively heavy fertilization of com at planting, ^vith the fertilizer well mixed in the row, gives the crop an extra quick growth and enables the farmer to lay the crop by at a much earlier period than is usually the case. "Of course, weather conditions largely determine just when is the proper time to complete cultivations," Col lins explains. gram, which is administered by | State health department, under plans approved by the children's bu reau, complete maternity care, in cluding medical and hospital service, is provided for wives of servicemen, and medical and hospital care is available for their infants until they are one year of age. * ? ? Tire dealers in the Charlotte dis trict were cautioned this week about acceptance of new tire certificates presumably issued by War Price and Rationing boards in other states, in a statement by A. M. Hollingsworth, OPA rationing officer in Charlotte. Many tire dealers have been vic timized b; crooks who have tender ed stolen or counterfeit tire certifi cates, drawn on distant boards, he said. Examination Announced For Rural Mail Carrier The United States Civil Service commission has announced an ex amination to fill the position of rur&L carrier at Zionvilie. The examina* tion will be held in Boone. Receipt of applications will close July 26, 1945. The date of exami nation will be stated on admission cards mailed to applicants after the close of receipt of applications, and will be abo^it 13? days after that date. The salary of a rural carrier on a standard route of 30 miles served daily except Sunday is $1,800 p^r annum, with an additional $20 per mile per annum for each mile or major fraction thereof in excess of 30 miles. Certain allowances are also made for* the maintenance of equipment. All regular, full-time rural carriers receive additional com pensation at the rate of $300 per an num. Temporary, substitute and auxiliary rural carriers and rural carriers serving tri-weekly routes re ceive an increase of 15?percent of their earned basic compeAation, but such increase in compensation will I not in any case exceed an average of $25 per month for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof. Local U.S.E.S. Aids Returning Veterans Ail discharged service men are urged to contact their local USES office in regard to the G.I. Bill of Rights, as pertaining to jobs, loans, both business and home. Civil serv ice performance, unemployed com pensation (readjustment allowance, self-employed readjustment allow ances, education, various refresher and training courses. The USES works in direct con nection with the veterans adminis tration, civil service and other gov ernment agencies. A New "House of Magic v for Postwar America "...onl of the strongest guarantees of progress and world peace is continuous scientific preparedness through industrial research/' "General Electric has approved plana for a new $8,000,000 Research Laboratory. This ex penditure has tremendous significance. Scientific research has contributed much to our progress as a nation. "Many things have been discovered during this war, and we can and must develop them into better things for peacetime. , "Today we have 550 research people on our staff. These new facilities will not only give increased outlet for their abilities, but will provide opportunities for new research minds with new talents. "From this new laboratory we think new achievements will come. In the past, G-E research has contributed much to better living in America ? not only through new developments in x-ray, electricity, metallurgy, electronics and chemistry, but also through reduced cost and increased efficiency, as in the modern incandescent lamp. "Even more than in the past the la boratory will emphasize research in pure science ? continuing and expanding the work begun by Dr. Whitney and the late Dr. Steinmetz forty-five years ago. "To find new facts of the physical world, to extend the limits of knowledge, is a forward step in creating More Goods for More People at Less Cost." President general electric company ~ m i MP V zr M 'iQfe - J^tfT Sfe ? ? Ht ? . *3/ /A :".v> Nw ? ulltll la>?r*tsry will be built five miles cut of Schenectady, New York, on the Mohawk River. The geographic location offer* special advantage* for television, high voltage x-ray, and radar research. Buildings with 300,000 square feet of floor space will accommodate an expanded post war research staff of about 800. Reesnrch rooms will be a scientist's paradise of equipment for experi ments in chemistry, physics, mechsnics. electronics. It is hoped that construction can start in six m jntha. Hear the O-E radio programs: The OS All-girl Orchestra, Sunday 10 p. m. BWT, NBC? The World Today news, Monday through Friday 0:46 p. m. BWT. CBS ? The Q-E House Parly, Monday through Friday 4:00 p. m. BWT, CBS. rot VICTORY? tUY AND MOID WAR BONDS I GENERAL ^ ELECTRIC Winebarger Named Vice - President of N. C. Rural Carriers The North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers association" met in Raleigh July 4 (or a one-day business con ference. .Officers elected were: President, W. J. Cotton, Fuquay Springs; vice-president, R. Clyde Winebarger, Boone; secretary-treas urer, Kenneth Taylor of Magnolia; chaplain, Cfrry P. Lowrance, Moores ville; executive committee, John Parker of Aulander, Roy Moore of Belmont, and M. F joins of Vale. The secretary announced that the state membership had reached 927, which is a 10ft percent membership. North Carolina is perhaps the first state in the nation to accomplish that objective by July .4. The main address was delivered by George Ellis of Westtteld, Mass., treasurer of the National Rural Let ter Carriers association, who point ed out that a national convention this year was unlikely due to ODT restrictions but that a business con ference might be held at Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21 and 22. The presi dent of ' the national association, T. G. Walters, of Tocoa, Ga., is in charge of the Washington, D. C., of fice and is also editor of the Na tional Rural Letter Carrier, a week ly ^nagazine published by The na tional assiciation for the benefit of the 32,000 rural carriers. TESTER RESIGNS AS HEAD #OF BETHEL JIIGH SCHOOL ? Grady E. Tester, for the past two years principal of Bethel high school, has resiggned to accept a position with State Farm Insurance Com pany of Bloomington, 111., as district manager with headquarters in Ashe ville. Mr. Tester's district will comprise 22 counties in the western part of the state. His dutfes will consist largely of recruiting and supervis ing local agents who will sell princi pally automobile insurance. Mr. W. K. Wilson, of Zionville, is now representing State Farm Mu tual Insurance Company in the coun ty on a part-time basis as a local agent. He replaces Mr. Tester who started with the company about a year ago. Despite wartime handicaps, the average American farmer produced two and a half times as much in 1944 than his grandfather did 40 years ago. The first Baptist church in Amer ica was founder by Rogers Williams in the Providence settlement of Narragansett Bay. aillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll How To Get Larger Fall Egg Production Putting pullets in summer range shelters on soybeans or lespedeza and vaccinations for chicken pox are two o f the best practices that can be carried out at this time for in creasing egg production in the fall when eg^prices are usually relative ly high. T. T. Brown, extension poultry man at State College, suggests plen ty xti feeders and vuaterers, and also ?dequate shade for the pullets while on range. Plans for building an outdoor, covered type of feeder may be ob t Aed from the county agent or by writing the Agricultural Editor, State College, Raleigh, ' for a free copy of War Series Bulletin No. 5, entitled "Equipment for Poultry." Tly county agent can also provide plans for a range shelter that is easy to build and economical as to cost. "As the chicks get larger, be cure to increase the feeder space," Brown says. "Entirely too many growers are providing too little feeder space as the pullets develop. Green feed and plenty of mash at all times keep the pullets developing rapidly, which is just what is needed for early production of eggs. a. Ptnkham'a Vagatabl* uw pound Is /awunu not only to nUrr* parlodlc pain but also accompanying narvoiiB, ttrtd, hlchatruns frtHrg? ?n ur? ? ioih VITAMIN PHODUcrs r BOONE DRUG COMPANY 1 BOONE, N. C. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID For all kinds, largely one and two-inch White Pine, Old Field and Hemlock. Green or dry. Loaded on our trucks on good road at your mill or delivered our yard. Will give cutting contracts and advance up to 80% to reliable operators as lumber is put on sticks at" your yard. EDMONDS BROS. LUMBER CO. BRISTOL, TENNESSEE Optional Savings Shares in the Watauga Building & Loan Association We have had wonderful sales since July 1 in our OPTIONAL SAVINGS PLAN ? 1 should be happy to explain this* plan to you, and issue you some of these shares. ( If you plan t^> build or buy a home, let us explain our direct reduction plan, which is new, modern and can be adjusted to your needs, on a long time or short time loan, with the privilege of paying off at any date without penalty of any kind. We shall be glad to discuss your problems with you at any time, and will give you quick service. Watauga Building and Loan Association BOONE, N. C.