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THE BEST PLACE T 0 B U Y in with the Merchant who adver tised, taken time to tell 70m what lie It* offering and gives yon a fair price. Buy in Louisburg VOLUMN I. XXII Subscription 91.no a Tear ________ I.OblSBUKG, N. CAROLINA riMEj THE BEST SALK l>oesn?t always mean the highait dollar. Sometimes costs interfere. Sell Your Tobacco and Cotton in Louisburg (TEN PAGES) EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Berlin, Thursday, Oct. 2. ? Au thorized Nazi commentators ad mitted today that tihe Russians may have gained superiority in the air "insome sectors" by con centrating their planes, but they said Russia's air losses were 15 times greater t?han Germany's. Soviet airplane losses the past live days were given as 354, com pared to 23 German planes lost. The Finnish capture of Petro zavodsk, a Lake Onega port on the Leningrad-Murmansk railway, 39 miles beyond the old Russo Flnnlsh border, was featured in German war dispatches last night', but the latest news reel%. show ing German troops slogging along mud-laden roads on. the Finnish front, .augured badfy for future fighting in that area. The news reels showed tfie results of five weeks of coiiWiiuoub rain in that area. Supplies moved over roads pitted with mud holes and "food bearer^" were shown carrying mej*is for the front line troops ^ver 12 miles of tundra in five gallon containers strapped to their backs. ?< Secure Railroad A spokesman here said, how ever, that' the fall of Petrozavodsk would enable i<he Germans to use the Arctic railroad to haul sup plies down to the Leningrad front. The spokesman_ said "large scale" German operations still were going on at the southern front and that the battle lines were constantly approaching the Donetz basin, in the Kharkov area. Berlin, Oct. 1. ? The Nazi picked premier of the Czech protector ate of Boheniia-Moraviu, two more Czech generals and an un determined number of other per sona were shot or condemned to death today in stern and continu ing suppression of what the Ger mans term a treasonable plot. The generals, described by a German spokesman as brigadiers, were the fourth and fifth of the general rank uo be executed since the Nazis announced they had smashed a conspiracy to over throw German rule in the' pro tectorate. The announcemttiit that they had been shot followed by a few hours the news of the deatto sen tence of General Alois Elfas. the Bohemia-Moravia premier. He was condemned by a German court at Prague for "preparation for high treason and abetting the enemy." DNB said he had made a ."full confession." His property was seized. Four Czechs were said to have been acquitted by a court* martial. In its swift action to round up and root out all elements con nected with an alleged plot to throw off German rule, the Gest> apo today also held 256 Czechs for "investigation." o Day Later Beginning with the September check, monthly payments of old age and surrlrora insurance ben efits will reach beneficiaries one day later than before, according to an announcement made today by Mr. Stacey W. Wade, manager of the Social Security Board of fice in Raleigh. "We make tihls announcement." Mr. Wade ex plained, "so that people who have been receiving benefits will not be worried because the September check did not come on the day it would otherwise be expected. "Under a new arrangement be tween the 8oclal Security Board and the United States Treasury." Mr. Wade continued, "all monthly checks hereafter will be dated the ?first of the month following the montih for which the payment is certified ? September checks will be dated October 1 and marked 'for September'; October checks will be dated November 1 and marked 'for October* and bo on. 1 instead of mailing each month's checks in time to reach beneflc " laries on the last day qf the montih, they will now be mailed to reach beneflclarles on the first of the following month." Why not try to see things from your wife's point pf ivew? PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURO THEATRE The following Is the program at the Loulshurg Theatre, begin ning Saturday. Oct. 4th: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Roy Rogers and "Gabby" Hayes In "The Bad Man From Dead wood" and Ralph Bellamy in "Ellery Queen and The Perfect Crime." Also Chap. No. 10 "Jun gle Girl." Sunday-Monday ? Robert Tay lor, Greer Garson, Joan Crawford and Herbert Marshall In "When Ladies Meet." . V Tu*s0ay? Jlelvyn Douglas and Merle jObe'ron in "Than Uncertain nJPeellng." . Wednesday? JeAn Arthur and William Holden (11 "Arizona." Thu rsday-FYidky -Gene ' Tier npy and Randolph Seottia "Belle Stab." I Wets Win Warrenton, Sept. 27.? Church bells tolled at 15-min ute intervals today an Warren County voted to retain county option liquor .stored. The dry forces of the county. In cooper ation with ministers, tolled the church bells ah a reminder for the voters. Complete returns from 14 precincts gave a vote of 1,525 for the stores and 075 against. Almost 4,004) names were on the registration books for the election. The "drys" failed to ] carry a precinct. As was the case in the 1985 referendum which gave the county its liquor stores, \V?r renton precincts again carried n lieavy pro-control vote. West Warrenton today voted 209-99 for county-option stores; Kast Wurrenton voted 188-182 for the stores. Warrenton in 1985 led the i "wet" ticket, with 429 votes * for county option to 117 against. Today's election brought a much larger vote i than the 1935 referendum ' I which had a total ' vote of ! 1 ,952. ' Other county-option store referendums will be held in Krunklin on October 11; Ber tie, October 15, anil Vance, October 21. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorder's Court beld regular session on Tuesday, with Capt. Chas. P. Green present and doing tihe prosecuting. Cases were disposed of as noted below: Fred Johnson, assault, com plied with order of Court and dis charged. lrma Green was found guilty 01 assault with deadly weapon, judgment suspended upon saving ^he County harmless. Hattie Murray plead guilty to assault wil'h deadly weapon. glv-( en 60 days in jail, suspended up on paying costs. I.onnie McKnight was found not guilty of trespass. John Harvey was found not entity of trespass. A nolle pros with leave was taken in the case of larceny ? gainst Ellis Alston. D. Pender Grocery Co., Inc., |E. W. Russell, agent, was found guilty of giving short weights, judgment suspended upon pay ment of $10 fine and costs. John Hayes plead guilty to as sault with deadly weapon and given 60 days on roads, suspend ed upon payment of costs. Maynard Pearce, abandonment and non-support, defendant or dered to pay into Court $72.90 and t'hen pay to wife's father. H. K. Perry $8.00 per month begin ning October 1st. The following cases were con tinued: Isham Green, adw. Walter Lee Foster, mvv. Ma li boy Mills, adw. Robert Silver, adw. Garland Pearce, upw. Luther R. Richardson, oai. The following Jury cases were tried or continued on Wednesday and Thursday of last week: Odell Cash plead guilty to reckless driving, ordered to pay $60 in Court, after deducting costs, remainder to G. W. Prnltt. A nolle pros with leave was Oa-j ken in t>he case of G. W. PrulttJ for reckless driving. W. M. Kearney plead guilty to; careless and reckless driving and was given 60 days on roads, sus pended upon payment of fine of; $25 and costs. M. G. Perry was found not guil ty of operating automobile intox icated. Hubert Bunn was found guilty of f and a, and given 12 months on roads, given 2 years on proba tion. Appeal. Ellen Powell was, found guilty of keeping bawdy house, and given 6 mont'hs in jail, defendant placed on probation for 2 years. Appeal. I ? Lurfllfe Pearce was found guil ty of f and a, and given 6 months in jail, defendant placed on pro bation for 2 years. Appeal. Buck Norwood was found not guilty of possession of equipment; for making whiskey. The following Jury cases were continued: ' , W. H. Valentine, adw. Ralph Dillard, adw. J. R. Key. oal, reckless driving. Proctor Driver, f and a. DEFENSE SHOP CIA8S Any out-of-school young 1 men, between the ages of 17 and 24, tn Louisburg or vicinity, who are interested in taking a course in Auto Mechanics or Metal Mtorklng. j are invited to attend a meeting i in Supt. W. R Mill's office on Tuesday night, October 7 at 8:00 P.'*. There is no charge for1 t>b? instruction, and students Will re ceive no pay. The courses will run IS hours per week tt>r 8 weeks, and, will probably be held at night,/ The class Is required, to hare a, mlnjmin of 10 bbyi. |- . This la a tine opportunity Mr young men to get some basic graining in on* If these fields. 76,000 U. S. Troops Begin Carolina Training Battles Chester, S. C. ? As dawu broke Tuesday over the Blackstock sec tor, 76.000 troops of the First Army faced each other lu an en gagement that might solve prob lem one of the Battle ?l t'he Carolinas. The problem, however* re mained a military secret. The troop* were divided into two groups, the 8th Infantry Di- 1 vision Red forces and the First Army Corps Rugie force. The Reds represented a corps moving north and t-he Blues a corps mov-j ing southwest from an area near Charlotte. First contact was made at 4:07 p. m., Monday, just seven minutes after the^kero hour. Blue head quarters announced that) scout cars of the 102nd Essex Troop Cavalry from Fort Jackson that the enemy had been contacted, utid a communique from the Reds verified the announcement. Reconnaissance units of both armies, under camouflage, care-' fully felt their way forward, seek-] ing to find out just where the enemy lines lay. his strength and where he was vulnerable. Those tactics were in progress when darkness fell and the main bodies moved into advance posi tions during the night. .Aerial photographers made maps of tihe sector, situated on u line between Chester and Fair field counties, and experts pored over them during the night, seek ing tell-tale marks showing eno my positions. More pictures were made at dawn and compared with those studied Monday night-. Any changes would denote enemy movement. Quite a number of these troops passed through Louishurg Saturday, when than were pass ing pretty much all day. THE ABC STORE SYS TEM HAS AGGRAVATED THE LIQUOR EVIL This was the tiheme to which Reverend Charles R. Howard ad dressed himself last Saturday af ternoon before a largo gathering at the county court house in l.ou isburg. , Mr. Howard has probably done more in the interest of the reli gious and spiritual welfare of Franklin County t<han any minis ter, certainly, in recent years. He came to speak oil the ARC Store election out of love for the people of our county. He showed by plain statistics thai drinking was on the Increase without any rrnl financial returns for the comity iueli. He stressed the matter of t>he advertising of liquors which goes with the ABC Store system . making its real purpose under the name of Con trol. His speech was full of both heart coin and sane logic. It was most convincing and thoroughly approved by t<hose present. The activities of those who are leading In the opposition to the ABC Store system have been in creasing with the days. Speeches are being made in all parts of the county and the prospecti of a victory for the Drys is growing brighter. Attorney W. H. Yar borough declares that. If the vote of the Drys Increases In Franklin County in the same ratio that It did in Warren County last Sat urday, Franklin County will be free of the ABC Stores. Rev. F. D. Hedden, Dr. Walter Patten. Dr. A. Paul Bagby, At torneys. W. H. Yarborough and G. M. Beam, made speeches in the different" churches of this county last Sunday. Those in favor of the ABC Stores are now claiming to be against liquor. Yet, the victory of the ABC Store system in War ren County last Saturday Was an nounced In the Sunday News and Observer under the caption "The Wets Carry Warren County". ABC Store advocates should see to It that no such misrepresentations of t'heir cause be made. Yet, the heading of the article may be fully truthful! ? Reported. O'HRNRY BOOK CLUB The O'Henry Qook Club held Its first tneeMng of the year, Tues day evening. Sept. 23 with the president, Miss Alberta Davis. This year's topic for study will be "Rivers. Mountains. Caverns, and Deserts." A very Interesting program on River was given. Those on program were: Mrs. George Weaver, the Nile; Mrs. Robert Smihftwick. the Thames: 1 and Mrs. Prank Egerton read a delightful poem about Tar River j by Miss Lucy Foster, a Louisburg native. Miss Davis was aaeiated in serving a delicious salad plate; with tea to the following mem bers: Mrs. Cecil Sykes, Mrs.' Frank Egerton, Mrs. George : Fttrd, Mrs. Robert flmithwick. Miss Helen 8ml0hwick. Mrs. CTsOrge Weaver, Mrs. F. U. O'Neal, Mrs. Dick Yarborough, Mlm Hlix abeth Timberlake, Mrs. Sarlo Murphy. Mr*. Davis and Miss DmrU. , \ Air War London, Oct. I.? A squadron ! of Britain's new four-cannon Huriicaneft blasted apart an at- i tack formation of ?'ight German motor torji* lo- boats ott the Frencli coast tonlglit, the Air Ministry aBnuunc?(l The sudden swoop of Hurri canes on the darting speed eraft whic h the Germans use to at t ark channel convoys left one of the boats in flames and anotfker smoking, the pilots re ported. Part of the crew of a third German boat was said to have been shot off deck and into the -sea by the rapid-fire 20-111111.' cannon. Oth?4r British planes struck , at the occupied French coast ' through a bank of channel mist tonight in continuing raids on the Boulogne and Calais areas. The British reported two British fighters lost and two German lighters shot dowu dur ing day sweeps across the chan nel which continued as night fell. (The Germans said four j British and no German planes 1 were shot dowu.) From the ! British shore pinpoints of an ti-aircraft Are could l>e s?*en 1 bursting above the low-lying ( mist. The day sweeps c^iic after ' British bombers blasted for the second tMffht in succession at the North German ports of Hamburg and Stettin. j Special 1 ax The Revenue Act of 1941 im poses a special tux oil coin-opera ted amusement and Raining de vices. bowling alley, billiard and pool tallies, says C. II Kobertwin. Collector. There is imposed on each so called. "pin ball" or other similar amusement machine operated by a coin, token or similar object a special tax of $10.00 per annum and on each slot machine simi larly operated, involving the ele j ment of chance (gambling I a tax of $50.00 per annum is levied. Kach separate bowling alley, bil i liard table or pool table carries ? a special tax of f 10.00 per annum. The fiscal year for such spec , la I tuxes begins July 1 and ends , June 30 of the succeeding calen dar year. The tax is to be pro rated for a part of a year where business is commenced alter July 31. A pei'tup beginning busi ness on August 15 would be lia ble for the tax for the halunce (11 months! of the fiscal year ending June 30, following. The effective date of these special taxes is October 1, 1941. The first period covered by this law will be the period of nine months from October 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942 .and the tax pro ruted for thin period will be $7.50 for each bowling alley, billiard or pool table Hnd non gambling slot machine, and $37.60 on each gambling slot ma chine or device. Form 11-B will be furnished by t-he Collector of Internal Revenue on request by those persons lia ble for the payment of these special taxes Return and pay ment of these taxes must be made on or before October 31, 1941 in order to avoid assertion of delin-/ quent penalty. City Delivery Service Extended Postmaster T. M. Harris In formed the FRANKLIN TIMES Wednesday that' he had instruc tions to establish the third City Mall delivery In the business sec tion of town The boundaries of this service will be to business houses situated on Main Street) between Franklin Street and Tar River Bridge and on Nash Street between Church Street and Cedar Street. The service begun Wed nesday "and leaves the post of fice an early after the arrival of the 4 o'clock mail as It Is pos sible to handle the mail. This will give the Mail to busi ness concerns In the afternoon so that It can be answered that night, causing a saving of a day or more time as compared wll/h the old schedule. MARRIAGE LICENSES Register of Deeds Alex T. Wood reports issuing marriage licenses to the following couples during the month of September: White ? Hubert Hamlet and Christine Gupton, Jessie Phelps and Lillian Perry. H. T. Thar rington and Mrs. Gilbert Faulk ner. Linwood Burnette and Bee tle Jane Radford, Henry Bteven son Fogg and Cora Mildred Wil son. Richard B. Upchurch and Ruby Elizabeth Parrisb. Colored ? Adolphus Alston and Miry Jane Smith. Elbert Perry and Mattie Jones. Willie Perry and Susan Novella Walker, Tka deus Rudd and Julia May Jef freys. Orrlies McClue Rogers and Annie Roth Nicholson, Sheltok Vines and Oph?Ua Dunston, George Boddiean4 Lucy Branch, I Leon Alston and Irene Emily i Young, Loftdy Bitot, St. and I*- 1 ciHe Debnam. Tobacco Selling Higher ! All Grade* Show. Further Ad- 1 vunceg Thin W?A ; Sales Very Pleasing The sales of tobacco oil the io cul warehouse floors the past WL'Ok have shown ail InerAmm .in i|iia 11 1 ity and a very noticeable ad vance in prices on all grades. Farmers htfve expressed great est satisfaction at the results of their sales and t-he warehousemen aiul business men of Louisburg have joined in this good feeltug While the weed is selling good all growers are urged to bring their tobacco to Louisburg and sell on the friendly market where it will bring the most money. LOU1SBUKO BAPTIST CHURCH On Sunday morning. Oct. 5, ? the pastor will speak on the sub-, ject. "Whose Cross?" . In the evelifng his subject will be "A Safe Home." Kvery one is lu vited to these services. Sunday School. 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship. 11:00 A. M. B T. I' , 6:46 P. M. K veiling Worship. 7:30 P. M. MII.I.S P. T. A. Tilt" Mills Parent Teachers As sociation held its first meeting of the year on September 25, with Mis. W. J. Cooper presid ing zt The High School Glee Club sang Swinging Along". Tlfe itev erend Forrest U. liedden conduct* ed the devotional aud Mrs. W. C. Strowd gave a very interesting talk on "What we may expect' from the school this year, and how the 1\ T. A. and how the; home utay help." Mrs. 11. W. Smithwick thanked Mr. St'iowd aud the teachers (or arranging a (ixed period each day (or hand practice. She also gave the Bund Boosters Club's plans for raising money to he used to 4?uy uniforms. Mrs. George Ford, iu behalf of the High School teachers, thauk ed the Association for sponsor ing an initiation party for the i ireshman class. Mrs. Cooper read the members! of l-hu various committees. Chair man of the different Committees are na follows: / Library. Mrs. C. M. Wat kills ; Program, Mrs. It. li. Bailey; Fi nn nee and Budget. Mrs. Edwin Griffin and Mrs. C. M. Beasley; Lunch Room, Mrs. It. W. Smith- i wick; Pre-School. Mrs. S. C. Fos ter, Membership. Mrs. Oeorge Davis; Publicity. Mrs. H. J. Lew is; Recreation. Mrs. Forrest D. liedden; Belief, Mrs. L. F. Kent; Home Economics. Mrs. George Ford; Scout. Mr W. A. Huggins; Publication. Miss Alberta l)avis;| Art-, Miss Helen Smithwick; Hos pitality, Miss Gertrude Winston; I, and Historical. M.rs. Mia i r Tuck er. Mrs. II. J. Lewis' room had rflie largest percent of parents present at tills first meeting YUl'NOHVILU: I*. T. A. MKKTS TI KSDAV I KiHT The second resuiiir meeting of the Youngnville I*. T. A. will be held Tuesday night*. Oct. 7th. at 7:30 p. m. A large crowd wag present at the first- meeting and the year's work is off to a good start. It is hoped that, such fine interest will continue. The feature attraction of Tues day's program will be a movie in technicolor showing interesting and attractive places and scenery in North Carolina. This picture has been widely acclaimed and has proved interesting to people of all ages. The P. T. A. has planned also for the Tuesday meeting a canned goods shower for the school cafe teria. All tihe pataons of the school are urged to send or bring at least one quart of canned goods,' or the-equivaient In some other type of non-perishable food. This will give the cafeteria a good boost and will help In the project of furnishing nourishing meals at t?he noon hour. The P. T. A. main tains the cafeteria and the pro fits derived from its operation are returned to the school in some form of improvement. All fruit jars will be marked so they can be returned to Ohe giver. The program rflll be concluded; with a social hour, at which time' free refreshments will be served. HURT WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNS Henry Strickland, Louisfrurg Negro, received painful injuries, Thursday night .when the truck load of leaf tobacco he was bring ing to Lioqisburg overturned, and wrecked on tfce Rocky Mount trigWway; three miles east of hare. The track, owned by N P. : Freerman, local warehouseman, was badly dafefcfcM, feat the 1, 500 .pounds of tobacco was, satr- ] iged; ObMrVtoM ' Mid that the 1 headlights of tha trie* WMt eat, j causing the aMMeat. i America, Britain Agree To Supply Soviet Needs Mocow, Thursday, Oct. 2. ? The United States and Great Britain agreed to fill virtually every Soviet need for war sup plies in exchange (or mountains of Rosstan raw materials at the concluding session lasti night of the three-power conference. The conference closed two days ahead of schedule after only three days of sessions ? probably the shortest internation council of such dimensions ever held. A communique issued by the Brit; ish and American delegations and one by Kussia announced its re sults. For Wie United States and Ureal Britain, W. Averell Harri man and Lord Beaverbrook pro mised: "To place at the disposal of the, Soviet government practically every requirement for which the Soviet military and civil author ities have asked." In return, said Mie communique issued by Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook. "the Soviet govern ment has supplied Great Britain and the United States with large quantities of raw materials ur gently required in Miose coun tries." Arrangements were said to have been made to "iucrease the volume of traffic in all direc tions." The United States-British com munique declared that Premier Stalin "expressed his Mianks to the United States and Great Bri tain for their bountiful supplies of row materials, machine tools and munitions of war" and ac-| knowlrdged "the ample supply of j Russian raw materials from t ht> Soviet' government." final l -??hit The communique ended with this statement: "In concluding it m session. the conference adheres to the resolu tion of the three governments that after the linn I aniiihtllutlon of Nazi tyranny, a peace will be established which will enable the whole world to live In secur ity in its own territory In condi tions free from fear or- need." The Soviet lomtnunique stress ed the "atmosphere of perfect' mutual understanding. confi dence and good will" and said the delegates were "Inspired by the eminence of the cause of de- 1 livering other nations from the < Xazl threat of enslavement." i Stalin, it' said, "took an active ] part" in the conference, which < manifested perfect unanimity and | close cooperation of the three , great powers in their common ef- i forts to gain a victory over the ( mortal enemy of all freedom-lov Ing nations." The Itussiuu communique did not specifically mention the agree- ' ment for exchange of weapons and raw materials. Turns Over Cash Mr. I.. A. Whrlnw, Secretary to the local AIM' Hoard Inform ed the KHANKMN TIMKS \V<-<lnrMta.Y morning that he wax turning over to the County Mlo.ooo.cio as of Sept. :?t?th, ? IM4I. and also KWMIlt.Ut to the ton n> of liouishurg. Franklin ton, Yoiingsvllle, ~ and Buna, for the quarter ending June j HOtli, 1041. Band To Play Mill* High School Band an nounce that It will give a free concert on the Court House Square on Saturday afternoon at 4:80 o'clock and invites *11 to go out and enjoy an evening hour of real band music. The concert is free. The Band gave a concert on the Sqnare Wednesday after noon to a good siaed and ap preciative audience. WABRKN'N ABC VOTE The following is a record of the Warren County vote on the question of ABC Control For River ....... Judkins .... West Warrenton East Warrenton Hawtree ... Norlina . . . Sandy Creek Nutbush . . Shocco .... Smith Creek Roanoke . . Sixpound . . Pishing Creek Fork . . .A 286 196 209 188 140 149 84 59 33 44 16 53 45 23 Against 128 41 39 132 91 135 32 10 26 38 15 104 63 61 1525 975 COURT NEXT WEEK The regular October term fit franklin Superior Court for 'the trial of criminal cases will con vene Monday, 'with His Honor C. Elisabeth City. B. Thompson; at 1 presiding. ' There murder Cases 'on the docket b< tides a number of minor cases: SMALL BUSINESS SITUATION Babson Says Forget The 6 Per Cent Score (By ROGKR W. BABSON) Babson Park, Mass., OcU. 3. ? To workers, labor leaders, and art mn innno?/x-< the Defense Pro gram is proving a real boom. Un fortunately for some small busi nesspien. inclUd-p., ing manufactur ers and retailers, oui increasingly vigorous war ef fort has spelled losses rather than profits. This situation, complicated with priorities, will. BAUSON sitaignien out with the application of a little ?nergy and imagination. The latest bombshell ? to limit profits to 6% of invested capital ? could be a body-blow. The umall businessman could "get hla" through increasing his sal ary; but he would find bis credit) shut off and it would be impossi ble for him to ruise more capital. For this, and other reasons. I have no fear or such legislation at this time. THE NATION'S BACKBONE Many towns have been largely supported by one or two smalt manufacturing businesses. Cities have profited, too. by groups of 1 .small businesses which, because of the diversity of their products, hav In times of depression been sble to take up some unemploy ment slack. Small businesses of ten center around the inventive genius of one man. In t-he de velopment. manufacture, and mar keting of some useful article, these small businesses provide relatively steady work for over 2.000.000 families. Hard work, long hours, and nervous energy kept these small businesses going. They have paid their bills and paid their taxes. Many of these concerns show a long line of family ownership. There is pride In such ownership and a ^devotion to t<he manage ment on the part of employees of many years standing. Such con cerns have long been a powerful [actor In raising America from i back-woods country to the world's foremost 'industrial na tion. THK NEW OKDEK Arming the country 4s chang ng t'he pattern of industry. It may be no longer possible for a concern to manufacture what it Is best equipped to make or to Tunction as desired by Its man igement. It Is said that every concern must sooner or later con form to the -new order of busi ness ? or else! Unless small busi nesses can snap out of it. thou sands of factories may close and unemployment will rise again. We would have "famine in the midst of plenty." Two-thirds of our merchants are finding their normal supply of many goods drying up It is harder to purchase luxuries and many household articles. Con sumer goods production will be restricted. This is a natural re sult of priorities and the further shifting of nonessential produc tion to defense needs. Heavy taxes together with forced savings, will further reduce retail purchasing power. All this Is essential to war time economy, but It does not help the small buslneoumn. CAREFUL PLANNtNU REQUIRED Small businesses are having a tough time in Bngland. Little has been done in fitting them into that* country's war effort. We here hare not ret fully profited by England's economic mistakes. It is apparent, however, that Washington is try tug to find ways of taking care of the small businessman so that> Ms lifetime of endeavor may not be forever lost. In the first six months of the War some 20,000 firms in England folded up. Certainly, Washington does not want that to happen here. The D. C. D. under Floyd Odium may supply part of fflie an swer. Mr. Odium is capable and has had broad experience. Brought np in high finance, his difficulty may be in being able to think only in terms of millions whether applicable to dollars or to materials. What the small busi nessman wants is an approach to his problem in terms of relatively slight requirements. This latter requirement is being met by sub contracting clinics now being htold by O. P. M. throughout the coun try. Representatives of big com panies and owners of small com panies are being brought! togeth er Many contracts art signed on the spot. Hence, get in toack with (Continued on Pngfe Eight)
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