North Carolina Newspapers

FBEGfN JOB^NOW. lery lair Donbly Important To M Farmers 7' Rkloigh..—Immediate repair of fktrm machinery — a ‘‘ninsf’ on •T*ry farmer's schedule—is very fiDportant to producers, according to G. Tom Scott, chairman of the ftate USDA War Board. Materials tor the manufacinre Of all types of new farm machin ery have been restricted to an av- Wage of about 83 per cent of the material used for similar -purpo.s- Mi in 1940, Chairman Scott said, tirhile use of ma'erials for repair fparts will be permitted at an av- erage rate of about 1,50 per cent of the 1940 level. For implements used in the 'production of cot* on, allocations of materials generally have been lower than the average. For cjK- mple. materials used in th» man- Btactiire of a one-horsp. single- Tow combination corn and cottpn planter are restricted to 65 cent. This means, he .said, that tjie cotton producers, especially, -will •md new equipment difficult to obtain and that equipment tlfet ordinarily would be discarded fin normal times will have to be Re paired for use this year. “By repairing farm machinery, farmers can put more guns into hands of the armed forces.” ott said. "Every piece'of old machinery which substitutes for a new nfachine this year means a MTing of critical material? for new Implements of war. , "In the campaign now under ■^y in North Carolina, time is the essential element, he said. ^Farmers will do well to take ^vantage of the equipment and Mot methods of repairing mach- ^ery, especially during the emer gency. It is the patriotic diuy of Mery farmer to make whatever mnchlnery he has on the farm Wt him as long as it will do ,aUaelii' to 88 pei: .meats and parts, 140 per cent. Orotip 3: Harrows, rollera, pul verisers and stalk cutters— from 71 to 89 per cent; attachments and parts, 120 per cent. Group 4: Cultivators and weed- ers—61 to 74 per cent;' attach ments and parts. 150 per cent. Groua 5; Tractors—59 to 81 per cent: attachments and parts, 160 per cent. Group 12; Spraying outfi's (complete!. Divisions: Sprays- — 85 to 100 per cent; attachments and parts, 14 0 pSr cent; dirision 2: dustSrs—94 to 193 per cent; a'.ta^hments ,and pa/ts, 140 per cent. rsafcsH'Ssss? dfeAniM ^ograv now tm- Jef^wiy and so yltaUjr iuporOsn^ ■'W To provide a for the free discusskm of all problems re lated,to national defense, idle main tenance of friendly and helpful la bor relations in this community and the continued improvement of the work done by the North kesboro 'Employment office. ADVISORY COUNCIL U. C. C. INSTALLED ON FRIDAY NIGHT (Continued from page 1) senting the public. All were p’-e- ent for the installation except Mrs. Doughton, who was unavoida- blysabsent. B. G. Gentry, manager of the North Wilkesl^ro office and sec- retaiy to the advisory couneil, oneiied the meeting and presente'' Major Fletcher, who talked urgeiit- REPORT MADE ON— Defects Among Rejected Youth Durham. — Nutritional, tonsil, eye. ear. chest, genitalia and skin defects lead among youths enroll ed in the new Durham NYA resi dent work and health center for the rehabilitation of men rejected by selective service boards for physical defects and other sub- par youth. State NYA Adminis trator John A. Lang announced yesterday. The report was made on the basis of studies by Dr. D. K1 Mi lam of Duke University, Dr. I. H. Manning, .Ir.. of Durham, senior physipian, and Dr. George Waters - ’ dtoeases, 87 -per "cenf; appendix. #.7S per 4^; meulei, O.f 0 ^ .cept; lateM' "per cent; aneiro/'S.Vper cent; or , tEdpedlc;' .126 ^r cent; speech detects, 0.76“ per cent;"^ epilepery.'' 0.60 per cent; pluri^ndular dls-: function;* 1.76 per cent; subrnor- mal mentality, 1.50 per cettt, and others. - The Durham resident work and heath center is opera'ed hy the National Youth Admlnlstra tlon for North Carolina in coop eration with the mldical schools of Duke Fniversi'y, the Universi ty of North Carolina, and Wake Fore-'t College, the State Depart-J ment of Public .Instruction, Sta'e Board of Health, Selective Service Board, State Commission for the Blind, physical education de- partmen* of the University of North Carolina, the Rockefeller Foundation. United States Arntiy. United States Employment Ser vice, and others. RnUMC! J Iv in :i piea for united action dm*, stale N\ A heath officer Mtrii t ^ot Mtlsfactory work.” I Allocations for e.ssential nia'e- kfals for new machinery, attach- Wients and repair parts ordinarily Bsed in cotton production, ex- ipressed in terms of materials [used for similar purposes in 1940 ifoUow; • ' Group 1: Planting, seeding and .tortilizing machinery, — ^rppi 66 to 83 per cent of the 194C level; attachments and parts,''140 per leent. , Group 2: Plows and , listers— II I ■ I 1 ■ BH ■ oriylQoo laughs toa customer/ ing the national emergency .said these arc terrible times when no one knows what will happen. However, he expressed complele confidence in the .American people and the ultimate outcome of tiv ^second World War. Talking of Unemployment com pensation, he traced the brief his; tory of the agency since it was fornmd in 1936 and gave the sla- 'tistiop on its pjSeration for the j .state,', for the jfrea ser^d by the 'North Wilkesboro office,\and for Wilkes county. In admtion to Wilkes, the office here .serves Al leghany, A.she, Watauga and Alex ander counties. In the five counties $444,950.37 wa-! collected in unemployment compensation taxes through De cember .31. of which $2.5.3,728-25 was from Wilkes. Benefits pahl | out totaled $362,639.92 for the , area of five counties, $227,969.42 being in Wilkes. Total payrolls of covered employers in Wilkes dur ing the operation of the commis sion was $9,397,342.59. The office here has handled 16,- ^00 initial claims and 196,865 continued claims. Major Fletcher cited these fig ures to give a comprehensive p;c- .turc of the work of the office. .He also called attention to the fact that 32,671 applications for work had been handled by the office hei e and that 8,481 job placements were made, of which 3 039 wvre in Wilkes. Major Fletcher highly praised the work of Mr. Gentry, iffice manager, and his assistant.^. Following the address of Major Fletcher, Mr. Gentry put on a brief program illustrating the functions of the office. Emmett Johnson, superintendent of' Mead ows Mill company plant and Who is an expert machinist, was in terviewed a.s an applicant for a job as machanist and the metho.i of te.sting the applicant’s know ledge of the trade was illustrated Dwight Nichols, news editor of The Journal-Patriot and member of the council, was interviewed as an applicant for a job as a repor The survey covers 40Q you'hs entering the center between June 16, 1941, and December 31, 1941, and reveals that only 18.33 per cent" of all youths enrolled were of a normal weight. A total of 68.98 per cent were found to be underweight while only 12.33 per cent were overweight. FcUowing nutrition as the most serious defects were eye and skin with 55,255 per cent suffering from refractive errors and 27 per cent having skip diseases. As emphasis »is placed on nu trition a.s a major factor in the NY.A corrective program, weekly reports summarizing the daily intake of each youth in total col ories, carbohydrates, fat, pro teins, vitamins A, Bl, C, ribofla vin, calcium and iron are made by the center dietician and snh- mltted to the surveying physici ans. Enrollees of normal weight when entering the center showed an average gain of 5.01 pounds each at the end of three months The 27 per cent from six to 15 pounds underweight gained an average of 6.55 pounds while the 25.66 per cent from 16 to 25 pounds underweight gained an average of 7.21 pounds. A gain of 8.72 pounds was made hy the 13.66 per cent from 26 to 35 pounds u'iderweight. During the ,six months period the camp was in operation during 1941. 6,822 blood tests were made including 475 wassermans. 590 red blood counts. 1,063 hem oglobins, 355 white blood, counts. 353 differentials. 349 smears for malaria. 583 hematocrits. 583 vitamin C blood studies, '583 vi: tamin A blood studies, 583 earn tone blood* s'udies, 3SG urinaly ses, 329 stool analysis, and sever smears for venereal disease. In addition to the above studies which , were obtained routinely on every youth at the time of WPB Will Restrict CannedGoodsSale admission, and repea'ed at reg ular intervals, an additional nu tritional pha.se was studied in en ter. Charles Pearson inti iv I operation with the biochemis’ry •MM B MUM ifiouT • I itfpwi M M TTiursday - Friday '*c5TuDETTE COLBERT JOHN PAYNE “Remember the Day” Today - Tuesday ALLEN ed Johnson and Mrs. Kathryn lAitt interviewed Nichols. Paul J. Ves. tal, a prominent farmer, was., in terviewed by Silas K. Nicjtols, farm placement member of th« of fice personnel. Vestal was tajeing ( the part of a farmer wanting r tenant family. The claims taking part, of the 'servi ■■ was then illustrated. Misi j Annie Ruth Kilby took the part of r. salesgirl, laid off from work ana • Mrs. Frances Undeiwood, of th. I office personnel, took the clarni, which was regular in every re spect. -Attorney Kyle Hayes play ed the part of a factory worker who had been fired but who was applying for benefit-s. He was in formed by B. G. Gentry, office manager, that he would be given a hearing on the question of how he became separated from his job. In addition to the membeis of the council and office personnel there were several visitors as the meeting, which was held in Gir Unemployment Compensation of fic“ i" the Duke Power building. In installing the council Major Fletcher outlined its duties as fol lows: 1. To assist the North IVilkes boro office in promoting coopera- .m' among all groups and local genries concerned with empioy- nent security. 2. To help the North Wilkes boro office to promote public un derstanding of the purposes, poli cies, and practices of the employ ment security program. 3. To join in discussing prob lems relating to employment se curity, as applied to this com munity, and in helping to arrive at solutions of such problems. 4. To help develop plans and work out methods of providing em ployment and reducing unemploy ment in this area. 5. To keep a watchful eye on the operations of the local office to the en^ that the employjjient se curity program in this section may be administered fairly and impar- tiallycand be at all times complete ly free from political influence. ' 6. To help the North Wilkes- department of Duke University. Nicotinamido excretion tests were performed upon 71 NY.A youths. Chest plu'Ps are obtained up on each youth upon admission to the center and read at the North Carolina State Sanitorium. A to'al of 89.11 per cent were neg ative in character, with only J.93 percent showing inactive cHild- hood tuberculosis. Surgical and dental corrections could not be inaugurated un'il tne completion of the center in firmary. Surgical corrections be gan Oetdber 1 and IS operations were performed. These included appendectomies, herniorrhaphies, tonsillectonrleSf submucous re section, excision of varicocele, circumcision, resection of thyro- glossal cyst, resection of hympho- cytoma of neck, incision of ab scess of abdominal wall and crainotomy for brain abscess. Dental corrections began Nov ember 11, with 127 you'hs hav ing teeth filled. 22 having teeth cleaned and 12 having-extractions In the eye clinics 16 hav^ se cured glasses through the center, while 18 - o'hers have already 'Chicago, Jan. 26. — A War Production board official announ ced today that the government would require canners of frui's and vegetables to keep part of their 1942 production off the market to meet army, navy, and lend-Iease needs. John L. Baxter, chief of the canned goods sec'ion of the WPB food supply branch, said the WPB was preparing “a general preference order directing, pro ducers to withhold from sale a stated percentage of each listed product which they expected to pack in 1942.” Baxter, who spoke at the op ening .session of the National Canners association convention, said that within 15 days after the completion of his pack the can- ner would be required to report his production on forms which would he furnished by the WPB. "The primary purpose of this general preference order,” he said, “is to promote the defense of the L’nited States by assuring that sufficient supplies of certain canned fruits and vegetables for the needs of the various govern- Tnent agencies are set aside by the producers of these articles." Portions Set A.side Baxter listed the following ten tative percentage as the amoun's of various canned goods be with held from sale: Apples, heavy pack, 32 per cent; cherries, red sour pitted, 27 per cent: cherries, sweet, light, dark, unpi'ted, 25 per cent; peaches, clin.g, freestone halves, sliced. 23 per cent; pears, Bart lett halves. 26 per cent: pineap ples, sliced, crushed, 25 per cent; fruit cocktail, 16 per cent. Asparagus, all ^reen culturally bleached. 44 i>er cen'; lima beans fresh. 22 per cent: heani?, strliig- less, cut, green or waxed, round or flat, 21 per cent: peas, Alas ka 3-4 seive. sweets 3 and larger or ungraded, 38 per cent: corn, cream style whole kernel, yellow or white. 18 per cent; toma'oes. 30 per cent; tomato juice, 14 per cent. Baxter said tliat in most case? the government’s direct needs would not be so great as to re duce the amount available for civilian trade greatly below the usual amount — “provided you increase your production to the extent desired.” No Price llab-es In an address prepared for a later .session of the feonvention. Harold B.,^Rowe. assistant direc tor of the price division of OPA, said: “We see no occasion for the industry to raise the prices at this time,” on the remainder of the 1941 pack. He stated price ceilings would be imposed if prices wen* above levels deemed reasonable by the OPA. ,Rowe expressed dissatisfaction with I the pending price control measures in Congress, stating that if they were passed in their present form the government could not impo.se ceilings until after prices had soared at least 14 per -cent higher than last month’s levels and 29 per cent above the pre European war lev els. IN THIS STATE- i zed in several other states. This lier. 1940, but tney could easily Water Supplies To Be Prb^kted plan provides for taking of in-]*'®''*' **•’ pointed t6 tl^a I r •' ! fall of Hong Kong and Halfaya ventor.es of all available spare i ^ ^ or surplus material, equ'Pmen* -I' supplies, and personnel that could Chapel Hill.— North Carolina took another step in its wartime | emergency. be used by each town in case of | cqLORED MAN DIES emergency, or lent to any other | ;harles ■ Carr Harris, age 80, nearby town during any similar ^ colored fam- These Inventories of jily in Wilkes, died Friday. Fun- defense preparation with the or-1 pipes, valves, hydrants, P"mps. service was held Sunday at ganization at a mee ing herejmo'ors, chiorinators, truck.-?, ®nd jjjj, l, j ^a,!- (Wednesday January 28) for thejeven street sprinklers and street charge. protection of water supplies. * flushers capable of hauling water 1 Surviving are the following son* In a symposium arranged byi'n emergenciM are *>el''S ®s^6'"‘'and daughters: Raymon, Marvin, H. Booker, head of the' *Jl6d in the offices of the State Harris, who live in Ohio; M Warren division of sanitary engineering of the State Board of Heal'h, representatives of 300 North ' dentiai, during an emergency any Watkinsf of Carolina public, water supplies j water works in. me state in dis- Gibbs, .Board of Health. While these in ventories are ordinarily confi- ' dentiai, during an emergency any James Harris, of Michigan Harris, Ruth ; tress can learn on very short no i lice where there is to be found Fi-eil Goklon and Sadie North Wilkesboro; of Chicago; and'- Bessie IjCC Harris, kesboro. of North Wil- heard Dr. James M. Mackintosh, of Glasgow, Scotland, tell of firs* , hand experiences in the bombing' the particular material, equip- of water and sewage systems of I nient. or personnel it may ne-d. s:.()KT.A(,E Britain and outline plans fori Importance of protecting wat- The farm labor-shortage is lie- protection here against air raid:?, er supplies was s’ressed by Dr. coming increasingly acute in As a part of the state’s civil-1 H. G. Baity of Chapel Hill, who ,„any sections of Forsyth county. Ian defense program, water said that “the water works men and much cropland may be uniir- works officials adopted the Mu-*of England may not have won ed this year unless put in pasture tual Aid Plan now being organi- the battle of Britain in Sep’cm- ur hay crops. February 9th to 14th Only $4.50 Lamp and table For Only $9.49 (See Window) Itr Beautifully finished in Walnut or Maple with genuine parchment shade. for re rac- t mh rere all- been recommended tions. Ninety-six have received oid inoculations while 69 were immunized against pox. Of 22 youths found ^ith anemia, only two were still jane mic at the 'ime of termination of stay at the center despite SI la d |vi 1 treatment. The complete diagonsis of de fects of enrollees is as folljbws: diseased tonsils, 16.25 per ^ent; nose and accessory sinuses, 12.75 •per cent; refarctlve errors, 55.25 per cent; diseases of the mouth. 0,50 per cent: ear diseases, -8.75 per cent; neck, one per cent; chest. 8.50 per cent: heart. 3.50 per cent: abdomen, 1.25 percent; intestines, 1.50 per cent; ms^aria 0.25 per cent; kidney dl*ase. 0.25 per cent; hypertension, 0.25 per cent; hernia inguinal, 2.251 Dent burner Rites Conducted Sunday 1 NO Telephone Orders. NO Deliveries. ONLY One to a Faihily. Remains of Dent Turner, for mer Statesville citizen who was drowned January 25 near Los Angeles, California, arrived here Sunday and burial ri’es were held in Oakwood cemetery in Statesville yesterday afernoon. The last rites were delayed from Thursday until Sunday be cause of late arrival of the body. He was a brother of Miss Toby Turner and Jack Turner, of this city. He was a son of the late W. D- Turner, of S'atesvllle, a former lieutenant governor, and Mrs. Turner. He had visited here on many occasions and was well and favorably known. —For Victory: Boy Bonds— Let freedom ring per cent; genitala, 10.50 per9ent; Sam’s cash register! on Uncle Buy U. S 9 ome In TODAY and' Get Yours Whfle They Last! Rhodes-Day Furniture Companyj Inc, “Complete Furnishers of the Home” Comer “C” and 9th Sts. ’Phone 424 North Wilkesboro, North Carhlina Exactly as ilhistrsted. In either 'Walnut or maple finish. f ■.n boro office to do its part in'the varicose veins, 0.75 percent; skin Defense Bonds and Stamps.