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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1942
40 P. H. Patriotic
The article in this newspaper Thursday
relative to the tire situation, which said
that all elig-ibles under the rationing regu
lations will not be able to get tires, should
impress upon all the importance of saving
the rubber on automobile tires now.
President Roosevelt suggested a speed
limit of 40 miles per hour. It is indeed
gratifying to note that practically all mo
torists are observing that limit, but there
remain a few exceptions—persons who
care not what happens to the public, to the
general welfare of the nation, or to other
people on the highways.
Tires will wear away rapidly at high
speeds. At lower speeds tire.s will last in
definitely. It is not impossible to get 35,-
000 to 40,000 miles from tires at low
speeds.
It is the patriotic thing to do to go easy
on the accelerator. In this connection we
quote from an editorial in the Watauga
Democrat:
“One of the greatest evidences of most
people's desire to co-operate with the war
program is the voluntary' enforcement of
the 40-mile-an-hour speed limit requested
by President Roosevelt.
“Although the President has to wait for
state legislatures to put through laws in
most states to provide such a limit, the peo
ple seem to have taken it upon themselves
to refrain from speeding even when the
rear-view mirror shows that there i.sn’t a
cop within miles.
“Anyone motoring today on our high
ways, built for safe speeding, will testify
that 40 miles an hour has recently been ac
cepted as a limit by practically all patriotii
Americans. It has become a new rule of
the road which we all respect more than
we ever did the speed limitation-s enforced
by the police.
“The great majority of motorists have
for years thought nothing of breaking
speed laws. Many of us have felt that we
knew what speed was sate under varying
conditions and considered the laws to bo
made for the other fellow. If we sighted
a cop we recalled the laws and acted ac
cordingly. Otherwise, we used our own
judgment about speed.
Rut now most of us have a belter rea.son
for watching speedometers. We realize
that speeding has become unpatriotic and
we not only keep the pressure off the gas
but we show our resentment when anyone
pas.ses us at a speed greatoi than the 40-
mile limit.
“Motorists have always enjoyed glaring
at one another for behavior on the I'oad
which seemed reckless or which inter-
ferred with our own driving freedom.
"But now we have a new and more com
pelling glare to turn on the driver who
■persist in speeding—a glare which cleail>
says: “You’re a traitor to your country.”
And that’s the glare that gets them—it’.s
the one which will quickly put an end to
the speeding problem for the duration of
the war.
“Farmers, busy trying to produce record
crops for Uncle Sam, have, in many cases,
postponed facing the problem of how farm
products are going to be transported after
-^j-uck tires wear out. There is a feeling
Among many of us that, since the govern
ment is anxious to have food produced it
will find a transportation
problem.
The government is, of course, working
on this subject and is developing a plan.
But the plan of the office of defense trans
portation can only work out if the farmers
and all the rest of us voluntarily assist
right now in making the problem less diffi
cult.”
A SERIOUS SITUATION
(Alleghany News)
“Workers are leaving North Carolina at
the rate of about 100 per day—^nd have
been doing so for around a year.”
That is the “lead” of a news story re
leased out of Raleigh last Saturday night
by Mr. Robert Thompson, well known
newspaper correspondent. ^
That sentence really tells a “big story
ahd it is not a “good story” for th.3 county
or for North Carolina either.
Where were and are these workers go
ing and w’hy? The answers are obvious.
War production jobs, mostly in defense in
dustries, at high wages. Why are they
leaving North Carolina? Because there are
practically no defense industry plants in
the state. In fact we have only one war
plant and rank near the bottom of the list
of states in the nation, while on the other
hand ours is the leading industrial state
in the south and we rank near the top of
the list of states in payment of taxes to the
federal government.
Mr. Thompson didn’t guess at the “100
per day.” The information came from the
federal employment service and the unem
ployment compensation commission. The
service has had much to do with promoting
the exodus of North Carolina labor to war
production centers. In addition to that,
thousands of our workers are being trained
in the state to work in airplane factories,
shipyards and other industries in other
states. Certain centers have standing or
ders with the employment service for so
many workers each week. No doubt it was
with this shifting of labor in mind that the
state employment service was federalized
at the beginning of the year.
Of course thousands of our young men
are being sent -to camps, too, and every
true-blooded, patriotic American admits
that the war needs of the nation must
come first and that war production is the
first of firsts.
We,are likewise glad for our workers
to have a part in the construction of the
war machine that is going to lick the Axis
and preserve freedom, but why can’t we
have our proportional part of the war in-
du.stries right here in North Carolina so
that our workers could remain at home
and help build this war machine?
■Why aren’t more of our many furniture
factories, textile plants and numerous
other manufacturing establishments being
used to produce war goods?
Why shouldn’t North Carolina have as
many war industries as 'Virginia or
Tennessee when we are a much larger and
greater manufacturing state ^'lan either of
them? Why are 93 war industries located
in Ohio and only one in North Carolina?
We do not know, but we do know that
this rapid exodus of our citizens is creat
ing a most serious situation in this section
and in this entire state.
WHY THE SUGAR SHORTAGE
(Charlotte Observer)
Americans are confused a.s to whether it
is actually nece.s.sary for the government
to ration sugar.
Fi'om some sources, it is contended that
the supply is abundant and adequate for
normal consumption without enforcing
stint. The authorities in Washington,
however, disagree.
Their view is upheld by the United
States Beet Sugar Association, which ought
to make it, therefore, reliable and authen
tic.
That As.sociation cites these as the rea
sons for the present shortage:
Consumption of sugar in the United
States in 1941 reached the enormous total
of 8,000.000 tons—at least 1,000,000 tons
more than normal. Reserve stocks, in con
sequence, were seriously reduced.
Shipments of sugar from the Philippine
Islands, ordinarily amounting to 1,000,000
tons a year, are cut off by the war. Other
off-shore areas of supply find it difficult,
because of a lack of ships, to send their
usual volume of sugar to the mainland.
The United States is committed to make
large stocks of sugar available to the Unit
ed Nation,s, chiefly Russia, whose own beet
feilds have been over-run by the Nazis; to
Great Britain and Canada.
Part of the Cuban crop recently purchas
ed by The Defense Supplies Corporation,
will be converted into molasses for the pro
duction of high-proof alcohol, one of the
major necessities of modem warfare. As
time goes on, however, it is anticipated
that less molasses and more grain will be
used for this purpose.
'« a note
tobacco grawm of NoftS
Una from br..B..;B. Fulton,
College Bntomoli^t. He. vrfea
farmera to acrape, plow or har
row their old tobacco plant beds
after transplanting to the field
has been completed.
‘'Tobacco plant beds are the
preferred breeding grounds for
flea beetles,” Dr. Fulton says.
"Scraping, plowing or harrowing
the old plant beds will destroy
thousands of flea beetle larvae
and reduce Injury to • newly-set
plants.”
The entomologist explained
that beetles t^t breed In plant
beds move to the newly-set
plants in the fields, where they
feed on the leaves and lay large
number of eggs In the soil near
the tobacco plants. Tiny worm-
llke larvae hatch and feed on the
roots. This movement of beetles
from the plant beds continues as
long as there are any plants left
in the beds.
‘‘Tobacco plants are tender, as
all farmers know,” Dr. Fulton de
clared. “The usual shock of up.
rooting and transplanting, plus
the double-barreled attack of flea
beetles on leaves and roots, weak
ens the transplants,' causes per
manent stunting, and actually
killa a large number of plants.
■‘Tests show that the best meth
od to kill the flea beetle larvae in
tobacco plants beds fs to remove
all tobacco plants, and then
scrape the soil to a depth of two
or three inches. Another good
way is to plow and harrow tl»e
plant beds. Plowing alone is help
ful, but some larvae are not kill
ed unless the beds are harrowed
or scraped.”
The State College entomologist
said than "an ounce of preven
tion at this season of the year is
worth many pounds of cure after
the flea beetles have attacked
the tobacco plants in the field.”
Wheat Quota Vote
Set For May 2
“How We Can Become Poorer Handling
Too Much Money.”—Headline. Go on and
explain. But anyhow most of us would
take the risk.—Winston-Salem Journal.
Enough wheat on hand to sup
ply the nation's normal domestic
needs and exports for two years
is the prospect wheat growers are
facing as they prepare to vote on
marketing quotas for 1942 on
Saturday. May 2, according to W.
Herbert White, Caswell county
farmer and a member of the state
AAA committee.
Mr. White said the nation’s
wheat supply on July 1, 1942.
is estimated at 1,423,000,000
bushels. This i.s the largest sup
ply of wheat on record, almost
100,000,000 bushels more than n
year ago, he said.
'‘American farmers never have
produced less than 500,000,000
bushels of wheat in any year
since 1890," he said. ''East year
we used about 700,000,000
bushels of wheat, including ex
ports. Our surplus of wheat has
been increased within the past
few years by eudder- and drastic
curbing of exports by lighter war
and economic blockades and por-
acre yield.s above normal. Present
indications, therefore, are that we
need not tvorry about having
enough wheat to supply our de
mands and those of our ollles.”
Mr. White pointed out that th ;
quota program provides for the
production of enough wheat
whidh, together with carryover,
will supply domestic and export
needs with a 30 per cent margin
for safety. Under existing legis
lation, quotas mu.sl be proclaimed
by the Secretary of Agriculture
on ony of the basic crops when
ever the total supply exceeds a
normal year’s domestic consump
tion and exports by more than
S.t per cent. To he in effect,
however, quotas must be approv
ed by at least a two-thirds major
ity in a national referendum.
He declared all wheat growers
who have planted for harvest
more than 1.5 acres of wheat and
whose normal production is 200
bushels or more are eligible to
vote In the referendum.
Details of places and time of
voting may be obtained from AAA
committeemen or at county AA.A
offices, he said.
Authorization
To Seize Any
Auto Is Asked
Washington.—The government
would be authorized to seize any
private automobile in the land
under a hill introduced Thursday
by Senator Downey (D) Calif.
Warning that there won’t be
enough rubber to keep anything
like the present total of 30,000.-
000 automobiles operating, Dow
ney called for action now to as
sure future transportation for
war workers, for the mail and
other services.
Some 10,000,000 cans should be
removed from the roads and be
placed "in a vast pool to meet a
serious transportation crisis we
can expect within a year or so,’’
he said.
Officials at the office of Price
Administration said that Dow
ney’s measure was Introduced
without the knowledge of that
organization, and that Price Ad
ministrator Leon Henderson Indi
cated he had no present plana foe
commandeering cars or tires. But
, "IW ara -ftguriAf on
than
'jjSiWief;” gft, oFa
i|]?#eaman iaW,";“In fact, We In-
Wn4 to keep {he barest minimum
poselble rolling ” >
Testing Tires
Made Without
Usual Rubber
Akron, Ohio, Apni 16. — The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany Is testing tires made with
out rubber.
‘‘We now have test carbon the
road which are running on tires
made without rubber,” said an
announcement. ‘‘We can make np
further comment on this develop
ment at this time.”
Officials said no rubber—nat
ural, synthetic or reclaimed—
was used In the new tire, but re
fused any hint of the materials,
it does contain.
The brief announcement fol
lowed disclosure at Detroit that
Ford Motor company engineers
have developed a process for
manufacturing aufomobble tires
with not more than one.sixteenth
of the rubber heretofore used.
Harnett Officer
Reported Missing
In Bataan Battle
Dunn, April 16.— Dr. Bruce
Langdon, son of Mr. and Mrw.
B. L. Langdon of Linden, ha.s
been reported missing in action
on Bataan peninsula, it was
learned here today.
Notice to this effect has been
given to his parents by the Naval
Bureau of Navigation in Wash
ington.
The exact fate of Dr. Langdon,
who held a lieutenant’s commis
sion. is not known and his parents
think it is possible that he has
been taken prisoner.
He was graduated from Jeffer
son Medical college in Philadel
phia in 1938 and was married in
1940 to Helen Brown Bennett of
Chevy Chase, Md., who Is now at
tending a school of nursing at
Yale university.
After entering the navy Dr.
Langdon was transferred to for
eign service in China and the
Philippines in June, 1940.
Dr. Langdon is well known
throughout this section and his
family te one of the community’s
most prominent.
TTie Brewers and North Carolina
Beer Distributora Committee to
day requested the city and coun
ty officials of Wilkes couhty to
deny 1942-43 retail beer licenses
to undesirable persons.
Edgar H. Bain of Goldsboro,
state director in charge of the beer
industry’s “clean up or close up”
campaign in North Carolina, cited
the statute which prohibita the is
suance of retail beer licenses to
persons guilty of liquor law vicla-
tioDS and “to those who are not of
good character.” The 1942-43 tax
year for beer licenses begins May
1.
“We are writing >gain to be
speak your continued cooperation
in our rfforts to keep beer sales in
North Carolina from remaining in
the hands, or falling into the
hands, of undesirable persons.’'
Colonel Bain wrote the local offi
cials. Similar letters were went
to the governing bodies of 98
counties and 165 cities and towns.
“All retail beer licenses come up
for renewal on May 1,” the letter
continued. ‘‘We are certain that
you will continue to scrutinize all
applications for license with great
care and deny licenses to those
who are not of good character.
“The legitimate beer industry of
North Carolina realizes that it has
a very definite responsibility in
hairing undesirable persons as re-
. -■
_ igiafiMtliti
law tnakdi*-"
ble persons sed to enter :
reMI beer business. - He eaid .the
edmmitteer bad cooperated wift’lo-i
cai authorities in tho ellmhia^M
of more than 200 undesirable odt-^
lets since the “clean np or close
up” campaign was begun in North
Caredina almost three years ago.
Francisco Pike
Is Taken Bjr Deaffi
Last rites were held-Friday at
Nelson cemetery for Francisco
Pike, age 60; cltiaen Walnut
Grove township who died Thurs
day at bis home
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Wagoner, of Spring-
field, and three sons; John Pike,
of Springfield; Thomas Pike, of
Radical; and Hoy Pike, of Mc-
Grady.
movKd
To Second Floor Dr. W. A.
Taylor’s BaOding
Ninth Street
Specializing in Servicing Type
writers, Office Machines, Bi
cycles, Photo-Equipment, Guns,
Locks and Keys.
M. H. Meade Co.
TRUWAY SERVICE
James E. Billings
Last Rites Friday
Funeral service was held Fri
day at Mt. Pisgah church for
James E. Billing.s, age 82. weil
known citizen of the Dockery
community, who died suddenly
at his home Wednesday evening.
Rev. L. E. Spark.s conducted the
service.
Surviving Mr. Billings are liis
widow, Mrs. Carrie Billings, arffl
three daughters: Mrs. Grace
Burchette, of Dockery: Mrs. Ha
zel Yale and Mias Pearl Billings
■who live in Pennsylvania.
GRAND CHAMPION
ALL-’ROUNO COWBOY
The smoke of slower-burning
Camels contains
28% LESS NICOTINE
than the averaae of the 4 other Urgest-
seUing branda tested-Ieaa than any of
tbem-according io independent acien-
tific leata of the smoke itself I
CAMEL
THE CIGARETTE
OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS
Mrs. H. C. Cothren
Claimed By Death
Mr.s. Mary Miles Cothren, age
69, wife of H. C. Cothren, of
Rock Creek township, died Fri
day morning at her home.
She is survived by her hua-
band and six sons: Dewey, who
lives in California; L. C, of Mr.
Airy; N. C., of Ha.rtsville, S. C.;
C. V., of Greensboro; Glenn, of
North Wilkesboro; and Paul, of
Jacksonville, N. C.
HALF-PRICE
Plans have been worked out
with den'ists whereby Northamp
ton county 4-H club members will
receive dental attention at half
price during April, reports Assis
tant Farm Agent H. G. Snipes.
Dr. E,S. Cooper
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