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SUBSCIUPTION RATES:
One Year .....|1.50
Six Months : 76
Four Months 60
Out of the State* $2.00 per Year
post
boro. North Carolina, as second class matter
under Act of March 4,1879.
F/IONDAY, FEB. 15th, 1943
Carolt>M^uA
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Proof Of the Puddihg
After Pearl Harbor a plan had to be
worked out for war risk insurance. Here
was a chance to put government into the in
surance business on a grand scale. To the
credit of those in charge, and to the last
ing benefit of this country, this was not
done.
Congress provided that the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation could invest up
to a billion dollars in the capital stock of
the War Damage Corporation then creat
ed. Instead of building a gigantic new bu
reau to handle these w’ar risks, the volumi
nous details of insuring the property of the
American people is handled by directors
of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
through 546 insurance companies acting
as fiduciary agents. These companies had
in existence more than 150,000 insurance
agents, reporting to more than 1,400 poli-
vy issuing offices. Arrangements were
made to pay small commissions and reim
burse insurance companies for actual out-
of-pocket expense in connection with war
damage business. The RFC accounting
department takes care of the figures and
tte Federal Reserve banks receive the
funds. Thus was an indispensable service
provided without great cost to the taxpay
ers.
This is the ’way government and indus
try' should cooperate in a free country
where the government exists for the peo
pie rather than the people existing for the
government.
This emergency job was carded out with
the use of machinery created by private
enterprise, thus proving the flexibility of
our American system. We don’t need to
junk our American way of doing things,
as some have suggested, to fight the dicta
tors.
Nurse! Nurse!
Usually a plan for attention, in wartime
this call becomes a vital cry for help—a
cry resounding from the battlefields across
the oceans from the hospitals at home,
from the defense workers who live in
jrowded areas with no hospitals.
An attempt is being made by the Red
Cross to answer all these cries; first by
providing the army and navy %vith nurses
through its War Reserve, secondly by sup
plementing the depleted nunsing personnel
in civilian hospitals with Red Cross Nurse’s
Aides and thirdly by teaching civilians to
care for themselves in Red Cross Home
Nursing classes.
It shouldn’t take much urging. This is a
life and death struggle. There is no argu
ment that our fighting men should have
the best be.st nursing care possible. The
man who falls wounded on the battlefield
not only deserves every aid for a speedy
recovery, but he should be able to get
back in the struggle for victory without
avoidable delay. EN’ery eligible nurse un
der forty and a graduate of an approved
school should go forth unreservedly to care
for our fighting men. The Red Cross has
announced a quota of thirty thousand
nurses needed for ite War Reserve this
year-
While the thousands of nurses answer
the call of the armed forces, nurses remain
ing behind must hplp if they are to give
adequate care to civilians. To fill this need
the Red Cross is appealing for 25,000
healthy women between the ages of eigh
teen and fifty with a high school education
to take the training for Red Cross Volun
teer Nurse’s Aides in the next three
, But even with nurse s aides, the hospi
tal are overworked. There are not
eoeogh doctors to care for the civilian
It is up to Americanis to keep
to know how to care for ill-
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ness in own
this knowledge and can do
ease the'nurae-doctor shortage. . ■ ^
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Of the imported foreign laborers hi ^r-
many, 26 per cent are women, and they
are forced to work from 13 to 16jhOtir8,a
day, many in unhealthful occupations.
Baton Route. La., firemen, summoned to
douse a burning auto, were urged to save
the tires and gasoline” by the owner, who
was trying to get hia tires off.
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Observers from the Office of War In
formation traveled more than 12,000
miles, visiting and inspecting troops con
centration areas, to find out about Ameri
can soldiers’ drinking habits, and found
they were good.
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The first Distinguished Flying Cross
awarded to an officer of the- Indian Air
Force was won by Acting Wing Comman
der K. K. Majumdar for courage and ex
ample in the Burma campaign.
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The dies used by the Pullman-Standard
Car Manufacturing Company of Chicago
in building the nation’s first streamlined
trains are being scrapped for metal.
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A large portion of the warm-water pan
fish produced in Federal fish hatcheries
goes to stock farm ponds to provide local
fish food.
Inflation prices in Italy have brought
the price of good farm land to, around $2,
000 an acre, and poorer land is proportion
ately expensive.
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Borrowed Comment
ASSURANCE OF FORWARD
MARCHING
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Prime Minister Churchill naturally does
not say where and when, but he promises
the British and American people that plans
are being sp.eeded to open a powerful inva
sion attack upon the continent of Europe
within the “next nine months.”
Mr. Churchill told the English Parlia
ment this week that complete agreement
on plans for the campaign have been
reached by the Allied leaders and unity of
action is assured. • *
At the same time he reminded his hear
ers of the tasks, problems and difficulties
which must be met and coped with in pre
paration for the attack. The United States
must get men and war material over wide
oceans, he pointed out, and a large propor
tion of its war resources have been sent
into the Pacific area.
TTiis division of American effort has
undoubtedly contributed heavily to the de
lay in initiating a second front campaign
in Europe. To a considerable extent we
must continue to build up our forces in the
Pacific area.s too, for any neglect of this
sector on our part would be quickly seized
upon by Japan to start new offensive
drives.
However, since Field Marshal Sir John
Dill and General Harry Arnold, head of
American Air Forces, have reached an
agreement with General Chiang Kai-Shek
this week on planning new offensive.s
against Japan, there is occasion for belief
that a mofe fully coordinated British-
American-Chinese effort against the Jap
anese on the mainland of Asia is in pros
pect and may serve to keep Tokyo busy
while plans go forward for launching the
second front attack in Europe. China, it
is announced, is to obtain appreciably
greater help from the United States and
Great Britain, and since General Chiang
has ample manpower at his command', the
mainland Offensive against Japan, once
the promised supplies and equipment are
on hand should become a major operation.
Encouraging was Mr. Churchill’s report
on the war against the U-boats and his
statement that the vast proportion of Al
lied manpower and supplies are going
through the sea channels safely. Elqually
reassuring was the announcement of Gen
eral Eisenhower’s appointment as supreme
Allied Commander in Africa, a concrete
example of the complete Anglo-American
unity essential to the successful prosecu
tion of the campaigns ahead.
Thus indications multiply that the Al
lies are clearing their decks for large scale
offensive action in every war theatre.
There are many obstacles in the way, not
the least of which are the distance factors
and the submarine menace, but these ob
stacle can be and will be overcome. Vic
tory may not perch on the banners of the
United Nations this year, but Mr. Church
ill, aa well as Preidwrt Roosev.eIt, offers
the assurance that the victory n'.arch will
begin this year.
ONCE UNOU6H ?
He (at the ph6ne): "I want to
insert notice ot^the birth of my
twins.” :if
Girl (at newspaper office):
"Win yon repnt that,'air?’’
He: "Not If T can help It."
BIG INCREAOT
"So you met Mahle tgday?"
"Yes. I hadn’t seen hfir for ten
yerrs.” ^
“Has she kept her girlish fig
ure?”
“Kept it? She’s douWed It."
ALL IN VAIN
Wife: "Did you notice the won
derful coat the'woman had on
who was sitting in front of us In
church this morning?”
Husband: "No, I’m afraid I was
dozing.”
Wife: “It does a lot of good to
take you to church, doesn’t it?"
FIGURE THIS OUT
"I don’t suppose you don’t
know of nobody who don’t want- to
hire nobody to do nothing, don’t
you?”
“Yes, I don’t.”
NOW IN SOCIETY
The newly rich oil farmer, un
able to write, deposited his first
royalty check in the bank and
arranged th^t his signature should
be two crosses. Soon a check
showed up signed with three
crosses and the banker summon
ed the farmer for an explanation.
‘Well my wife’s gettin’ Into so
ciety,” he explained, "and she
thinks I should have a middle
name." ,
DISTANT RI3LATIVE
Called unexpectedly to perform
the lost, sad rites, the clergyman
suddenly realized he had not
learned the sex of the departed.
Turning to one of the mourn
ers, he whispered: “Brother or
sister?”
The relative whispered back;
■‘Cousin.”
LEAVES EVIDENCE
A cow barn is a lot like a tav
ern. Go in either one for half on
hour and everybody knows about
it all the rest of the day.
WE WONDER WHY
If nature never blunders, why
did she make prunes more health
ful than strawberries, and why
didn’t she mOke the mosquito a
vegetarian with a yen for spin
ach?
. \ , DIBNIT AGREE,
A new maid had just arrived
from the country, and her mis
tress was giving her a list of
kitchen utensils to be purchased:
Mistress—And, don't forget,
Emma, we want a new griller for
the kitchen.
Emma (starring vacantly) —-I
don’t knew.
Mistress—You know what e
griller is, I suppose.
Emma—Of course, I do. It is
a big hairy monkey, and if you
want one of those In the kitchen
—I’m leaving.
May Feed Wheat
To Increase
In achieving North Carolina’s
goal of 176,744,000 gallons of milk
for 1943. John A. Arey, Extension
dairy specialist of N. C. State Col
lege, advises that dairy herds and
the family milk cow be fed more
wheat. Large stocks of wheat are
now in government storage and it
may be purchased at a special
feed wheat price.
According to Mr. Arey, the Sec
retary of Agriculture has set aside
126,000,000 bushels of wheat for
feeding and at the special prices
made, it is a more economical dai
ry feed than com at 81.25 a bush
el. In fact, feeding tests show
that wheat has a feeding value of
$1.33 per bushel on this basis and
the special price made to farmers
is about two-thirds of this fig
ure.
While wh/eat contains 52 per
cent more digestible protein than
corn, it is classified as a carbohy
drate food and should be supple
mented vuth a protein-rich food,
such as cottonseed, soybean o:
peanut meal.
Mr. Arey suggests that a mix
tore of 2 parts of ground wheat,
1 .part of com and cob meal, and
1 part of cottonseed meal be fed
together with a good legume hay
and with or without silage.
Another good mixture is 2 parts
of ground wheat, 1 part of ground
oats or barley, 1 part of com and
cob meal, and 1 part of cottonseed
meal.
ADMINISTI
Having
trix of
der, late
this is to
ing clai|
present
whose
boro,
fore t’’
Opwitlon of i
Df' County
thjroaghqt^ fiio ‘ri^uUl
prove pa'rtlcul&rly ‘ to
mall livestock-and-ph^wy. feed
ers ft a time when>feed"gn|iia'cif-
ten are difficult to obtain; ’ac
cording to 0. T. Scott, chairman
of the State AAA Committee.
These bins, each with a capa
city of €00 bushels, are being
furnished County AAA Commit
tees by the , |ommodlty Credit
Corporetion for store ge of CCC
grain at no qost to the com
mittees. A tokl of 81 bins al
ready has been ordered by 15
counties and additional orders are
being received each day at the
Shite AAA Office, he skid.
Operation of these bins will
enable the county committees to
keep a reserve supply of feed
grain on hand at all times,” Scott
said. ‘"Hie Commodity
f/'KiiWht/ll.
Cnmbzidge, Ohio, 'and'iddlitlhed
aa meiiif|lr8 oY JehOTsh's Wtt-
ilesaes ee^lgiouB aectiVere fined
127.7? each to dty” recorder’s
court' following thelf conviction
of a cherge of selling religious
literature without a permit.
The men were arrested by clt;
police and charged with vlolatll
a city ordinance which requli
license for the sale or distrthi
of religious literature.
Wallfce Craven of New,
City, counsel “for the two
said the conviction would
peaied.
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iwo of Hat
and 8 fin mm. i
dow|
POULTRY
Lower prices for eggs and
creased costs for some feeds baf
caused ' some dlssatisfactloq
among poultry growers. The pu
Credit chicks for lato
Corporation now Is offering wheft I
for use as feed at $1.02 per |
bushed, but it Is delivered only
in carlood lots. Many feeders do
not have facilities for keeping
this much grain on hand, and
they can obtrin small quantities
from their county committees at
cost, plus a smnll handling
charge. This charge is averaging
five to seven cents per bushel.
This enables farmers to obtrin
feed wheat at any time they are
in town for other purposes and
thus conserve farm transportation
facilities.■'
In addition to _ storing feed
grain, the bins will be used later
In the year for storing wheat or
soybeans.
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PROFIT
According to C. C. Pratt, assis
tant farm agent in Northampton
county. M. S. Brldgers, Jr., ol
Conway, bad an outstanding
flock of hens in 1942, with a
profit of $2.82 per hen over all
feed coats.
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Mount Columbia, Canada, is
.sometimes called “the geographi
cal center of North America.”
Trite
fodel
lelding
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ry An
r
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Fibre
iJ^c.
I Malta is « little roi
I Mediterraj^ean Sea
I from Italy, It is th
I place in al][ the worl
I Axis seeks desperate
|from Engl^l^d.
\ There arl fanners
lefe are fariteers in
pad a dan|
jiey can and
yen the go
iper for
les are ove
^e who are
lers—how
[work withf s
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and indepeiMent
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, NAKB E BRY DAY BOND DAY