PATRIOT. .
GetfPB
Award of Merit
Carl A. Lowe and Sons, local
Uoeased scrap dealer, has en out-
i Vlpindlng record tor aiding the
t»r program by buying, process-
tag and shipping scrap metals !o
WU' Industries.
r The firm has furnished an out-
M for tremendous amounts of
scrap metal since the defense pro
gram. was Instituted long before
Pearl Harbor, and metal bought
and shipped by Carl A. Lowe and
jk' Sons Is now striking the enemies
P of freedom on foreign battle-
^ fields.
la addition to buying metals
% ^^Mttht into their yard from
. L and homes of Rilkes. Mr.
, mwtmmmrn .
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purchased the scftip collect
ed 6y' WPA trucks In Wilkes, Al
leghany, Ashe and Watauga coun
ties.
Included in the scrap process
ing equipment on the Lowe yard
Is a hydraulic preas which com-1
presses sheet metal and small I
pieces Into bales convenient for
shipping and handling. Many ;
thousands of dollars were invest- ■
ed in equipment in order that |
the scrap metai from this part of ^
the state might reach the steel
mills promptly.
On October 14, 1942, the firm
of Carl A. Lowe and Sons wa.s
presented with a special award of |
merit from the War Production
Baard for Increasing output of
scrap Iron.
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N. C. Among Leaders
^1^1^ Bond-Stamp Sales
Shown here are those present for th- presentation 6f a War Production^ Board
merit of award to Carl A. Lowe and Sons, local scrap dealers, at scrap
yard on Forester Avenue October 14, 19 12. Left to right are: R. T. McNiel, m^-
or of North Wilhesboro; Carl A. Lowe, head of the firm receiving the^award; El
mer Lowe, his son; W. H. Taylor, WPB district salvage chief; J. B. ^ipes,
salvage chairman; James Lowe, member of the Lowe firm; L. C. Wilson, WPB
salvage Inspector; and Cody Lowe, member of the Lowe firm. The award was given
for having shipped 324 tons of scrap in Septeinber. That amount was 52 per cent
higher than the monthly average for the first six months of 1942. There were only
three firms in the state with an increase of 50 per cent or more. (Staff photo by
Dwight Nichols).
North Carolina ranks among
the foremost states on a p r capi
ta basis in the purchase of war
bonds and stamps, according to
reports from Washington released
by Charles H. Robertson, state ad
ministrator of the war savings
staff.
More than 500,000 em iuyees,
representing 1,988 firms are now
buying these government securi-
firms. There are 496 North Caro-
! lin? firms employing from 100 to
.500 persons and onlv :i2 or the.se
are*not !)articipating in the pay
roll plan, he said. And i»rtlcip;
ing in the plan are 1.38G North
j Carolina firms employing less
Uhan 100 persons.
! Sales of war bonds in North
Carolina from May 1. 1941., t >
HATCHERIES TO HELP MEET
POULTRY GOAL IN NATION
1943. totqlcd $160,-
000 by approximately 11 per cent.
Sales of the E bonds for the 12
months in 1942 in this state to-
tsled SSI,365.000 as compaVed to
S13.248.000 for the last eight
months of 1941.
from the beginning. North Caim-
linlans last month purchased $12.
Purchase certificates are now
needed to buy one-row, horse-
736.000 worth of E boijus, there-! drawn cultivators of the riding
by exceeding its aupta of $1,500,- type, previously unrationad.
Hatcheries of North Carolina
are prepared to do their part in
meeting the poultry and egg pro
duction goals for 1943, seys T. T.
Brown, Extension poultry special
ist of N. C. State College. He said
that Tar Heels have been asked to
produce 23,656,000 chickens, ex
clusive of broilers, and approxi
mately 4,280,000 fryers this year.
Brown, who is secretary end
treasurer of theKtb»Ui,^.£M«l9l|'
State Mutual Hetchery AssCcia-
tioh, Inc., said that the state has
the source of hatching eggs end
the hatchery capacity to produce
at least 35 million chicks during
1943. North Carolina has more
laying hens than any state in the
South Atlantic region. The in
cubator capacity in the state i.s
approximately 7 million eggs at
one time.
“When the Mutual Hatchery
Association was organized in
1931,” said the Extension speciel-
ist, “it was estimated that only
25 percent of the chicks raised in
the state annually were commer
cially hatched. Ten years later it
was determined thot at least 75
percent of the chicks hatched
came from commercial plants
within the state.”
Brown said, also, that the an
nual egg production per hen in
the state in 1931 was 81 eggs,
whereas in 1941 it was 102 eggs
per bird per year. In 1942 the
egg production goal assigned to
North Carolina wrs 65 million
dozen, and the United States De
partment of Agriculture estimates
tliat S'; r Heel egg producers ex
ceeded his goal by at least 7 my-
lion dozen.
The Government has called up
on North Carolina to increase egg
production another 10 percent in
1943, and to produce 79,204,000
dozen eggs. Brown predicted that
this goal will be exceeded.
CONTAINERS
Wooden containers for shipping
fresh fruits and vegetables are be
ing standardized to conserve lum
ber, metals, and manpower. The
amount hf wooden containers
avaikiible will not be reduced.
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Commanding officers at shore
stations have been warm in their
praise of WAVES and SPARS.
These women have proved their
worth—and that is the reason for
ttie present intensive recruiting
drive. The Navy and Coast Guard
want more of them. Applicants
should see an Office of Naval Of
ficer Procurement in Atlanta, Ra
leigh, Columbia, Charleston or
Jacksonville, or any Navy Re
cruiting Station.
Regulations and customs appli
cable to the saluting of and salut
ing by men in the Navy and Coa.st
Guard apply for the women of the
WAVES and SPARS'. Juniors sa
lute first, whether It be a Junior
male saluting a WAVE, or a ju
nior SPAR saluting a senior male
officer.
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Zippers are made from scrap
brass at a new factory in Eire.
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BUY MORE. WAR BONPS
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MUST win:
THIS IS jr WAR We CANT AFFORD*) LOSE.»ECAUSE TH:^ FREEaXlM
TOO MJmY IS JNVOLVEiy|r^D YOU ME INCLUDED AMONG
NVMBm- PROD^E MORE OF mPRYTHING MBDED TO WIN THE WAI^
THE H^E FRONT&S VITAL T(MHE BATTLE WONT. AND FOOD IS VIT^L
TO EtoRYONE! l^ISE WHA*YOU CAN, AnJ SEE US FOR WHAT YC
CAN”! AND DONT^ORGETi
Buy Binds and S^|m« Every Pay to Keep the Needed
Ammuii»n Flowing to CW|* Fighters!
AIwr^ & Most Conit)let#jLine Of
anaranev brocenes
id Fresh Modts In Our hlarket
AND GARDEN SEEDS
north CAROLINA