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Jto Otteit, h. sur «oo 'Ot •mploftc^iA * CMqai&m ft 'WM unotta^; '*y w. 'J. S.'akwfto'B. flltMtor Of the Whr Maa- CoiBm||8ion. »*» j^buiiatlon beean« w»«tlTe%t;a^#l o’clock May 15. K Ptt*lS»« of the plan is to ■iwwfla abTarument, manage* t" *od labor with'kn effective * ®* providing workers p*! needed or permitting them “ ^ transfer to other Jobs under Mktaln conditions. “So long as employers and tj;v^®rkers conform to provisions of ^ the plan they will be in compli- ; ^Ith regulation of the _ Wy Manpower Commission re- ^1* Mulcting the transfer of Workers l^„^»Wch was issued undef the r -'Vresident’s “Hold the Line” or- ^ 4*r stabilizing wages, prices and ■ «npolyment.” _ ,Tho Plan—1. Provides that -employers in essential industries }C aay not hire a worker whose Kr; aaost recent employment was in an essential Industry unless such a worker presents either a state ment of availability from his most rseent employer or a statement of availability from his local United "dates Employment office. 2. Sets up machinery enabling •workers, under certain conditions, to transfer from one essential in- . dnstry to another if such a step ■will aid '.n the effective prosecu- - - tlon of war or compelling person al reasons make such a step ad- ■ Tlsable. 8. Establishes valid reasons which entitle an employe to a Statement of availability and sets ap procedures under which state ments may be obtained. The* plan provides that statements of avail ability shall be issued to any worker by his most recent em ployer or the United States Em ployment service, whenever the employee—- A. Is dischargd by his last employer. B. Is laid off for an indefinite period or for a period of seven days or more. C. Can establish that his pres ent employment does' not utilize him at his highest skill or that he i» not being employed full time. D. Has compelling personal reasons for change in employ ment. 4. Provides that under certain conditions a statement of av«ila- bility may be used if it is estab lished that the change of employ ment will aid in the effective pro secution of the war. 5. Stipulates that where -an employe has a valid reason for a job transfer within essential in dustries. the United States Em ployment service is authorized to . grant such statements of availa bility when tl;e employer refuses to grant a statement of availabili ty. 6. Provides that employers may not hire in-migrates (w>rk- ers who have not lived within the normal commuting distance of the prospective employer’s e.stab- lishment) except through the lo cal United States Employment service. 7. Permits workers to transfer freely from other than essential to essential activities. Xo state ment of availability is needed un less the worker is going to work -outside the local com/ iting rrca, 8. Stipulates that while tli- worker may appeal from the deci sion of an employer or the United St' tes Employment service when not granted a statement of availa bility. the worker must remain on the job until the appeal has been decided. 9. Authorizes the United States Employment service to grant . ,c. ’iiili l^owa oitiiea oC t&« Sic^Ttaii Fans Iwm- munttf,. di|ed 2:1S at the Baptbt hoapttaUiL Wiiistcbt Salem.' •'He .bad tbi^ llj {of ATy eral -tfeeks.-ft Shang-Ri-La field, perhaps strangest army air force field in the nation, has been opened st Glendale. Calif. OapUcating field conditions in remote operating areas, the odd field offers practical knowledge of how pUnes pad engines may be changed and serviced imder actnal combat conditions. ^Ispersai of ships and camonilaging of aircraft la practicaL statements of availability, upon request, to any employe of an em ployer who violates the regional plan, or the area plan, if one is In effect. These statements may he Issued regardless of whether the workers otherwise would be en titled to such statements. 10. Prevents workers from Allies May Ask' Stalin For Bases Washington. — After studying Prime Minister Churchill’s speech, diplomatic observers expressed the transferring from an essential ac-! opinion last night that Britain tivlty to en activity other than es- land the United States may try to seniial at a higher rate of pay un- I prevail on Joseph Stalin to grant less there is no full time job the use of Russian air bases for which he can fill, available local ly in an essential activity. 11. Provides that a worker wishing to seek or accept employ ment outside the commuting area must obtain a statement of avail ability from the USES covering an onslaught on Japan. These sources, who cannot be further identified, said this might well be the purpose of the meet ing which. Churchill said, he and President Roosevelt hope to dr- range with Stalin and Generalis- jhe locality iu which he is cur-chiang Kai-shek of China, rentlv or was most recently em-, , , , , ... ,, ployed. Without such a state-' ™s opinion was admittedly Lnt of availability he will not he >as^ solely on the Churchill tex able to obtain employment. any mformauon abou 12 Provides that the granting Churchill and the President statement of avail- have been discusing in their cur- ' rent conferences. But it was not ed that Churchill told Congress or denial of a ability may be appealed by an em ploye or an employer from a deci sion of the United SUtes Employ ment service, providing an appeal is filed within seven deys from the date of such determination with an area manpower director or the regional director. l:!. Permits a worker to trans fer from agricultural employment to other agricultural employment, I irrespective of the wages in either j employment. ^ I 14. Permits a worker in non- ! federal governmental employment to transfer to z)ther non-federal government employment, irrespec tive of the wages in either em ployment. 15. . Provides that hiring by de partments and agencies of the fedeml government which are stibject to the rules and regula tions of the U. S. Civil Service . Commission shall he made only i with the approval of the U. S. Civ- : il Service commission, which shall . Conduct its recruiting activities | 1 and make referrals in accordance . I with the War Manpower Commis sion policie.s. procedures and I standards. ' 16.. Provides that nothing '.n ! the stSthilization program shall be construed es applicable to state governments and local subdivi-' sions thereof, nor to casual em ployment (those employed for 15 days or less) domestic servants, or employers of less than eight employes. \T that objective of 'bombing Japan “holds a high place’’ in the cur rent talks. The Churchill speech came at a moment when Former Ambassa dor Joseph E. Davies arrived in Moscow with a letter from Pre.ii- dent Roosevelt to Premier Stalin. The letter’s contents are a close ly guarded secret hut there have been persistent reports that it in vites the Soviet commander in chief to a conference. -V- Nazis Report New RussianDrivesBegin NEW ROO>I.S FOR S2-»» F-ACH with sensational new Kem-Tone Miracle Wall Finish • One gallon (92.9H) does over aveea^^e-sized room, walls and celling. Newest, Mwartest color. .9sk os for free color card. C.'^RLTON'S. PECTIN Pectin, used by home jelly and jam makers, has doubled in out put. It is also used by the con fection. baking, and food dehy dration industries, and in certain ' medicines. I London. — Germany reported today that Russia had opened ma jor attacks in four areas along an 1,100-mile front and indicated a belief that the Red Army might develop its operations into a gen eral offensive in one of more sec tors. ' Both sides had been massing men in key zones and it was re called that a yeiir ago Russia de layed the German summer drive by weeks when it beat the enemy to the draw and attacked on the southern front. The German official news agen cy, in a broadcast recorded here, said that the Red Army had open ed attacks on the Volkhov River, south of Leningrad; south of Star- «ya Russa. where the front bulges over toward the Latvian frontier: Belgord, at* the northern end of the Donets front above Kharkov, and in the Kuiban. odt^itw lau. (iii« inr kre his inotihtp, lilt;«lf«, Mrs. Mattie H. Pardue, andchil dren ;r Alice Rosei Ann. and • Diin Pafdiiei also five sistffn, Mrs. B. A. Greer, Mrs! p, O. Smlthey, Mrs. R. Pennell, Misses Maxie and Lola Belle Pardue, all of Mora vian Falls. Funeral service was held Wed nesday, twolo’clock, at Moravian Falls Baptist church, where ,Mr. Pardue was a member, and iburial was in the Moravian Falls ceme tery. Rev. Ernest Bumgarner con ducted the service. ■V ^ Announce Dates ForVacemations Health Officer Urges People To Secure Vaccinations Against Diseases Dr. A. J. Eller, county heolth officer, has announced a series of dates and places for the purpose of administering vaccinations against typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. The vaccinations are without cost to the people and all are urg ed to secure the vaccinations and thus guard against these infec tious diseases. The list of appointments was announced as follows; May 26, June 2 and June 9 Union school, at Cricket, 9:30 a. m. Millers Creek, 10:30 a. m. Purlear Grocery Store 11:30 a. m. Parsonsville, 1:00 p. m. ' Summit school, .2:00 p. m. Walsh school, 3:00 p. m. June 1, June 8 and June 15 Moravian Falls, 9:30 a. m. Brock Town, 10:30 a. m. ' Pores Knob, 11:00 a. m. Mt. Carmel Church, 1:00 p. m. Thankful colored school 2:00 p. m. , Little Rock, 3:00 p. m. May 31, June 7 and June 14 Oak-woods school 9:30 a. m. Mt. Crest, 10:30 a. m. Bethel church, 12:00, noon. Mr. Hendren’s store, 1:00 p. m. Rev. Robertson’s, 2:30 j,. m. V Recruiter Here Gets Navy Men ThomM E, b^# fl^siMioro. Before eiiteiinl|: the Sgt. 'nunika ti; oaudin, ktet^d-at^fS^. ;Uwta, spend . parentOn Mr aod ,aad Jita wlfff, Alvin Sturdivant, Jr., Makes Highest Grade On Mental Tests In The County WANTED! A 50 TO 75 H. P. HORIZONTAL Tubular Boiler 100 Lbs, or Over Steam Pressure Must Stand State Inspection Thone 20-R, Gr^te Falls, N. C. HICKORY FIBRE CO. ■ T«r. N. C. AXIS TUNISIAN LOSSES FIXED Allied Headquarters in North Africa.- The Axis gambled—and lost—nearly a third of a million of its best troops in a vain effort to hold on to Tunisia and prevent its establishment as a base-for an Allied assault on Nazi-domin'ited Europe. The official disclosure yester day that the Germans and Italians lost 324,04)0 killed, serious wound ed or captured in the figK'ng which drove them at last from Africa coincided with an, an- nouncelnent that the United States air forces Tuesday gave the Italian Island of Pantelleria, steppingstone to Sicily, its worst bombing of the war, and also heavily attacked the Sicilian port of Trapeni. This was the kind of onslaught the-Axis long has known inevita bly would follow the loss of Tu nisia. . Malnutrition, due to slow star vation, sapped the vitality of Ger mans in the last war and wasAbe p^helpal cauM of the eoUapge of; that couBtry. Accepted Into Navy ,A.' A. dturdivant, Jr., has been accepted into the navy and be re ported, today to the - recruiting station in Raleigh to ibe assigned to a training station. ■ Pfc. Glenn Lowe Home Pfc. and Mrs. Glenn Lowe are visiting his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lowe, of Pores Knob. He Is stationed at Cemp Cook, Cali. , m Sgt. Howard L. Frazier Gets Promotion Sgt. Howard L. Frazier, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Frazier, of North Wilkesboro route one. has recently been promoted to his present rank. He is now stationed at Fort Rosecrans, California. lis Cpl. .Sam Vickery At Miami, Florida Cpl. Sam Vickery, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Vickery, of this city, is now stationed at Miami, Florida. His wife, the former Miss Louise Hudson, visited him there last week. pMy iff _wmr tKM^.as prUet to YlA-^visn 4-H h^s and Sirlb &ar ^ best victory , Mr. Bhipta 8teted>hstu, 2400 boys and%Ma rare wently aigii- ed up in a f^: prodnetlon eam- pnlgn” orgapised^ through the S-i happy in'North Africa, according 'schools.,^ to a letter received several da y» r -oe’uUs of the Contest and priMS •go by .Mr. J. -0.. Miller, -l^f worked out and annonne- barber. Pvt. Harrison entered ae-'^^ saip„ said.! .-;* j tlve war service through the local • \ . ~ • national guard con^any. He is the son of Mr. end Mrs. W. G. Harrison, of Lansing, Ashe chun ty, who dents. are former Wilkes resf- NOW YOU CA^,SAVB hcaMlB- fnl painted 'walls and 'cehUiags I withont scraping off the waS^np- er. One coat of IRknt’ToQO covers pracUeaBy aay old, spiled patten Specialist first class J. E. Huff man, traveling navy recruiter, an nounced this week that three Wilkes county seventeen year olds had been accepted and sworn in by the navy. They are Alvin Sturdivant, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sturdivant, Sr.; Fred Inscore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pres ton Inscore, and Phoice Howell, colored, of Boomer, son of Mrs. Janie Howell. Sturdivant and Inscore left 5Vednesday night after a short furlough, and will report fo the Naval Training Station, Bain- bridge, Md. In making this announcement Recruiter Huffman pointed out that young Sturdivant had made the highest score on the navy mental tests given in the county, and that Inscore was tied for third high. These two young men may qual ify for one of the 55 trade schools provided by the navy to tra.n picked young enlisted men for petty officer ratings. There are many opportunities for a young man to-get expert training of a technical nature that will help him later on in civilian life, ac cording to Recruiter Huffman. For the time being the recruiter will be at the North Wilkesboro postoftice every Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. Cpl. James F. Watson Ih North Africa Mr. and Mrs. W. S'. Watson, of Benge, have received e letter dat ed May 2 from their son, Cpl. James F. Watson, saying that he was in North Africa and was get ting alopg all right. fe isi te Pvt. Lonnie L. Moore Is Visitor Here Pvt. Lonnie L. Moore, pf Fort Bragg, spent Tuesday and Wed nesday hare visiting ’relatives end friends. IS! Cpl. Broadus Canter Gets Promotion Cpl. Broadus Canter, who is stationed at Fort Bragg, was re cently promoted to his present rank. Cpl. Canter is a son of Mr. end Mrs. Carl Canter, of Wilkes boro. iss'te fe Cpl. Jack Vannoy Re turns To Bragg Cpl. Jack Vannoy returned to day to Fort Bragg after spending a ten-day furlough here with his mother, Mrs. A. L. Lippard, and other relatives end friends. • James..M. Gambill Petty Officer Chicago, III., May 17.—The two red chevrons of a second class petty officer now adorn the uni form of James M. Gambill, 22, son of Mr. end Mrs. Joe Gambill rpute one, Wilkesboro, N., C., who was graduated from the Navy's school tor diesel operators at Navy Pier here last week. One of 154 men out of the class of 243 who earn ed the promotion, he awaits as signment to duty with the fleet or at a shore station. He has completed an intensive course in the operation and main tenance of internal combustion engines, qualifying him as ? specialist to work on the engine room force of a Navy warship. He earned selection to the school up on making high scores in a aeries of aptitude tests taken during re cruit trrining. li* te Bi St. Sgt. Clinton Hulcher Gets Air Medal St. Sgt. Clinton Hulcher hrs been awarded the air medal for meritorious service, according to report.s received here. St. Sgt. Hulcher, son of Mr. and Mr.s. C. H. Hulcher, of Wilkesboro, is i serving in the Alaska area and is in the air force. Pvt. Ro*?P%^ell Is A Prisoner Pvt, Roy P. Pennell, .son of Mr. and .Mrs. Roby Pennell, of Wilkesboro route two. is a prison er of the Germans. Pvt. Pennell was reported missing In action on February 14 and news that he is a prisoner was received by rela tives a few days ago. n. \ tmly t2.06 for BUY MORE WAK BONDS the average room. CARMON’S. Tent Revival At Fairplains Soon Revival services will begin in a tent to be located near the- junc tion of highways at Fairplains on May 22, .^ev. Harvey PhilUps, SM^well kapwn evangelist, ftill. do the m^hlng and Rev. Noah Besh- ew will he In charge of the sing ing. . The public has e cordial in vitation to attend. -V- y- Experts are ht exploiting power. studying methods Norwiy’s' waUr Pvt. Granville Myers Here For Week-End Pvt. Granville Myers has re turned to Camp Butner after spending the week-end In the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Qager Myers. ■ Pvt. Fred At _ FoH U^m«h. . Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Bauguss, Of this city, have received a letter from their eon staUng that he bad recently been ’tran'sfferred from Camp Adair, Oregon, to Fort Lewis, Washington. Pvt. Baugnsa is attending radio school at- fiewlB find will soon eomple^l course off stndT. v As tile Waf-Goes On FURNITURE IS BECOMING MORE SCARCE! DUE TO SHORTAGES OF MANPOWER, MATERIALS AND COVERINGS, LIVINGROOM SUITES, STUDIO COUCHES AND OTH ER FURNITURE IS BECOMING VERY SCARCE. AND THAT IS WHY WE URGE YOU TO BUY NOW! WE have a small ASSORTMENT, INCLUDING LIVING ROOM SUITES AND STUDIO COUCH WITH SPRING CONSTRUCTION. 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