Brief Review Of State, National
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NELSON PROMISES GAS
BELIEF TO THE EAST
Washington — War Production
'Chief Donald M. Nelson said this
week government officials are
^resolving differences over the
critical east coast gasoline-fuel
oil problem, and promised relief
civilians “in the very near fu
tan."
He told an unofficial commit
tee of House and Senate members
Crom Atlantic seaboard states that
<reiftralized control under Petrol
eum Administrator Harold L.
JJckes would be “an easy solution”
except for overlapping authority
of the Office of Price Adminis
-’tration and Office of Defense
'Transportation.
• Consequently, -he said; some
’Other solution is necessary and
"we are now attempting to iron
•Out differences,” he added his be
lief that “we are getting some
where toward a thorough under
-s^tanding” between -Ickes, Price
CUtf -Prentiss M. Brown and
dBT Director Joseph B. Eastman.
wausEVEus: honors
STALIN ON SUCCESS
Washington —President Roose
■'HUflt <*■" week congratulated So*
'*wet Premier Josef Sialin on comr
•gefetiag two years of “history
•ijBakiag” Russian resistance to the
t*53MW«m invader and said the
gfMNring might of combined Unit
ed .Nations forces testifies to
'*1te spirit of unity and sacrifice
"necessary for our ultimate vic
tory."
He said he was sure this same
-spirit will “animate us -in ap
$M*aching the challenging tasks of
•peace wahich Midtery will present
to 'the World!'’
His message, addressed to “Mar
shal” Stalin as “Commander in
Chief ef the armed forces of the
*0. S. S. R.,” was transmitted to
the Kremlin on the eve of the
second anniversary of Germany’s
invasion of Russia.
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES
NORTH ANATOLIA, SAT.
'Ankara — An earthquake
- -struck Northern Anatolia Satur
udfiy night and according to de
■ iayed press dispatches received
feere laid in ruins the town of
Adapazar near Istanbul,'} and
qtansed a large number Of casual
-Kies.
'Cfre official Ankara nevfspapdtf
Ulus printed a dispatch from a
.■private correspondent stating that
"a Violent shock hit the district at
*6:30 p. m., Saturday.
On Sunday dead, and wounded
' were being sought among the
-rains of Adapazar. The number
v Utf casualties by this morning had
been determined here, but
v wa*s expected to run high.
^taOVERNORS INTERESTED
IS PUBLIC WORKS PLAN
c»C«tiimbus, O. — Chief execu
tives Tit four states agreed that
government must supplement
•private industry to provide post
-war employment and contended
tthstt broad 'authority should be
delegated to the states under any
Federal Public Works program.
Governors Herbert R. O’Conor
'of Maryland, John W. Bricker of
Ohio, Leverett Saltonstall of
Massachusetts and J. - Melville
-Broughton of North Carolina par
f tftnpoted in a radio discussion
* <University of Chicago round
f table) of “The States and Post
-war ^America.”
"The executives are in Colum
bus for the 35th annual Gover
nors’ Conference, which continued
'through Wednesday.
N. Carolina To
Get $13*671,022
For Education
Washington — The Senate Edu
cation and Labor Committee this
week reported favorably the fed
eral aid to education bill design
ed to appropriate a total of $300,
000,000 to the 48 states of which
$13,671,022 would go to North
Carolina.
Out of the $200,000,000 fund, to
be allotted on the basis of aver
age of daily attendance, North
Carolina would receive $7,179,600.
The State’s share of the remain
ing fundi, of $100,000,000 allotted
according to financial need, would
be $6,491, 422.
The Tar Heel total of nearly
fourteen million constitutes al
most five per cent of the total ap
propriation of $300,000,000, a very
substantial share in view of the
fact that every State in the coun
try will receive aid if the bill
becomes law.
MacARTHUR MAY LEAD
EAST ASIA COMMAND
I Washington — General Doug
las MacArthur, hero - oil Bataan,
was considered by sohie observ
ers as a possible Choice to head
the East Asia command which
soon will be created to direct com
bined United Nations offensives
opperations against Japan.
Belief in many quarters was
that the commander will be an
American, whether it be MacAr
thur, Lieut.-Gen. Joseph Stil
well or someone else London
dispatches suggested that belief
also prevails among observers
there.
The possibilty that a British
general might get the job was not
discounted entirely and in this
connection the name of Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery was men
tioned most prominently.
DEWEY IS IN FRONT
AS PRES. CANDIDATE
Washington — Pathfinder Mag
azine said this week that results
of a poll it conducted among Re
publican members of 38 State
legislatures show Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York is top choice
for G. O. P. 1944 presidential
candidate on the basis of poten
tial State-by-Sfcate electoral
strength with Gov. Jdhn W.
Bricker of Ohio second and Wen
dell Willkie third.
On the basis of general strength
35 per cent of the straw ballots
returned by the 3,523 legislators
polled gave Dewey 29.1 per cent,
Willkie 24.9 and Bricker 18.
N. & W. PAYS $148,920
IN RELIEF FUNDS
Benefits amounting to $148,920
were paid to members of the
Norfolk and Western Employees’
Relief Fund during the first quar
ter of 1943, according to the quar
terly report of the railway’s Re
lief and Pension Department.
Receipts of the fund during the
quarter, which ended on March
31, totalled $212,097, the report
showed. At the end of the quar
ter the fund had a balance of $4,
615,702.
Since establishment of the fund
in July, 1917, members and their
families have been paid in sick
ness, accident and death benefits
a total of $14,519,712. For the
establishment and operation of
the department, the entire ex
pens of which is borne by the
railroad, the Norfolk and Western
has Spent $3,178,744.
Auction Sale
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1943, AT 10:09 O’CLOCK
EWT, 1 will sell to the highest bidder my ISO acre farm*
Situated la Fluey Creek township, Alleghany County.
This land Is well-located, timbered, watered; good grass
my farming equipment: plows, harrows,
, drill, mowing machine, rake, wood saw,
mHls, evaporator and box, A chicken brooders,
tools, corn, hay, fodder, 2 cows, 0 head
9 breed sows, household and kitchen furniture,
furniture, aad other items too
tomantion.
TERMS: Amounts less than $10 cash, all over flO,
B&SisfiaSi
Roscoe Collins, Auctioneer
A. M. Rutherford
Fluey Cireek, N. C.
Even ‘Super-Men’ Eat
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MP>
Same of the 2»M# German war prisoners housed at Camp
ridge, Kjr., are shown marching to the mess hall at mea-u,.-^.
Italian prisoners, Germans mast be watched at all hats. Germans
and Italians are never ]
ana nsusu arc never put into the same camps as the latter have
much more affection for their captors than for thetr allies.
7,200 Planes Are Built By
U. S. In May; More In June
State To Inspect
Nurseries Soon
Raleigh, N. C., June 23 — A
thorough inspection of every nur
sery in North Caroline will be
made within the next 4 months,
Dr. D. L. Wray, entimologist with
the State Department of Agricul
ture, said recently. Assisting Dr.
Wray in this work will be J. A.
Harris, also with the Department.
The insect-ridding program will
begin within a few days.
“We will visit over 200 nur
series and cover virtually every
county in North Carolina,” de
clared Dr. Wray.
He said that particular atten
tion will be given to scale and
sucking insects, and that recom
mendations looking to- the con
trol of insect pests will be given.
Dr. Wray asserted that in many
cases it will be necessary to des
troy the plant in order to rid en
tirely the nursery of some of the
diseases.
Despite the incessant work be
ing carried on by the Entomolo
gy division of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, there is an
increase in . fungus diseases, jn
Dr. Wray’s opinion.
“We also find that orchardists
are being bothered a great deal
with aphids in their young apple
and cherry trees. We plan to in
spect the nurseries row by row,
taking out entire plants in many
instances,” said Dr. Wray.
North Carolina is one of the
leading states in the production
and'sale of shrubs and: fruit trees,
some of its nurseries covering as
much as 100 acres, Dr. Wray
pointed out, and “in order to pro
tect the purchasers of plants and
to prevent the further spread of
shrub diseases, nurseries will not
be allowed to move any plants
until they have been given certi
ficates by the inspectors”.
Timely Hints
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
You spend one-third of your
life in bed, so it is logical that
the choice and care of a mattress
should be important in the
housekeeping plan.
You can guarantee long life
for your mattresses by observing
a few simple rules. First and
foremost mattresses should be
turned frequently to help keep
their shape and resiliency. Many
mattresses have loops on the sides
to ease this operation. Brush
weekly with a whisk broom so
dust won't settle.
A “Dust Proof’ mattress cover ]
Washington — The Unite*
States produced a record numbei
of 7,200 planes in May and thi
June output will be substantially
larger, the War Production Boan
revealed this week.
This represented an increase o:
1,000 planes over March produc
tion. No figures were releasee
for April.
The all-time high figure foi
May included combat, trainer an<
transport craft, with the air
frame weight fpr the month’!
production totaling approximate
ly 60,000,000 pounds.
Though the total was not brok
en down into categories, the WPI
said heavy bomber production al
ready is far ahead of the goal foi
this date set by President Roose
velt two years ago.
WPB also announced that fur
ther integration of the work o:
the aluminum division and air
craft scheduling unit at Wrigh'
Field, Dayton, Ohio, will be ef
fected when the division’s forg
ings section is moved July 1
from WPB’s regional office ir
Cleveland to Wright Field.
It announced appointment o;
an Aircraft Aluminum Product!
Control Committee with Directoi
Arthur , H, Bunker, of WPB’s al
uminum afed'magnesium fbyisior
as chairman. The group will be
charged with responsibility foi
increased production of essentia
aluminum fprms and their equit
able distribution among aircrafi
manufacturers.
India supplied 2000 miles ol
bandages to troops in the Africar
campaign.
made of heavy muslin will pro
tect it from dust and wear. Yoi
can make these covers with ar
envelope type closing so thej
can easily be washed.
Uncle Sam tells us to waste
nothing, to buy only what we
need, to make what we have last
and that means everything.
Our grandmothers used left
aver “scraps”, cloth-silk, c^twon,
and woolens. Mothers, why nol
plan a quilting party for youi
neighbor friends? Or interest
your teen-age girl who Is enro1
[ed iri 4-H Room Improvem-:.ii in
making a quilt for her bed.
“The President’s Wrath”,
‘Rare Old Tulip,” “A Stai that
rraveled,” VStar and Crescent"
are all beautiful in design cud
;asy to make. We want to see
this art revived. There is no
setter time than now when we
must spend more time at home.
L>et’s not squander time.
Who wants a pattern? Write
ne at N. C. State College, Ra
eigh.
Jk
Rom ■where I sit..,
■. M » • li 11 ll.Hl I. ■
Joe Marsh
Really funny how some little
every-day things can affect the
course of history. Far instepm,
did you know that ona of the
main reasons for the Pilgrims
landing on Plymouth Rock wes
because the Mayflower was run
ning out of beer?
Yesrir, yon can read it in an
original manuscript of 1622, an
account, of the settling of Ily
mouth—when it says: . we
.^ould not now take time «ur fur
ther Cterch a
N. C 4-H Girls Remodel. Or
Patch Clothes For Victory
“Fix it up . . . Wear ft out . . .
Make it over ... Do without
That’s what hundreds of thou
sands of 4-H Clothing Club girls
throughout the nation are doing
to help win the war In short, the
girls are remodeling or patching
up not only their own clothes,
but those of their fathers, mo
thers, sisters and brothers, so that
new cloth will be saved fpr our
boys in the armed forces.
And that they will do a master
ful job of “Make and Mend for
Victory” is reflected in last
year’s records of roundly 500,000
participants in the National 4-H
Clothing Achievement Activity,
which disclosed that these rural
girls had remodeled or repaired
more than lMt million garments
and other articles!
jtofty of the current year's par
ticipants in this activity Will re-1
csive honor awards provided by
' the Spool Cotton Company’s Ed
ucational Bureau for outstanding
records of achievement These*
special recognitions, which are
based on county, state and nh
' tional levels, include medals, Na
tional 4-H CoiftMb trips, andf
1 $200 college scholarships.
North Carolina’s state winner
■ in this activity last year was Lau
’ ra Louise Lucas, of Lucama, Wil
1 son county.
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Whitehead News
By MISS LOLA HAM
Mrs. Lester H. Osborne return
ed to her home in Bel Air, Md.,
i after spending a few days here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
. Glen Richardson.
A large crowd attended the
decoration service at Liberty Bap
tist church, Sunday.
Those who visited in the home
; of Mr. and Mrs. Mack C. Edwards,
Sunday, were Mr. Enoch Ham,
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Ham and
boys. Tommy, Bobby and Billy,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Houser and
boys, Junior and Roy.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Andrews
visited the home of Mrs. Sara
Ann Edwards, Sunday.
t,Pvt. Otris J. Mickle wrote
home that he had arrived safely'
overseas and was liking the coun
try fine.
Rev. Mack Dowell, Rev. Bill
Andrews and Rev. Mack Tedder,
were dinner guests of Mrs. Man
dy Smith and Willie Orsborne,
Saturday.
A War Food Production order
establishes control over the dis
tribution of organic nitrogen.
Fertilizer manufacturers may ac
quire 70 percent of the amount
of such materials used for fertili
zer last season.
Hie Commodity Credit Cor
poration has discontinued sales of
feed wheat except for a small
quantity to be used in the flood
area and in deficit feed areas
along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts.
Because of the wartime demand
for cottonseed oil, the War food
Administration has requested the
margarine industry to use com
oil as well as soybean oil in the -
manufacture of its product.
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STEADFAST SOMMER STANDBYS—
seersucker
AND
». cl^ambray
IN THE
LAW
XFVL manner
Useful as the day is long, fresh as the day
in the morning—these beautifully detailed
classics in washable cotton, by 1'Alglon.
Rights "Suianne"—striped seersucker for golf course or office.
Blue, red, green or brown with white strips. Sites 12 to 40.
left: "Sally”—sanforized chambray for town or country. Aqua,
rose, cocoa or gray—with leather belt. Sites 14 to 44.
In keeping with our lines of better dresses are the
“Lynbrooks”
n
for Misses and Women, 12 to 44, "Carol King” and other jj£
Junior Misses’ dresses, 9 to 17.
Dan B. Waugh Co., Inc.'
GALAX, VIRGINIA
I D&PPipeWorks Sparta, N. C
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