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THURSDAY, JULY 29, IMS
OP A Community
Prices Are Set
Tor Alleghany
Merchants Should Keep List
Posted; Co-operation <Of
Public Is Requested
Recently the Charlotte District
office of tW« Office 6f Prlce 'Ad
ministration has released flat
community prices covering Alle
ghany and several Western North
Carolina counties. Many items
are covered by this order and the
merchants are required to have
their new flat community prices
posted where the customer may
see them at all times, ration board
officials stated.
Among the items covered by
this flat pricing method are: bar
nanas, butter, cheese, lard, short
enings, salad oil, condensed milk,
coffee, sugar, syrups, cereals,
flour mixes, prunes, raisins, sal
mon,, sardines, tuna fish, canned
beans, canned corn, canned peas,
canned tomatoes and tomato juic
es, peaches, pears and several oth
‘er types of processed foods.
“If you are in doubt about the
retailers price ask to see his flat
community price schedule or re
port the case to this office. Price
control is a war-time necessity in
order that we may be free from
inflation in post-war times. All
shoppers as well as retail mer
chants are asked to cooperate in
abiding with such price schedules
and regulations. Arty cases re
ported, and proved to the satisfac
tion of this office, die result will
be suspending of license and oth
er means of enforcement,” an of
ficial of the rationing board, said.
Oarage Is Leased
For School Buses
To Be Used For Repair And
Maintenance Of County
, ' Bus Fleet,.,'
Ttiraigh the combined effort*
of the CcucJr Board of Mmm
tran, .the coujrty commissioners
add»4up**tetpoaent Of schools, in
faaajunction with Mr. C. C.
BfcBrown, chief of the state school
division and Mr. T.-E. Glass,
state bus inspector, a school bus
garage has been secured for Al
leghany county. .> .'•* >$
; : The rear of the Ailaghany Mo
tor Company has been leased by
the county and Paul Miles
has been employed by -the State
as chief
Work will t>egin at once on the
buses, and in order to rush the
work, C. M. Cox has been, em
ployed to help place all buses in
complete repair before the open
• ing of school. "*
t Mis* Pearl Fields, county su
perintendent, said here this week
that oftidiils are much gratified
at the success of their plans to
get the garage. "Both state and
county officials are very much
pleased to get this garage, since
if will mean greater efficiency in
the bus set-up, and better service
,to the community."
DAILY VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL AT
jlfc;
School
A Daily Vacation
wiU begin at Laurel
tist church next Monday morning,
to continue through the week, toe
pastor, Rev. R. L. West, said here
Tuesday. The school was sched
uled to begin last week, but was
postponed in order not to con
flict with toe Methodist school
then in progress.
Cherry Lane Man
Is School
C8e Boy Scouts On Parade
■
Chinese Boy Scouts march past the reviewing stand in
the parade of 109,000 persons that marked United Nation day
in Chungking. Flags of the United Nations floated at the
head of the parade. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek review
ed the parade and gave a tea for Allied notables.
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Manpower Survey Is
Underway In County;
Co-operation Is Urged
Dates ^nd Places Of Regis
tration For Entire County
, Are Published
•lillardinLee, of Shelby, spec
ial interviewer of the United
State? Employment Service and
Manpower Commission, is
spending several weeks in the
county, on, special work being
Cohdufded ip three districts of the
state; to place aft idle persons on
vtteT War Work:
A schedule of meeting points
h^s been worked out for the
county* and Mr. Lee stressed the
fact that he was not interested in
recruiting labor from farms, but
rathef « aiding in securing work
ed t» braving this year’s
crops. ~
In i recent meeting of the
North Wilkesboro district, pffi-1
dais with state representatives,
it was pointed out that there are |
not enough people working in
the date lb fill all Jobs but that
there would be a surplus if all
would- work. Hie campaign here
will be based on the idea of tak
ing a job offer to those who are
idle.
Mr, Lee will visit each com
munity at the county, conferring
With community leaders and
Jbarn die names and location of
perapht who are in position to
work, either near home or at
tome distant point He will have|
with him a l|»t at job openi<Mfc:|
Whiiltf will be filled first, and in
ter views, are to be held with idle
'$enoac to ascertain if there is a
willingness to work. All civic
dUbis and groups are being ask
ed to support the movement and
back the "work or fight” cam
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Feed Wheat Is
A new shipment ,of feed wheat
has been.Received'at the county |
AAA storage warehouse, Arthur.
ucib wvuinauajr. aims win
sell for $1.25 per bushel.
Received Here
iA secretary, said
day. The wheat will
Fat Stock Show
And Sale To Be
Held In Elkin
R. E. Black, Co-Manager Of
Show Scheduled For •
* October 14-15
' At the Elkin Fat Stock and
Wool Show, which is to be held
at Liberty Warehouse in Elkin on
October 14-15, Alleghany Citizens
are to be given an opportunity to
show the superior quality of
county cattle and bogs, along with
wool produced br sheep growers.
MtUier of the show is W. A.
Neaves, vice-preUdent of Chat
ham Manufacturing Company, of
Elkin, with R, E. Black, Allegha
ny county agent, M co-manager.
Judge, Dr. J. E. Foster, Agricul
tural Extension service, North
Carolina State College; Auction
eer, Oscar Pitts, Superintendent
of Prisons, Raleigh; TSales man
ager, R. A. McLaughlin, Yadkin
county agent, Yadkinville; cattle
supervisor, J. B. Snipes, Wilkes
county agent, Wflkesboro; Swine
supervisor, Neill Smith, Surry
county agent, Dobson; wool su
pervisor, Earl M. Hodel, Chatham
Manufacturing Company, Elkin.
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Alleghany Man
Cited In Panama
Panama Canal July 18 — Dan
iel C. Billings, of Sparta, was
awarded the Army’s Good
Conduct Med*l a few days ago
by Major General E. F. Harding,
for exemplary service as an en
listed man in the Mobile Artillery
Unit to which he is assigned.
Billings received the award
during a review of his troops at
which the general, a veteran of
the Buna campaign in New Guin
ea, praised the efficiency of the
artillery troops under his com7
mand.
Points Are Raised On Butter,
Tomato Juice, Frozen Foods
Washington — Point values of
butter, tomato Juice • and many
frozen fruits and vegetables will
rise August 1.
The Office of Prioe Administra
tion announced that August’s blue
stamps will be gbod until Sept.
20, overlapping the September
stamps by thrjee weeks, and list
ed these changes in point values:
Frozen fruits and berries in
creased from six to nine points
per pound (customary package is
one pound).
Frozen fruit juices reduced
four to two points per
and Uma beans,
and spinach in
to six points
package is
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except smaller cans up to 14 ounc
es are unchanged.
Canned or bottled beans mod
ified in various sizes with some
increases and some decreases, but
average unchanged.
Increase in ration value of but
ter from 8 to 10 points on that
date was announced by the OP A,
Howeverj shortening, lard, sa
lad and cooking oils will cost one
point less and there have been no
major changes in meat value for
the period from August 1 to Sep
tember 4.
Margarine remains unchanged
at four • points.
In jumping, the point cost of
butter, OPA said it was attempt
ing to bring consumer demands
into jlne with tile available sup
Total Victory
Is Our Only Plan
President Says
Mussolini Is To Be Punished;
Italy Warned T» Surrender
For Peaee 1
Washington,— President Roose
voUnwoclaiming that the-war
against Italy will be pressed un
til she agrees to unconditional
surrender, promised last night
that Benito Mussolini and his
“Fascist gang” will be brought to
justice and punished for their
crimes against humanity — as
will all other Axis war lords. ’
“No criminal will be allowed to
escape by the expedient of “res
ignation,” he said in a nation
wide radio broadcast which bris
tled with warnings to the Axis
nations that “the massed, anger
ed forces of humanity are on the
march” and which cautioned
Americans that “the length of the
war will depend upon the unin
terrupted continuance of all-out
effort on‘ the fighting fronts and
here at home.”
Nowhere in his speech was
there any suggestion that Italy
has yet made a bid for peace.
But he again served notice on
Italy, and the rest of the Axis,
that the United Nations have but
one price for peace—“uncondi
tional surrender” and said “we
shall not settle for less than total
victory.”
As far as Italian peace efforts
are concertied, he said, “we will
have no truck with fascism in any
way, shape or manner. We will
permit no vestige of fascism to
remain.”
Officially proclaiming that the
“first crack in the Axis has come”
with the downfall of Mussolini,
the President said “the criminal,
corrupt Fascist regime in Italy is
going to pieces.”
In an all-inclusive report on
the war effort—on the battle
fields and at home—Mr. Roose
velt revealed that the Adminis
tration is drawing up “serious,
constructive plans for certain im
mediate forward moves” con
cerning food, manpower and oth
.er domestics.
Typhoi4 Shots
Given On Last
Of The Series
Fourth Shot Of Series To Be
Given On Scheduled
Itinerary
The fourth and last typhoid
clinic in the series sponsored by
die county health and welfare de
partments, will begin August 4,
and end August 18th.
The schedule announced by the
health office foliows:
Wolf Branch School, 10:00 a.
m.; Pine Swamp School, 10:30 a.
m.; Whitehead school, 11:00 a. m.;
Citron Poatoffice, 12:00 noon;
Pleasant Grove church, 1:30 p.
m.; Laurel Springs Postoffice, 2
p. m.; Furches Poatoffice, 2:45 p.
m.
Shots will be . given at the
health department in the com
munity building each Tuesday
and Saturday; on Tuesday from
9:00 to 6:00, and on Saturday,
from 9:00 to 18:00.
Citizens are again reminded
that those who received three ty
phoid shots last summer should
take one shot this year.
Miss Ola Collins, bounty nurse,
said here Tuesday that any com
munity not covered by the regu
lar schedules of immunization
shots,' will be visited if as many
as 20 individuals desire immuni
zation, on a hew series of shots.
Bible School To
Open Here Mon.
Next Monday marks the. begin
ning of a daily vacation Bible
School, sponsored by both the
Sparta Presbyterian and Method
ist churches, classes, to begin at
Bean Market Is Making Record
* The West Jefferson Bean and Vegetable Market, where
thousands of beans are being sold each evening. The market
is attracting a large number of growers and buyers.
Italy May Be Holding
Peace Parleys; Allies
Continue To Advance
Five Are Accepted
For Induction
At Army Post
Reclassifications Made At Ju
ly 22 Meeting Of Draft
Board
B^ypwhowere accepted at the
induction center from the last
group of selectees to leave Alle
ghany county were Arlie Say
McMillan, Jesse Mac Combs,
Donald Landreth Dancy, Morgan
Ray Tompkins, Kermit R. Pruitt,
I^eff Vaughn Royal, who enter
ed the army and Don Freeland
Parsons chose the Navy and E.
L. McMillan the Marines.
A short service is held for each
group to leave the county, and
each is presented a Testament,
cigarettes, chewing gum and
magazines. Rev. C. Wf’ Ervin
conducted the service for the
group which left last week;
Classifications made at *016 Ju
ly 22 meeting of Selective Service
placed in i-A: Edd M. Jarrell,
David Easterling, Reeves Ed
wards, Thomas Smith, Robert R.
Allen, Millard H. Richardson,
Fred B. Roberts, Dewey Edwards.
2-A: Van B. Thomas Pruitt,
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REVIVAL CLOSED AT
SCOTTVILLE CHURCH
The revival which has been in
progress at Scdttville Baptist
church closed Sunday, with nine
converts being received in the
church, eight by baptism. Rev.
W. H. Caldwell was th£ minister
in charge, and reports indicate
the largest attendance in the his
tory of the church. Bible school
was held each day during the
series of services.
Yanks Beat Japs Back; Rus
sians Storm Heaviest Nazi
Fortifications
The biggest war news of the
week was not on any battlefront,
but in Italy where Mussolini re
signed, facism, died, and rumors
of Italy dropping out of the war
•continue to spread and peace
conferences are being reported.
Fighting continued with the Al
lies making more gains in Sicily,
wlHSW fPS*f*«ver met strong
man force*. ~ '
Radio at Rome, in repeated
broadcasts, proclaimed death of
fascism and reports from the
Continent said that Marshal Pie
tro Badoglio had dissolved the
Fascist party.
Reports flooded continental
capitals that anti-Fascist riots had
resumed in Northern Italy, that
war-weary Italian troops were
mutinying in Jugoslavia and that
German Gestapo agents had start
ed to leave Italy.
The clandestine radio station
“Italia Avanti” broadcast a report
that violent clashes had occurred
between German and Italian
troops in Albania when the Ger
mans were ordered to occupy the
seaport of Durazzo and Valona to
prevent the Italians from evacu
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Jars Available
For Orphanage
Fruit jars for filling on the
quota of 79 dozen for Thomasville
Orphanage by ladies of the Bap
tist churches in the county are
now obtainable at Smithey’s
Store, Van F. Miller, Association
secretary, said here this week.
The number of jars to be filled
this year is considerably lower
than last year, due to the shortage
of fruit in the section.
Dairy Leaders Of This Section
Discuss Transportation Means
Dairy leaders of Alleghany,
Ashe, Watauga, Grayson and oth
er nearby counties attended a
meeting at Jefferson last Thurs
day when transportation plans
and problems of the dairy indus
try were discussed and plans
made to carry on this vital home
front i industry.
G. W. Hill, Farm Vehicle Spec
ialist, Winston-Salem, discussed
the need for conserving transpor
tation and duties of the area com
mittee which would be to first
to make a careful study of condi
tions and prepare recommenda
tions for eliminating unnecessary
travel between the ]
processor.
inger, Dairy Specialist j
State —
W.
ington, who presided at the meet
ing, Levern Johnson, of the Kr&ft
cheese plant and Gaylord Han
cock of the Carnation Milk Com
pany, Statesville, also spoke brief
ly. L. P. Mannenschmidt, mana
ger of Charlotte District of the
ODT gave a brief talk.
The following were named to
serve as the Dairy Industry
Transportation Committee for this
area:
R. H. Crouse, Jefferson, chair
man; L. O. Johnson, West Jeffer
son, vice-chairman; J. H. Payne,
Jefferson, secretary; J H. Gentry,
Lansing; Prod Collins, Glade Val
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FDR Announces
“ee Taken Off
Rationing Today
ff \ r
Due To Ibctvased . Shipping
Facilities\ And Greater
Success In War
Washington-^- President Roose
velt arihounced last night the end
of cofJj^1 nttfohififf for civilians
and a' probable increase in sugar
allotriwhts. He attributed the
moves id a Vast increase in avail
able shipping space and greater
success in the war against U
boats.>
“One tangible result of our
great increase in merchant ship
ping—which Will be good news
to civilians at home is that to
night we are able to terminate
the rationing of coffee” he said
in his broadcast report to the nat
ion. “We also expect that within
a short time we shall get greatly
increased allowances of sugar.”
He warned that while we have
been losing fewer ships and de
stroying more U-boats for sev
eral months “we must not lower
our guard for one single instant.”
The suspension of coffee ra
tioning will take effect today. It
was announced later by the War
Food Administration (WFA) and
the Office 'of Price Administra
tion (OPA.) In a joint statement
they declared “the nation’s stocks
of green coffee are at a satis
factory level.”
The two agencies declared that
the actiofc marked “the first time
that a major food commodity
could.be released from rationing,"
apd said that it“illustrates the
policy of adjusting the rationing
program whenever circumstan
ces permit.”
Purchases and sale of coffee,
the two agencies said, may be
made at all trade and consumer
levels without the surrender or
collection of coffee ration stamp
or other ration currency, and
banks will rto longer accept oof
fee ration currency..
Alim^ni Dinner
tertains Bankers Associa
tion Monday
R. E. Black, State College Al
umni and Alton Thompson, cash
ier of Northwestern Bank, attend
ed a dinner for the Northwest
State College Club Monday night
at Elkin.
E. A. Wayne, for the past three
years executive secretary of the
North Carolina Bankers’ Asso
ciation, was the principal speak
er. President C. B. Eller, Wilkes
county superintendent of schools,
presided.
A brief speech by LeRoy Lew
is, professor of speech at Duke
University, followed. Mr. Lewis
succeeds Mr. Wayne as executive
secretary * of the Bankers’ Asso
ciation, upon Mr. Wayne’s ac
ceptance 'bf a‘ position as vice
president of tee Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond, taking up his
duties there, August first
Garland Johnson, Elkin bank
er, told it bout the Elkin Fat Stock
and Wool show and sale in Elkin
on October 14-15, and E V.
“Pop” Taylor, State College Al
umni secretary, briefly outlined
the military ’program now in ef
fect at State.
The bankers from tee comities
of Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Yad
kin and Wilkes were guests of the
club.
Billy Cirroll Choate is at
recuperating from a nose opera
tion performed in Charlotte Gen
end Hospital last week.
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RKA (* To Be
Tried tlere Friday
At a trial to be heard in Spar
ta Fridayaftemoon, the case be
tween Mrs. Ahnice Shepherd and
REA will be heard, litigation
growing out of the sale of alleged
inferior Electrical equipment by
die company to Mrs. Shepherd.
The case against Mrs. Shepherd
magia
3d, but
had been dismissed in
trate’s court, it is underst
the company had cut off the
lights leading to her home before
the suit was settled, according to