Town And Farm In Wartime
Insurance For Soldiers
All North Carolina soldiers can
get financial protection through
the National Service Life Insur
ance program, if they act before
midnight of August 10th, the
War Department has announced.
Maximum policy is $10,000. The
payments will be made to bene
ficiaries only in monthly install
ments.
• Tobacco Can Be Sent To
Prisoners
U. S. war prisoners and civilian
internees held by Germany and
Italy can receive cigarettes, ci
gars, smoking tobacco, or chew
ing tobacco sent by relatives and
friends under a program worked
out by several government agencies
and the American Red Cross. The
plan will be extended to include
persons held by Japan whenever
facilities are avialable for rout
ing the products to them. Under
the program, the next-of-kin of
each identified United States war
prisoner and civilian internee
will receive (without asking for
it) two tobacco labels every 60
days. These are to be forwarded,
with a money order, to a tobacco
manufacturer, who will send the
tobacco. No postage or federal
excise tax need be paid. Each
label is good for three cartons of
cigarettes, or 12 packages (one
carton of two-ounce packages) of
smoking tobacco, 100 cigars, or
approximately 24 ounces of chew
ing tobacco. Smaller amounts or
mixed packages cannot be order
ed.
Crop Corps Certificates
Certificates of service will be
awarded to all persons who work
on North Carolina farms this year
in the U. S. Crop corps, and to
those who work in canning and
other food processing plants, the
War Food administration has an
nounced. The certificates will be
presented “for patriotic service on
farm or in a food processing fac
tory” and will bear the signa
tures of Chester C. Davis, war
food administration Paul V. Mc
Nutt, chairman of the War Man
power commission, and Dean I.
O. Schaub, state director of Ag
ricultural Extension.
W'hen your doctor asks where you
prefer to have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist; as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt.) 12-18-tfe
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No Points At All
Groceries in rural areas in North
Carolina who have been refusing
to sell dried and dehydrated
soups without the surrender of
ration points are reminded by the
food rationing division of OPA
that these soups must be sold
point free, as they have been com
pletely removed from the ration
ing program.
Coal Supply Is Low
Stocks of bituminous coal are
not large enough to tide the na
tion over any prolonged suspen
sion of mining, Solid Fuels Ad
ministrator Harold L. Ickes said
recently, as he urged all state
users to conserve coal. Regarding
the nation's “insecure fuel posi
tion,” Admistrator Ickes said, “It
is essential that every consumer
conserve every pound of coal pos
sible so that the maximum amount
of coal will be available in the
event the coal emergency con
tinues.”
Service Bars For Civilians
For the first time, North Car
olina civilians may earn an offi
cial service bar similar to the cam
paign bars of the armed services,
according to a recent announce
ment of the civilian defense direc
tor. Six distinctive bars for ser
vice ranging from 500 to 5,000
hours will be given to civilian de
fense volunteers. All civilian de
fense volunteers may qualify for
the wards—members of the Citi
zens Defense Corps, the Citizens
Service corps, Forest Fire Fight
ers service, and Civilian Evacua
tion service.
Soldiers Get Lots Of Mail
United States soldiers overseas
receive more than 20,000,000
pieces of mail a week, or an aver
age of 14 pieces per soldier. This
is four times as much as the A. E.
F. got at the peak of the world
war. Twenty per cent of the mail
sent overseas is V-Mail.
WFA To Purchase Seed
Pasture and legume seeds in
cluding blue lupine, white clover,
wild winter peas, kobe lespedeza,
and common lespedeza, Tennessee
76 lespedeza, sericea lespedeza,
and yellow hop clover, will be
purchased from North Carolina
farmers by the Commodity Cred
it corpoi'ation, under a new pro
gram just announced by the War
Food administration.
Revised Feed Prices
Savings to state farmers are ex
pected to result from OPA’s re
vision of retail prices of animal
and poultry feeds. Previously, the
retailer has been allowed a fixed
mark-up of $7.50 a ton on all kinds
of feeds. Now feeds have been
classified, and there is a schedule
of mark-ups ranging from $5 50
to $10 a ton.
No Quota On Used Truck Tires
An eligible truck operator who
is unable to get rationing certifi
cates for new tires because his
rationing board has exhausted its
quota can obtain certificates for
used tires instead, according to
OPA. Local boards in the state
have been authorized to issue
used truck tire certificates with
out regard to quota restrictions.
Poultry Black Market
The poultry situation in North
Carolina is vastly improved, the
OPA says. Simplification of the
regulations, plus wide dissemina
tion of information as to just what
the regulations are, tended to
eliminate the black market as far
as the law abiding producers and
dealers were concerned, the OPA
explained, and vigorous prosecu
tion of violations convinced the
minority group that was delib
erately dealing in black market
poultry that that type of business
doesn’t pay.
Sugar For Home Canning
After May 15th, North Carolina
housewives may apply for their
allotment on sugar for canning
and preserving. A top limit of 25
Watch...
Next Week’s Paper For Date Of Formal
Reopening Of—
SMATHERS
Machine Shop
We are busy moving our machinery and installing
it in the Cash and Carry grocery store building, but
expect to be in position to announce our formal re
opening next week. While the transfer is being made
we ask the indulgence of our customers and when
we are ready to resume operations we will, on ac
count of our improved facilities, be in position to
offer them even better service than ever before.
/
PAUL P. SMATHERS
MODIFIED VERSION
(Prom Front Pago Second See.)
making more than $2,000 a year,
the first 19 percent of their 1942
taxes would be forgiven, but they
would continue to pay the remain
der of their obligations on the pre
sent system. Thus a man earning
a million dollars in 1942 would be
forgiven $190,000, but would pay
the rest of his taxes on a quarterly
basis.
In the third place, the plan
would switch already paid 1942
income taxes on earnings up to
$2,000 to make them apply on 1943
obligations. Fourth, after July 1,
it would levy a 20 percent with
holding tax to collect 1943 taxes
on earnings up to $2,000. The reg
ular June installment of the 1942
would have to be paid.
Here is a table showing the
amount that would be withheld
from your salary for income tax
purposes if Congress adopts the
skip-a-year collection plan approv
ed by the Senate.
The, weekly basis:
AMOUNT OF DEDUCTION
Single
Wages Person
$ 10-15 __ $0.10
15-20 __ 1.10
20-25 __ 2.10
25-30 __ 3.10
30-40 __ 4.60
40-50 __ 6.60
50-60 __ 8.60
60-70 __ 10.60
70-80 __ 12.60
80.90 __ 14.60
90-100 _ 16.60
100-110 _ 18.60
110-120 _ 20.60
120-130 _ 22.60
130-140 _ 24.60
140-150 _ 26.60
150-160 . 28.60
160-170 _ 30.60
170-180 _ 32.60
180-190 _ 34.60
190.200 _ 36.60
$200 or over—20
excess over $200,
37.60
Mar. No. Mar., 2
Dep’dts Dep.
$0.00 $0.00
0.20
0.30
0.70
2.20
4.20
6.20
8.20
10.20
12.20
14.20
16.20
18.20
20.20
22.20
24.20
26.20
28.20
30.20
32.20
34.20
0.20
0.30
0.50
0.70
1.80
3.80
5.80
7.80
9.80
11.80
13.80
15.80
17.80
19.80
21.30
23.80
25.80
27.80
29.80
31.80
per cent of the
plus:
35,20 32.80
DOWN YOUR ALLEY
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of these firemen to drive entirely
too fast through the business sec
tion of the town en route to the
scene of the fire. Of course they
have the full and clear right-of
way, but nevertheless we feel that
some child may be killed unless
one or more of the firemen “slow
down” just a little. What about
it, Fire Chief John Smith? It that
a good suggestion? And what
about that finger cut? How’s it
getting along? We noted that Bar
ber Joe Tinsley was back on the
job, doing a little emergency work.
JUST FOR FUN!
“Don’t you find that a new’ baby
brightens up a home?” inquired a
maternal-minded local woman the
other day.
“I sure do—we have the lights
on all night now,” replied Willis
Brittain.
“Good morning,” said a stranger
to a local woman who had answer
ed the door bell. “Would you like
to buy some insect powder?”
“No,” snapped Miss Grace
Piercy, “I have no use for that
stuff.”
“Good,” replied the stranger, “I
will take that room you are adver
tising.”
Teacher: How old are you, Pete?
Pete: I’m just at the awkward
age?
Teacher: And what do you call
the awkward age?
Pete: I’m too old to cry and
too young to swear.
A CLASSIC STORY
A Transylvania county boy was
being inducted into service at
Fort Jackson a few weeks ago and
the interviewer inquired, “And
what branch would you like to be
in?”
“In the branch back of Pa’s
house up in the mountains,” the
lad replied.
Don Jenkins, who was at home
last week end, told this one to
A. H. Harris, chairman of the
draft board, and Mr. Harris de
clared that in his opinion, “that’s
a classic.”
STRIKE ON HOME FRONT
Don’t do like the coal miners,
but “strike” on the home front by
buying war bonds!
pounds of sugar per person is set
in the new regulation. However,
the 25-pound figure is a maximum
to be granted only in the relatively
few cases where this large amount
of fruit will be canned and pre
served. Within the 25-pound per
person limit, any family can apply
for sugar to put up jams, jellies,
and preserves at the rate of five
pounds per individual. This is a
more generous allowance than last
year, when sugar for preserves was
limited to one pound per person.
It takes about 400,000 Nazi oc
cupation troops in Norway to hold
down that country’s population of
approximately three million in
habitants.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART
BY BUYING WAR BONDS AND
STAMPS EVERY PAY DAY?
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