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Town And Farm In Wartime
Ration Reminder
GASOLINE—In 17 East Coast
states A-8 coupons are good
through February 8. In states
outside the East Coast area A-10
coupons are good through March
21.
TIRE INSPECTION — Dead
line for A coupon holders is
March 31. For B and C coupon
holders, deadline is February 28.
SUGAR — Stamp No. 30 in
Book Four is good for 5 pounds
through March 31.
SHOES — Stamp No. 18 in
Book One is good for 1 pair.
Stamp No. 1 on the airplane
sheet in Book Three is good for
1 pair.
FUEL OIL—Period 2 coupons
are good through February 7 in
all areas except the South. Period
3 coupons, now valid in the Mid
dle West, East, Far West, and
South remain good through
March 13 in the Middle West,
East, and Far West, and through
February 21 in the South. Pe
riod 4 and 5 coupons, now valid
In the South, remain good
through September 30.
MEATS, FATS — Brown
Stamps R, S, T, and U are good
through January 29. Brown
stamp V is good through Febru
ary 26. Brown stamps W be
comes good January 30 and re
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Want a
New Career?
YOU can very likely find just
the chance you’re looking for—in
the WAC.
If you haven’t a skill, Army ex
perts will teach you. Perhaps you’d
like to drive a jeep, work a tele
type machine, or help direct air
plane traffic.
Whatever you do, you will get
valuable training — learn interest
ing things — and help get this war
won!
TODAY—get full details at the
nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Sta
tion (your local post office will
give you the address). Or write:
The Adjutant General, Room 4415,
Munitions Building, Washington,
D. C.
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mains good through February
26.
PROCESSED FOOD — Green
stamps G, H, and J in Book Four
are good through February 20.
MORE COFFEE, COCOA IN 1944
Civilians will get more coffee,
chocolate, and cocoa in 1944 than
in 1943, according to the War
Food Administration, Four pounds
more of coffee and one-half pound
more of cocoa beans have been
allocated for each civilian.
EXTEND SALE OF RATION
FREE SHOES
Sales of certain (chiefly novelty)
types of women’s shoes ration-free,
at three dollars or less a pair, have
been extended an extra week —
through February 5, OPA has an
nounced.
PORK FROM FARM
SLAUGHTERERS
Twelve red stamps in Book
Four, which are numbered “8”
and lettered from “A” through
“M”, may be used for buying pork
and other rationed meats from
farm slaughterers. These stamps
will not be used by consumers in
general until February 27. They
will have the same expiration dates
for purchases from farmers as in
city markets. The stamps are worth
10 points each, making a total
value of 120 points. This does not
give the individual who buys from
a farm slaughterer a larger meat
ration than anyone else. It merely
allows him to buy a fairly large
amount at one time. In addition,
brown stamps in Book Three may
be used ahead of their regular
validity date when used in buying
from farmers.
TO FIGHT GAS BLACK MARKET
A plan whereby gasoline ration
coupons are mailed to individual
motorists from carefully guarded
central issuing stations is now be
ing established, by OPA. The plan
is expected to eliminate thefts of
ration coupons, give OPA a check
of issuance, and eliminate a great
load from the local boards. To
further fight black markets, about
February 1 OPA will issue a no
tice urging endorsement of cou
pons to be inserted in newly-issued
gasoline ration books.
SEE WHERE WAR BOND
MONEY GOES
Employees of the Department of
Agriculture were the first govern
ment group to inspect the U.S.S.
American Mariner, new Liberty
training ship for the U. S. Mer
chant Marine, and see how their
War Bond money was being spent.
This ship is the largest ever to sail
up the Potomac River to Washing
ton. Claude R. Wickard, Secretary
of Agriculture, told the employees
he expected them to achieve their
Fourth War Loan goal of $4,779,
602 and pointed out that they had
oversubscribed their Third War
Loan quota by almost 25 per cent.
STEEL SPRINGS FOR
FURNITURE
In about 60 days, steel springs
for upholstered wood furniture
will be on the market, according
to the War Production Board.
Manufacturers may use a limited
quantity of steel springs under a
new WPB ruling.
EASE RESTRICTION ON
PLUMBING
Consumers who wish to buy
plumbing, cooking, and heating
equipment in most cases no longer
need authorization from WPB.
Some of the items which need no
priority rating are: bathtubs, lava
tories, toilets, laundry trays, sinks,
showers, shower stalls, condensa
tion p u m ps , chemical toilets,
drinking fountain, septic tanks,
grease interceptors, flush tanks,
scullery sinks, and wash fountains.
Unrationed cooking and heating
stoves also may be purchased with
out WPB authorization.
LIVE HOG PRICE REGULATION
AMENDED
The regulation controlling the
price of live hogs has been amend
ed by OPA to allow public stock
yard dealers’ normal service
charges to be collected even when
the result is to bring the price of
the hog above the stated maxi
mum.
TO GET 70 PER CENT OF SEEDS
Farmers, Victory gardeners, and
other civilians will receive 275,
252,000 pounds or 70.5 per cent of
the supply of vegetable seeds al
located for all needs through June
30, the War Food Administration
said recently. Although certain
familiar varieties may be missing
next spring, no gardener will need
to be without enough seed for
planting.
Humility is to make a right es
timate of one’s self. It is no humil
ity for a man to think less of him
self than he ought, though it might
rather puzzle him to do that. —
C. H. Spurgeon.
Men are dying...areyou buying?
IF YOU’RE inclined to say, “I can’t
afford any more Bonds,” just take
another look at the casualty lists.
At least $100 extra in Bonds—over
and above your regular buying—is
needed as your part in putting over
the Fourth War Loan. At least $100,
$200, $300, or $500 if you can possibly
scrape it up.
Look at those grim lists in today’s
paper. Buy your Bonds while the
names are still fresh in your mind.
BACK THE ATTACK!
Farmers Federation
FRED MONTEITH, Manager
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JACKSON DINNER
HELD THIS YEAR
AT SIR WALTER
Transylvania Democrats
Asked To Donate $100
To Party Chest
Raleigh, Jan. 26 — The North
Carolina Jackson dinner will be
held this year on January 31 at
Si Walter Hotel in Raleigh. These
dinners are held every year for
the purpose of raising funds for
the national Democratic party, but
they are more important in the
years when the state has to elect
a governor and the national presi
dential campaign is under way.
The 1944 dinner is expected to
exceed all former affairs in in
terest. Apathy has marked both
state and national campaigns up
to date, and the Jackson dinner
is looked to as the starting point
for real interest.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, former head of national
Democratic committee, has accept
ed the invitation to speak at the
dinner in Raleigh. He will be in
troduced by Senator Josiah W.
Bailey.
State Senator Joe Blythe, of
Charlotte, again heads the state
campaign. This is his fourth con
secutive year in this capacity and
he has promised to make it the
most memorable of them all.
Tickets for the dinner are not for
sale but are allocated to counties
on basis of contributions, each $25
entitling the county to one seat
at the table.
The quota for Transylvania
county is $100.00, and Mr. Ralph
H. Ramsey, Jr., county Democratic j
chairman, has been asked to raise
that amount and get it into state
headquarters at Room 1031, Sir
Walter Hotel, Raleigh, as soon as
possible. Seats at the dinner table
are being assigned on basis of
“first come, first served.”
Rationing
Rationing can goods,
Sugar and teas;
Rationing meat loaf,
Butter and cheese;
Rationing pork chops,
Bacon and ham;
Rationing beefsteak,
Jelly and jam;
Rationing autos,
Parts and repairs;
Rationing gasoline,
Tires and spares;
Rationing leather
Used in our shoes;
Rationing problems
Give us the blues.
Why not give attention
Where the blessings remain?
No rationing sunshine;
No rationing rain.
No rationing friendship;
No rationing joy;
No rationing kindness
To man, girl or boy.
No rationing justice;
No rationing trials;
No rationing laughter;
No rationing smiles.
No rationing goodness
No rationing love;
No rationing prayer
To the Father above.
No rationing bothers
The temper of those,
Who think of their blessings
Instead of their woes.
—Oscar Lewellyn.
The doctrines of grace humble
a man without degrading him, and
| exalt without inflating him. —
! Charles Hodge.
FARMERS URGED
SPEED UP ORDERS
FOR FERTILIZERS
Demands Expected To Run
Ten Per Cent Higher
Than Last Year
Raleigh, Jan. 26—“Unless farm
ers soon speed up their orders for
fertilizer requirements, there will
be serious delay in the meeting
of demands later in the year,”
D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the
commissioner of agriculture said
in pointing to the fact that ap
proximately 1,200,000 tons of fer
tilizer must be ordered and de
livered between now and May 10
if this year’s estimated needs are
to be filled.
Recalling that confusing regula
tions issued by the government a
year ago resulted in serious labor
and transportation difficulties for
fertilizer manufacturers, Coltrane
asserted that a similar situation
might arise this year through the
neglect of farmers to place their
orders promptly. He said that the
manufacturers are eager to spread
deliveries over several months so
as not to create heavy transporta
tion and labor loads.
Demand Up 10%
“North Carolina during the past
year consumed 1,253,000 tons of
fertilizer and expectations are that
the demand for this year will run
around 10 per cent higher than in
1943,” said Coltrane.
During November only 77,000
tons were ordered, and the total
for December ran to 141,000 tons.
Coltrane pointed out that since
these figures are based on fer
tilizer sales tags, they are assumed
to be correct.
“Indications are that during the
year ending June 30, 1944, more
fertilizer will be produced, dis
tributed and used on American
farms than in any previous year
—over 11,000,000 tons as compared
with 8,000,000 tons in 1940, for
instance.”
Labor In Plants Shorter
Coltrane said the labor situation
in fertilizer plants is generally
worse this spring than a year ago,
and he added that transportation
facilities are “certainly no better
than they were last year.”
“Every farmer who has a dry
place in which to store fertilizer
should order it now and have it
delivered as soon as possible and
thus keep the fertilizer moving
a steady flow from the factory
the farm,” declared Coltrane.
When your doctor asks where you
prefer to have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only ’)y registered pharma
cist; as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt.) tfc
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ALFRED E. HAMPTON, Representative,
Western North Carolina
Talking
About
Lawn
Mowers....
We may sound a bit premature in saying that “Spring is here.” However, as the
monkey said when he caught his tail in the lawn mower “It won’t be long now” and
it is lawn mowers that we wish to talk about.
Very few people think of lawns and lawn mowers when there is snow on the
ground. However, spring breaks almost overnight and for many springs past we have
been forced to plug our phone in order that we could find time to condition the mowers
that came in first. This year will be the same, only far different, for two years past
repair parts have been difficult to secure and in some cases we have been forced to
improvise parts for your mowers. Some of those makeshift parts may not last another
year.
In an effort to be helpful to you we strongly advise that you send your mower
dow*n, RIGHT NOW. If it only needs grinding and adjusting we can do that before
the rush is on. If it does need parts, which are in some instances hard to get, we
will have time to at least make an intelligent effort to secure them so that when the
Robin does sing you will have your machine ready.
MATHERS MEG. CO.
BREVARD, N. C.
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