THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
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THIS WEEK
IN DEFENSE
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The War Department a.'.k- «i
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Congress for legislation tr> re'a'.i.
the National Guard, Reserv :
j"}d Selectees tor the duration : i
emergency. President Rooseve' ,
■fold his press conference that un- ,
less Congress acts the Army i
faces serious disintegration. j i
The President said no violation,'
of contract or faith would be en
tailed in such extension of ser- 1
vice, because the Selective Ser
vice Act has provided for sucti i
extension of service by Congress 1
in the event of a national emer- 1
gency.
The War Department announc
ed initial deliveries of the A-24,
a new dive bomber that can out
perform those used by othei j
nations. The Department Bait)
rifles and sub-machine guns arc
now being produced at a dailv
rate of 1,500, compared with 284'
one year ago. Under Secretary
Patterson issued a statement ot
Army progress showing expendi
tures increased six-fold in th'
fical year.
Lend-Le*se Aid
President Roosevelt sentLenu-
Lease Administrator Hopkins !«>
JLon'on for a now s rv.-v of B»t.
ish needs, and assigned two Am. •
generals to speed the flow of mun
itions and food to Britian. Tne
Surplus Marketing Administratis mi
purchased 30,000,000 pounds ol
tobacco, 2,544,000 bushels of con
and "5,000 bales of cotton for
shipment abroad under the Ler I-
Lease program.
"" PACS announced a pro
i give preference over
oti. civilian needs to repair an-i
maintenance parts for private v
owned automobiles, trucks, trail
ers, tractors, 'household refr.ij
erators, stoves, ranges and wat'-r
heaters, pluming fixtures, and
furnaces, hospital equipment, siu
gical nstruments and eye-glav
frames and parts.
Ships
, The Maritime Commission sr. hi.
expansion of the merchant sh.p
buiiding program requested from
tie Congress would provide s(i'i
new ships by the end of 1943. Al
though only one of the 312 emei
ency cargo ships was schedule J
for delivery this year, at least 10'
will be in operation by Decembi" j
31, the Commission said. The
fastest ship construction during
the last year was seven months
and 24 days, the Commision said,
but it now hopes to reduce the
time to 41-2 to five months, with
two ships completed every day in
1943.
The Maritime Commission took
title to 16 more Danish vessel
and to four Italian vessels under
provisions of. the ship Requisit
ioning Act and the Coast GuarJ
seized 15 other Italian ships and
one German ship to put into ser
vice as soon as sabotage deimag"
Volume 66
N. C. TEACHERS
WILL RECEIVE
r.VY INCREASE
liiiMyh.— The st:.t».» s'-h>
h:;H
North Cnic.:::a r.:. " .
and |>i'iiu-i|ii'!s v.'.uki
iiicivas"' 'l :n: ie t.titn >3, L; ; ).• •• >)
during th> 15)41-42 s.v.jc-.1 year.
Th'- coMii.iJttfe said -*
rofd t«-ni »ii iveJy cn an ex*ent:;-
tii «•*- of *1.228,900 lor items other
than siilt:iies, leaving $23,928,4-1
to tit- * ppi opriated fot that pur
. Salaries for the past yeiu
wnt fMiinated $22,285,000.
|
;is repniied.
Pitsiiiuit Roosevelt signed leg
ist-, tier jdving -him power to giant;
dr.lVi.Kt Materials priority in me'-
cbvnt shipping space and loading i
iVci lit i»s.
Aluminum Collection
OPK Conservation Chief Mc-
Coiift' II announced housewivs'
itionnicc.s of used aluminum ware
during; the collection campaign
l.luly 21 should permit con
st rucUon of more than 2,000 ad
ditional lighting planes. He said
'tests indicated a minium of lb,-
(KMi.ooti net pounds usable in de-
IVnut manufacture wll be collect- j
ed in the national campaign. Civ-:
ilis.n Defense Director LaGuardia
mi id Si nt»- Procurement offices oi j
i
the Treasury Department will di-j
reel shipment of collected mat-'
I
erial from concentration points
in State to the nearest sel-j
ect'-d smelter.
Price Administrator Henderson
said additional supplies of wustel
paper and cardboard s;re ne°d:.dj
for articles prouced bv|
d'-iViim- industries are urged that j
wimtc jmper' be saved hy '.he
householder ici collection by
waste paper dealers.
Price*
I .niton- Secretary Perkins an
nounced iet.nU food prices increas
ed J." |K*reent during the last two
weeks of .lime, in addition to 1.6
percent in the first two weeks of
the 'month. Principal rises weic
in tin* price of eggs, lard, butter
pork chops' and canned tomatoes,
she said.
Piesident Roosevelt told bis
press conference he is considering
plncing a ceiling on rents and oi
commodities and asking /Congress
to put "teeth" in price-fixin;
IIM'RSIII eS.
Price Administrator Henderson,
speitlng at Atlantic City, said
i Costs and pi ices have risen a£ the
I wholesale levvel and will soon hit
•the nation's pocketbooks. Before
long, he said, "there will be more
puichasin« power running around
hunting somethng to buy than
there are goods available."
WPA and Defense
WPA Commissioner Hunter
'said, tot el average WPA employ
'menl. dining the 1942 ficial year
wll be maintained at 1,000,000 in
stead of 1.700,000 as in the past
year. He said almost 30 percent
of all WPA workers were employ
ed rii national defens? projects
mme slowly from these projects
Continued on back page
Danbnry, N. C., Thyrsd av, July 24, 1941
FARM, HOME WEEK \
AUGUST -I—9 j
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Theme: •T":trm and llotue 111
Nuiionul Defence
(Pauline c r.ilt. Uin;e
H .ir.ie W'.ck J ") .i w::i c ':
ever. To 'Jate, only r~i wcir.'Jtn
have notified me they ,:!an *.j r.t
te.iJ- 1 am sn happy to have these,
cut ] feel that many, many more
could go. Each year a v.eek is
set aside ior the farm men and
women all over the state to meet
•
at Raleigh for study and recreaio.i
j it is really a vacation very worth i
while since the leaders and speak
iers are the best available. The
'cost is so small, too! The theme
• this year is "Farm and Home in
■ Naticnal Defense.
]n add'tion to our very capable
state specialists, the following
men and women will appear on
the program. Dr. Helen S. Mit
chell, Nutrition Consulant of the
federal Security Agency, Wash
ington, D. C; Miss Gertrude War- j
ten, Organization of 4-H Club
Work, Extension Service, U. S.,'
Department of Agriculture, Wash-.
jington, D. C., Miss Marjorie Dea\
! Secretary and Directon oi the j
State Library Commission, Miss'
'Sallie F. Hill, Editor of the Heme J
• '
j Department of the Progressive '
!Farmer and Mr. George F. Geo- 1
hegan, Jr., of the Wachovia Bank '
land Trust Company.
Some oi the "Highlight"
spots on the program will be: !
. . Home Beautifuication and Hor
ticulture. , |
Mr. John Harris, Landscape,
j Specialist, will hold classes *jn
'Home Eeautification.
Mr. J. C. Weaver of the
I
Campus Greenhouse, will conduct
classes and Mr. H. R. Niswonger.,
. horticulturist.
Mrs. R. S. Durham will tell us'
,! something of "Growing Gourds 1
i for Fun and Profit."
Foods aud Nutrition
Miss Mary E. Thomas. Exten
• sion .NeutritionisJ and Miss Sal
lie Brooks, Assistant Neutrition
ist will feature "Keeping Youtju
i Electrically" and "Magic in the
Kitchen" - and health classes, too.
Ernest H. Branch, Director
11 of Oral Hygiene for the State
Board of Health will discuss
"Euilding Good Teeth, An Aid i
.Good Health."
I Miss Willie Huntf r, Clothine. i
I
Specialist and Miss Julia Mclver.'
Assistant Clothing Specialist, will
demonstrate a quick way of mak- j
ing a cotton house dress. On ex
hibit will be an all-of-cotton ward
robe at a total cost of $5.00. Miss
Dorothy Newcomb, Richmond,
Virginia, will demonstrate the
making of a new plastic dress
form, molded on the model.
House Furnishings and Home
Management.
Miss Pauline E. Gordon .Exten
sion Specialist in House Furnish
ings and Home Management an.l
i Miss Mamie Whisnant, Assistaiv
I have all kinds of choifo bits: a
|tour to the Schaub's new homo;
TOBACCO, CORN
HIT BY STORM
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IN NOKTHKKN MOM> sVI
I nuw I'.VIMMi M \ N Y
F *KM Ml!> > I'ST.-* IV lll.***
LO*S
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| Ah.:' ::•! wiu-l tfca:
FV.'t; I the SlOl'a-'.i f "!
of tl.e ;"cr-!y last ,-V.uuHy eve
ning resulted -:i serious .','iinai;.
to ct i.'i nnvl tobacco.
T!ic storm extending from the
Surry County line to the Hock
jngham County line below Sandy
Ridge, «rid reaching as fai south,
as Lawsonville left a trr.il of des
truction in its path.
R. A. Smith, here from the sec
tion between Lawsonville and
Sandy Ridge, reports h's crop al
most totally destroyed.
Other farmers of his section who
estimated their damage from 25,
JSO to 100 per cent, are Curva
! Corns, Jess Joyce, Giady Shep
pojd. Powell LankJord, R. M.
Campbell, A. L.Eirfgman, Lester
Sheppord, Frank Mart,n.
| R. L. Lawon of Lawsonville,
here this week, reports his crops
seriously injured.
j
Picnic At Cascade
j Miss Lillian Galloway of Mon-
Iroe, who is visiting Winfred Hall.
; was delightfully entertained at J:
I picnic at Cascade Tuesday nigh*,
i Those attending were Winfred
Hlall. Katherine Sisk, Margie
Petree. Lois Stephens, Lois Mar
tin, Prather Hall. Toir.mie Petree.
Dorothy Moran.
l"Yii:r old f.'-.ir.a and
taughthow to know it;" how to
i live within your means (h;s
class will be taught by Miss Mary
Uokahr of the U. S. Department
'of Agriculture.)
j The Housing Forum on Friday
; morning is a class for all. Thts
will tell a facinating story of how
| a family the family will partic
ipate ) planned and built their
house to suit their needs, every-
I
;one of us should be present for
this program.
Fetid. Conservation, and Mar
keting.
Mrs. Cornelia Morris and Mis.i
SchoeVz' program is choice, too.
They will conduct a panel discus •>
; , on "How Farm Worrit-n Supple-
II ment Income Through Marketing"
|-and lots more.
Hospitality
Mrs. Mary Lee MuM'iM??,
I Home Agent from Cabarrus
I County, will have charge of the
classes on hospitality in the farm
home. Mrs. Jacques Busbee, of
Jugtown, will also appear on the
program.
And LOTS MORE!
Now doesn't this sound just
to good to miss? Come on, hus
bands and wives, let's take a vac
ation. I know you will thoroughly
enjoy every class and you will
not regret having spent one week
jaway from home. Thrse intere'*-
1 ted, please get in touch with tlvj
county or home agent's office in
Danbury.
Published Thursdays
Stokes County
Answers Call
For Aluminum-.
L. F. Brur •! I. S'"k- s «VM -J
A -v. :.n:v-uijc- ,1 :. lay ;
S.- cur/y v,...- • i' . :
; art i:i d->na".i t '
•h X •tiona; :> • I . •_!in.
He said tvpoi.t ■! i c(:
i:: various parts ■! . -. • .
were that *.v. s "(»•:
in."
County Agent Brumfitld, u»-
operating with Xi.tior. il Defense
/urges all people to donate liLera
jlly to the aluminum iund.
Mrs. W. P. Ray Passes
After Long Illness
Mrs. Marietta Georgia Ray, 81,
Widow ol W. P. Ray, died Tues
day at the home o1 a daugh
ter, Mrs. R. W. Simmons, Law
sonville, Routt 1, alter a long ill
ness. Her condition had been cri
tical one week. ~ „
Surviving are five daughters
Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Dennis Smith.
Mrs. Homer Yost, and Mrs. Harry
Martin, of Lawsonville, Route 1.
and Mrs. J. T. Flinchum, of Dati
fcury; six sons, Herbert, J. B. and
E. G. Ray. of Lawsonville, Route
1; F. P. K"v, Boulder City, Colo.:
W. A. Ray, of Denver. Colo.: and
C. G. Rav. of Walnut Cove: two
I
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Wood, of Law
sonville and Calvin Simmons, of
Edgerton. Va.; five brothers. W.
E. Burge, of Bostic, Ga., J. T.
Burge. of Pilot Mountain; J. O.
and X. J. Burge. of High Poin:.
jand S. W. Burge, of Winston
I £alc:n.
, | The funeral was held We.lnes
, day afternoon at 2o'elock at th
j home of a son, J. B. Ray, Lawson
t ville. Route 1. Rev. J. A . Joy ft
and Rev. Joe H;>11 conducted tin
• services. Burial was in the fam
, ily gravey.ud.
Mrs. Roy Forest,'"tiff®
Passes At Franc
t Mrs. Roy Forest, aged 30. > ;
Francisco Route 1, 'lied Thursia;.
. morning at Duke Hospital, lar
ham, after an illness of -igiv
} weeks.
Surviving are the husband
. four children, Xoiman, V"; Hot
. Alta and Jimmy Forrest, all >i
• -the home; two sisters, Mrs. Lois
I Slate of Francisco and Mrs. Stelln
Simpson of Pilot Mountain; twe
: brothers, Willie Ray of Francise*
• |
5 ; and Charlie Ray of Pilot Moun
,! tain.
i
j ] The funeral was held at Dai
ft River Presbyterian Church Satur
jiday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev-
Mr. Cowan Conducted the set
vices. Burial was in the family
t cemetary.
Stokes County Schools
To Open September 10
i
The 1941-42 term of Stoke?
. County schools will open Wed
. nesday, September 10th, accord
, ing to J. C. Carson, Supt. ol
Stokes County schools.
Number M.oiM
Stokes Farmers Help
Increase Loan Volume
Of W.-S. I\ ('. A.
L. ti. r":is w;:-> s Mtaiy
tlvasun-l t t.:is cooper
ative cit-c.it Miganizii'n n.
Reletting loaned
c'uring tht :ii st six rnc r.ths of: tlie
.year, Mi. Francis said a good
jshare ol it went to sea
sonal operations o! Stokes County
farmers, stockmen and growers.
| Reports irom til over the
j nation, Mr. Francis said, indicat
ed that some time during the
■ month of July some larmer or
| stockman somewhert in tht Cnit-
U-d States will receive the two bil
lonth doliar to be loaned by a pro
: duct on credit association. This
I two billion collars has been loa;i
--«d tc farmers on terms adapted to
their individual needs thereby
providing a dependable source of
credit at reasonable cost.
Since the Winston-Salem As
sociation began operations in
1934 it has loaned 5M5.01iJ.20 to
finance the needs of its members
in Allegehaney, Ashe. Caldwell,
Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes Surry,
Watauga. Wilkes, and Yadkin
Counties.
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, Letter To Poultrymen
By L. F. HRI'MFIKLD.
i
ounty Agent
|Dc!'.! Pouiiryii'.ati:
Lie? and mhos are tliieves oat--
'ing and destroying your pullers
and hens night and day.. - Let's
stop ii by Jisii.t/iii,, jnudttlliiiris
ves! :i:i) xii noi;'jt;: .
Symptom*:) HuJJatsi Jajl «.c>. _r.f>w,
louse yv.aifl! it'i>i shtidlvJetttJiiirs. pnie.
r 4Wnjr. "L|l li}: I \ . E£
>iL suik J|
• I'loiu lulls prill ij.all.v
Tii y iii.le U!l Ef
ruost p ,ks 9$
j 4 * on! r ' 1:
, applying 2 parts of burnt lub|S
, atirig .»i: and o«v..i*u|pUvrosM:
to tlif 11 Hi I of Ui ( y hen around
; vent. Mites may be killed " by
cleaning the dropping WaKl («*i
i and house, then by'
i their hiding places * bii&t
lubricating oil-one-half >|/rt
'and one-half part
Commercial powders ancl rtfro-
I tine sulphate may also be use#|jn
kill lice and mites-follow dilat
ions on package.
If pullets are on range use a
roost pole preparation of nicotine
for lice, and for mites, same us
above. „
,1 '
j Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Mar
shall. Mr. and Mrs. William Mc-
Canless, Mis. Mary M. Gerner,
and Mrs. Robah L. Smith will
• leave Saturday for a week at
Ocean View, Va.
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