North Carolina Newspapers

THE DANBURY REPORTER Established 1872 PRIVATE AUTO TIRE SEZURE IS INDICATED BOOSEVELT SAYS WORSEN ING Or' CONDITION MAY MAKE STEP NECESSARY. Washington, July 7. —With the flat statement tnai the national welfare must come first, President Roosevelt said today he may have to requisition every automobile tire in the United States if world conditions grow worse. He conseded at a press confer ence that the gasoline rationing rubber E»ortage problems are in extricably intermingled and that efforts to solve either seperately had made little headway. But he said he was attempting to solve both in an effort to save the na tion as a whole and he was firm in his statement that neither prob lem would be permitted to ham per the war effort—not even if tire requisitionion' becomes neces sary. , He believed the people are rea dy to make any sacrifice necessa «iu It U still too early for a decis ion on the necessity of nationwide -■ gattiir.e rationing aa a. rubfcar conservation measure, he said, al though the current rubber salvage drive has reached a point where the government is beginning to .find out where it a&aos. Mr Roosevelt's comment came when reporters aßked whether plans are being considered to re strict use of automobiles to busi ness purposes through gasoline rationing on a nation wide scale. He said he could give no definite answer and asked newsmen to suppose that the war goes worse or the United Nations, and that there is a greater demand upon this country's already-depleted stocks of rubber and gasoline transportation facilities. If circumstances worsened he aaid he might have to . take over every automobile tire in the coun try. He said he was still clinging to the hope that a method will be found to separate the tire and gasoline problems. But the com bined problem is so complex at present, he said, that he has found no one person who under stands it completely. Patrolman Dellinger Is Transferred State Highway Patrolman J. B. ] Dellingei has received orders from Sgt. S. H. Mitchell to report for i duty in Anson county with head- 1 quarters at Wadesboro, N. C. Dei- i linger has been in this district for several years, and stated that he hoped to return within the i next few months. He will be in Wadesboro during the army ma- 1 neuvers which will continue for six or eight months, possibly long- Volume 71 CCC ENROLLMENTS IN STATE STOPPED CORPS IS BROUGHT TO ITS OFFICIAL CLOSE WITH NO FUNDS TO OPERATE ON, SAYS STATEMENT. All enrollments of applicants to jthe civilian conservation corps are to be stopped immediately. James J. McEntee, corps director, has I wired Mrs. W. T. Eost of Raleigh, I State welfare commissioner, thus bringing to an official close a nine year-old service which during the I period had supervised selection 'and certification of (50,000 North j Carolina youths between 17 and 24 to the organization. T. L. Grier, the state welfare de j partment's selection supervisor I for the past six years, said the 'project had meants a cash return 'of $14,385,000 to the families of the youths since operations began in April, 1933. The average number of North Carolina youths serving in the CCC each of the nine years was set by Grier at approximately 7,- 000. in the last two years since July 1, 1940, a total of 12,890 youths were selected by the 100 county welfare departments act ing as local" selecting agents for each community, he said, but the last 12 months of the period show ed aconsiderable decrease in the number of applications received in proportion to employment oppor- I tunities developing in the defense [program. Although the President had rec ommended continuance of the corps on a strictly limited basis as an aid to the war program, a ; committee of the national house iof representatvies struck out the CCC operation budget from the appropriations bill for the present fiscal period. A senate attempt to give small operating funds to the corps was attempted but was abandoned Monday when the sen-, ate agreed to abide by the house resion of the appropriation act I The sum of $8,000,000 was p?i mitted to allow liquidation of the corps as projects in which it is now engaged are completed. Red Cross Sewing: Room For Danbury Under the supervision of Mrs. R. J. Scott, who has been named chairman, Danbury will operate a sewing room for the urpose 01' making garments, bandages, etc., for the Red Cross. The room is located In the i school building and is open to those who will volunteer their services on Tuesdays and Thurs- f days. 1 Anyone in the surrounding com- j 1 munity is welcome and urged to ( assist in this work. The hours are I from 2:00 till 11:00 p. m. s — 3 R, R. King of Yadkinville speiit t the week-er.J with his family here. I - Danbury, N. C., Thurs ay July 9, 1942 * * * Fork, N. C. Man Gives Timely Advice On Tobacco Priming . Fork, N. C. Dear Mi. Editor: Tobacco should be harvested when fullest of oil in order for it j I to cure easily and be rich and i ! i | superior in quality. Oil does not i i j evaporate in the process of cur-1 jing like the sap does and remains jto give wealth to the weed. Oil 1 and sap (water) do not mix, but ' come and go a» intervals, during !the life of the plant. When th_> sap rises it runs the oil out 'oil be n.?: lighter) through the potvs of i .tc leaf to the surface where it forms . | a "gum" well-known to a'l tobac j jco growers. Tobacco harvest el | 1 when full of sap will cure badl.v j and be light and inferior in quali- i ,ty- J My lather, who lived to a ripe old age, grew tobacco for about, 70 years. He found that there are , better times than others for har- j » , vesting tobacco in order for it i ? .' cure up nicely and be good in j , quality. I shall be pleased to ans-i' wer any letters from tobacco | growing friends, provided post- ' age is sent for reply. Yours truly, ' W. H. DAVIS ! " ( Telegram Received t Urging Enlistment In , Civilian Defense , * ■ t Danbury Reporter, Danbury, N, C. I Dear Sirs: | The following telegram has just been received, which will be of in terest to the public of Stokes county. (Lawrence Mcßae, Chm. Stokes Civilian Defense Counsil): "Lawrence Macßae, Chm. Stokes County Civilian Defense Counsil, Walnut Cove, N. C. "Urge the utter and absolute necessity of all people taking i j training in some branch of civil- j ian defense. Training schools will start at North Carolina Universi ty first week in August for lead ers in defense work. These schools will stress civilian protection, con trol center work, volunteer office work and civilian defense mobili zation. Begin now to arrange groups to attend. Signed: "BEN E. DOUGLAS, Director ! N. C. Civilian Defense, 227 E. Edentcn St., Raleigh, N. C." All interested write Director Douglas for further information and printed matter on the subject. Chairman Macßae of the Stokes County Council will be ready at all times to assist all who may 1 seek information. Chief Air Raid 1 Warden Paul Fulton of Walnut 1 2ove is also at the service of the i public of Stokes county with re- ipect to giving information and idvice concerning the schools and ( £ he fuctions of the counsil of- eh'-1' lian defense. i , The War Front The "Flying Tigers" of the American Volunteer group were placed under the Army Air Corps, command in China and opened j i their operations with heavy raids |on three key Japanese bases at 1 Hankow, Nanchang and Canton. jSix Japanese planes were destroy-, led without loss. A Navy communique reported i Army bombers scdred hits on ;.n I enemy cruiser and sank a ttan's port in the Aleutian Islands, in ' addition, Navy submarines sink, three destroyers. The situation in I the Islands "has not changed 1 materially," however, in the pas: I I two weeks, the Navy report sure' ' The Office of Indian Affairs an- j nounced all of the Aleutian Is- i I lands west of Dutch Harbor, as | well as the Pribilof Islands, havs been classified as part of a total evacuation zone. The Office said nearly 1,000 civilians have been I removed from these areas by the Navy and transferred to the! American mainland. The first communique from U.! S. headquarters of the European theater reported six U. S. Doug- : las light bombers manned by U. ' S. pilotß* successfully attacked targets by daylight in German-oc cupied territory in a joint opera- 1 tion with RAF bombers. Two 1 i American planes were reported missing. The Navy said U. S. 1 bombers carried out a second at- ' tack on Japanese-held Wake Is- ' land. The Navy also announced the U. S. Aircraft Carrier Wasp carried aerial reinforcements to the British Island of Malta in the Mediterranean. Gen. Mac Arthur's Australian headquarters reported repeated air raids on Japanese held erriotcry in that area. The sinking of 17 more United Na tions vessels by enemy sbumarine action was announced. A WEEK OF THE_WAR (A Week of the War summar izes information on the important j developments of the week made' available by official sci u r\d e3 i through noon, EWT, Monday, j July 6). Army Cief or Ordance Camp-1 bell, speaking at* Salisbury, N. C., said "Our tanks are superior to anything the enemy has. Type by type, our tanks have heavier guns, heavier armament and ' greater speed... our high-velo- 1 city 75-millimeter guns in our M- i 3 tanks far and away outrange | j the best the Germans have...and 1 we can Are this high-velocity 75 when the tank is in motion, which 1 is more than any enemy tank, ( :an do." 1 Gen. Campbell said the so-call- v ?d "new German 88-MM. Gun" is e 'about as secret as a Daisey c vater pistol. It has been known; Published Thursdays LEAF MARKET OPENS OCT. 1 Tobacco markets ol this sec tion will open for the 942-43 sell ' . I ing season on October 1, two i weeks later than last year when j ' they opened September 16. Dates ' I for opening all of the markets i were set at a meeting of the Unit ed States Tobacco Association in i | Richmond, Va. the latter part o; the Week. j Opening dates ior i.,l t.'ie mar kets for 1942 are -s follows: I Georgia Belt, incluj.r.j, Florid... July 29. ! | South Carolina and Border Beit I 1 'August 6. | Eastern CaroHn.i i">-. 1.. At t ,-i.st 25. Middle Belt. fc-Vptcmber 14. i I ! KING NEWS She: "Did anyone ever tell you no v vonderful you uic' ' j He: "No, I don't think anyont ever did." | She: "Then I'd like to know i I where you got the idea.'' King, July 9.—Misses Virginia ] New and Virginia Hooker a»e i spending a few days with relatives 1 and friends in Columbia, S. C. i ' Bill Cain has returned to his work in Baltimore where he holds a defense job after a visit to rela tives here. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Brown of | Greensboro have returned to their '( home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. I P. H. Ncwsum on west Main I street. The tobacco crop in this section r looks anything but promising it' present while the corn crop looks ( good. Pe Gordy who suffered a so;- ; ond stroke of paralysis at his c home on south Depot street a t few days since is quite sick. t Mrs. Anne Grabs has returned c to her home on Pulliam street af-j : ter a several days stay with I friends at Copeland. ] I 1 j Mrs. Sallie Davis, A, S. Francis and Charlie Spainour, rural ma.i I carriers, have returned from San-j 1 j ford where they attended the 1 1 state convention of U. S, letter * carriers. | Ham Kiger of Bethanin Station *' was the guest of Mr and Mrs. d i - ,Herman N'ewsum on W. Main ! street over the week-end. I Rev. Luther K. Pulliam is hold-L *■ . I l' n g a meeting at Spencer, Va. JJ I this week. He is accompanied by 'g to us and our Allies for at least) 10 years. We outmatch this gun | tj with several of our field and anti- is tank guns." He said the Germa:i P ; i 88 is effective as an antitank K weapon only within its limited range. R U. S. machine gurs, (*i C M. C.i.T.n- P' bell said, will "outfunction any enemy gun U'lJer tlio mo.tr ;.d- la verse circumstareon -in other P' words, they wi l k»cr> firing v.-lvn enemy guns h-uv •« j-'r.-t down to change Th.» Uniiei an Continued on local page * * * * Number 3, 659 SEVERE STORM AT FRANCISCO MONDAY P. M. DAMAGES CORN, TOBACCO AND UPROOTS TREKS. E. E. Shelton, deputy sheriff o£ Francisco, was here Monday an J told tiie Reporter ol' the wind storm at Francisco which played havoc with crops. Mr, Shelton said it was thought serious damage was done to corn and tobacco in that section as t.ie ! high winds olew down corn and snapped brittle tobacco stalks ani ' also blowing it down, i At one j lace said that oak I trees upwards at 100 year.s old i were blown down. 8 Questionnaires Not Vet Returned 1 Eelow is a list of registrants of the third registration who have | not yet returned their occupa tional questionnaires to the Locai ( Draft Board. The questionnaires have rot been returned marked unknown by a postmaster. Sam Jackson Smi'h, Lawson ville, Reid Shelton, Sandy Ridge. Ma'h;\v Moore, Walnut Cove. William Lester Mabe, Be lews Creek. Robert Oliver Pratt, Belews Creek. Thomas Elijah Bullin, Sandy Ridge, Gilbert Lemmey Brown, Wal nut Cove. Frank Scales Smith, Walnut Cove. The Local Board requests that anyone knowing the whereabout-* of any of these men to please no tify their office as it is important: that the questionnaires be reuru ed. JA' AAA Limestone Users Urged To Order Now i k—. -■ .i «•» Farmers who are planning to use AAA limestone this year are urged to place their order with the office immediately a s the trucker is now up with the handl ing and is able to make immediate delivery. - Mrs. Pulliam. Mrs. Roy McGee is confined io her home on Pulliam street b y illness her many friends will re ;ret to leam. Corporal Pete Kirby who Is sta lioned at Saint Augustine, Fla., s spending a furlough with liia 3a rents. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur iirby who reside near Five Forks. Mr. and Mrs. W. (5. Tuttle of lural Hall visited relatives here r i id ay. Here is the stork's report for nst week: To Mr. and Mrs. Adol >hus Warden, n son; Mr. and M»s. \ill Boks, a son; Mr. and Mu, 'erry Reid, a an.? Mr. nd Mrs. J. \\. TuMie, n sot,. And that s the in new.