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Plenty Os Smoke
Went Up In U. S.
Daring Past Year
The manufacture of cigarettes
during 1945 reached an all-time high
with 335 billion fags being produc
ed—an average of 6-6 cigarettes each
day in the year for every man, wo
man. and child in tHe United States
according to W. p. Hedrick, tobacco
specialist with, the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Os this total, about 275 billion were
smoked In the United States and
€0 billion were shipped to men in
the service overseas, Hedrick said.
The high level of production of
cigarettes was maintained despite
the sharp cut In military purchases
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after the end of the war and the
drop in industrial employment due
to reconversion, and strikes.
Consumption of other tobacco pro
ducts such as chewing tobacco,
smoking tobacco, and snuff also hit
a high rate but not ail all-time
peak of consumption.
Consumption of tobacco products
in 1946 will peobably be less than
In 1945. Hedrick said, but only to
the extent that the general level of
consumer purchasing power declines.
Flue-cured tobacco stocks declin
ed 1,152 million pounds during 1945,
indicating thfe disappearance of just
about the same amount as growers
produced in 1945.
„Flue-cured stocks In storage for
manufacturers and dealers last Jan
uary 1 totaled 1,496 million pounds.
This supply of flue-cured tobacco is
an all-time high. However, the buy
ing of flue-cured for export this
past season has been particularly
heavy,” said Hedrick.
N. C. Farmer Now
* .
More Independent
Observations completed in several
counties throughout the state in the
closing months of 1945 show that
rural families have greatly reduced
their indebtedness during the war,
that they are financing more of
their own farming operations with,
their own funds than before the
war, that they are improving their
general living conditions, and that
the majority have accumulated war
time savings, it was reputed by Dr.
I. O. Schaub, director of the State
College Extension Service.
Wartime savings of most rural
families are in bank deposits and
war bonds, with a considerable
amount of them earmarked for
specific purchases, or, as a backlog
against prospective hard times.
These generalized conditions vary
with the section of the state and
among different income groups with
in the same area, Dr. Schaub said.
Most farm savings now appear
headed for use in buying power
diven farm machinery, automobiles
and trucks, household furnishings
and conveniences, especially electric
al appliances, in addition to the
structural improvement of dwellings
and other buildings.
Next after the payment of debts
by all groups of rural dwellers has
been the increased use of larger
earnings for the cash financing of
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farming operations. Increased in
comes have greatly reduced the
number of farmers who previously
had gone to the bank for crop loans.
The breeds of livestock have been
in the state. Dr. Schaub
observed, and many labor-saving
implements have been bought.
SYMPHONY - ”
(Continued from page 1)
entire 65-piece Orcrestra at any
place in the State.
First number of the evening con
cert was “Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat
Major.” by Schubert, a composition
in four movements which is noted
for its remarkable melodies and
which was written when the author
was only 19. Next were Rogers’ “Sol
iloquy” for the flute, and a cello
piece, “After a Dream.” Then fol
lowed the Impressionistic “Deep For
est" by Daniels, which, with Stix-
Ormandy's “Child’s Play” and Stra
uss’ "Vienna Life” waltz, proved es
pecially popular with the audience.
"Child’s Play" is a musical Joke, th;
humor being achieved with pizzicato
or plucked-string effects.
“Romance” by the Polish compos
er Wieniawski was typical of the
Victorian period.
Encores were Knipper’s “Meadow
land," based on a Russian army
song, and “Cripple Creek,” a moun-
Britain Increases
Pay Os Services
London.—By announcing consid
erable increases in pay for officers
of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,
Britain’s labor government has once
more made "the services" into a
real front-rank career.
Thus, the wheel has turned a full
circle. For the ancestors of the
present-day Britons used to put
their sons Into the Army and Navy
because it was a “most gentleman
ly" profession. With the help of pri
vate incomes—some large, some
small—the Army and Navy officers
of those times led a pleasant, sport
ing life between wars in which they
distinguished themselves with great
valor.
Times changed. The services were
democratized, private incomes faded
away and service-pay remained so
low that officers could not live on
their pay. So the Army, Navy, and
Air Force have become discredited
as a career.
Now almost paradoxically it has
been left to the labor government to
draw back the best talent in the
land ino the fighting forces.
The main reason is that it wants
to sustain Britain’s military strength
by a voluntary system rather than
by conscription.
The Labor Party has always been
opposed to compulsory military serv
ice. Now that It is in office it is
being embarrassed by having the
prospect of maintaining a peacetime
force of about 1,000,000, or more
than twice the pre-1939 level.
Greater opportunities will be
offered in the future for men in the
ranks to gain a commission. The
same applies to the other two serv
ices. Meanwhile, the pay of Tommy
Atkins himself has been raised re
cently. A trained infantryman,- who,
before the war, was paid 21s. weekly,
now has twice that In pay, plus a
355. marriage allowance.
Back Wages Paid
The Western Union Telegraph
company Is now paying retroactive j
wages to local employes represent- ‘
ed by the American Federation of
Labor, and. also, by special decision
of the company, to all employes not j
in collective bargaining units. It was
announced today by Miss Marie Sat
terfield, local manager of the com
pany. j
Retroactive wage payments to ov
er 60,000 employes of the company
except general offices will, when
completed, total about $91,000,000. |
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ROBBERIES
(Continued from page One)
fltt’s office, a lock was Drake n and
a desk ransacked. ->
Roxboro police are convinced, from
some small clues which they have
discovered, that all these break-ins
are the work of the game man or
men. So far no arrests have been
made, but all cases are being investi
gated thoroughly, Chief Robinson
said. v
It has been more than, six months
since a similar series of robberies
has occurred here.
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back up near a mirror and take a
good look over her shoulder and
then go out with them on has (a)
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natural gas, and four times as much
manufactured gas, as is consumed
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