Wartime Inflation
Is Being Throttled
Several stiaws in the economic
wind indicate the threat of wartime
inflation ii being throttled and pin
ned to the mat by price ceilinga and
other facton. For one, OPA finds
that living costs actually showed a
decline in the May 15-June 2 per
iod, according to a survey of 21
principal cities?first such dip since
November of 1M0! This dip was gen
tle enough, being only a tenth of one
per cent, but significant when stack
ed against the IT 1-2 per cent rise in
C. of L. since war's outbreak . . An
other eras that wholesale prices for
farm coeiraeriities, which had bean
soaring steadily up to laat January
?advancing by 44 per cent in the
preceding IS months, in fact?had
since leveled off very markedly, and
actually made no general advance
whatever In the period from mid
May to mid-June.
And another element that might
entitle us to sneer a little at Old
Man Inflation was the aannuncems
that a vast range of "consumer see
ices"?from ehoe shines through
parking lot fees and electrical ap
pliance repairs all the way to fun
eral directing ? would be under
price ceilings on July 1.
But thought these things point to
seeming conquest of the cost of liv
ing bugaboo, word from Washing
tor^s^r^the^ffecl^haMn^he^m
Interesting Bits Of
Business In the US.
Storage problems for foods are
becoming acute, especially wheat
and sugar, which may mean liber
alizing sugar rations to relieve bulg
ing warehouses . . . Plenty of fancy
hosiery, both men's and women's,
for the rest of this year, is the re
port from the hosiery workers' 31st
a?al convention . . . Hogs are com
ing to market leaner, though the
Government wants more lard. Hie
lard yield per 100 pounds of animal
has dropped steadily since January
. . . Now comes an all-plastic office
safe, no iron or steel.
?
Total milk production on June 1st
was more than 3 per cent larger than
last year, but production per cow
was increased less than 1 per cent,
reports the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
vate opinion of many government
officials the nation will have to
adopt some sort of compulsory sav
ings system if it's to cope success
fully with the inflation menace. The
hrimtnlft ration's official attitude is
that voluntary sales of war bopds
may turn the trick?i.e., absorb en
ough of the excess purchasing pow
er. At any rate, one of the safest
bets is that regardless of what, if
any, kind of compulsory savings
plan is adopted, the extent of an in
dividual's voluntary savings sched
ule?war bonds?will be taken into
account in deductions demanded.
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Address
* State Q 1
Citizens of Williamston
and Martin County
Important Notice:
WAR DAMAGE PROTECTION 18 NOT INCLUDED
IN TOUR PRESENT FIRE INSURANCE POLICY.
Effective July 1st, 1942, we shall be able to obtain for
you War Damage Insurance on your property from the
WAR DAMAGE CORPORATION, an instrumentality
of the United States Government
Under its policy the WAR DAMAGE CORPORATION
in consideration of the payment of the premium, agrees
to indemnify the insured, and legal representatives,
against direct physical loss of or damage to property
which may result from enemy attack, including any
action taken by the military, naval or air forces of the
United. States in resisting enemy attack.
There is not sufficient time to call on all of our clients
personally to explain fully the advantages and the
scope of this important class of insurance, but if you
will write or telephone to this office as promptly as pos
sible we shall be glad to give you full information.
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[ Disabled Jap Cruiser After U. S. Bombs Hit
Official U. S. Nary
Smoke pours from** burning Jap cruiser after U. S. bombers had dropped their deadly missiles on H
in the big battle off Midway. Lack of a wake behind the stricken ship shows that it ia drifting aimlessly
and out of commission. The photograph, just released by the Navy Department in Washington, shows
further the effectiveness with which the invading Jap anuada was beaten off by hard fighting, well pes
pared U. S. air and sea units.
War Bonds Guard Home Front
We can t all go but we can all help'.
Put at least 10 L of your pay in War Bonds.
Sign the card today.
Tlii* new color pouter, which noon will he seen throughout the
United Stati n, emphasize* a new theme in the War Rood sales
campaign. The present goal of the Nation wide drive is to per
auade all citixena to invest 10 percent of income in War Rondt
and Stamps. v. S. Treasury Dept
Nothing Is Wasted
That old adage about necessity be
ing the mother of invention cornea
to the fore in St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital in Shanghai, China. A Chinese
nurse holding a baby uses an Amer
ican Red Cross rice sack as a blanket
removed. The thrifty Chinese also
use the sacks for making sheets and
clothing.
Many Jobs Open
In Gvil Service
"Die manager of the Fourth United
States Civil Service District an
nounced the opening of numerous
positions as purchasing clerk in var
ious war departments throughout the
states of Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and North Carolina.
The rates of pay extend from
$1440 to $1620 per year. The duties
are to receive and review requisi
tions for the purchase of supplies
and equipment such as office sup
plies, furniture, automotive and air
craft tools and equipment. Appli
cants must show at least six months
of experience as a purchasing or pro
curement clerk in an organization
handling the indicated types of ma
terial and equipment. Additional ex
perience will be given due prefer
No written test is required. Quali
fications will be judged from the ap
plicant's experience. Only citizens of
the United States, in good health,
will be considered for these posi
tions.
Applications may be secured from
the Manager, Fourth United States
Civil Service District, S30 F Street,
N.W., Washington, D. C., or Secre
tary, Local Board of United States
Civil Service examiners.
Tool Industry Is
Setting A Record
Undersecretary of War Patter
son says the nation's machine-tool
industry today, in "capacity for cut
ting metal," is 16 times what it was
at the peaV of w?rld War I . - Mon
arch Machine Tool company has
gone to three-shift, seven-days-a
week operation at Cleveland, and
upped shipments 40 per cent there
try^-every department'!! on the "we
never sleep" basis, even the cafe
teria! ... In upstate New York
three piano concerns?Knabe, Chick
ering and Mason & Hamlin ? have
leased their entire plants, equip
ment and operating personnel to
Universal Molded Products com
pany, to help fill'contracts for air
plane parts . . . WPB gives higher
preference ratings to canning com
panies, so they can get materials and
machines, to handle a record crop
putaway this summer . . . And also
allows a 33 per cent increase in
manufacture of wooden bee-hives?
which, it is estimated, will add 75
fllXTY SIGE
-he wants ter know.
When a feller calls for ther calf
rope, aint that a purty good sign hes
gittin ther wust of ther hand-out?
I sees by ther papers that ther U
S A Chamber of Commerce has got
a new pres-e-dent, whats a young
feller with a-ambition to hedge off
sum ther hot-shots thats bin bein
fired at ther Chamber from purty
nigh as many corners of ther coun
try as is inhabited by them thats bin
bein bamboozled by ther Big-Boys
of thay bizniss-board. And that
young feller starts out lak he she
must a-cum frum ther fly-country
cause it lookj lak he is shore he kir
do more ketchin with sugar than he
kin with vinegar, so he calls up thei
CIO, and ther AFL, thats bin paint
in ther Chamber both black und yal
ler, and aumtimes blue, in exchange
fer ther Chambers fighting thei
wage-hour law, and ther collectiv
burgnin law, and any other law thats
calclated to raise low pay, by lowrin
high pay, and proposed to Mr. Greer
and Mr. Murphy, that both sides
slop callin names, and henc-forth
fight in harmony on ther sundy
school plan. Now why in ther heck
didn't he take to handin that bosh
to Mr. Hitler und Mr. Stalin? Fact
is, he found ther Chamber so smear
ed up, hes tryin to work ther Tojc
racket, und save it sum "face"; bul
he didn't say nuthin bout bringin hii
subs out in ther open.
But thar is one feller up to Wash
ington that he didn't call to his peace
party. Hit mout be that he hoped tc
cumulate sum peacc-collutral her
fore he tuck led that uther feller
thats named Merry-go-round, but 1
dont bleeve M G R is goin to slip
frum his hosses, long ernuf to be
u-swallowrin none of then sugar
coated C C Pills.
Cotton Dinting Can He Dont
At Any Time During The Da)
At one time it wus thought thai
cotton had ot be dusted in the early
morning, in the late afternoon, or at
night?some time when the plants
were wet. However, specialists have
found that dusting one time of the
day is just about as good us another
What little difference there is be
tween dusting in the middle of the
day as against early morning lsn'
enough to justify letting equipmenl
lie around idle when a cotton cro[
needs to be dusted to save it frorr
boll weevil.
million pounds to the 1942 nationa
honey crop.
Mr. Farmer!
BRING US WHAT
PeanutsY ouHave
Left Over From Seed Whether
SHELLED Or UNSHELLED
And We Will Buy Them!
WE PAY
Top Market Price
WILLIAMSTON
Peanut Company
Be Careful About
Your Holiday Trip
?
Approach of tha July Fourth week
end?customarily one of the year's
peaks in civilian travel?found the
nation's railroads carrying record
breaking volumes of troops and war
material. Consequently pleasure
travelers would do well to heed the
advice of George A. Kelly, vice pres
ident of the Pullman company; that
they consult with local passenger
agents on their travel plans, being
willing to allow a one- or two-day
leeway so as to avoid disappoint
ment. Sleeping-car movements of
troops in May, he pointed out. hit a
new all-time high. "The situation for
vacationers may not become acute."
Kelly said, "but they should be pre
pared to say, 'After you, Soldier.'
and accept inconvenience with a
smile in the knowledge that the
country's war drive must have the
right of war over everything."
Total meat production in the Unit
ed States during 1941 is evnecteH to
be the largest on record, and the na
tional goal of 21,700,000.000 pounds |
may be reached.
Increased Interact In Flock
Vaccination Against Disease
Durham County poultryman arc
showing more intereft in vaccinating
their flocks against fowl pox this
year than ever before, reports J. A.
Sutton, assistant farm agent
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