The 44th Week
Of The War
(Continued train pace one)
up their hold on both Attu and Agat
tu in the Western Aleutians and con
centrated on Kiska.
War Taxes
The Senate passed and sent to con
ference with the House the 1942 War
Revenue Bill which the Treasury es
timated will yield $9 billion in new
revenue annually. Of this total, ap
proximately $1,706 million would be
refundable because the bill provides
an extra 5 per cent "Victory Tax" on
all individual incomes above $12 a
week?part of which would be re
funded as a credit on other taxes a
year later or as a post-war refund.
The new bill will make 42 to 44 mil
lion persons subject to federal taxes,
compared with 28 million at present,
and will bring total federal revenue
up to $26 billion a year.
Rationing
Price Administrator Henderson
announced a five-step government
plan to keep every passenger car
"rolling for essential mileage"
throughout the war: (1) rationing
of used tires and recaps, and new
tires now in stock, to provide as far
as possible the minimum essential
mileage to each of the nation's pas
senger cars. (2) Actual control of
each car's mileage through the ra
tioning of gasoline to prevent un
necessary driving and to hold the
national average down to 5,000 miles
per car per year. (3) Compulsory
periodic inspection of all tires to
guard against abuse and to prevent
wear beyond the point where they
can be recapped. (4) Denial of gas
oline and of tire replacement to cars
whose drivers persistently violate
the national 35-mile-an-hour speed
limit. (5) Capacity use, through car
sharing, of every car on every trip
so far as possible.
Fuel oil consumers in the 30 States
affected by oil rationing will be able
to obtain their ration application
forms from their dealers soon after
October 13th and should fill them
out as soon as possible and mail or
deliver them to local war price and
rationing boards, OPA said. Fuel oil
ration coupons for private dwellings
will be worth 10 gallons each for the
first heating period?October and
November ? the OPA announced.
Coupon sheets for the entire five
periods of the heating season will be
issued shortly, OPA said, but only
those for the first period will be as
signed a definite gallonage value in
order to "assure flexibility" in fuel
oil allotments.
Maximum Prices and Rents
The OPA reported October 11 that
it is extending the Government rent
control program to embrace practi
cally the entire urban population of
the country, and orders refusing and
stabilizing rents on November 1 for
all living quarters of 97 more defense
rental areas are being issued immed
iately. The orders bring under fed
eral control the residential rents in
every large city in the country with
the exception of New York City.
Rents are being cut back to the levels
prevailing last March 1 in all the
areas except one?Orlando, Fla.?
where the maximum rent date is be
ing moved back to October 1, 1941.
Price Administrator Henderson an
nounced a new alternative pricing
formula. Effective October 15, for the
following groups of food products:
breakfast cereals, canned fish, cof
fee, sugar, cooking and salad oils,
canned vegetables, dried fruit, lard,
rice, hydrogenated shortenings and
other shortenings, the action, which
will result in "slightly higher prices"
for consumers, was taken to relieve
pressure on wholesalers and retailers
caught between March quotations
under the general regulation and the
amounts they must pay producers
Mr. Henderson said the groups of
food affected represent about 15 per
cent of all food purchased in the na
tion's 575,000 food stores. Mr. Hen
derson said American housewives
should check the prices of food
brought under Price Control last
week by making a list of the prices
paid from September 28 to October
2 for the various items of the same
quantity and quality.
Civilian Supply
The War Production Board cut the
production of flashlight batteries 50
per cent and other types of dry cell
batteries 10 per cent from last year
levels. The board announced that
construction using non-metallic ma
terials and equipment to insulate
buildings so that fuel can be saved
may be undertaken without specific
authorization. The order will not ap
ply to construction begun prior to
January 1, 1943. No heavy forged
hand tools, such as bars, hammers,
picks, tongs, etc., which do not con
form to the size, type, grade, finish,
weight and quality established by
WPB, may be produced except on
approval of the board. The WPB
ruled that plastic tubes are not ac
ceptable-as turn-ins for new tubes
of toothpaste and shaving cream, and
cut the percentage of tin which may
be used in toothpaste tubes and shav
ing cream tubes.
War Communications
The Board of War Communica
tions ordered long distance telephone
calls -relating to the war effort and
public safety be given priority over
all other calls, effective November
1. Calls concerning moving armed
forces during combat operations, ur
gent orders for the armed forces, im
mediate dangers due to presence of
the enemy, disasters materially af
fecting the war effort or public se
curity, will get first priority. Opera
tors will give precedence to priority
calls at all times.
War Crimes
President Roosevelt stated "The
barbaric crimes being committed by
the enemy against civilian popula
tions in occupied countries" are con
tinuing, and "I now declare it to be
the intention of the government that
the successful close of the war shall
include provision for the surrender
to the United States of war criminals
. . The perpetrators of these crimes
shall answer for them before courts
of law."
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in Washington's 52 government cafe
terias are expected to save six tons
of the two products weekly.
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Reports on Moscow
W. Averell Harriman, who repre
sented President Roosevelt at the
recent Churchill-Stalin conferences
in Moscow, is shown on his arrival
in New York from Washington*
He'll make his first public address
on the Moscow talks at a dinner
launching the Fall campaign of
Russian War Relief.
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Limestone For
Martin Farmers
The deduction rate at which far
mers of Martin County may obtain
ground limestone from the AAA un
der the 1943 Agricultural Conserva
tion Program has been set at 2.65 per
ton, according to J. F. Crisp, chair
man of the County AAA committee.
Rates in 44 other counties already
have been approved and vary from
$1.30 to $2.85 per ton, depending on
freight rates from point of shipment
to railroad points in the counties. Six
counties have established rates for
farm yard delivery which range up
to $3.00 per ton.
This limestone, the chairman said,
is furnished to farmers by the AAA
and costs are deducted from any pay
ments due the farmer at the close
of the program year. Rates include
actual cost plus transportation
charges.
"Farmers of Martin County,"
Chairman J. F. Crisp said, "will find
use of limestone more important
than ever before during the coming
farming year. We won't be able to
obtain as much commercial nitrates
as we have in the past, and we will
need limestone to promote better
growth of legumes which will pro
duce nitrogen for use. We also have
been asked to produce more live
stock next year and we will need
good pastures to maintain the ani
mals. Use of limestone is necessary
to a good pasture."
The chairman urged farmers to
place their order* for limestone un
der the 1943 program as soon as pos
sible to avoid delays caused by trans
portation difficulties.
He said farmers of Martin County
were furnished approximately 400
tons of limestone under the 1943 pro
gram. Final dates for orders under
the 1943 program was September 30.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
Each month nowadays about 400,
000 autos go onto the junk heap?
about twice the pre-war rate of
abandonments . . . The nickel-less
war-time nickel has made its bow,
guaranteed to "trip all known slot
machines." It looks no different from
its predecessor, which incidentally
was three parts copper and one part
nickel . . . Macaroni makers' busi- |
ness booms as Americans, easing up
on meat, discover the delights of
macaroni and cheese entrees . . . Two
national men's wear chains, antici
pating market trends, are taking on
women's apparel lines.
Interesting Bits Of
Business In the U.S.
Nation's department store sales
are showing a fairly steady pace, at
a few percentage points ahead of last
year. The long-time retail outlook
isn't too rosy, but expert observers
expect a mild buying splurge this
fall before folks really settle down
to start saving for those 1943 taxes
. . . General Electric's bookings for
the first nine months, at around $1,
300,000,000, exceeded the full year
of 1941 and were 61 per cent ahead
of the same date last year . . . The
Celluplastic corporation says the
plastic tubes for toothpaste and the
like are now actually on the way to
drug-store shelves . . . Department
of Agriculture estimates the net in
come to farm operators and work
ers probably will reach $10,850,000,
000 this year?about a billion more
than the peak year of World War I,
and 136 per cent of parity. Last year
such income stood at 112 per cent
of parity, and for the 1935-39 period
it was right at 100.
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Seed Production
Program Requisite
The success of a soil conservation
program on any farm depends to a
large extent on farm seed produc
tion, according to M. F. McKnight,
work unit conservationist of the
Coastal Plain soil conservation dis
trict.
This is especially true at the pres
ent time, when the shortage of com
mercial nitrogen for use in farm
fertilizers and the need for increas
ed crop yields in the war program
make it doubly important for farm
ers to produce their own nitrogen
with soil-building crops, McKnight
pointed out.
During the next few weeks, farm
ers in this section will be harvesting
seed of annual lespedeza and an ade
quate supply of this crop for use in
soil building rotations will go a
long way toward providing the ni
trogen needed for increased produc
tion of other crops.
Annual lespedeza seed can be har
vested with either a combine or a
seed pan While larger yields can be
obtained with a combine, sufficient
seed for home use can be harvested
on a large number of farms with a
seed pan which, if necessary, can
be built at home.
Regardless of the method i?ed, the
important thing is to get the seed
harvested so they will be available
for planting next McKnight
said.
FARMER PHELPS CAV
PLOW ALL DAY>NOW
"I Flat Wliut I Want and the
Pain* in My Hips and I.?'g*
Are Relieved, Too," State*
Kernersville Man. Tell* of
Trouble.
"Retonga has relieved me of many
years suffering, and I am telling all
my friends about this medicine," de
clares Mr J. L. Phelps, of Route 2,
Kernersville, N. C.
Mr. Phelps, who owns his model
farm, is one of the best known men
in his section Discussing his case he
continued:
"It would be hard to say how many
years I suffered from acid indiges
tion and poor appetite. I even had to
force down enough food to keep go
ing. At times the gas in my stomach
would press up into my chest until
I could hardly breathe, and it would
almost scare me to death. I suffered
badly from constipation and I had
such severe pains in my hips and
legs at times it would almost make
me scream.
"Retonga gave me prompt relief.
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MR. J. L. PHELPS
lievcd. and I can plough all day. I
want to tell my friends not to hesi
tate to give Retonga a trial."
Retonga is a purel yherbal gastric
tonic combined with Vitamin B-l for
the relief of such symptoms as de
scribed by Mr. Phelps when due to
loss of appetite, insufficient flow of
gastric iuices in the stomach, con
stipation. and Vitamin B-l deficien
cy. Accept no substitute. Retonga
may be obtained at Clark's Phar
n lacy. Adv.
SPECIALS IN
Our Grocery
Department
APPLE SAUCE, 2 No. 2 cans 19c
TOMATOES, 2 No. 2 cans 25c
Duke's Mayonnaise, Kclisli, pt. . 29c
JELLO. Any Flavor, pkg He
(ribbii
Vegetable Soup, 5 10 1-2 oz. cans 25c
COKNED BEEF, can 27c
Early June Peas. 2 No. 2 eans 7 . 25c
Tiny Tender
June PEAS, 2 No.2cans 58c
Mixed Vegetables, 2 No. 2 cans 19c
Monarch Stuffed (Hives, 8-oz. jar 25c
Kellof(f(?'
Corn Flakes, 8 (?-oz. pkgs. .... 20c
Sungohl Flour, 21 pounds .... 95c
America's Best Flour, 21 lbs. . $1.05
Metropolitan Flour, 21 lbs. . . $1.19
Martin Supply Co.
Farmers ? Tobacco
Is Really Higher In
ROBERSON VILLE
Price* are advancing rapidly on all grade* of loliacco al the
KKI) FRONT and CENTRAL Warehouses in ROBERSON
VILLE. We are expecting them to be even higher next
neck, *o *ell with n* Monday for the higliCHt Hale since 1919.
It will pay yon to Hell with iih Monday for aH you already
know . . . WE SELL IT HIGHER!
First Sale Monday
At The
Red Front Warehouse
We are naturally expecting a hig Hale Monday and we hope
you will take our advice and make your deliveries as early
a* possible. Sell on the highest sale of the year at the RED
FRONT WAREHOUSE MONDAY!
Red Front & Central
WAREHOUSES ROBERSONVILLE ,
Jim Gray, Andy Andenon and Charlie Gray, Pro pi.