THE
Roanoke Beacon
Washington County News
PUBLISHED EVERT THUKSDAT
In Plymouth, Washington County, |
North Carolina
The Roanoke Beacon Is Wash- j
Lngton County's only newspaper
It was established in 1889, consoli- j
dated with the Washington County
News in 1929 and with The Sun
in 1937.
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Entered as second-class matter
at the post office in Plymouth.
N C., under the act of Congress
of March 3. 1879.
Thursday. June 4. 1942
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Allies. 1940.
Doing Its Part
That Washington County is doing
its full part in putting up the money
needed by the government for pro
secution of the war is shown by the
public response in buying War Sav
ings Bonds and Stamps.
The county more than doubled its
quota for April. Along came May!
and the quota was upped to $9,500.
Within the first two weeks of the
month, some $12,000 worth of bonds
were sold in Plymouth alone, and by
the end of the month the total was
up around $20,000, not counting the
amount sold at the Roper, Mackeys
and Creswell post offices. This month
the quota has again been raised,
but from present indications even the
increased quota is likely to be pass
ed before the month is much over
half gone.
For instance, $4,050 worth of
bonds were sold at the auction held
at the Plymouth Theatre Monday
ni’eht. The payroll savings plan is
in operation at several of the indus
trial plants here, and a great many
individuals are buying bonds and
stamps “on their own without any
particular urging.
This is a record of which Wash
ington County can well be proud, es
pecially when it is learned from the
daily press that a great many coun
ties are falling behind in their quo
tas. and the state as a whole is under
stood to be short of its May allot
ment.
Watch This!
There are not many places where
you wil not ftnd current talk of war
and soldering, fighting and parading.
Here in our town there has been much
made of the boys whose numbers
came up. With all of the excitement
we scarcely stop to figure what this
effect will have upon the little folks
the very small fry who are certainly
not too young to realize that some
thing is sadly afoot that needs a lol
of explaining. Perhaps those smal
ones are too young for movies bu
they see pictures of refugee childrer
fleeing from wrecked homes. Child
ren seek answer- to questions abou
uniforms, tears, parades and heatet
conversations. We should not figuri
that such go unnoticed, that it is no
causing young minds to wonder ant
to brood. They sense the dangei
that is around those other childrer
midst smoke and grief. We shoult
therefore be more cautious and con
siderate of these children. Timt
enough to make them aware of thi
sorrow and fright that accompan
ie- the wake of war, and of growing
up. It is possible to explain careful
ly the need for a childish helping
hand, of sympathy by contributing
joys, clothes and pennies to tht
children in those other countries. It
gives the tots the feeling that they
too are assisting and it instills
thoughtfulness which does not hurt
any man. Our grown-up concern
anrl unre>t must not lay too heavih
upon youthful shoulders. A child
will drink in an adult conversation
and later comes the questions of why.
why. why. Let us watch.
Who To Blame
When you overhear someone re
mark that and so "always gets the
breaks" or "he is born to luck",
bear in mind that chap believes that
a man hasn't a chance if he doesn't
have pul! behind him! It is pro
bably true that there are many peo
ple right here in Plymouth who seem
to have had a long run of misfortune
which is termed as bad luck. There
are other folks who seem to be es
pecially blessed, whatever they un
dertake Rut to become so disillus
ioned that you feel you have had no
chance, that you have been unsuc
cessful because of lack of backing
by influential people, that your life is
just a gamble anyhow, then it is time
to take personal inventory and find
out what is wrong inside of oneself
to have such a false conception of
values. Go over vour list of ac
quantances and figure who are the
popular ones, those liked by every
one around them, who seem to get
everything out of life, can tackle any
job and conquer any situation. They
always have kindness heaped upon
them, and yet they give away in the
community so much of the good with
in themselves. There are all kinds
of us! There is the one who is al
ways on time and the other who is
always late. This chap looks like he
stepped from a band-box and that
one as though he just got out of bed.
Some you can trust in polite society
and others are better off at the kitch
en table. This one cares for his
home, his church, his yard. That
man raises twice the crops on half the
space as his neighbor. So what is
the explanation except it be found
within oneself, and who better to
find it than oneself?
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No Retreat On
The Home Front!
By Ruth Taylor
The front-porch and corner-store
strategists are in their heyday. They
know just what is wrong in the con
duct of this war. They know just
how the terrain that has fallen to the
enemy should have been defended
They prate grandiloquently about the
lack of foresight, the blindness of the
conquered nations. They talk about
all-out war effort, and the bonds they
plan to buy next week, and how self
seeking and rapacious are all other
groups in this country. But they
never seem to see that every hour
they waste in idle talk is a step of
retreat on the Home Front!
This is a War of Survival. As one
of the United Nations we fight on
the battle front, in cooperation with
other nations fighting for their lives,
to preserve our country. As Ameri
cans, we fight on the Home Front as
well, for we are a nation of homes.
To keep inviolate the family and the
home, we must mobilize ourselves.
There must be no retreat on the
Home Front!
We do not need to be torced into
action. We can and will voluntarily
WATTS
WILLIAMSTON
Thur.-Fri. June 4-5
BUD ABBOTT and
LOU COSTELLO in
“Ride ’Em Cowboy”
Sat., June 6 1 to 11 P. M.
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler in
‘Riders of the Range'
Sun., June 7 3 & 9 P. M.
WILLIAM HOLDEN and
FRANCES DEE in
"Meet the Stewarts”
Mon.-Tues. June 8-9
BARBARA STANWYCK
and JOEL McCREA in
"THE GREAT
MAN’S LADY’’
Wed., June 10 Mat. 3:30
ARLINE JUDGE in
“Law of the Jungle”
Thur.-Fri. June 11-12
ELEANOR POWELL
and RED SKELTON in
"SHIP AHOY!”
Marco - Williamston
Fri.-Sat. June 5-6
Ray MIDDLETON and
Jean PARKER in
“Girl From Alaska”
Also WILLIAM BOYD in
“Secret oi the
Wastelands”
Your Dime's In The Army Now!
Wfc'Ll NOW GWt A
Demonstration of
EFP/CieNC/ OF
GREAT NEW HIGH
EXPtOSlVE Be. NO
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8y the CiviuanS
of HAtERlCA*
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STAMP a>iic
Buy THREE
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AMMUNITION.
MAYBE
THE LUCKy
Bui LET FOR.
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\ A*lOOO-BOND
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Buy a"3{£p.®
—Courtesy Richard Yardley and Baltimore Sun«
9
teep the Home Front firm. But
what does this mean in actual fact?
How can it he done? It is very sim
ple. It is something that every fam
ily, no matter how restricted its cir
cumstances, can do.
First, let the whole family talk
their particular problem out. It is
a job for all. children and adults
alike.
Work out a budget deciding how
and what each one will give up for
a family backlog of War Bonds.
Decide in what way each member
of the family may cooperate in a
program of conservation, in the eli
mination of waste, in the utilization
of all the family resources, whether
they be in material or ability.
Determine upon a program of
time-service, so that each may give
to the communal war work in ac
cordance with his or her capacity:
:hose who can serve, serving, and
hose who are too young, helping in
heir own way by doing for them
selves and others, so that the older
members of the family may have
more free time to serve.
Conserve morale by keeping cheer
ful and happy. Shared sacrifice is no!
sacrifice. Working together as a
family is fun, if work is done with a
glad heart.
Last, but not least, keep the light
of faith glowing. Live up to your
best beliefs. Keep hatred, suspicion,
resentment, prejudice, from your
hearts. Learn not to be swayed by
those who preach hate. Learn to
recognize them for what they prob
ably are—players in the Axis game
af "Divide and Conquer”. Fray for
Victory—but pray for a Victory not
for yourselves alone, but for all the
Ceiling Prices Devised
To Curb Living Costs
Slops Prices From
Going Higher Than
Charged in March
Cooperation of Consumer
Public Needed To
Make Plan Success
(The following article dealing
with the price ceiling plan was
furnished by the Division of In
formation of the Office for Emer
gency Management, Richmond,
Va.:)
From now until the war is over,
cost of all but a comparatively few'
articles cannot rise higher than the
highest price at which they were sold
in March, although it can sink low
er. This “Price Ceiling" applies to
the manufacturer, the wholesaler and
the retailer, but most of us primarily
are interested in the retailer. In the j
corner grocer, the butcher, the drug
gist. or the nearby drygoods store.
We have price control to make cer-,
tain that the wav does not bring a'
tragic rise in the cost of living, a
rise to heights which would mean
suffering for many.
Price control is our charter of se
curity, but next time you go market
ing remember that your cooperation
peoples of all the world—-a Victory
which will mean the four freedoms- -
the freedoms of speech, expression
and religion, the freedoms from want
and fear for all the world.
To win this war and to achieve
Victory, there must be no retreat on
the Home l-'ront!
GENUINE
GOLD SEAL
CONGOLEUM
And You Don't Have To Co To the
Ceiling To Pay for Them, Either, Be
cause These Are
Below Ceiling Prices
We have a iarge stock, including
the odd sizes listed above. We also
have linoleum in rolls, various widths.
M. H. Mitchell
Furnifme Co.
F. H. MODLIN, Mgr.
PLYMOUTH, N. C.
is needed to make it work smoothly.
Price control is a brand-new baby,
and it may be some time before the
infant feels at home and you feel at
home with the infant. If you are
confused about how it works, don’t
forget that your grocer has his prob
lems too.
Exceptions are Numerous
First, thre are a number of ex
ceptions—seasonal foods such as fresh
fruit, vegetables, fish and game do
not come under the ceiling because
it is virtually imposible to figure out
previous maximum prices, in view of
their wide variety and the different
times they come on the market. Ex
cluded also are a list of foods like
butter, cheese, canned milk, flour,
lamb, poultry and eggs, the prices of
which cannot, under the Price Con
trol Act. be frozen until they reach
higher levels. The idea here is to
enable the farmer to get prices for
his products equivalent to the prices
he pays for manufactured goods.
There are some other exceptions
which do not touch the family larder.
Dut about which you should know'.
The prices of newspapers, magazines,
books and admissions to amusement
places do not come under the act.
Neither do collectors item.-., such as
antiques, pictures, stamps, coins and '
precious stones.
Don't be surprised if you find dif- j
ferent prices for identical articles in I
different stores. Each storekeeper is !
entitled to set his prices at the high
est levels he charged in March and
he may quite legitimately ask 15
cents for a can of corn while his com
petitor down the block asks 13 cents, j
You can still shop around.
Service Ceiling Coming
And if, for example, your druggist i
has not posted ceiling prices for all,
iris merchandise, don't get worried.
He is supposed to advertise maximum
prices for representative "cost of liv
ing items ", but he cannot possibly
cover the thousands of articles. They
are under the ceiling however, and
he will give you the top price if you i
ask him.
Retail service charges come under
the roof. too. but will not be affect
id until July 1. Remember, they are
controlled only if they are performed
in connection with a commodity—
automobile and radio repairs, dry
cleaning, laundry, shoe mending and
such. Personal and professional ser
vices. such as hair-dressing or cien
tal work, will not be included even on
July 1.
Don't try to be an amateur pi ice
policeman. Be patient and tolerant
with your shopkeeper, cooperate with
him in making the plan work. Study
the provisions of the price order. On
ly flagrant and unmistakeable vio
lations should be reported to local
brandies of the Office of Price Ad
ministration.
NOTICE
OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Washington Coun
ty; In the Superior Court.
Alice B. Sexton vs. J. C. Sexton
Tlie above named defendant will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Washington Coun
ty. North Carolina, at Plymouth, to
secure a divorce from the said de
fendant by the said plaintiff; and
that said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear
at the office of the Cierk of the Su
perior Court of Washington County,
at Plymouth. North Carolina, within
thirty days from the completion of
the service, and answer or demur to
the complaint of the plaintiff in said
action, or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This May 12, 1942.
W. M. DARDEN,
Clerk Superior Court,
Washington County
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3 out of every 5 bombs
dropped on Axis targets are
made possible by Esso research
Basic ingredient of the high explo
sive TNT is toluol. In the last war,
toluol came from coal tar. For this
war, the United Nations need
many times as much as the coal tar
industry can produce. Fortunately,
in 1935 Esso research workers, in
cooperation with the U. S. Army,
found a way to make toluol syn
thetically from petroleum. Con
struction of a large commercial
plant for the Army Ordnance De
partment was completed in Octo
ber, 1941. This plant more than
doubled America’s TNT output.
This process was also shared with
other refiners, so that 3 out of 5
bombs will be filled with war
TNT derived from ESSO-devel
oped toluol.
STANDARD Oil COMPANY
OF NEW JERSEY
C'opr 1942. Kuo lac.
Oil IS AMMUNITION ■ UST IT WISTLY!