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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 1st., 1945 KENANSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA HIS DUPLIN TIMIS i ( t V .X'HaSTk Ceroliiio viw THE DUPLIN TIMES Published each Friday In Kerjuarvrns. N C county seat of Duplin County. Editorial bnalMM and p-tatlnf plaat, Kaaaallla, N O t. ROBERT OBY, EDITOR OWN Kb Entered at the Pout Offire Kensmville N C as woon1 cla maO matter TELEPHONES Renansvllle 7-7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year In Duplin County; $t.50 per year outside Duplin County, In North Carolina: $3.00 per year outride North Carolina, except to MEN IN SERVTCH, ANYWHERE, $8.00 per year. Advertising rata furnlahed oa raqooat A Democratic Journal, devoted to the material, educational, economic and agricultural interest of Duplin County. HARD FACTS AND SOFT THINKING Soft thinking may be able to gloss over some unpleasant situ ations for a time but always, in the end, it's the hard facts of reality that mankind has to face. President Harry S. Truman realized this when. In those first jubilant moments following his an nouncement of Japanese surrender, he said: "We are faced with the great est task we have ever faced. The emergency today is as great as it was on Dec. 7." The victory celebration is over The cold grey "morning after' facts are that we face the greatest economic crisis in our history. Unemployment is mounting It may reach 5,000,000 by the end of September. A reservoir of H.UOO,- is past. The hard facts are that 000 unemployed has been predict- mins must have more top quality ed for next Spring. pulpwood NOW. Of course, it takes time for in- In the words of Mr. Truman: dustry to reconvert from war to "We are going to meet it (the un peacetime operations. When new employment problem) -- and it products finally start to roll off J will take the help of all of you to great assembly lines- it will make , do It." BUY M iKtM. MfiQP Oj I HAVINfTsPENT AI05T OP HIS ATH- rJJU II a I I LETIC CAREER PlYKJG THROU6H L l.Aft 'I THE AIR, EARL 15 NATURALiy WnK 1 1 If ENOUGH D0IM3 THE SAME TOR rtrtimr UNCLE GAM -HE'S NOW I dONUJ. MM A CAPTfilhl IN THE ARMf a e m. 71 Fn M forces, mm Bat nun a fmj owm A. J. CAVENAUtiH Wallace, S. C. JEWELRY DIAMONDS W'ATCIIEH WATCH AND JEWELRY HEPARIN O and ENO RAVING Complete Tire Service New Steam Cure System Reinforcement Relining Vulcanizing Recapping Valve Replacement & Tube Repairing Whitmans Tire Shop WALLACE, N. C. ntifti i imiiT, -TTr 1 1 1 min i tin , nt, . . Auction Sale Every Thursday Wallace Livestock Yards Wallace Warsaw ZS9-6 a difference. And If Industry gets going "full blast", the unemploy ment problem is bound to shrink to nothingness. An important danger in the months ahead rests in the fact ' thot Inrlnctr-v will Tint nrnHlirp flnv ' more of its products than can be distributed. And there may be a serious shortage of paper and paperboard for boxes, cartons con tainers, wadding, packaging and wrapping, with out which there can be no adequate distribution. In fact, estimated paper require ments call for more pulpwood than has ever been produced in this nation in any single peacetime year. Failure to produce this pulp wood could make our paper supply the "bottleneck" of reemployment. In a real sense it may be said, that our nation's economic future depends in large part upon this and other pulpwood producing areas. The time for soft thinking U. S. 1 ttatury Utfarlmttil CARD OF THANKS Wa thank every one for their lovely kindness to us In every way in our grief and sorrow, Blanche Wilson and Mrs. G. C. Steele. .WEEKLY NEWS Japs Guard Against Uprising; Plan to Demobilize 7,000,000; Nation Shifts to Peace Economy Released by Western (EDITOR'S NOTE: Wfcea opinions are expressed In these eelamna, thav as these el Western Newepaper Union's aewe analyste and net aeeessarllir e! this newspaper.) Following the joyous news of Japan's capitulation, many persons the country over rev erently made their way to church to offer prayers in grati tude for the cessation of hos tilities. The crowd ttorship ping on the steps of St. Pat rick's cathedral in New York City was typical, with a con stant stream arriving to express their thanksgiving. PEACE: Tighten Imperial Grip Even as General MacArthur ar ranged the complicated procedure for Japanese surrender and occupa tion, the U. S. prepared for the ma jor readjustments looming ahead be fore the nation once again could tread the paths of peace. With the Japanese government anxious to bring about a cessation of firing before the preliminary surren der parley in Manila, the conference was postponed to permit members of the imperial household to fly to the far-flung Asiatic battlefronts to en force the emperor's orders to lay down arms. Appointment of tough end able 57-year-old Prince Higashi-Kuni as Jap premier disclosed an effort to bring all of the weight of the imperial family behind the surrender accept ance to avert any outbreak of die hards which might upset the inter nal situation. A second cousin of the emperor and an uncle of the empress, Higashi-Kuni has had a long career In the Jap army, serv ing a chief of the military aviation board, commander of defense head quarters and a member of the su preme war council. While It was expected that some fanatical officers may try to fight on, or commit hara-kiri, the great mass of Japanese were expected to give up peaceably. "There will be no trouble when American soldiers go to Japan if it is the wish of the emperor," said one Jap naval of ficer. "The army, navy and Japa nese people exist only by the will of the emperor." U. S. Demobilizes With the end of the war, the serv ices' carefully prepared demobiliza tion plans were scheduled to be put into effect, with the draft continuing, for men under 25 years of age un less the President or congress or dained otherwise. Approximately 261,000 enlisted men and 40,000 officers are eligible for release under the navy's newly announced discharge plan requiring 44 points for the enlisted men and 49 for the officers. Under the program, one-half point is allowed for each year of age up to the nearest birth day; one-half point for each full month of active duty since Septem ber 1, 1939, and 10 extra points for dependents regardless of number. Requirements (or WAVES are about 14 points lower, with the same cred it computations. Designed to relieve men with the longest service, the navy program will nermit release of about 2.000.000 r m on urHhtn iha novt 19 in IP mnnftin which, with the army's plan for dis charging 9,000,000 G.I.t within a year, will result In a total demo bilization of 7,000,000 by 1947. Except for four categories of spe cialists, all army personnel with 85 points or more will be Immediately released, along with men 38 yean of age or over. Until such a time as the size of the occupation force needed in Japan can be determined, however, there will be no reduction In the present point system, It was indicated. With G.I.t in the Pacific eligible for discharge due to be released, men with low-point scores in the U. S. or with only brief European Army Teaches G.I.s Virtues of Thrift How widely the members of the armed forces have been taught the virtue of thrift Is indicated by fig .urea supplied by the war depart ment office of dependency benefit. Aa of the end of June, there were 8,714,910 active monthly Class-E al-lotments-of-pay, which are volun tary assignments of pay to a sol dier's dependents, a bank, an insur ance company, etc., and are dis ANNOUNCE BIRTH Pvt. and Mrs. Leonard W. Sou therland of Warsaw and New Bern, announce the birth of a dau- gliter, Jean Claire, oo August 10, 1 ANALYSES. Newspaper Union. service must prepare to accept over seas assignments, the army de clared. , Ease Controls Though five million people were expected to be discharged from war work following cessation of hostili ties, industrial plans for a rapid re conversion to civilian manufacture promised early re-employment. Fortunately, such basic industries as steel will be able to furnish civil ian materials with little delay, and plans .have been set up to continue government supervision over scarce items to permit more even distribu tion and prevent speculative hoard ing and pressure for price increases. With its financial position greatly bolstered by heavy wartime produc tion, and with banking funds avail able before settlement of cancelled war contracts, industry generally is strongly heeled for reconversion. Meanwhile, civilians have record cash balances and bond holdings, iaiaaWial Economic Stabiliser Davis (left) and Secretary of Labor Schweilen bach leave White House after re conversion confab. and will be able to draw unemploy ment compensation to tide them over the early transition period. While manpower controls were re moved with Japan's defeat, wage checks were retained to prevent an inflationary spiral, and efforts made to minimizs strike threats. With another bumper crop on tap, J. farmers could look to continued heavy government purchases for the large military and naval establish ments and foreign relief, and an un certain domestic market dependent on the speed of the reconversion program. Under congressional leg islation, however, farmers have been assured of federal price sup port for at least two years after the war. Among the first effects of reduced military requirements was the re moval of gas, fuel oil, canned fruits, vegetables and Juices and other processed foods from the rationing lists. At the same time, price con trol was lifted from such -items as jewelry, sports equipment, toys sell ing at 25 cents or less, cigarette lighters, pipes, luxury furs and gar ments, some photographic apparatus and notions. Because of the shortage of sup plies, and no possibility for Imme diate increases, rationing will be re tained on meats, fats and oils, but ter, sugar, shoes and tires. In the case of tires, OPA an nounced, drivers of cars used for occupational purposes will continue to receive cords according to the Importance of their work, and 'A" card holders will be given consider ation in cases of unusual hardship. Though a check will be kept on shoes, men's and women's wear manufactured before March 1, 1944, and priced at $3.50 or less a pair, will be ration-free through to Sep tember 29. tinct from the family allowance! to which the government contributes. Over 40 million dollars have gone to Insurance companies in the last three years to pay premiums on soldiers' civilian life insurance. In June alone, $263,227 went to building aid loan and savings and loan associations under the recent ly authorized plan permitting G.I. Joe to anve for a home. . 1945, at St., Luke's Hospital in New Bern. Mrs. Southerland is the former Miss Mary Daniels of New Bern, nd Pvt. Southerland Is with the Army of Occupation In Germany. . , .',v '' " ii If . t ' Am" CROPS: Another Good Year Owing to record yields of wheat, oats, peanuts, rice, peaches, pecans and commercial truck crops; near record prospects for hay, tobacco, soybeans, sugar cane, and large pro duction for potatoes, sorghum grains and flaxseed, the department of ag riculture, predicted the 1945 harvest would be the third best in history. With the wheat, crop estimated at a record 1,146,283,000 bushels on the basis of conditions as of August 1, and with oats at 1,546,032,000 bush els, feed grain production was at a; high level despite the estimated drop in the corn harvest to 2,844,478, 000 bushels. One of the bright spots In the picture was the estimated increase In supnr enne production to 6,976,000 tons, and rise in sugar beet output to 9. 32,000 tons, promising to relieve 1'ie tight supply In the commodity. Conservation Needed After the most extensive study of farmland resources ever under taken by any nation, the soil con rervation service reported that more than 90 per cent of the country's farmland was in need of treatment to protect it from erosion and main tain fertility. More than 3,606,000 man years of labor would be required for the huge tusk, the service said, along with 87,441 years of motor equipment; 1.089,978 years of horse-drawn fa culties, and 2,544,106 tons of seed. Of the 417,561,000 acres of farm land now under actual cultivation, the service said that 43,000,000 sltould be retired because of steep ness, erosion, wetness and stone. LAB0RITE BRITAIN With Great Britain and all the rest of the world awaiting the pattern of postwar life in the United Kingdom, King George VI presented the victorious La bor party's legislative program, with nationalization of the Bank of England and the coal mines heading the agenda. At the same time, the king revealed that the war's end would not bring about a release of wartime restrictions, with the Laborites seeking power during the reconversion period to main tain control over materials and services to assure proper distri bution at fair prices. Besides nationalizing the Bank of England to promote employ ment and development, and so cializing the coal mines as part of a program to integrate the fuel and power industry, the La borites propose to reorganize transport; provide social secu rity and industrial insurance; buy land for housing, and set up machinery for planning in vestments in new business. WORLD RELIEF Needs Boosted With the termination of the war in the Pacific expected to multiply its problems, the United Nations Re lief and Rehabilitation Administra tion Director Herbert Lehman de clared that more than two billion dollars in additional funds would be needed to help stricken countries before their restoration of stable economies. Speaking at the third internation al conference of UNRRA at Lopdon, Lehman revealed plans for coping with the Asiatic relief problem, dis closing that plans already have been formulated for the shipment of sup plies to China over the Stilwell road and through coastal ports. Of the 100 million Chinese reported des titute, many are expected to suc cumb even if relief should be of fered immediately." The London meeting was enliv ened by Australia's demand to broaden the UNRRA control council to nine members instead of the pres ent Big Four to provide smaller na tions with greater representation In the allocation of funds. FRANCE: Break Marshal Leader of France's liberation move ment, Gen. Charles de Gaulle spared the life of Marshal Henri Petaln by commuting his death sentence for plotting against the internal safety of the country to life imprisonment Nevetheless, the Jury's additional sentence of national Indignity stood, imposed even after Petain's final as sertion: "My thought, my only thought, was to remain with the peo ple of France as I promised Instead of abandoning them in their agony. , . , My honor belongs to your country. . . ." Most controversial renuh case of the century, Petain's trial found the country sharply divided, with charges on the one hand that the old marshal had delivered the state up to the Germans, and counter charges on the other that prewar politicians were using the proceed ings to whitewash themselves. . CONSUMER BACKLOG: Big Order The American people bought near ly 23 billion dollars less of automo biles and parts, and furniture and housefumlshingj in the three years, 1942-44, than they would have if these goods had been available in prewar volume, the department of commerce estimates. In automobiles and parts actual expenditures totaled 1.8 billions, with expected expenditures under nor mal conditions, 16.2 billions and the deficiency in purchases, 14.4 billions. -TYNDAll FUNERAL HOME IN MOUNT OLIVE Burial Association Phon M Funeral Directors, Eanbalmers Ambulance Service, day or nlghl Home of Wsyne-DupUa, Improved I SUNDAY Uttmalhnal SCHOOL LESSON By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of Th. Moody BiW. Instituta of ChlcsSO. Released by Western Newspaper Union. ' Lesson for September 2 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Reflffious Education: used by permission. JOSEPH'S PLACE IN GOD'S PLAN LESSON TEXT Genesis 39:20-23; 41: 14-16. 23. 41-43. GOLDEN TEXT Seest thou a man dm gent In his business? he shall stand be fore kings. Proverbs 22:29. Does it pay to trust God? Does He know about the sorrows and the troubles of His people? Does He have anything to do with the affairs o! the world? Men are asking such questions in our day, and we have the answer in God's dealings with men in the past. The story of Joseph is fascinating from almost any angle, but it holds no more Important truth than that the man who honors God In his life will be honored by God I Sam. 2:80), even in the hardest place, yes, and in the highest position. Joseph appears before us in our lesson as I. A Prisoner Prospered by God (39:20-23). It is surprising how often one finds God's men in the Scriptures in pris on. Their determination to live up right and honorable lives ran so counter to the plans of the world that in the inevitable clash there came persecution. The story of how Joseph became the object of his brother's jealousy and was sold as a slave into Egypt; how he prospered there only to be disgraced and imprisoned because of the lying accusation of an angry woman all these are in the back ground of our lesson. Now that he was in prison, pre sumably his influence was gone and his usefulness at an end. Not so, for God can be with a man in the pris on as well as In the palace. He soon became the head man of the jail. Imagine a prisoner taking over the keeper's workl Then, too, he there met the king's chief butler who, though forgetting for a time, did eventually say the word which brought Joseph back Into power (see Gen. 40:14-23; 41:9-13). The obvious lesson and blessed truth here is that when.one of God's people finds himself in a difficult place, he can rest assured that God is there working out His own blessed purpose. Why not trust Him and look for His deliverance? Joseph the God-prospered prison er now becomes i II. A Prophet Prepared by God (41:14-16, 25). The hour had come when a man was needed who had a word from God. In preparation for the awful years of famine the Lord wanted to use the land of Egypt as His great granary. He wanted thus to pre serve the chosen nation of Israel, as well as to meet the needs of others. The vision of the king, plain as it seemed when interpreted, was un intelligible without the key from God, and Ijfe had his man prepared. Joseph was ready to be called from prison to speak the right vord at the right time. How important it is that the Lord's messengers be prepared and ready to respond in the hour of His blessing and opportunity! Many eager Christians look forward to the months and years just ahead of us as the greatest opportunity the Church has had to spread the gos pel. Notice that Joseph gave God the glory (vv. 16-25). The one who really knows what is going on in the world is quick to recognize that only the wisdom and the grace of God are sufficient for man's need.- Let the voice of boasting mankind be silenced and let the voice of God speakl Joseph's prophetic word marked him aa God's man to carry out God's plan, so we see him now as III. A Premier Promoted by God (41:41-43). "I have set thee over all the land," said Pharaoh, and so he had, but In reality it was God who had planned the whole matter. He wanted Joseph there at this time, and there he was. It may be well to stress the fact that God is interested In govern ment and in the men who hold pub lic office. In fact, the only true foundation for government is found in God. We are told to "be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God" (Rom. 13:1). The Bible clearly teaches that ev ery governmental agency and every public servant, from the police man on the corner to the President in the White House, is permitted to exercise authority over his fellow men only because God has ordained that there should be such govern ment Clear it is that event right thinking official of stats and nation shpuld be humble, teachable, dis creet, and wise in the exercise of his power, and God-fearing in the dis charge of his responsibility. He who reads may apply the truth of God's Word to himself and find personal blessing. It is a rich and powerful and stimulating Word. Let us use it for coa s gioryi A COSTLY BIDK Los Angeles. Delighted when two men stopped and offered him a ride In their automobile at a street-car , atop; Paul E. Rivers RATio;;i;:a GUIDE (NOTE: The Raleigh Olstrk-t Office of Price Administration complies this thumbnail ; ratioq guide from offioial sources each week for the uupun jupea as a public service feahira. . 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