B m sat gE* WAS i Jb BQND DAY FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, IU2 .... ■—»i .i , HIGHER TOBACCO PRICES PREVAIL ON OPENING OF BORDER MARKETS " 1 « Early Sales Indicate Average For Day's Sales Will Range 36 to 38 Cents; Some Piles Sell as High as 60 Cents a Pound; Growers Re ported Well Pleased Lumberton, Aug. 6.—Early re ports from most of sixteen markets of the Carolinas' Border Belt indi cated that the thousands of growers who crowded the market towns for the opening Thursday of sales were highly pleased. The average price paid up to near mid-day was 36 to 88 cents, a much stronger opening than in recent years. The offerings an all of the mar kets were Exceptionally heavy, and the quality was reported from fair to very good. The highest price reported paid this morning was on the Chad bo urn market, where choice baskets brought ad high as 60 cents. In Darlington, a low of 12 cents was pud for some baskets. Huge crowds of growers and buy ers thronged the market towns, and there was a spirit of holiday festivi ties as farmers cashed in on their months of-labor in the field and at tobacco curing barns. An average of 36 cents or better was reported from the early sales at Lumberton where upwards of 700,000 pounds were offered. Farm ers were reported well pleased with the prices which ranged up to 43 cents. Rep., i. Bayard Clark, of the Seventh Congressional District, bought the first pile on the floor of one house for 60 conts a pound. The first 100 piles of tobacco on the Fair Bluff market averaged from 36 to 37 cents. The offering was reported fairly heavy, and the quality was medium. Farmers were reported well pleaced with the trend of Sales. An official average of $36.66 per hundredweight was reported from Fairmont where 122,383 pounds, were sold during the first hour. The high was 46 cents and the low 12 cents a pound. Farmers were said to be "tickled to death" with their proceeds. Allied (Chiefs In Eng land *" Study Alterna tives To Full - Dress Invasion - London, Aug. 5.—Premier Pleter S. Gerbrandy \ot the Dutch govern ment-in-exile told his people in the German-occpied Netherlands tonight that the war tide is starting' to turn and urged them to "await with wise patience the moment when the call comes from here, not only to take a passive, but also am active part" in possible second front operation* against the Nazis. The strategic picture of the war has improved, he declared in a radio appeal as Allied cMeftains were reported reviewing alterna The Dutch premier cited these reasons for saying that the tide of war is beginnfag to turn in. favor of the United Nations: 1. -Air superiority, with heavy bombardment span war cities which are but a prelude to what will fol low. 2. Although the attacking powers of Germany and Japan are far from exhausted, their limits are becoming dear. ■„ 8l The military rise of the United STUDIES VERDICT Washington, Aug. 6. — President Roosevelt Mi aside only a few min utes for official White House callers today to devote all possible time to a review of the fate decreed by his special military commission for the eight Nasi saboteurs. The commission's recommended verdict was delivered to the White House Monday and Mr. Roosevelt told his press conference Tuesday that he expected to complete his study within two or three days. He may announce a final decision at his Friday press conference. The Pacific War Council, which generally meets with Mr. Roosevelt on Wednesdays, did not schedule a session today and the President ar ranged to meet only briefly with three callers. Every ton of iron and steel scrap salvaged saves two tons of iron ore, one of our most precious national re sources. GET IN YOUR SCRAP! Women to Assist In Full Time Observations The women of Farmville have been called into service with the men as air observers or " spotters," on a full time schedule of 24 hours watch for activity in the air." The American Legion Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Alton W. Bobbitt is president, has been delegated to set up the service, but, as had been point ed out, this is a duty that concerns every individual of the community and it should be shared by the citi zenship as a whole. So other wom en's organizations of the town will be called upon to cooperate in this essential civilian service. " The following women are request ed to serve on the days alloted to them, or be responsible for securing someone to serve in their place. The Auxiliary chairman requests that the watchers adhere strictly -to this rule as failure to ijo so tends to make the chairmanship of this branch a burdensome task instead of a patrio tic duty to be cheerfully undertaken. I Place: The new Observation Post. August 6: 9:00-12:00 A. M.—Mrs.] Alton W. Bobbitt; 12:00-3:00 P. M.-H Mrs. W. M. Willis; 3:00-6:00 P. M.—^ Mrs. P. E. Jones. August 7: 9:00-12:00 A. M.—Mrs. R. S. Scott; 12:00-3 SOO P. M.—Miss Margaret Walter; 8:©0^00I\1L— Mrs. Louise D. Harris. | August 8 : 9:00-12:00 A. M.—Mrs. Robert D. Rouse; 12."00-3:00 P. M.— Miss Helen Rouse; 3:80-6:00-1?. Mrs. A. Q. Roebuck. August 9: 9:00-12 KK> A. M.—MrsJ Jimmie Surrett; 12:06-8:00 P. M. Misa Prances Bivens Smith; 3:00-6:001 P. M.—Mrs. Kathleen Horton. August 10: 9:00-12:00 A.M.—Mrs.! Ted L. Albrittan; 12:00-3:00 P. M.— I Miss Mae Knott; 3:00-6:00 P. Mrs. #4&n E. King. AugiMt 11 j 9:00-12:00 A. ML—Mrs.] A. C. Monk, Jr; 12:00-3:00 P. M. Miss Yvonne Smith; 8:00-6:00 P. M.| —Mrs. J. W. Joyner. > August 12: 9:00-12:00 A. M.—Mrs. Frank Davis, Jr.; 12300-3:00 P. M.~ Miss Mary Thorne Tyson; 3:00-6:00 P. M.—Mrs.,L. E. Walston. ■ August 13: 9:00-12:00 A. M.—Mrs. I Haywood Smith; 12:00-3:00 P. M.—J Mrs. R. C. Copenhaver; 3:00-6:00 P. M.—Mrs. L. P. Thomas. I ■ August 14: 9:00-12:00 John B. Wright, Jr-j. 1*00-8:00 P. Ask Sales Tax SEL iL 2^—" Tax Would Apply To All Tangible Pur phases !§E - ,l RSI Washington, Aug. 5.—A spokes man for the National Retail Associa tion asked the Senate Finance Com mittee today to ado^t a 5 per cent retail sal en tax to be in force until six months after the end of the war. Disagreeing with the Treasury De partment's contention that a federal ■ales, tax would be inflationary, Jay Iglauer, chairman of the association's taxation committee, declared such a levy would be "distinctly deflation ary" and would syphon off consider able excess purchasing power. Senator Vandenbea* (R. - Mich.) agreed with Iglaner's conclusion, de claring "it is ahsurf to say that a fixed government tax is inflation ary." ) "We propose the adoption of a war i retail sales tax of 5 per cent of the purchase price of all tangible per sonal property to be paid by the con sumer at the time of purchase," Iglauer told the committee. "It should apply to all sorts of tangible personal property, much of which may not commonly be sold through retail stores. "In addition t to everything ordi narily known as consumer goods, it should apply to all purchases of ma chinery, fixtures, supplies, factory and store equipment, etc., exempting only the purchase of such items as are required for the production of war materials. "The tax should not apply to per sonal or professional services, such as those of physician*, dentists, at torneys, or to salaries and wages, or,to rents, or to the cost of insur ance. This recommendation con templates the repeal of the manu facturers' excise taxes except those on tobacco, liquor, gasoline and oil, and the repeal of the retail excise taxes on furs, jewelry and toilet goods." Senator Brown (U.-ftUctu) saM no believed that if a sain tax was neeee sary, consideration ehould be yiv en to extending the levy over serv ices as.well as goods. Iglaoer said his recommendation was baaed upon the problems of administering and collecting a tax on services. "Retailers generally hare always opposed consumption taxes in ordi nary times," Iglauer said. "It makes their task of selling goods more dif ficult Now, in war time, we wel come the opportunity to help with the war effort by assuming heavy burdens at expanse and administra tion in connection with priorities, scarcities, transportation, price con trol and taxation. He declared that about 28 V4 per cent gf the national income is earn ed by people making leas that *2,000 a year. "Under our income tax system] comparatively few of those people pay any income tax," he declared. "In view of the great national emer gency, it seems equitable and advis able to spread the base to everybody earning income.'' He figures the 5 per cent sales tax would add about two and one-half billion dollars revenue. R. V. Fletcher, vice-president of the Association of American Rail roads, urged the committee to per mit railroads to boy their own se curities at a discount without tax penalty. At present, the difference between the price paid and par i» counted as profit to the railroads, unlets the canto- obtains a certifi cate from the Interstate Commerce Finance Corporation that the rail road is in uasood financial con — — AWCETkT nV fWW mCw\ THE WAR - ' I I I | ' I I I II m (For Release August 4) Price Administrator Henderson an Bounced SSthat maximum gasolini price* In the rationed area of the 11 Eastern States and the District ol Colombia will be reduced 2% centt a gallon beginning August 5. He also announced reduction of 0.8 cenU for kerosene, JLl cents on distillate* and tight hatting adhn> Mod 15 cento a barrel on residual fuel oils. .. Mr. Henderson said the reduction* were made possible under the recent agreement worked out by the Office at Price Administrations, the Office of Petroleum Coordinator and the Reconstruction Corporation, whereby the Defense Supplies Corporation will abaorb the extra transportation costs for moving petroleum into the Atlantic Seaboard areas. Commence Secretary Jones report ed the Defense Plant Corporation will finance a two-point program to con vert existing (fay-cargo barges into tank bargee to transport oil, sod to improve existing inland waterways. The Bureau of Mines estimated the National gasoline demand for July, August and September will be about 17 per cent less than in the oar responding period last year, eliminat ing the necessity for a large winter accumulation of stocks. X Consumer Supply and Maximum V **-» tiiCMi President Roosevelt issued a state ment that every user of fuel and heating oil on the East Coast "should face realistically the fact that there can be no guarantee that he will get enough oil even to meet his minimum needs." Petroleum Coordinator I ekes asked all sellers of fuel snd heating oils in the East to request their customers to convert oil burners to the use of coal or other available fuels. The Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator reported bituminous coal stocks in storage in the U> S. increased an es timated 5,850,000 tons in Juno, to a near-all-time record. The Office said oonsumer stockpiles, however, con tinued insufficient to provide ade quate protection against possible shortages during the Fall and Win ter. *. The OFA established a wholesale; ceiling price on milk and cream, sold in bottles or paper container*, at the distributor's highest March level. Tlte action wife taken to prevent a price "squeeze" on milk retailers by some milk distributors. The Office set a ceiling price of four cent* a pound for waste kitchen fats now being ■old by housewives in the - salvage program, and a ceiling price of five cents a pound for the sale of the same fats from meat dealers to ren ders. Price Administrator Henderson es tablished a 60-day temporary ceiling on wholesale and retail laistb* prices, at the highest levels charged by each seller during the period July 27-81. the temporary ceiling on lamb prices, effective August 10, places every ma jor meat item except poultry under government price regulations. The OPA said Armour and Company, Swift and Company, and Wilson'and Company, Inc., have agreed to sub mit for auditing the sales records of ■11 their branch houses for the pur pose of refunding to their customers, (wholesalers and retailers)all charges made in excess of the maxi - mum prices for beef and pork. President Roosevelt told his press conference there are three reasons for .the current meat shortage in the Bast and some Mid-Western States'; (1) It is the off season for beef. (2) People have a- goed deal more money with which to buy more and better cuts of meat (3) This Country han around 4, 000,000 man under aims for whom meat supplies must be prepared HWHBHMHgkL said people will haw to expect new shortages from time to time be cause that is part of the price at into this field at frequent intervals. A few hours later they are off again, winging their way across great ex panses at ocean on uneventful flights. "And this is only the beginning," officials remark as the planes zoom down onto the runways. At the controls of these planes are youthful aviators who, only a few short yean ago, were the boys who heaped hero worship upon such pioneer transatlantic fliers as Charles Lindbergh and Admiral Richard E. Byrd. They are a smiling, happy-go lucky lot who take this bnrinaaw of flying the Atlantic in stride. They eat, sleep and talk flying— without a thought of the heroism involved in their Jobs. Heroes of Today. These hero-worshipers of yes terday—the heroes of today—now talk about the monotony, at flying the ocean. They have their own way of breaking the monotony. Some fly at great heights, then zoom down and level out at a mere 60 or 100 feet above the water and skim along at high speed. Others try to break icebergs loose with motor vibra tions from low flying planes, but this trick seldom works. R. A Joyner, manager of the Pitt «4 Greene Electric Membership Corporation, Farmville,AREA system operating in this area, returned Mon day, Aug. 3, after spending a week at national Rural Electrification Ad ministration headquarters in St Louis attending a conference of su perintendents and'managers of 53 cooperatives of eight eastern states. Mr. Joyner was most favorably im pressed with the. seriousness with which the persqnnijf of the Rural Electrification Administration were taking their responsibility; first, in giving all-out aflsistwe in winning the war in which we are now involv ed, and secondly, in laying the foun dation for the electrification ef every jfarm home in America when once mote peace abides bt this country. "The central theme of ail topics discussed at the confercuce," he said, "waa the part REA systems can and must play in the war. There will be no new line construction while ma terials are needed in war production, except as ordered by the War Pro duction Board for service to military establishments and warphmts. Na tional officials, however, fully realize tht. part electricity is playing in help ing farmers to produce mete and bet ter food for.the war effoil^^ 5fM;§ij "Many reports were said from the superintendents and managers on ways in which farmer-memben. of REA cooperatives are increasing food production with less labor by making full use of electric power on the farm." Ideas for home made equip WAS IN BRIEF SsggjagMh^ 1 in » . Gravity of p™**"1 military in ground in mighty offensive tward the CftQCMIS wlllif. AwU>T»1»ftfl 1 " ~' II • «u ■■«■ Air flprce General arrives In Moscow. Nasi plot to take Leningrad by Fifth Column technique frustrated. Dutch leader tells people of oc cupied Netherlands that tide is turn ing: i* favor of Allies. Leaders in London study alternatives to full dress invasion to aid Russia. dariwn North Atlantic aides as they hurry to European and other war fronts. WPB committee favors doubling production of giant cargo planes, but' Nelson says Army sad Navy chiefs will have to make production deci sion German planes again fly over lev land. making minor attacks. President Roosevelt studies verdict in eaae of Nalis charged with plot to j commit sabotage. May announce de cision today. '^^Isasa D ikjviA^vA ran tvMSSuci tion of Nation's fomanjiower Washington, Aug. S. — Machinery for a nationwide occupational regis tration of women, with a view of cataloging the country's total adult resources, may be included in war service legislation now being drawn for consideration by Congress, credit able sources said today. A manpower commission spokes man, who wished to remain anon ymous, estimated one of every three or four housewives, between 18 apd 44, may be needed to attain full war production. Paul V. McNutt, manpower chief, has estimated that around 5,000,000 more women most be placed in Jobs by the end of 1943. Of the 53,300,000 persons now em ployed, according to works projects administration reports, 13>00,000 are women. Of the 1,700,000 persona given new jobs from May to June, the WPA said 700,000 were women— about 40 per cent. A registration of women over 18 in the Detroit area will be conduct ed next week, and possibly will serve as a model tor a nation-wide count, if the ^manpower commission and Congress decide one is necessary. The Detroit registration, sponsor ed by the War Production Board and the United States employment service, is expected to provide a worker reservoir that can be tapped when all available men of the area are put to work. Of the GBOfiOO women in the De troit environs, the registration spon sors predict that 80,000 will be ed in war plants by November, with additional thousands to be called upon in 1948. McNutt ^eceetly reported that a surrey of occupations in 21 key war industries indicated that 80 percent of the jobs could be done by women. Employment of thousands more mothers in war industries now is being,made possible by establishment of new war nursery schools, for which the WPA is expending a mini mum of $6,000,000 throughout the country. Airmen who register under eelec anftn