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. I" (Release No.,669) E@J Raleigh, N. C-, Nor. 12.—Merging of the gasoline and tire rationing program into a saKjle system to con . trol mileage of passenger automo biW accoajding to essentiality of use is the purpose behind the new mile age rationing plan scheduled to take effect- on November 88, K~ was said today by 'it. Hance Hofler, chief ra tioning officer for the North Caro lina office of Price Administration. Most of the penalty provisions ' of the new regulations were effective on Novetfibw 8, he pointed out. On and after November 16 no truck, bus, taxicab, or other commer cial vehicle may receive wry rat » of gasoline or tires unless H has in full force a Certificate of War Neces sity issued to it by the Office of De fense Transportation. The ODT de termines the proper mileage permit ted on a quarterly basis and the CPA grants gasoline and. tires to such •vehicles^ as may be required to main tain such, maximum travel., The ODT Regulations became applicable to the use of taxidkbs on September 1, and thef will becomf effective as to the use of all cemmercial vehicles on November 1$. After November 2g tires will be rationed in accortiance with mileage! need's, and the gasoline ration in each! instuice will determine the kind of | tire ration or service to be granted by local boards, Mr. Hoflex^ explain ed. For example, he said, the holder of an "A" ration who has * total gasoline mileage of 240 or the holder of a "B" ration who has 560 miles or lees per month, shall be eligible for a recapping service or a Grade Three tire. The holder of a "C" ra tion, who has 361' to 1,020 miles per month shall be eligible for recapping service or a Grade Two tire. The t holder of a "C" ration? who has 1,020 miles per month or »over shall be eligible for recapping service or in the discretion of the board a Grade One tire. .. • r teei passenger cars or jmsawiiger cars operated by a government or government agerfcy shall be entitled to recapping service or Grade Three tires. In all oases a new or used tube may be granted, he said. Re capping will be required in every possible instance. \ The exceptions .to the classifica tions outlined apply in favor of new tire replacements for public officials, such as fire fighters or police, and for private persons such as doctors or public utility "trouble shooters," who may be required by circum stances to drive at excessive speeds. Th board has discretionary powers m granting Grade One tires to persons who are allowed 14)20 or more miles per month; as for examp) , where high mileage is seasonal «r tempor ary the board may not issue a Grade One tire. Grade One tires are now tires other than Grade Two or Grade Three tires, while Grade Two tires are described as being new tires of inferior quality including seconds and lower price than standard new -tires or defective pew tires slightly] used or "take-off," or new tires manufactured prior to January 1, 1938. • Grade Three tires are salvaged tires which have been recapped, new tires made of reclaimed rubber or ordinary uat d tires. Grade Three Mrea driven at 36 miles per hour are good for-about 7,000 miles. Mr. Hof ler explained. H Trucks and .commercial vehicles which hold ODT certificates ot war necessity will receive recapping ser vice or new tires. Fartn tractors may be granted new tires for rear wheals. • •>/'$»• "It cannot be stated too emphati cally, however, that although all motorists, commercial and private will- bo eligible for some sort of tire service, those whose travel is not required by the war effort, must Sty until the needs of such es workwrs have been qiet». Mr. . HIT : closes its 1948 season today, follow ing sales which are in progress this morning as this iasue goes in Qw Qiail. Sales Supervisor K. A. Fields promises a complete report of this, the most successful iiillow in twenty three, for next week's* columns of this paper. ; . Fi*m the 21/10,420 pounds wtl on the local market up throogh Wed nesday, farmers of this aq£km have received a total sum of $8,332,461.16, at an "average of $38.V per hundred pounds. A comparison with last Reason's figures will be given next week. - ~ No sale was held Wednesday, the market being closed for Armistice Day. ~ " , ' v Must Register Your Auto November 17-18 And Tire Numbers Ev«y. passenger automobile or motorcycle owner in Farmville town ship is required t^pgiBter said vehi cle, next TuesdS^^or Wednesday, November 17-18, and list the. serial number of each tire on 4ame(. The registration will be held in the Agricultural building adjoining the High School; hours 9 a. m. to 5 AT AMERICAN LEGION ^ MEETING THIS WEEK Members of the American Legion enjoyed a talk by Captain T. Gad' Turnage, Jr., who was gu^st speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Post Friday evening. Mark Lasaiter, of Snow Hill, and T, C. Turnage were presented as special guests also, and spoke briefly. The dinner meeting, with turkey.as the main dish, was attended by fifty five mertibers and guests. Planes Blast Fleeing Troops And Transport Concentrations Cairo, Nov. 11. — The British Eighth Army, having driven moat of .what is left of Field Marshal Erwjji Rowel's army out of Egypt and into Libya, was engaged with Axis rearguard elements near Buqbuq, soma 80 mites east of the frontier, yesterday after breaking up a previ ous rearguard stand at Sidi Barrani," the Gtritish announced today. While the pursuit of Rommel con tinued and Allied aircraft bombed Inpipapleas troops and transport concentrations near the frontier, "other Allied aircraft winged over the Mediterranean and. Scored two torpedo hits on an Italian cruiser. The communique spoka of "enemy naval units" in the central Mediter strerigth of the formation or the direction in which it was headfd. The attack took place Monday night. its greatest war usefulness. Our good neighbors to the sosth are invaluable sSurces of raw ppfr ■te rials! . Tin cornea from Bolivia, rubber from BVasil, copper from Chile, rope fibers and a host of other needed prtducte from various parts of Latin America. Because of Axis submarine activity and the needs of other fronts-w» now have far fewer vessels for the Latin American trade than we had a year ago. Therefore, although 14 Central and South Amer ican republics supply the balk of oar coffee and have large surpluses on hand, we must limit the transporta tion of coffee in flavor of tkoae other products vital to the war. Of course, we must see to it that we have an ample supply of coffee for our men in the armed services. But. we dvtt iams can make out on a ration of a pound of coffee every five weeks, and that's just what—after Novem ber 28—we're going to have to do. This ration will go further and taste better if we observe a few sim ple rules—use fresh coffee, keep it in a tightly covered contaiser in Some cool place—uee accurate measure ments— don't boil, but bring Just short of the boiling point—and serve immediately. ■ . . . I Raw Materials Front Bolstered. The raw materials front of the United Nations—a front that, like the fighting front, stretches about the world—is strengthened by co operative planning to secure raaxi mum output of strategic materials, regulate the flow of supplies, a».<i ex change information of mutual value. Where sources of needed products are insufficient or undeveloped, It is necessary to send expats, along with mining machinery or other equip ment, to increase the output. The combined- raw materials board in some instances cuts out steps in shipping or manufacture is order to speed up. results. For example, the practice of sending U. S. tungsten to England tor manufacture into ferro-sungsten, which was shipped back to Canada, has been stopped. We now supply Canada directly with ferro-stungsten, and instead of send ing Russia more manufacWred rub ber tires made to Russian dimensions we are sendnig a tire manufacturing plant, bought by the Government from the Ford Motor Company. Within our own borders, economic war planning is carried on with in creasing vigor. A long-range plan for controlling the flow of critical materials into war production—the controlled materials pton—has bepn "put into effect by the War Produc tion Board The plaffi tightens control of critical materials and puts into effect a system of allotments to war contmctors from available supplies of these nurterials, In order to as sure that war plants can meat pro duction requrementis. The first ma terials to come under the new plan are carbon sad alloy steel, copper, and aluminum. - V ,v <; Critical Stocks Being Gathered, y Critical Inetals not only are re stricted for any but war'uses, bet ex isting Stocks are being gathered in wherever they may be found. No enure copper can be iised in building construction and all stocks for build ing installation in the hands of deal ers and others is held for purchase by the Government. Use & stainless been. prohibited, and idle or excess tic**, made to the Fhrmville school library" fund netted $301.00. Rotations and the women's group Mrs. Ted L. Albritton, ogether with raraj #olfeitat©rB Working in teams, have canvassed this entire section, and the school children under the supervision of Superintendent J. H. Moore mi Principal TJji. Sugg, have cooperated 100 per cent in the drive. Falling in line with the County wide Scrap Holiday effort, "Wednes day of last week, Farmville business men closed their doors —4 assisted the school boj« over M years «f age to ewnh this community with a final round up field on Friday afternoon foUo*Mp*|:jg '2C \i Among the interesting observa tions connected with, the campaign here wif the effort made by Mrs. Dora H. Keel, mother o the late Judge J. Iyoy^ Horton, to locate a Civil War cannon buried by enthusi astic Democrats 46 years ago, when their presidential candidate was de feated. The burying of the ennnoh prevented t&e victorious Republicans from carrying,, out their threat to fire a salute if McKinley won the election! Several of die older resi dents remembered the occasion but failed to recall the interment Bite., An accident will leave the cam paign date fixed in the mind of W. A. MeAdams, superintendent of the municipal water <and lijgkt depart ment, who sustained a painful foot injury while "engaged in the super vision of scrap collection about the ' local power plant A slight jar sens a heavy axle, with spokes attached, from a pile, at junk down to earth, resulting m. an injury which forced the superintendent to use crutcht-s for several days. . Several changes will be made in the cotton crop insurance program to beniade available to North Cari lina cotton growers on the 1943 crop, according to E. Y. Floyd, state AAA executive assistant at State Col 15&. :- Ji Ab a result of recommendations made at conferences between repre sentative# of the AAA and officials of tbs Federal Crop Insurance Cor poration, Floyd skid, a reduced premium plan will be provided in next year's contracts. Under this plan, the premium rate for any in dividual growei- will be reduced by 50 percent when that grower has paid to the Corporation an amount in premium equal to his insurable yield for one year. All premiums and indeiwiitier are in terms of pounds of lint cotton. Also under the 1W3 plan, prem ium rates are to be determined cer a farm^basis, and an adjustment of production will, be made in ease of a lose on tracts varying greatly in. productivity, soil type, or farming hazards. Among the other important changes to be made in 1943, Floyd declared, is the inprease in allowance for loss of seed to 20 percent. "Under this provision^ » farmer sustaing a cotton crop loos Will add 20 percent to the amount he will re ceive in payment to cover the loss of die seed," Floyd said. "The pro gram for 1943, as in former years, is designed to assure the cotton parts and struck at Algiers,' near Oran on- the Mediterranean Coast of Algeria, and on the Atlantic Coast North and Sonth at Casablanca. T> War Department stated that the of fensive was advancing oapidly every where along 1(660 miW* coast against light French rtaistence. Al giers capitnlatod within 24 hours. The Vichy Government broke off dip lomatic relations bnt Secretary of State Hull, said the main purpose of, the Vichy policy of<eur Government daring the past'two years was simply to pave the may for the military drive into Western Mediterranean. "The landing of this America® army Is being assisted by the British Navy'and Air forces and will, tn the immediate fufcufe, be feiaforced by a considerable number of .divis ions of flie British army," the Preci drnt stated. ''This combined Allied force ... in conjunction with the British campaign i» Egypt is design ed to prevent an occupation by the Axis Armies of anjopazt of Northern I or Western Africa, and to deny the aggressor nations a starting point from which to launch an attvk against the Atlantic Coast'of the Americas." Maj. General Lewis H. Brereton'a Headquarters in Cairo reported Nov. 7th that American fliers shot down 46 enemy planes against • loss of 6 of their own in tl)e Middle East from October »to November 5. In addition, the announcement said, tin U. Sfc fliers have seriously damaged an uncaleolatad number of tens of enemy shipping and knocked out a number of tanks and other motor vehicles. French people have bestt informed of the purpose of thfcr expedition, and have been assured that the Allies stop. n» territory and iuw nov inten tion of interfering with the friendly French authorities in Africa," the President's staietoopt said. "This ex pedition wiH develop, into a major effort by the Allied nations and there is every expectation that it will be successful in repelling the planned German and Italian invasion of Af rica and prove the first historic step to "the liberation and restoration of France." Vj The President told t$e French peo ple by radio and by leaflets -that American forces were going into their empire as friends, to "repulse the cruel invaders who would remove for ever your rights of self-government, your rights to religious freedom and your righto to live your own lives in peace and security . . . Wf assure you that once the menace of Germany and 'ItojP is removed from you, we shall quit your territory ait once . . . Do not obstruct this great purpose." Lt. Gen. Dwigfct D. Eisenhower, Commander of the American forces in the European theatre, is Comman der in Chief of the Allied invasion force, Gen. Eisenhower, in a broad cast to "Frenchmen of -North Africa," premised not to attack the . French themselves, upon certain conditions. These conditions were specific and he repeated them many times in.his broadcast. Yk ■ She Navy announced that at least 5,188 Japanese, by afctual count, have been killed in three months of land fighting in the Solomons Islands. Navy Secretary Knox reported that U. S. casualties we*e lew than one fifth of Japanese losses. The Navy stroyed there'to*October alona. A Navy communique ferte NovemberSth reported the probable sinking of an other Jap cruiser and destroyer in tt. Salomon, „d HI* advance tonight, North r . An anticipated event of this week's calendar ii die "Indies Night" af fair, scheduled to be . held tonight at the D. A. R. Chapter House by the Farmville Masonic, lodge, of which hundred members and guests have indicated that they toll be on hand to share in the pleasures of the occrjsion and to extend a hearty wel con e to the guest speaker, H. H. Mclsan, Superintendent of Washing ton County Schools, and » former Superintendent of the Farmville schools, who is well remembered and" beloved in this community. Mayor Dftvis, K. A. Joyner and C. F. Baucom are among the local speakers who will appear on the program and Mrs. W. Joyner ha* accepted an invitation to be soloist. Notice To Fuel 00 i And Kerosene Users, ; Dealers, Distributors * ** **' ... r The final sign-up of Fad Oil and Kerosene users ~ani dealers will he Said in the Agricultural building on the school grounds Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 17-18. Curtis H. Flanagan, chairman of the Farmville township^ board, stat ed he hoped everybody would sign up so no one would be deprived of the use of these now precious fuels. Those who can are asked to volun teer their services In agisting the board in the 2-day sign-up. Remember, both users and dealers art. required to tiign-up at this time. If all U. a driven of passenger autos. in 1940 had cut -down their driving by 10 per cent,. they would have savadJ 60,000 yeart of round the-clock travel turns at a rate of 35 milea an hour- W ■ Says Japs And Nazis Have Already Passed Their Peafe^ * Women's War Bond Week of Nov. 22-28
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