1,768,968 Electric Irons
to Sell at 1942 Prices
The office of price administra
tion has announced that 20 man
ufacturers having allocations to
pioduce 1,768.968 electric irons
have volunteered to market them
at no change from March, 1942
prices.
Tnua maximum retail prices
will range from 88.80 to fll.79
with the bulk of the irons and au
, tomatic models in the medium
price range from 86.70 to 88.75.
The 20 manufacturers will rep
resent 87 per cent of the over tan
(million electric irons to be produc
ed under war production board au
thorisations announced up to July
20. A remaining eight manufac
turers of low priced irons who
will produce 12 per cent of the
authorization have said price in
creases from the March, 1942, lev-'
el will be necessary. OPA will es
tablish their prices later. An ad
ditional one per cent of the pro
duction represents irons for com
mercial use.
OPA Administrator Chester E.
Bowles said it was gratifying
that such a large percentage of
manufacturers agreed to hold the
price line on one of the first items
in the consumer goods field to re
appear on the market since pro
duction was suspended in 1942—
cspecailly in view of the fact elec
tric irons are much in demand.
BOUND UP
OPA summarizes: Chester
Bowles, administrator says, “Each
of us, each government agency,
each industry, each labor union,
each group of farmers—and each;
individual community—will have
a share in this enormous (recon
version) task . . Since April, 1943
when the hold-the-line program
was issued, rents and retail pric
es for cost of living items have
been generally stabilized—show
ing a rise of less than 2 per cent
. . I believe that full credit for
cost of living stabilization must
be shared with our farmers, our
v/erkerz and our industrial man
WAR BONDS
Mechanical Drier
Save* Alfalfa Hay
The Seitz dairy farm in Cataw
ba county made its first cure of
alfalfa hay with a mechanical
drier in early August, producing
a bright green hay with no loss
in leaves.
County Agent Earl Brintnall
reports that the mowing machine
made the first cut in the 8 acre
field between 11 and 12:30 o’clock
on Wednesday. The side delivery
i ake began its work at 3 and at 4
the loading of the alfalfa into the
barn began. Four loads were put
in on Wednesday, five on Thurs
day and the remainder on the 8
i acres on Friday.
On an adjoining farm alfalfa
1 cut on Wednesday was raked on
Thursday afternoon and put into
the barn on Friday. A second cut
ting on Thursday was not ready
for the ibarn on Saturday and had
to be left in the field over the
week-end. This, hay was wet by
rain and damaged. The neighbor
said: “Our alfalfa was badly
bleached because of the very big
dews that week.. The Seitz dairy
avoided these dews, put the hay
in the barn the same day it was
cut, and the harvesting was over
in three days after the mower be
gan.”
The Seitz drier is in a compara
tively small bam, 21 by 48 feet.
About 300 feet of lumber was
used in making the air duct. The
floor was not tight and it waa re
floored with 1,000 feet of lumber.
Three workers built the ducts and
laid the floor in 2% days. The
blower and the motor, complete
with belts and pulleys, cost $213.
50 at Newton.
“This machine seems to be
worthwhile," says Brintnall. “It
helps to take the gamble out of
hay making, in addition to pro
ducing a better quality hay. The
bay dried with it was of the very
best quality.
State College Hints
to Farm Homemakers
By Ruth.Current
In making a dress at home use
mercerized cotton thread on wash
fabrics and on all dull surfaced
materials. Buy thread that is a
shade darker than your material
because colored thread usually
works in lighter when it is stitch
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Yassuh, de boss gwine take dis
cotton to English and Oliver's
gin, ’cause seems lak he jest nat
chully gits mo* money if’n hit's
ginned dere. Hit comes out'n de
gin so fldffy *n' white ‘n’ clean
de buyers mos* fight to git it. An’
when de boss gits mo' money,
den we'uns gits mo* money. No
suh! Yo' jest can't beat English
and Oliver's gin for bes' results.
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ed by this trustworthy in- >
stitution for every hank
ing need. Our modern
banking facilities are al*
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THE TRIBUNE
1 SNAPSHOTS
NURSE* BECOME A-CUMB-ATED
— First Lieutenant Nurse Grace
Mundell, of Nickerson, Kan,, goto a
littlo recreation and physical fit*
ness training on her off duty hours.
Even though It Is reeroatlon the
nurses must still wear thoir fa
tigues, gas masks, helmets and log
gings because a bivouac ia practice
for the real stuff overseas.
Fred Waring will take to the air
waves with a new half-hour show
beginning Thursday, September 7,
at 7:00 p-m, (EWT) over the Blue
network. Waring and his Pennsyl
vanians will feature the popular
singers: Donna Pas, ballad singer;
Jimmy* Atkins, baritone; Gordon
Goodman, tenor; Jane Wilson, so
prano; and Three Boss and a Honey.
COWS at mi ncmci, wmiiurnu, |g
ranch. Morgan returns to the air- K
wavea Thursday, Auguat 31, (NBC H
—8:00 p.m., EWT; 8:30 p.m., PWT) ■
starring in “Maxwell House Coffee -
Time." -I
COOLED OFF — LARGE AND
SMALL—Morgan Whelan, keeper
of the' bird* at the Philadelphia j
Zoo, turna a hoae on a macaw, a
member of the South American
parrot tribe, while. "Jimmy the
Terror,” the Zoo'a two-ton hippo, |
takes a public shower. The 12
year-old hippo turns hie nose sky
ward and his low
er Jaw earthward
to sip some water
and rinse hie
ertoirt.
J “LUCKY NUMBER" — Hollywood,
1 Calif.—Toni Seven, born In N. Y. C.,
2 a good number no'matter how you
■ vioW the situation, claims to bo the
I only girl In the ahow wond with a
I numeral for her surname.
ed.
. The best time to buy 'buttons
is when you are getting: {pattern
and goods. Choose buttons that
will stand washing or dry clean
ing. And this might be a good time
to consider the belt you want so
you will be sure it suits the but
tons and the fabric. •
Well-dressed for borne work.
Here is a five-way test for a
home work garment:
• 1. It is comfortable—allows for
free action, and for warm weath
er it is cool ns can be.
'2. It has safety-first features,
such as sleeves that will not catch
on pan handles.
3. It has time and energy-sav
ing features-reasy to make, to
put oh and to launder.
4. It is durable material and
workmanship.
5. It is attractive because of
good design, and not because of
some outside decoration like an
embroidered flowerpot or parky
bow.
■Patterns for these garments
are now being produced by a com
mercial company for the home
seamstress.
A small bell tied around the
neck of a bottle of. poison medi
cine is a simple household safety
measure to prevent mistaking one
bottle for another.
Eastern Farm Women
Active in Ctnb Work
.
Thirty-nine new bonne demon
stration dubs with 1,591 members
hate been organized among rural
women in the Southeastern Exten
sion District this year, it is an
nounced by IRuth Current, State
Home Legder for the N. C. State
! College Extension Service.
“The goal was set to reach 90
per cent of the farm people, inthe
19 counties in the district and this
has been largely accomplished,'’
says Miss. Current. “This work is
under the direction of iDfatrich
Agent Varna Staton and the
home demonstration agents in
the counties. A total of 549 gar
den and home management lead
ers were trained and these rural
workers were active in holding
community meetings throughout
the district/’
The home demonstration woman
supported all phases of 4-H club
activities among boys and girls.
They assisted in.forming 22 new
4-H clubs with 2,214 members, ac
cording to (Miss Current’s report.
A total of 342 women and 58 men
were trained as 4-H leaden to
assist in carrying forward tha
program of food and feed produc
tion, with special emphasis on
fnsdM£st|*. fWHtlyWd “funding a
fighter” in the armed services.
In the southeastern district
both men and women are cooper
ating in the extension program
with a total of 4,346 neighborhood
leaders assisting in the work.
•
Tobacco Prices Are
Unchanged in Eastern
Bright Leaf Markets
■ Tobacco prices on North Caro
lina’s new bright belt’s 14 markets
averaged a cent a pound under the
government weighted ceiling of
43% cents, as light sales continu
ed throughout the belt F'riday.
F’or the first two days of 4he
season, .Monday and Tuesday, the
war food administration reported
total poundage of 4,380,624 pounds
at an average price of 42% cents
a pound.
The official report for Tuesday
shewed 1,172,822 pounds gross
sales at an average of 42.4. By
way of comparison, the Kinston
market alone sold more than a
million pounds on the second dlry
of last year’s season.
Most tobacco sold ranged in
price from 41 to 46 cents a pound.
WFA described the general
quality as fair to good. A slight
increase in the quality of com- i
mon leaf and nondescript was off
set by a slightly larger amount
of cutter grades.
Selling is not expected to get
into full swing for a couple of
weeks yet, as farmers are still
busily engaged in harvesting and
preparing the crop, the larger in
many years.
Tips on Treating
Blue Comb Disease
'When chickens get the “blue
comb” disease and the birds sud
denly lose their appetites, quick
recognition of the trouble, and
immediate treatment will reduce
losses and shorten the course of
the disease. ^
Extension poultry specialists at
State college suggest that the
feeding of dry mash and grain be
discontinued when the disease is
discovered. For two days feed a
molasses wet mash in the morning
and afternoon on a wide board in
an amount that will be eaten in
one hour.
On the third, fourth and fifth
days, place a small amount of dry
mash before the birds and feed
molasses wet mash once a day—
at noon. If the birds regain their
appetites, begin feeding a small
amount of grain on the sixth day
and discontinue the wet mash. If
the appetites d| n<% pick up, con
tinue feeding as suggested for
the fourth day.
To 'make a molasses wet mash,
use eight pounds of growing or
laying mash and a quart of mo
lasses.
Recent research at the Univer
sity of Connecticut lias shown
that potassium compounds blip
birds recover from the blue comb
disease. Use 1 level teaspoonful
of potassium chloride or a high
grade muriate of potash fertiliz
er to each gallon of drinking wa
ter for 10 days.
“Anythin* that causes an acuta
digestive trouble may give chick
ens a blue or darkened comb,”
say the specialists. “This type of
comb may be associated with con
tagious or non-contagious condi
tions. When the distinct blue comb
disease appears, it is well to clean
and disinfect the poultry house."
Removes Time Limit
on Special Shoe Stamp
The office of price administra
tion has removed the time limita
tion that restricted the use of spe
cial shoe stamps.
Shoe stamps affected by the or
der were those issued as extra
rations in hardship cases, refunds
from dealers, and as basic rations
in some cases as, for example, to
persons not eligible fdr war ra
tion books. The action, which is
retroactive, was taken to relieve
shoe dealers from considerable
detail in handling the program.
HOT-WEATHER! REDUCED ENERGY! X \
Steaming, perspiring, painful irritated feet! \ , J
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It eases the intense, agonizing ITCHING and relieves the
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Get a package of tried and tested PALMER’S “SKIN
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Only 25 cenU! IMPORTANT.. if you are not fully satis
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25c! WHY PAY MORE? 25c
Mr. Cotton Fanner!
Our gins are now in operation after being thor
oughly overhauled and some new equipment
installed. For good results bring us your cotton
to gin. We buy cotton at our gin, paying full
market price. Also buy or exchange meal for
' . * *
seed. We have jusjt received a load of new meal
for benefit of our early customers. We also have
for sale strawberry fertilizer and Cokr’s abruz
zi seed rye.
We will haul your cotton when ready to gin at
reasonable prices. We can move up to five bales
per load. We can furnish sheets when ready to
move your cotton. Bring us your first bale when
ready and be convinced of our superior service.
S. L Warren & Son
Mount Olive, N. C.
Goofy, am I?
Go ahead—that’s your privilege—thinking I’m
just plain hipped on everlastingly keeping this
engine’s insides oil-plated with Conoco Nta
oil. Maybe there is and maybe there isn’t sixty
other ways that would have kept engine acids
from raising Ned with this pre-Pearl Harbor
limousine. But one thing I know is this: it’s
still running swell on nothingbut Conoco
motor oil. You needn’t be a scientist to know
that adds from every explosion are forever trying
to spoil an engine. - Looks like the proper idea is
to try blockading those acids by getting your
engine oil-plated. I learned there’s a modem
synthetic in Conoco N*h oil that reminds you of
magnetism, because it makes inside surfaces at
tract a shield of oil-plating. Adds can’t so
easily tear right into this. Than your oil-plated
engine has an extra chance to last you. When
• new cars arrive, hurray! But a real advanced
improvement right now is to switch to Conoco
Nto motor oil, see.