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THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS EXPLAINS THE STATE WIDE RATION PROGRAM The following answers ex plaining the ration banking pi" Irrum which will be established on a nation-wide basis this month-—wert released today by ihe Office of ■ Price Adnunistia l ion in response to questions ash vd by storekeepers, gasoline wholealers anil others. I. Q. When will ration bank ing go into effect! A. Oh .laiuiory 'JT. UM-'h Q: What rationed cohiinodi tios «ill d cover.’ A. In the food group—coffee and sugar. In tiie oil group-—gasoline out not fuel ml Q. & Will the program be e\ tended to include other rationed commodities? A Yes Ration banking will be applied later to otliei ration programs. includ ing the point plan which is scheduled to go into effect next, month. I. R>. What is ration banking? A. It is a banking operation that utilizes the facilities of the nation's hanking system for handling ami safeguarding ration stamps, coupons and cer tificates ifter they have passed out of the. .hands of consumers into trade channels. f>. Q. Will consumers lie a fleet ed ? A. Xo. They will continue, as at present, to get their ration stamps. coupons and certificates from the local war price and ra tioning boards anil to spend them in stores and elsewhere for the rationed commodities they are authorized to buy. n. u nat ti aoespeopte ami others will come under the ration hanking pro gram? A.. In foods. All primary distributors. wholesalers «rand chain stores, and al foodstuffs totaled $5,000 or more must open ration bank accounts. Retail ers whose sales totaled less than $5,000 may do so if the want In gasoline. All whole salers, distributors and refiners (it tile latter are licensed to distribute gasoline) also must open ration bank accounts. 7. f). Why aren't gasoline retail crs included" A. For the present, at least, it is believed that the system to w in effect is more satisfactory. Re tailers turn in their cou pons to tank wagon dis tributors at the time of delivery. 8. Q How will ration hanking help the grocer whose sales average $5,000 mon thly or more? A. It will reduce detail work and simplify' his book keeping. It will also provide the same kind of bank protection for his ration paper that he now gets for his currency when he banks it. In ad dition, the larger sellers of rationed commodi ties will no longer find it necessary to exchange stamps for larger denom ination certificates for surrender to their suppli ers in replenishing stocks. A ration check will serve the punpose. . Q. How does the grocer (or other seller.) open a ra tion bank account? A. He should apply to the bank where he has his checking, account. It is authorised to open ra tion bank accounts. If the grocer has no check ing ijccount he may go to any bank that is con venient for him. 10 Q How does a ration check differ from an ordinary check? A. A ration check is noil transferable. It must lie deposited by the per son receiving it. It is not a check in payment but strictly an authoriza tion to buy rationed com, modities ordered. 11. Q. How many accounts must he opened? A. In the case of a gasoline wholesaler, only one ra tion account may be op ened for each rationed food listed in the ration banking program for the food trade Thus, the) grocer would open an an account for each of the following. Sugar, coffee and later for pro cessed foods when point rationing goes into effect. 12. Q. Does the grocer (or other er qualified depositor) have to maintain a min imum balance in his rat tion bank account? A. No. And once he makes his ration deposit, the grocer may begin draw ing against it immediate ly However, he is caution ed to watch his balance Bring Your SCRAP RECORDS -To KESTER GROOME’S Cherryville, N. C. You Must Bring An Old Scrap Record Be fore You Can Buy A New One. COPPER FINDS OUT IF IT IS BUSINESS y «. ....51 .-Mrrmmmm II * If Sunday driving Is a chore and no pleasure, then all right. A motorcycle patrolman examines the papers of a New Yorker after stop nine him on Pulaskv Skyway. The driver was cn route to Kearny to work, md was permitted to proceed. Police authorities and OPA agents worked ogether to enforce the ban on Sunday pleasure driving in the East. ON THE NEWS FRONT High Schools Are Being Urged To Help Train Youth For War Emphatically favoring ire-in-j duction training for able bodied youths before reaching their 18th birthday, the policies commission of the National Education asso ciation lias also gone oil record with a statement that high schools must become primarily schools lot war, with elementary schools re maining largely schools for peace. These pronouncements are part of a series being prepared by the association for the guidance of public school officials in their war-time planning form the na tion's schools. ■Recommendations go so far as to approve the issuing of certi ficates of competence by high schools to boys who successfully Complete one or more pre induc tion courses and further submit . that these certificates he present ed at the army reception centers upon induction. Two Large Divisions School children are, considered in two large groups: (1) older students who will almost certain ly fight in the war or work full time in essential industries and services; and (2) younger stu dents who will not be so directly or completely involved unless the war is greatiy prolonged. Differ ent educational treatment is rec ommended for each group. The younger group should be prepared for service as adult carefully. A ration check must be covered by the ration bank balance at the time the check is writ-! ten. An overdrafe is a serious Federal offense. 13. Q. Do ration credits (creat ed by the deposit in a ra tion bank account of stams. coupons and cer tificates) expire of they are not spent within a specified limit? A. No, such credits—unlike most stamps, coupons and certificates which are not valid after specified time limits—are valid at any time after the deposit is 15 Are commercial nanus re quired to open ration bank accounts? A. No. however, it is believ ed that almost all will do so because of a desire to render a public service. Representative bankers, in cluding a ration banking committee appointed by the American Bankers Association, and OPA is establishing the ration banking system. . Q: Has ration .banking been tried out before? A. Yes, in Albany. Troy and Schenectady and sur rounding communities in New York State where ra tion banking has been subjected to the test of actual opeiatiun since October 28. 1942. It has also been applied in Eng land. Here and abroad the results are good. 1C. Q Will the commercial banks, under ration bank ing, supercede the local War Price ami Rationing Roards? A. No. Local bo a i vis will continue to have the same juris diction and possess the same au thority. over rationing that they have now. 17. Q. Will ration banking help local boards? A. Yes, it will relieve them of a heaVy burden of detail work. After January 27 they will no Ion ger make exchanges of ration stamps and coupons for certifi cates. They will have more time to dispose of other ration mat ters. 18. Q. Will ration banking ser vices cost ration depositors any thing? A. No. The government will reimburse the banks for all ex penses. 19. Would it be practicable for the Government to create its own system for clearing transactions in ration stamps, coupons and cer tificates? .A. It would be difficult for the Government to acquire the equip ment and trained personnel need ed to handle such a large scale and technical operation, and the cost would be great. It is much less expensive to utilize the ex isting commercial banking ma chinery. citizens in a world which this war should make essentially peaceful Hid democratic, the commission states. For the older hoys and tills, however, “the tryanny of ime squeezes out everything that s less than essential. Long ■ange values, for them ( must be subordinated to the life-and-death leeds of today and tomorrow.’’ On the basis of this differentia ion of educational treatment, the nationally ktiV-wn 'educational lolieies body recommends that dementary schools continue to ay sound foundations in reading, .vriting and arithmetic and to each basic habits, appreciations smd democratic ideals. Secon lary schools are the ones to con cert to an all-around war basis. Specialized Training According to the commanding general of the army services of supply. G30 out of, every 1,000 men inducted are assigned to du ties requiring specialized train ing. Out of this group of 0:i0 trained men, the army needs roughly 1(> radio operators, 15 medical technicians, 15 tele '.one and telegraph linemen, five master mechanics, and over 35 automo tive mechanics. So far the army has had to train these men. for they have nets been prepared when they entered the service. The commission urges that secondary schools assume the responsibility of providing some of this special ized training before induction. To this end the U. S. army and the 1'. S. office of education have prepared a series of pro induction courses, based on the technical manuals used in the army. Ma terial is also available for spe cial aviation training in the high Action by local and state school systems in rapidly con verting their programs to the task of training large numbers of men in the skills required by the military services is not en ough. however, the policies body goes on to say. PUNCHES CTOCK AG AIN.. FOR BOY IN JAP PRISON Retired machinist back in harness puts 20% in War Bonds Oscar used to be a first-class, machinist. Five years ago he re tired to live out the rest of his life on a pension. The other morning he showed up again at his old plant, which now makes war equipment, and asked for his old job back. When payday came, he signed up with the Pay roll Savings Plan to put 20% of his pay in War Bonds. Seems Oscar's boy was on Bataan. The Most You Can Save Is the Least You Can With people like Oscar making real sacrifices to help win the war, is it too much for you to put aside as little as 10% of your pay for War Bonds? Sign up for at least 10% at your place of business today! AIR CORPS RATE! "DEEL OFF!” comes the order, I when the squadron sights Kate, and her Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Kate’s the corps’ favorite cook be cause she uses Rumford Baking Powder . . . sky-high in favor with good cooks for over 80 years. Try Rumford. FREE: Use kamhrf's Timely Recipe Material. Write today— Rumford Baking Powder, Box E, Rumford, Rhode Island. These Boys Are Going To Do The Job The Minute Man We Need More Machine Guns 4S> We Need More Tanks WE NEED MORE SHIPS LIKE THIS_ BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS and HELP our BOYS WIN THE FREE DOM WE Are FIGHT ING FOR. 1906-1943 Serving Cherryville And Surrounding Community For The Past 37 Years UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT - The - Eagle Publishing Co. PHONES: 2101 AND 2501—CHERRYVILLE, N. C. ® “THE HOME OF GOOD PRINTING”
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