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By Thompson Greenwood
WEATHER — Nothing is being
said about it, but chances are
very good that North Carolina
will soon have a weather bureat
unsurpassed by any outside oJ
Washington. Dr. Charles P. Sarle
assistant director of the National
Weather Bureau, was in Raleigh
all last week conferring with
highway, agricultural, and even
educational leaders regarding the
project.
If the station comes to North
Carolina, it will be located at
State College. Much of the fore
cast data released by the various
agricultural agencies — mainly
the crop reporting releases — will
be based <5n the research of this
weather bureau. You should read
something more about it within i
few days.
Although situated in Raleigh
the station will serve the entiri
state, giving weather reports oi
every section of the state and o
adjoining states.
SOMETHING — You know
Mark Twain made a remark t<
the effect that we always talkec
about the weather, but never di<
anything about it. Well, accord
ing to what Dr. Sarle says, w<
will come pretty nearly doinj
something about it upon comple
tion of the war. He said that ii
will be possible to foretell accura
tely the weather in any sectior
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GREENWOOD
of the United States one week in
advance, possibly longer.
Weather reports in the Eastern
states will be based on the weath
er in Canada and the South At
lantic. birthplaces of all Eastern
United States weather.
ACCEPTANCE — At least two
North Carolinians who are con
nected prominently with the Na
tional Democratic Executive Com
mittee have been approached re
garding President Roosevelt’s ac
ceptance speech. It seems that the
Democratic political horses are
not so much worried about the
speech itself as where it should
be delivered from — Washington,
Hyde Park, or Normandy.
In 1932, Roosevelt flew from
Albany to the Convention; in
1936, he was present; in 1940, he
stayed in Washington; and in
1944, he will likely be at Hyde
Park . . . though there is more
chance he will be across the wa
ter.
Several warhorses wanted him
to be in Normandy, for they held
this would help with the soldier
vote and would at the same time
give the President that interna
tional flavor, which is a vote
getter at this particular time.
Others thought this move would
be too obvious — too much of a
play for the bleachers.
President Roosevelt is now in
France and will make formal ac
ceptance speech at Hyde Park
upon his return to this country.
SNAKES — A 16 - page book
let on poisonous snakes of the
Eastern United States has just
been published by the State Mus
eum. Included in the booklet is a
first aid guide. According to Har
W Davis, director of the Museum
and co-author (with Dr. C. S.
Brimley) of the publication, it
is the first thing of its kind which
has been published. Selling for 10
cents each, the booklet contains
drawings in color of all the pois
onous snakes and tells you how
to get well if you get bitten by one
of them.
(There used to be an old man
in Yadkin county who kept a
poisonous snake around his shack
at all times. He frequently was
bitten and thus had a good excuse
for drinking likker and home
brew).
STEALER—Back in 1937, this
column’s editor visited Chapel
Hill to look over the football team
for his paper. It was late August
and hot. But George Stimweiss
even then was the fastest thing
in North Carolina. Now, as you
probably know, or don’t know
and don’t care, he is with the
New York Yankees, and if any
thing is a little faster than in
1937. He is about to run the
American League pitchers insane
with his base-stealing. A while
back he stole second and third on
consecutive pitches. The unhappy
pitcher called time out, flung his
glove to the ground, stuck the
ball in his hip pocket and yelled
Our Post-war Plans
for G. I. Joe...
When it’s over "over there,” G. I. Joe will come home to a
wave of gratitude such as this country never saw. And he’s
earned every bit of it—and more.
But gratitude won’t buy groceries—G. I. Joe wants to go to
work. He’s got to have a job—and a chance to grow into still better jobs. We are going to
do our 'part in the great task of providing these opportunities.
The day after Pearl Harbor, Esso Marketers adopted a plan of wartime benefits and job
protection for our people in uniform. We published its main points here recently. We now
want to tell you about two plans for taking returning servicemen into our organization.
Here are their main points.
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in a series of ads on
post-war opportunities
PLAN ONE covers our own employees as they come
back:
1. Assurance to each man of his old job or another as
good or better.
2. Review of changes in the man and in the business
since he went away to be sure he gets the best job for
him now.
3. Recognition of the development of men during the
war, by providing better jobs than they left, either at once
or as soon as possible.
4. Provisions in the case of a man not physically up to
his old job for finding one he can do, temporarily or per
manently as soon as possible.
PLAN TWO aims to take as many new people as possi
ble from the armed services into our business. Post-war
petroleum will need more people. Wartime experience
will equip many men for this business. Here is our plan
for these men:
1. Careful analysis of the man’s abilities as they can
best fit our business on the basis of a real career for him.
2. Special training with pay to prepare the man for
prompt assignment to a definite job on a regular basis.
3. This also means full participation in old-age pen
sion, disability, savings plan, and other individual job
security benefits which our employees share.
4. Opportunities for further training to prepare for
advancement on a basis of proved ability.
STANDARD OIL
For information please address
Mr. C. M. Byers, Division Manager
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey *
901 West First Str eet
Charlotte 1, North Carolina
COMPANY OF
Copr. 1944, Esso Ido.
NEW JERSEY
%
MEN HAVE BEEN
RECLASSIFIED
3-A Classification Has Been
Abolished; Now Is
Class 2-C
LOCAL BOARD NO. 2
Several selective service regis
trants under the jurisdiction of
Surry County Local Board Num
ber 2, in Dobson, have recently
been reclassified.
Among this group a number of
men formerly classified as 3-A,
(dependency deferment) a classi
fication which has been abandon
ed, have been reclassified in 2-C
(agricultural deferment). In this
group are:
Dallas D. Draughn, Woodrow
Jackson, Sebestian C. Southard,
Otis I. Bledsoe, Oscar B. Fowler,
Claude W. Thore, Alvin C. Stan
ley, Johnie A. Collins, Jonas
Johnson, Lawrence M. Key, Char
lie E. Wall, Coy White, John W.
Whittington, Marvin J. Martin,
Columbus F. Riggan, Berkley W.
Rogers, Roy C. Haymore, John W.
Hutson, Woodson P. Anthony.
Registrants reclassified from
1- A (elegible for military service)
to 2-A (occupational deferment)
include:
McGree W. Ray, Paul O. Wil
son, John E. Moxley, Max F.
Boyles, William G. Cooper, Paul
H. Latham, Walter M. Johnson,
Dewey W. Puckett, David R. Par
due, James H. Saylors,
One registrant, Elmer L. Brun
er, was reclassified from 1-A to
2- C.
Ellis L. Danley, Bryce D. Reav
is, Esker D. Hinson and James R.
Hemric were reclassified from 1-A
to 2-C by the Board of Appeals.
Arvil M. Brendle was reclassi
fied to group 3-D (extreme case
of dependency) from 1-A, and
Andy M. Johnson was reclassified
from 2-A to 1-A by the Board of
Appeals.
William A. Kennedy was reclas
sified from 2-B (war work defer
ment) to 1-A and Melvin Isaacs,
Jr., from 3-C to 1-A.
Dewey G. Mason was reclassi
fied from 2-A to 2-A-H; Caleb S.
Marsh from 4-E-H to 4-F-H and
Ralph E. Stanley from 1-C to
4-F.
Two new registrants were also
classified: James Martin was put
in Class 1-A and James R. Cor
nell in 2-A.
Bruce E. Johnson and John H.
Coe have been inducted into ser
vice following enlistment.
WILL OBSERVE
SAFETY WEEK
Million 4-H Club Members To
Take Part In National
Program July 23-29
PRIZES ARE PROVIDED
One million 4-H club boys and
girls throughout the United
States will do their part in the
observance of National Farm
Safety Week, July 23 to 29, to
help “Save Manpower for War
power.”
This will be the second year
that 4-H’ers have participated in
a nationwide safety program to
impress farm people with the vit
al need of preventing accidents on
farms that result in 18,000 deaths
and 1 1-2 million persons injured
annually. Last year more than
400,000 club members in 31 states
enrolled in the National 4-H
Farm Safety Activity, and made
a very creditable showing. Mem
bers in 44 States are enrolled in
the activity this year.
As outstanding achievement in
centives in this year’s 4-H Farm
Safety Activity, William G. Men
nen, of Newark, N. J., is providing
roundly $10,000 worth of honor
medals, U. S. War Savings Bonds,
National 4-H Club Congress trips
and college scholarships a s
awards respectively to county,
state, sectional and national win
ners. In addition, the county in
each state reporting the most
outstanding 4-H safe.ty program
in 1944 will receive a special
plaque designating the honor.
to Stimy on third: “Okay, kid,
now go ahead and steal home and
get the hell off the field, will you
please!”
RUMOR — There is a rumor
around Raleigh that Wilkins P.
Horton will be the next head of
the Highway Commission.
TROUBLE — Look for some
serious trouble between the milk
producers and distributors when
the producers meet in Raleigh on
Friday, July 21.
SCOTT—W. Kerr Scott was se
lected to represent the National
Association of Commissioners of
Agriculture at the National Dem
ocratic Convention. This is con
sidered quite an honor for Scott
and the state.
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