THE JOHNSTONIAN . SITS, SKLMA, N. C. THURSDAY. NOV. 26, 1942.
SEVEN
A Week of the W
ar
President Roosevelt Says It Would Seem the
Turning Point of the War Has Been Reached
Japs Sustain Heavy Losses In Solomon Islands
Allies Closing In On Enemy In North Africa
From All Sides. '
Washington, Nov. 21 President
Roosevelt, in n mAin uM uiJ
that "During the past two weeks we
have had a great deal of good news,
. and it would seem that the turning
point of this war has at last been
reached. But this is no time for exul
tation. There is no time now for any
thing but lighting and working to
win."
Navy Secretary Knox reported the
following total damage inflicted on
Japan in the battle of the Solomons
November 12-15: Sunk 2 battleships,
one may have been a heavy cruiser,
0 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers,
destroyers, & transports, 4 cargo
transports, Damaged 2 battleships,
cruiser, 7 destroyers. The Japanese
lost between 20,000 and 40,000 troops,
as well as large numbers of naval
personnel. U. S. losses were 2 light
cruisers and 6 destroyers sunk.
Mr. Knox said U. S. forces are in
complete control of the area in and
around Guadalcanal and "Our hold on
the island is very secure." The presi
dent said the battle is a major vie
tory. War Secretary Stimson said
army aircraft from Australia and
new Caledonia, played an active and
effective role in the battle,
Allied headquarters in North Africa
reported that American, British and
French troops are driving into Tu
nisia from all sides, closing in a ring
around the North-eastern triangle of
Bizerte and Tunis. The British First
Army, reinforced by U. S. and French
units, engaged Axis mechanized col
umns in Tunisia and drove them back
the War Department announced. Gen,
MacArthur's Headquarters reported
November 21 that American and
Australian forces are driving hard
against the Japanese, who are pinned
along the northeastern Coast of New
Guinea between Buna and Gona on a
narrow beachhead extending 20 miles
along the coast and 5 miles inland,
Selective Service
President Roosevelt ordered regis
tration for Selective Service for all
young men who have reached the age
of 18 since July 1, as follows Those
born July 1 to Autnist 31 1924. in.
elusive, to register the week begin
ning December 11; those born Sep
tember 1 to October 31, 1924, to regis
ter December 18-24; those born Nov
ember 1 to December 31, 1924, to reg
ister uecemDer ze-31. Young men
reaching 18 after January 1 will
register on their birthdays. Selective
Service Headquarters ordered distri
bution of questionaires to 18 and 19-
year old registrants, who will be in
ducted as their order numbers are
reached.
"To make sure that no one who is
really irreplaceable shall be spereated
from an essential position," the presi
dent ordered the Secretaries of War
and Naw to "see to it that present
Government employees, who have
hopn deferred, are not -enlisted or
commissioned. . . unless they can pro
duce the approval of the head of their
agency." Mr. Roosevelt said that after
his order November 17 for cancella
tion of all deferments already made
on the basis of federal service, there
was a rush of Government employees
to get into uniform. He said his new
order should apply not only to the
Tegular civilian employees of the
Government "but. also to employees
in Army arsenals and in Navy yards
and navy shore establishments owned
.or operated by the United States."
. The new manpower setup to be
completed soon, the president said,
would provide for deferment and pro
hibition on. enlistment of men needed
more urgently , for war . production)
tion between draft boards and war
production employees.
The Armed Forces
Navy Surgeon General Mclntire
said navy fatalities among the wound
ed at Guadalcanal are less than one
per cent, compared with an average
of seven per cent wounded in World
War I due principally to use of new
medical discoveries in treatment of
wounds. The president appointed
Brig. Gen. Frederick H. Osborn, chief
of special services of the War Depart
ment, as chairman of a committee
which will work out plans for post
war education of young men whose
school years are interrupted by en
trance into the armed services. The
president increased the maximum
size of the WAACS from 25 000 to
150,000 women. More than 1,000,000
soldiers have applied for benefits on
behalf of their families under the
Servicemen's Dependents Allowance
Act.
The Office of War Information an
nounced 48.956 members, of TJ. S.
armed forces have been officially re
ported as killed, wounded, missing or
prisoners since the war began ex
clusive of the African campaign. The
War and Navy Departments organ
lzed the United States of America
Typhus Commision, headed by Rear
Admiral Charles S. Stephenson, to
"function as a board of strategy
against typhus, the common foe of all
armies and of all people,
Production
War Production Chairman Nelson
announced aircraft production in 1943
has been fixed at more than double
the 1942 output. At the same time he
appointed a new top board of aircraft
production supervision under the
chairmanship of WPB Vice Chairman
Charles E. Wilson. Mr. Neyson issued
statement asking war workers to
stay on their jobs Thanksgiving Day.
The WPB smaller war plants division
reported it has completed its operat
ing organization and now has the
staff necessary to carry out its work,
Farm Prices and Production
The WPB froze until March 6,
FARM
Questions - Answers
QUESTION:' When should cattle be
treated for lice?
ANSWER: Fall is the best season
of the year to treat cattle for lice,
says L. I. Case, Extension animal
husbandman of N. C. State College.
The treatments are most effective
When the cattle; are taken off the
grass, while the weather is still fairly
warm, and before the cattle are plac
ed in winter quarters. This avoids
getting the winter quarters, -infested
with the biting louse. At least two
treatments, 14 to 16 days apart,
should be made. The first treatment
will kill the grown lice, and the
second will eradicate the lice that
were unhatched at the time of the
first treatment.
QUESTION: What is a good recipe
for making sausage? ,
ANSWER: Extension Service Fold
er No. 48, which is free upon request
to the Agricultural Editor, N. C.
State College, suggests the following
recipe for making sausage: Use 50
pounds of pork, three-fourths of
which should be lean meat and one-
fourth fat. Mix 1 pound of fine table
salt, 2 1-2 ounces of finely ground
black pepper, and 3 ounces of sage,
and spread evenly over the meat. Stir
the meat well before chopping.
storage butter in the 35 principal
markets of the country. Without re
gard to existing contracts, this butter
may not be delivered except on speci
fic permission by the WPB or to the
armed forces, lend-lease, or other
specified Government agencies.
The OPA set special price ceilings
on turkeys sold directly to consumers
by farmers and processors.
Employment on farms November 1
totaled 10,879,000, a seasonal decline
of about 1,000,000 persons during
October and representing a much
higher percentage of women, children
and townspeople.
Rationing
The OPA cut the value of the basic
A" gasoline ration coupon from 4 to
3 gallons in the District of Columbia
and 16 of the now-rationed eastern
states. B and C books were not af
fected. Those motorists who, because
of the change of the value of the "A"
coupon, are unable to obtain "essen
tial mileage" may now apply for sup
plemental rations. To allow motorists
extra time in which to dispose of
idle tires in excess of five per passen
ger car, the OPA postponed the dead
line for idle tire turn-ins until Decem
ber 1. i . :-.
To finance the war effort, the
treasurey will borrow during Decem
ber the unprecedented sum of ap
proximately nine billion dollars.. 12
Victory Fund Committees will launch
an intensive sales. campaign on Nov
ember 30 on three series of offerings
of new securities, and the War Sav-
QUESTION: How much shelf space
is needed for storing home-canned
foods?
ANSWER: Twelve-inch boards are
recommended for shelves for small
containers. This width accomodates 2
rows of glass jars or tin cans, or 3
rows of bottles or jelly glasses. Wider
shelves (18 inches or more) will be
needed for stone jars and for shallow
containers. For pint or quart jars,
you will need 19 feet per 100 jars.
stored two rows to the shelf. For half-
gallon jars, provide 20 feet of shelf
space per 100 jars, stored two rows
to the shelf. For No. 2 1-2 tin cans,
provide 9 feet for each 100 cans,
stacked two deep and stored two rows
to the shelf. For pint glass bottles,
you will need 9 feet of shelf space
per 100 bottles, stored 3 rows to the
shelf.
QUESTION: Is there any substi
tute for whole milk in a calf's ration ?
ANSWttK: The whole milk in a
calf's ration can be largely replaced
with dry calf meal and good roughage,
Says John A. Arey, Extension dairy
specialist of N. C. State College. He
states that calf meal is not as digest
able as milk, but a satisfactory dairy
calf can be grown with it. A calf fed
oh calf meal or pellets and a limited
194J, one-halt of the supply jf coKLfamount of whole milk -will- notr imtke
the daily gains, or look as sleek for
the first six months as one given
more milk, but it will later make up
for this shortage.
QUESTION: How can liquid fertili
zer be made for use on vegetable
plants? ." ,
ANSWER: For setting plants with
liquid fertilizer, H. R. Niswonger, Ex
tension horticulturist of N. C. State
College, recommends ,the following
procedure: Place one pound of 4-8-4
or 4-10-6' commercial fertilizer in a
pail and add enough water to dis
solve the fertilizer. Stir thoroughly
until the ingredients are completely
dissolved. Pour the liquid into a larger
container and add enough water to
make 10 gallons. Use one pint for
each plant when setting in the field.
This is in addition to the fertilizer
appled in the row.
Expert Visualizes
Ideal War Plan
Pittsburgh. Pa.. Oct. 30 A Mark
out, bomb resistant, windowless build
ing from which vital military ma
chines and armaments would flow 24
I m . -
nours a day. uninterrunted bv air
raids or sabotage, is everyone's idea
oi an ideal factory. Evoling the recipe
for such a suner-atrurtura.
struction expert of one of the na
tion's large firms draws on ingenious
American technical achievements of
the past decade for ingredients.
as this engineer sees it. the build
ing would be of reinforced concrete
with an egg-shell shaped roof to save
time and steel and to nrovide a atrac
ture that would suffer least' from
bombinsr. sabotage and fire. It would
have a "failure-Droof" nower network.
consisting of many supply lines run
ning in a loop so that damage to one
section of the factory will not in
terrupt the flow of electricitv to the
other parts.
The blackout problem is settled be
fore it arises because the hnilHino-
win oe windowless. Iitrht far all the
44 work hours coming from fluores
cent lamps.
The windowless nlant alao rnlla fnr
air-conditioning to eliminate heat as
a factor of production slumps in the
summertime, maintaining the same
temperature and humidity throughout
tne year. .
To add further to the workers'
health and comfort, the ideal hiarV.
out factory would have two devinea
in its air ducts, one with 12,000 volts
or electricity to catch and hold 90
per cent of all air-borne dirt and dust.
and the other .a special lamn with
ultraviolet rays killing 95 per cent of
an air-borne disease germs entering
tne iactory.
GENERAL MacARTHUR
General MacArthur is a strong and
aoie man.
With all of his soldiers to give him
a helpine hand.
MacArthur is away across the sea;
tie is helping to make this country
free.
Our great general has many medals
on his chest,
For he even has the highest medal
of all on his breast.
General MacArthur has many soldiers
to follow him through storms
and might.
With all of his comrades they will
win this fight.
We will win this war much quicker
if we will sifirn
When he asks us to on the old dotted
line.;; .
t Emmett (Bozo) Jackson.
ON THE SEA"
There is a sea of happiness
That! we may travel o'er,
But on this sea of dashing waves
Freedom is what we're fighting for.
So we may travel sometimes
O'er this great dashing sea,
No matter what the task may be,
We'll always keep America free.
Dorothy E. Griffis.
Selma Cotton Mill.
KEEP EM' FLYING
than in the army. More- uniformity rings Staff will intensify its drive to
could be obtained from local draft add at least 7 million more income-
boards", he said, by plant managers earners to - those already ' investing
certifying ta the boards cases who are regularly in war bonds through the
irreplaceable and by more consulta- payroll savings plan.
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QUESTION: What is the dry cure
lor preserving meat?
ANSWER: Ellis Vestal, Extension
swine specialist, recommends the fol
lowing dry cure: For 100 pounds of
meat, use 8 pounds of salt, 3 ounces
of salt peter, and 3 pounds of sugar
(brown preferred). Mix the ingre
dients thoroughly and rub half of the
mixture on the meat. Pack the meat
in oak barrels or large stone jars,
with the skin side down except for
the. top layer. After seven davs. re
pack the meat and rub on the other
half of the mixture. Allow the meat
to cure for two or three days per
pound per piece, depending upon the
weight. Wash and hang in the smokehouse.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps
Four Oaks Theatre
Is Destroyed by Fire
A fire which threatened the entire
business district of Four Oaks Fri
day night shortly before 11 o'clock,
completely destroyed the Four Oaks
Theatre and damaged two adjoining
buildings.
The blaze originated in the projec
tion room of the theatre shortly be
fore 11 o clock. The second showing
of the night's movie was nearing an
end and only a few persons were in
the theater. All escaped to safety
without mishap.
The theater soon was completely
enveloped in flames and burned to
the ground.
The adjoining buildings occupied
by Four Oaks Drug Company and J.
B. Creech and Sons, dry goods firm
suffered damages, mainly to the
walls. '
The total loss was roughly estimat
ed at $7,000.
The theater building was owned by
'oseph A. Johnson. Allison Overby of
Angier operated the movie house.
The Four Oaks fire department
was assisted by the fire companies of
Smithfield, Benson and Dunn in
fighting the flames and checking
their spread.
William H. Thome
Made Staff Sergeant
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thorne, Selma,
Route 1, are in receipt of a certifi
cate from R. E. L. Choata, Colonel,
Air Corps Commanding Officer, stat
ing that their son, William H. Thorne,
has been promoted to Staff Sergeant
by the Army Air Forces Flying
School, at Bainbridge, Ga. His pro
motion dates from Sept. 1, 1942.
Room Hey there! Don't spit on.
the floor.
Mate Why not? Floor leak?
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