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THE JOHNSTONIAN . SUN, SELMA, N C THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1945. PAGE THREE Questions And Answers On Nev Food Rationing Raleigh, January 10. The follow ing questions and answers explaining tighter wartime food rationing were issued today by the Raleigh District Office of Price Administration. 1. Q. What foods are affected by changes in the rationing program? A. Five canned vegetables, most kinds of meat, butter and sugar are affected. 2. Q. What canned vegetables are added to the ration list? now require blue ration stamps. This change went into effect at 12:01 A. M. Tuesday, December 26. 3. Q. Are canned fruits affected by the changes? A, On January 1, blue point values for most canned fruits will be reduc ed. Present point values on canned fruits remain in effect until that time. 4. Q. How is butter affected? A. The point value of butter was raised to 24 points a pound at 12:01 A. M. Tuesday, December 26. 5. Q. What is happening to the meat rationing program ? t A. Begining December 3t, about 85 per cent of the civilian . meat supply will require red points as compared with about 37 per cent at present. 6. Q. What change is there in sugar rationing? A. All outstanding sugar stamps and home canning stamps and cou pons exeept sugar stamp 34, were cancelled at 12:01 A. M. Tuesday, December 26t 7. Q. Were any other ration stamps cancelled? A. Yes, at the same time, all bine and red ration stamps which became good before December 1 944 are no longer good. 8. Q. Why were these older unused stamps cancelled? A. Civilian supplies of sugar, butter and commercially canned fruits and vegetables are at the lowest point since the war began. Meat supplies are declining. Supplies for 1945 are not large enough to permit spending of old unused stamps which apparent ly were not heeded at the time they were intended for use. Cancellation of old stamps at the start of the new program is a means of seeing that each consumer gets the fair share out of 1945 supplies he is entitled to. 9. Q. What should housewives do with old stamps that are no longer rood? - - : ' ''o - flrtamplr immediately; OP A sAyh Don give your old stamps 'to anybody." Grocers are not permitted to. accept :- them. ;. - : : 10. Q. How will the rationing of ad ditional foods help consumers? A. The whole purpose of rationing is to assure consumers their fair share of things that are short during wartime. Scarcities of some items in stores such as .bacon and other meats in many sections of the coun trymeant that limited rationing controls were not getting scarce items to consumers in' all areas, nor were supplies in any one area being divided fairly among all consumers. The ad dition of certain scarce food items to the ration list will help a more even distribution. The move is for the pro tection of people on the home front 11. Q. Why were some earned vege tables returned to rationing? A. As more of our armed forces go overseas they require largei amounts of canned goods because fresh fru'ts and vegetables are harder to get.' This has left for -civilians on December 1, about 5C per cent of the commercially canned vegetables available a year earlier. If rationing had not been re sumed, it is estimated thit stocks of canned vegetables would have disap peared three to five months before the-1945 pack became available. 12. Q. How does the cancellation of all, red stamps made good before Dec ember 3 affect the use of ration to- " kens. '" ' A. Red tokens are still good. They are needed in making chanee for -valid red ration stamps which are worth 10 points each. 13. Q. Blue tckens have not been in use since October 1, 1944. Why aren't they used now? ' . A. They aren't needed now, because all processed food requiring blue stamps have po'nt values in units of 10, so that blue "change" tokens are not necessary now nor are thev good for the purchase of "blue" foods. 14. Q. What red stamps are good for buving meats and dairy products? A. Q5, R5. and S5, and since Jan nary 1, 1945, five additional red stamps worth ten points each, which are T5. U5. V5. W5 and X5. 1 15. Q. What about bine stamps? A. X5, Y5, Z5. A2. and 2 are eood along with C2 D2. E2, F2, and G2, worth ten points each. ' 16. Q. What about sugar stamps? A. The only sugar stump now g is sugar stamp 34. The canrel'ed stamps are sugar stamps 30. 31 82 and 83, along with all outstanding home canning coupons arid home can ning sugar stamp 40 in War Book 4. Another stamp will become good Fb ruary 1 for five pounds and will have to last three months. 17 Q. What red sUmps are no . longer "ood? A. These red stamps from War Book 4: A8 throueh Z8 and A5 through P5. Destroy them. They are not val Lit is mega. "ll? Oj What blue'stamps should I destroy ? ; . t A. Blue stamps A8 through Z8 and A5 through W in War Book 4. 19. Q. What sugar stamps are no longer valid? A. Sugar stamps 30, 31, 32 and 33 and home canning sugar stamp 40 in War Book 4 are not good. All out standing home cannig sugar coupons issued by local War Price and Ration ing Boards are not valid. 20. Q. Since more processed foods are now rationed than in December, why do I still have only 50 ration points for January, the same as in December? ; v A. Although five canned vegetable items are added to the ration list' blue- point values for most canned fruits and tomato catsup and chili sauqe were reduced on January 1. 21. Q. Since 85 per cent of the civil ian meat supply is rationed now as against 35 per cent before December 31, and butter values were increased By 4 points per pound, why don't I get more than 50 red points for Jan uary. - A. Five red stamps worth 50 points are made good in January as against 3 worth 30 points in December. No more meats and fats are produced or made available by giving consumers more points. Ii more than 50 points . . i , i . 1 1 ' were given, an point values woum have to be increased hove present schedules. Although a Greater per centage of - meat is being rationed point values for presenly rationed beef steaks and roasts will be reduced two to three points per pound. THE MINISTER AND POLITICS By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE EDITOR'S NOTE: The Reverend Norman Vincent Peale, D. D., is pas tor of Marble Collegiate Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City.) Occasionally it is said that minis ters should avoid politics. If by this is meant that a clergyman should not take a partisan stand in his pulpit by using ; his sermons to campaign for particular candidates, I am in agree ment Outside of his pulpit however, it is difficult to support the claim that he has no right to engage in political activity. The minister Js as! iuny-cnnzen as any layman, as a spiritual leader he should always be careful in the selection of the men he, supports. ' I By reason of his spiritual leader- ' ship, he should be respected as a J trustworthy guide in public affairs.: He can be trusted as a man of con science. With him human values are ' always uppermost Therefore, labor should have confidence in his leader ship. Being a religious teacher, all should realize that the minister stands for freedom, democracy and constitutionalism, because these poli tical beliefs grew out of rel:gious be liefs. , . No one should assume that the minister engaging in political activity signifies that his church is striving for control. This applies eoually to the Catholic, Jewish and Protestant clergy. The principle of senaration of church and state is too well establish ed in this country to be in any danger and clergymen are its most ardent de fenders. They realize' 'only' too well the crushing power of the super state. In the present day there is a defi nite need for clergymen to be inter ested in' political movements. The present issues are not partisan in the usual sense. The historic political parties are no longer representative, of the beliefs of millions of people who. from force of habit, continue to j vote under traditional party labels. By and large there are two actusl though unnamed parties. One is com posed of those who favor thf super state; the 'other is made un of those who do not. This is the great issue of the hour. It is a world-wide political and philosophical battle. More than that it is a deep and pro found spiritual struggle. For centures man was ground under the arrogant power of the totalitarian state: he had no rights: he was held in low esteem: his chief function was to pay the bills of "there who ruled him. But gradually religion began to w'n the people. Men learned that they are spiritual beings. The began to have s high esteem of themselves as sons of God. Being that, they reasoned, "How can we permit ourselves to be 'push ed around' by these overlords?" It came to be a historical tn""m that freedom in any state rose or fell in proportion to the estimation in which mm W8S held. If rel!"'on was strong in a country, freedom was strong, because religion recofni'es the rights of individual man When relig'on weakened in a state, freedom also declined for men lost fHh in themselves the'r fith in God be came dim and uncertain. The reason the fires of freedom burned so briehrly In America is he cause this was the f rst eeat natin" In all history to be founded on a reli gions basis. Now we have a situation where peonle franklv antagonistic to reli gion are comnetinsr for novw .w -rreedin!?lV aW M clever Thv have no party of their own in whkh they stand where all men can recog nize them. Rather, under cover they seek to gain control of old and hiss toric organizations. They freely admit their Opposition to religion. Earl Browder in his book, "What Is Communism?" says: "We stand without reservation for educa tion that will root out belief in the supernatural. We do not distinguish between good and bad religions be cause we think all of them are bad for th-3 masses." ; Men of Fascist tendency, while per haps not so brazen in their denial of religion, are none the less anti-spiritual, for the reason that they deify the state and its unchallenged control. Religious men hold that God is above the state and that the nation derives its powers only from the sons of God who are their own rulers. The surest way to combat this growing pagan tendency is to strengthen religious faith in the indi vidual ctitzen. .Also we ministers must, if necessary, not hesitate to emulate our forefathers and employ political action in behalf of freedom. Must File Reports On Soil Building Practices February 15. 1945 is the last date on which farm operators may file a report of the soil building pract'ees carried put on their farms in 1944 as a basis, for making a net pajunent on their 1944 applications for payment. Payment of 1944 applications is to be completed during the early months of 1945; therefore, it is necessary that these reports be filed early, in order to provide opportunity for time ly preparation and audit in the Coun ty and State offices. Applications for payment based on reports filed after the closing date may be processed for payment only if it is determined by the State Commit tee, that the producer was prevented from filing within the specified time; (1) because he was a member of the armed forces, or (2) because of pro longed illness. All eligible farmers who have not already filed a report of the soil building practices carried out on their farms and signed their applications for payment should go by the County AAA Office sometime during January and certainly before February 15, 1945 and file these required reports. New England's wood waste and low grade wood could produce 1,000,000 tons of protein feed. Long before supplies of oils and minerals become tight, says the Sec retary of Agriculture, different forms of wood will increasingly be used to supplement them. 1 f. Vi Iramch WILSON ELM CITY GOLDSBORO FREMONT SELMA LiL jimi- ' mm - - I I ,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I Rocket Firing Ships Built At Charleston Charleston, S. C, Jan. 10. The Charleston Navy Yard has completed a number of rocket firing landing ships which will operate with invasion forces. The announcement followed a Navy Department release disclosing that it had developed a small rocket-carrying ship with two and a half times the fire power of a 45,000 ton battleship at close range. Each ship carried hundreds of rockets, which are divided into racks and fired in salvos for safety pur poses. The total number of salvos is equal to approximately two and one half times the firepower of a battle ship of the New Jersey class, Wash ington revealed in announcing the de velopment of the rocket ships. The rocket firing ships, which were first built on an experimental basis, have been converted from landing ships, the hulls of which had already been launched. The Navy Department disclosed the size of the newly de veloped rocket ships as being approxi mately that of the British LCTs, jfefi lids Iron fte New Fiiriiidire Arriving I am spending half of my time trying what you want. C - I. .w.T ' - - - - - . -- .. ..- ' u-- Conac3Diseal tf at omieBi t of onacEStf now BanEdng "THE SAFE FAYETTE VILLE WARSAW WALLACE FAISON At the Close of Business December 30, 1944 RESOURCES Cash and Due from Banks 1.........:........ ...:...;.. ..... ........ Obligations of the United States .................. $69,607,682.46 Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Debentures 749,479.83 Federal Land Bank Bonds .. ....... 312,136.85 North Carolina and South Carolina Bonds.... 2,412,318.71 Municipal and Other Marketable Bonds ...... 1,501,578.61 TOTAL BONDS, (Cost less Valuation Reserve) ............. Loans and Discounts Accrued Interest and Other Assets .. Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures and Real Estate (Tax Value $287,681.00) ... LIABILITIES Capital Stock Common ... Capital Stock Preferred . Surplus v . - Undivided Profits ... ....... Reserves ......... ..... Dividend Payable Unearned Discount and Other Liabilities Deposits ....... Spamd: IBanlimg and Trust Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. about twice the size of the American made LCTs. It is for building these new rocket firing ships, along with repairing other badly needed ; fighting ships that the Charleston Navy Yard is critically in need of electricians, ship fitters, welders, sheetmetal workers, chippers and caulkers, drillers, ma chinists (inside and out), plumbers, pipefitters,, pipecoverers and insula tors, anglesmiths, boilerinakers, and helpers in various trades. To meet the labor needs of the Charleston Navy Yard, War . Man power Commission has given the yurd a top manpower priority in Georgia. South Carolina. Tennessee. Florida and Alabama. Men not row in essen tial industry should contact their local United States Civil Service Representative or United States Em ployment Service Representative im mediately for jobs in Cbarlepton. The new rocket firing landing ships can carry three types of rockets principally the high explosive type, a ranging rocket filled with incendiary compound for determining the accur acy of range, and a smoke rocket used for - screening troops. All ar fired by electricity from the ship'; Economy Furniture Co. Seltna, North Carolina '-. T. ' . OF & Trust Com EXECUTOR" $19,251,118.32 74,583,196.46 3,515,563.34 157,644.59 255,547.10 $97,763,069.81 $ 400,000-00 ........ 100,000.00 ........ 750,000.00 591,937.98 307,250.00. 8,000.00 196.998.31 95,408,883.52 $97,763,069.81 ! batteries. Other types of rocket ships have al ready proven the worth of rockets in preparing hostile shores for landing of troops. Each salvo is fired so that it overlaps the previous dne. Crashing into shore, they eliminate virtually all secondary fortifications, including; mines, wire, machine gun nests, shal low pill boxes and will temporarily stun men in larger fortifications, stories from Washington have point ed out. The State Collected Big Tax From Beer Ralsigh, Jan. 10. The State col lected $2,936 547.34 .in beer taxes in 1944, according to the U. S. Brewers Foundation's North Carolina Commit tee.' License fees yielded $54,211.00, and the remainder came from crown and lid tax, stamps and labels. The crown tax netted $2,100,488.17; lnbels $531, 996.98 and stamps $249 851.19. This amount is the State's share and does not include beer taxes paid the federal and local governments. to find and buy Hub - B - 4 - U - buy ' - -' 1 KINSTON , NEW BERN TRENTON PLYMOUTH WILLIAMSTON Paily
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