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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943 Live Wh News from 4j*| - Camp BUTNER CAMP BUTNER, Jan. 17. Americans have a zest for sports that is unrivaled by any other nation. And that zest for wholesome, healthful games is paying big dividends war-time America. The premiums are being col lected right out on the battle fields and combat sea lanes where leadership and the will to fight and win are bringing us victories and will continue to do so until the enemies of a free world are beaten down into de feat. Sports have contributed much to America’s fighting armies. Mjcre than anything else, Ameri ca's love of games has given us leadership. The high school and college football fields, the gymnasiums, the corner lot where neighbor hood boys play are schools for leadership. It isn’t taught there, because leadership is born and grows of its own initiative. The way that American boys have been taught to play to gether and follow the leader in organized sports, or the way they We sell Eye Glasses to Sat isfy the eyes $2.00 to SB.OO THE NEWELLS Jewelers Roxboro. N. C. Some Groceries Rationed Meats JPjPp^ij But We are here to serve you and to give you all that we can for your money. When you come in this store you have complete assurance that you will receive atten tion and the merchandise that you buy will be exact ly as we represent it to be. o Phone or Come in Person, Either Way Assures You of The Best That The Market Affords at Prices That You Can Afford. > We Appreciate Your Business, Whether It Is A Large Account or Small. Come To See Us Qayton & Stewart naturally do the same on the. sandlots has been an aid to the officers building our armies. and the military have much ip common. Tlo be good in either, one must be well trained, know his job and have the urge to win. Sports train boys in play disci pline. The players know their jobs. The urge to win? Yes. Galley 1 Camp Butner Do you remember watching a football or baseball game on the Corner lot a few years ago? Do you. remember the shaggy-hair ed, freckle-faced, average Amer ican boys out there playing? Remember watching the same I kids play football? One team was i leading by two touchdowns in i the last quarter with victory a matter of minutes. Then the kids on the other team, in the good old American way of never-say aie, started moving. And they didn’t stop m(cving until they had scored three touchdowns for a victory. That was the urge to l win. Remember when you asked the pint-sis: d tackle a question, and lie told you within an inch of where he should be on any kind cf a play? That boy knew* his ! job. 1 Remember blew the red-haired | toy kept packing the ball for : long gains, how he shouted eh | couragement to his team-mates, who patted him icn the back I when he made a good play, • how they looked to him for d:- | rection? That was leadership. Th/rse boys are mbn now. Real men in the service of their ! country. The team play and the | leadership they brought with 1 the m into the Army are winning | fights wherever tough, biucs ! braided Infantrymen are fight ing. And this wining fight means that boys today and beys of to- I morrow can go on playing wholesome, healthful, character building sports ten our athletic fields and sandlots. The Army is concious of sports and is doing everything to foster it. It is not uncommon for Amer ican soldiers stationed all over the world tio engage in baseball Ration Banking Question Box The following answers—ex plaining the pro grant whidh will be established on a nation-wide basis this mlonth —wure released today by the Office of Price Administration in response to questions askled by storekeepers, gasoline wholesal ers and others. 1. Q. When will ration bank ing go into effect? A On January 27, 1943. 2. Q. What rationed com rr|c-dities will it cover? A. In the food group — coffee and sugar. In the oil group—gas oline but not fuel oil. 3. Q. Will the program be ex tended to include other rationed commodities? A. Yes. Ration banking will be applied later to |cther ration programs, including the point plan which is scheduled to go in to effect next month. 4. Q. What is ration banking? A. It is a banking operation that utilizes the facilities of the nation’s commercial banking sy stem for handling and safeguard ing ration stamps, coupons and certificates after they have pass ed '.cut of the hands of consum- i ers into trade channels. I 5. Q. Will consumers be as- . fected? A. No. They will continue, I as at present, to get their ration I stamp o , coupons and certificates from the local war price and ra : tioning boards and to spend them j | in stores and elsewhere for the | rationed comrr( dities they arc ! authorized to buy. 6. Q. What tradespeople and others will come under the ra tion banking program? A. In foods. All primary distributors, wholesalers and i chain stores, and also retailers' ! whose December (1942) sales of all foodstuffs totaled $5,000 or more must open ration bank ac counts. Retailers whose sales to- I taled ess than $5,000 may do so if they want. In gasoine. All wholesalers, distributors and refiners (if the latter are licensed to distribute gasoline) alsfe must open ration bank accounts. 7. Q. Why aren't gasoline re tailers included? A. For the present, at least', lit is believed that the system j now in effect is more satisfac j tory. Retailers turn in their cou- I pons to tank wagon distributors j at the time of delivery. 8. Q. How will ration bank- I ing help the groeer whose sales ! average $5,000 monthly or more? I 'A. It will reduce detail work j and simplify his bookkeeping. 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 games and other sports when the tmie and situation permit. Here in the 78th Infantry Di vision all officers, from Major General Edwin P. Parker, Jr., on down, realize the importance of sports, not only for it's training value, but for its recreational asset. Organized sports are sponsored in the “Lightning” Division. Certain periods are set aside for sports activities so that every t soldier will have a chance to participate. Periodically, big sports are | staged, such as the one held by the 78th Division Artillery the other night. Colcnel Frank Camm’s Artillerymen held a | double-header basketball and boxing show. And in typical ! American style the Artillery band was present to play for the occassion. Some months ago it' used to be a boring and fatiguing period j when soldiers had to run the course. It isn’t any ! more. In the 78th Division, the obstacle course is run against . time with units competing a -1 gainst each other. That sounded like sport. So 1 the soldiers sailed for it. Now j the fighting infantrymen train I harder in order that they make ' a good record for themselves and help their leutfit become the | best in the Division, j Sports are a great thing for i the American Army in engaging the Axis. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. addition, the larger sellers of rationed commodities will no longer find it necessary to ex change stamps for larger denom ination certificates for surrender to their suppliers in replenishing stocks. A ration check will serve the purpose. 9. Q. How does the grocer (or tether qualified seller) open a ra tion bank account? A. He should apply to the bank! where he has his checking account. It is authorized to open ration bank accounts. Isl the grocer has no checking account he may go to any bank that is convenient', for him. 10. Q. H)ow does a ration check differ from an ordinary check? A. A ration check is non transferable. It must be deposit ed by the person receiving, it. It' is not' a cheek in payment but strictly an authorization to buy the rationed commodities order ed. i 11. Q. How many accounts must be opened? A. In the case tef a gasoline wholesaler, only one ration ac count may be opened for each rationed food listed in the ration banking program for the food trade. Thus, the grocer would i pen an account for each of the following: Sugar, coffee and ! later for processed foods when * IN THE NAVY ★ /hey say: "scuttle but?" for gossip > ' "JIMMY LEGS "for tnastcr-.it-arms "CHIPS" for carpenter's mate for the Navy man’s j I - favorite cigarette foot in The favorite cigarette with men dr TOBACCOS in the Navy, Army, Marines, and £j Coast Guard is Camel. (Based on w actual sales records in Canteens . * and how’s YOUR ..... of bol.iw. ? • It looks like carnival concession or an inventor’s nightmare. But it’s simply I f jff ‘ a balancing chair, used to test the If // V | \ equilibrium of Army Air Corps candidates. If fw $ imßr} /ll \^ • Only a relatively few hand-picked / 1 C f /.ff/ <i\ Americans will ever try the J|| £ V / | * balancing chair but every last one of us r ’ Vvijr,. f/ l*\ is having our sense of balance tested q I //\ \ I\\ \ under the mad whirl of war. It’s a test 7 I // \ \ tfpP / i ’ \ of our ability to do our daily job, II // /A \Y/ I\\ buy bonds, pay taxes, donate blood, spot II I \\ \ 1 \ \ planes, serve in Civilian Defense— j I 1 V \ and still keep an even keel. It’s a ll\ \\ \ 1 \ \ test of individuals and institutions companies under business management power production has been I ~ *— ln|| _ stepped up to take care of all war A l plants and all essential civilian needs! a • Service is still good, rates still low. The average , American home still gets twice as much electricity for its money as it did about 15 years ago—in spite of climbing costs and zooming taxes. Last year, the electric companies under business management produced 7 /s of all America’s electric power CAROLINA and paid $620,000,000 in taxes. POWER & LIGHT COMPANY • These are the accomplishments of experienced men and well-balanced management under public regulation— the system that made America great. . 'j Invest In America! Bay War Bondi and Stamps point rationing glees into effect. 12. Q. Does the groeer (pr oth er qualified depositor) have to maintain a minimum balnace in his ration bank account' A. No. And once he makes his ration deposit, the grocer may begin drawing against it im mediately. However, he is cau tioned to watch his balance care fully. A ration check must be covered by the ration bank bal ance, at the time the check is written. An overdraft is a seri ous Federal offense. 13. Q. Do ration credits (cre ated by the deposit in a ration bank account of stamps, coupons and certificates) expire if they are not spent within a specified time limit? A'. No, such credits—unlike most stamps, coupons' and cer tificates which are n)ct valid af ter specified time limits—are valid at any time after the de posit is made. 14. Q. Are commercial banks required to open ration bank ac counts? A. No, however, it is be lieved that almost all will do so because of a desire to render a public service. Representative bankers, incuding a ration bank ing committee appointed by the American Bankers’ Association, and Federal and state banking supervisory agencies cooperated with the OPA in establishing the ration banking system. 15. Q. Has ration been tfied out before? A. v Yes, in Albany, Troy, Schenectady and surrounding communities in New York State where ration banking has been subjected to the test of actual (operation since October 28, 1942. It' has been applied in England. Here and abroad the results are good. 16. Q. Will the commercial banks, under ration banking, supersede the local War Price and Rationing Boards? A. 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