THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1943 HARRY F. BYRD MAKES ATTACK ON SPENDING Cost Os Travel And Wire Tolls Wasteful, He Says. WASHINGTON, June 3. Chairman Harry F. Byrd, Demo crat, Virginia, of the joint con gressional economy committee, estimated that federal agencies exclusive of the army and navy are spending $100,000,000 annual ly for travel, telephone and tele graph costs and demanded that Congress halt “such wasteful and unpatriotic expenditures.” He submitted an itemized re port based on a committee inves tigation covering expenses dur ing the last six months of 1942 which held that some agencies not essential to the war effort have permitted these costs to “double, treble, even swell to nine times their peacetime leivels.” Byrd believed some of the ex penditures were “so excessive as to warrant immdiate action by Congress.” Urges Drastic Cut. The report said the estimated $100,000,000 total could be “dras tically cut” and pointed out that it was “no more than fair” for the government to reduce its travel and communications ex penses when the public is oblig ed to do so by war emergencies. It reported that $15,573,833 was spent for communications and $35,672,853 for travel by agencies other than the war and navy de partments from July 1, 1942, to the beginning of this year. Eight agencies, with the office One Day! SERVICE Call Us—Phone 3801 SERVICE DRY CLEANERS PENDER a fMI :1 Clapp’s Strained Baby Foods * 3 21c Mrs. Filbert’s Margarine » a 25c Market Brand Green Peas i« sr 14c L “ PORK ROAST OR CHOPS L 8,39 C STEAK ROAST- - L 8.59 C FRESH HOME KILLED FRYERS LB. 59 c WESTERN STEAK ROAST FRESH FISH LB. 15° Bring your old Tin Cans to our Store, we will turn them over to the Government. Pender’s Best Flour sdf Rw »s 101 g 54c Troy Evaporated Milk 6 Tall Cans 49c Colonial Spaghetti 7-ox Package 4c BATH SIZE Palmolive Soap 2 «** 19c OCTAGON Laundry Soap 3m*m ]4c LARGE SIZE, OCTAGON Soa? Powder 3 m* 14c LARC ! SIZE. OCTAGON nf Granulated Soap rn xOc i of war information at the top of j the list, “far out-stripped 1 the | rest” in rolling up bills fer local | and long-distance phone calls, telegrams and cables, and tele type and miscellaneous expenses, it said. The agricultural depart ment headed the list of six agen | cies that accounted for more than half of the travel expenses. Summarizes Costs. To demonstrate the “waste ful” communications practices, the committee said the $3,538,024 j spent in long-distance calls by ! all agencies during the period, 1 computed on the average night | rate basis, was sufficient to make I “495 three-minute calls around ] the world at the equator daily.” ' The war production board alone j spent enough in long-distance I calls to “put in hourly three- I minute telephone calls to the I moon ; 221,463 miles away | every hour in the day, every day in the year,” it said, j OWl’s bill for communication j facilities was reported by the | committee at $1,812,061, or 11.6 I per cent of the total. Following | in order were WPB with $1,735.- 071, commerce department, sl,- 415,609; agriculture, $1,153,937; state, $1,054,732; office of price 1 administration, $940,433; justice, $936,442, and treasury, $811,967. Altogether, they accounted for 60 per cent of the overall total. The committee said travel ex | penditures comprised $6,379,630 !to meet railroad costs, and $5,- J 119,045 for automobile and $2,- | 640,208 for airline travel. The agriculture department’s j share was $5,175,796, or 15 per ' cent of the total. The other five I following in order were the jus ! tice department, $3,434,998; WP B, $3,415,953; treasury, $2,671,- | 691; federal security agency, sl,- ■ 935,001, and OPA, $1,723,151. In all, the six agencies accounted i for 52 per cent of the total ex j penditures. I The United States was produc ing fighting equipment eight times as fast as Japan in the j Spring of 1943. Today’s Best Buy • - U. 5. War Bonds ■ ■ ■ »V 14 Points - New Pack . n String Beans loc 4 Points - Campbell’s Chicken n A Noodle Soup 2Sr 30c 5 Points • For Spring Salads Wesson Oil S 29c 5 Points - Pure Vegetable Shortening Snowdrift l!b lar 24c 2 Points - Clapp’s Chopped Baby Foods 327 c 14 Points - Colonial Brand Apple Sauce IT 10c Double-Fresh Triple Fresh D. P. Blend Our Pride COFFEE BREAD lb 24C 2 Loaves 15C WHITE HOUSE Apple Butter zhi jv 17c SALAD TREAT _ Mayonnaise J«r JOC CLOVER LEAP BRAND Skimmed Milk m m 10c THICK MEAT, DRY SALT Fat Back mk I7i. Rationing At A Glance PROCESSED FOODS The valid period for blue stamps G, H, and J have been extended from May 31 through Monday, June 7. Blue stamps K, L, and M became valid Monday, May 24, and will continue good through July 7. SUGAR —Stamp No. 12 expires on May 31. Stamp No. 13 will become valid on June 1 and will be good for five pounds of sugar until August 15. Stamps No. 15 and 16 in war ration book I are valid five pounds of sugar each from May 24 through October 1, only if the holder has not previ ously obtained sugar for home canning. If an allotment has been obtained for home canning, stamps No. 15 and 16 should be retained as they must be pre sented to the rationing board at a later date. COFFEE—Stamp No. 23 ex pires on May 31. Stamp No. 24 will be good for one pound of coffee from Monday, May 31, through Wednesday, June 30, a period cf one month instead of ; five weeks. I MEATS and FATS Red ; stamps E, F, G, and H will ex j pire in the hands of consumers ] on May 31. Stamp J will be good through June 30, instead of ex piring on May 30. Red stamp K is gcod from May 30 to June 30, ‘ stamp L from June 6 to June 30, ! stamp M from June 13 to June 30, and stamp N from June 20 to j June 30. SHOES—Stamp No. 17 in war j ration book one is goed for one ; pair of shoes until June 15. A j loose or detached coupon is of no value. Shce stamps must be de- I tached from war ration book I by the person selling or deliver ing shoes. Poultrymen Go Slow On Summer Broilers North Carolina poultrymen should go slow and stay on the safe side in producing summer broilers, says Prof. Roy S. Dear tyne, head of the Poultry De partment at N. C. State College. Since the feed situation is so serious, he suggests that growers make sure of an adequate supply of feed from the feed dealer be fore contracting for the chicks. He further suggests that grow ers anticipate the necessity of more floor space per started chidk, than is usually required in the spring. About 2 square feet of floor space should be given for each 3 chicks at the begin ning of the feeding and this space should be increased to one square foot per chick, when they are 4 weeks of age. Dearstyne pointed out that slower growth and higher mor tality must be anticipated for summer broilers as compared with spring broilers. One way of conserving feed is through re duced mortality and this may be accomplished by less crowding, strict sanitation, and careful management. Another method of conserving feed, cited by Prof. Dearstyne, is the culling of males not in use i in the laying flock. He says that after the breeding season is over,-males serve no useful pur pose in the flock and their pre sence is responsible for heavy egg loss in improperly stored eggs during the hot weather. He estimates that there are a bout 700,000 breeder males in North Carolina - poultry flocks consuming about 1.75 pounds of feed a week. If grower will cull out these males, when not in use, they will ibe saving about 560 tons of precious feed every week. CHICKS Poor quality chicks, poor qual ity and inexperienced per sons attempting to grow ihccks, has caused the greatest mortaility experienced in many years, re ports County Agent L. F. Weeks of Duplin. FOR SALE—OId Newspapers. 5c bundle. Times office. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. RETONGA nnim PEPTOBISMAL I A Spring Tonic |g||| (pP For up set Stomach si.°9 Ifflily 39c I This Is A Cut Rate Drug Store. 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