Wheat Loans
Are Explained
Details of the commodity loan
program to support the price of
1945 crop wheat has been announc
ed for North Carolina, according
to W. A. Kitchin, Chairman, Hali
fax County AAA Committee.
Kitchin points out that loans will
"be made to farmers on a note-and
-chattle-mortgage basis for wheal
stored on farms and on the basis
of a note-and-loan agreement
when stored in approved ware
houses.
Wheat produced in ra^o graumg
"U. S. No. 3 or better, or grading
X7. S. No. 4 or No. 5 because of
-test weight only, will be eligible
-for loan. Loan rates for North
Carolina are: Grade 1, $1.63; Grade
No. 2, $1.62; Grade No. 3, $1.60;
Orade No. 4, $1.57 and Grade No.
’5, $1.54.
“No storage payment shall be
made in advance at the time any
farm stored loan is made,” Kitchin
declared, "but a storage payment
of 7 cents per bushel shall be
earned by the producer if the
•wheat is delivered to the CCC on
or after April 30, 1946."
“Loans will be available until
December 31, 1945, and will mature
on April 30, 1946 or earlier upon
-demand,” Mr. Kitchin concluded.
Fulton F. Turner
Home On Leave
Fulton F. Turner, 19, seaman,
-first class, USNR, 111 Clinton
street, Roanoke Rapids, has re
turned on leave after a tour of
■duty with the Navy’s Fleet Air
Wing 11, which operated patrol
planes from an Atlantic base. At
tached to the headquarters squad
xan, he had the job of keeping
(readied for hazardous day and
coight flights the planes which
.searched the sea lanes for Nazi
•submarines and other menaces to
the safe flow of men and war ma
terial to Europe.
Turner, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
3. ©. Turner of Roanoke Rapids,
was a student at the Roanoke
{Rapids high school before his en
Pvt. Minnie Price
Finishes Course
Pvt. Minnie B. Price of Roanoke
Rapids completed her medical and
surgical technical training course
at Battey General Hospital, Rome
Ga.. recently. The Wac received
her diploma from Major John S.
Gould. MAC, Executive Officer of
the medical installation, in a cere
mony in the Headquarters build
ing. Twenty-one other members of
the Women's Army Corps received
their diplomas at the sam» time.
The certificate terminates the
student status for Pvt. Price and
signifies satisfactory completion of
the six weeks’ Medical and Surgi
cal Technicians’ Training School
and four weeks of applicatory
training on the wards and in the
clinics of this orthapedic and psy
chiatric general hospital. Each
Wac that graduated is now as
signed to the Army Medical De
partment.
Pvt. Price worked for J. O. Pen
dleton in Roanoke Rapids in civil
ian life and entered the military
service March 7 this year. She
is the only immediate member of
her family in the service. Her par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Les
lie, Route 1, Box 71, Roanoke Rap
ids.
Speaks Sunday
“Two Worlds? Why Will It Be
Final?’’ will he the subject of an
address next Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock by Andrew Hauff, repre
sentative of the Watchtower So
ciety. The speaking will be open
to the public and will be held at
Fifth and Monroe streets.
All New York illustrators and
ca-toonists must have grown up in
town. Not one can draw an ani
mal.
The men who expected to be
Vice-President have marvelous self
control. Note how they hide their
bitterness.
Each person reveals his class by
his envy. We don’t envy inferiors,
or those far above us, but only
our equals.
listment in the Navy in July, 1943.
He has spent 21 months overseas.
For
The Record
Movements for the public good are fre
quently launched with great enthusiasm,
but sometimes die out because sustained
effort is lacking.
This is not true of the North Carolina
beer industry’s self-regulation program
to maintain wholesome conditions in the
| retail sale of this beverage of moderation.
Continued with diligent effort since its '
launching in May, 1939, our Committee*!
program has won the praise and support
of the law enforcement officers, the press
and the public.
iwc promise there will be no let-up in
) tour efforts.
ffORTH CAROLINA COMMITTEE
United States Brewers Foundation
One-Day Record^
Aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS
Hancock in the Western Pacific—
Walter D. Myrick, above, seaman,
first class, USNR, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Myrick, 307 Monroe
Street, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.,
shares this carrier’s unequalled
dne-day record of 71 enemy air
craft shot down, 19 probably down
ed, eight destroyed and 12 damag
ed on the ground, during a raid
over the Tokyo area on February
15.
Before this performance, the USS
HANCOCK had gained fame by
bombarding Okinawa for eight
straight days, during which the
record of 600 individual plane
strikes was set. Result was ten
ships sunk, including three attack
transports, a sub tender and a
large tanker, with 22 Jap aircraft
and industrial and chemical^plants 1
destroyed.
Commissioned little more than a ;
year ago, the carrier, commanded .
by Capt. Roger F. Hickey, USN, ;
of La Jolla, Calif., took part in
operations off Samar, supported
the Leyte invasion, attacked ship- j
ping in the South China Sea
and provided air support for the !
Iwo Jima campaign.
In 190 strikes by the HANCOCK
she has accounted for nine war
ships, 32 merchant ships, 241
enemy planes and an indefinite
number of aircraft destroyed on
the ground.
Each crewman has eight solid
pages of battle actions and com
mendations entered in his service
record.
Increased Rates
To Farmers For
Milk, Butterfat
Dairy farmers in Halifax Coun
ty will have benefit of increased
payment rates for milk and but
terfat production payments during
the current quarter, beginning
July 1, according to W. A. Kitchin,
chairman, Halifax County AAA
Committee. These government pay
ments to milk and butterfat pro
ducers are adjusted quarterly to
reflect changes in production costs.
The new rates for this county
for milk and butterfat produc
tion in July, August, and Septem
ber will be 75 cents per hundred
pounds of milk, and 13 cents per
pound for butterfat, Kitchin said.
Rates for the quarter just ended
were 55 cents per hundred pounds
for milk and 10 cents per pound
for butterfat.
“Dairy farmers here are making
every effort to increase milk pro
duction,” the chairman said.
“Higher payments for production
during the current three months
period 'drill help offset the extra
Disabled Veteran Drives
i--—-—
Lt. Edwin V. Rawley, Army Air Corps, taking delivery of a 1942 Chevrolet
equipped with driving aids that were devised by Chevrolet engineers in co
operation with an industry-wide effort conducted under the auspices of the
Society of Automotive Engineers. Lieutenant Rawley, who lost both hands in
a bomber crash, bought the car on his own account and is using it to visit all
Air Forces hospitals, under the auspices of the Hospital Liaison Division,
Army Air Forces. Other driving aids have been developed for assistance to
v who have lost one or both legs, and the American Association of
Molu. v ehicle Administrators, which is responsible for issuing drivers’ licenses,
is taking an active and cooperative interest in all the developments.
eed bills when pastures brown
>ff during the summer and more
eed and hay have to be fed to
naintain production levels.”
The dairy production payments,
nitiated in the fall of 1943, are
nade direct to producers by the
Halifax County AAA Committee
lpon submission of sufficient
ividence of production and sales,
ind are designated to take care
>f the increase in production costs
without raising the prices of milk
and milk products to consumers.
Since started, the program has
helped farmers push milk output
to record levels without breaking
the barriers against inflation.
Applications for payments on
milk and butterfat production
during April, May, and June®
should be filed as soon as possible
at the Halifax County AAA Office,
but not later than August 31.
, CmmHrnSU—Illrteskl)
Lydia E. Plnkham’s Vegetable Com
pound is famous to relieve not only
monthly pain but alto accompanying
nervous, tired, hlghstrung feelings-'
when due to functional periodic dls
trees. Plnkham’s Compound help* no
H*rc Follow label direction*. r«* W
UiA&<MumltSSSS
! QUESTION:
SHOULD
I SELL
MY FARM i
ANSWER: I
YES! }
IF YOU
WANT TO
GET THE
HIGHEST
PRICE
FOR IT!
NOW IS
THE TIME
LIST IT WITH US
FOR SALE THIS FALL
Act NOW! We’ll sell it for you either at private
sale or at Auction. There will never be any bet
ter time to get as fine a price for your farm.
' ..0O0 ■
I Write for FullInformation to 1
ROCHELLE REALTY CO.I
REALTORS — AUCTIONEERS f
Kidd Building Roanoke Rapids, N. C. I
LICENSED IN NOBTU CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA I
-Associated With I
WALTER & GURLEY AUCTION CO., KINSTON, N. C. I
mmsmm