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/ V McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMlCK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, September 21, 1944 fcCORMICR MESSENGER 1 , rabllstaed Every Thursday Established Jane f« IMS EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mall matter of thr second class. iOBSCKIPTiON KATES: r one Year $1.00 Blx Months • 75 ' TT h r<^p Months ELECTION . . . toss-up My one-man cross-section of America, named George, whose opinions seem invariably to con form with the opinions of the ma jority of Americans recorded in na tion-wide opinion polls, will com mit himself on 'most anything else in the world but the election. - He doesn’t think the election has been decided yet, and probably / won’t be until voting day. He be lieves that Dewey will get some 'extra votes if the war in Europe is over by November, but he says a lot of Rooseveltians will still want Roosevelt on hand to deal with the complicated problems of peace from*the international standpoint. ‘"Ibe way I see it," said George, ,4 *a lot of people would like to make a change for Dewey to handle domestic problems but keep Roose velt for dealing with Churchill and Stalin. I think there are going to be a lot of voters who will sit on the fence right up to election day. Of course a lot of things could hap pen in the meantime to change the situation." ' George pointed out that, as a re sult of his series of speeches, the people are just getting to know what Dewey thinks about a lot of things. But George, who four years ago predicted a sure victory for Roose velt, is making no bets on this elec tion. He thinks it’s a toss-up. JOBS . . . unemployment , I asked George what he thought the job situation would be after the war in Europe ends. He was dis- couragingly pessimistic about that. He said he didn’t think the results of the election would have too much to do with it. “If Roosevelt wins," he said, “we’ll probably have some new kind of WPA to avoid unemployment. If Dewey wins the solution will be left in the hands of industry. But in either case it’s hard to see how we can avoid some unemployment problem while our country is shifting from wartime (Production to peacetime produc- i tion." \ “I’ve saved up over $1,000 i worth of war bonds," George said, } “which I’d like to use to buy a *new car and a lot of household * equipment we need after the war, < but I'm afraid I may have to use it fbr bread and butter. I don't think most of us are going to let go of our war bond nest eggs until we feel pretty sure that our jobs are going to last.'* k. But George feh that the present plan of the War Production board to encourage the production of ci vilian goods as soon as the Euro pean war ends might be a partial solution. “If," he said, “we can get. the wheels rolling for peacetime in dustry while a lot of men are still Engaged in war production, maybe there won’t be such a job problem when the war is all over." PEACES .... Japan George thinks that the European phase of the war is just about ended. As for Japan, he doubts if that nation will keep on fighting more than six months after Ger many gives up. When the Japs have our whole fleet and our whole air force turned against them, he said, they’ll decide to give up instead of being blown up. As for the treatment of our enemy nations aften the war, George has lost a lot of his former feeling of leniency. He used to argue that the German people were all right and shouldn’t be blamed, but now he thinks we’ll have to get tough with the Hitler-trained Ger mans if we want to be assured of any lasting peace. He recommends having a big force of international policemen in Germany for years to .come or else splitting up the Ger man nation in a way to prevent it from ever again becoming a ma jor power. He admits he doesn’t know too much about the Japanese people, but thinks they are so different from us in their philosophy and way of living that they must he watched even more closely than the Germans. He says that despite all of the talk about another war with Germany in 25 years, he feels there may be greater danger of a second war with Japan unless we keep that mysterious nation under con stant guard. Ration Calendar For , Week Of Sept 18 PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 through L5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each for use»with tokens in groups of 10 only. Tokens in valid after September 30. Stamps good indefinitely. MEATS AND FATS: Red A8 through G5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each for use with tokens. Both good indefinitely. SUGAR: Sugar stamps No. 30. No. 31, No. 32 and No. 33 now good for five pounds each indefinitely. CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds can ning sugar until February 28, 1945 Apply to local boards for supple mental rations. SHOES: Airplane stamps No. and No. 2 (Book 3) valid indefi nitely. FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou pons from last year and Period coupons for this season now val id. GASOLINE: A-11 coupons valid in Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia through November 8. Rationing rules now require that every car owner write his license number and state on all gasoline coupons in his possession, as soon as they are issued him by his ra tioning board. 1 V ClanSSenS All non-leather shoes with rub ber soles will be removed from ra tioning September 25, the Office of Price Administration announc ed today. Shoes containing leather remain on the rationed list whether or not they have rubber soles; and no change is made in the regulation covering men’s rubber boots and rubber work shoes. The action, however, is expected to mean an increase in shoes with uppers of canvas or other fabric and soles of rubber. Period 4 and 5 fuel oil coupons, scheduled to expire September 30, and all definite value coupons ov er from the past year’s ration, may be used in exchange for fuel oil throughout the coming heating year. OPA said the action of extend ing the validity of the coupons will save time for consumers and lo cal War Price and Rationing Boards by removing the necessity for exchanging coupons. Counterfeiters and black market operators are going to find their ilicit handling of civilian gasoline more difficult when the new “A” books become valid. The Office of Price Administra tion said today the new coupons are printed on a new type of Gov ernment safety paper which defies duplication by counterfeiters. As further protection the new cou pons, coming into validity in most of the nation September 22, are serially numbered. OPA emphasized, however, that protection measures taken for the new coupons do not lessen the im portance of motorists endorsing every coupon with their license number as soon as the new books are repeived. Six of the coupons in the new “A” books, those number A-13, be come valid 1 in areas outside the Recipes/ 77.0 ' ERE’S a short cot to save you time and trouble ... a special aid to help you solve wartime food problems! Yes ... CLAUS- SEN’S now brings you a tested recipe, printed right oft the pf the wrapper of Every, Week! a? l/xHiA, GROCER'S! loaf of CLAUSSEN’S ENRICHED BREAD! Whether you're a beginner, or an <( old hand" at cooking, you'll welcome these tested recipes, which help you make meals more nutritious and delicious! , CLAUSSEN’S ENRICHED BREAD is AL WAYS fresh at your grocer's ... it's delicious in flavor; it's uniform in texture and baking quality. And this marvelous bread now offers MORE precious vitamins and MORE minerals titan ever! When you order CLAUSSEN’S ENRICH ED BREAD from your grocer today, look for the tested recipe on the end-seal of the wrapper. Remember, there's a new CLAUSSEN’S r—. _• X- fK- JT-’ mm £ h F a V 0 R F D OVER SAtftdk&C- YEARS okens left she may pool hers with a neighbor, OPA said. OPA said blue ration tokens will no longer be needed after October 1 because all rationed processed foods will carry point values multiples of ten. The changes in valuation, OPA said, were being made in connection with the re- Eastern Seaboard on September 22 moval of a number of processed and remain valid until December 21. Although the motorist re ceives fewer coupons his “A” gas oline ration remains the same for each coupon will be worth gallons of gasoline. foods from rationing. OPA estimated use of the tokens during the past 7 months saved merchants more than 9 million four dollars and, although they cost OPA about a million dollars to manufacture, saved taxpayers an estimated million-and-a-half dol- The Office of Price Administra tion said today the prohibition a-jlars in printing and distributing a gainst acceptance of off-highway new ration book “R” coupons at filling stations, in ‘ require, he pointed out, that if the retailer gave a package of matches with each package of cigarettes bought in March. 1942, he must continue to do so now, or reduce in the price of his cigarettes accord ingly. Voluntary action by some retail ers of limiting purchases to one package per customer is legal if applied in a consistent manner, OPA said, and retailers may take their base price for a single pack age in March, 1942, plus taxes ad ded since that time as their pres ent maximum price. However, the retailer must continue to observe ceiling price for multiple pack or carton sales, if such sales are made. effect since April 1, will be lifted September 22. Beginning with that date all 1 Cigarette wholesalers and retail ers who require purchase of any other article, including “off- gasoline filling stations may a ~ ( brand” cigaretes, with purchases gain accept the coupons in trans- p 0 p U i ar brands are violating fer for gasoline for non-highway. office of Price Administration reg- INSURANCE Fire Inmiram*** And Other Kinds of Insurance eluding Life Insurance. YOSJ HEED/y/A#! HE NEEDSH9///j mm HR B0RDS use. The ban on acceptance of the coupons by many service stations had been imposed to limit the channels of transfer of “R” cou pons to reduce their illegal use. i um bia district that Before the ban was made nation— reQuiring th^m i wide the plan was trieji out for man y cartons of non-popular jtwo months in Georgia and ^ or_ ,brands to be eligible to buy car- ida, where it worked successfully. f 0 ns of popular brands, Mr. Tal- ulations prohibiting “tie-in” a- greements. District OPA Director E. H. Talbert said today. OPA is investigating numerous reports from retailers in the Co wholesalers to buy so HUGH i.. BROWN MrroPMirK c r “The farmers’ prices have in creased by a greater percentage so far in this war than during World War I, largely because they were at such a low level when the war started, but in terms of dollars ‘ ‘ bert said. There were also some, and cents very few farm products Because blue ration tokens will reports that retailers are requir- j have gotten as high as they were no longer be valid after Septem- j n g consumers to buy some other fr«m 1918 to 1920.” — War and her 30, housewives are urged to aritcle using popular brands of Economic Trends, Ohio State Uni- quickly as cigarettes as a “lure”, he said. versity. use all they have as An Irish proverb says that possible. Another common comp’a.nt, Mr. “health is better than flocks”; but Between September 17 and Sep- Talbert said, is that many -etailers more flocks would make Southern tember 30 the blue token may be have stopped giving pac'srges of farm people healthier and wealth- used only in multiples of ten. If matches with each package of cig- ler. a housewife has less than ten arettes bought. OPA “Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth” when a man carelessly drops a lighted match regulations in the woods. fl ft cb Sermon f RcV. ROBERT H. HARPER V > Religion in the Life of a Nation. Lesson for September 24: 11 Samuel 6, i trolden Text: Isaiah 60:/9. After making Jerusalem his capi- tr Hrivid made it the city of God. K - first effort to bring the ark fi ! i Abinadab's house thwarted in ti e death of Uzzah. David and a g v oat procession, after three r brought the ark from O uvl-edon’s house, where it was placed after Uzzah’s death, to the tabernacle prepared for it in Jeru- sr'«m. It is supposed Psalm 24 was used when the ark was borne to the city gates. Thus did David make Jerusalem the typical place of God’s pres ence (the mercy seat on the ark) ,anr! the center of the nation’s wor ship. But his plan to build a temple was forbidden by the Lord through the prophet Nathan. Some time subsequent, the King went in and sat before the Lord, communing with Him in re markable intimacy, thanking Him for His many blessings, and clos ing with a petition for the perma nence of his royal house. It is worthy v of emulation that David thus prayed for what God had already r promised. So should we pcay for what 'God has promised. In the largest way God kept His promise to David. There is no Hebrew king dom today, but the spiritual king dom of David’s great descendant, \ Jesus, will endure through all time. Let us redouble our efforts for that kingdom. David was himself religious and he labored to establish the ancient faith of his people throughout the kingdom. Three thousand years ago this great king had such true perceptions of spiritual things that his Psalms are still the fitting lan guage ‘of worshippers. ^ WANT ADV. FOR SALE — Beardless Barley, at $1.80 per bushel at my home. H. E. Freeland, R. 1, Parksville, S. C. FOR SALE — 282 acres good farm land 2 miles west of McCor mick, 7 room dwelling, 2 tenant houses, good road through place. Known as the D. J. Wardlaw home place. If interested see Miss Em ma Wardlaw, McCormick, or W. H. Robinson, Agt., Troy, S. C. LOST — My No. 3 ration book. Willie Jackson, Willington, S. C. SOR SALE — 1,500 bushels of seed oats. Also, 200 bushels of wheat. H. E. Freeland, R. 1, Parks ville, S. C. LOST — My “A” gasoline ration book. James M. Strother, Pllgn Branch, S. C. LOST — My No. 4 ration book. William S. Clem, Modoc, S. C. MEN AND WOMEN — Suits and topcoats tailored to your individ ual measurements. Place your or der with me- now for prompt de^ liveries and choice materials. T. D. Miner, Plum Branch, S. C. FOR SALE — A good farm, pro ductive soil for any crop, consist ing of about 75 acres. Known as the Spur Track place and lying be- i tween Plum Branch and McCor- I niick. Dwelling, barn and well. T. ! D. Miner, Plum Branch, S. C.