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NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS I
Restrict Charge Accounts :
HOW YOUR ACCOUNT IS AFFECTED •
1. Effective May 6, 1942, any article purchased on open ac- 2. Articles purchased BEFORE May 1, 1942, must be paid for
count must be paid for in full not later than the 10th day in full not later than July 10, 1942. ♦
of the 2nd calendar month following purchase. (Thus, ar- •
tides charged in May must be paid for in full not later than 3. If you are not able to pay your back accounts in full, talk to •
July 10, 1942; articles purchased in June must be paid in your merchant and arrange to pay him in installment pay- •
full not later than August 10, 1942, etc.) ments which are authorized under this regulation. *
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Good Business Practice Is to Pay Your Account By the loth •
Day of the Month Following Purchase J
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Washington, D. C. (NWNS) —Ma-
jor changes in the gasoline ration
ing plan now in force in the East
are expected to be made in July due
to the general dissatisfaction with
the present method.
Congressmen are being flooded
with complaints in which these ob
jections are most numerous: (1)
Many people who have no right to
them are getting X cards (entitling
them to an unlimited supply of gas
oline) ; (2) gas station attendants
are giving more gasoline than ra
tion cards call for to their friends
and are refusing to sell to strang
ers; (3) many people are embarrass
ing honest gas station owners by try
ing to persuade them to give two
rations for each punch of a ration
card; (4) ration boards are playing
favorites; (5) congress itself set a
ruinous example for the country as
a whole by insisting that all of its
members were enittled to special
favor.
Officials here who have analyzed
the situation feel that the many
schemes used to circumvent ration
ing do not indicate an unwillingnass
on the part of the people to cooper
ate, but are more indicative of the
public’s quickness to sense that the
system is impractical and can not
possibly bring about a fair distribu
tion of sacrifice.
They point out too that the action
of congressmen, WPA workers, state
and city officials and politicians in
general to exempt themselves from
rationing set an example which led
to people feeling that their own in
fluence was measured by the type of
card they were able to get. Many
people were made to feel that it
Was a mark of social inferiority—
sort of like living on the wrong side
of the railroad track —to be limited
to an A card entitling them to the
minimum supply of gasoline.
The Office of Price Administration
is studying the flaws in the present
rationing system and is expected
soon to announce a revised plan
Which will overcome the many pres
ent weaknesses in' gasoline rationing.
It is expected that the new plan
will be more stringent and will put
less responsibility for its success on
the shoulders of gas station owners.
It is believed that the many
abuses of gasoline rationing have
brought about a definite set-back to
morale in the East, the greatest
damage being caused by the U. S.
senate voting, with only two dissent
ing votes, against a resolution to
ration the gasoline of congressmen
themselves.
The new tax program, aimed at
new taxes totaling almost nine bil
lion dollars, is beginning to take
shape although it is still doubtful if
congress will agree to act on it
until after the November elections.
Each suggested form of taxation
brings protests from the groups
which it would hit hardest and the
committee in charge faces an ex
tremely difficult task in determining
what forms of taxation would be
fairest to the majority of people.
Labor groups are protesting
against decreasing exemptions on
personal income tax to include more
people of low income and the com
mittee fears that it would cause new
labor disturbances if this was done
or if a sales tax, hitting the lower
income groups, was put through.
Those with higher incomes ex
pect to pay more taxes but feel
strongly that the lower income
groups, which have increased their
wages considerably as a result of
war work, should be subject to high
er taxes.
Furthermore, it is pointed out by
those who are fighting inflation that
the greatest problem is the billions
of extra income being paid to war
workers which is far in excess of
the value of goods which will be
available for purchase by the con
sumer. Therefore, they point out,
this extra, unspendable income must
be drained off by taxes or by en
forced .savings, otherwise inflation is
bound to set in in spite of price
fixing.
A plan to deduct 10 per cent of
all wages at source for investment
in war savings bonds seems to be
in the cards, although, at the re-
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
quest of Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau, it probably will not be
considered until July. The treasury
department still hopes that volun
tary purchase of bonds can be built
up to the point where mandatory
saving will not be necessary, but
most authorities familiar with the
figures on bond sales are not very
hopeful that this will work out.
The price-fixing program, now in
force throughout the nation, seems
to be working out fairly satisfactor
ily, although it is taken for granted
that many adjustments will have to
be made where it has resulted in
unreasonable hardship for certain
types of businesses. From the con
sumer’s standpoint, it has brought
about a slight reduction in the cost
of living and has resulted in a sta
bilization of prices which is wel
comed by millions of low-income
families which operate on a strict
budget.
It is also expected that the stabili
zation of the cost of living will stop
labor from making new demands
for wage increases, although this
result is still by no means certain.
The day before price fixing began
operating, an increase in wages was
approved for the whole ship build
ing industry. Other labor groups,
which feel they are not as well paid,
may continue to demand adjust
ments.
COUNTY LINE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anglin, of
Donalsonville, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Sheffield and
daughter, Dorothy, gave Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Justice, of Jakin, a visit
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. E. Z. Hill returned to her
home in Donalsonville Saturday, aft
er visiting relatives here recently.
Miss Mary Lois Toole, of Donal
sonville, spent Sunday with her
friend, Miss Wilmer Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sheffield and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl
ton Pierce Sunday afternoon.
DR. R. A. HOUSTON
VETERINARIAN
Day Phone 232; Night 157
Located: Under Telephone
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RESOLUTIONS
Mrs. Leila Marks Brook was born
in Lithonia, in DeKalb County, Ga.,
on November 19, 1898. She resid
ed in Blakely, Early County, Geor
gia, from 1925 until her departure
from this life on Sunday, May 10,
1942.
She is survived by her husband,
Ohlan Robert Brooks, Jr.; two sons,
Ohland Robert Brooks 111 and Har
ry Joe Brooks; and also by her
mother and father and two brothers.
She was a member of the Presby
terian Church and the American
Legion Auxiliary.
WHEREAS: Mrs. Leila Marks
Brooks was also a most valuable
and faithful member of the Stitch
and Chatter Club of Blakely;
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by said Club:
First, That in the passing of Mrs.
Leila Marks Brooks this Club has
lost one of its charter members. It
has lost one of its most efficient
and loyal members and each member
has lost a loyal friend.
■Second, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this
Club, a copy published in the Early
County News and a copy sent to the
family of our departed friend.
ORDERED by the Stitch and Chat
ter Club of Blakely, this 20th day
of May, 1942.
PAULINE TARVER, Pres.
NORA ALEXANDER, Sec.
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With humming lathe, motor, and drill, America roars
her answer to the shrill challenge of the dictators.
Today, no enemy nation can approach the huge num
ber of planes, guns, tanks, and ships that are pouring
into Democracy’s arsenal. “Action” is the watchword
as the forces of freedom and humanity unite to stamp
out tyranny and barbarism.
Here at home, we must act with the same quick
ness and power to protect our business and our citizens
against enemies within—the irresponsible minority
who disregard law and decency.
When that happens in the retailing of beer, Geor
gia’s $10,000,000 beer industry acts. The handful who
won’t clean up are turned over to your law officers
to be closed up.
Only reputable beer dealers deserve repu
table patronage. That's how YOU can help.
BrewingJndustry Foundation
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JUDGE JOHN S. WOOD, State Director
532 Hurt Building • Atlanta, Georgia
V — FOR VICTORY, BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS —V
Don’t Guess at the Weight of Your
SCRAP IRON—
ITS VALUABLE
We Weigh and Pay Highest Market Price.
We Buy and Sell Used Tires
J. W. ALLEN
NEAR DEPOT