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The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
SAVINGS BONDS
SERIES r

TYPE OF BOND: 10 Year apprecia-
tion-registered.
MATURITY: IL Years from issue date.
DATED: The first day Of the month
IN which payment is received.
DENOMINATIONS:
Maturity value)
$25 500 $500 $1,000 5000 $4,000
Corresponding cost price,
$3.50 STA 1910 $74o $500 81. 400
INCOME RETURN: Redeemable by
the owner on the first day OF any
calendar month after six months
from the issue date. upon one months
written notice. at fixed values which
increase each six months sitter the
first year. The increase IN the re-
demption value is the income return.
II held to maturity the return. Is
approximately 2.53T, COMPOUNDED
semiannually-if redeemed prior to
maturity. the return Is less.
REGISTRATION: Bonds may be reg
istered in the name Of "a any indi-
vidual. trustee. partnership. aSsocia-
ton, or corporation (but commercial
banks only under certain limttationsl
or (2) two individuals as co-owners
or go one individual payable upon
his death to another individual.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
TREASURY SAVINGS NOTES,
SERIES e

Dated: First day of month of pur-
chase.
Due: 3 years from issue date.
Price: Par.
DENOMINATIONS:
500. $500. $1,000. $4,000. $4,000.
500, 900. $500, 900. $1,000. 900.
FORM: Inscribed in owners name.
COLLATERAL: These notes may be
used as bank loan collateral.
Interest accrues each month after
the month of issue and is credited
upon presentation of the notes at
rates increasing from about 500 per
year during the first months to
a07% II held to maturity. The note;
accrued interest without advance
notice at any time after 6 months
from the date of issue, and are &C
ceptable at par and accrued interest
in payment of Federal income. estate
and gift taxes during and after the
second calendar month following the
month of purchase.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
&rew M<hs<1,1Mwe
PLANNED FOR YOU.

Here are brief descriptions of these securi-
ties Buy them in your plant or ofice-o~7
if you are not an employed person, at your
home, in stores or at Banks and Trust Com
panies, U. S. Post Offices, Savings and Loan
Associations, Building and Loan Associa-
tions, Brokerage and Investment Firms,
Motion Picture Theatres, Credit Unions,
Production Credit Associations, National
Farm Loan Associations, Radio Stations,
Retail Stores, Newspapers, miscellaneous
Bond booths, Certain Government Agencies
and numerous corporations and firms for
their employees.
Meanwhile, study this list now-and PICK
out the securities you will buy beyond your
regular purchases. And determine to buy at
least an extra $100--more if you possibly can.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01

The greatest opportunity of your lifetime
to help make this the decisive war year and
benefit yourself-will knock at your door on
January IS. You will want to buy the extra
War Bonds that will be offered you then,
even at a temporary sacrifice, because your
purchases will help your country vitality.
But you will also want to own, on their
merit, the outstanding investments that will
be offered you in the FOURTH WAR LOAN.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
SAVINGS BONDS
SERIES g

TYPE OF BOND; IL Year current In
come--regiStered.
MATURITY: IL Years from issue date.
DATED: The first day of the month
In which payment is received.
DENOMINATIONS:
Cost price same as maturity value)
500. $500. $1,000. $1,000. $4,000
INCOME RETURN: 25T a year paid
Ssmtannually by Treasury check.
The Bonds are redeemable by the
owner on the first day OF any calen-
Oar month after six months from the
issue date. upon one months writ
ten. notice. st fixed values below the
cost price; However. the redemption
price Is the cost price In the event
OF death OF an owner or co-0wner.
IL application for redemption is re-
ceived by the Treasury or Federal
Reserve Bank within four months
after the date OF death.
REGISTRATION: Bonds may be reg
tstered in the name OF "a any indi-
vidual. trustee. partnership, aSS0cia-
ton, or corporation (but commercial
banks only under certain limitations)
or (2l two individuals as co-owners
or go one individual payable upon
his death to another individual.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
70 PERCENT TREASURY
CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
OF SERIES A-1e4S

Dated Feb. l. 1914 Due Feb l, I945
Price: Par and accrued interest.
Interest payable Aug. /. 1914. and
Feb. /. 1945.
DENOMINATIONS:
$1,000, $4,000. SO 900. 100000,
and S1,000,O0O.
FORM: Bearer certificates with in
tereSt coupons attached
These certificates are non-callable,
can be used as bank loan collateral
and will be readily marketable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
WHAT TO DO WHEN NEW
LICENSE NUMBERS ARE
ISSUED

When the new license numbers
are issued the first of April, all the
Maryland motorist need do is write
his new license number on the FACE
of his gasoline ration book, drawing
a line through the old license num-
Der which was placed on the FACE
of his book when is ration was issu-
ed. The motorists need not change
the endorsements on the coupons
themselves.
"B" and &C" coupons as of March
list are being issued in serially num-
bered strips with an accompanying
Identification card. In accordance
with OPA regulations, these serially
numbered strip coupons are to be i'm
mediately endorsed in the same man
ner in which old coupons attached to
a book were heretofore endorsed. Mo-
florists receiving the new strip cou-
pons before receiving their new Ii
cense tag, should endorse them with
the old license number and then
change the license number on the
identification card upon receipt Of the
new license tag,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT FUND
LARGEST PER PERSON

Maryland's unemployment Compen
sation Reserve Fund, as of the first
of this year, was the highest on a
per capita basis of any of % States
concerning whom statistics we e
complied by the West Virginia Cham
Der OF Commerce, Governor Herbert
r. O'Conor has made known.
incidentally, Governor O'Conor
pointed out that the while the sta
tistics credited Maryland with an
100000 reserve as of December
81, that reserve is now approximately
$9O,OOO,O00.
With a 1913 population of 1861,
o63, Maryland's per capita interest
n the Unemployment Compensation
surplus is $42.63, the Governor said.
Next in line among the 23 States
studied, he said, was Oregon, with a
S44,00O,0O0 reserve, and per capita
figure of $39.08 for it's 1,162, 492
population. The third State in line,
ne said, was Indiana, which had a
greater reserve than Maryl II d !,
S124,OOO,0 900, but whose per capita
surplus was only $3.50 because of
the larger population.
OF the, 23 States studied the Gov
ernor made known, only two in adj
iition to Indiana had larger dollar
surplus than Maryland, both Missouri
and Texas showing funds of $780,
oOO, 900. In the case of Missouri, this
was per capita of $1,000, while the
per capita for Texas was far below
Maryland, or $17.42.
In Virginia the reserve is now
S47,50O,OOO, Governor O'Conor made
known, or $17.15 per capita.
1.-The high per capita reserve in
this Unemployment Compensation
Fund is particularly notable" Gov
ernor O'Conor declared, because
benefit payments in this State are
among the most liberal available to
workers throughout the Country. The
Maryland law now covers all employ
ers of four or more employees with a
minimum weekly benefit rate of 81
and a maximum rate of $40 and the
duration of benefits has been extend
cd to twenty-three weeks. The maxi
mum payable in one year under the
Maryland Unemployment Compensa-
ton law is $3.50 which is exceeded
only by California, where the maxi
mum payable is $46S. Furthermore,
the rights to benefits of those men
and women now serving in our armed
forces have been reserved and will
be available to them if needed upon
their return"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
THE TRUTH HURTS

No one can deny the shameful fact
that after two years of war the CT
william population of this nataion has
done little to deserve victory. 1t is
sheer hypocrisy to point to our arms
production as evidence of a will to
win. Every gun and plane that has
rolled off the assembly lines was
built on a strictly commercial basis.
Not a rivet has been driven for love
of country alone-the labor leaders
and vote seekers have seen to that
Rarely has a politician made an ut
terance uncolored by desire for
personal advancement. Even our
bond campaigns have not impinged
upon scramble for easier living. Ii
has been boldly stated that the war
must not interfere with social gains.
War revenue has been sought with
out pinching the voter, even to the
extent of undermining long range in
dustrial stability and postwar jobs.
The accent at home has been on Sc
surity and comfort, while millions OF
American boys have for two years
been fighting the ugliest war in his
tory.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
THE SOY BEAN

Summing up the cause for the soy
beai, W. j. Morse, soybean specialist
of the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, commented recently:
1.-THE soybean through the last few
years has risen from an emergency
crop to one of major importance. 1t
has won it own way to recognition
as a valuable aid to good farming;
a worth while commercial crop;
useful nutritious human food; val
cable feed for livestock and poultry;
source of raw material for vital
industrial products; a munition of
war; and highly essential factor in
the present international emergency
program.
The comparatively low cost of
soybean food products makes them
an ideal source of high quality pro-
tein. Adequate protein at reasonable
cost will be important in the post
war feeding of low-income groups
in our own country. 1t will be doubly
important in the problems presented
by the people to be fed abroad.
THE soybean is very much in the
aews these days. The saying seems
20 be true that a country that grows
soybeans provides food for it's people,
its cattle, and it's guns"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
FACTS ABOUT COAL

People are wondering whether the
coal industry can meet the goal of
62O,0OO,OOO tons in 1914. set for it
by government officials. Coal men be-
lieye it can, provided: First, that
there be no more strikes in the coal
mines. Second, that the government
fully recognize the mining of coal as
a vitality essential war activity by eX-
empting trained mine workers from
duty in the armed forces. Those al
ready in the service should be re-
turned to their regular occupations.
as it is today impossible to replace
those trained and experienced men.
Third, that an adequate amount OF
mechanical operating and safety
equipment and supplies be made
available to the coal industry
The belief of the coal operators
that they can get out the coal needed
if given the men and equipment to do
so, is strongly buttressed by stats
tics. An estimated $50 million tons
were brought above ground in 1913
If the forty million tons lost to the
nation through strikes in that year
are added to the total actually pro
duced, the result indicates that pro
duction for this year should exceed
by nine million tons the official goal
set for 1914.
Moreover, the coal industry had
the foresight to launch a moderni-
cation program years before the wal
started. Ninety per cent of the btu
minous coal produced today is mined
mechanically, 40 per cent of it is
loaded anically-thanks to the
investment of more than $400,0OO,-
900 in mechanical operating and
safety equipment in the past twenty
years.
These are the facts of the "coal
crisis" They show that there will
be no serious coal shortage if the in
dustry and the hundreds of millions
of dollars of private savings invested
in it, are allowed to produce to ca
pacity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
WOMEN TAKING WAR COURSES

More than 200 women students en-
rolled in the College of Home Eco
Monies at the University of Mary
land are taking-and taking with a
zest-courses directly and indirect
ly connected with the war effort.
Girls living in the Home Manage
ment House on the campus are as
signed certain responsibilities i'll
their jobs as manager, hostess, house
siructed in the fine art of keeping
house. They even are taken on sno.,-
ping trips to study actual markell
conditions and to learn how to make
Il cir ration points stretch. Specia-
attention is given to family prob
ieIns in war time.
All food courses stress the con.
sorvation and preservation of food.
and other courses deal with the care
and repair of household furnishings.
G rls are made clothes conscious
Il ough not in the accepted sense OF
the term, being taught to poke
ii 1und in dusty attics for old gar
MI ts that can be retrieved ano
ione over instead of buying new
ones.
Institutions management courses
train dietitians for general hospitals
and other institutions, and more calls
are received from employers for
w.men with this training than can be
flied. Senior girls who like especially
to work with children may elect to
take courses designed to fit them
fer nursery school jobs. Even work
can be fun, the Home &c girls have
found.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
BONUS FOR VETS

Seven Congressman have introduce
ed identical bills which would pro-
vide veterans of World War II with
bonuses ranging up to $4,000.
Cited as the Veterans Adjusted
Service Pay Act of 1914" the mea-
sure provides that veterans who have
not served overseas will be entitled
to a minimum credit of not less than
500 and calls for $500 minimum
pay for those with overseas service.
The bills were introduced after
five veterans organizations launched
a drive for bonuses for veterans OF
World War II designed to place SER
vice men on salary par with civil
ian workers.
The bill, sponsored by the Army
and Navy Union, the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, the Military Order OF
the Purple Heart, Regular Veterans
Association and the Veterans of For
eign Wars, also would contain an
extra credit of $500 for soldiers
wounded in action. The organiZa-
tons statement said:
"a maximum payment of $500
for home service only, and $4,000
for overseas service would be estab-
lished except where the $500 credit
for wounds applies.
1.-THE purpose of the bill is to ad
just, in a measure, the difference be-
tween the pay of those serving in
the armed forces and civilians en-
ployed in war industries
Such legislation, they said, would
not be out of line" when compared
to earnings and freedom of wal
workers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
SCHOOLS CALL CONFERENCE

Plans have been completed for a
Statewide conference of educators
on postwar educational aid to veter-
ans to be held at Loyola College, Ev-
ergreen, Baltimore, March rs.
Such a conference was urged re-
Gently at a meeting of college and
public-school officials held at the
Johns Hopkins University. At that
time it was emphasized that it is inn
perative for the States educators to
adopt a definite program as soon as
possible in view of the fact that sew
eral bills on Federal and Federal
State educational aid now are pend
ing in Congress.
Among those to be invited will be
all of the county superintendent of
schools and executives of the Balti-
more city school system, all princi-
pals of high, handicapped and voca-
tional schools in Baltimore, repre-
sentatives of universities and colleges
throughout the State and of the grad
uate schools of the University of
Maryland and of the Johns Hopkins
University.
mo educational institution that
is reputable will be eliminated" DR..
Bum said. Private schools will be
included. The conference should have
the definite effect of uniting all and
make the public more aware of the
educational opportunities and facili-
ties presented by every educational
institution in the State.
SAT the outset the delegates to the
conference will be asked to determine
what type of organization they want.
AS temporary chairman, l may pro-
pose the formation of an executive
committee on postwar veterans ed
ucation and subcommittee to take
UP specific problems and programs.
"The primary, purpose of the con-
ference, as / understand it, will be to
preserve the high status of education
in Maryland while making adjust
ments and adaptations to meet the
postwar needs, especially of veter-
ans program which, of course, in
cludes adult education.
with unity of action, there will
be enough to do for every education
al institution in the State"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
GOVERNOR NAMES STATE GROUP
TO AID RETURNING VETS

Appointment has been announced
by Governor Herbert R. O'Conor of
Veterans Advisory Committee,
composed of representative of var
ious of the interested agencies and
outstanding citizens of the State de-
signed to assist returning veterans,
and particularly to work with the
Selective Service System in further
ing unemployment of all veterans.
The Governor announced also that
ne proposed to name subcommittee
for each county of the State and for
Baltimore City. which Committees
will work directly with reemploy-
ment committeeman who are at the
present time attached to each Local
Selective Service Board. s>..
Pointing out that there are al
ready active in this field, in addition
to Selective Service and the legally
established Maryland Veterans Com
mission, number of other Federal,
Service, and local groups, Governor
O'Conor declared that one of the
first functions of the new Veterans
Advisory Committee will be to con-
tact, assay. and coordinate the var
ious duties now being performed by
these many organizations.
Unquestionably, he said, it will be
a benefit to our returning service
people if the work of the various ag-
ancies required is so defined and pre-
scribed that there will be no annoy
ing overlapping and that the veteran
Immediately can be put in touch
with the proper agency to handle his
specific problem. o
Maryland, owes duty to its
thousands of service men and women
that must be discharged" the Gov
ernor said. Nor is this matter en-
tirely for the future as many hun
dreds of Marylanders have already
been mustered out because of injury,
service-incurred illnesses, or for
other reasons. 1t will be the duty of
this Veterans Advisory Committee
quickly to perfect Statewide or
ganization that will be ready and
competent to help any and all veter-
ans in the solution of whatever prob
lens they may have"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
OYSTER STUDY OF BAY FLOOR

A study of the floor Of the Chesa-
peake Bay to determine conditions
which favor the development of oys-
ter bars is one of the highlights OF
a 10-point Postwar Program for
the Department of Research and Ed
ucation of the Board of Natural Re-
sources.
In making public the projected
program, Governor O'Conor pointed
out that the Department of Research
and Education was created in 1941
as a research agency to carry on in
vestigation for those departments
which have administrative control
over the natural resources of the
State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
1894 MARCH 1914
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HOW SOCIAL SECURITY
ACCOUNT NUMBERS RELATE TIC
RENEFITS

More than 1,O05,4 men and
women in the State of Maryland now
have social security account cards.
In the years to come, many of these
workers will reach the age of IS, re-
tire from their jobs and claim pay
ments of old-age insurance. Others
will die leaving their dependents
who are entitled to benefits under
the Social Security Act. Every work
er wants to be sure that he will get
the right insurance checks when he
grows old, or that his family will
receive the right checks in the right
amount, if he dies.
Mr.. William L. Donlin, manager
of the Baltimore Office said that care
and attention to this matter of keep
ing the records straight, now, might
very we'll mean the difference be-
tween the right payments and the
wrong payments of benefits, later on.
He explained that an individual ac-
count is kept for each worker whose
name appears on the books of the
Social Security Board. The workers
name and a number that is assigned
to him by the Board are printed at
the top of his ledger sheet and also
written on record cards that are
kept on file.
Mr.. Donlin stressed the fact that
wage data must be accurate, be-
cause the amounts of benefits to be
paid to each qualified claimant is
based on a wage record. That is why
the Social Security Board takes ex-
ira precaution to safeguard the so
cial security account of every wage
Garner listed on it's books. 1t is also
the reason why every employer SUBJ
ject to the law must include in his
social security quarterly tax report
to the Government the name, the
social security number, and the wage
earnings of each worker he employs.
But before the employer can include
this data in his report. he must have
the information himself. Therefore,
the employee must make sure that
his employer has the necessary in
formation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
THE SCHOOL CODE

1. This is my school where / am
icing educated to be a good citizen.
g.. The cost of my education is
aid for in part by the taxes of my
ather and in part by the taxes of
many other citizens. Education is
hus civic undertaking.
8. 1t is my duty and privilege to
)e conscientious student; to coop
rate with my teachers and fellow
itudents; to support discipline; to
hey the law; to be clean; to respect
myself and others SO that may grow
self-control and courtesy.
4. / must get the best education l
an now Once the opportunity passes
/ is gone forever. / owe this to my
parents, to myself, to my fellow citi-
ems.
5. Good government can not exist
When the citizens are uneducated.
]. w. Hamilton
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
DOWN OR up?

The prices of foodstuffs have gone
up because the cost of production has
increased there was far too little to
satisfy the existing demand. Neither
of these conditions is going to be
remedied by rolling back the prices
to consumers. This is only going to
make the money in the pockets of
the consumers go further at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers by which they
may increase their demands for tood,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17
MILK PROBLEM FACES
DAIRYMEN

No matter how we'll a job has been
done before, it can always be done
better, says George Hyatt, Jr,, dairy
specialist for the University of Mary
land extension service. 1t is in this
spirit, he states, that Maryland dairy
lien are tackling the huge milk pro-
l.rtcion job for 1914.
There is shortage of quality feed
and responsible labor, he says, but to
counterfeit these difficulties there is
a burning desire on the part of dairy
men to contribute as much as posi-
Die to the war effort. Efficiency is the
icy to increased production, he de-
clares, and the S4point milk produc
lion porgram developed jointly by
State and Federal Extension Services
N cooperation with the dairy indus
try has been devised to help dairy
men with their production problems.
Each Maryland dairyman should
write his own program for high pro-
iuction. Mr.. Hyatt states, and decide
upon the points that will do the most
70 help production under his parti-
cular circumstances.
The eight points suggested are
Grow more legume hay, pasturage
and grain: fertilize to increase guam
lity and improve quality of
feed; feed to avoid summer slump;
feed cows literally during their dry
period; keep as many cows as feed
and labor permit; follow correct
milking procedure; produce good
quality milk and avoid waste; breed
for better herd requirements and
practice disease control methods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17

The attempt to repeal the Decla-
ration of Intentions Act, one of the
most vicious laws ever enacted, was
defeated in the recent special session
of the Maryland legislature. The Act
is a particular pet of the old line
Democratic politicians, and every at
tempt to wipe 1T of the books has
failed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-17

Britain will go on double summer
time April 2, but nobody has explain
ed whether that means twice as long
for lunch.