The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-30

tions for the insurance of principal
loans supplemented by loans under sec
ton 50g of the G. /. Bill. These are
cases where the Veterans Administra-
ton guarantees an equity loan not to
exceed $4,000, and where the principal
loan, which must comply with FILA
regulations, is insured by FILA. The
Federal Agency seeks all possible pro-
lection of veterans in what may be the
most important single financial trans
action in their life.
10000 Nurses Must Be Recruited
Of interest to American families
everywhere is the fact that the Army
must recruit 10000 nurses Immediately
in order to care for wounded and sick
soldiers, both at home and overseas. In
addition, 1000 nurses are needed by the
Veterans Administration for its services
The Navy will need 500 nurses a month
for several more months. In an effort
to stimulate the interest of nurses in
this indispensable service, Paul V. Nc
Mutt, War Manpower Chairman, has
sent kilograms to all State Procurement
and Assignment Committees requesting
that additional names of nurses be
made available to the American Red
Cross for recruitment purposes. Nurses
who enter the service are commissioned
and will enjoy all rights extended to
the Armed Forces under the G. /. Bill
of Rights.
Few Consumer Developments
With industry and government war
agencies straining to keep abreast of
military needs of equipment and am
munition as the armed forces increase
the tempo of battle, consumer news de-
velopments this last week of the month
have been slight.
The Office of Price Administration,
however, took steps to increase future
supplies of non-rationed footwear by
officially classifying that pigskin leath-
er may be used for non-rationed shoes
This type of footwear is largely a war
time development. Ultimately the new
shoes will be mainly available in in
fant's, children's misses and women's
with pigskin uppers will not be avail
able in quantity for some time as very
little raw material is at present being
tanned into leather.
The OPA assured consumers that ad-
vance rations of fuel oil will be granted
to them while they are having central
eating equipment reconverted to burn
oil under the provisions that recently
made rations available to east coast
and middle western consumers who CO.
operated in the original conversion pro-
gram.
The OPA has set ceiling prices on
two types Of army shoes for men, which
the Treasury Procurement Division pro-
poses to sell for civilian use. Retail
ceiling will be $3.50 a pair on both
types, one of which is leather solet
with leather tap over the sole, and the
other leather soled shoe with outside
rubber tap. Both types are russell tan
with straight tips and bellows tongue.
Rubber Problem Remains Serious
The overall rubber problem remains
Tar from solved and allied crude rubber
stocks are now at the lowest since the
start of the war, the combined Raw
Board reports. This statement
makes a distinction between the success
sful synthetic rubber program and the
natural rubber supply. 1t is natural
rubber that is being used faster than
it can be obtained and it is natural
rubber that is. so needed in heavy truck
tires and airplane tires-which the war