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Fl'RLISIIED EVERY THURSDAY Entered in the Post Office at Mur phy, North Carolina as second class matter under Act n March 3. I8i)7 Victor c. Olmsted Editf Publisher Kov A. ('(tok Business M.uiascr llart?aru Merono Soeial Editor SI HSi Kll'TlON PRICE 1 Year, in North Carolina. $1.50 6 Mw.. in North Carolina ... .75 1 Year, Out of State 2.00 Payable Strictly In Advance Cards of thanks, tributes of respect by individuals, lodges, churches, or ganiaUons ? : societies, will be re garded advertising. Such notices will be marked . Aw" in compliance with postal regulations. SHAME! SHAMF! Legislation . ivmg Congressmen pensions. and -.ivins Senators 'ex? oiitlVB assistant" at $4,500 per yc ir each has been signed by the Presi dent and now is law. There are PC Senators: therefore ? < x,cu:iv issistants, who *i!i work oil an ..voiisc of five n;o.*.t.is per yea: will cost the taxpayers S432.000 nearly half a million dol lars per annum in salaries. There are 435 Representatives, making a total of 533 men who will draw pensions Worse still, the oill provides that every person holding an appointive job ? that is all the Bureau chiefs, iieads oi Commissions, etc. are eligible And. don't forget, every time one of these gentlemen is defeated, or fired, the pension rolls will increase. Eventually, the total will be just about as bad as waging a war. Wars don't last long, but these pensions are for life! Men who voted themselves such a national gouge are not. worthy to be in Congress They have proved that they cK> not represent the people ? that they represent only themselves. It was never explained to the vot ers why the Senators need executive assistants. Perhaps they need them so they can spend more time "build ing fences" ? for the chief concern of these august gentlemen seems to be. not the State of the Nation, but getting reelected. As to the pensions. Representa tive Rainspeck. of Atlanta. Ga., who fathered the pension bill in the House. Has explained that the Con gressmen will contribute $500 an nually out of their pay to helD meet the bill. Well, the average service of a Congressman is eight years. That makes S4.000 that they will pay in, all told. Ram.speck also cited the fact that "other Government employees get pensions". Well, other Government employees have t.o work every day except for vacations or when ill ? and they can not be ill. and draw pay for more than 30 days in a year. A member of Congress, once he Is sworn :n, needn't even stay in Wash ington. unless he so desires Of sr. t he probably would be defeat d ? but he'd get his pension, with all allowance for those two years. . the .-ame. Also, Government employees must v-e until they are 60 years old. m bo invalided "in line of 'luty" to qualify. If they are fired incompetency ? which ,'s just '..a: defeat of a Congressman sr. they a<?t back only what they ,avo paid in. But note this: ? The salary levies rest a' ' ive percent. Therefore, for i". tneinti' r of this I"gLslative year Representatives and Senators will ?sve 'o pay only $200. For that amount. every one of them who gets Remember Pearl Harbor NOTICE A. W. Freeman will be in Murphy, N. C. from about February 1 st to March 1 5th for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of Federal Income Tax re turns. Familiar with latest changes. | defeated next lime will draw a min imum of $1,500 for life. Some would ? draw high as $5,000. according to lens til of service. Under this law. a Representative I -.i rvliiK only one term of two years. I would receive $1,500 annually ?s long 1 i lie lived and it would cos'- him only $1,000 all told. P.etty good business, that! Sen.itors and Representatives are ?ent lo Washington to represent their State, and districts. Their actions are supposed to be guided by the wishes of the voters. In this case the voters didm know anything about it. The measures were sneaked ? op.e as part of a defense bill: the other as part of a general appropriations measure. And yet these gentlemen have the j nerve to talk economy, and to spend ; thousands of dollars more of 'ax J pavers money UlUUUig irtveaiiHaiions ; to see that Uncle Sam doesn't get j gouged. Doesn't get gouged, that is. by somebody else! CVneress calls it a 'retirement" , fund. It is no such tiling Retirement means voluntary withdrawal ? which is something that few if any Con st*.. ?men d" This bill is an out and Out jx ns;on fund *or men wlio sre ! defeated because of unsatisfurtary service. It is a crying shame to mak ? vot ? i> pay life-time premiums lor fir ing a politician who doesn't Miii. o IT CAN T BE DONE News came last week that an en- , tire ship-load of food bought with American taxes and set to "Unoc- ; ciipied Fiance" had been unloaded, put aboard a train, and sent straight to Germany. The people of the so called unoccupied Prance didn't get even one potato. 1 ? a f /*a iha *???u ua.> , uut U15 4?*.? 1 Conference. President Rooseelt told | reporters that food shipments to j Prance should continue, nevertheless, ! but that, we must, see to it that the . food does not go to the enemy. Nice work? if you can do it. Everybody knows that "unoccupied Prance" is just about as much under the domination of Hitler as the rest of that unhappy country. You can bet all the tea in China that the cargo of eve]-/ ship that touches an "unoccupied" port, is investigated by Nazis, and the ship searched from stem to stem, to make sure that no arms and ammunition are smuggled in. Therefore, when we send food to Frenchmen we can be sure that they will get it only if the Germans do not want it themselves. With practically every able bodied male German from 16 years up in the army, and few left to till the fields, the Germans are pretty cer tain to want it. Summed up, then, the arrival of the shipments at their intended des tinations is largely a matter of Nazi honor ? which is something that doesn't exist. The theory back of sending mil 1 lion of dollars worth of food to un occupied France is that failure to do so might make the residents an ?rry with the United States. That is exactly the same theory that was followed In shipping oil and -crap to Japan, and in refusing to fortify Guam. And Just look what that got us! The people of "unoccupied" France ?>:e going to do exactly what Hitler s.iys ? or else! Also it is difficult to understand why they should bccome angry with 1 .. > for stopping shipments of food that they won't get anyhow; but that instead, will actually go to strengthen their foes. If it were possible to see that the , shipments don't miscarry, as Presi dent Roosevelt advises, that would be something else. | Bui wilu Hitler controlling every port in Prance, either by seizure or ? by "supervision". It Just can't be ' done! ' WE'RE LUCKY Lets pause and review the situa tion. Although most of us will never sec | the firing lines of World War n. still our role In the present conflict Is Important. For It Is we, who are left behind, who must supply the Ameri can Army with food and clothing un til pcace once again Is declared. Farmers who once tilled their acres with an eye to economic security must now be prepared to sacrifice. selves and families. If neceasary, to grow those products which the khaki - clad Army will need. Factories which now can envisage the heaviest profits since the lush days of 1938-39 must turn their machinery to making war products, even If at a heavy loss. All of us will bo required to pay more taxes until, perhaps one day we will think the "breaking point" has arrived. But in the facc of all this. Ameri cans at home must realize that even at the worst they are making only slight sacrifices in comparison ta the boys who have gone to battle. To protect us. those boys are prepared lo Rive even their lives. No matter how much we pay :hose boys are ready to pay more. Now chat war is here. There Is no more grum bling in the camps. Let there be no grumbling at home, titlier! Aii jjiiiiisi . oncidired. Wre mighty lucky! A Week of The War President Koosevelt signed the Price Control Bill but said, lie may ask Congress to correct the agricul ture provisions. He said tile pro hibition against farm price ceilings at less than ilO percent of parity is a direct threat to the cost of living. The Department of Agriculture re ported the average of farm piviluct prices on Jao'i*ry 15 was 102 percent of parity. THE WAR FRONT In the Pnillppine area U. S. forces destroyed a 5.000-ton enemy vessel and at least five enemy planes, while in the Macassar Straits, Army and Navy forces sank three large enemy transports, set two more afire, tor pedoed an aircraft carrier, blew up another large ship and scorcd hits which probably sank others. The Army announced United States Army forces arrived In Northern Ireland, and Maj. Gen. James E Chaney took over command of all U. S. Army forces in the United Kingdom. President Roosevelt told his press conference this force is one of six, eight or 10 American ex peditionary forces outside the U. S. in various parts of the world. U-boat activity resulted in the sinking off the Atlantic coast of tv.o American ships and a Norwegian tanker. The U. S. garrison at Mil way Island sank an enemy submarine attempting to attack tfie island. ARMY The President signed the Fourth Supplemental National Defense Bill carrying a $12,600,000,000 appropri ation for 33,000 Army planes and euipment. War Secretary Stimson announced plans to speed training of 30.000 pilots, observers, navigators and other personnel. NAVY The House passed a record r.twa! appropriation bill of $18 billion in cash and an additional four billion ; in contact authorizations to build the Navy to unprecedented strength. The Senate Appropriations Committee, at the request of President Roosevelt added another six billion to the bill <o strengthen the naval air arm. The Marine Co;ps announced reg ulations for enlistment of 6.000 m<"-n aged 30 to 50 for guard duty at naval shore stations. The Naw is recruiting skiilud construction work ers for work at naval bases outside I continental United States. PRODUCTION The Army Ordnance Department I estimated it has been spending S21 million a day for the past five weeks ' for 1,200 various types of items in cluding ammunition, small arms, ar tillery, tanks, etc. War Production Chairman Nelson told a business man is to rush war contracts through to completion "without stopping to count the cost." GENERAL Attorney General Blddlo ordered all German, Japanese and ltaliin nationals to leave specified vital areas in San Francisco and Los An celes. Mr. Blddle said 27 additional prohibited areas recommended by the War Department would be pub lished later. The Senate passed a second War Powers Bill carrying: criminal penal ties for violations of the priorities system. The WPB cut radio production by 40 percent, prohibited use of alum inum except on war contracts, and SAILORS LEARN METALWORKING Enlisted men In the U. S. Navy and Naval Reserve have the oppor tunity to learn more than fifty dif ferent trades and vocations. This schooling, worth hundreds of dol lars, is free, and the sailors are I mid their regular Navy pay while earning. ? One of the most popular trades chosen by the blucjacket i3 lr.etal workine. Pictured here are two enlisted men receiving instruction in acetylene welding from n quali fled Navy instructor. Courses in cluded at the metalworker's school are blacksmithing, oxy-acetylene weldinj?, arc welding and cutting, coppersmith! ng, sheet metal work ing, general metalsmithing and boiler making. Any ambitious and patriotic yountr man will be given the chance to Qusiify for one of the N?ivy trade schools if ho enlists for serv ice in Undo Sam's new "Two Ocean" Navy. restricted consumption of nickel brass and copper lor advertising and decorative purposes to 50 percent of last year. The Board also announced it will withhold a percentage ot canned goods in 1942 to insure ample supplies of certain foods for the armed forces. Price Administrator Henderson said initial sugar sales under the rationing plan to be inaugurated next month probably will be restrict ed to 12 ounces a week for each in dividual. The Department of Justice is investigating the practice of re quiring customers to purchase desi gnated amounts of groceries in order to obtain limited amounts of sugar. Labor Secretary Perkins asked l.'b or and management to plaC3 v ? production on a 24-hour, 7-day basis immediately. ? o CLOVER A promising new recruit in the Food-for-Victory campaign Is the new high-yielding disease-resistant Midland red clover, introduced last year by several State experiment sta tions. d n-:?i UCCi 1^! !III\C! C? Nearly Half a Million Barrels During 1941 People in North Carolina drank nearly half a million barrels of bear last year. The ex<act figure was 4-6.475 .67. Where that 33 percent left over from the last barrel was located, is not disclosed. Records do show however, that Federal. State and local taxes on that beer totaled five million dollars ? and that aint hay! The State cot 92. Ill, 371. 59 and the various local units got $152,550. The Federal Gov ernment got most ? $2,671,037.96. Taxes to local units amounted to almost as much as the entire State collection in 1933, the first year that beer "came back". The total in that year was only $183,103.87. Beer taxes last year were $1,810, 482.79 more than 'in 1940. Consump tion Increased 127,284.10 barrels . Read The Want-Ads Remember Pearl Harbor THE deceit and treachery of the murderous attack on Pearl Harbor makes American blood boil. There is only one answer; com plete, smashing victory over those who at acked us. WF, PLEDGE the all-out cooperation of this bank. We will do everything we can to keep the financial machinery of wartime America running smoothly. WE URGE every citizen to pitch in, to place America's welfare above every other con sideration. Victory will come if we fight this war as a united people. THE CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO. Murphy, N. C. Andrews, N. C.
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